517 CDUS41 KRNK 010843 CLIRNK CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 436 AM EDT THU SEP 1 2016 ................................... ...THE BLACKSBURG VA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 31 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 88 95 1953 80 8 84 MINIMUM 65 39 1986 57 8 62 AVERAGE 77 68 9 73 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.35 2.98 1964 0.10 0.25 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 4.51 3.59 0.92 4.09 SINCE JUN 1 12.65 11.85 0.80 11.83 SINCE JAN 1 28.67 29.19 -0.52 27.36 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUN 1 0.0 T SINCE JUL 1 0.0 T SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 6 -6 1 SINCE JUN 1 12 56 -44 12 SINCE JUL 1 0 18 -18 1 COOLING YESTERDAY 12 4 8 8 MONTH TO DATE 274 168 106 193 SINCE JUN 1 731 483 248 651 SINCE JAN 1 777 512 265 727 ........................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (340) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.2 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 48 300 PM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE BLACKSBURG VA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 80 95 1953 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 41 1999 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 1 2016.....SUNRISE 653 AM EDT SUNSET 750 PM EDT SEPTEMBER 2 2016.....SUNRISE 653 AM EDT SUNSET 748 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$