879 CDUS41 KRNK 080714 CLIRNK CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 308 AM EDT SUN MAY 8 2016 ................................... ...THE BLACKSBURG VA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 7 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 72 85 1959 69 3 81 MINIMUM 48 24 1968 44 4 53 AVERAGE 60 57 3 67 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.07 1.35 1971 0.12 -0.05 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.42 0.86 1.56 0.92 SINCE MAR 1 6.74 7.98 -1.24 10.79 SINCE JAN 1 13.88 13.87 0.01 14.21 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 1.6 4.4 SINCE JUL 1 25.6 27.8 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 5 8 -3 0 MONTH TO DATE 53 64 -11 38 SINCE MAR 1 900 1221 -321 1043 SINCE JUL 1 4335 5269 -934 5169 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 2 MONTH TO DATE 1 0 1 5 SINCE MAR 1 11 3 8 5 SINCE JAN 1 11 3 8 5 ........................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (290) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.3 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 700 PM LOWEST 41 1100 AM AVERAGE 67 .......................................................... 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 2016...........SUNRISE 619 AM EDT SUNSET 818 PM EDT MAY 9 2016...........SUNRISE 618 AM EDT SUNSET 819 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$