ROANOKE, VIRGINIA

The month of June was the 8^th wettest on record. The 6.48 inches recorded at the airport was nearly 3 inches above normal. Julys rainfall was near normal, and the rainfall for August was about of an inch below normal. Rainfall for the summer period was 2.36 inches above normal, and the 14^th wettest on record. The 11.72 inches of rainfall in September was a record, and made the June through September period the 3^rd wettest since records began in 1948. The remnants of Francis brought 4.93 inches of rain September 7^th and 8^th, and Jeanne brought 5.09 inches on the 28^th. Average temperatures were near normal for June and July, and a little cooler than normal in August. There are normally 25 days in the summer with high temperatures greater than or equal to 90 degrees, and the summer of 2004 had only 10. The hottest temperature of the summer was 91 degrees on August 19^th and 20^th. The coolest temperature was the record low of 53 degrees on August 8^th. There were 19 days with thunderstorms through the summer, and 36 of the 92 days had measurable rainfall.

SUMMER 2004 DAILY EXTREMES
CATEGORY	VALUE	DATE	RECORD	DATE
HIGHEST MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE	91	08/20 !	105	08/21/1983
LOWEST MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE	71	08/14	55	06/01/1967
HIGHEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE	72	08/30 @	78	07/07/1977
LOWEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE	53	08/08	39	06/08/1977
HIGHEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE	81	07/13 #	90.5	07/14/1954
LOWEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE	64	08/14	52	06/01/1967
MAXIMUM PRECIPITATION	2.35	06/04	3.45	06/04/1992

! 2 occurrences

@ - 5 occurrences

# - 2 occurrences

NUMBER OF DAILY RECORDS SET SUMMER 2004
HIGHEST MAXIMUM	0
LOWEST MAXIMUM	1
HIGHEST MINIMUM	5
LOWEST MINIMUM	1
MAXIMUM PRECIPITATION	2

CLIMATOLOGY FOR OCTOBER-APRIL

Average First Frost: 10/08

Average First Freeze: 10/19

SNOWFALL AMOUNTS (inches)
MONTH	NORMAL	MAXIMUM	YEAR
OCTOBER	0.0	1.0	1957
NOVEMBER	0.8	13.8	1968
DECEMBER	2.9	22.6	1966
JANUARY	6.1	41.2	1966
FEBRUARY	7.6	36.0	1987
MARCH	3.0	30.3	1960
APRIL	0.5	7.3	1971
SEASON	20.9	72.9	1986-87

White Christmas Occurrences (1948-2003)

Snowfall greater than a trace: 5 times

Snowfall equal to or greater than 1 inch: 4 times

Snow on the ground equal or greater than 1 inch: 9 times

LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA

The month of June was wetter than normal. The 5.27 inches recorded at the airport was nearly 1- inches above normal. Although Julys rainfall was 1- inches below normal, there were still 16 days in the month with measurable rainfall. The rainfall for August was slightly below normal, and overall the summer had a rainfall deficit of 0.67 inches. However, Septembers rainfall of 6.64 inches was the 17^th wettest on record. Temperatures were near normal for June and July, and over 2 degrees cooler than normal for August. High temperatures through the summer were below normal. Lynchburg usually sees 25 days with high temperatures equal to or greater than 90 degrees in the summer, and this year only had 5 days of 90 degrees or more. The hottest temperature of the summer was 91 degrees on July 6^th and 13^th. The coolest temperature was 46 degrees on August 7^th, which was a record. There were 18 days with thunderstorms through the summer, and 43 of the 92 days had measurable rainfall.

SUMMER 2004 DAILY EXTREMES
CATEGORY	VALUE	DATE	RECORD	DATE
HIGHEST MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE	91	07/13 !	106	07/10/1936
LOWEST MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE	67	08/14	56	06/05/1926
HIGHEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE	71	08/02 @	85	08/18/1950
LOWEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE	46	08/07 #	40	06/05/1997
HIGHEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE	81	06/17	93	07/14/1954
LOWEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE	62	08/14	53	06/06/1997
MAXIMUM PRECIPITATION	1.23	06/04	7.52	08/11/1928

! 2 occurrences

@ - 4 occurrences

# - 2 occurrences

NUMBER OF DAILY RECORDS SET SUMMER 2004
HIGHEST MAXIMUM	0
LOWEST MAXIMUM	0
HIGHEST MINIMUM	0
LOWEST MINIMUM	5
MAXIMUM PRECIPITATION	1

CLIMATOLOGY FOR OCTOBER-APRIL

Average First Frost: 10/13

Average First Freeze: 10/25

SNOWFALL AMOUNTS (inches)
MONTH	NORMAL	MAXIMUM	YEAR
OCTOBER	0.1	2.4	1979
NOVEMBER	0.5	11.6	1968
DECEMBER	2.3	19.4	1966
JANUARY	5.6	31.8	1966
FEBRUARY	6.9	26.8	1987
MARCH	2.8	24.9	1960
APRIL	0.4	4.8	1971
SEASON	18.6	56.8	1995-96

White Christmas Occurrences (1893-2003)

Snowfall greater than a trace: 8 times

Snowfall equal to or greater than 1 inch: 7 times

Snow on the ground equal or greater than 1 inch: 17 times

DANVILLE, VIRGINIA

The 4.45 inches of rain in June was nearly an inch above normal, while Julys 4.62 inches was only slightly above normal. However, 5.96 inches of rain was recorded in August, which is nearly 2 inches above normal, and 6.67 inches of rain fell in September, which was also about 2 inches above normal. In total, rainfall was about 3 inches above normal for the summer, and over 6 inches above normal for the 4-month period of June through September. The summer was the 11^th wettest on record, and the 4-month period of June through September was the 8^th wettest. Temperatures were below normal through the summer months, with August over 4 degrees below normal. This was mainly due to high temperatures that were well below normal. Danville usually sees 43 days with high temperatures equal to or greater than 90 degrees in the summer, and this year only had 14 days of 90 degrees or more. The hottest temperature of the summer was 92 degrees on July 9^th, 10^th, and 14^th. The coolest temperature was 49 degrees on August 7^th, which was a record. There were 35 days with thunderstorms through the summer, and 39 of the 92 days had measurable rainfall.

SUMMER 2004 DAILY EXTREMES
CATEGORY	VALUE	DATE	RECORD	DATE
HIGHEST MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE	92	07/14 !	105	07/10/1990
LOWEST MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE	68	08/15	58	06/07/1997
HIGHEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE	73	06/16	77	08/18/1997
LOWEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE	49	08/07	40	06/11/1977
HIGHEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE	82	06/17	91	07/14/1954
LOWEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE	64	08/15 @	55	06/07/1997
MAXIMUM PRECIPITATION	2.01	08/11	4.52	08/31/1964

! 3 occurrences

@ - 2 occurrences

NUMBER OF DAILY RECORDS SET SUMMER 2004
HIGHEST MAXIMUM	0
LOWEST MAXIMUM	4
HIGHEST MINIMUM	1
LOWEST MINIMUM	1