Climatological Report (Daily)
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CDUS41 KAKQ 170530
CLIRIC
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
130 AM EDT SAT MAY 17 2025
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...THE RICHMOND VIRGINIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 16 2025...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1871 TO 2025
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
YESTERDAY
MAXIMUM 91 2:31 PM 94 1900 78 13 82
1944
MINIMUM 66 5:25 AM 39 1920 56 10 59
1984
2016
AVERAGE 79 67 12 71
PRECIPITATION (IN)
YESTERDAY T 2.78 2023 0.13 -0.13 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 2.91 2.03 0.88 4.86
SINCE MAR 1 10.77 9.21 1.56 13.57
SINCE JAN 1 19.02 15.05 3.97 22.67
SNOWFALL (IN)
YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2001 0.0 0.0
2002
MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0
SINCE MAR 1 0.0 1.1 -1.1
SINCE JUL 1 11.7 8.8 2.9
SNOW DEPTH 0
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING
YESTERDAY 0 2 -2 0
MONTH TO DATE 11 49 -38 14
SINCE MAR 1 567 803 -236 532
SINCE JUL 1 3331 3707 -376 3012
COOLING
YESTERDAY 14 4 10 6
MONTH TO DATE 76 48 28 78
SINCE MAR 1 173 90 83 135
SINCE JAN 1 173 90 83 141
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (280)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.8
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
LIGHT RAIN
FOG
HAZE
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 100 6:00 AM
LOWEST 45 3:00 PM
AVERAGE 73
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THE RICHMOND VIRGINIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 78 94 1974
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 36 1984
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 17 2025...........SUNRISE 5:58 AM EDT SUNSET 8:14 PM EDT
MAY 18 2025...........SUNRISE 5:58 AM EDT SUNSET 8:15 PM EDT
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
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