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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD, VA                               
406 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2005

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...THE NORFOLK CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 7 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             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         79   1259 PM  91    1941  72      7       68       
  MINIMUM         73    844 PM  41    1943  56     17       47       
  AVERAGE         76                        64     12       58      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.48          0.99 1965   0.12   0.36     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.50                      0.84  -0.34     0.29    
  SINCE SEP 1      3.40                      4.90  -1.50     3.59    
  SINCE JAN 1     32.99                     37.10  -4.11    43.44    
                                                                     
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                         3     -3        7       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                        17    -17       17       
  SINCE SEP 1      0                        25    -25       19       
  SINCE JUL 1      0                        25    -25       19       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       11                         3      8        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   51                        24     27       18       
  SINCE SEP 1    384                       259    125      253       
  SINCE JAN 1   1748                      1580    168     1725       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    22   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (200)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    30   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (180)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    12.2                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  RAIN                                                               
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    94           200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     85           900 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    90                                                       
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THE NORFOLK CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   72        92      1941                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   56        42      1889                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  8 2005.......SUNRISE   706 AM EDT   SUNSET   638 PM EDT   
OCTOBER  9 2005.......SUNRISE   707 AM EDT   SUNSET   636 PM EDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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