Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Wakefield, VA
Issued by NWS Wakefield, VA
497 CXUS51 KAKQ 011945 CLMRIC CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 345 PM EDT WED MAY 01 2024 ................................... ...THE RICHMOND VA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1871 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 96 04/27/1990 04/22/1985 04/17/1976 LOW 19 04/01/1923 HIGHEST 90 04/15 88 2 89 04/20 04/21 LOWEST 37 04/23 32 5 35 04/10 AVG. MAXIMUM 72.6 70.4 2.2 74.4 AVG. MINIMUM 49.7 46.4 3.3 49.2 MEAN 61.1 58.4 2.7 61.8 DAYS MAX >= 90 1 0.5 0.5 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 1.0 -1.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 8.89 1889 MINIMUM 0.64 1963 TOTALS 1.58 3.18 -1.60 4.05 DAILY AVG. 0.05 0.11 -0.06 0.14 DAYS >= .01 10 10.5 -0.5 7 DAYS >= .10 5 6.5 -1.5 5 DAYS >= .50 1 2.1 -1.1 1 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.6 -0.6 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.63 04/03 TO 04/03 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 10.0 1915 TOTALS 0.0 SINCE 7/1 0.7 8.8 -8.1 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 0 MM 24 HR TOTAL 0.0 MM 0.0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 162 SINCE 7/1 2998 3659 -661 MM COOLING TOTAL 53 37 16 53 SINCE 1/1 63 42 21 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.1 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 37/330 DATE 04/15 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 50/340 DATE 04/15 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.58 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 62 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 4 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 2 LIGHT RAIN 14 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 12 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 HAZE 4 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$