000 CDUS41 KAKQ 170823 CLIRIC CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD, VA 417 AM EDT MON APR 17 2006 ................................... ...THE RICHMOND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 16 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 75 355 PM 93 1976 69 6 62 MINIMUM 56 533 AM 27 1943 45 11 38 AVERAGE 66 57 9 50 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.76 1987 0.10 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.92 1.71 -0.79 1.44 SINCE MAR 1 1.12 5.80 -4.68 5.43 SINCE JAN 1 5.48 12.33 -6.85 10.24 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.2 1935 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 8.5 SINCE JUL 1 8.5 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 8 -8 15 MONTH TO DATE 95 162 -67 143 SINCE MAR 1 576 690 -114 751 SINCE JUL 1 3198 3739 -541 3404 COOLING YESTERDAY 1 1 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 25 16 9 9 SINCE MAR 1 42 24 18 9 SINCE JAN 1 42 25 17 12 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 10 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (50) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 13 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (50) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 100 AM LOWEST 25 200 PM AVERAGE 58 .......................................................... THE RICHMOND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 96 1976 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 31 1928 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 17 2006.........SUNRISE 632 AM EDT SUNSET 746 PM EDT APRIL 18 2006.........SUNRISE 631 AM EDT SUNSET 747 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$