247 CDUS41 KRNK 041026 CLIRNK CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 524 AM EST TUE MAR 4 2014 ................................... ...THE BLACKSBURG VA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 3 2014... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1952 TO 2014 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 51 1200 AM 74 1992 49 2 27 MINIMUM 17 1100 PM 3 1980 27 -10 21 AVERAGE 34 38 -4 24 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.71 1.26 1960 0.10 0.61 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 0.87 0.29 0.58 0.01 SINCE MAR 1 0.87 0.29 0.58 0.01 SINCE JAN 1 6.50 6.18 0.32 9.11 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 1.1 MONTH TO DATE 1.1 SINCE MAR 1 1.1 SINCE JUL 1 28.2 SNOW DEPTH 1 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 31 27 4 41 MONTH TO DATE 79 82 -3 111 SINCE MAR 1 79 82 -3 111 SINCE JUL 1 4260 4130 130 3971 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 10 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (90) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN LIGHT SNOW FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 92 600 PM AVERAGE 96 .......................................................... THE BLACKSBURG VA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 49 75 1976 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 27 4 1980 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 4 2014.........SUNRISE 649 AM EST SUNSET 619 PM EST MARCH 5 2014.........SUNRISE 647 AM EST SUNSET 620 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$