CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA 504 AM EDT MON OCT 6 2003 ................................... ...THE ROANOKE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 5 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 70 347 PM 93 1951 72 -2 84 MINIMUM 47 611 AM 30 1968 48 -1 60 AVERAGE 59 60 -1 72 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.83 1995 0.11 -0.11 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.02 0.55 -0.53 T SINCE SEP 1 4.34 4.40 -0.06 3.54 SINCE JAN 1 45.78 33.82 11.96 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 6 6 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 70 26 44 0 SINCE SEP 1 107 74 33 8 SINCE JUL 1 107 77 30 8 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 7 MONTH TO DATE 0 9 -9 40 SINCE SEP 1 96 145 -49 227 SINCE JAN 1 1001 1124 -123 1459 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 900 PM LOWEST 40 1100 AM AVERAGE 65 .......................................................... THE ROANOKE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 91 1951 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 32 1968 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 6 2003.......SUNRISE 719 AM EDT SUNSET 656 PM EDT OCTOBER 7 2003.......SUNRISE 720 AM EDT SUNSET 655 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. ................................... ...THE LYNCHBURG CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 5 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 69 245 PM 96 1941 72 -3 86 MINIMUM 44 648 AM 29 1968 48 -4 63 AVERAGE 57 60 -3 75 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 5.81 1902 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE T 0.60 -0.60 T SINCE SEP 1 7.13 4.48 2.65 2.46 SINCE JAN 1 49.69 34.11 15.58 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 8 6 2 0 MONTH TO DATE 73 26 47 0 SINCE SEP 1 116 74 42 9 SINCE JUL 1 116 82 34 13 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 10 MONTH TO DATE 0 8 -8 40 SINCE SEP 1 81 135 -54 201 SINCE JAN 1 883 1065 -182 1308 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (230) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1000 PM LOWEST 34 1200 PM AVERAGE 67 .......................................................... THE LYNCHBURG CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 98 1941 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 47 33 1968 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 6 2003.......SUNRISE 716 AM EDT SUNSET 653 PM EDT OCTOBER 7 2003.......SUNRISE 717 AM EDT SUNSET 652 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. ................................... ...THE BLACKSBURG CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 5 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 66 300 PM 86 1954 69 -3 78 MINIMUM 43 600 AM 20 1974 42 1 53 AVERAGE 55 56 -1 66 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.15 1972 0.11 -0.11 MONTH TO DATE 0.01 0.55 -0.54 SINCE SEP 1 4.04 3.94 0.10 SINCE JAN 1 43.81 34.16 9.65 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 10 10 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 92 43 49 0 SINCE SEP 1 189 149 40 29 SINCE JUL 1 191 167 24 35 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 1 MONTH TO DATE 0 5 -5 14 SINCE SEP 1 41 51 -10 120 SINCE JAN 1 569 533 36 803 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. .......................................................... THE BLACKSBURG CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 69 88 1954 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 25 1988 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 6 2003.......SUNRISE 721 AM EDT SUNSET 658 PM EDT OCTOBER 7 2003.......SUNRISE 722 AM EDT SUNSET 657 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.