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Climatological Report (Daily)

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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA
1251 AM EST SAT JAN 09 2021

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...THE BLACKSBURG VA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 8 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         34     69    1937  41     -7       45
  MINIMUM         28     -3    1970  21      7       31
  AVERAGE         31                 31      0       38

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.26   1.97 1998   0.10   0.16     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    0.77               0.79  -0.02     0.70
  SINCE DEC 1      4.21               3.74   0.47     3.50
  SINCE JAN 1      0.77               0.79  -0.02     0.70

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        2.5                                0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    2.5                                2.5
  SINCE DEC 1      7.8                                3.0
  SINCE JUL 1      7.8                                3.0
  SNOW DEPTH       3

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       34                 34      0       27
  MONTH TO DATE  227                272    -45      217
  SINCE DEC 1   1153               1239    -86     1025
  SINCE JUL 1   2090               2419   -329     2054

 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   1   RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION  NE (40)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED     7   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (290)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    MM   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    MM
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     2.6


SKY COVER
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST   100          10:00 AM
 LOWEST     72           3:00 AM
 AVERAGE    86

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THE BLACKSBURG VA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   41        70      1930
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   21       -10      1970


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
JANUARY  9 2021.......SUNRISE   7:36 AM EST   SUNSET   5:22 PM EST
JANUARY 10 2021.......SUNRISE   7:36 AM EST   SUNSET   5:23 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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