CXUS51 KRNK 011808 CLMRNK CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA 208 PM EDT FRI NOV 01 2024 ................................... ...THE BLACKSBURG VA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1893 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 94 10/03/2019 LOW 13 10/27/1962 HIGHEST 80 10/03 79 LOWEST 30 10/18 34 AVG. MAXIMUM 70.9 65.6 5.3 68.0 AVG. MINIMUM 42.1 40.9 1.2 44.8 MEAN 56.5 53.2 3.3 56.4 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.1 -0.1 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 4 5.6 -1.6 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 9.14 1976 MINIMUM 0.02 2000 TOTALS 0.55 2.91 -2.36 1.10 DAYS >= .01 2 9.1 -7.1 7 DAYS >= .10 1 5.2 -4.2 4 DAYS >= .50 1 2.0 -1.0 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.7 -0.7 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.52 0.33 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 T DAYS >= TRACE 0 0.1 -0.1 1 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST 24 HR TOTAL 0.0 T DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 270 371 -101 266 COOLING TOTAL 14 7 7 9 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 1.9 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 1/290 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 18/300 DATE 10/14 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 26/310 DATE 10/14 26/320 10/16 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.25 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 70 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 1 LIGHT RAIN 5 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 2 HAZE 0 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ PW