Virginia:

Arlington - " FEBRUARY 2013 WAS ONLY THE SECOND MONTH IN THE PAST 16 MONTHS WHERE THE MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN WASHINGTON WAS BELOW THE 1981- 2010 NORMAL. IT WAS ALSO THE FIRST MONTH SINCE JANUARY 2011 WITH NO DAYS ABOVE 60 DEGREES. DESPITE THE BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES...THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS ABOVE FREEZING EACH DAY. WASHINGTON NORMALLY EXPERIENCES ABOUT ONE OR TWO DAYS OF SUB-FREEZING HIGHS IN FEBRUARY. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS BELOW NORMAL. OVER A THIRD OF THE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION FELL ON THE 26TH. MEASURABLE SNOWFALL WAS RECORDED ON THE 1ST AND 2ND. ONLY 0.4 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WAS OBSERVED AT REAGAN NATIONAL AIRPORT THIS MONTH...WHICH WAS MORE THAN 5 INCHES BELOW THE MONTHLY NORMAL. IT WAS THE THIRD STRAIGHT FEBRUARY IN WASHINGTON WITH A MONTHLY SNOWFALL TOTAL UNDER AN INCH. SINCE FEBRUARY 2011...JANUARY 2012 /WITH 1.7 INCH/ WAS THE LAST TIME THAT AT LEAST AN INCH OF SNOW FELL IN A MONTH. THE LAST DAY ONE INCH OR MORE OF SNOW WAS OFFICIALLY RECORDED IN WASHINGTON DC WAS 26 JANUARY 2011...764 DAYS AGO AS OF 28 FEBRUARY 2013. IT IS THE LONGEST SPAN ON RECORD WITHOUT AT LEAST AN INCH OF SNOW. THE PREVIOUS LONGEST STREAK ON RECORD WITHOUT ONE INCH OF SNOW IN A CALENDAR DAY WAS 700 DAYS FROM 5 FEBRUARY 1975 THROUGH 4 JANUARY 1977. " - [ - - ] - Notes from NWS Sterling, VA

Bridgewater - from Clayton come these notes: " Where's the snow!? We usually get around 6 inches in February . We've only had several days with skiffs this past month, but no measurable amounts. March usually brings us at least one snow. Forecasts indicate that snow is on the way! " - [ + - ]

Chantilly - Russ reports: " February was another disappointing month for snow lovers. It featured seasonal temperatures and below average precipitation, at my site. The mean monthly temperature was 36.2° (+0.0°). The mean high temperature was 44.3° (-2.1°) and the mean low temperature was 28.2° (+2.1°). February precipitation was only 1.64" (-1.10"), most of which fell on the 26th (0.80") to break a daily record. There was little snow to speak of again, with a trace or more on the 1st (0.2"), 2nd (T), 3rd (T), 8th (T), 13th (0.25"), and 19th (T). Monthly snowfall totaled 0.45" (-7.2"). This winter, we've still had less than 3" of snow. Sleet was observed on the 8th (T), 19th (T) and 22nd (T). Freezing rain was observed on the 8th (T) and 22nd (0.1"). *Please note, anemometer is currently partially obstructed from the North and East " - [ -/+0 - ]

Dulles - from NWS Sterling (KLWX): " FEBRUARY 2013 WAS THE FIRST FEBRUARY WITH BOTH BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND BELOW NORMAL SNOWFALL AT DULLES SINCE 2004. IT WAS ALSO THE FIRST MONTH SINCE JANUARY 2011 WITHOUT A 60-DEGREE OR WARMER DAY. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS BELOW NORMAL. ALMOST HALF OF THE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION FELL ON THE 26TH. THE 0.71 INCHES THAT FELL ON THAT DAY BROKE THE PREVIOUS DAILY RECORD OF 0.51 INCHES FROM 1992. MEASURABLE SNOWFALL WAS RECORDED ON THREE DAYS THIS MONTH...THE 1ST...8TH AND 13TH. ONLY 1.3 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WAS OBSERVED AT DULLES THIS MONTH... WHICH WAS MORE THAN 6 INCHES BELOW THE MONTHLY NORMAL. IT WAS THE THIRD STRAIGHT YEAR WITH UNDER TWO INCHES OF SNOW FOR FEBRUARY. " - [ - - ]

Glen Allen - Lowell reports: " February was cooler than average as the monthly mean temperature was 39.2 °F, a -2.4 °F departure. February was the second coolest in the past four years. There were 18 days the minimum temperature dropped below freezing and 0 days that the maximum didn’t climb above freezing. The 1.85 inches of rain for the month was a negative 0.52 inch departure when compared to the four-year average. The total frozen precipitation was only 0.2 inches, a negative 5.6-inch departure. The maximum temperature for February was only 64 °F on the 15th with only a few warm days. The lowest minimum this month was 16 °F recorded on the 2nd and 18th. The maximum wind gust was 32 mph from the south that occurred on Feb. 11th at 1524 hours. The highest barometer recorded for the month was 30.49 inches on the 10th and the lowest was 29.53 inches on the 27th. The winter has been mild as December was the 6th warmest and only February was below average. " - [ - - ]

Hampton - Dave sends these addition notes: " No records tied or broken-- note- max temp failed to get to 70 degrees this month. February was the only month of the winter season to be normal. The meteorological winter ends mild, not as warm as last year- but in the top 10. " - [ - + ]

Herndon - Randy adds these notes: " February was below normal for temperature and precipitation. The temperatures ranged between a high of 54 and a low of 14. We averaged 1.5 degrees below normal for the month. On the precipitation side, the month was 0.79” below normal with 1.92” measured. We had several days of light snow and some sleet off and on during the month, but only received a total of 1.1” for a total of 3.9” for the year; well below normal. " - [ - - ]

Portsmouth - " THE RAINFALL FOR FEBRUARY 2013 OF 5.13" PRODUCED THE 5TH GREATEST FEBRUARY MONTHLY RAINFALL TOTAL AT THIS STATION IN THE DATABASE TO 1976. THE TOP 5 WETTEST FEBRUARYs INCLUDE: 1) 7.60" 1998 2) 6.32" 1989 3) 5.66" 1983 4) 5.59" 2003 5) 5.13" 2013 February's average temperature (42.1°) was 0.6° BELOW NORMAL. Precipitation was ABOVE NORMAL by 1.5" or 161% of normal relative to normal Februarys for the period from 1976 to 2012. Cold frontal passages occurred on the 1st, 6th, 8th, 11th, 13th, 16th, 19th, 23rd, 28th, 29th. FROST was recorded on the 2nd, 4th, 6th, 14th, 15th, 18th, 19th, 21st. STATION RECORDS: 1st - WIND GUST 37mph [previous 34 1992], 8th - RAINFALL 2.38" [previous 0.85" 1997], 8th - WIND GUST 40mph [previous 33mph 1994], 22nd - TEMPERATURE Minimum 23° [previous 24° 1978], 27th - RAINFALL 1.24" [previous 0.71" 1993]. - [ - + ]

Richmond - from Lowell Koontz in nearby Glen Allen: " The Richmond International Airport had no daily records this month. Their highest maximum temperature was 63 °F on the 11th and 15th; only 12 years since 1897 have had a lower maximum temperature for the month. Using the new recalculated mean temperatures from 1880 to 1896 this winter was the 15th warmest since 1880, which is mostly because December 2012 was the 6th warmest December on record. This was a seasonal departure of +2.8 °F. The Airport had a -3.4 inch snow deficit for the month and 6.2 inch deficit for the winter. " - [ - - ]

North Carolina:

Raleigh - Bob adds: " FEBRUARY WAS A COOL WET MONTH WITH SEVEN DAYS THAT WERE TOTALLY OVERCAST. MEASUREABLE PRECIPITATION OCCURRED ON 11 DAYS. THE AVERAGE DAILY TEMPERATURE WAS 41.6 DEGREES (+0.6 DEG ABOVE NORMAL) WHICH WAS 2.6 DEGREES COOLER THAN JANUARY. PRECIPITATION FOR FEBRUARY WAS 4.11” WHICH IS 0.61” ABOVE NORMAL. WINTRY PRECIPITATION OCCURRED ON THREE DAYS, HOWEVER THE MAXIMUM SNOW DEPTH WAS ONLY ˝”. " - [ + + ]

Nearby Locations:

TRI-CITIES - from NWS Raleigh RAH: " Tri-Cities received 1.86 inches of precipitation in February, which was 1.59 inches below normal. It tied with 2000 as the 8th driest February on record. Measurable precipitation occurred on 16 days and only 1 of those days had more than one-quarter of an inch of precipitation. The heaviest precipitation fell on the 13th when 0.31 inches of precipitation was reported. The driest February of the 73 years of observations taken at Tri-Cities was in 1968 when 0.75 inches of precipitation was recorded. The monthly-averaged temperature at Tri-Cities in February was 38.6 degrees, which was 0.4 degrees below normal. It tied with 2004 as the 35th coolest of Februarys on record. The coldest February at Tri-Cities was back in 1958 when the average temperature was 28.1 degrees. " - [ - - ]