000 CDUS41 KAKQ 100808 CLIRIC CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD, VA 308 AM EST SAT DEC 10 2005 ................................... ...THE RICHMOND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 9 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 43 406 PM 77 1951 52 -9 55 MINIMUM 31 1159 PM 13 1976 32 -1 42 AVERAGE 37 42 -5 49 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.50 1.49 1978 0.10 0.40 0.36 MONTH TO DATE 1.96 0.89 1.07 0.86 SINCE DEC 1 1.96 0.89 1.07 0.86 SINCE JAN 1 37.69 41.68 -3.99 56.87 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.0 1989 MONTH TO DATE 4.4 SINCE SEP 1 4.4 SINCE JUL 1 4.4 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 28 23 5 16 MONTH TO DATE 245 193 52 131 SINCE DEC 1 245 193 52 131 SINCE JUL 1 759 916 -157 685 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 1 -1 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 1 -1 0 SINCE JAN 1 1839 1435 404 1668 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FREEZING RAIN LT FREEZING RAIN SNOW LIGHT SNOW FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 300 AM LOWEST 47 100 PM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE RICHMOND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 75 1966 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 32 13 1917 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 10 2005......SUNRISE 713 AM EST SUNSET 451 PM EST DECEMBER 11 2005......SUNRISE 714 AM EST SUNSET 451 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$