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CLIRIC


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD, VA                               
430 AM EDT THU JUL 6 2006

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...THE RICHMOND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 5 2006...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1871 TO 2006

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         89    321 PM 101    1990  87      2       89       
  MINIMUM         72    617 PM  52    1967  67      5       70       
  AVERAGE         81                        77      4       80      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        1.10          2.70 1956   0.14   0.96     0.19    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.10                      0.69   0.41     0.19    
  SINCE JUN 1      8.95                      4.23   4.72     1.38    
  SINCE JAN 1     18.93                     21.99  -3.06    16.45    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                               
  SINCE SEP 1      8.5                                               
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JUN 1      3                         8     -5        3       
  SINCE JUL 1      0                         0      0        0       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       16                        13      3       15       
  MONTH TO DATE   82                        61     21       80       
  SINCE JUN 1    390                       338     52      426       
  SINCE JAN 1    544                       487     57      510       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    21   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    28   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (290)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.6                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  THUNDERSTORM                                                       
  HEAVY RAIN                                                         
  RAIN                                                               
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     55           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    74                                                       
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THE RICHMOND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   87       105      1977                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        55      1979                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JULY  6 2006..........SUNRISE   554 AM EDT   SUNSET   834 PM EDT   
JULY  7 2006..........SUNRISE   555 AM EDT   SUNSET   833 PM EDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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