000 CDUS41 KAKQ 211327 CLIRIC CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD, VA 826 AM EST MON MAR 21 2005 ................................... ...THE RICHMOND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 20 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 62 356 PM 85 1948 60 2 65 MINIMUM 43 1158 PM 21 1914 38 5 31 AVERAGE 53 49 4 48 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.55 2003 0.14 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.64 2.68 -1.04 1.98 SINCE MAR 1 1.64 2.68 -1.04 1.98 SINCE JAN 1 6.45 9.21 -2.76 5.40 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM MONTH TO DATE 0.3 SINCE SEP 1 5.7 SINCE JUL 1 5.7 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 12 16 -4 17 MONTH TO DATE 456 373 83 301 SINCE MAR 1 456 373 83 301 SINCE JUL 1 3109 3422 -313 3380 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 2 SINCE MAR 1 0 0 0 2 SINCE JAN 1 3 1 2 2 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (360) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (360) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 53 200 PM AVERAGE 77 .......................................................... THE RICHMOND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 90 1968 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 38 16 1914 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 21 2005.........SUNRISE 611 AM EST SUNSET 622 PM EST MARCH 22 2005.........SUNRISE 610 AM EST SUNSET 623 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$