000 CDUS41 KAKQ 030619 CLIRIC CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD, VA 118 AM EST THU MAR 3 2005 ................................... ...THE RICHMOND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 2 2005... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1871 TO 2005 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 43 345 PM 81 1972 54 -11 69 MINIMUM 30 1159 PM 18 1950 33 -3 56 AVERAGE 37 43 -6 63 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.42 1994 0.12 -0.12 T MONTH TO DATE T 0.24 -0.24 T SINCE MAR 1 T 0.24 -0.24 T SINCE JAN 1 4.81 6.77 -1.96 3.42 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 5.4 SINCE JUL 1 5.4 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 28 21 7 2 MONTH TO DATE 55 43 12 13 SINCE MAR 1 55 43 12 13 SINCE JUL 1 2708 3092 -384 3092 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 3 1 2 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (270) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 59 200 AM LOWEST 29 200 PM AVERAGE 44 .......................................................... THE RICHMOND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 54 79 1974 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 33 14 1925 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 3 2005.........SUNRISE 638 AM EST SUNSET 605 PM EST MARCH 4 2005.........SUNRISE 636 AM EST SUNSET 606 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$