CXUS51 KRNK 011019 CLARNK CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA 519 AM EST MON JAN 01 2024 ................................... ...THE BLACKSBURG VA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1893 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM NORMAL ................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 100 07/28/1952 07/15/1954 LOW -18 01/21/1985 HIGHEST 91 09/05 09/06 LOWEST 13 02/04 03/20 AVG. MAXIMUM 66.3 63.3 3.0 AVG. MINIMUM 43.9 40.9 3.0 MEAN 55.1 52.1 3.0 DAYS MAX >= 90 4 5.0 -1.0 DAYS MAX <= 32 1 15.4 -14.4 DAYS MIN <= 32 79 125.4 -46.4 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 1.0 -1.0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 65.56 1918 MINIMUM 26.95 1963 TOTALS 40.56 42.64 -2.08 DAYS >= .01 117 136.1 -19.1 DAYS >= .10 66 81.8 -15.8 DAYS >= .50 23 29.2 -6.2 DAYS >= 1.00 9 9.3 -0.3 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 4.41 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS 1.8 24.7 -22.9 DAYS >= TRACE 35 15.3 19.7 DAYS >= 1.0 0 6.2 -6.2 GREATEST 24 HR TOTAL 0.8 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 4159 5295 -1136 COOLING TOTAL 640 619 21 ................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.5 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 1/290 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 39/320 DATE 07/28 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 51/320 DATE 07/28 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.43 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 72 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 32 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 39 RAIN 77 LIGHT RAIN 144 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 3 HAIL 2 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 1 LIGHT SNOW 30 SLEET 3 FOG 160 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 36 HAZE 5 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$