983 CDUS41 KRNK 080926 CLIRNK CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 524 AM EDT THU MAY 8 2014 ................................... ...THE BLACKSBURG VA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 7 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 81 300 PM 85 1959 69 12 59 MINIMUM 51 600 AM 24 1968 44 7 44 AVERAGE 66 57 9 52 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.35 1971 0.12 -0.12 0.83 MONTH TO DATE 0.02 0.86 -0.84 2.17 SINCE MAR 1 6.54 7.98 -1.44 9.11 SINCE JAN 1 12.17 13.87 -1.70 18.21 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 7.3 SINCE JUL 1 34.4 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 8 -8 13 MONTH TO DATE 35 64 -29 85 SINCE MAR 1 1187 1221 -34 1366 SINCE JUL 1 5368 5269 99 5226 COOLING YESTERDAY 1 0 1 0 MONTH TO DATE 1 0 1 0 SINCE MAR 1 1 3 -2 0 SINCE JAN 1 1 3 -2 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED MM HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION MM AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 100 AM LOWEST 45 300 PM AVERAGE 73 .......................................................... THE BLACKSBURG VA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 85 2000 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 30 1989 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 8 2014...........SUNRISE 620 AM EDT SUNSET 817 PM EDT MAY 9 2014...........SUNRISE 619 AM EDT SUNSET 818 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$