Climatological Report (Annual)
Issued by NWS Blacksburg, VA
Issued by NWS Blacksburg, VA
761 CXUS51 KRNK 010801 CLARNK CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA 301 AM EST FRI JAN 01 2021 ................................... ...THE BLACKSBURG 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 100 07/28/1952 07/15/1954 LOW -18 01/21/1985 HIGHEST 92 07/19 LOWEST 8 12/26 AVG. MAXIMUM 64.6 63.2 1.4 AVG. MINIMUM 43.6 40.1 3.5 MEAN 54.1 51.6 2.5 DAYS MAX >= 90 3 4.0 -1.0 DAYS MAX <= 32 6 17.0 -11.0 DAYS MIN <= 32 107 129.2 -22.2 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 1.1 -1.1 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 65.56 1918 MINIMUM 26.95 1963 TOTALS 59.60 40.89 18.71 DAYS >= .01 148 130.1 17.9 DAYS >= .10 94 82.1 11.9 DAYS >= .50 39 27.8 11.2 DAYS >= 1.00 19 8.4 10.6 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 3.03 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS 9.8 DAYS >= TRACE 43 DAYS >= 1.0 4 GREATEST 24 HR TOTAL 2.5 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 4693 5445 -752 COOLING TOTAL 808 574 234 ................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.8 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 1/290 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 29/310 DATE 03/06 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 43/300 DATE 01/16 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.49 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 75 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 38 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 57 RAIN 104 LIGHT RAIN 189 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 3 HAIL 2 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 3 LIGHT SNOW 40 SLEET 5 FOG 161 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 35 HAZE 2 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ RCS