000 CDUS41 KRNK 062105 CLIRNK CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 505 PM EDT MON OCT 6 2008 ................................... ...THE BLACKSBURG VA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 6 2008... VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME. CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1952 TO 2008 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) TODAY MAXIMUM 78 200 PM 88 1954 69 9 81 MINIMUM 42 600 AM 25 1988 42 0 57 AVERAGE 60 55 5 69 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.00 0.96 1995 0.11 -0.11 T MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.66 -0.66 0.01 SINCE SEP 1 1.99 4.05 -2.06 0.98 SINCE JAN 1 27.15 34.27 -7.12 26.51 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 5 10 -5 0 MONTH TO DATE 60 55 5 13 SINCE SEP 1 124 161 -37 72 SINCE JUL 1 141 179 -38 79 COOLING TODAY 0 0 0 4 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 23 SINCE SEP 1 71 46 25 143 SINCE JAN 1 551 528 23 842 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 5 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (270) HIGHEST GUST SPEED MM HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION MM AVERAGE WIND SPEED 1.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 200 AM LOWEST 36 200 PM AVERAGE 68 .......................................................... THE BLACKSBURG VA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 87 2007 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 25 1988 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 6 2008.......SUNRISE 722 AM EDT SUNSET 657 PM EDT OCTOBER 7 2008.......SUNRISE 723 AM EDT SUNSET 655 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$