029 CDUS41 KRNK 171507 CLIRNK CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1103 AM EDT MON MAR 17 2014 ................................... ...THE BLACKSBURG VA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 16 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 45 100 PM 75 2002 53 -8 70 MINIMUM 30 1100 PM 9 1993 30 0 34 AVERAGE 38 42 -4 52 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.23 2.21 2007 0.12 0.11 0.16 MONTH TO DATE 1.27 1.74 -0.47 1.57 SINCE MAR 1 1.27 1.74 -0.47 1.57 SINCE JAN 1 6.90 7.63 -0.73 10.67 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM MONTH TO DATE 2.0 SINCE MAR 1 2.0 SINCE JUL 1 29.1 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 27 24 3 13 MONTH TO DATE 400 411 -11 460 SINCE MAR 1 400 411 -11 460 SINCE JUL 1 4581 4459 122 4320 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 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (80) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (80) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN SNOW LIGHT SNOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 300 PM LOWEST 49 1000 AM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE BLACKSBURG VA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 54 72 2012 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 30 10 1970 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 17 2014.........SUNRISE 730 AM EDT SUNSET 731 PM EDT MARCH 18 2014.........SUNRISE 728 AM EDT SUNSET 732 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$