Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Blacksburg, VA
Issued by NWS Blacksburg, VA
856 CXUS51 KRNK 010823 CLMBLF CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA 423 AM EDT WED MAY 01 2024 ................................... ...THE BLUEFIELD WV CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1909 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 88 04/20/1976 04/18/1976 LOW 15 04/07/1982 HIGHEST 80 04/29 79 LOWEST 28 04/06 29 AVG. MAXIMUM 63.5 62.7 0.8 64.5 AVG. MINIMUM 45.9 42.6 3.3 43.2 MEAN 54.7 52.7 2.0 53.8 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.1 -0.1 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 6 3.8 2.2 3 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 8.67 1987 MINIMUM 0.48 1976 TOTALS 5.03 3.64 1.39 3.62 DAYS >= .01 15 13.7 1.3 9 DAYS >= .10 8 7.9 0.1 7 DAYS >= .50 3 2.7 0.3 3 DAYS >= 1.00 2 0.4 1.6 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.65 1.32 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS 0.6 0.9 -0.3 T DAYS >= TRACE 3 1.1 1.9 1 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.4 -0.4 0 GREATEST 24 HR TOTAL 0.6 MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 315 380 -65 338 COOLING TOTAL 11 10 1 10 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.8 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 5/260 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 29/290 DATE 04/12 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 53/310 DATE 04/12 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.49 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 63 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 4 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 6 RAIN 8 LIGHT RAIN 16 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 1 LIGHT SNOW 3 SLEET 0 FOG 14 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. $$