Virginia:

Arlington - " TEMPERATURES THIS JANUARY WERE ABOVE NORMAL IN WASHINGTON. FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR...THE MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR JANUARY WAS OVER FOUR DEGREES ABOVE THE 1981-2010 NORMAL. THE LAST TEN DAYS OF THE MONTH FEATURED EXTREME TEMPERATURE CHANGES AS ARCTIC COLD WAS FOLLOWED BY SPRING-LIKE WARMTH. FROM THE 22ND TO 25TH...HIGHS NEVER WENT ABOVE FREEZING...WITH A DAILY AVERAGE HIGH SPANNING THAT 4-DAY PERIOD OF 28.5F. IN CONTRAST...HIGHS FROM THE 29TH TO 31ST AVERAGED A BALMY 69F...WHICH IS NORMAL FOR WASHINGTON DC DURING LATE APRIL. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 25F ON THE 25TH WAS THE COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE IN WASHINGTON DC SINCE JANUARY 30TH 2010 WHEN THE HIGH ONLY REACHED 23F. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 72F ON THE 30TH WAS THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE IN JANUARY SINCE 73F WAS RECORDED ON JANUARY 8TH 2008. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE HIGHS MEASURED ON THE 25TH AND 30TH WAS 47F RECORDED JUST 5 DAYS APART. THE LAST TIME SUCH A LARGE DIFFERENCE IN DAILY HIGHS DURING A 5-DAY PERIOD IN JANUARY WAS 1994 WHEN A HIGH OF 8F RECORDED ON JANUARY 19 1994 WAS FOLLOWED 5 DAYS LATER BY A HIGH OF 61F ON THE 24TH...A DIFFERENCE OF 53F. THE LOW TEMPERATURE OF 15F ON THE 23RD WAS THE COLDEST LOW TEMPERATURE READING IN WASHINGTON DC SINCE IT WAS 14F ON 3 MARCH 2009. THE LOW TEMPERATURE OF 52F ON THE 30TH WAS THE WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE IN JANUARY SINCE IT WAS ALSO 52F ON 15 JANUARY 2007. IT ALSO TIED THE DAILY HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORD SET PREVIOUSLY IN 1947 AND 2002. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL. NEARLY HALF OF THE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION FELL DURING THE LAST TWO DAYS OF THE MONTH. SNOW WAS OBSERVED ON SIX DAYS THIS MONTH. THE MONTHLY SNOWFALL FOR JANUARY 2013 TOTALED JUST 0.9 INCHES...MAKING IT THE FOURTH LEAST SNOWIEST JANUARY IN THE PAST 20 YEARS AND THE LEAST SNOWIEST JANUARY SINCE 2006...WHEN ONLY A TRACE OF SNOWFALL WAS RECORDED THAT MONTH. " - [ + - ] - Notes from NWS Sterling, VA

Chantilly - Russ sends these highlights: " Overall, January was warm with above average precipitation. There was, however, a four-day arctic cold snap beginning on the 22nd and followed by Spring-like weather by the 29th. The mean monthly temperature was 38.2° (+5.0°). The mean high temperature was 46.6° (+4.1°) and the mean low temperature was much above normal at 29.7° (+5.8°). Of some note was the extreme variation in SL barometric pressure with 29.129" on the 31st and 30.608" only a few days earlier on the 27th. Precipitation was above average at 3.94" (+1.26"), most of which fell on the 15th and 30th. A monthly record 2.10" of rain fell on the 30th. There was little snow to speak of, with the most on the 25th (1.0") and a little more than a dusting on the 26th (0.25"). Monthly snowfall was 6.1" below normal. Much like last year, we've barely had 2" of snow all season. Dense fog was observed on the 11th - 14th. *Please note, anemometer is currently partially obstructed from the North and East " - [ + + ]

Dulles - from NWS Sterling (KLWX): " TEMPERATURES THIS JANUARY AT DULLES WERE ABOVE NORMAL. FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR...THE MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR JANUARY WAS OVER 4 DEGREES ABOVE THE 1981-2010 NORMAL. THE LAST TEN DAYS OF THE MONTH FEATURED EXTREME TEMPERATURE CHANGES AS ARCTIC COLD WAS FOLLOWED BY SPRING-LIKE WARMTH. DURING THE 22ND TO 25TH... HIGH TEMPERATURES EACH DAY WERE IN THE 20S. THE LAST TIME THE TEMPERATURE WAS BELOW 30F FOR AT LEAST 4 CONSECUTIVE DAYS WAS 5-8 FEBRUARY 2007. THE HIGH OF 22F ON THE 25TH WAS THE COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE SINCE 30 JANUARY 2010 WHEN THE HIGH ONLY REACHED 21F. THE LOW TEMPERATURE OF 9F ON THE 23RD WAS THE FIRST SINGLE DIGIT TEMPERATURE OBSERVED AT DULLES SINCE 24 JANUARY 2011...WHEN THE LOW WAS 6F. IN CONTRAST...THE HIGH DURING THE 3-DAY PERIOD FROM THE 29TH-31ST AVERAGED A BALMY 67F...WHICH IS THE NORMAL HIGH AT DULLES FOR MID APRIL. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 72F ON THE 30TH WAS TIED FOR THE 7TH WARMEST ON RECORD IN JANUARY...AND THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE RECORDED IN JANUARY SINCE IT WAS 73F ON 4 JANUARY 2004. IT ALSO SET A DAILY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORD...BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 70F IN 2002. THE LOW TEMPERATURE OF 56F ON THE 30TH WAS THE WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE IN JANUARY SINCE IT WAS ALSO 56F ON 6 JANUARY 2007. IT ALSO BROKE THE DAILY HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORD OF 54F SET IN 2002. THE LOW TEMPERATURE OF 41 DEGREES ON THE 12TH BROKE THE OLD DAILY HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORD OF 40F IN 2012. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS ABOVE NORMAL. NEARLY TWO-THIRDS OF THE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED DURING THE LAST TWO DAYS OF JANUARY. 30 JANUARY 2013 WAS THE WETTEST DAY IN JANUARY ON RECORD FOR DULLES WITH 2.00 INCHES OF RAIN. THE PREVIOUS WETTEST JANUARY DAY WAS 1.79 INCHES ON THE 14 JANUARY 2005. AT LEAST A TRACE OF SNOW WAS OBSERVED ON SEVEN DAYS THIS MONTH. THE ONLY MEASURABLE SNOW THIS JANUARY FELL ON THE 24TH AND 25TH. " - [ + + ]

Chesterfield - from Albert Arnold: " On January 17th, thundersnow was reported. " - [ + + ]

Glen Allen - Lowell sends these additional notes: " January was the second warmest in the past five years with the monthly mean temperature of 41.3 °F, a +4.6 °F departure. There were 16 days the temperature was 50 °F or above. January had only 16 days the minimum temperature was 32 °F or lower and the maximum temperature didn’t rise above freezing 2 days of the month. The 11 °F on the 23rd was the lowest temperature since January 31st 2010 when it was 7 °F yet the 75 °F on the 29th was the highest temperature ever recorded at this station in January. The maximum of 25 °F on the 25th was the second lowest maximum ever recorded at this station for any month with only four days separating the two records. Then on the 30th the minimum temperature was 61 °F smashing the highest minimum temperature for January by 16 °F above the previous four-year record. The 5.47 inches of precipitation was the greatest amount on record for January. This was a +2.90 inch departure when compared to the past four-year average. All of the following set new records for Jan; The most precipitation in a calendar day, 24hour, 1hour, and 5minute period as well as 14 days with measurable precipitation. The four days or 96 hours from the 14th to the 17th had 68 hours of precipitation and a continuous rain in this period of 53 hours which is believed to be the longest continuous period since November 11th – 13th 2009 when we had 60 hours of continuous rain that was also heavier. There was also a thunder snow of 3.0 inches on the 17th and thunder and lightning was observed three times during the storm. The total snowfall for the month was 4.4 inches. The maximum wind gust for the month was 43 mph SSW that occurred on the 30th of the month at 1324 was a new record for January and made for the second windiest day in January (wind run was 225.6 miles) since January 2012 when a 247 mile wind run occurred. The lowest barometric pressure of the month was 29.22 inches recorded on the 31st and the highest was 30.60 inches on January 27th. " - [ + + ]

Herndon - Randy adds these notes: " January was above normal for temperature and slightly above for precipitation. The temperatures ranged between a high of 72 and a low of 10. We averaged 3.4 degrees above normal for the month. On the precipitation side, the month was 0.46" above normal with 3.51" measured. Most of the month’s rain came on the last two days of the month when we received 1.95". We had several days of light snow and some sleet during the last week of the month, but only received a total of 1.5" for a total of 2.8 for the year and well below normal. " - [ + + ]

Portsmouth - " January's average temperature (42.7°) was 2.3° ABOVE NORMAL. Precipitation was BELOW NORMAL by 0.80" or 78% of normal relative to normal Januarys for the period from 1976 to 2012. Frontal passages were recorded on the 1st, 2nd, 7th, 10th, 11th (warmfropa),12th (coastal onshore front), 14th, 17th, 18th, 21st, 22nd, 24th, 25th, 29th (warmfropa), and 31st. FROST was noted on the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th, 8th, 10th, 18th, 19th, and 27th. STATION RECORDS: 12th - TEMPERATURE TIED Maximum Low 53° [previously 2006], 17th - RAINFALL 1.04" [previous 1.02" 2010], 24th - TEMPERATURE TIED Minimum High 35° [previously 2005], 25th - TEMPERATURE TIED Minimum Low 19° [prev 2003], 25th - TEMPERATURE TIED Minimum High 32° [prev 2004], 31st - WIND GUST 52mph [prev 41mph 1982]. - [ + - ]

Richmond - from Lowell Koontz in nearby Glen Allen: " The mean temperature at the Richmond International Airport was 41.3 °F, the 29th warmest in the past 116 years. Only 11 years have had a higher daily mean temperature in January than the 65.5 °F on the 30th. Only 18 years in the past 116 years have had a higher maximum monthly temperature of 74 °F that occurred on the 29th. Two daily records were broken. The 1.56 inches of precipitation recorded for the 17th and the 59 °F minimum on the 30th that was a new high minimum temperature. Only January 7th and 8th 1998 have had a warmer January night in the last 116 years. The record is 62 °F on the January 8th 1998. January was the 15th wettest of the past 126 years. Measurable snowfall at the Richmond International Airport this past January was 3.2 inches the most since 2010. " - [ + + ]

North Carolina:

Fayetteville - from NWS Raleigh RAH: " THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE JANUARY 30 AT FAYETTEVILLE REGL AIRPORT WAS 60 DEGREES. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 59 DEGREES SET IN 1939. THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE JANUARY 25 AT FAYETTEVILLE REGL AIRPORT WAS 25 DEGREES. THIS TIES THE OLD RECORD SET IN 1922 THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE JANUARY 14 AT FAYETTEVILLE REGL AIRPORT WAS 78 DEGREES. THIS TIES THE PREVIOUS RECORD SET IN 1911. THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE JANUARY 12 AT FAYETTEVILLE REGL AIRPORT WAS 79 DEGREES THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 77 SET IN 1916. " - [ + - ]

Greensboro - from NWS Raleigh RAH: " THE RAINFALL JANUARY 30 AT PIEDMONT TRIAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS 0.9 INCHES. THIS TIED THE OLD RECORD OF 0.9 INCHES IN 1939. THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE JANUARY 30 WAS 57 DEGREES. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 56 DEGREES SET IN 1947. THE RAINFALL JANUARY 17 WAS 2.45 INCHES. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 1.29 INCHES SET IN 1924. THE SNOWFALL JANUARY 17 AT PIEDMONT TRIAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS 3.0 INCHES. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 1.8 SET IN 1965. " - [ + + ]

Raleigh - from NWS Raleigh RAH: " THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE JANUARY 30 AT THE RALEIGH-DURHAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS 61 DEGREES. THIS TIED THE OLD RECORD OF 61 DEGREES SET IN 1914. THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE JANNUARY 25 AT THE RALEIGH-DURHAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS 28 DEGREES. THIS TIED THE OLD RECORD OF 28 DEGREES SET IN 1940. " - [ + - ]

Raleigh - Bob adds: " JANUARY WAS A MONTH OF EXTREMES WITH SEVERAL DAYS REACHING THE 70S WHILE ON JANUARY 25TH THE HIGH WAS ONLY 27 DEGREES. OVERALL THE AVERAGE DAILY TEMPERATURE WAS 3.2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. 2" OF SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATED ON THE 17-18TH OF THE MONTH. ANOTHER 0.2" OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WERE MEASURED ON THE 25TH. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OBSERVED HOWEVER THUNDER OCCURRED ON THE 30TH. " - [ + - ]

Nearby Locations:

TRI-CITIES - from NWS Raleigh RAH: " Tri-Cities received 9.99 inches of precipitation in January, which was 6.62 inches above normal. It ranked as the wettest January on record. Measurable precipitation occurred on 16 days and 8 of those days had more than one-quarter of an inch of precipitation. The heaviest precipitation fell on the 15th when 2.38 inches of precipitation was reported, which also broke the previous record of 2.18 set in 1954. Another precipitation record was broken on previous day when 1.84 inches fell eclipsing the record of 1.48 inches set 1940. A precipitation record was also broken on the following day when 1.05 inches of precipitation was reported breaking the old record of 0.72 inches set 1950. In addition, In addition, around 2 inches of precipitation fell on the 30th of the month. The previous wettest January of the 74 years of observations taken at Tri-Cities was in 1957 when 9.18 inches of precipitation was recorded. The monthly-averaged temperature at Tri-Cities in January was 39.9 degrees, which was 4.7 above normal. It tied with 1999 as the 15th warmest January on record. One record high temperature was broken on the 12th when the temperature peaked at 71 degrees breaking the old record of 69 degrees set in 2005. Another record high temperature was set on the next day when the temperature reached 73 degrees breaking the previous record of 72 degrees set in 1972. The warmest January at Tri-Cities was in 1950 when the average temperature was 50.1 degrees. " - [ + + ]