Climatological Report (Annual)
Issued by NWS Blacksburg, VA
Issued by NWS Blacksburg, VA
000 CXUS51 KRNK 010801 CLALYH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA 301 AM EST FRI JAN 01 2021 ................................... ...THE LYNCHBURG VA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2020... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1893 TO 2020 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM NORMAL ................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 106 07/10/1936 LOW -10 02/05/1996 01/21/1985 HIGHEST 99 07/19 07/20 LOWEST 17 01/22 01/21 AVG. MAXIMUM 70.2 67.1 3.1 AVG. MINIMUM 48.5 44.1 4.4 MEAN 59.4 55.6 3.8 DAYS MAX >= 90 45 21.7 23.3 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 6.3 -6.3 DAYS MIN <= 32 70 99.0 -29.0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.4 -0.4 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 65.70 2018 MINIMUM 19.83 1930 TOTALS 69.73R 41.57 28.16 DAYS >= .01 136 115.9 20.1 DAYS >= .10 91 72.5 18.5 DAYS >= .50 41 28.3 12.7 DAYS >= 1.00 23 10.4 12.6 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 3.74 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS T DAYS >= TRACE 8 DAYS >= 1.0 0 GREATEST 24 HR TOTAL 0.0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 3466 4459 -993 COOLING TOTAL 1505 1032 473 ................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.9 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 1/190 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 35/290 DATE 07/28 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 44/290 DATE 07/28 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.39 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 67 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 38 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 47 RAIN 80 LIGHT RAIN 174 FREEZING RAIN 1 LT FREEZING RAIN 1 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 7 SLEET 3 FOG 180 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 40 HAZE 1 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. REMARK: AVERAGE ANNUAL TEMPERATURE RANKED 2ND BEHIND 59.5 IN 1921. $$ RCS