358 CDUS41 KRNK 160923 CLIRNK CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 519 AM EDT SUN MAR 16 2014 ................................... ...THE BLACKSBURG VA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 15 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 63 400 PM 82 1973 53 10 58 MINIMUM 34 1100 PM 4 1993 30 4 26 AVERAGE 49 41 8 42 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.17 1986 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.04 1.62 -0.58 1.41 SINCE MAR 1 1.04 1.62 -0.58 1.41 SINCE JAN 1 6.67 7.51 -0.84 10.51 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 2.0 SINCE MAR 1 2.0 SINCE JUL 1 29.1 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 16 24 -8 23 MONTH TO DATE 373 387 -14 447 SINCE MAR 1 373 387 -14 447 SINCE JUL 1 4554 4435 119 4307 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 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 59 1100 PM LOWEST 30 200 PM AVERAGE 45 .......................................................... THE BLACKSBURG VA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 53 75 2002 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 30 9 1993 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 16 2014.........SUNRISE 731 AM EDT SUNSET 730 PM EDT MARCH 17 2014.........SUNRISE 730 AM EDT SUNSET 731 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$