000 CXUS51 KRNK 010937 CLMBLF CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 536 AM EDT MON SEP 1 2008 ................................... ...THE BLUEFIELD WV CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2008... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1959 TO 2008 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL ............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 95 08/24/2007 08/16/2007 08/17/1988 LOW 39 08/29/1986 HIGHEST 85 08/30 87 -2 95 LOWEST 51 08/12 59 -8 61 AVG. MAXIMUM 78.6 79.7 -1.1 87.7 AVG. MINIMUM 60.9 61.9 -1.0 68.6 MEAN 69.7 70.8 -1.1 78.2 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.8 -0.8 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 5.77 2006 MINIMUM 0.65 2007 TOTALS 3.16 3.20 -0.04 0.65 DAILY AVG. 0.10 0.10 0.00 0.02 DAYS >= .01 8 10.1 -2.1 DAYS >= .10 6 6.6 -0.6 DAYS >= .50 3 2.5 0.5 DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.6 0.4 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.39 08/26 TO 08/27 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS 0.0 0.0 SINCE 7/1 0.0 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 4 13 -9 SINCE 7/1 6 18 -12 COOLING TOTAL 158 192 -34 SINCE 1/1 635 582 53 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.9 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 18/110 DATE 08/26 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 32/100 DATE 08/27 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 16 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 12 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 3 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 68 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 5 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 5 LIGHT RAIN 8 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 19 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 9 HAZE 11 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$