480 CDUS41 KRNK 300918 CLIRNK CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 515 AM EDT WED APR 30 2014 ................................... ...THE BLACKSBURG VA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 29 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 49 1100 PM 83 1974 67 -18 65 MINIMUM 45 100 PM 25 1967 42 3 47 AVERAGE 47 55 -8 56 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.30R 0.71 1970 0.12 1.18 T MONTH TO DATE 3.85 3.37 0.48 3.62 SINCE MAR 1 6.27 7.01 -0.74 6.94 SINCE JAN 1 11.90 12.90 -1.00 16.04 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE T SINCE MAR 1 7.3 SINCE JUL 1 34.4 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 18 10 8 9 MONTH TO DATE 359 420 -61 378 SINCE MAR 1 1146 1147 -1 1277 SINCE JUL 1 5327 5195 132 5137 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 (110) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (100) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 100 1200 AM AVERAGE 100 .......................................................... THE BLACKSBURG VA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 85 1994 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 28 1971 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 30 2014.........SUNRISE 628 AM EDT SUNSET 810 PM EDT MAY 1 2014...........SUNRISE 627 AM EDT SUNSET 811 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$