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CDUS41 KRNK 032119  
CLIROA  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA  
519 PM EDT SAT OCT 03 2026  
   
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..THE ROANOKE VA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 3 2026  
 
VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME.  
 
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020  
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1912 TO 2026  
 
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST  
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR  
NORMAL    
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TEMPERATURE (F)  
TODAY  
MAXIMUM 71 5:13 AM 98 2019 74 -3 71  
MINIMUM 57 4:03 PM 29 1974 53 4 46  
AVERAGE 64 64 0 59  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
TODAY 1.11 1.65 1937 0.12 0.99 0.00  
MONTH TO DATE 1.24 0.35 0.89 0.00  
SINCE SEP 1 2.64 4.41 -1.77 2.22  
SINCE JAN 1 23.36 34.09 -10.73 35.53  
 
SNOWFALL (IN)  
TODAY 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0  
MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0  
SINCE SEP 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0  
SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0  
SNOW DEPTH 0  
 
DEGREE DAYS  
HEATING  
TODAY 1 4 -3 6  
MONTH TO DATE 1 11 -10 11  
SINCE SEP 1 22 44 -22 25  
SINCE JUL 1 22 45 -23 26  
 
COOLING  
TODAY 0 2 -2 0  
MONTH TO DATE 17 7 10 3  
SINCE SEP 1 315 176 139 136  
SINCE JAN 1 1607 1341 266 1310    
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WIND (MPH)  
RESULTANT WIND SPEED 5 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NE (30)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (10)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 19 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (120)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.8  
 
SKY COVER  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.  
RAIN  
LIGHT RAIN  
FOG  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 97 8:00 AM  
LOWEST 89 4:00 PM  
AVERAGE 93  
   
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THE ROANOKE VA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 91 1941  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 28 1974  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
OCTOBER 3 2026.......SUNRISE 7:17 AM EDT SUNSET 7:00 PM EDT  
OCTOBER 4 2026.......SUNRISE 7:18 AM EDT SUNSET 6:58 PM EDT  
 
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.  
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.  
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.  
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.  
 
 
JCB  
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