Climatological Report (Annual)
Issued by NWS Blacksburg, VA
Issued by NWS Blacksburg, VA
000 CXUS51 KRNK 010814 CLARNK CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA 314 AM EST SAT JAN 01 2022 ................................... ...THE BLACKSBURG VA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2021... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1893 TO 2021 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 100 07/28/1952 07/15/1954 LOW -18 01/21/1985 HIGHEST 91 08/11 LOWEST 12 02/21 AVG. MAXIMUM 65.0 63.3 1.7 AVG. MINIMUM 43.0 40.9 2.1 MEAN 54.0 52.1 1.9 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 5.0 -5.0 DAYS MAX <= 32 9 15.4 -6.4 DAYS MIN <= 32 114 125.4 -11.4 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 1.0 -1.0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 65.56 1918 MINIMUM 26.95 1963 TOTALS 42.90 42.64 0.26 DAYS >= .01 131 136.1 -5.1 DAYS >= .10 74 81.8 -7.8 DAYS >= .50 28 29.2 -1.2 DAYS >= 1.00 7 9.3 -2.3 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 3.04 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS 17.8 24.7 -6.9 9.8 DAYS >= TRACE 36 DAYS >= 1.0 4 GREATEST 24 HR TOTAL 0.0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 4656 5295 -639 COOLING TOTAL 802 619 183 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.4 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 1/290 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 29/330 DATE 06/30 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 41/300 DATE 11/15 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.42 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 74 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 37 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 38 RAIN 73 LIGHT RAIN 161 FREEZING RAIN 1 LT FREEZING RAIN 9 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 6 LIGHT SNOW 35 SLEET 10 FOG 156 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 44 HAZE 1 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. REMARKS: DUE TO A TEMPERATURE SENSOR FAILURE ON OCTOBER 17, 2021, ALL TEMPERATURE AND HEATING DEGREE DAY INFORMATION WILL BE CALCULATED WITHOUT DATA FROM THIS DATE. $$ RCS