[CLIMATE DATA for Saturday, Sept. 27] CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA 455 AM EDT SUN SEP 28 2003 ................................... ...THE ROANOKE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 27 2003... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1948 TO 2003 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 81 227 PM 93 1998 75 6 80 MINIMUM 59 629 AM 41 1989 52 7 59 AVERAGE 70 64 6 70 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.57 1.50 1956 0.12 0.45 0.37 MONTH TO DATE 4.30 3.49 0.81 3.54 SINCE SEP 1 4.30 3.49 0.81 3.54 SINCE JAN 1 45.74 32.91 12.83 21.37 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM MONTH TO DATE MM SINCE SEP 1 MM SINCE JUL 1 MM SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 3 -3 0 MONTH TO DATE 10 27 -17 5 SINCE SEP 1 10 27 -17 5 SINCE JUL 1 10 30 -20 5 COOLING YESTERDAY 5 3 2 5 MONTH TO DATE 96 127 -31 181 SINCE SEP 1 96 127 -31 181 SINCE JAN 1 1001 1106 -105 1413 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (260) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (250) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 62 200 PM AVERAGE 81 .......................................................... THE ROANOKE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 75 92 1998 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 36 1989 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 28 2003.....SUNRISE 712 AM EDT SUNSET 708 PM EDT SEPTEMBER 29 2003.....SUNRISE 713 AM EDT SUNSET 707 PM EDT =================================================================== CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA 455 AM EDT SUN SEP 28 2003 ................................... ...THE LYNCHBURG CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 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 80 250 PM 95 1933 75 5 85 MINIMUM 56 410 AM 38 1940 52 4 59 AVERAGE 68 64 4 72 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.31 1937 0.13 -0.13 0.13 MONTH TO DATE 7.13 3.49 3.64 2.46 SINCE SEP 1 7.13 3.49 3.64 2.46 SINCE JAN 1 49.69 33.12 16.57 22.83 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM MONTH TO DATE MM SINCE SEP 1 MM SINCE JUL 1 MM SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 3 -3 0 MONTH TO DATE 13 21 -8 6 SINCE SEP 1 13 21 -8 6 SINCE JUL 1 13 29 -16 10 COOLING YESTERDAY 3 3 0 7 MONTH TO DATE 81 125 -44 156 SINCE SEP 1 81 125 -44 156 SINCE JAN 1 883 1055 -172 1263 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (270) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM .......................................................... THE LYNCHBURG CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 75 93 1936 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 38 1989 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 28 2003.....SUNRISE 709 AM EDT SUNSET 705 PM EDT SEPTEMBER 29 2003.....SUNRISE 710 AM EDT SUNSET 704 PM EDT ============================================================ CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA 455 AM EDT SUN SEP 28 2003 ................................... ...THE BLACKSBURG CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 27 2003... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1952 TO 2003 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 79 200 PM 85 1998 72 7 77 MINIMUM 55 500 AM 37 2001 46 9 57 AVERAGE 67 59 8 67 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.73 2.21 1956 0.11 0.62 MONTH TO DATE 3.92 3.06 0.86 SINCE SEP 1 3.92 3.06 0.86 SINCE JAN 1 43.69 33.28 10.41 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 6 -6 0 MONTH TO DATE 53 52 1 21 SINCE SEP 1 53 52 1 21 SINCE JUL 1 55 52 3 27 COOLING YESTERDAY 2 1 1 2 MONTH TO DATE 41 44 -3 103 SINCE SEP 1 41 44 -3 103 SINCE JAN 1 569 523 46 786 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 9 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED MM HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION MM AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.3 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) 72 85 1998 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 34 1991 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 28 2003.....SUNRISE 714 AM EDT SUNSET 710 PM EDT SEPTEMBER 29 2003.....SUNRISE 715 AM EDT SUNSET 708 PM EDT