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CLIROA
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA
218 AM EDT MON AUG 17 2026
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..THE ROANOKE VA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 16 2026
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)
YESTERDAY
MAXIMUM 92 5:14 PM 102 2007 87 5 90
MINIMUM 73 4:30 AM 47 1979 66 7 69
AVERAGE 83 76 7 80
PRECIPITATION (IN)
YESTERDAY 0.06 3.23 1928 0.09 -0.03 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 1.28 1.77 -0.49 1.63
SINCE JUN 1 9.22 10.71 -1.49 9.08
SINCE JAN 1 19.63 28.08 -8.45 28.80
SNOWFALL (IN)
YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SINCE JUN 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
YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0
MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0
SINCE JUN 1 1 8 -7 9
SINCE JUL 1 0 0 0 0
COOLING
YESTERDAY 18 12 6 15
MONTH TO DATE 221 193 28 118
SINCE JUN 1 921 860 61 928
SINCE JAN 1 1127 1009 118 1071
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WIND (MPH)
RESULTANT WIND SPEED 2 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION SW (240)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.5
SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
THUNDERSTORM
RAIN
LIGHT RAIN
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 91 5:00 AM
LOWEST 50 5:00 PM
AVERAGE 71
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THE ROANOKE VA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 87 102 1988
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 48 1979
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST 17 2026........SUNRISE 6:38 AM EDT SUNSET 8:09 PM EDT
AUGUST 18 2026........SUNRISE 6:39 AM EDT SUNSET 8:08 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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