000 CXUS51 KRNK 011504 CLMRNK CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA 952 AM EST FRI APR 1 2005 ................................... ...THE BLACKSBURG CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2005... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1952 TO 2005 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM NORMAL ................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 85 03/31/1985 LOW 2 03/11/1969 HIGHEST 72 03/30 63 9 LOWEST 12 03/04 22 -10 AVG. MAXIMUM 50.2 53.3 -3.1 AVG. MINIMUM 29.1 29.4 -0.3 MEAN 39.7 41.4 -1.7 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 DAYS MAX <= 32 2 1.4 0.6 DAYS MIN <= 32 21 19.5 1.5 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 8.33 1975 MINIMUM 1.34 1966 TOTALS 4.17 3.83 0.34 DAILY AVG. 0.13 0.13 0.00 DAYS >= .01 15 12.0 3.0 DAYS >= .10 10 8.0 2.0 DAYS >= .50 2 3.0 -1.0 DAYS >= 1.00 1 1.0 0.0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.74 03/28 TO 03/28 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS 6.9 SINCE 7/1 22.9 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 1 DAYS >= TRACE 11 DAYS >= 1.0 3 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 5 03/02 03/01 24 HR TOTAL 2.6 03/12 TO 03/12 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 777 733 44 SINCE 7/1 4290 4841 -551 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 ................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.2 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 29/280 DATE 03/12 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 43/280 DATE 03/12 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.60 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 7 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 14 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 10 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 62 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 2 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 2 LIGHT RAIN 16 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 1 LIGHT SNOW 11 SLEET 0 FOG 9 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 HAZE 0 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$