CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA 459 AM EDT FRI APR 9 2004 ................................... ...THE ROANOKE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 8 2004... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1948 TO 2004 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 71 305 PM 89 1959 66 5 42 MINIMUM 52 555 AM 25 1990 42 10 38 AVERAGE 62 54 8 40 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 1.09 1951 0.12 -0.11 0.94 MONTH TO DATE 0.01 0.96 -0.95 1.99 SINCE MAR 1 2.10 4.80 -2.70 5.51 SINCE JAN 1 6.00 11.11 -5.11 12.76 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 T SINCE JUL 1 21.9 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 3 12 -9 25 MONTH TO DATE 107 101 6 72 SINCE MAR 1 561 670 -109 546 SINCE JUL 1 3781 3975 -194 4010 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 12 SINCE MAR 1 3 4 -1 12 SINCE JAN 1 3 4 -1 12 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (340) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 80 1000 PM LOWEST 31 M100 PM AVERAGE 56 .......................................................... THE ROANOKE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 87 2001 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 22 1972 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 9 2004.........SUNRISE 653 AM EDT SUNSET 750 PM EDT APRIL 10 2004.........SUNRISE 652 AM EDT SUNSET 751 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 459 AM EDT FRI APR 9 2004 ................................... ...THE LYNCHBURG CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 8 2004... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2004 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 72 447 PM 89 1929 66 6 43 MINIMUM 52 1041 PM 24 1970 41 11 37 AVERAGE 62 53 9 40 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.44 1940 0.11 -0.11 0.96 MONTH TO DATE 0.07 0.94 -0.87 1.92 SINCE MAR 1 1.90 4.77 -2.87 6.09 SINCE JAN 1 5.67 11.41 -5.74 13.37 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 12.1 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 3 12 -9 25 MONTH TO DATE 123 102 21 76 SINCE MAR 1 640 678 -38 565 SINCE JUL 1 4104 4042 62 4188 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 5 SINCE MAR 1 0 3 -3 6 SINCE JAN 1 0 3 -3 6 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (60) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (60) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 71 M100 AM LOWEST 31 M400 PM AVERAGE 51 .......................................................... THE LYNCHBURG CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 87 2001 1929 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 26 1972 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 9 2004.........SUNRISE 650 AM EDT SUNSET 747 PM EDT APRIL 10 2004.........SUNRISE 649 AM EDT SUNSET 748 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 459 AM EDT FRI APR 9 2004 ................................... ...THE BLACKSBURG CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 8 2004... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1952 TO 2004 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 70 400 PM 80 2001 61 9 39 MINIMUM 46 300 AM 18 1982 35 11 35 AVERAGE 58 48 10 37 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 2.30 1972 0.12 -0.11 0.76 MONTH TO DATE 0.08 0.99 -0.91 2.06 SINCE MAR 1 2.71 4.82 -2.11 5.15 SINCE JAN 1 8.29 11.21 -2.92 12.64 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE T SINCE MAR 1 2.5 SINCE JUL 1 35.6 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 7 17 -10 28 MONTH TO DATE 156 145 11 99 SINCE MAR 1 775 878 -103 690 SINCE JUL 1 4753 4986 -233 4786 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 77 M400 AM LOWEST 40 M200 PM AVERAGE 59 .......................................................... THE BLACKSBURG CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 84 1959 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 35 17 1972 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 9 2004.........SUNRISE 655 AM EDT SUNSET 752 PM EDT APRIL 10 2004.........SUNRISE 654 AM EDT SUNSET 753 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.