===CLIMATE REPORT FOR SATURDAY, AUGUST 9=== CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA 503 AM EDT SUN AUG 10 2003 ................................... ...THE ROANOKE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 9 2003... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1961 TO 2003 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 81 144 PM 96 1987 87 -6 84 MINIMUM 67 1159 PM 50 1989 64 3 55 AVERAGE 74 76 -2 70 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.96 1.40 1970 0.12 0.84 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.06 1.08 1.98 0.00 SINCE JUN 1 14.54 8.76 5.78 4.55 SINCE JAN 1 40.46 26.76 13.70 15.62 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM MONTH TO DATE MM SINCE JUN 1 MM SINCE JUL 1 MM SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE JUN 1 16 14 2 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 1 -1 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 9 11 -2 5 MONTH TO DATE 83 99 -16 112 SINCE JUN 1 564 671 -107 813 SINCE JAN 1 628 769 -141 970 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (110) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (110) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 69 500 PM AVERAGE 85 .......................................................... THE ROANOKE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 87 97 1977 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 50 1989 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 10 2003........SUNRISE 632 AM EDT SUNSET 818 PM EDT AUGUST 11 2003........SUNRISE 632 AM EDT SUNSET 817 PM EDT ----------------------------------------------------------- CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA 502 AM EDT SUN AUG 10 2003 ................................... ...THE LYNCHBURG CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 9 2003... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1961 TO 2003 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 80 512 PM 101 1930 86 -6 85 MINIMUM 67 1159 PM 53 2002 63 4 53 AVERAGE 74 74 0 69 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.55 2.43 1952 0.11 0.44 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.93 1.04 0.89 0.00 SINCE JUN 1 15.97 9.22 6.75 5.36 SINCE JAN 1 40.93 27.26 13.67 18.60 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM MONTH TO DATE MM SINCE JUN 1 MM SINCE JUL 1 MM SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE JUN 1 28 21 7 4 SINCE JUL 1 0 7 -7 2 COOLING YESTERDAY 9 9 0 4 MONTH TO DATE 79 89 -10 95 SINCE JUN 1 502 635 -133 722 SINCE JAN 1 559 729 -170 852 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 200 AM LOWEST 69 500 PM AVERAGE 85 .......................................................... THE LYNCHBURG CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 99 1900 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 53 2002 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 10 2003........SUNRISE 629 AM EDT SUNSET 815 PM EDT AUGUST 11 2003........SUNRISE 629 AM EDT SUNSET 814 PM EDT ========================================================= CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA 503 AM EDT SUN AUG 10 2003 ................................... ...THE BLACKSBURG CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 9 2003... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1961 TO 2003 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 80 400 PM 92 1983 82 -2 84 MINIMUM 65 1100 PM 44 1989 59 6 49 AVERAGE 73 71 2 67 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.06 1.19 1998 0.12 -0.06 MONTH TO DATE 1.64 1.11 0.53 SINCE JUN 1 17.26 9.21 8.05 SINCE JAN 1 39.11 27.65 11.46 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE JUN 1 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 1 SINCE JUN 1 50 54 -4 11 SINCE JUL 1 2 7 -5 1 COOLING YESTERDAY 8 6 2 2 MONTH TO DATE 61 54 7 66 SINCE JUN 1 324 354 -30 466 SINCE JAN 1 341 385 -44 515 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 8 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (120) HIGHEST GUST SPEED MM HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION MM AVERAGE WIND SPEED 1.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG .......................................................... THE BLACKSBURG CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 82 92 1983 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 44 1989 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 10 2003........SUNRISE 634 AM EDT SUNSET 820 PM EDT AUGUST 11 2003........SUNRISE 634 AM EDT SUNSET 819 PM EDT