000 CDUS41 KAKQ 230803 CLIRIC CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD, VA 302 AM EST THU FEB 23 2006 ................................... ...THE RICHMOND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 22 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 43 153 PM 73 1985 51 -8 52 MINIMUM 28 1217 AM 6 1968 31 -3 37 AVERAGE 36 41 -5 45 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.03 0.95 1987 0.11 -0.08 T MONTH TO DATE 1.40 2.28 -0.88 0.46 SINCE DEC 1 10.10 8.95 1.15 6.25 SINCE JAN 1 4.29 5.83 -1.54 3.88 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 2.5 2001 MONTH TO DATE 3.2 SINCE SEP 1 7.6 SINCE JUL 1 7.6 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 29 24 5 20 MONTH TO DATE 540 570 -30 464 SINCE DEC 1 1962 2191 -229 1929 SINCE JUL 1 2476 2914 -438 2483 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 1 -1 3 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 3 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (40) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (30) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1100 AM LOWEST 69 1200 AM AVERAGE 81 .......................................................... THE RICHMOND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 75 1985 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 31 12 1963 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 23 2006......SUNRISE 649 AM EST SUNSET 557 PM EST FEBRUARY 24 2006......SUNRISE 647 AM EST SUNSET 558 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$