CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA 509 AM EDT THU AUG 28 2003 ................................... ...THE BLACKSBURG CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 27 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 87 200 PM 96 1959 80 7 74 MINIMUM 65 600 AM 40 1968 56 9 63 AVERAGE 76 68 8 69 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.44 1992 0.11 -0.11 MONTH TO DATE 2.25 3.24 -0.99 SINCE JUN 1 17.87 11.34 6.53 SINCE JAN 1 39.72 29.78 9.94 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 11 4 7 4 MONTH TO DATE 209 138 71 233 SINCE JUN 1 472 438 34 633 SINCE JAN 1 489 469 20 682 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (220) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (220) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HAZE .......................................................... THE BLACKSBURG CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 80 93 1953 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 38 1968 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 28 2003........SUNRISE 649 AM EDT SUNSET 757 PM EDT AUGUST 29 2003........SUNRISE 649 AM EDT SUNSET 755 PM EDT ========================================================= CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA 509 AM EDT THU AUG 28 2003 ................................... ...THE ROANOKE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 27 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 93 229 PM 97 1953 84 9 77 MINIMUM 73 610 AM 49 1945 62 11 67 AVERAGE 83 73 10 72 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.08 1.09 2000 0.12 -0.04 0.08 MONTH TO DATE 3.82 3.24 0.58 1.71 SINCE JUN 1 15.30 10.92 4.38 6.26 SINCE JAN 1 41.22 28.92 12.30 17.33 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 18 8 10 7 MONTH TO DATE 305 272 33 367 SINCE JUN 1 786 844 -58 1068 SINCE JAN 1 850 942 -92 1225 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (280) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (230) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 400 AM LOWEST 49 100 PM AVERAGE 68 .......................................................... THE ROANOKE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 84 98 1948 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 49 1986 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 28 2003........SUNRISE 647 AM EDT SUNSET 755 PM EDT AUGUST 29 2003........SUNRISE 648 AM EDT SUNSET 753 PM EDT ========================================================= CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA 509 AM EDT THU AUG 28 2003 ................................... ...THE LYNCHBURG CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 27 2003... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2003 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 92 250 PM 96 1948 84 8 79 MINIMUM 71 1108 PM 50 1945 61 10 65 AVERAGE 82 73 9 72 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.44 2000 0.11 -0.11 0.09 MONTH TO DATE 3.52 2.96 0.56 1.15 SINCE JUN 1 17.56 11.14 6.42 6.51 SINCE JAN 1 42.52 29.18 13.34 19.75 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 17 8 9 7 MONTH TO DATE 274 243 31 344 SINCE JUN 1 697 789 -92 971 SINCE JAN 1 754 883 -129 1101 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 14 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (250) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 100 AM LOWEST 49 100 PM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE LYNCHBURG CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 84 98 1948 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 50 1887 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 28 2003........SUNRISE 644 AM EDT SUNSET 752 PM EDT AUGUST 29 2003........SUNRISE 644 AM EDT SUNSET 750 PM EDT =========================================================