CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA 455 AM EDT FRI OCT 24 2003 ................................... ...THE ROANOKE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 23 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 55 406 PM 81 2001 66 -11 68 MINIMUM 41 648 AM 26 1987 42 -1 41 AVERAGE 48 54 -6 55 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.38 1971 0.10 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.86 2.35 -1.49 2.46 SINCE SEP 1 5.18 6.20 -1.02 6.00 SINCE JAN 1 46.62 35.62 11.00 23.83 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM MONTH TO DATE MM SINCE SEP 1 MM SINCE JUL 1 MM SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 17 11 6 10 MONTH TO DATE 165 185 -20 140 SINCE SEP 1 202 233 -31 148 SINCE JUL 1 202 236 -34 148 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 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 62 700 AM LOWEST 43 400 PM AVERAGE 53 .......................................................... THE ROANOKE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 85 2001 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 24 1969 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 24 2003.......SUNRISE 736 AM EDT SUNSET 632 PM EDT OCTOBER 25 2003.......SUNRISE 737 AM EDT SUNSET 630 PM EDT ----------------------------------------------------------------- CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA 455 AM EDT FRI OCT 24 2003 ................................... ...THE LYNCHBURG CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 23 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 57 303 PM 84 1947 66 -9 69 MINIMUM 33 1152 PM 23 1997 41 -8 37 AVERAGE 45 54 -9 53 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.21 1971 0.10 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.97 2.58 -1.61 2.32 SINCE SEP 1 8.10 6.46 1.64 4.78 SINCE JAN 1 50.66 36.09 14.57 25.15 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM MONTH TO DATE MM SINCE SEP 1 MM SINCE JUL 1 MM SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 20 10 10 12 MONTH TO DATE 194 175 19 150 SINCE SEP 1 237 223 14 159 SINCE JUL 1 237 231 6 163 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 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (260) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (260) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 1100 PM LOWEST 41 1200 PM AVERAGE 65 .......................................................... THE LYNCHBURG CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 83 2001 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 21 1969 ========================================================= CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA 455 AM EDT FRI OCT 24 2003 ................................... ...THE BLACKSBURG CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 23 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 50 1200 PM 78 1978 63 -13 67 MINIMUM 36 600 AM 18 1997 35 1 37 AVERAGE 43 49 -6 52 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.53 1990 0.10 -0.10 MONTH TO DATE 0.62 2.39 -1.77 SINCE SEP 1 4.65 5.78 -1.13 SINCE JAN 1 44.42 36.00 8.42 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 22 16 6 13 MONTH TO DATE 267 272 -5 209 SINCE SEP 1 364 378 -14 238 SINCE JUL 1 366 396 -30 244 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 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 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) 63 77 2001 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 35 15 1969 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 24 2003.......SUNRISE 738 AM EDT SUNSET 634 PM EDT OCTOBER 25 2003.......SUNRISE 739 AM EDT SUNSET 632 PM EDT