356 CDUS41 KRNK 280527 CLIRNK CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 126 AM EDT THU APR 28 2016 ................................... ...THE BLACKSBURG VA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 27 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 78 85 1994 67 11 55 MINIMUM 57 25 1974 41 16 33 AVERAGE 68 54 14 44 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.03 2.70 1978 0.12 -0.09 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.28 3.14 -1.86 5.15 SINCE MAR 1 3.85 6.78 -2.93 9.71 SINCE JAN 1 10.99 12.67 -1.68 13.13 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.6 T SINCE MAR 1 1.6 4.4 SINCE JUL 1 25.6 27.8 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 11 -11 21 MONTH TO DATE 352 399 -47 306 SINCE MAR 1 837 1126 -289 969 SINCE JUL 1 4272 5174 -902 5095 COOLING YESTERDAY 3 0 3 0 MONTH TO DATE 4 0 4 0 SINCE MAR 1 4 0 4 0 SINCE JAN 1 4 0 4 0 ........................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 10 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.3 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 97 500 AM LOWEST 52 200 PM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE BLACKSBURG VA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 84 1990 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 25 1976 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 28 2016.........SUNRISE 630 AM EDT SUNSET 809 PM EDT APRIL 29 2016.........SUNRISE 629 AM EDT SUNSET 810 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$