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Climatological Report (Daily)

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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA
1229 AM EST THU JAN 07 2021

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...THE BLACKSBURG VA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 6 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         37     70    1950  41     -4       47
  MINIMUM         30     -6    1924  21      9       24
  AVERAGE         34                 31      3       36

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        T      1.23 1915   0.10  -0.10     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    0.51               0.59  -0.08     0.50
  SINCE DEC 1      3.95               3.54   0.41     3.30
  SINCE JAN 1      0.51               0.59  -0.08     0.50

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        T                                  0.0
  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       31                 34     -3       29
  MONTH TO DATE  162                204    -42      155
  SINCE DEC 1   1088               1171    -83      963
  SINCE JUL 1   2025               2351   -326     1992

 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   7   RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION  NW (300)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (320)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    18   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (300)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.7


SKY COVER
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0


WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  LIGHT SNOW


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    92          11:00 PM
 LOWEST     76           1:00 AM
 AVERAGE    84

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THE BLACKSBURG VA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   41        72      1913
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   21        -5      2014


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
JANUARY  7 2021.......SUNRISE   7:36 AM EST   SUNSET   5:21 PM EST
JANUARY  8 2021.......SUNRISE   7:36 AM EST   SUNSET   5:21 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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