Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS Blacksburg, VA
Issued by NWS Blacksburg, VA
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000 CXUS51 KRNK 011432 CLSROA CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA 1032 AM EDT THU JUN 01 2023 ................................... ...THE ROANOKE VA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM 3/1/2023 TO 5/31/2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1912 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 99 05/22/1941 LOW 9 03/10/1996 03/15/1993 HIGHEST 89 04/20 96 LOWEST 23 03/20 20 AVG. MAXIMUM 69.6 68.6 1.0 70.6 AVG. MINIMUM 46.5 46.3 0.2 48.1 MEAN 58.0 57.5 0.5 59.3 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 1.2 -1.2 3 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.2 -0.2 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 9 11.1 -2.1 7 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 20.52 2020 MINIMUM 4.55 1915 TOTALS 8.36 11.31 -2.95 12.60 DAYS >= .01 28 34.2 -6.2 32 DAYS >= .10 17 21.5 -4.5 20 DAYS >= .50 4 7.2 -3.2 9 DAYS >= 1.00 2 2.5 -0.5 5 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 2.46 3.22 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS 0.4 2.4 -2.0 0.3 DAYS >= TRACE 3 1.5 1.5 3 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.8 -0.8 0 GREATEST 24 HR TOTAL 0.0 0.0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 724 843 -119 664 COOLING TOTAL 104 150 -46 168 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.9 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 2/290 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 41/320 DATE 04/01 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 60/310 DATE 04/01 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.44 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 57 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 8 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 6 RAIN 15 LIGHT RAIN 38 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 4 SLEET 0 FOG 22 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 0 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. REMARKS: PRECIPITATION DATA LOST DURING AN EQUIPMENT FAILURE (MAY 13- 16) HAS BEEN RECOVERED USING THE ASOS`S BACKUP SITE AND RADAR DATA. WIND DATA COULD NOT BE RECOVERED. EQUIPMENT ISSUES CAUSED BRIEF TEMPERATURE SPIKES FROM MAY 27-30 RESULTING IN BAD DATA IN THE METAR`S 1 AND 6 GROUPS. HIGH AND LOW TEMPERATURES FOR EACH DAY WERE OBTAINED USING KROA HOURLY METARS AND BACKUP SITE`S DATA. $$ RCS