000 CDUS41 KAKQ 050809 CLIRIC CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD, VA 409 AM EDT WED OCT 5 2005 ................................... ...THE RICHMOND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 4 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 81 257 PM 94 1986 73 8 76 MINIMUM 60 437 AM 28 1974 52 8 59 AVERAGE 71 63 8 68 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.04 1964 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE T 0.50 -0.50 0.03 SINCE SEP 1 0.08 4.48 -4.40 6.17 SINCE JAN 1 28.18 34.63 -6.45 50.82 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 4 -4 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 15 -15 0 SINCE SEP 1 2 42 -40 6 SINCE JUL 1 2 43 -41 6 COOLING YESTERDAY 6 2 4 3 MONTH TO DATE 14 11 3 18 SINCE SEP 1 342 198 144 228 SINCE JAN 1 1785 1406 379 1645 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 15 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 300 AM LOWEST 62 300 PM AVERAGE 81 .......................................................... THE RICHMOND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 98 1941 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 32 1965 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 5 2005.......SUNRISE 708 AM EDT SUNSET 646 PM EDT OCTOBER 6 2005.......SUNRISE 709 AM EDT SUNSET 645 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$