CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA 501 AM EST TUE DEC 9 2003 ................................... ...THE ROANOKE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 8 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 47 423 PM 74 1980 50 -3 48 MINIMUM 26 232 AM 14 1995 31 -5 32 AVERAGE 37 41 -4 40 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.75 1989 0.09 -0.09 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.00 0.78 0.22 1.14 SINCE DEC 1 1.00 0.78 0.22 1.14 SINCE JAN 1 52.39 40.41 11.98 32.06 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 7.3 SINCE DEC 1 7.3 SINCE JUL 1 7.3 SNOW DEPTH 2 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 28 25 3 25 MONTH TO DATE 231 191 40 261 SINCE DEC 1 231 191 40 261 SINCE JUL 1 924 1046 -122 1091 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 1014 1134 -120 1464 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 10 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (10) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 10 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 82 1100 PM LOWEST 42 M300 PM AVERAGE 62 .......................................................... THE ROANOKE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 50 73 1978 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 31 15 1992 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 9 2003......SUNRISE 722 AM EST SUNSET 502 PM EST DECEMBER 10 2003......SUNRISE 723 AM EST SUNSET 502 PM EST - 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 501 AM EST TUE DEC 9 2003 ................................... ...THE LYNCHBURG CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 8 2003... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1934 TO 2003 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 46 411 PM 74 1980 50 -4 50 MINIMUM 20 331 AM 15 1977 29 -9 24 AVERAGE 33 40 -7 37 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.02 1924 0.10 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.91 0.81 0.10 1.13 SINCE DEC 1 0.91 0.81 0.10 1.13 SINCE JAN 1 56.51 40.89 15.62 33.97 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 4.1 SINCE DEC 1 4.1 SINCE JUL 1 4.1 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 32 25 7 28 MONTH TO DATE 240 188 52 285 SINCE DEC 1 240 188 52 285 SINCE JUL 1 999 1058 -59 1175 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 889 1075 -186 1314 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 10 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 13 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 1.0 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 92 M800 AM LOWEST 36 1200 PM AVERAGE 64 .......................................................... THE LYNCHBURG CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 50 73 1946 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 29 11 1917 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 9 2003......SUNRISE 719 AM EST SUNSET 459 PM EST DECEMBER 10 2003......SUNRISE 720 AM EST SUNSET 459 PM EST - 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 501 AM EST TUE DEC 9 2003 ................................... ...THE BLACKSBURG CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 8 2003... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1995 TO 2003 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 45 300 PM 47 -2 42 MINIMUM 20 700 AM 25 -5 16 AVERAGE 33 36 -3 29 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.03 0.09 -0.09 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.99 0.72 0.27 1.45 SINCE DEC 1 0.99 0.72 0.27 1.45 SINCE JAN 1 50.43 40.48 9.95 38.80 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 7.2 SINCE DEC 1 7.2 SINCE JUL 1 7.4 SNOW DEPTH 4 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 32 30 2 36 MONTH TO DATE 264 235 29 315 SINCE DEC 1 264 235 29 315 SINCE JUL 1 1275 1442 -167 1389 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 571 533 38 803 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 5 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (130) HIGHEST GUST SPEED MM HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION MM AVERAGE WIND SPEED 0.7 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 92 M200 AM LOWEST 45 M300 PM AVERAGE 69 .......................................................... SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 9 2003......SUNRISE 724 AM EST SUNSET 504 PM EST DECEMBER 10 2003......SUNRISE 724 AM EST SUNSET 504 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.