SO, HOW HOT WAS IT, EARTH?    2016 was the hottest year in 137 years of record keeping and the third year in a row to take the number one slot, a mark of how much the world has warmed over the last century because of human activities. Read the article by The Associated Press via the Sarasota (FL) Herald Tribune with a click here!

U.S. 24-HOUR STATE AND CITY SNOWFALL RECORDS (12/20/16)   "Winter has descended with a vengeance for much of the nation this December (2016)". Here's an interesting blog post from Christopher C. Burt, posted at WunderBlog at the Weather Underground. Click here!

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TRACK DECEMBER 2016 NWS STORM REPORTS FOR YOUR STATE   The Storm Prediction Center archives reports of severe weather - tornado, wind, hail - to the National Weather Service. To view these reports, start here with a click to December 2016. While visiting, you will learn how to navigate the daily reports using forward and backward navigation arrows ( < > ) or by replacing the date in your browser's URL line with a date you wish to view. For starters, click here for December 2016 reports: http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/161201_rpts.html

NWS AKQ Monthly Rainfall Analysis      From NWS Wakefield compiled from ASOS...COOP...RAWS REPORTS | Monthly Rainfall Analysis - http://www.weather.gov/akq/MONTHLY_RAINFALL_ANALYSIS -

   DROUGHT MONITOR       Information on drought can be found at NOAA's Drought Information Center (http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/)

REMINDER   All National Weather Service station data listed herein is preliminary and may be subject to change.  The data has not been certified and cannot be used in legal actions.  Only reports certified by the National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, NC can be used for these purposes.

ACON VA/NC/SC Station Extremes - DECEMBER 2016

State	Maximum Temperature	Minimum Temperature	Warmest Average Temperature	Coldest Average Temperature	Maximum Precipitation	Minimum Precipitation
Virginia	79° Norfolk (ORF)	9° Dulles	45.9° Norfolk (FHC)	36.3° Blacksburg	3.97" Wallops Island	1.62" Danville
North Carolina	81° New Bern	17° Asheville	52.0° Cape Hatteras	42.0° Asheville	5.45" Beaufort	1.70" Greensboro
South Carolina	82° Columbia	22° Greenville-Spartanburg	55.6° Downtown Charleston (CXM)	45.6° Greenville-Spartanburg	4.78" Charleston	2.01" Columbia

( For an explanation of column headers in the following tables,
please note the column denotations table below. )

TEMPERATURE / WINDS/ ELEMENTS FOLLOWED BY
PRECIPITATION / BAROMETRIC PRESSURE
VIRGINIA | NORTH CAROLINA | SOUTH CAROLINA [Reminder: All NWS DATA HEREIN IS NOT OFFICIAL]

STATION	A	B	C	C1	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	K1	L	M	N	N1	N2	O	P	Q	R	R1	CWA	TIME RECORDED
BCB	44.7	27.9	36.3	2.5	59	18,27	10	15,16	0	3	23	0	71%	35	30	29	5.3		0	0	1	1	3	LWX	2400
CHT	47.9	30.9	39.4	2.8	69.4	27	12	16	0	1	15	0	70%	21	158,203	27,31	0.4	360	0	0	1	0	1	LWX	2400
CHO	50.6	31.6	41.1	3.3	69	27	15	16	0	1	16	0		33	310	29	5.1		0	0	1	0	3	LWX	2400
DAN	51.2	30.9	41.0	0.9	71	18	15	16	0	1	16	0	68%	38	300	29	5.5		0	0	0	0	0	RNK	2400
DCA	49.2	34.4	41.8	2.1	68	27	17	16	0	1	12	0	61%	54	330	18	9.2		0	0	1	0	1	LWX	2400
IAD	46.9	29.5	38.2	1.6	67	27	9	16	0	1	22	0	61%	50	300	15	8.2		0	0	1	1	0	LWX	2400
GAV	51.15	31.55	41.35	-1.60	68	1	13	16	0	1	16	0	67%	33	23	18			0	0	1	1	0	AKQ	2400
HDV	47.6	30.5	39.0	0.2	68	27	11	16	0	1	18	0	68%	28	225	18		225	0	0	1	1	0	LWX	2400
LYH	48.5	29.0	38.7	1.1	65	27	13	16	0	1	20	0		37	200	18	4.9		0	0	1	0	7	RNK	2400
NPN	52.0	34.9	43.4	-0.2	77.4	18	17.4	16	0	0	11	0		33	180	18	3.2	340	0	0	0	0	0	AKQ	2400
FHC	52.3	39.5	45.9	1.8	78	18	23	16	0	0	6	0	69%	38	203	18	6.0	360						AKQ	2400
NOR	51.2	36.0	43.6	-0.3	78	18	20	16	0	0	9	0		43	315	15			0	0	0	0	2	AKQ	2400
ORF	52.6	37.9	45.2	1.1	79	18	22	16	0	0	7	0	67%	40	220	18	8.4		0	0	0	0	4	AKQ	2400
POR	52.3	37.0	44.6	-0.1	78	18	20	16	0	0	8	0	77%	39	225	18	7.5	45	0	0	0	0	2	AKQ	2400
MEC	51.09	33.74	42.67		69	2	15	16	0	1	10	0	56%	22		29	7.3		0	0	0	0	1	AKQ	2400
CTR	50.7	30.6	40.7	0.3	68.8	27	12.9	16	0	1	18	0	74%	21	315	29	0.2	240	0	0	0	0	0	AKQ	2400
RIC	50.6	31.7	41.1	0.1	70	18	15	16	0	1	14	0	67%	45	310	29	7.3		0	0	1	0	2	AKQ	2400
ROA	48.5	32.1	40.3	1.3	66	27	14	16	0	1	14	0	62%	54	310	30	7.2		0	0	1	0	0	RNK	2400
SVC	45.9	29.2	37.6	-0.6	62	18,27	10	16	0	0	20	0							0	0	1	2	3	LWX	2400
WAL	50.6	32.7	41.6	1.1	72	18	18	15,16	0	1	14	0		54	50	6	8.0		0	0	0	0	4	AKQ	2400
WSH	46.6	31.2	38.9	1.08	68.0	27	14.4	16	0	1	15	0	70%	19	68	29	0.8	68	0	0	1	1	0	LWX	2400
Averages	49.63	32.51	41.07	0.92	70.0		15.1		0.0	0.8	14.5	0.0	67.2%	36.9			5.6		0.0	0.0	0.6	0.4	1.7
STATION	A	B	C	C1	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	K1	L	M	N	N1	N2	O	P	Q	R	R1	CWA	TIME RECORDED
STATION	A	B	C	C1	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	K1	L	M	N	N1	N2	O	P	Q	R	R1	CWA	TIME RECORDED
AVL	51.1	32.8	42.0	2.6	65	24,25	17	10	0	0	14	0	63%	48	270	29	8.5		0	0	0	0	1	GSP	2400
MRH	58.9	41.8	50.4	2.0	72	1	27	11,16	0	0	5	0		42	300	29	9.4		0	0	0	0	5	MHX	2400
CLT	54.5	34.8	44.6	2.2	72	18	18	10	0	1	12	0	63%	37	310	29	5.9		1	0	0	0	2	GSP	2400
ECG	54.9	35.5	45.2	0.8	79	18	22	10,16	0	0	9	0	73%	38	270	29	8.9		0	0	0	0	3	AKQ	2400
FAY	56.5	37.1	46.8	1.4	77	18	22	16	0	0	9	0	69%	36	320	29	6.7		1	0	0	0	3	RAH	2400
GSO	51.7	33.6	42.7	1.4	72	18	18	16	0	1	12	0	66%	45	300	30	7.0		0	0	1	0	0	RAH	2400
HSE	58.8	45.1	52.0	2.7	72	1,27	29	16	0	0	3	0	73%	41	190	17	8.9		1	0	0	0	3	MHX	2400
HKY	51.5	34.0	42.7	1.6	66	27	18	10	0	1	11	0		40	290	29	4.4		0	0	0	0	5	GSP	2400
LBT	57.2	36.7	46.9	0.7	77	18	23	11	0	0	10	0	74%	38	320	29	5.9		1	0	0	0	4	ILM	2400
EWN	57.5	37.3	47.4	0.6	81	18	21	11	0	0	9	0	73%	40	20	18	6.6		1	0	0	0	4	MHX	2400
RDU	54.3	34.8	44.5	1.0	75	18	19	16	0	1	11	0	65%	37	320	29	5.2		0	0	2	0	2	RAH	2400
RAL	54.0	33.9	44.0	0.5	74	18	19	16	0	0	12	0		26		18			0	0	1	0	0	RAH	2400
ILM	60.3	39.1	49.7	1.1	78	18	23	11,16	0	0	9	0	77%	36	320	29	7.4		2	0	0	0	2	ILM	2400
Averages	55.48	36.65	46.07	1.43	73.8		21.2		0.0	0.3	9.7	0.0	69.6%	38.8			7.1		0.5	0.0	0.3	0.0	2.6
STATION	A	B	C	C1	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	K1	L	M	N	N1	N2	O	P	Q	R	R1	CWA	TIME RECORDED
STATION	A	B	C	C1	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	K1	L	M	N	N1	N2	O	P	Q	R	R1	CWA	TIME RECORDED
AND	55.4	37.7	46.5	2.8	72	25	24	10	0	0	9	0		44	290	29	5.7		1	0	0	0	6	GSP	2400
CAE	59.6	39.9	49.7	3.0	82	18	24	10	0	0	7	0	68%	39	280	29	5.1		1	0	0	0	2	CAE	2400
CRE	60.1	41.2	50.7	1.9	74	24	27	11,16	0	0	7	0	74%	38	340	29	6.4		1	0	0	0	9	ILM	2400
CHS	65.1	44.5	54.8	4.0	79	18	30	31	0	0	4	0		34	320	29	6.9		1	0	0	0	5	CHS	2400
CXM	63.1	48.1	55.6	3.0	76	24	35	16	0	0	0	0		26	90	6	6.6							CHS	2400
FLO	58.9	39.0	48.9	1.8	79	18	25	11,16	0	0	8	0	70%	33	300	29	6.5		1	0	0	0	4	ILM	2400
GSP	54.6	36.6	45.6	1.6	71	18	22	10	0	0	10	0	65%	43	280	29	5.7		1	0	0	0	2	GSP	2400
OGB	59.5	41.3	50.4	2.5	79	18	27	11	0	0	7	0		39	310	29	5.5		0	0	0	0	6	CAE	2400
Averages	59.54	41.04	50.28	2.6	76.5		26.8		0.0	0.0	6.5	0.0	69.3%	37.0			6.1		0.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.9
STATION	A	B	C	C1	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	K1	L	M	N	N1	N2	O	P	Q	R	R1	CWA	TIME RECORDED
STATION	A	B	C	C1	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	K1	L	M	N	N1	N2	O	P	Q	R	R1	CWA	TIME RECORDED
TRI	48.9	30.4	39.7	1.9	68	26	14	10	0	0	18	0		42	280	30	4.3		0	0	0	0	9	MRX	2400
DAV	35.3	20.0	27.6		56	27	-5	16	0	10	27	2												PBX	2400
STATION	T	T1	U	U1	V	V1	W	X	Y	Z	1	2	3	4	5	6	6A	7	7A	8	CWA	TIME RECORDED
BCB	3.09	0.14	1.32	6	1.32	6	13	1	42.04	0.7	30	7	0	0.7	0.7						RNK	2400
CHT	2.37	-0.59	1.07	6	1.07	6	9	1	35.75	T (ZR)	17	0	0	T	T	30.661	19	29.541	1	30.163	LWX	2400
CHO	1.72	-1.43	0.88	6	0.88	6	9	0	33.58									29.550	1		LWX	2400
DAN	1.62	-1.65	0.82	6	0.82	5-6	7	0	46.83					0.0	0.0	30.640	19	29.650	1	30.145	RNK	2400
DCA	2.61	-0.44	1.06	6	1.03	6	9	1	31.69	T	17,30	2	0	T	T			29.550	1		LWX	2400
IAD	2.36	-0.60	1.03	6	1.03	6	9	1	35.52	T	4,6,17,29,30	5	0	T	T			29.550	1		LWX	2400
GAV	3.11	-1.61	1.53	6	1.53	6	9	1	47.73	T		1	0	T	T	30.700	19	29.590	1	30.200	AKQ	2400
HDV	2.53	-0.87	1.09	6			9	1	38.65	T	30	1	0	T	T	30.720	19	29.530	1	30.125	AKQ	2400
LYH	3.10	-0.14	1.25	6	1.25	6	9	1	40.89					0.0	0.0	30.680	19	29.660	1	30.170	RNK	2400
NPN	2.96	-1.08	1.45	6	1.45	6	9	1	63.12					0.0	0.0	30.650	19	29.550	6	30.100	AKQ	2400
FHC	2.38	-0.88	0.95	6	1.43	5-6	10	0	61.31					0.0	0.0	30.655	19	29.555	6	30.168	AKQ	2400
NOR	2.74	-0.71	1.08	6	1.08	6	10	1	75.02					0.0	0.0						AKQ	2400
ORF	2.54	-0.72	1.12	6	1.12	6	11	1	68.86					0.0	0.0	30.660	19	29.540	6	30.100	AKQ	2400
POR	2.85	-0.49	0.84	6	0.84	6	11	0	67.02					0.0	0.0	30.651	19	29.538	6	30.164	AKQ	2400
MEC	3.06		0.63	7	1.24	6-7	8	0	53.72					0.0	0.0						AKQ	2400
CTR	2.84	-1.25	1.09	6	1.09	6	12	1	52.91					0.0	0.0	30.650	19	29.550	1	30.141	AKQ	2400
RIC	2.80	-0.46	1.22	6	1.11	6	8	1	52.75					0.0	0.0	30.710	19	29.600	1	30.155	AKQ	2400
ROA	2.79	-0.15	1.61	6	1.62	5-6	9	1	43.81	T	29,30	2	0	T	T	30.680	19	29.690	1	30.185	RNK	2400
SVC	3.02	-0.39	1.13	6	1.16	6	9	1	40.11	0.1 (ZR)	17	0		0.1	0.1						LWX	2400
WAL	3.97	0.54	2.29	6	2.30	6-7	10	1	56.39					0.0	0.0	30.690	19	29.510	6	30.100	AKQ	2400
WSH	1.87	-1.61	0.88	6	0.88	6	9	0	40.58	0.1	30	2	0	0.1	0.1	30.770	19	29.610	1	30.190	LWX	2400
Averages	2.68	-0.72	1.16		1.21		9.5	0.7	48.97					T	T	30.680		29.574		30.150
STATION	T	T1	U	U1	V	V1	W	X	Y	Z	1	2	3	4	5	6	6A	7	7A	8	CWA	TIME RECORDED
STATION	T	T1	U	U1	V	V1	W	X	Y	Z	1	2	3	4	5	6	6A	7	7A	8	CWA	TIME RECORDED
AVL	2.31	-1.28	1.11	4	1.11	4	9	1	33.40					0.0	0.0	30.570	19	29.710	6	30.140	GSP	2400
MRH	5.45	1.93	1.67	5	1.77	4-5	13	1	57.16					0.0	0.0	30.560	26	29.610	6	30.085	MHX	2400
CLT	2.91	-0.34	1.08	29	1.08	29	7	1	32.70	T	16	1	0	T	T	30.650	19	29.730	6	30.190	GSP	2400
ECG	2.67	0.11	0.49	5	0.71	18-19	12	0	54.92	T	19	1	0	T	T	30.650	19	29.530	6	30.090	AKQ	2400
FAY	2.64	-0.01	0.50	29	0.75	18-19	9	0	56.25									29.680	1		RAH	2400
GSO	1.70	-1.28	0.70	6	0.75	5-6	8	0	39.65					0.0	0.0			29.680	1		RAH	2400
HSE	5.01	0.74	1.17	5	1.23	4-5	12	1	73.25					0.0	0.0			29.580	6		MHX	2400
HKY	2.29	-1.41	0.95	4	0.95	4	7	0	34.69							30.570	19	29.690	1	30.130	GSP	2400
LBT	4.30	1.41	0.82	29	1.27	18-19	11	0	61.55							30.580	19	29.640	6	30.110	ILM	2400
EWN	3.50	0.10	0.84	5	1.05	4-5	12	0	70.45					0.0	0.0	30.590	19	29.600	6	30.095	MHX	2400
RDU	2.19	-0.88	0.56	6	0.70	4-5	12	0	51.25					0.0	0.0			29.680	1		RAH	2400
RAL	2.12	-0.95			0.50	5-6	11	0	52.64	T (ZR)	17	0	0	T	T	30.630	19	29.800	6	30.215	RAH	2400
ILM	5.36	1.74	1.14	6	1.28	5-6	13	3	71.64					0.0	0.0	30.570	10	29.610	6	30.090	ILM	2400
Averages	3.27	-0.01	0.92		1.01		10.5	0.5	53.04					T	T	30.597		29.657		30.127
STATION	T	T1	U	U1	V	V1	W	X	Y	Z	1	2	3	4	5	6	6A	7	7A	8	CWA	TIME RECORDED
STATION	T	T1	U	U1	V	V1	W	X	Y	Z	1	2	3	4	5	6	6A	7	7A	8	CWA	TIME RECORDED
AND	2.04	2.07	0.76	4	0.76	4	11	0	24.44							30.580	10	29.750	6	30.165	GSP	2400
CAE	2.01	-0.73	0.98	29	0.98	29	3	0	36.20					0.0	0.0	30.430	7	29.730	30	30.080	CAE	2400
CRE	2.62	-0.84	0.78	26	0.79	26-27	9	0	56.23							30.570	10	29.630	6	30.100	ILM	2400
CHS	4.78	1.67	2.58	6	3.92	5-6	12	2	59.63					0.0	0.0	30.560	10	29.650	6	30.105	CHS	2400
CXM	2.95	0.35	1.58	6	1.58	6	10	1	45.26									29.640	6		CHS	2400
FLO	4.57	1.80	1.26	5	1.48	18-19	12	1	60.95							30.590	10	29.650	6	30.120	ILM	2400
GSP	2.69	-1.42	1.16	29	1.16	29	9	1	34.43					0.0	0.0	30.570	19	29.730	6	30.150	GSP	2400
OGB	4.40	1.08	1.16	5	1.94	5-6	11	2	41.78							30.580	10	29.670	6	30.125	CAE	2400
Averages	3.26	0.50	1.28		1.58		9.6	0.9	44.87					0.0	0.0	30.554		29.681		30.121
STATION	T	T1	U	U1	V	V1	W	X	Y	Z	1	2	3	4	5	6	6A	7	7A	8	CWA	TIME RECORDED
STATION	T	T1	U	U1	V	V1	W	X	Y	Z	1	2	3	4	5	6	6A	7	7A	8	CWA	TIME RECORDED
TRI	5.36	1.99	1.04	6	1.18	12-13	11	2	35.67	T	9,30	2	0	T	T	30.610	19	29.650	6	30.130	MRX	2400
DAV	7.76		1.11	7			22	1	54.46	5.3	30	16	5	18.5	30.7						PBX	2400
STATION	T	T1	U	U1	V	V1	W	X	Y	Z	1	2	3	4	5	6	6A	7	7A	8	CWA	TIME RECORDED

Virginia:

Arlington/Washington, D.C. -from NWS LWX, Sterling, VA: " THE MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS ABOVE NORMAL. MONTHLY PRECIPITATION WAS SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL. SNOWFALL WAS BELOW NORMAL. LAST MONTH MARKED THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE DECEMBER WITHOUT MEASURABLE SNOWFALL. THIS IS THE ONLY TIME THREE DECEMBERS IN A ROW HAVE NOT HAD MEASURABLE SNOWFALL IN THE WASHINGTON DC AREA SINCE SNOWFALL RECORDS BEGAN IN 1884. LAST MONTH WAS ALSO THE SIXTH STRAIGHT DECEMBER TO RANK WARMER THAN NORMAL. HOWEVER...IT WAS THE FIRST SINCE 2011 TO NOT HAVE AT LEAST ONE DAY REACHING 70 DEGREES. CLIMATE RECORDS HAVE BEEN KEPT AT RONALD REAGAN NATIONAL AIRPORT SINCE AUGUST OF 1941. ADDITIONAL TEMPERATURE RECORDS FOR THE WASHINGTON DC AREA EXTEND BACK TO JANUARY OF 1872. PRECIPITATION RECORDS EXTEND BACK TO JANUARY OF 1871. SNOWFALL RECORDS BEGAN IN JANUARY OF 1884. " - [ + - ]

Chantilly - from Russ Topping: " The December mean monthly temperature was above normal and precipitation was below normal. The mean monthly temperature was 39.4° (+2.8°). The mean high temperature was 47.9° (+1.9°) and the mean low temperature was 30.9° (+3.8°). No temperature records were set or tied. December precipitation of 2.37” was 0.59” below normal. Measurable rainfall fell on 9 days. Maximum daily precipitation of 1.07” fell on the 6th, setting a new daily record. Dense fog was observed on the 24th. No trace of snow fell this month (-3.5”) for the 3rd straight December, but freezing rain was observed on the 17th. Please note, my anemometer is currently partially obstructed from the North and East " - [ + - ]

Dulles -from NWS LWX, Sterling, VA - " THE MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL. MONTHLY PRECIPITATION WAS SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL. SNOWFALL WAS BELOW NORMAL. LAST MONTH MARKED THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE DECEMBER WITHOUT MEASURABLE SNOWFALL. THIS IS THE ONLY TIME THREE DECEMBERS IN A ROW HAVE NOT HAD MEASURABLE SNOWFALL IN THE DULLES VA AREA SINCE SNOWFALL RECORDS BEGAN IN 1962. LAST MONTH WAS ALSO THE SIXTH STRAIGHT DECEMBER TO RANK WARMER THAN NORMAL. HOWEVER...IT WAS THE FIRST SINCE 2011 TO NOT HAVE AT LEAST ONE DAY REACHING 70 DEGREES. A RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM RAINFALL OF 1.03 INCHES WAS SET ON THE 6TH...BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 0.97 SET IN 2013. A RECORD DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE OF 9 DEGREES WAS SET ON THE 16TH...BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 10 SET IN 1989. CLIMATE RECORDS AT WASHINGTON DULLES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BEGAN IN NOVEMBER OF 1962. " - [ + - ]

Seven Corners/Fairfax County - from member John Iekel: " DECEMBER 2016 OVERALL HAD NORMAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURES, AND SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL PRECIP. Check out John's year-end summary here: 2016 Seven Corners/Falls Church " - [ - - ]

Herndon - from member Randy Ashby: " December was slightly above normal for temperature and below normal for precipitation. The temperatures ranged between a high of 68 and a low of 11 and was 0.2 degrees above normal. On the precipitation side, the month was 0.87” below normal, with 2.53” measured. We finished the year 7.43” below normal for precipitation. This was the 3rd driest year in the 22 years measuring at this site. We had our first snow sighting of the year on Dec 30 when we had a few snow flurries; there was no accumulation. " - [ + - ]

Portsmouth - from Bill Trotter (POR): " The month's average temperature of 44.6° was 0.1° BELOW NORMAL. Precipitation (2.85") was BELOW NORMAL by 0.49" or 85% of the December average rainfall during the period from 1976 to 2015. At month's end, the average temperatures for 2016 included: High 70.9° (+1.3°) Low 53.3° (+1.8°) Average 62.1 (+1.5°) At month's end, rainfall for the year totaled 67.02" (+16.61" or 133% of normal). 2016 WAS THE 5th WETTEST YEAR IN THE STATION DATABASE to 1976. The top five wettest years include: 1) 76.28" 1999 2) 70.43" 2009 3) 69.00" 2014 4) 67.52" 2012 5) 67.02" 2016. Frontal passages occurred on the 6th, 8th, 12th (WARMFROPA), 14th, 15th (arctic), 16-17th (WARMFROPA), 18th, 22nd, 24th, 27th (WARMFROPA), 28th, and 29th. Frost occurred on the 2nd (light on car tops), 10th (car tops), 11th, 16th (few rooftops only), 20th (pm), 21st, 22nd, 30th, and 31st. STATION RECORDS: 6th - RAINFALL 0.84"[ previous 0.79" 1983], 18th - TEMPERATURE 78° [previous 77° 1984], and 18th - WIND GUST 39mph [previous 37mph 1990]. To view the station monthly and year-to-date climatological summary (LCD) for this Portsmouth station, please click here. " - [ - - ]

Glen Allen - from Lowell Koontz (GAV): " December was the third coldest and third driest on record at Glen Allen. The monthly mean temperature was 41.4°F, a -1.6°F departure from the eight-year average. December had its highest maximum of 68.2°F on December 1st but had only 3 days of =65°F for the month. On 16 days, the minimum reached freezing or below which was fourth greatest in December in the past 8-years. The lowest temperature was 13°F occurring on the 16th which was the lowest minimum ever recorded at Glen Allen in December. Glen Allen had two days the minimum temperature was below 15°F; the only other year this occurred was 2010. The lowest dew point on December 15th was -7.3°F which set a new record; the previous record was only -1.4°F in 2010. The highest barometric pressure for December was 30.70 inches recorded on the 19th which was the 3rd highest barometric pressure for December. The average daily pressure for December was 30.20 inches a new record for December. The previous record was 30.17 inches in 2014. December had a minor trace of sleet associated with a glaze on the 17th. The precipitation total for the month was 3.11 inches which was a 1.61 inch negative departure based on an eight-year average. There were 9 days with measurable precipitation in December and only December of 2011 had less. The total precipitation for the year was 47.73 inches which was a 1.54 inch surplus. Only 2010 had a lower average relative humidity of 64.2% which is the low record for December. " - [ - - ]

Richmond - from contributor Lowell Koontz (GAV): " The mean temperature for the Richmond International Airport was 41.1°F which was exactly average. December was the 52nd warmest in the past 119 years. The minimum temperature of 15°F on the 16th was the lowest minimum in December since 2010 when 15°F was also recorded. The lowest maximum temperature of 29°F for December occurred on the 16th which was also the lowest since 2010. December didn’t even have a trace of frozen precipitation. This was the 17th year in the past 119 years that Richmond didn’t have a trace of snow or a measurable amount of snow in December. The 30-year average snowfall for December is 2.1 inches. The 2.80 inches of precipitation for December made it the 61st driest December in the past 129 years with a -0.46 inch departure. The total precipitation for 2016 was 52.75 inches which was a 9.15 inch surplus for the year. The airport also set 1 daily maximum precipitation record for the date on December 6th with 1.22 inches; the old record was 1.17 inches set in 1930. " - [ -/+ - ]

North Carolina:

Raleigh - from member Bob Woodson (RAL): " DECEMBER PRECIPITATION WAS BELOW NORMAL BY 0.95” HOWEVER FOR THE YEAR, PRECIPITATION WAS STILL 8.06” ABOVE NORMAL. THE AVERAGE DAILY TEMPERATURE FOR DECEMBER WAS +0.5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THERE WAS NO SEVERE WEATHER OR THUNDERSTORMS OBSERVED DURING THE MONTH. ON DECEMBER 17TH THERE WAS A TRACE OF FREEZING RAIN. " - [ + - ]

COLUMN DENOTATIONS:

A  maximum mean temperature	T total precipitation (inches) T1 departure from normal
B  minimum mean temperature	U maximum calendar day precipitation (inches)
C  monthly mean temperature C1 departure from normal	U1 date of maximum calendar day precipitation
D  maximum temperature	V date(s) of maximum daily precipitation
E  date(s) of maximum temperature	V1 maximum 24-hour precip. & date(s)
F  minimum temperature	W number of days with precip. >= .01"
G  date(s) of minimum temperature	X number of days with precip. >= 1.0"
H  days with maximum temperature >=90	Y year-to-date precipitation (inches)
I  days with maximum temperature <=32	Z maximum calendar day snowfall (inches)
J  days with minimum temperature <=32	VRB Variable
K  days with minimum temperature <= 0	1 date of maximum calendar day snowfall (inches)
K1 average relative humidity	2 number of days with snowfall
L  peak wind gust (miles per hour)	3 number of days with snowfall >= 1.0"
M  direction of peak wind gust	4  total snowfall for month (inches)
N  date(s) of peak wind gust	5 total snowfall for 2016-2017 season (inches)
N1   average wind speed (miles per hour)	6 maximum barometric pressure (inches)
N2 dominant wind direction	6A date of maximum barometric pressure
O  number of days with thunder	7 minimum barometric pressure (inches)
P  number of days with hail	7A date of minimum barometric pressure
Q  number of days with glaze	8   average sea-level pressure
R  number of days with ice pellets	STN  Station
	NR not recorded
R1 number of days with dense fog [1/4 mile and less visibility]	(i) incomplete data
S  local observation time for temps/precipitation	(M) missing, if listed in data table
~ "about"	E estimated
+  additional indeterminate number of days	CWA - NWS Office County Warning Area

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     NWS Blacksburg, VA
     NWS Raleigh, NC
     NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
     NWS Wilmington, NC
     NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
     NWS Columbia, SC
     NWS Charleston, SC
     NWS Morristown, TN

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STATION / LOCATION (MILES & DIRECTION FROM MAIN POST OFFICE)/OBSERVER / YEAR RECORDS BEGAN / EMAIL ADDRESS:
[ includes current stations, inactive stations, and closed stations since database inception ]

    

AKQ    Wakefield, VA NWS Wakefield Municipal Airport 36-58-53N 077-00-04W 33M	SVC    Seven Corner, Fairfax County, VA John Iekel Latitude 38.857404 Longitude -77.151696
DCA    Arlington, VA Washington, DC, Reagan Washington National Airport 38-50-54N 077-02-03W 18M	WSH   Washington, VA  David Yowell runamok@runamok.com
BCB    Blacksburg, VA NWS Virginia Tech Airport 37-13N 080-25W
	WOO  Woodstock, VA 5NW Lauck Walton 12/1/85 STATION CLOSED 08/2014
	LDY Ladysmith, VA Danny Jessee 2003 STATION CLOSED 8/31/2010 danny@dannyjessee.com
BRI     Bridgewater, VA Clayton Towers Ctowers19@aol.com	WAL   Wallops Island, VA 37° 56'26" N 75° 27'47" W Wallops Flight Facility Airport
CEN  Centreville, VA Paul Bassett 1985, 38° 50.9788' N LAT. 77° 25.6374' W LON. | Elevation 324' | STATION CLOSED	AVL    Asheville, NC  Asheville Regional Airport 35-25-55N 082-32-15W 670M
CHO   Charlottesville, VA  Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport ASOS  (Rappahannock County) 38-08-18N 078-27-21W 192M	MRH    Beaufort, NC  Michael J. Field Airport 34-44-01N 076-39-38W 3M
DAN  Danville, VA, Danville Regional Airport, 36-34-22N 079-20 10W 175M	CLT    Charlotte, NC NWS Charlotte/Douglas International Airport 35-12-48N 080-56-55W 220M
IAD   Dulles - Washington-Dulles International Airport  38-56-05N 077-26-51W 93M
FCH    Falls Church, VA Erica Page 3/7/94 Windie1970@aol.com	HKY  Hickory, NC
HAM    Hampton, VA 5NE Dave Kessel 1989 kesseld1@cox.net	ECG  Elizabeth City, NC,  Coast Guard Air Station 36-15-47N 076 10-58W 11M
LYH     Lynchburg, VA NWS Lynchburg Regional Airport 37-19-15N 079-12-24W 295M	ILM     Wilmington, NC NWS New Hanover International Airport 34-16-06N 077-54-22W 9M
CTR  Winterpock in Chesterfield County, VA Albert Arnold 06/03	FAY  Fayetteville, NC Fayetteville Regional Airport, 34-59-22N 078-52-48W 55M
	GSO   Greensboro, NC NWS Piedmont Triad International Airport 36-05-51N 079-56-37W 275M
CHT   Chantilly, VA Russ Topping -  12/2006  russ.topping@gmail.com	HSE   Cape Hatteras, NC  Mitchell Field 35-13-56N 075-27-21W 3M
HDV    Herndon, VA  Randoplh W. Ashby, 3.3 SM South, Lat: 38.922127, Lon: -77.38015, Elev: 390'. 1993 randy_ashby@msn.com	LBT    Lumberton, NC  Lumberton Municipal Airport 34-36-26N 079-03-36W 37M
GAV - Glen Allen, Henrico County, VA - Lowell Koontz  8/1/08  wwkoontz@verizon.net	EWN    New Bern, NC  Craven County Regional Airport 36-04-03N 077-02-50W 3M
	MON    Moncure, NC  Chatham County - Mac McIlwain mac.mcilwain@embarqmail.com
	RAL    Raleigh, NC 7NNW  Bob Woodson -  6/1/93 kf4mmm@qsl.net
LKU     Louisa, VA 1N Joseph Bowers 1944 - NWS ID  44-5050-02 STATION CLOSED	RDU   Raleigh-Durham, NC Raleigh-Durham International Airport 35-52-14N 078-47-11W 130M
LOU     Louisa, VA 6S John Bullock (about 1970) STATION CLOSED	ROX    Roxboro, NC 2SE Merriell A. Jay 1/93 ending 12/13
	WHI   North Whiteville, NC Christopher Crawley 12/10 34.413744N / 078.751908W ccawley.kk4csr@gmail.com
LYH     Lynchburg, VA NWS Lynchburg Regional Airport 37-19-15N 079-12-24W 295M	ILM     Wilmington, NC NWS New Hanover International Airport 34-16-06N 077-54-22W 9M
NEW    Newmarket, VA 2W Joyce Winfree STATION CLOSED 5/31/10	CHS   Charleston, SC NWS Charleston Air Force Base 32-53-56N 080-02-26W 13M
	CXM    Downtown Charleston, SC NWS 32.77° N 79.93 W
NPN     Newport News, VA 7N Gary Leonard -  6/91 mikey0781@cox.net	CAE    Columbia, SC NWS Columbia Metropolitan Airport 33-56-31N 081-07-05W 73M
NOR     Norfolk, VA 3NE Jim Fentress 6/1/77	FLO    Florence, SC Florence Regional Airport 34-11-16N 079-43-51W 44M
ORF     Norfolk, VA 5NE 36-54-13N 076-11-31W 14M  1871	GSP   Greenville-Spartanburg, SC NWS Greenville-Spartanburg Airport 34-53-02N 082-13-15W 286M
POR     Portsmouth, VA 36.81° North 76.33° West 3S Bill Trotter -  7/1/76 wxr@cox.net	CRE    North Myrtle Beach, SC Grand Strand Airport 33-48-42N 078-43-26W 10M
MEC     Mechanicsville, VA Glen Martin 11/19/91	OGB   Orangeburg, SC  Orangeburg Municipal Airport 33-27-50N 080-51-13W 59M
FHC    Norfolk, VA  Fred Heutte Center 36° 54'N 76° 16'W 01/01/03 fhcgarden@cox.net	AND   Anderson, SC
RIC     Richmond, VA Richmond International Airport 37-30-40N 077-19-24W 50M	TRI     Tri-cities, TN  (Bristol / Johnson / Kingsport), Tri-City Regional Airport 36-28-47N 082-23-56W 474M
ROA    Roanoke, VA Roanoke Regional Airport 37-19-01N 079-58-27W 362M	DAV  Davis, WV Dave Lesher canaanwx@yahoo.com