[CLIMATE DATA FOR OCTOBER 8th] CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA 518 AM EDT WED OCT 8 2003 ................................... ...THE ROANOKE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 7 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 73 239 PM 87 1963 72 1 73 MINIMUM 47 609 AM 31 1964 48 -1 54 AVERAGE 60 60 0 64 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.38 1965 0.10 -0.10 T MONTH TO DATE 0.02 0.75 -0.73 T SINCE SEP 1 4.34 4.60 -0.26 3.54 SINCE JAN 1 45.78 34.02 11.76 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 5 7 -2 1 MONTH TO DATE 77 39 38 3 SINCE SEP 1 114 87 27 11 SINCE JUL 1 114 90 24 11 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 11 -11 40 SINCE SEP 1 96 147 -51 227 SINCE JAN 1 1001 1126 -125 1459 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 15 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 1.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 500 AM LOWEST 57 200 PM AVERAGE 79 .......................................................... THE ROANOKE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 71 86 1962 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 47 30 1991 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 8 2003.......SUNRISE 721 AM EDT SUNSET 653 PM EDT OCTOBER 9 2003.......SUNRISE 722 AM EDT SUNSET 652 PM ------------------------------------------------------------------------- CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA 518 AM EDT WED OCT 8 2003 ................................... ...THE LYNCHBURG CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 7 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 73 300 PM 94 1941 71 2 75 MINIMUM 50 626 AM 28 1935 47 3 57 AVERAGE 62 59 3 66 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.62 1965 0.12 -0.12 T MONTH TO DATE T 0.84 -0.84 T SINCE SEP 1 7.13 4.72 2.41 2.46 SINCE JAN 1 49.69 34.35 15.34 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 3 6 -3 0 MONTH TO DATE 81 38 43 1 SINCE SEP 1 124 86 38 10 SINCE JUL 1 124 94 30 14 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 1 MONTH TO DATE 0 10 -10 41 SINCE SEP 1 81 137 -56 202 SINCE JAN 1 883 1067 -184 1309 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 9 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 12 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (360) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 900 PM LOWEST 57 100 PM AVERAGE 79 .......................................................... THE LYNCHBURG CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 71 89 1941 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 47 27 2001 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 8 2003.......SUNRISE 718 AM EDT SUNSET 650 PM EDT OCTOBER 9 2003.......SUNRISE 719 AM EDT SUNSET 649 PM EDT ---------------------------------------------------------------- CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA 518 AM EDT WED OCT 8 2003 ................................... ...THE BLACKSBURG CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 7 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 72 300 PM 82 1990 68 4 67 MINIMUM 41 700 AM 25 1988 41 0 46 AVERAGE 57 55 2 57 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.02 1965 0.11 -0.11 MONTH TO DATE 0.01 0.77 -0.76 SINCE SEP 1 4.04 4.16 -0.12 SINCE JAN 1 43.81 34.38 9.43 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 8 11 -3 8 MONTH TO DATE 109 65 44 12 SINCE SEP 1 206 171 35 41 SINCE JUL 1 208 189 19 47 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 10 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (140) HIGHEST GUST SPEED MM HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION MM AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 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 80 1997 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 25 2001 1954 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 8 2003.......SUNRISE 723 AM EDT SUNSET 655 PM EDT OCTOBER 9 2003.......SUNRISE 724 AM EDT SUNSET 654 PM EDT