650 CDUS41 KRLX 081238 CLIBKW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 335 AM EST THU JAN 8 2009 ................................... ...THE BECKLEY WV CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 7 2009... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1963 TO 2009 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 51 640 AM 64 2008 39 12 64 MINIMUM 29 1159 PM -3 1970 22 7 50 AVERAGE 40 31 9 57 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.81 1.26 1991 0.10 0.71 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.41 0.70 1.71 0.28 SINCE JAN 1 2.41 0.70 1.71 0.28 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 3.9 MONTH TO DATE T SINCE SEP 1 24.7 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 25 34 -9 8 MONTH TO DATE 186 236 -50 229 SINCE DEC 1 1100 1162 -62 1038 SINCE JUL 1 2405 2338 67 1991 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 28 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (270) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 38 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (250) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN HEAVY SNOW SNOW LIGHT SNOW FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 200 AM LOWEST 78 900 PM AVERAGE 89 .......................................................... THE BECKLEY WV CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 39 66 2008 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 22 -7 1968 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 8 2009.......SUNRISE 740 AM EST SUNSET 523 PM EST JANUARY 9 2009.......SUNRISE 740 AM EST SUNSET 524 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$