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).

Climate Report


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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
614 AM EDT THU NOV 1 2007


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...THE BLACKSBURG CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 31 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         70    300 PM  77    2003  60     10       70
  MINIMUM         26    700 AM  20    1975  34     -8       38
  AVERAGE         48                        47      1       54

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.70 1970   0.10  -0.10     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    4.93                      3.19   1.74     4.91
  SINCE SEP 1      5.90                      6.58  -0.68     8.07
  SINCE JAN 1     31.43                     36.80  -5.37    38.54

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0                       T      0.0      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       T      0.0       T
  SINCE SEP 1      0.0                       T      0.0       T
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       T      0.0       T
  SNOW DEPTH       0

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       17                        18     -1       11
  MONTH TO DATE  222                       418   -196      431
  SINCE SEP 1    281                       524   -243      561
  SINCE JUL 1    288                       542   -254      568

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0
  MONTH TO DATE   45                         5     40        2
  SINCE SEP 1    165                        51    114       21
  SINCE JAN 1    864                       533    331      631
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 WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED     6   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (210)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    MM   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    MM
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     1.1


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST   100           100 AM
 LOWEST     17           400 PM
 AVERAGE    59

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THE BLACKSBURG CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   60        82      2004
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   34        24      1975


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
NOVEMBER  1 2007......SUNRISE   746 AM EDT   SUNSET   624 PM EDT
NOVEMBER  2 2007......SUNRISE   747 AM EDT   SUNSET   623 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/.