Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Blacksburg, VA
Issued by NWS Blacksburg, VA
000 CXUS51 KRNK 010801 CLMRNK CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA 401 AM EDT THU JUN 01 2023 ................................... ...THE BLACKSBURG VA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1893 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 93 05/22/1941 LOW 23 05/05/1973 HIGHEST 81 05/11 86 05/12 LOWEST 35 05/05 32 AVG. MAXIMUM 70.6 71.9 -1.3 74.5 AVG. MINIMUM 49.4 48.4 1.0 50.0 MEAN 60.0 60.2 -0.2 62.2 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.9 -0.9 1 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 9.75 1971 MINIMUM 0.25 1941 TOTALS 4.13 4.47 -0.34 6.47 DAYS >= .01 12 13.7 -1.7 15 DAYS >= .10 4 8.7 -4.7 10 DAYS >= .50 2 3.2 -1.2 5 DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.9 0.1 2 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 2.30 1.61 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS T 0.0 0.0 0.0 DAYS >= TRACE 1 0.0 1.0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST 24 HR TOTAL T 0.0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 167 183 -16 118 COOLING TOTAL 18 32 -14 41 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.5 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 1/050 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 20/310 DATE 05/03 20/110 05/27 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 32/290 DATE 05/03 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.52 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 75 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 4 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 5 LIGHT RAIN 18 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 1 FOG 11 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. $$