CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA 506 AM EDT TUE OCT 7 2003 ................................... ...THE ROANOKE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 6 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 75 232 PM 91 1951 72 3 71 MINIMUM 50 243 AM 32 1968 48 2 54 AVERAGE 63 60 3 63 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.53 1968 0.10 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.02 0.65 -0.63 T SINCE SEP 1 4.34 4.50 -0.16 3.54 SINCE JAN 1 45.78 33.92 11.86 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 2 6 -4 2 MONTH TO DATE 72 32 40 2 SINCE SEP 1 109 80 29 10 SINCE JUL 1 109 83 26 10 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 10 -10 40 SINCE SEP 1 96 146 -50 227 SINCE JAN 1 1001 1125 -124 1459 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (270) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 15 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 96 300 AM LOWEST 41 500 PM AVERAGE 69 .......................................................... THE ROANOKE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 87 1963 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 31 1964 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 7 2003.......SUNRISE 720 AM EDT SUNSET 655 PM EDT OCTOBER 8 2003.......SUNRISE 721 AM EDT SUNSET 653 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 6 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 74 258 PM 98 1941 72 2 72 MINIMUM 46 300 AM 33 1968 47 -1 55 AVERAGE 60 59 1 64 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.02 1972 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE T 0.72 -0.72 T SINCE SEP 1 7.13 4.60 2.53 2.46 SINCE JAN 1 49.69 34.23 15.46 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 5 6 -1 1 MONTH TO DATE 78 32 46 1 SINCE SEP 1 121 80 41 10 SINCE JUL 1 121 88 33 14 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 9 -9 40 SINCE SEP 1 81 136 -55 201 SINCE JAN 1 883 1066 -183 1308 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 10 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 12 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 96 100 AM LOWEST 46 300 PM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE LYNCHBURG CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 71 94 1941 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 47 28 1935 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 7 2003.......SUNRISE 717 AM EDT SUNSET 652 PM EDT OCTOBER 8 2003.......SUNRISE 718 AM EDT SUNSET 650 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 6 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 70 400 PM 88 1954 69 1 72 MINIMUM 42 200 AM 25 1988 41 1 49 AVERAGE 56 55 1 61 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.96 1995 0.11 -0.11 MONTH TO DATE 0.01 0.66 -0.65 SINCE SEP 1 4.04 4.05 -0.01 SINCE JAN 1 43.81 34.27 9.54 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 9 11 -2 4 MONTH TO DATE 101 54 47 4 SINCE SEP 1 198 160 38 33 SINCE JUL 1 200 178 22 39 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 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 (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 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) 68 82 1990 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 25 1988 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 7 2003.......SUNRISE 722 AM EDT SUNSET 657 PM EDT OCTOBER 8 2003.......SUNRISE 723 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.