CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA 510 AM EDT MON OCT 20 2003 ................................... ...THE ROANOKE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 19 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 73 339 PM 84 1985 67 6 65 MINIMUM 42 309 AM 25 1976 43 -1 40 AVERAGE 58 55 3 53 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.40 1968 0.10 -0.10 T MONTH TO DATE 0.86 1.95 -1.09 2.01 SINCE SEP 1 5.18 5.80 -0.62 5.55 SINCE JAN 1 46.62 35.22 11.40 23.38 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM MONTH TO DATE MM SINCE SEP 1 MM SINCE JUL 1 MM SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 7 10 -3 12 MONTH TO DATE 128 143 -15 105 SINCE SEP 1 165 191 -26 113 SINCE JUL 1 165 194 -29 113 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 5 17 -12 44 SINCE SEP 1 101 153 -52 231 SINCE JAN 1 1006 1132 -126 1463 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 100 AM LOWEST 35 400 PM AVERAGE 62 .......................................................... THE ROANOKE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 84 1969 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 22 1972 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 20 2003.......SUNRISE 732 AM EDT SUNSET 637 PM EDT OCTOBER 21 2003.......SUNRISE 733 AM EDT SUNSET 635 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. ******************************************** CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA 510 AM EDT MON OCT 20 2003 ................................... ...THE LYNCHBURG CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 19 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 71 434 PM 88 1938 67 4 66 MINIMUM 36 615 AM 26 1948 42 -6 39 AVERAGE 54 55 -1 53 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.80 1937 0.11 -0.11 T MONTH TO DATE 0.97 2.16 -1.19 2.05 SINCE SEP 1 8.10 6.04 2.06 4.51 SINCE JAN 1 50.66 35.67 14.99 24.88 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM MONTH TO DATE MM SINCE SEP 1 MM SINCE JUL 1 MM SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 11 9 2 12 MONTH TO DATE 150 135 15 108 SINCE SEP 1 193 183 10 117 SINCE JUL 1 193 191 2 121 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 1 17 -16 46 SINCE SEP 1 82 144 -62 207 SINCE JAN 1 884 1074 -190 1314 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (240) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (220) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 37 200 PM AVERAGE 69 .......................................................... THE LYNCHBURG CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 85 1993 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 25 1992 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 20 2003.......SUNRISE 729 AM EDT SUNSET 634 PM EDT OCTOBER 21 2003.......SUNRISE 730 AM EDT SUNSET 632 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. *********************************************** CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA 510 AM EDT MON OCT 20 2003 ................................... ...THE BLACKSBURG CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 19 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 68 400 PM 80 1991 64 4 59 MINIMUM 40 100 AM 25 1970 36 4 37 AVERAGE 54 50 4 48 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.93 1966 0.10 -0.10 MONTH TO DATE 0.62 1.99 -1.37 SINCE SEP 1 4.65 5.38 -0.73 SINCE JAN 1 44.42 35.60 8.82 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 11 15 -4 17 MONTH TO DATE 209 210 -1 159 SINCE SEP 1 306 316 -10 188 SINCE JUL 1 308 334 -26 194 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 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 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) 64 82 1985 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 36 18 1972 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 20 2003.......SUNRISE 734 AM EDT SUNSET 639 PM EDT OCTOBER 21 2003.......SUNRISE 735 AM EDT SUNSET 637 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.