LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA
Monthly Summary
March 2016
Station: KPWR Portsmouth, Virginia
Latitude: 36° 59' 09" N Longitude: 76° 33' 00" W Elevation (ground): 13 feet Time Zone: Eastern
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| | Temperature | |Deg. Days|Precip Ty| | Precip | Pressure | Wind |Solar |
| +------+------+------+------+---+ Hu-+----+----+1 fog | S+-----+-----+ Adj. to Sea Level +----+----+---+-------+-------+------+
| | M | M | A | | |mid-| H | C |2 hvy fog| n| | Ice +------+------+------+ Avg| Res|Res| Peak |2Minute| Mean |
| | a | i | v | | D | ity| e | o |3 thunder| o|Water| plts| | | | | | +---+---+---+---+ W |
| | x | n | e | | e | | a | o |4 ice plt| w| | | | | | S | S | | S | | S | | a |
| D| i | i | r | M | w | M | t | l |5 hail | | E | S | | | M | p | p | | p | | p | | t |
| a| m | m | a | e | | e | i | i |6 glaze | C| q | n | M | M | e | e | e | D | e | D | e | D | t |
| t| u | u | g | a | P | a | n | n |7 duststm| v| u | o | a | i | a | e | e | i | e | i | e | i | s |
| e| m | m | e | n | t | n | g | g |8 smk, hz| r| v | w | x | n | n | d | d | r | d | r | d | r | m^2 |
| | | | | | | | | |9 blw snw| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1| 2 | 3 | 4A | 4B | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |10| 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18| 19| 20| 21| 22| 23 |
+--+------+------+------+------+---+----+----+----+---------+--+-----+-----+------+------+------+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+------+
|01| 68.9 | 37.3 | 53.1 | 55.7 | 45| 68| 12| 0|.........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 30.10| 29.71|29.957| 0.0| 0.0| 0| 20| S| 0| 0| |
|02| 61.6 | 37.8 | 49.7 | 51.3 | 37| 60| 15| 0|.........| 0| 0.03| 0.0| 30.16| 29.65|29.862| 3.9| 3.3|305| 31| NW| 0| 0| |
|03| 45.3 | 34.3 | 39.8 | 38.3 | 26| 62| 25| 0|...4.....| 0| 0.08| T | 30.31| 30.07|30.204| 0.5| 0.5| 53| 21|ENE| 0| 0| |
|04| 41.3 | 35.7 | 38.5*| 39.0 | 35| 86| 26| 0|.........| 0| 0.64| 0.0| 30.14| 29.88|29.975| 6.3| 5.1|356| 32|NNW| 0| 0| |
|05| 48.7 | 36.7 | 42.7 | 41.6 | 31| 67| 22| 0|.........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 30.25| 30.13|30.178| 0.0| 0.0| 0| 20| NW| 0| 0| |
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|06| 49.6 | 35.1 | 42.3 | 43.0 | 34| 73| 22| 0|.........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 30.31| 30.13|30.239| 0.0| 0.0| 0| 15|ENE| 0| 0| |
|07| 64.3 | 31.8*| 48.1 | 48.4 | 39| 71| 17| 0|1......8.| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 30.35| 30.18|30.262| 0.0| 0.0| 0| 18| SW| 0| 0| |
|08| 75.0 | 48.9 | 62.0 | 60.4 | 42| 54| 3| 0|.........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 30.22| 30.12|30.168| 0.0| 0.0| 0| 17| W| 0| 0| |
|09| 80.6 | 52.7 | 66.7 | 65.5 | 53| 67| 0| 2|.........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 30.24| 30.10|30.169| 0.0| 0.0| 0| 19|SSW| 0| 0| |
|10| 80.9 | 60.6 | 70.8 | 69.8 | 60| 73| 0| 6|.........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 30.19| 30.02|30.109| 1.5| 1.5|210| 30|SSW| 0| 0| |
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|11| 74.0 | 54.6 | 64.3 | 65.1 | 58| 78| 0| 0|.........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 30.28| 30.00|30.137| 1.5| 0.3|234| 27| NW| 0| 0| |
|12| 68.2 | 51.9 | 60.0 | 58.0 | 52| 82| 5| 0|.........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 30.29| 30.03|30.182| 0.0| 0.0| 0| 6|NNW| 0| 0| |
|13| 78.9 | 51.4 | 65.2 | 64.0 | 60| 88| 0| 0|1.3......| 0| 0.31| 0.0| 30.03| 29.86|29.939| 0.0| 0.0| 0| 19|SSW| 0| 0| |
|14| 69.0 | 53.5 | 61.3 | 60.9 | 59| 94| 3| 0|1........| 0| 0.10| 0.0| 29.90| 29.80|29.833| 0.3| 0.3|315| 17| NE| 0| 0| |
|15| 65.4 | 50.8 | 58.1 | 56.7 | 54| 91| 7| 0|1........| 0| 0.38| 0.0| 29.86| 29.73|29.804| 0.5| 0.2|322| 20|ENE| 0| 0| |
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|16| 84.7*| 51.2 | 67.9 | 67.0 | 58| 75| 0| 3|.........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 29.85| 29.66|29.760| 0.0| 0.0| 0| 14| SW| 0| 0| |
|17| 75.9 | 57.1 | 66.5 | 65.7 | 47| 55| 0| 2|.........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 29.93| 29.77|29.839| 0.2| 0.2|248| 28|WSW| 0| 0| |
|18| 69.3 | 48.3 | 58.8 | 58.9 | 40| 52| 6| 0|.........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 29.97| 29.87|29.916| 0.0| 0.0| 0| 21|WNW| 0| 0| |
|19| 53.8 | 43.0 | 48.4 | 48.1 | 42| 80| 16| 0|1........| 0| 0.12| 0.0| 30.02| 29.93|29.975| 4.0| 4.0| 46| 29| NE| 0| 0| |
|20| 46.3 | 41.3 | 43.8 | 43.8 | 42| 93| 21| 0|1........| 0| 0.27| 0.0| 29.98| 29.84|29.915| 3.6| 3.2| 30| 26| NE| 0| 0| |
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|21| 54.1 | 38.6 | 46.3 | 44.9 | 35| 71| 18| 0|1........| 0| 0.02| 0.0| 30.15| 29.86|29.968| 1.5| 1.5|306| 28| NW| 0| 0| |
|22| 64.5 | 32.7 | 48.6 | 49.1 | 35| 61| 16| 0|.........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 30.29| 30.13|30.194| 0.0| 0.0| 0| 21| SW| 0| 0| |
|23| 75.9 | 49.5 | 62.7 | 61.5 | 43| 53| 2| 0|.........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 30.13| 30.02|30.076| 0.5| 0.5|218| 25| SW| 0| 0| |
|24| 78.3 | 54.5 | 66.4 | 66.1 | 55| 69| 0| 2|.........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 30.11| 29.86|30.004| 0.7| 0.7|214| 29|SSW| 0| 0| |
|25| 82.4 | 61.5 | 71.9*| 70.7 | 62| 76| 0| 7|.........| 0| 0.08| 0.0| 29.98| 29.74|29.816| 0.5| 0.3| 20| 28| NE| 0| 0| |
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|26| 61.6 | 50.1 | 55.8 | 54.4 | 46| 73| 9| 0|.........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 30.30| 30.03|30.208| 1.6| 1.6| 47| 26| NE| 0| 0| |
|27| 55.7 | 51.2 | 53.5 | 53.3 | 53| 98| 11| 0|1........| 0| 0.71| 0.0| 30.27| 29.98|30.184| 0.0| 0.0| 0| 17| NE| 0| 0| |
|28| 73.7 | 53.8 | 63.8 | 62.8 | 52| 73| 1| 0|1........| 0| 0.60| 0.0| 29.93| 29.69|29.779| 1.2| 1.2|274| 29| W| 0| 0| |
|29| 63.4 | 47.7 | 55.6 | 55.8 | 38| 53| 9| 0|.........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 30.22| 29.94|30.071| 0.5| 0.5|330| 28| NW| 0| 0| |
|30| 64.7 | 38.7 | 51.7 | 52.6 | 40| 64| 13| 0|.........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 30.37| 30.22|30.291| 0.0| 0.0| 0| 13|SSE| 0| 0| |
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|31| 78.7 | 50.2 | 64.4 | 64.6 | 58| 79| 0| 0|.........| 0| 0.01| 0.0| 30.22| 29.85|30.023| 0.0| 0.0| 0| 27|SSW| 0| 0| |
+--+------+------+------+------+---+----+----+----+---------+--+-----+-----+------+------+------+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+------+
| Sum | Sum |------|------|---|----| Ttl| Ttl| |Total|Total| For the month: | ---- |
+------+------+------+------+---+----+----+----+ Number of +-----+-----+------+------+------+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+------+
|2054.7|1442.5|------|------|---|----| 279| 22| Days | 3.35| T | 30.37| 29.65|30.034| 0.9| 0.4|348| 32|NNW| 0| 0| ---- |
+------+------+------+------+---+----+----+----+------------|-0.64" or 84% of normal +------+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+------+
| Avg | Avg | Avg | Mean |Avg| Avg|----|----|Precip | Season Ttl| Date | Date |------|----|----|---| Date | Date | Avg |
+------+------+------+------+---+----+----+----+ +-----+-----+------+------+------+----+----+---+-------+-------+------+
| 66.3| 46.5| 56.4| 56.0 | 46|72.2|----|----|≥.01 Inch 13|14.46| 4.6| 30 | 2 |------|----|----|---| 4 | 1+ | |
+ +6.2 +6.2 +6.2 ------+---+----+----+----+------------|+3.49" or 132% of normal +------+----+----+---+-------+-------+------+
| | Season |Snow, Ice | | |
| Number of Days | to Date |≥1.0 Inch 0| Greatest in 24 Hours and Dates | Greatest Depth on Ground |
+------------------+-----------------+----+----+------------+--------------+-----------------+ of Snow, Ice Pellets or Ice |
| Max Temperature | Min Temperature |2255| 22|Thunder 1|Precipitation | Snow, Ice Plts | and Date |
+--------+---------+--------+--------+----+----+------------+-------+------+---------+-------+-------------+----------------------+
| ≥90°F | ≤32°F | ≤32°F | ≤0°F |----|----|Heavy Fog 0| 1.11| 27-28| T | 3 | 0 | - |
+--------+---------+--------+--------+----+----+------------+-------+------+---------+----+--+-------------+----------------------+
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |----|----| Clear 13 Partly Cloudy 13 Cloudy 5 |
+--------+---------+--------+--------+----+----+------------------------------------------+
NOTES:
Data in column 4A are (MAX+MIN) / 2, whereas data in columns 4B, 5, 6, 15, 16, 23 are means via continuous observations
Units are: Temperature=°F, Wind=mph, Pressure=Inches Hg, Precipitation=inches.
for 24 hours.
Column 5: Dew point is calculated from temperature and humidity and is continuously averaged for 24 hours.
Columns 7, 8: Degree Days heating base is 65°F, cooling base is 65°F.
Data in columns 9, 10, 12 are entered manually by the station observer.
Columns 17-18: Resultant wind is calculated by the vector sum of continuous wind observations.
Column 23: Solar Radiation is measured in Watts/m^2 and is continuously averaged for 24 hours.
Data in columns 4B, 5, 6, 15, 16, 23 are updated continuously, there by achieving a "true" mean.
OBSERVER NOTES:
FROPA: 2nd, 11th, 15th, 19th, 25th, 28th
FROST: 7th, 22nd
With an average temp of 56.4°, March 2016 is the 2nd warmest March month in the March database to 1977
The top 6 warmest March months include: 1) 58.7° 2012 2) 56.4° 2016 3) 54.0° 1977 4) 53.9° 1991 and 5) 53.7° 1985 & 1990
STATION RECORDS:
9th - TEMPERATURE TIED Maximum 81° [previously 2000]
10th - TEMPERATURE TIED Maximum 81° [previously 2000]
10th - TEMPERATURE Maxiimum low 61° [previously 2006]
16th - TEMPERATURE Maxiumum 85° [previously 83° 1990]
20th - TEMPERATURE Minimum high TIED 46° [previously 1992]
25th - TEMPERATURE Maximum 82° [previously 19° 1988]
25th - TEMPERATURE Maximum Low 61° [previously 55° 2012]
MONTHLY AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMP OF 66.3° WAS 6.2° ABOVE NORMAL
MONTHLY AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMP OF 46.5° WAS 6.2° ABOVE NORMAL
MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMP OF 56.4° WAS 6.2° ABOVE NORMAL
MAXIMUM TEMP: 85° ON THE 16th
MINIMUM TEMP: 32° ON THE 7th
DAYS WITH TEMPERATURES:
MAXIMUM >= 90°: 0
MAXIMUM <= 32°: 0
MINIMUM <= 32°: 1
MINIMUM <= 0°: 0
HEATING DEGREE DAYS: 286.0
COOLING DEGREE DAYS: 20.0
DAYS WITH HEATING DEGREE DAYS: 24
DAYS WITH COOLING DEGREE DAYS: 6
PRECIP TOTAL OF 3.35" WAS 0.64" BELOW NORMAL (84% OF NORMAL).
GREATEST DAILY RAINFALL: 0.71" on the 27th
GREATEST 24-HOUR RAINFALL: 1.11" on the 27th - 28th
DAYS WITH MEASUREABLE PRECIP: 13 OF 31 DAYS OR 41.94%
AVERAGE DAILY PRECIP: 0.11"
NORMAL DAILY PRECIP: 0.13"
DAYS WITH PRECIP >= 0.01" 13
DAYS WITH PRECIP >= 0.10" 8
DAYS WITH PRECIP >= 0.50" 3
DAYS WITH PRECIP >= 1.00" 0
DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORMS: 1
NUMBER OF THUNDERSTORMS: 1
DAYS WITH SNOW: 1
SNOWFALL TOTAL: TRACE
SEASONAL SNOWFALL 2015-2016 (beginning November 2015): 4.6"
CLOUDY DAYS: 5
PARTLY CLOUDY DAYS 13
SUNNY/CLEAR DAYS: 13
DAYS WITH F/GF: 9
DAYS WITH DENSE FOG: 0
DAYS WITH FROST: 2
YEAR-TO-DATE
YEARLY AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMP OF 56.3° WAS 2.7° ABOVE NORMAL
YEARLY AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMP OF 38.4° WAS 3.2° ABOVE NORMAL
YEARLY AVERAGE TEMP OF 47.3° WAS 2.9° ABOVE NORMAL
MAXIMUM TEMP: 85° on March 16th
MINIMUM TEMP: 17° on February 14th
DAYS WITH TEMPERATURES:
MAXIMUM >= 90°: 0
MAXIMUM <= 32°: 4
MINIMUM <= 32°: 28
MINIMUM <= 0°: 0
HEATING DEGREE DAYS: 1629.5
COOLING DEGREE DAYS: 6.0
DAYS WITH HEATING DEGREE DAYS: 84
DAYS WITH COOLING DEGREE DAYS: 6
PRECIP TOTAL OF 14.46" WAS 3.49" ABOVE NORMAL ( 132% OF NORMAL).
GREATEST DAILY RAINFALL: 1.70" on February 4th
GREATEST 24-HOUR RAINFALL: 3.14" on February 3rd - 4th
DAYS WITH MEASUREABLE PRECIP: 38 of 91 or 41.76%
AVERAGE DAILY PRECIP: 0.16"
NORMAL DAILY PRECIP: 0.12"
DAYS WITH PRECIP >= 0.01" 38
DAYS WITH PRECIP >= 0.10" 19
DAYS WITH PRECIP >= 0.50" 10
DAYS WITH PRECIP >= 1.00" 5
DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORMS: 3
NUMBER OF THUNDERSTORMS: 3
DAYS WITH SNOW (calendar year 2016): 11
SNOWFALL TOTAL (calendar year 2016): 4.6"
SEASONAL SNOW 2015-2016 (beginning November 2015): 4.6"
CLOUDY DAYS: 18
PARTLY CLOUDY DAYS: 39
SUNNY/CLEAR DAYS: 34
DAYS WITH F/GF: 29
DAYS WITH DENSE FOG: 0
DAYS WITH FROST: 13
OBSERVATIONS AT 3-HOUR INTERVALS
March 2016: KPWR Portsmouth, Virginia
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| MAR 1 | MAR 2 | MAR 3 |
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|01| |30.05| 0.00| 45| 37| 74|00| 0| 0| |29.71| 0.00| 60| 51| 73|20| 0| 16| |30.19| 0.00| 37| 23| 58|04| 0| 14|
|04| |30.06| 0.00| 40| 36| 83|00| 0| 0| |29.65| 0.01| 61| 54| 77|20| 4| 25| |30.20| 0.00| 35| 24| 63|33| 0| 15|
|07| |30.09| 0.00| 37| 34| 88|00| 0| 0| |29.71| 0.01| 53| 50| 91|20| 0| 14| |30.26| 0.00| 35| 22| 60|04| 0| 16|
|10| |30.09| 0.00| 61| 42| 49|11| 0| 5| |29.77| 0.00| 54| 42| 62|29| 5| 23| |30.31| 0.00| 40| 25| 56|06| 4| 21|
|13| |29.99| 0.00| 68| 45| 43|09| 0| 12| |29.83| 0.00| 52| 35| 52|31| 11| 31| |30.22| 0.00| 43| 25| 47|06| 0| 14|
|16| |29.88| 0.00| 68| 53| 60|13| 0| 10| |29.90| 0.00| 50| 28| 43|33| 6| 26| |30.18| 0.00| 41| 27| 57|06| 0| 13|
|19| |29.83| 0.00| 65| 51| 62|18| 0| 13| |30.04| 0.00| 45| 25| 45|33| 0| 16| |30.20| 0.00| 38| 26| 60|04| 0| 4|
|22| |29.76| 0.00| 60| 52| 75|18| 0| 20| |30.14| 0.00| 40| 22| 48|31| 4| 18| |30.14| 0.00| 38| 31| 76|06| 0| 10|
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| MAR 4 | MAR 5 | MAR 6 |
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|01| |30.03| 0.08| 37| 35| 95|04| 0| 15| |30.15| 0.00| 40| 32| 73|31| 0| 20| |30.18| 0.00| 41| 34| 78|00| 0| 0|
|04| |29.90| 0.14| 38| 37| 96|04| 12| 25| |30.16| 0.00| 38| 30| 72|04| 0| 14| |30.13| 0.00| 40| 34| 79|04| 0| 4|
|07| |29.88| 0.06| 39| 39| 97|04| 12| 26| |30.20| 0.00| 37| 30| 75|00| 0| 0| |30.20| 0.00| 35| 32| 89|00| 0| 0|
|10| |29.90| 0.00| 39| 37| 94|33| 14| 30| |30.25| 0.00| 42| 30| 61|06| 0| 14| |30.27| 0.00| 46| 36| 69|06| 0| 6|
|13| |29.91| 0.00| 40| 36| 83|33| 7| 27| |30.19| 0.00| 46| 30| 54|06| 0| 16| |30.24| 0.00| 49| 37| 62|06| 0| 11|
|16| |29.98| 0.00| 41| 34| 76|31| 5| 23| |30.14| 0.00| 47| 33| 59|06| 0| 6| |30.25| 0.00| 49| 34| 56|06| 0| 13|
|19| |30.05| 0.00| 39| 33| 77|31| 0| 14| |30.15| 0.00| 41| 32| 70|11| 0| 6| |30.28| 0.00| 45| 34| 66|00| 0| 0|
|22| |30.11| 0.00| 39| 33| 80|33| 0| 17| |30.18| 0.00| 41| 33| 74|11| 0| 4| |30.31| 0.00| 40| 34| 80|00| 0| 0|
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| MAR 7 | MAR 8 | MAR 9 |
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|01| |30.32| 0.00| 36| 32| 87|00| 0| 0| |30.19| 0.00| 50| 41| 71|18| 0| 4| |30.16| 0.00| 53| 45| 74|15| 0| 4|
|04| |30.32| 0.00| 33| 30| 90|00| 0| 0| |30.16| 0.00| 51| 42| 70|20| 0| 14| |30.18| 0.00| 55| 49| 82|22| 0| 14|
|07| |30.33| 0.00| 32| 31| 94|00| 0| 0| |30.20| 0.00| 49| 42| 77|00| 0| 0| |30.21| 0.00| 53| 50| 88|00| 0| 0|
|10| |30.33| 0.00| 49| 41| 74|15| 0| 4| |30.21| 0.00| 63| 46| 54|27| 0| 17| |30.23| 0.00| 68| 57| 69|22| 0| 15|
|13| |30.27| 0.00| 62| 44| 52|20| 0| 15| |30.17| 0.00| 72| 42| 33|33| 0| 6| |30.15| 0.00| 77| 56| 48|22| 0| 17|
|16| |30.19| 0.00| 63| 44| 51|20| 0| 15| |30.13| 0.00| 75| 36| 24|06| 0| 6| |30.10| 0.00| 80| 55| 42|22| 0| 16|
|19| |30.19| 0.00| 57| 43| 58|20| 0| 10| |30.15| 0.00| 66| 42| 41|00| 0| 0| |30.14| 0.00| 71| 54| 56|20| 0| 5|
|22| |30.18| 0.00| 53| 42| 66|22| 0| 10| |30.17| 0.00| 56| 42| 58|00| 0| 0| |30.16| 0.00| 65| 55| 71|00| 0| 0|
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| MAR 10 | MAR 11 | MAR 12 |
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|01| |30.17| 0.00| 63| 57| 82|20| 0| 19| |30.04| 0.00| 68| 62| 80|20| 4| 25| |30.28| 0.00| 55| 52| 90|00| 0| 0|
|04| |30.17| 0.00| 61| 57| 87|20| 0| 18| |30.00| 0.00| 67| 62| 85|20| 4| 24| |30.26| 0.00| 52| 50| 91|00| 0| 0|
|07| |30.19| 0.00| 61| 59| 91|22| 0| 15| |30.04| 0.00| 67| 63| 87|22| 0| 18| |30.27| 0.00| 55| 51| 87|02| 0| 4|
|10| |30.18| 0.00| 72| 63| 75|20| 4| 23| |30.09| 0.00| 74| 64| 71|24| 0| 21| |30.27| 0.00| 60| 54| 80|06| 0| 4|
|13| |30.11| 0.00| 78| 63| 60|22| 4| 26| |30.17| 0.00| 65| 55| 70|04| 5| 27| |30.19| 0.00| 62| 51| 67|00| 0| 0|
|16| |30.05| 0.00| 79| 61| 54|22| 4| 24| |30.19| 0.00| 65| 54| 68|06| 0| 15| |30.10| 0.00| 68| 58| 70|11| 0| 4|
|19| |30.03| 0.00| 73| 60| 62|20| 0| 11| |30.22| 0.00| 62| 53| 72|02| 0| 5| |30.09| 0.00| 58| 52| 80|04| 0| 4|
|22| |30.03| 0.00| 70| 61| 72|20| 0| 19| |30.28| 0.00| 56| 52| 84|00| 0| 0| |30.06| 0.00| 54| 51| 89|00| 0| 0|
+--+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+
| MAR 13 | MAR 14 | MAR 15 |
| | | |
|01| |30.03| 0.00| 52| 50| 92|00| 0| 0| |29.83| 0.09| 63| 63| 99|06| 0| 5| |29.77| 0.00| 54| 53| 97|00| 0| 0|
|04| |30.00| 0.00| 52| 50| 94|00| 0| 0| |29.82| 0.00| 63| 63| 99|13| 0| 6| |29.74| 0.11| 52| 51| 98|04| 0| 15|
|07| |29.99| 0.00| 52| 50| 95|00| 0| 0| |29.83| 0.00| 62| 62| 99|00| 0| 0| |29.76| 0.00| 51| 51| 99|00| 0| 0|
|10| |29.99| 0.00| 64| 63| 98|22| 0| 4| |29.88| 0.00| 59| 58| 98|31| 0| 13| |29.83| 0.00| 52| 52| 98|00| 0| 0|
|13| |29.94| 0.00| 78| 66| 67|24| 0| 5| |29.87| 0.00| 61| 59| 93|29| 0| 12| |29.82| 0.00| 59| 56| 90|29| 4| 16|
|16| |29.88| 0.04| 76| 67| 75|18| 0| 4| |29.81| 0.00| 69| 64| 83|29| 0| 5| |29.79| 0.00| 65| 57| 77|27| 0| 15|
|19| |29.90| 0.14| 70| 66| 87|20| 0| 19| |29.81| 0.00| 57| 54| 90|04| 0| 17| |29.82| 0.00| 64| 58| 79|24| 0| 5|
|22| |29.89| 0.00| 64| 63| 97|00| 0| 0| |29.80| 0.00| 54| 52| 93|06| 0| 16| |29.86| 0.00| 58| 55| 92|00| 0| 0|
+--+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+
| MAR 16 | MAR 17 | MAR 18 |
| | | |
|01| |29.85| 0.00| 54| 53| 96|00| 0| 0| |29.77| 0.00| 69| 54| 58|31| 0| 10| |29.87| 0.00| 59| 44| 59|04| 0| 15|
|04| |29.82| 0.00| 52| 51| 97|00| 0| 0| |29.82| 0.00| 61| 54| 80|31| 0| 4| |29.88| 0.00| 55| 43| 64|00| 0| 0|
|07| |29.83| 0.00| 51| 51| 98|00| 0| 0| |29.89| 0.00| 58| 50| 75|04| 0| 7| |29.93| 0.00| 50| 43| 78|00| 0| 0|
|10| |29.82| 0.00| 62| 60| 93|15| 0| 7| |29.93| 0.00| 62| 50| 63|06| 0| 6| |29.96| 0.00| 60| 39| 46|04| 0| 6|
|13| |29.74| 0.00| 78| 64| 62|20| 0| 11| |29.88| 0.00| 70| 42| 37|06| 0| 5| |29.96| 0.00| 64| 32| 30|29| 0| 18|
|16| |29.66| 0.00| 85| 62| 46|22| 0| 14| |29.78| 0.00| 76| 40| 28|20| 0| 16| |29.89| 0.00| 68| 38| 33|29| 0| 21|
|19| |29.68| 0.00| 81| 58| 46|27| 0| 5| |29.78| 0.00| 72| 40| 32|20| 0| 14| |29.90| 0.00| 66| 38| 36|20| 0| 15|
|22| |29.72| 0.00| 71| 60| 67|20| 0| 5| |29.82| 0.00| 61| 48| 61|00| 0| 0| |29.93| 0.00| 55| 39| 56|00| 0| 0|
+--+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+
MAXIMUM SHORT DURATION PRECIPITATION
+------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| Time Period (minutes) | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 30 | 45 | 60 | 80 | 100 | 120 | 150 | 180 |
+------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| Precipitation | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.08 | 0.10 | 0.15 | 0.22 | 0.28 | 0.35 | 0.42 | 0.49 | 0.52 | 0.56 |
+------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| Ended: Date | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 |
+------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| Ended: Time | 0504 | 0506 | 0514 | 0519 | 0529 | 0544 | 0551 | 0551 | 0551 | 0557 | 0555 | 0557 |
+------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
The precipitation amounts for the indicated time intervals may occur at any time during the month. The time indicated
is the ending time of the interval. Date and time are not entered for trace amounts.
OBSERVATIONS AT 3-HOUR INTERVALS
March 2016: KPWR Portsmouth, Virginia
+--+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+----------+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+----------+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+----------+
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | T | | | Wind | | | | T | | | Wind | | | | T | | | Wind |
| | | | R | e | | % +--+---+---+ | | R | e | | % +--+---+---+ | | R | e | | % +--+---+---+
| | | | a | m | D | | D| | | | | a | m | D | | D| | | | | a | m | D | | D| | |
| | S | P | i | p | e | H | i| | | S | P | i | p | e | H | i| | | S | P | i | p | e | H | i| | |
| | u | r | n | e | w | u | r| | | u | r | n | e | w | u | r| | | u | r | n | e | w | u | r| | |
| | n | e | f | r | | m | e| | | n | e | f | r | | m | e| | | n | e | f | r | | m | e| | |
| | s | s | a | a | P | i | c| S | | s | s | a | a | P | i | c| S | | s | s | a | a | P | i | c| S | |
| H| h | s | l | t | o | d | t| p | G | h | s | l | t | o | d | t| p | G | h | s | l | t | o | d | t| p | G |
| o| i | u | l | u | i | i | i| e | u | i | u | l | u | i | i | i| e | u | i | u | l | u | i | i | i| e | u |
| u| n | r | | r | n | t | o| e | s | n | r | | r | n | t | o| e | s | n | r | | r | n | t | o| e | s |
| r| e | e | Rate| e | t | y | n| d | t | e | e | Rate| e | t | y | n| d | t | e | e | Rate| e | t | y | n| d | t |
+--+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+
| MAR 19 | MAR 20 | MAR 21 |
| | | |
|01| |29.93| 0.00| 51| 43| 72|00| 0| 0| |29.97| 0.00| 44| 41| 89|04| 5| 21| |29.88| 0.00| 40| 39| 96|31| 4| 19|
|04| |29.95| 0.00| 49| 42| 78|00| 0| 0| |29.94| 0.00| 43| 41| 93|04| 5| 20| |29.86| 0.00| 39| 38| 94|31| 4| 16|
|07| |29.98| 0.00| 46| 42| 87|00| 0| 0| |29.98| 0.15| 43| 42| 96|04| 0| 19| |29.91| 0.00| 40| 37| 90|33| 0| 14|
|10| |30.02| 0.00| 50| 44| 81|06| 5| 24| |29.96| 0.00| 44| 41| 92|04| 4| 20| |29.98| 0.00| 43| 39| 85|29| 0| 19|
|13| |30.01| 0.00| 51| 42| 73|04| 7| 26| |29.92| 0.00| 46| 42| 86|06| 0| 21| |29.98| 0.00| 49| 34| 56|31| 5| 28|
|16| |29.96| 0.00| 48| 38| 67|04| 7| 28| |29.87| 0.00| 45| 44| 95|04| 4| 16| |29.95| 0.00| 54| 34| 47|31| 0| 21|
|19| |29.95| 0.01| 45| 42| 87|04| 5| 24| |29.86| 0.01| 44| 43| 96|00| 4| 24| |29.99| 0.00| 53| 27| 37|29| 0| 13|
|22| |30.00| 0.00| 43| 41| 91|04| 5| 24| |29.87| 0.00| 43| 42| 95|33| 4| 19| |30.10| 0.00| 43| 33| 68|00| 0| 0|
+--+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+
| MAR 22 | MAR 23 | MAR 24 |
| | | |
|01| |30.16| 0.00| 38| 33| 81|31| 0| 5| |30.13| 0.00| 51| 40| 64|20| 0| 11| |30.09| 0.00| 58| 47| 67|18| 0| 4|
|04| |30.19| 0.00| 35| 31| 85|00| 0| 0| |30.08| 0.00| 51| 42| 73|22| 0| 14| |30.07| 0.00| 56| 48| 74|22| 0| 4|
|07| |30.25| 0.00| 33| 31| 91|00| 0| 0| |30.11| 0.00| 50| 41| 73|20| 0| 15| |30.10| 0.00| 55| 50| 85|00| 0| 0|
|10| |30.29| 0.00| 48| 36| 65|22| 0| 10| |30.12| 0.00| 59| 45| 59|20| 0| 19| |30.10| 0.00| 65| 57| 74|20| 0| 11|
|13| |30.24| 0.00| 59| 37| 43|22| 0| 11| |30.08| 0.00| 70| 46| 41|20| 0| 19| |30.03| 0.00| 77| 57| 50|22| 4| 27|
|16| |30.16| 0.00| 64| 36| 35|22| 0| 21| |30.03| 0.00| 75| 47| 36|20| 0| 20| |29.93| 0.00| 78| 57| 48|22| 0| 20|
|19| |30.13| 0.00| 61| 35| 38|20| 0| 16| |30.03| 0.00| 72| 41| 33|20| 0| 15| |29.86| 0.00| 73| 60| 64|18| 0| 13|
|22| |30.15| 0.00| 53| 38| 58|18| 0| 4| |30.06| 0.00| 63| 41| 45|22| 0| 5| |29.90| 0.00| 67| 60| 77|18| 0| 12|
+--+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+
| MAR 25 | MAR 26 | MAR 27 |
| | | |
|01| |29.88| 0.00| 65| 60| 84|18| 0| 7| |30.03| 0.00| 60| 49| 67|04| 4| 20| |30.27| 0.01| 52| 50| 92|02| 0| 4|
|04| |29.80| 0.00| 63| 60| 89|18| 0| 5| |30.09| 0.00| 54| 43| 64|04| 5| 26| |30.25| 0.02| 52| 51| 96|04| 0| 4|
|07| |29.80| 0.00| 64| 62| 94|22| 0| 10| |30.16| 0.00| 52| 44| 74|04| 0| 18| |30.26| 0.09| 52| 51| 98|04| 0| 7|
|10| |29.78| 0.00| 69| 68| 97|18| 0| 19| |30.24| 0.00| 55| 45| 69|04| 0| 18| |30.26| 0.04| 54| 54| 99|06| 0| 6|
|13| |29.77| 0.00| 79| 68| 68|20| 0| 19| |30.25| 0.00| 57| 46| 67|06| 4| 16| |30.23| 0.05| 55| 54| 98|06| 0| 10|
|16| |29.75| 0.00| 82| 63| 53|27| 4| 20| |30.24| 0.00| 57| 47| 69|06| 0| 11| |30.16| 0.02| 55| 54| 98|06| 0| 5|
|19| |29.81| 0.00| 77| 62| 61|00| 0| 0| |30.28| 0.00| 52| 46| 81|06| 0| 6| |30.10| 0.00| 54| 53| 98|06| 0| 5|
|22| |29.92| 0.00| 68| 60| 75|04| 0| 10| |30.29| 0.00| 51| 47| 86|09| 0| 4| |30.05| 0.01| 54| 53| 99|00| 0| 0|
+--+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+
| MAR 28 | MAR 29 | MAR 30 |
| | | |
|01| |29.93| 0.03| 54| 54| 99|00| 0| 0| |29.94| 0.00| 57| 38| 49|31| 0| 13| |30.23| 0.00| 47| 40| 78|00| 0| 4|
|04| |29.82| 0.07| 54| 54| 99|00| 0| 0| |29.94| 0.00| 51| 39| 63|27| 0| 4| |30.28| 0.00| 42| 39| 89|00| 0| 0|
|07| |29.74| 0.00| 56| 56|100|00| 0| 0| |30.03| 0.00| 51| 39| 63|31| 0| 18| |30.33| 0.00| 39| 37| 92|00| 0| 0|
|10| |29.72| 0.00| 62| 62|100|27| 0| 16| |30.10| 0.00| 54| 37| 52|33| 4| 23| |30.36| 0.00| 54| 33| 45|06| 0| 7|
|13| |29.69| 0.00| 71| 63| 78|27| 4| 24| |30.11| 0.00| 59| 37| 44|29| 0| 19| |30.36| 0.00| 60| 38| 44|06| 0| 7|
|16| |29.70| 0.00| 74| 51| 45|29| 5| 27| |30.05| 0.00| 63| 36| 36|33| 0| 16| |30.28| 0.00| 65| 39| 39|18| 0| 10|
|19| |29.76| 0.00| 71| 40| 32|29| 0| 22| |30.11| 0.00| 62| 37| 38|29| 0| 25| |30.25| 0.00| 60| 41| 49|15| 0| 13|
|22| |29.88| 0.00| 61| 39| 44|27| 0| 10| |30.20| 0.00| 54| 41| 61|04| 0| 5| |30.25| 0.00| 54| 44| 70|13| 0| 10|
+--+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+
| MAR 31 | | |
| | | |
|01| |30.22| 0.00| 52| 47| 83|00| 0| 0| | |
|04| |30.16| 0.00| 51| 48| 89|00| 0| 0| | |
|07| |30.12| 0.00| 51| 48| 91|00| 0| 0| | |
|10| |30.08| 0.00| 66| 56| 70|13| 0| 4| | |
|13| |30.01| 0.00| 75| 58| 56|20| 0| 27| | |
|16| |29.94| 0.00| 79| 64| 60|20| 0| 6| | |
|19| |29.92| 0.00| 72| 65| 78|18| 0| 14| | |
|22| |29.90| 0.00| 69| 66| 90|18| 0| 15| | |
+--+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+---------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
WEATHER NOTES SUMMARY BY HOURS
+--+-----------------------------+---------+
Wind Direction: Directions are those from which the wind is blowing, | | Averages | |
indicated in tens of degrees from true North: i.e., 09 for East, 18 for | +----+------+---+---+---+-----+Resultant|
South, 27 for West, and 00 or 36 for North. | | | | | | | | |
Wind Speed: The observed one-minute average speed in miles-per-hour. | | | | T | | | | Wind |
Wind Gust: The maximum instantaneous wind speed for the ten minute-period | | | | e | | % | W +----+----+
preceding the observation. | | | | m | D | | i | D | |
Rainfall Rate: The instantaneous rainfall rate at time of observation, | | S | P | p | e | H | n | i | |
calculated by timing consecutive 0.01" pulses from the electronic rain | | u | r | e | w | u | d | r | |
gauge and interpolating this rate for one hour. | | n | e | r | | m | | e | |
| | s | s | a | P | i | S | c | S |
| H| h | s | t | o | d | p | t | p |
| o| i | u | u | i | i | e | i | e |
| u| n | r | r | n | t | e | o | e |
| r| e | e | e | t | y | d | n | d |
+--+----+------+---+---+---+-----+----+----+
|01| |30.040| 52| 45| 79| 0.5| 02 | 0.2|
|04| |30.022| 50| 45| 84| 1.1| 04 | 0.5|
|07| |30.051| 49| 45| 87| 0.4| 05 | 0.4|
|10| |30.074| 56| 48| 74| 1.3| 36 | 0.7|
|13| |30.043| 62| 47| 60| 1.8| 33 | 0.9|
|16| |29.997| 65| 47| 56| 1.1| 33 | 0.6|
|19| |30.010| 60| 45| 62| 0.3| 03 | 0.3|
|22| |30.035| 55| 46| 74| 0.4| 36 | 0.3|
+--+----+------+---+---+---+-----+----+----+
HOURLY PRECIPITATION (Water Equivalent)
March 2016: KPWR Portsmouth, Virginia
---+-----------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+---
| | |
D| A.M. Hour Ending at | P.M. Hour Ending at |D
a| | |a
t+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+t
e| 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 |e
---+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+---
01| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |01
02| | | |0.01|0.01| |0.01| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |02
03| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |0.01|0.07|03
04|0.08|0.07|0.11|0.14|0.10|0.07|0.06| |0.01| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |04
05| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |05
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
06| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |06
07| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |07
08| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |08
09| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |09
10| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |10
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
11| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |11
12| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |12
13| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |0.04| | |0.14| | | |0.03|0.10|13
14|0.09| | | | | | | |0.01| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |14
15| |0.01|0.22|0.11|0.04| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |15
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
16| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |16
17| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |17
18| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |18
19| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |0.04| |0.01|0.04|0.03| | | |19
20| | | | | |0.02|0.15|0.04| | | | | | | | |0.02|0.01|0.01|0.01|0.01| | | |20
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
21| |0.01|0.01| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |21
22| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |22
23| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |23
24| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |24
25| | | | | | | |0.01|0.07| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |25
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
26| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |26
27|0.01|0.04| |0.02|0.09|0.03|0.09|0.06|0.03|0.04|0.04|0.02|0.05|0.03|0.04|0.02|0.01|0.03| |0.01| |0.01|0.02|0.02|27
28|0.03| | |0.07|0.21|0.28| |0.01| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |28
29| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |29
30| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |30
31| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |0.01| | | | | | | |31
---+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+---
Sum|0.21|0.13|0.34|0.35|0.45|0.40|0.31|0.12|0.12|0.04|0.04|0.02|0.05|0.03|0.04|0.06|0.08|0.04|0.16|0.06|0.04|0.01|0.06|0.19|Sum
---+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+---
During a frozen precipitation event, hourly precipitation totals may not be recorded. In this case, daily amounts are
typically entered in the last column (hour ending at 12 A.M.)