CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA 507 AM EDT MON MAY 3 2004 ................................... ...THE ROANOKE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 2 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 77 310 PM 92 1959 73 +4 82 MINIMUM 52 1159 PM 36 1963 48 +4 58 AVERAGE 65 60 +5 70 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.06 1.09 1966 0.13 -0.07 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.58 0.26 +0.32 T SINCE MAR 1 6.12 7.71 -1.59 8.54 SINCE JAN 1 10.02 14.02 -4.00 15.79 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 0 6 -6 0 MONTH TO DATE 3 12 -9 0 SINCE MAR 1 700 871 -171 734 SINCE JUL 1 3920 4176 -256 4198 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 5 MONTH TO DATE 0 2 -2 8 SINCE MAR 1 47 26 +21 30 SINCE JAN 1 47 26 +21 30 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 30 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (240) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 41 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (240) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER MM WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 60 300 PM AVERAGE 80 .......................................................... THE ROANOKE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 93 1959 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 49 32 1981 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 3 2004...........SUNRISE 622 AM EDT SUNSET 812 PM EDT MAY 4 2004...........SUNRISE 621 AM EDT SUNSET 812 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 507 AM EDT MON MAY 3 2004 ................................... ...THE LYNCHBURG CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 2 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 80 319 PM 91 1942 72 +8 84 MINIMUM 56 1159 PM 34 1943 47 +9 58 AVERAGE 68 60 +8 71 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.17 0.96 2002 0.13 +0.04 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.34 0.25 +0.09 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 5.10 7.54 -2.44 9.49 SINCE JAN 1 8.87 14.18 -5.31 16.77 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 0 6 -6 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 12 -12 0 SINCE MAR 1 807 882 -75 762 SINCE JUL 1 4271 4246 +25 4385 COOLING YESTERDAY 3 1 +2 6 MONTH TO DATE 3 2 +1 10 SINCE MAR 1 32 24 +8 28 SINCE JAN 1 32 24 +8 28 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER MM WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 58 200 PM AVERAGE 79 .......................................................... THE LYNCHBURG CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 92 1913 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 47 33 1981 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 3 2004...........SUNRISE 619 AM EDT SUNSET 809 PM EDT MAY 4 2004...........SUNRISE 618 AM EDT SUNSET 809 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 507 AM EDT MON MAY 3 2004 ................................... ...THE BLACKSBURG CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 2 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 73 1200 PM 85 1962 68 +5 74 MINIMUM 45 1100 PM 29 1978 42 +3 51 AVERAGE 59 55 +4 63 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.17 1.13 1966 0.14 +0.03 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.17 0.28 -0.11 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 6.37 7.94 -1.57 7.86 SINCE JAN 1 11.95 14.33 -2.38 15.35 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 2.5 SINCE JUL 1 35.6 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 6 11 -5 2 MONTH TO DATE 11 22 -11 2 SINCE MAR 1 1002 1207 -205 963 SINCE JUL 1 4980 5315 -335 5059 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 3 0 +3 0 SINCE JAN 1 3 0 +3 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (210) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER MM WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 1200 AM LOWEST 61 1200 PM AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... THE BLACKSBURG CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 86 1954 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 26 1981 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 3 2004...........SUNRISE 624 AM EDT SUNSET 813 PM EDT MAY 4 2004...........SUNRISE 623 AM EDT SUNSET 814 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.