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Climatological Report (Daily)

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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA
1224 AM EST TUE JAN 05 2021

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...THE BLACKSBURG VA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 4 2021...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1893 TO 2021


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
                VALUE   VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR
                                           NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
 YESTERDAY
  MAXIMUM         43     68    1997  41      2       55
  MINIMUM         26     -3    1918  21      5       31
  AVERAGE         35                 31      4       43

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        T      2.26 1992   0.09  -0.09     0.09
  MONTH TO DATE    0.51               0.38   0.13     0.50
  SINCE DEC 1      3.95               3.33   0.62     3.30
  SINCE JAN 1      0.51               0.38   0.13     0.50

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        T                                   T
  MONTH TO DATE    T                                   T
  SINCE DEC 1      5.3                                0.5
  SINCE JUL 1      5.3                                0.5
  SNOW DEPTH       0

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       30                 34     -4       22
  MONTH TO DATE  100                136    -36       96
  SINCE DEC 1   1026               1103    -77      904
  SINCE JUL 1   1963               2283   -320     1933

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        0                  0      0        0
  MONTH TO DATE    0                  0      0        0
  SINCE DEC 1      0                  0      0        0
  SINCE JAN 1      0                  0      0        0
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WIND (MPH)
  RESULTANT WIND SPEED   3   RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION   W (290)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED     9   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (300)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    MM   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    MM
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     2.7


SKY COVER
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6


WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  LIGHT RAIN
  LIGHT SNOW


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST   100           1:00 AM
 LOWEST     56           4:00 PM
 AVERAGE    78

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THE BLACKSBURG VA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   41        74      1899
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   21        -3      1918


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
JANUARY  5 2021.......SUNRISE   7:36 AM EST   SUNSET   5:19 PM EST
JANUARY  6 2021.......SUNRISE   7:36 AM EST   SUNSET   5:20 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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