Please note this information is preliminary and subject to revision. Official and certified climatic data can be accessed at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.html).


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 CLIMATE REPORT
 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA                               
 501 AM EST THU MAR 1 2007
 
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 ...THE BLACKSBURG CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 28 2007...
 
 CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1952 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         58    500 PM  73    1996   48     +10      63       
   MINIMUM         24    700 AM   5    1963   25     -1       41       
   AVERAGE         41                         37     +4       52      
                                                                      
 PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
   YESTERDAY       0.00          0.73  1987   0.11   -0.11    0.00    
   MONTH TO DATE   1.85                       3.02   -1.17    1.14    
   SINCE DEC 1     6.51                       9.26   -2.75    6.82    
   SINCE JAN 1     4.68                       6.39   -1.71    4.62    
                                                                      
 SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
   YESTERDAY       0.0                        0.2    -0.2     0.0     
   MONTH TO DATE   3.8                        6.3    -2.5     11.0     
   SINCE DEC 1     5.6                        17.4   -11.8    17.3     
   SINCE JUL 1     5.6                        18.2   -12.6    19.1     
   SNOW DEPTH      0                                                 
                                                                      
 DEGREE DAYS                                                          
  HEATING                                                             
   YESTERDAY       24                         28     -4       13       
   MONTH TO DATE   986                        883    +103     843       
   SINCE DEC 1     2659                       2901   -242     2616       
   SINCE JUL 1     3793                       4108   -315     3492       
                                                                      
  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)                                                           
   HIGHEST WIND SPEED    7    HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (130)      
   HIGHEST GUST SPEED    MM   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    MM            
   AVERAGE WIND SPEED    2.6                                         
                                                                      
 SKY COVER                                                            
   POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM  
   AVERAGE SKY COVER  MM                                             
                                                                      
 WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
  THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
   NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                      
 RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
  HIGHEST    92           600 AM                                     
  LOWEST     27           300 PM                                     
  AVERAGE    60                                                       
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 THE BLACKSBURG CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                          NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
  MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   49        72      1976                    
  MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   25        10      2002                    
                                                                      
 SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
 MARCH  1 2007.........SUNRISE   653 AM EST   SUNSET   615 PM EST   
 MARCH  2 2007.........SUNRISE   652 AM EST   SUNSET   616 PM EST   
                                                                     
 -  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
 R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
 MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
 T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          
 
 
 
The U.S. Naval Observatory takes observations and generates sunrise and sunset data. The NWS is not the custodian of records for such records and therefore, cannot certify to such facts, or authenticate such data. For information regarding sunrise and sunset tables and to obtain certified records, contact: U.S. Naval Observatory, ATTN: Code AA, 3450 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20392-5420; http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/.