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THE CHARLESTON WV CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 17 2010

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1901 TO 2010
WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         65    454 PM  82    1927  57      8       67       
  MINIMUM         32    745 AM  17    1941  34     -2       46       
  AVERAGE         49                        46      3       57      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.69 1973   0.13  -0.13      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    1.75                      2.19  -0.44     0.80    
  SINCE JAN 1      7.31                      8.63  -1.32     7.13    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.3                                               
  SINCE SEP 1     61.3                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       16                        19     -3        8       
  MONTH TO DATE  357                       368    -11      319       
  SINCE MAR 1    357                       368    -11      319       
  SINCE JUL 1   4096                      3918    178     3869       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        8       
  SINCE MAR 1      0                         0      0        8       
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         0      0        8       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED     9   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (50)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    13   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (30)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     1.5                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
  FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE                                       
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100           300 AM                                     
 LOWEST     29           800 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    65                                                       
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THE CHARLESTON WV CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   57        84      1903                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   35        13      1941                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MARCH 18 2010.........SUNRISE   733 AM EDT   SUNSET   736 PM EDT   
MARCH 19 2010.........SUNRISE   732 AM EDT   SUNSET   737 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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