CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA 520 AM EDT SAT OCT 25 2003 ................................... ...THE ROANOKE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 24 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 58 401 PM 85 2001 66 -8 51 MINIMUM 33 646 AM 24 1969 42 -9 48 AVERAGE 46 54 -8 50 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.57 1980 0.10 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.86 2.45 -1.59 2.46 SINCE SEP 1 5.18 6.30 -1.12 6.00 SINCE JAN 1 46.62 35.72 10.90 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 19 11 8 15 MONTH TO DATE 184 196 -12 155 SINCE SEP 1 221 244 -23 163 SINCE JUL 1 221 247 -26 163 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 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (110) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 14 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (110) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.7 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 96 700 AM LOWEST 40 200 PM AVERAGE 68 .......................................................... THE ROANOKE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 82 1975 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 29 1978 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 25 2003.......SUNRISE 737 AM EDT SUNSET 630 PM EDT OCTOBER 26 2003.......SUNRISE 638 AM EST SUNSET 529 PM EST ------------------------------------------------------------- CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA 520 AM EDT SAT OCT 25 2003 ................................... ...THE LYNCHBURG CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 24 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 57 404 PM 83 2001 66 -9 50 MINIMUM 28 640 AM 21 1969 40 -12 45 AVERAGE 43 53 -10 48 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.19 1913 0.10 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.97 2.68 -1.71 2.32 SINCE SEP 1 8.10 6.56 +1.54 4.78 SINCE JAN 1 50.66 36.19 +14.47 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 22 11 +11 17 MONTH TO DATE 216 186 +30 167 SINCE SEP 1 259 234 +25 176 SINCE JUL 1 259 242 +17 180 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 9 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 14 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (140) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 1.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER MM WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 300 AM LOWEST 38 200 PM AVERAGE 65 .......................................................... THE LYNCHBURG CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 86 1921 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 28 1999 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 25 2003.......SUNRISE 734 AM EDT SUNSET 627 PM EDT OCTOBER 26 2003.......SUNRISE 635 AM EST SUNSET 526 PM EST ============================================================== CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA 520 AM EDT SAT OCT 25 2003 ................................... ...THE BLACKSBURG CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 24 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 60 400 PM 77 2001 63 -3 49 MINIMUM 28 700 AM 15 1969 35 -7 43 AVERAGE 44 49 -5 46 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.83 1983 0.10 -0.10 MONTH TO DATE 0.62 2.49 -1.87 SINCE SEP 1 4.65 5.88 -1.23 SINCE JAN 1 44.42 36.10 8.32 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 21 16 5 19 MONTH TO DATE 288 288 0 228 SINCE SEP 1 385 394 -9 257 SINCE JUL 1 387 412 -25 263 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 7 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (130) HIGHEST GUST SPEED MM HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION MM AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.0 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) 62 80 2001 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 35 15 1969 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 25 2003.......SUNRISE 739 AM EDT SUNSET 632 PM EDT OCTOBER 26 2003.......SUNRISE 640 AM EST SUNSET 531 PM EST