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CLIRIC


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD, VA                               
610 AM EDT SAT OCT 28 2006

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...THE RICHMOND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 27 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         63   1159 PM  88    1919  66     -3       60       
  MINIMUM         50    706 AM  21    1962  43      7       33       
  AVERAGE         57                        54      3       47      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.43          2.03 1889   0.11   0.32     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    5.20                      3.16   2.04     3.74    
  SINCE SEP 1     14.72                      7.14   7.58     3.82    
  SINCE JAN 1     43.13                     37.29   5.84    31.92    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                               
  SINCE SEP 1      0.0                                               
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        8                        10     -2       18       
  MONTH TO DATE  173                       182     -9       99       
  SINCE SEP 1    189                       209    -20      101       
  SINCE JUL 1    189                       210    -21      101       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   41                        33      8       61       
  SINCE SEP 1    212                       220     -8      389       
  SINCE JAN 1   1685                      1428    257     1832       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    22   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (140)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    25   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (140)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.5                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  RAIN                                                               
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    90           800 PM                                     
 LOWEST     54           200 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    72                                                       
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THE RICHMOND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   65        87      1919                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   43        25      1976                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 28 2006.......SUNRISE   730 AM EDT   SUNSET   616 PM EDT   
OCTOBER 29 2006.......SUNRISE   631 AM EST   SUNSET   515 PM EST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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