576 CDUS41 KRNK 260531 CLIRNK CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1228 AM EST FRI FEB 26 2016 ................................... ...THE BLACKSBURG VA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 25 2016... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1952 TO 2016 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL ........................................................... TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 38 71 1985 47 -9 37 MINIMUM 32 -2 1967 25 7 19 AVERAGE 35 36 -1 28 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.47 1979 0.10 -0.10 T MONTH TO DATE 4.70 2.52 2.18 1.83 SINCE DEC 1 12.16 8.55 3.61 5.78 SINCE JAN 1 7.14 5.60 1.54 3.13 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T T MONTH TO DATE 9.8 16.3 SINCE DEC 1 24.0 17.9 SINCE JUL 1 24.0 20.3 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 30 29 1 37 MONTH TO DATE 788 776 12 954 SINCE DEC 1 2447 2783 -336 2812 SINCE JUL 1 3335 3963 -628 4005 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 ........................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (290) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 36 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.9 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 79 1200 AM LOWEST 62 1100 AM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE BLACKSBURG VA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 73 2000 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 25 2 1968 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 26 2016......SUNRISE 657 AM EST SUNSET 612 PM EST FEBRUARY 27 2016......SUNRISE 656 AM EST SUNSET 613 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ RCS