483 CDUS41 KRNK 010935 CLIRNK CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 533 AM EDT THU MAY 1 2014 ................................... ...THE BLACKSBURG VA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 30 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 69 300 PM 85 1994 68 1 68 MINIMUM 49 100 AM 28 1971 42 7 53 AVERAGE 59 55 4 61 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.25 1.37 1994 0.11 0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 4.10 3.48 0.62 3.62 SINCE MAR 1 6.52 7.12 -0.60 6.94 SINCE JAN 1 12.15 13.01 -0.86 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 6 10 -4 4 MONTH TO DATE 365 430 -65 382 SINCE MAR 1 1152 1157 -5 1281 SINCE JUL 1 5333 5205 128 5141 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 3 -3 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 3 -3 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 3 -3 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 78 300 PM AVERAGE 89 .......................................................... THE BLACKSBURG VA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 86 2007 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 28 1971 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 1 2014...........SUNRISE 627 AM EDT SUNSET 811 PM EDT MAY 2 2014...........SUNRISE 626 AM EDT SUNSET 812 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$