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Climate Report


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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
513 AM EST SAT MAR 1 2008


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...THE BLACKSBURG CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 29 2008...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1952 TO 2008


 WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR
                                                  NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
 YESTERDAY
  MAXIMUM         45    500 PM  68    1976  48     -3       58
  MINIMUM         15R   300 AM  19    1984  25    -10       24
  AVERAGE         30                        37     -7       41

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.05          0.28 1964   0.11  -0.06     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    1.86                      3.02  -1.16     1.85
  SINCE DEC 1      5.95                      9.26  -3.31     6.51
  SINCE JAN 1      3.28                      6.39  -3.11     4.68

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        T
  MONTH TO DATE    0.3
  SINCE DEC 1      8.7
  SINCE JUL 1      8.7
  SNOW DEPTH       0

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       35                        29      6       24
  MONTH TO DATE  785                       912   -127      986
  SINCE DEC 1   2576                      2930   -354     2659
  SINCE JUL 1   3512                      4137   -625     3793

 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    14   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (240)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    23   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (240)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.7


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    92           900 PM
 LOWEST     36           100 PM
 AVERAGE    64

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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 2008.........SUNRISE   652 AM EST   SUNSET   616 PM EST
MARCH  2 2008.........SUNRISE   651 AM EST   SUNSET   617 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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