PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
725 AM EDT SUN AUG 1 2010

...WARMEST JULY IN THE LAST 51 YEARS IN BLUEFIELD WEST VIRGINIA...

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN JULY AT THE AIRPORT IN BLUEFIELD WEST 
VIRGINIA WAS 75.2 DEGREES. THIS IS THE WARMEST JULY IN THE PERIOD OF 
RECORD...WHICH BEGAN IN 1959.

IN VIRGINIA...

IN BLACKSBURG...THE MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 73.7...WHICH IS A 
THREE WAY TIE FOR 5TH PLACE. THE HOTTEST JULY AT 75.9 DEGREES WAS IN 
1993...IN A PERIOD OF RECORD BEGINNING IN 1952.

AT THE DANVILLE AIRPORT THE MONTHLY AVERAGE OF 80.7 DEGREES IS A TIE 
FOR 6TH ON THE LIST. THE HOTTEST WAS 82.1 IN 1986...IN A PERIOD OF 
RECORD BEGINNING IN 1948.

AT THE AIRPORT IN ROANOKE...THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE OF 79.3 
IS NOW 7TH HIGHEST. THE WARMEST JULY WAS 80.2 DEGREES RECORDED IN 
1993. THE PERIOD OF RECORD HAS BEEN TAKEN BACK TO 1912.

IN LYNCHBURG...WHERE THE PERIOD OF RECORD GOES ALL THE WAY BACK TO 
1893...THE MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 78.6 IS ONLY THE 15TH 
WARMEST ON RECORD. THE HOTTEST JULY ON RECORD IN LYNCHBURG WAS 81.8 
DEGREES IN 1934.

OF THE TOP TEN AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURES IN JULY IN LYNCHBURG... 
FIVE OF THE HOTTEST YEARS OCCURRED BETWEEN 1930 AND 1936.

AS FAR AS RAINFALL IS CONCERNED...ONLY DANVILLE WAS NOTABLY DRY. AT 
2.09 INCHES...DANVILLE REPORTED THE 5TH LOWEST JULY RAINFALL SINCE 
1948. LYNCHBURG WAS ONLY 36TH DRIEST...AND ROANOKE...BLACKSBURG... 
AND BLUEFIELD WERE ALL A BIT ABOVE NORMAL.

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