MOUNT MITCHELL DIGS OUT FROM RECORD 66 INCHES OF SNOW      Mount Mitchell, North Carolina, the highest peak in the Eastern U.S., took the brunt of the massive snowstorm that swept through Asheville and up the East Coast over the weekend (January 23rd-24th, 2016). View account of this storm with a click here!

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 -

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TRACK JANUARY 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 January 1, 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 2015 reports: http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/160101_rpts.html

   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 - JANUARY 2016

State	Maximum Temperature	Minimum Temperature	Warmest Average Temperature	Coldest Average Temperature	Maximum Precipitation	Minimum Precipitation
Virginia	69° Norfolk (ORF), Newport News	4° Blacksburg	41.3° Norfolk (FHC)	29.3° Blacksburg	4.90" Norfolk (NOR)	1.86" Charlottesville
North Carolina	73.0° New Bern	11° Asheville	44.5° Wilmington	34.8° Asheville	5.11" Beaufort	1.63" Lumberton
South Carolina	70° Columbia	16° Greenville-Spartanburg	48.9° Downtown Charleston (CXM)	40.3° Greenville-Spartanburg	3.54" Greenville-Spartanburg	1.90" North Myrtle Beach

( 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	39.6	19.0	29.3	-2.2	61	31	7	20	0	5	30	0	69%	37	300,320	12,23	5.6		0	0	0	1	3	LWX	2400
CHT	42.9	23.1	33.0	-0.2	64.9	31	9.7	25	0	5	27	0	71%	17	160,023	14,23	0.7	360	0	0	0	0	2	LWX	2400
CHO	43.7	24.9	34.3	-0.9	60	10	12	6,20	0	4	26	0		38	340	4	5.5		0	0	0	0	5	LWX	2400
DAN	46.4	26.0	36.2	-1.5	68	31	14	20	0	4	25	0	62%	40	270	12	6.5		0	0	1	1	3	RNK	2400
DCA	42.5	27.3	34.9	-1.1	62	10	15	19	0	5	23	0	62%	44	280	10	9.5		0	0	0	0	3	LWX	2400
IAD	41.5	21.4	31.5	-1.7	60	31	4	25	0	8	26	0	64%	52	300	23	8.1		0	0	0	0	3	LWX	2400
GAV	46.09	26.21	36.15	-0.6	66	31	11	19	0	4	23	0	65%	36	225	12			0	0	0	2	0	AKQ	2400
HAM	47.00	31.00	39.00	-1.2	66	10	16	19	0	2	20	0	50%	75	45	23	10.0	360	0	0	1	1	2	AKQ	2400
HDV	42.1	23.3	32.7	-1.5	63	31	11	25	0	8	26	0	70%	19	225	10,12		225	0	0	0	0	5	LWX	2400
LYH	43.4	22.8	33.1	-2.0	64	31	9	20	0	4	29	0	64%	37	40	22	5.3		0	0	0	1	6	RNK	2400
NPN	48.4	30.3	39.4	-0.5	68.5	10	16.2	19	0	1	21	0		35	270	12	4.0	270	0	0	2	3	0	AKQ	2400
FHC	49.1	33.5	41.3	0.6	68	10	19	19	0	0	14	0	63%	39	360	23	3.0	360	0	0	1	1	0	AKQ	2400
NOR	48.3	31.4	39.8	0.1	67	10,31	17	19	0	1	17	0		46	45	23			0	0	1	1	0	AKQ	2400
ORF	49.5	32.7	41.1	0.7	69	10,31	19	19	0	1	16	0	60%	52	350	23	10.1		0	0	2	0	0	AKQ	2400
POR	49.1	32.5	40.8	0.5	68	10,31	18	19	0	1	17	0	72%	38	270,320	12,23	4.5	320	1	0	2	2	0	AKQ	2400
CTR	46.1	25.2	35.6	-0.8	66.4	31	9.3	20	0	5	27	0	71%	33	90	10	0.5	280	0	0	0	1	0	AKQ	2400
MEC	45.7	27.7	36.7		65	10,31	12	19	0	5	19	0	55%	18	45	23	7.2		0	0	0	1	0	AKQ	2400
RIC	45.1	26.2	35.7	-2.2	65	10,31	13	20	0	4	24	0	65%	43	10	23	9.0		0	0	0	2	2	AKQ	2400
ROA	42.6	24.3	33.5	-3.1	63	31	12	19	0	4	27	0	59%	50	240	12	7.7		0	0	0	1	2	RNK	2400
SVC	40.2	23.9	32.1	-1.9	58	31	12	25	0	8	27	0							0	0	0	0	13	LWX	2400
WAL	46.3	28.2	37.2	0.6	67	10	15	5,19	0	3	22	0		70	60	23	10.0		0	0	0	0	1	AKQ	2400
WSH	41.0	24.3	32.6	-1.13	62.6	31	10.1	19	0	7	27	0	69%	24	180	12	1.0	70	0	0	0	0	0	LWX	2400
Averages	44.84	26.60	35.73	-0.95	64.7		12.8		0.0	4.0	23.3	0.0	64%	40.1			6.0		0.0	0.0	0.5	0.8	2.3
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	44.9	24.8	34.8	-2.3	61	31	11	19	0	3	28	0	62%	47	330	23	7.9		0	0	1	1	3	GSP	2400
MRH	52.9	35.8	44.3	-0.4	67	10	22	19	0	0	15	0		46	230	15	10.5		0	0	0	1	1	MHX	2400
CLT	49.9	28.9	39.4	-0.7	66	31	14	19	0	0	22	0	58%	33	250	12	6.0		0	0	2	2	0	GSP	2400
ECG	50.6	31.5	41.0	-0.4	68	10	17	19,20	0	2	19	0	69%	54	100	15	10.5		0	0	0	0	0	AKQ	2400
FAY	50.9	32.1	41.5	-2.0	70	31	20	19,20	0	0	20	0	66%	39	220	12	7.8		0	0	1	0	2	RAH	2400
GSO	46.2	27.7	37.0	-1.9	67	31	15	20	0	3	22	0	61%	43	290	12	7.2		0	0	2	1	5	RAH	2400
HSE	54.3	38.8	46.2	1.0	68	10,15	24	19	0	0	1	0	70%	56	170	15	9.3		0	0	0	0	0	MHX	2400
HKY	47.4	26.7	37.0	-2.2	64	31	14	19	0	1	26	0		43	290	12	4.8		0	0	1	1	2	GSP	2400
LBT	52.0	33.2	42.6	-0.8	70	31	21	19	0	0	19	0	68%	38	250	15	6.9		0	0	1	0	3	ILM	2400
EWN	52.6	32.4	42.5	-1.7	73	31	20	19	0	0	19	0	68%	37	80	15	7.6		0	0	0	1	0	MHX	2400
RDU	48.2	30.4	39.3	-1.7	70	31	18	19,20	0	3	20	0	63%	37	240	10	5.4		0	0	2	1	4	RAH	2400
RAL	48.8	30.0	39.4	-1.6	72	31	16	20	0	1	22	0		26		31			0	0	0	1	2	RAH	2400
WHI	52.3	32.3	42.3	-0.7	69.4	31	19	20	0	0	13	0	71%	26	224	15	2.6	160	0	0	0	0	0	ILM	2400
ILM	54.4	34.6	44.5	-1.5	71	31	21	19,20	0	0	16	0	68%	48	100	15	7.7		1.0	0	0	0	1	ILM	2400
Averages	50.39	31.37	40.84	-1.2	68.3		18.0		0.0	0.9	18.7	0.0	66%	40.9			7.2		0.1	0.0	0.7	0.6	1.6
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	51.6	31.1	41.4	-0.3	66	31	20	19,24	0	0	20	0		40	70	22	6.4		0	0	1	1	0	GSP	2400
CAE	55.1	33.6	44.3	-0.5	70	31	20	19	0	0	16	0	62%	41	260	15	5.7		0	0	0	0	0	CAE	2400
CRE	53.7	35.2	44.4	-1.3	68	1	22	20	0	0	12	0	70%	40	260	15	6.6		1	0	0	0	4	ILM	2400
CHS	58.2	37.4	47.8	-0.5	69	1,27	23	20	0	0	9	0		35	270	15	7.1		0	0	0	0	2	CHS	2400
CXM	55.9	41.9	48.9	-0.8	69	1	29	19	0	0	3	0		32	50	22	6.3							CHS	2400
FLO	52.6	33.1	42.8	-2.1	68	31	19	19	0	0	17	0	68%	42	90	15	7.4		0	0	1	0	3	ILM	2400
GSP	50.5	30.2	40.3	-1.9	64	31	16	19	0	0	20	0	62%	35	270,060	12,22	6.3		0	0	1	2	0	GSP	2400
OGB	55.2	35.4	45.3	-0.6	68	31	24	20	0	0	13	0		39	280	15	6.1		1	0	0	0	2	CAE	2400
Averages	54.10	34.74	44.40	-1.0	67.8		15.1		0.0	0.0	13.8	0.0	66%	38.0			6.5		0.3	0.0	0.4	0.4	1.6
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
TRI	42.7	22.2	32.4	-2.8	63	31	9	19	0	4	28	0		42	250	12	4.3		0	0	1	1	4	MRX	2400
DAV	29.5	12.2	20.8		53	31	-6	20	0	18	30	0												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	2.44	-0.64	1.11	22	1.11	22	11	1	2.44	11.0	22	10	2	14.2	14.2						RNK	2400
CHT	4.48	1.80	1.88	23	2.63	22-23	23	4	4.48	23.0	23	4	2	29.4	29.4	30.683	5	29.383	10	30.051	LWX	2400
CHO	1.86	-0.91	0.69	10	0.86	9-10	12	0	1.86									29.400	10		LWX	2400
DAN	2.54	-0.88	0.98	22	0.99	22-23	8	0	2.54	7.8	22	4	1	9.2	9.2	30.640	5	29.390	15	30.015	RNK	2400
DCA	2.68	-0.13	0.97	23	0.97	23	8	0	2.68	11.3	23	9	2	18.8	18.8			29.400	10		LWX	2400
IAD	4.47	1.79	1.88	23	1.88	23	11	2	4.47	22.1	23	8	2	29.9	29.9	30.680	5	29.300	10	29.990	LWX	2400
GAV	3.96	0.83	1.35	23	1.66	22-23	8	1	3.96	9.1	23	5	3	16.4	16.4	30.690	5	29.390	15	30.060	AKQ	2400
HAM	3.64	0.15	1.27	23	2.29	22-23	8	2	3.64	2.0	22,23	4	2	4.0	4.0	30.660	5	29.260	23	30.030	AKQ	2400
HDV	4.57	1.45	2.25	23			9	1	4.57	21.8	23	7	2	29.3	29.3	30.670	5	29.370	10	30.020	AKQ	2400
LYH	2.77	-0.37	1.08	22	1.23	22-23	9	1	2.77	8.5	22	5	2	10.2	10.2	30.650	5	29.480	15	30.065	RNK	2400
NPN	4.65	1.31	1.70	23	2.86	22-23	8	2	4.65	3.0	23	5	3	6.9	6.9	30.630	5	29.250	23	29.940	AKQ	2400
FHC	4.21	0.37	1.34	15	2.22	22-23	10	3	4.21	1.7	23	5	2	2.8	2.8	30.625	5	29.243	15	30.034	AKQ	2400
NOR	4.90	1.06	1.62	11			9	3	4.90	1.2	23	7	2	2.8	2.8						AKQ	2400
ORF	4.62	1.22	1.49	23	2.80	22-23	9	3	4.62	1.2	23	6	2	2.8	2.8	30.630	5	29.240	23	29.935	AKQ	2400
POR	4.75	1.07	1.47	5	2.38	22-23	12	3	4.75	1.2	23	8	1	2.8	2.8	30.619	5	29.238	15	29.929	AKQ	2400
CTR	3.51	0.82	0.99	22	1.33	22-23	12	2	3.51	9.5	23	2	2	16.4	16.4	30.630	5	29.340	15	30.017	AKQ	2400
MEC	3.71		1.66	23	1.90	22-23	8	1	3.71	7.0	23	4	4	16.5	16.5						AKQ	2400
RIC	3.30	0.26	0.89	22	1.35	22-23	9	0	3.30	6.1	22	4	2	9.0	9.0	30.680	5	29.370	16	30.025	AKQ	2400
ROA	2.99	0.07	1.37	22	1.51	22-23	7	1	2.99	11.0	22	8	2	13.5	13.5	30.660	5	29.520	16		RNK	2400
SVC	4.54	1.06	2.20	23	3.00	22-23	9	1	4.54	21.0	23	8	3	30.0	30.0						LWX	2400
WAL	2.62	-0.42	0.81	23	0.96	22-23	9	0	2.62	5.0	22	6	3	7.3	7.3	30.650	5	29.130	23	29.890	AKQ	2400
WSH	3.32	-0.19	1.14	23	1.59	23,31	9	1	3.32	16.0	23	7	2	23.0	23.0	30.730	5	29.460	10	30.095	LWX	2400
Averages	3.66	0.46	1.37		1.78		9.9	1.5	3.66				2	14.1	14.1	30.658		29.342		30.006
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	3.29	-0.38	1.55	22	1.55	22	8	2	3.29	13.4	22	5	1	13.8	13.8	30.560	5	29.490	15	30.025	GSP	2400
MRH	5.11	1.03	2.03	22	2.03	21-22	9	2	5.11	T	23	1	0	T	T	30.580	5	29.310	22	29.945	MHX	2400
CLT	2.28	-1.13	0.93	15	0.93	15	9	0	2.28	3	22	4	1	3.3	3.3	30.620	5	29.430	15	30.025	GSP	2400
ECG	2.91	-0.35	1.23	22	1.42	22-23	8	1	2.91	T	5,20	2	0	T	T	30.610	5	29.240	23	29.925	AKQ	2400
FAY	1.70	-1.60	0.72	22	0.72	22	8	0	1.70									29.450	15		RAH	2400
GSO	1.91	-1.15	0.86	22	0.86	22	9	0	1.91	2.5	22	5	1	2.5	2.5			29.450	15		RAH	2400
HSE	4.87	-0.37	1.51	22	1.54	22-23	11	1	4.87	T	5,23	2	0	T	T	30.520	5	29.260	22	29.890	MHX	2400
HKY	2.72	-1.11	1.38	15	1.38	15	9	1	2.72							30.580	5	29.410	15	29.995	GSP	2400
LBT	1.63	-1.34	0.61	15	0.61	15	6	0	1.63							30.620	5	29.350	15	29.985	ILM	2400
EWN	3.71	-0.31	1.97	22	1.97	22	8	1	3.71	T	23	1	0	T	T	30.620	5	29.330	15	29.975	MHX	2400
RDU	1.73	-1.77	0.95	22	0.95	22	7	0	1.73	1.2	22	5	1	1.2	1.2			29.450	15		RAH	2400
RAL	1.97	-1.56			1.05	22-23	8	3	1.97	1.9	22-23	2	1	1.9	1.9	30.600	5	29.710	22	30.155	RAH	2400
WHI	2.31	-2.06	0.81	15	0.81	15	7	0	2.31			0	0	0.0	0.0	30.573	6	29.349	15	30.060	ILM	2400
ILM	4.45	0.69	1.82	22	1.82	22	7	2	4.45	T	23	1	0	T	T	30.600	5	29.380	15	29.990	ILM	2400
Averages	2.90	-0.82	1.26		1.26		8.1	0.9	2.90				0	2.1	2.1	30.589		29.401		29.997
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	3.00	-0.85	1.26	22	1.48	21-22	10	1	3.00							30.590	5	29.450	15	30.020	GSP	2400
CAE	1.94	-1.64	0.72	15	0.72	15	8	0	1.94	T	20,23	2	0	T	T	30.600	5	29.370	15	29.985	CAE	2400
CRE	1.90	-1.79	0.77	15	0.77	14-15	6	0	1.90							30.600	5	29.400	15	30.000	ILM	2400
CHS	3.40	-0.31	1.24	15	1.24	15	5	2	3.40	T	23	1	0	T	T	30.560	5	29.400	15	29.980	CHS	2400
CXM	3.20	0.26	1.17	15	1.17	15	6	2	3.20							30.610	5	29.360	15	29.985	CHS	2400
FLO	2.13	-1.10	1.11	22	1.11	22	7	1	2.13			0		0.0	0.0	30.620	20	29.720	14	30.170	ILM	2400
GSP	3.54	-0.28	1.46	22	1.46	22	9	2	3.54	2	22	3	1	2.2	2.2	30.590	5	29.450	15	30.020	GSP	2400
OGB	2.09	-1.89	0.85	15	0.85	15	13	0	2.09							30.580	5	29.400	15	29.990	CAE	2400
Averages	2.65	-0.95	1.07		1.10		8.0	1.00	2.65				0.3	0.6	0.6	30.594		29.444		34.307
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	2.92	-0.45	0.82	22	0.82	22	11	0	2.92	4.8	20	8	2	9.8	9.8	30.580	5	29.530	10	30.055	MRX	2400
DAV	4.65		1.51	23			19	1	4.65	19.1	23	22	7	49.2	53.1						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. - "WASHINGTON DC...REAGAN NATIONAL AIRPORT... THE MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS BELOW NORMAL. MONTHLY PRECIPITATION WAS NEAR NORMAL...BUT MONTHLY SNOWFALL WAS WELL ABOVE NORMAL AND RANKED AS THE 8TH SNOWIEST JANUARY ON RECORD. WASHINGTON DC RECORDED ITS FIRST MEASURABLE SNOWFALL OF THE 2015- 16 WINTER SEASON ON THE 17TH. A PRELIMINARY RECORD DAILY SNOWFALL OF 11.3 INCHES WAS SET ON THE 23RD...BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 11.0 SET IN 1935. A PRELIMINARY STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 17.8 INCHES ON THE 22ND-23RD WOULD TIE WITH FEBRUARY 5TH-6TH 2010 FOR THE 4TH LARGEST SNOWSTORM ON RECORD IN WASHINGTON DC. " - [ - - ] - from NWS Sterling, VA

Chantilly - " January stood in sharp contrast to December’s monthly average temperature departure of +13° and lack of any snow. The cold returned and this January became the 2nd snowiest January with the snowiest January day on record, at this station. January temperatures were slightly below average and precipitation was much above average. The mean monthly temperature was 33.0° (-0.2°). The mean high temperature was 42.9° (+0.4°) and the mean low temperature was 23.1° (-0.8°). A record high temperature was broken on the 10th (60.0°). January precipitation of 4.48” was above average (+1.80”). After not observing the first inch of snow until January 22nd (7.2”), we received an all-time daily snowfall record 22.1” on the 23rd. The January, and season, snowfall total now stands at 29.4”. A daily record 1.88” of precipitation fell on the 23rd, as snow. Dense fog was noted on the 8th and 16th. *Please note, anemometer is currently partially obstructed from the North and East " - [ - + ] - from member Russ Toping

Seven Corners/Fairfax County - from member John Iekel: " A SHARP DEPARTURE FROM DECEMBER – THE AVERAGE HIGH WAS LOWER THAN DECEMBER’S AVERAGE MINIMUM. THE MEAN AVERAGE WAS 16.8 DEGREES COLDER THAN THAT OF DECEMBER. THE BLIZZARD OF JANUARY 22-24 WAS THE GREATEST SINGLE SNOWFALL I HAVE EVER OBSERVED AT THIS OR ANY STATION – A STORM TOTAL OF 28.50”. " - [ - + ]

Dulles - from NWS Sterling (KLWX): "DULLES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT... THE MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS BELOW NORMAL. MONTHLY PRECIPITATION WAS WELL ABOVE NORMAL. MONTHLY SNOWFALL RANKED AS THE SECOND SNOWIEST JANUARY ON RECORD. DULLES RECORDED ITS FIRST MEASURABLE SNOWFALL OF THE 2015-16 WINTER SEASON ON THE 12TH. THIS RANKS AS THE 6TH LATEST FIRST MEASURABLE SNOWFALL ON RECORD. A PRELIMINARY RECORD DAILY SNOWFALL OF 22.1 INCHES WAS SET ON THE 23RD...BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 1.7 SET IN 1982. THIS IS ALSO THE RECORD HIGHEST SINGLE DAY SNOWFALL AMOUNT FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH OF JANUARY...BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 19.8 INCHES SET ON JANUARY 7TH 1996. A PRELIMINARY STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 29.3 INCHES ON THE 22ND-23RD WOULD RANK AS THE 2ND LARGEST SNOWSTORM ON RECORD AT DULLES. A RECORD ALL-TIME 7 AM SNOW DEPTH OF 28 INCHES WAS SET ON THE 24TH...BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 26 INCHES SET ON FEBRUARY 10TH 2010. A RECORD DAILY RAINFALL OF 1.00 INCH WAS SET ON THE 10TH...BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 0.93 INCHES SET IN 1965. A RECORD DAILY PRECIPITATION AMOUNT IN THE FORM OF MELTED SNOW OF 1.88 INCHES WAS SET ON THE 23RD...BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 1.46 INCHES SET IN 1998. A RECORD DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 59 DEGREES WAS SET ON THE 10TH...BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 58 SET IN 2002. " - [ - + ]

Herndon - from member Randy Ashby: " January was below normal for temperature and above for precipitation. The temperatures ranged between a high of 63 and a low of 11 and was 1.56 degrees below normal. On the precipitation side, the month was 1.45” above normal, with 4.57” measured (2.87” of that came with the monster snow storm). We had our first measurable snow of the year on the 17th with 0.2” falling. This was followed up on the 20th with another 0.5” falling; then the monster snow storm on the 22/23rd when I measured 28.6”. This was the second most snow I have measured at this site following only the Jan 1996 storm of 29.4”. " - [ - + ]

Norfolk - from NWS Wakefield (AKQ): "...Near normal temperatures and above normal precipitation characterized Norfolk weather in January... View the NWS AKQ Wakefield January 2016 Climate Summary with a click here " - [ + + ]

Portsmouth - from Bill Trotter: " The month's average temperature of 40.8° was 0.5° ABOVE NORMAL. Precipitation (4.75") was ABOVE NORMAL by 1.07" or 129% of the January average during the period from 1976 to 2015. At month's end, rainfall for the year totaled 4.75" (+1.07" or 107% of normal). Frontal passages: 4-5th, 10th, 12th, 15th, 16th, 18th, 20th, 23rd, 27th, and 29th. Frost was recorded on the 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 12th, 14th, 15th, 24th, and 25th. STATION RECORDS: 10th - TEMPERATURE TIED Maximum 66° [previous 2002], 12th - WIND GUST 38mph [previous 35mph 1983], 15th - RAINFALL 1.47" [previous 0.93" 1998], 22nd - WIND GUST 37mph [previous 33mph in 1997], 23rd - WIND GUST 38mph [previous 36mph in 2005], and 23rd - RAINFALL 1.11" [previous 0.83" 1998}.

To view the station monthly and year-to-date climatological summary (LCD) for this Portsmouth station, please click here. " - [ + + ]

Glen Allen - from Lowell Koontz: " January’s monthly mean temperature was 36.7°F, a - 0.6°F departure and there were 4 days that the maximum temperature was 32°F or less. January had 23 days that the minimum temperature was 32°F or lower. The minimum of 10.8°F on the 19th is the fourth highest minimum temperature recorded for January. Only four days had a temperature of more than 60°F. The highest temperature this month was 66.1°F recorded on the last day. The maximum of 26.4°F on the 22nd was the lowest maximum for the month. The 33°F temperature range on the 25th was the largest temperature range for January. This January was the clearest since January 2012. The highest barometric pressure was 30.69 inches on January 5th which was the 2nd highest pressure ever recorded in January. The average relative humidity for January was 65 percent, the third highest on record, and the average maximum relative humidity was 86.5 percent which was the second highest maximum relative humidity for January. The precipitation for January was 3.96 inches, a departure of +0.83 inches and eight days with measurable precipitation. The snowfall for January was 16.4 inches which was a new record for all months and a +11.7 inches departure. The previous monthly record was 12.6 inches in 2010. The 15.1 inches was the highest snowstorm total. The previous record was 12.9 inches on December 18-19th 2009. The single day total of 9.1 inches on the 23rd was the second greatest on record. The previous record was 11.4 inches on January 30, 2010. The record number of days with measurable snow on the ground for January was 7 days in 2014; that was broken by the 8 days recorded this January. The maximum wind for the month was 36 mph on the 12th. The wind run record on January 23rd was 227 miles which was the 3rd greatest on record for any day. The highest on record is 284.1 miles on August 27, 2011 associated with tropical storm Irene.

Read Lowell's account of the 35.5 hour late January snowstorm in Glen Allen with a click here. " - [ - + ]

Richmond - from contributor Lowell Koontz (GAV): " The airport tied two daily records for January. The 4°F temperature range on January 23rd tied the lowest temperature range for the date. The second was 5.3 inches of snow recorded on the 23rd; the previous record was only 2.7 inches recorded in 1908. The 3.30 inches of precipitation was a departure of +0.26 inches making it the 72nd largest January rainfall amount since 1887. The mean temperature was 35.6 °F with a departure of -2.3 °F or the 40th lowest mean in 119 years. The 12.1 inches of snow for the month was the 11th greatest monthly snowfall total since 1898 and was also a departure of +7.9 inches. The record monthly total is 28.5 inches set in 1940. The 6.1 inches on the 22nd was the 14th largest snow in January and the 5.3 inches on the 23rd was the 19th largest snow in January. This January had 7 days with measurable snow on the ground which tied January 2004. The next year in the records with more was in 2000 with 9 days. " - [ - + ]

Richmond - from NWS Wakefield (AKQ): "...Below normal temperatures and slightly above normal precipitation characterized Richmond weather in January... 12th Snowiest January on Record..." View the NWS AKQ Wakefield January 2016 Climate Summary for Richmond with a click here " - [ - + ]

Centreville - from member Albert Arnold: " So far this year, the snow which fell in January is the most snow recorded since I started collecting data at this location in 2004. " - [ - + ]

North Carolina:

Raleigh - from member Bob Woodson (RAL): " AFTER VERY WARM DECEMBER, JANUARY TURNED BACK TO WINTER WITH THE AVERAGE DAILY TEMPERATURE 1.6 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATED ON THE 22ND AND 23RD WITH A STORM ACCUMULATION TOTAL OF 1.9 INCHES. JUST SOUTH AND EAST OF RALEIGH PRECIPITATION WAS MAINLY FREEZING RAIN RESULTING IN SOME POWER OUTAGES AND TREE DAMAGE. " - [ - - ]

Raleigh - from NWS Raleigh KRAH: " A RECORD SNOWFALL OF 1.2 INCHES WAS SET AT RALEIGH-DURHAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON JANUARY 23RD. THIS TIES THE OLD RECORD OF SET IN 1954. " - [ - - ]

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 2015-2016 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 Wakefield, VA
     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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     National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, NC

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