000 CDUS41 KAKQ 030803 CLIRIC CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD, VA 302 AM EST TUE JAN 3 2006 ................................... ...THE RICHMOND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 2 2006... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1871 TO 2006 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 50 1233 PM 69 2000 46 4 54 MINIMUM 30 248 AM 10 1928 28 2 44 AVERAGE 40 37 3 49 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.83 1.36 1979 0.11 0.72 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.83 0.22 0.61 0.00 SINCE DEC 1 6.64 3.34 3.30 2.37 SINCE JAN 1 0.83 0.22 0.61 0.00 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 1.6 1918 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 4.4 SINCE JUL 1 4.4 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 25 27 -2 16 MONTH TO DATE 48 54 -6 24 SINCE DEC 1 858 802 56 719 SINCE JUL 1 1372 1525 -153 1273 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 1 -1 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (70) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (70) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 600 AM LOWEST 71 1200 PM AVERAGE 86 .......................................................... THE RICHMOND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 74 2000 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 28 7 1918 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 3 2006.......SUNRISE 724 AM EST SUNSET 504 PM EST JANUARY 4 2006.......SUNRISE 724 AM EST SUNSET 505 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$