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                               
 516 AM EDT MON OCT 1 2007
 
 
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 ...THE BLACKSBURG CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 30 2007...
 
 CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1952 TO 2007
 
 
  WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                 VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                   NORMAL             
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 TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
  YESTERDAY                                                           
   MAXIMUM         75    300 PM  90    1953  71      4       68       
   MINIMUM         38    600 AM  29    1967  45     -7       37       
   AVERAGE         57                        58     -1       53      
                                                                      
 PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
   YESTERDAY        0.00          3.42 1959   0.11  -0.11     0.10    
   MONTH TO DATE    0.97                      3.39  -2.42     3.16    
   SINCE SEP 1      0.97                      3.39  -2.42     3.16    
   SINCE JAN 1     26.50                     33.61  -7.11    33.63    
                                                                      
 SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
   YESTERDAY        0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
   MONTH TO DATE    0.0                      MM     MM        0.0     
   SINCE SEP 1      0.0                      MM     MM        0.0     
   SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
   SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                      
 DEGREE DAYS                                                          
  HEATING                                                             
   YESTERDAY        8                         8      0       12       
   MONTH TO DATE   59                       106    -47      130       
   SINCE SEP 1     59                       106    -47      130       
   SINCE JUL 1     66                       124    -58      137       
                                                                      
  COOLING                                                             
   YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
   MONTH TO DATE  120                        46     74       19       
   SINCE SEP 1    120                        46     74       19       
   SINCE JAN 1    819                       528    291      629       
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  WIND (MPH)                                                           
   HIGHEST WIND SPEED     8   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (120)      
   HIGHEST GUST SPEED    MM   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    MM            
   AVERAGE WIND SPEED     2.3                                         
 
                                                                       
 SKY COVER                                                            
   POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
   AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              
 
                                                                       
 WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
  THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
   NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
 
                                                                       
 RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
  HIGHEST   100           600 AM                                     
  LOWEST     31           100 PM                                     
  AVERAGE    66                                                       
 
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 THE BLACKSBURG CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                          NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
  MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   70        87      1953                    
  MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   44        27      1993                    
 
                                                                       
 SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
 OCTOBER  1 2007.......SUNRISE   717 AM EDT   SUNSET   705 PM EDT   
 OCTOBER  2 2007.......SUNRISE   718 AM EDT   SUNSET   704 PM EDT   
 
                                                                      
 -  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/.