LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA Monthly Summary March 2024 Station: PWRS Portsmouth, Virginia Latitude: 36° 59' 09" N Longitude: 76° 33' 00" W Elevation (ground): 13 feet Time Zone: Eastern +--+-------------------------------+----+---------+---------+--+-----------+--------------------+-----------------------------+------+ | | 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| 58.0 | 33.4*| 44.2 | 46.0 | 37| 73| 20| 0|1........| 0| T | 0.0| 30.59| 30.38|30.509| 5.5| 5.0|131| 22| SE| 0| 0| | |02| 66.4 | 51.2 | 58.8 | 57.9 | 56| 93| 6| 0|1........| 0| 1.15| 0.0| 30.36| 30.05|30.139| 6.7| 2.1|180| 24| SE| 0| 0| | |03| 67.9 | 45.9 | 56.9 | 55.9 | 49| 79| 8| 0|.........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 30.26| 30.15|30.202| 2.8| 2.2|110| 17|SSE| 0| 0| | |04| 56.8 | 50.6 | 53.7 | 53.4 | 51| 90| 11| 0|1........| 0| 1.84| 0.0| 30.23| 29.96|30.147|10.3| 8.7| 60| 28| NE| 0| 0| | |05| 60.8 | 51.5 | 56.2 | 55.9 | 54| 93| 8| 0|1........| 0| 0.03| 0.0| 30.11| 29.94|30.046| 5.9| 4.8|230| 21| W| 0| 0| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |06| 58.6 | 51.4 | 55.0 | 54.2 | 52| 94| 10| 0|1........| 0| 1.75| 0.0| 30.03| 29.68|29.837| 6.7| 2.5| 39| 22|ENE| 0| 0| | |07| 58.9 | 50.8 | 54.8 | 54.4 | 52| 91| 10| 0|.........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 30.10| 29.76|29.913| 8.2| 6.7| 3| 24|NNE| 0| 0| | |08| 57.5 | 44.8 | 51.2 | 50.6 | 45| 81| 13| 0|.........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 30.27| 30.13|30.217| 8.1| 7.8| 76| 25|ENE| 0| 0| | |09| 64.9 | 45.1 | 55.0 | 55.1 | 53| 91| 10| 0|1........| 0| 0.37| 0.0| 30.19| 29.54|29.847| 8.6| 5.3|162| 31|SSE| 0| 0| | |10| 59.8 | 42.0 | 50.9 | 52.5 | 41| 69| 14| 0|.........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 29.87| 29.56|29.670|11.3|10.7|270| 37|WNW| 0| 0| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |11| 61.2 | 38.4 | 49.8 | 47.9 | 29| 49| 15| 0|.........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 30.06| 29.88|29.988|11.0|10.3|267| 30| W| 0| 0| | |12| 74.4 | 37.6 | 56.0 | 54.5 | 35| 51| 9| 0|.........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 30.07| 29.90|29.993| 5.5| 5.3|236| 21| SW| 0| 0| | |13| 75.3 | 44.6 | 60.0 | 58.5 | 39| 52| 5| 0|.........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 29.99| 29.91|29.949| 4.1| 1.5|138| 18|ENE| 0| 0| | |14| 82.0*| 45.2 | 63.6 | 62.5 | 44| 55| 1| 0|.........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 30.07| 29.99|30.019| 5.0| 4.7|211| 21| SW| 0| 0| | |15| 81.7 | 59.5 | 70.6*| 67.4 | 53| 63| 0| 6|.........| 0| 0.04| 0.0| 29.99| 29.74|29.846| 9.3| 8.6|224| 25|WSW| 0| 0| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |16| 64.7 | 52.1 | 58.4 | 58.3 | 49| 73| 6| 0|.........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 29.94| 29.75|29.852|10.6| 3.1| 72| 29|NNE| 0| 0| | |17| 74.1 | 51.7 | 62.9 | 62.1 | 50| 67| 2| 0|.........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 29.78| 29.58|29.668| 8.8| 8.3|220| 25|WSW| 0| 0| | |18| 61.7 | 44.2 | 53.0 | 54.6 | 39| 56| 12| 0|.........| 0| 0.01| 0.0| 29.87| 29.62|29.755|10.0| 7.8| 21| 36| N| 0| 0| | |19| 57.0 | 36.8 | 46.9 | 47.1 | 27| 46| 18| 0|.........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 30.00| 29.80|29.896|10.3| 6.4|264| 30|NNW| 0| 0| | |20| 72.5 | 42.4 | 57.5 | 56.9 | 34| 44| 7| 0|.........| 0| T | 0.0| 29.92| 29.68|29.781| 9.8| 8.6|224| 33| SW| 0| 0| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |21| 54.1 | 42.3 | 48.2 | 47.9 | 32| 54| 17| 0|.........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 30.27| 29.96|30.164|10.0| 7.0| 49| 31|NNE| 0| 0| | |22| 61.2 | 41.6 | 51.4 | 52.2 | 41| 67| 13| 0|.........| 0| 0.01| 0.0| 30.32| 30.04|30.229| 8.8| 7.7|120| 24| SE| 0| 0| | |23| 64.8 | 44.9 | 54.9 | 57.8 | 54| 89| 10| 0|1........| 0| 1.59| 0.0| 30.00| 29.60|29.757|11.9| 2.1|317| 37|NNW| 0| 0| | |24| 47.8 | 38.4 | 43.1*| 43.2 | 33| 67| 22| 0|.........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 30.31| 29.97|30.181|15.6|14.7| 19| 37|NNE| 0| 0| | |25| 53.4 | 42.4 | 47.9 | 46.6 | 37| 70| 17| 0|.........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 30.36| 30.24|30.299|13.0|12.7| 61| 29|ENE| 0| 0| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |26| 48.9 | 42.6 | 45.8 | 45.7 | 42| 86| 19| 0|1........| 0| T | 0.0| 30.22| 30.07|30.148| 7.8| 7.2| 64| 21|ENE| 0| 0| | |27| 52.2 | 44.4 | 48.3 | 48.0 | 45| 88| 17| 0|1........| 0| 0.07| 0.0| 30.12| 30.00|30.050| 5.1| 4.0| 95| 19| E| 0| 0| | |28| 50.0 | 42.4 | 46.2 | 48.3 | 46| 93| 19| 0|1.3......| 0| 2.94| 0.0| 30.00| 29.84|29.908| 9.8| 7.9| 8| 30|NNE| 0| 0| | |29| 66.0 | 38.0 | 52.0 | 50.3 | 43| 78| 13| 0|.........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 30.00| 29.82|29.913| 6.8| 6.4|263| 31|WSW| 0| 0| | |30| 78.0 | 40.4 | 59.2 | 58.4 | 44| 62| 6| 0|.........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 29.99| 29.77|29.888| 6.4| 5.8|220| 27|SSW| 0| 0| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |31| 76.4 | 51.1 | 63.8 | 60.6 | 49| 68| 1| 0|.........| 0| 0.06| 0.0| 29.96| 29.78|29.897| 6.2| 2.0|109| 22|ENE| 0| 0| | +--+------+------+------+------+---+----+----+----+---------+--+-----+-----+------+------+------+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+------+ | Sum | Sum |------|------|---|----| Ttl| Ttl| |Total|Total| For the month: | ---- | +------+------+------+------+---+----+----+----+ Number of +-----+-----+------+------+------+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+------+ |1964.7|1387.7|------|------|---|----| 340| 5.5| Days | 9.86| 0.0| 30.59| 29.54|29.991| 8.4| 0.3| 49| 37|WNW| 0| 0| ---- | +------+------+------+------+---+----+----+----+------------|+5.78" or 241% of normal +------+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+------+ | Avg | Avg | Avg | Mean |Avg| Avg|----|----|Precip | Yearly Ttl| Date | Date |------|----|----|---| Date | Date | Avg | +------+------+------+------+---+----+----+----+ +-----+-----+------+------+------+----+----+---+-------+-------+------+ | 63.5| 44.7| 54.1 | 53.7 | 44|71.9|----|----|>.01 Inch 12|16.19| 0.0| 1 | 9 |------|----|----|---| 10+ | 1+ | | + +3.1 +4.0 +3.6 +------+---+----+----+----+------------|+5.11" or 146% 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 |2449| 11|Thunder 1|Precipitation | Snow, Ice Plts | and Date | +--------+--------+---------+--------+----+----+------------+-------+------+---------+-------+-------------+----------------------+ | >=90°F | <=32°F | <=32°F | <=0°F |----|----|Heavy Fog 0| 3.01| 27-28| 0.0 | - | 0 | - | +--------+--------+---------+--------+----+----+------------+-------+------+---------+----+--+-------------+----------------------+ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |----|----|Clear 13 Partly Cloudy 12 Cloudy 6 | +--------+--------+---------+--------+----+----+------------------------------------------+ 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 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, 6th, 7th, ~0000EST 9-10th, 16th, 17-18th, 20th, 23rd, 28th , 31st FROST: 1st STATION DAILY RECORDS: 4th - RAINFALL Maximum 1.84" [previous 1.53" 1993] 23rd - RAINFALL Maximum 1.59" [previous 1.12" 1989] 24th - WIND GUST 37mph [previous 32mph 2023] 28th - RAINFALL 2.94" [previous 1.82" 1984] MONTHLY AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMP OF 63.5° WAS 3.1° ABOVE NORMAL. MONTHLY AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMP OF 44.7° WAS 4.0° ABOVE NORMAL. MONTHLY AVERAGE AVERAGE TEMP OF 54.1° WAS 3.6° ABOVE NORMAL. MAXIMUM TEMP: 82° on the 14th & 15th MINIMUM TEMP: 33° on the 1st DAYS WITH TEMPERATURES: MAXIMUM >= 90° : 0 MAXIMUM <= 32° : 0 MINIMUM <= 32° : 0 MINIMUM <= 0° : 0 HEATING DEGREE DAYS: 344.0 COOLING DEGREE DAYS: 5.5 DAYS WITH HEATING DEGREE DAYS: 30 DAYS WITH COOLING DEGREE DAYS: 1 PRECIP TOTAL OF 9.86" WAS 5.78" ABOVE NORMAL ( 241% of normal). GREATEST DAILY RAINFALL: 2.94" on the 28th GREATEST 24-HOUR RAINFALL: 3.01" on the 27th & 28th DAYS WITH MEASUREABLE PRECIP: 12 or 38.7% AVERAGE DAILY PRECIP: 0.32" NORMAL DAILY PRECIP: 0.13" DAYS WITH PRECIP >= 0.01" 12 DAYS WITH PRECIP >= 0.10" 6 DAYS WITH PRECIP >= 0.50" 5 DAYS WITH PRECIP >= 1.00" 5 DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORMS: 1 NUMBER OF THUNDERSTORMS: 1 DAYS WITH SNOW: 0 SNOWFALL TOTAL: 0.0" CLOUDY DAYS: 6 PARTLY CLOUDY DAYS: 12 SUNNY/CLEAR DAYS: 13 DAYS WITH F/GF: 10 DAYS WITH DENSE FOG: 0 DAYS WITH FROST: 1 YEAR-TO-DATE YEARLY AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMP OF 57.2° WAS 3.1° ABOVE NORMAL. YEARLY AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMP OF 39.5° WAS 3.7° ABOVE NORMAL. YEARLY AVERAGE AVERAGE TEMP OF 48.4° WAS 3.5° ABOVE NORMAL. MAXIMUM TEMP: 82° on March 14th and March 15th MINIMUM TEMP: 21° on January 7th, 21st, 22nd DAYS WITH TEMPERATURES: MAXIMUM >= 90° : 0 MAXIMUM <= 32° : 0 MINIMUM <= 32° : 19 MINIMUM <= 0° : 0 HEATING DEGREE DAYS: 1523.5 COOLING DEGREE DAYS: 10.5 DAYS WITH HEATING DEGREE DAYS: 58 DAYS WITH COOLING DEGREE DAYS: 2 PRECIP TOTAL OF 16.19" WAS 5.11" ABOVE NORMAL ( 146% of normal ). GREATEST DAILY RAINFALL: 2.94" on March 28th GREATEST 24-HOUR RAINFALL: 3.01" on March 27th and 28th DAYS WITH MEASUREABLE PRECIP: 33 or 36.3% AVERAGE DAILY PRECIP: 0.18" NORMAL DAILY PRECIP: 0.12" DAYS WITH PRECIP >= 0.01" 33 DAYS WITH PRECIP >= 0.10" 19 DAYS WITH PRECIP >= 0.50" 8 DAYS WITH PRECIP >= 1.00" 8 DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORMS: 1 NUMBER OF THUNDERSTORMS: 1 DAYS WITH SNOW: 0 SNOWFALL TOTAL: 0.0" CLOUDY DAYS: 17 PARTLY CLOUDY DAYS: 31 SUNNY/CLEAR DAYS: 39 DAYS WITH F/GF: 22 DAYS WITH DENSE FOG: 0 DAYS WITH FROST: 26 OBSERVATIONS AT 3-HOUR INTERVALS March 2024: PWRS 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 | | 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|30.48| 0.00| 39| 32| 76|18| 5| 10| |30.36| 0.03| 52| 48| 89|15| 4| 11| |30.15| 0.00| 50| 48| 93|00| 0| 0| |04| |30.51| 0.00| 36| 31| 84|00| 0| 0| |30.24| 0.15| 54| 52| 93|13| 6| 15| |30.17| 0.00| 48| 46| 93|00| 0| 0| |07| |30.55| 0.00| 34| 30| 87|00| 0| 0| |30.14| 0.11| 56| 54| 93|13| 11| 24| |30.21| 0.00| 46| 44| 93|00| 0| 0| |10| |30.59| 0.00| 51| 40| 67|11| 7| 16| |30.11| 0.12| 61| 60| 94|18| 11| 21| |30.26| 0.00| 55| 53| 94|06| 5| 14| |13| |30.55| 0.00| 55| 36| 49|13| 11| 21| |30.07| 0.00| 65| 63| 94|20| 0| 13| |30.21| 0.00| 67| 54| 64|06| 7| 15| |16| |30.50| 0.00| 53| 39| 59|13| 10| 21| |30.05| 0.00| 64| 62| 93|24| 6| 14| |30.18| 0.00| 67| 50| 54|13| 6| 14| |19| |30.49| 0.00| 49| 41| 73|09| 6| 13| |30.09| 0.00| 58| 56| 93|31| 6| 15| |30.19| 0.00| 60| 48| 66|15| 0| 10| |22| |30.41| 0.00| 50| 45| 82|09| 5| 14| |30.13| 0.01| 54| 52| 93|33| 5| 11| |30.21| 0.00| 54| 48| 81|00| 0| 0| +--+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+ | MAR 4 | MAR 5 | MAR 6 | | | | | |01| |30.21| 0.00| 51| 48| 87|15| 4| 11| |29.94| 0.01| 53| 51| 94|31| 7| 19| |30.03| 0.00| 54| 52| 91|00| 0| 0| |04| |30.20| 0.00| 51| 48| 88|15| 6| 12| |29.97| 0.00| 53| 51| 94|22| 7| 15| |29.97| 0.00| 54| 52| 93|11| 5| 12| |07| |30.22| 0.00| 52| 49| 87|09| 5| 11| |30.05| 0.00| 52| 50| 94|24| 7| 18| |29.96| 0.24| 53| 51| 93|06| 7| 18| |10| |30.23| 0.00| 57| 53| 86|06| 10| 19| |30.09| 0.00| 54| 52| 94|27| 6| 13| |29.88| 0.31| 54| 53| 94|06| 7| 16| |13| |30.18| 0.04| 56| 53| 92|04| 11| 20| |30.08| 0.00| 58| 57| 94|22| 7| 19| |29.80| 0.02| 58| 57| 95|24| 4| 10| |16| |30.11| 0.32| 54| 52| 93|04| 13| 22| |30.05| 0.00| 61| 59| 93|22| 5| 13| |29.76| 0.01| 56| 54| 94|33| 7| 14| |19| |30.09| 0.05| 53| 51| 93|06| 14| 23| |30.08| 0.01| 59| 56| 91|18| 6| 13| |29.72| 0.02| 52| 50| 93|04| 11| 20| |22| |30.03| 0.14| 53| 51| 94|04| 14| 25| |30.06| 0.00| 58| 55| 91|18| 4| 11| |29.70| 0.02| 52| 50| 94|31| 10| 18| +--+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+ | MAR 7 | MAR 8 | MAR 9 | | | | | |01| |29.76| 0.00| 52| 51| 94|29| 6| 18| |30.13| 0.00| 50| 48| 91|00| 0| 0| |30.18| 0.00| 46| 42| 87|09| 6| 14| |04| |29.79| 0.00| 53| 51| 94|29| 4| 7| |30.15| 0.00| 50| 48| 92|06| 0| 6| |30.14| 0.00| 47| 44| 89|06| 6| 15| |07| |29.83| 0.00| 53| 52| 94|33| 5| 13| |30.21| 0.00| 49| 45| 86|06| 11| 23| |30.06| 0.00| 48| 46| 91|06| 5| 15| |10| |29.89| 0.00| 56| 55| 95|31| 10| 19| |30.25| 0.00| 55| 46| 72|06| 12| 20| |29.95| 0.00| 55| 51| 87|13| 5| 14| |13| |29.90| 0.00| 56| 55| 94|02| 11| 22| |30.25| 0.00| 57| 47| 68|06| 11| 18| |29.86| 0.04| 56| 54| 92|13| 5| 16| |16| |29.93| 0.00| 57| 53| 89|02| 12| 21| |30.23| 0.00| 53| 44| 73|06| 12| 19| |29.68| 0.03| 60| 58| 93|15| 15| 26| |19| |30.02| 0.00| 54| 50| 84|02| 11| 21| |30.27| 0.00| 47| 41| 80|11| 6| 14| |29.58| 0.00| 63| 60| 93|18| 15| 27| |22| |30.09| 0.00| 52| 49| 87|02| 6| 15| |30.23| 0.00| 45| 40| 83|09| 6| 13| |29.55| 0.01| 65| 63| 94|22| 10| 22| +--+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+ | MAR 10 | MAR 11 | MAR 12 | | | | | |01| |29.57| 0.00| 57| 55| 93|24| 10| 21| |29.88| 0.00| 41| 26| 54|29| 12| 25| |30.05| 0.00| 45| 29| 53|27| 6| 14| |04| |29.56| 0.00| 53| 51| 93|27| 6| 19| |29.91| 0.00| 40| 27| 59|27| 13| 27| |30.03| 0.00| 41| 32| 69|24| 0| 6| |07| |29.59| 0.00| 51| 49| 93|27| 4| 16| |29.96| 0.00| 39| 27| 63|27| 11| 23| |30.06| 0.00| 38| 31| 76|24| 0| 7| |10| |29.67| 0.00| 51| 48| 91|29| 11| 22| |30.02| 0.00| 45| 29| 54|27| 13| 29| |30.06| 0.00| 48| 35| 59|24| 5| 15| |13| |29.67| 0.00| 60| 45| 57|24| 13| 27| |30.03| 0.00| 58| 31| 36|29| 14| 29| |30.01| 0.00| 71| 39| 31|24| 7| 18| |16| |29.63| 0.00| 57| 40| 52|24| 15| 30| |29.99| 0.00| 58| 30| 34|29| 13| 25| |29.92| 0.00| 71| 37| 29|22| 10| 19| |19| |29.70| 0.00| 52| 31| 46|29| 15| 33| |30.00| 0.00| 55| 29| 37|24| 11| 23| |29.91| 0.00| 65| 35| 33|22| 10| 18| |22| |29.83| 0.00| 45| 28| 50|29| 14| 37| |30.05| 0.00| 48| 29| 48|22| 5| 12| |29.94| 0.00| 56| 39| 54|22| 4| 7| +--+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+ | MAR 13 | MAR 14 | MAR 15 | | | | | |01| |29.94| 0.00| 50| 37| 60|22| 6| 12| |29.99| 0.00| 52| 42| 70|00| 0| 0| |29.99| 0.00| 63| 43| 48|20| 11| 21| |04| |29.92| 0.00| 48| 37| 66|22| 5| 7| |29.99| 0.00| 48| 42| 80|00| 0| 0| |29.94| 0.00| 62| 44| 53|22| 11| 21| |07| |29.96| 0.00| 45| 37| 73|00| 0| 0| |30.03| 0.00| 45| 41| 85|00| 0| 0| |29.91| 0.00| 60| 45| 57|20| 10| 18| |10| |29.98| 0.00| 54| 42| 65|24| 4| 10| |30.06| 0.00| 54| 48| 80|00| 0| 0| |29.89| 0.00| 66| 50| 57|22| 11| 20| |13| |29.96| 0.00| 71| 41| 34|06| 6| 14| |30.06| 0.00| 80| 46| 31|18| 6| 15| |29.84| 0.00| 81| 58| 46|22| 11| 22| |16| |29.91| 0.00| 72| 39| 30|06| 7| 17| |30.00| 0.00| 79| 42| 26|22| 10| 20| |29.78| 0.00| 79| 57| 48|22| 11| 23| |19| |29.93| 0.00| 68| 36| 31|13| 6| 14| |30.00| 0.00| 74| 44| 34|22| 10| 19| |29.76| 0.00| 67| 63| 85|27| 5| 11| |22| |29.98| 0.00| 59| 40| 51|13| 4| 6| |30.01| 0.00| 66| 45| 46|20| 11| 19| |29.75| 0.01| 63| 60| 90|24| 5| 12| +--+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+ | MAR 16 | MAR 17 | MAR 18 | | | | | |01| |29.75| 0.00| 62| 59| 91|27| 7| 15| |29.78| 0.00| 52| 47| 84|18| 10| 19| |29.62| 0.00| 61| 49| 63|22| 6| 13| |04| |29.79| 0.00| 59| 53| 82|00| 14| 25| |29.70| 0.00| 53| 49| 88|20| 11| 17| |29.69| 0.00| 58| 43| 56|02| 12| 19| |07| |29.90| 0.00| 54| 49| 81|02| 13| 22| |29.69| 0.00| 56| 54| 91|22| 10| 20| |29.76| 0.00| 52| 39| 62|02| 15| 30| |10| |29.93| 0.00| 56| 48| 74|02| 11| 20| |29.70| 0.00| 61| 58| 88|22| 7| 19| |29.82| 0.00| 52| 37| 55|00| 13| 21| |13| |29.93| 0.00| 62| 48| 61|06| 10| 18| |29.69| 0.00| 69| 50| 50|24| 10| 19| |29.76| 0.00| 59| 38| 46|04| 10| 17| |16| |29.85| 0.00| 65| 48| 54|15| 7| 17| |29.61| 0.00| 72| 48| 42|22| 10| 22| |29.73| 0.00| 56| 38| 50|00| 10| 17| |19| |29.81| 0.00| 59| 48| 67|13| 12| 21| |29.59| 0.00| 68| 47| 46|22| 7| 19| |29.75| 0.00| 52| 35| 53|09| 4| 10| |22| |29.83| 0.00| 53| 46| 78|18| 10| 18| |29.63| 0.00| 63| 48| 58|20| 5| 11| |29.78| 0.00| 50| 37| 61|09| 6| 15| +--+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+ MAXIMUM SHORT DURATION PRECIPITATION +------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+ | Time Period (minutes) | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 30 | 45 | 60 | 80 | 100 | 120 | 150 | 180 | +------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+ | Precipitation | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.11 | 0.14 | 0.21 | 0.31 | 0.41 | 0.51 | 0.61 | 0.71 | 0.81 | 0.93 | +------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+ | Ended: Date | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | +------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+ | Ended: Time | 0504 | 0509 | 0515 | 0519 | 0530 | 0545 | 0600 | 0620 | 0640 | 0700 | 0654 | 0700 | +------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+ 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 2024: PWRS 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| |29.88| 0.00| 44| 27| 50|00| 14| 25| |29.80| 0.00| 47| 29| 49|20| 12| 24| |29.96| 0.00| 50| 35| 55|02| 17| 31| |04| |29.91| 0.00| 40| 24| 52|31| 11| 21| |29.81| 0.00| 45| 30| 55|22| 7| 14| |30.04| 0.00| 47| 33| 57|02| 12| 23| |07| |29.96| 0.00| 38| 24| 57|24| 6| 16| |29.82| 0.00| 43| 30| 60|22| 6| 14| |30.14| 0.00| 44| 31| 61|02| 12| 21| |10| |30.00| 0.00| 43| 26| 51|31| 11| 23| |29.83| 0.00| 52| 34| 49|22| 7| 18| |30.21| 0.00| 46| 29| 50|02| 13| 21| |13| |29.95| 0.00| 57| 31| 37|24| 11| 23| |29.76| 0.00| 71| 40| 32|22| 13| 26| |30.24| 0.00| 52| 29| 41|06| 10| 19| |16| |29.85| 0.00| 56| 28| 34|22| 12| 22| |29.69| 0.00| 70| 37| 29|22| 14| 30| |30.16| 0.00| 53| 29| 40|13| 6| 17| |19| |29.82| 0.00| 52| 29| 40|22| 11| 20| |29.70| 0.00| 67| 36| 32|22| 13| 28| |30.20| 0.00| 48| 33| 56|13| 7| 18| |22| |29.82| 0.00| 48| 30| 49|20| 7| 15| |29.79| 0.00| 59| 37| 43|22| 6| 11| |30.26| 0.00| 43| 33| 67|15| 7| 17| +--+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+ | MAR 22 | MAR 23 | MAR 24 | | | | | |01| |30.28| 0.00| 42| 35| 76|09| 0| 6| |30.00| 0.04| 58| 55| 91|15| 6| 16| |29.97| 0.00| 44| 35| 73|33| 15| 32| |04| |30.28| 0.00| 43| 35| 72|06| 6| 13| |29.85| 0.22| 59| 56| 92|15| 7| 19| |30.03| 0.00| 40| 30| 67|00| 19| 35| |07| |30.30| 0.00| 43| 34| 69|06| 6| 14| |29.71| 0.17| 60| 58| 93|13| 14| 24| |30.12| 0.00| 39| 30| 72|02| 19| 34| |10| |30.32| 0.00| 50| 33| 53|09| 10| 17| |29.61| 0.02| 63| 61| 93|18| 13| 29| |30.22| 0.00| 42| 31| 66|02| 20| 34| |13| |30.30| 0.00| 58| 38| 47|13| 7| 19| |29.65| 0.07| 60| 58| 93|29| 11| 26| |30.25| 0.00| 47| 33| 60|02| 17| 34| |16| |30.18| 0.00| 60| 47| 62|13| 11| 24| |29.66| 0.00| 58| 56| 93|31| 13| 23| |30.22| 0.00| 46| 34| 62|04| 16| 30| |19| |30.14| 0.00| 60| 49| 67|13| 11| 23| |29.75| 0.00| 57| 53| 86|00| 15| 25| |30.23| 0.00| 45| 35| 68|02| 14| 24| |22| |30.10| 0.00| 59| 53| 81|15| 11| 19| |29.88| 0.00| 51| 45| 78|00| 15| 27| |30.30| 0.00| 44| 36| 74|04| 7| 14| +--+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+ | MAR 25 | MAR 26 | MAR 27 | | | | | |01| |30.29| 0.00| 43| 34| 69|04| 12| 21| |30.22| 0.00| 44| 38| 79|04| 10| 17| |30.10| 0.00| 45| 42| 90|11| 5| 13| |04| |30.28| 0.00| 43| 35| 73|04| 11| 22| |30.17| 0.00| 43| 38| 82|02| 7| 15| |30.06| 0.00| 45| 42| 91|15| 4| 10| |07| |30.30| 0.00| 43| 35| 75|04| 11| 21| |30.16| 0.00| 44| 40| 87|06| 12| 19| |30.06| 0.00| 45| 42| 91|13| 5| 13| |10| |30.34| 0.00| 48| 38| 68|06| 16| 27| |30.17| 0.00| 46| 43| 90|06| 7| 18| |30.06| 0.00| 47| 45| 90|09| 7| 16| |13| |30.35| 0.00| 53| 41| 65|06| 15| 26| |30.18| 0.00| 49| 45| 86|04| 7| 17| |30.12| 0.00| 52| 47| 84|15| 5| 13| |16| |30.32| 0.00| 51| 40| 65|06| 14| 22| |30.11| 0.00| 49| 44| 85|06| 11| 19| |30.03| 0.00| 51| 46| 84|06| 10| 17| |19| |30.28| 0.00| 48| 38| 67|06| 13| 22| |30.11| 0.00| 47| 43| 85|09| 6| 15| |30.03| 0.00| 51| 46| 84|09| 6| 14| |22| |30.27| 0.00| 45| 38| 78|06| 12| 21| |30.12| 0.00| 45| 42| 88|06| 6| 15| |30.01| 0.00| 49| 46| 89|06| 5| 11| +--+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+ | MAR 28 | MAR 29 | MAR 30 | | | | | |01| |30.00| 0.05| 48| 46| 92|00| 10| 21| |29.94| 0.00| 42| 40| 93|27| 5| 14| |29.94| 0.00| 46| 42| 83|00| 0| 0| |04| |29.94| 0.20| 49| 47| 93|31| 7| 15| |29.94| 0.00| 40| 39| 93|29| 6| 15| |29.95| 0.00| 43| 39| 88|00| 0| 0| |07| |29.91| 0.30| 49| 48| 93|02| 7| 17| |29.99| 0.00| 38| 36| 93|22| 5| 11| |29.97| 0.00| 40| 38| 90|00| 0| 0| |10| |29.93| 0.30| 50| 48| 93|31| 6| 21| |29.98| 0.00| 43| 42| 94|22| 6| 14| |29.97| 0.00| 54| 47| 77|20| 6| 11| |13| |29.95| 0.06| 49| 47| 93|02| 16| 30| |29.89| 0.00| 61| 50| 67|24| 12| 26| |29.92| 0.00| 74| 50| 42|27| 10| 21| |16| |29.86| 0.02| 49| 47| 93|00| 15| 28| |29.83| 0.00| 63| 47| 55|27| 12| 30| |29.83| 0.00| 75| 47| 37|22| 12| 21| |19| |29.86| 0.00| 48| 47| 93|00| 11| 22| |29.84| 0.00| 61| 44| 54|27| 10| 20| |29.78| 0.00| 70| 43| 38|20| 12| 27| |22| |29.90| 0.00| 45| 43| 93|00| 10| 18| |29.90| 0.00| 53| 45| 75|24| 0| 5| |29.78| 0.00| 63| 43| 48|20| 7| 16| +--+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+ | MAR 31 | | | | | | | |01| |29.78| 0.00| 61| 43| 52|20| 11| 18| | | |04| |29.81| 0.00| 57| 44| 63|22| 5| 11| | | |07| |29.88| 0.00| 52| 44| 76|20| 4| 6| | | |10| |29.92| 0.00| 63| 51| 65|24| 5| 13| | | |13| |29.92| 0.00| 74| 52| 46|02| 12| 19| | | |16| |29.92| 0.00| 69| 52| 55|06| 10| 18| | | |19| |29.94| 0.01| 58| 51| 79|13| 6| 17| | | |22| |29.96| 0.01| 53| 50| 90|13| 6| 19| | | +--+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+---------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+ 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| |30.000| 50| 42| 76| 7.0| 28 | 1.3| |04| |29.991| 48| 42| 79| 6.7| 32 | 1.3| |07| |30.013| 47| 41| 81| 7.1| 05 | 1.9| |10| |30.030| 53| 45| 76| 8.9| 02 | 1.2| |13| |30.010| 61| 46| 62| 9.7| 01 | 1.1| |16| |29.954| 61| 45| 61| 10.8| 17 | 0.3| |19| |29.957| 57| 44| 66| 9.4| 15 | 1.0| |22| |29.978| 53| 44| 74| 7.2| 14 | 0.6| +--+----+------+---+---+---+-----+----+----+ HOURLY PRECIPITATION (Water Equivalent) March 2024: PWRS 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|0.03|0.05|0.18|0.15|0.21|0.19|0.11|0.02|0.02|0.12|0.03|0.03| | | | | | | | | |0.01| | |02 03| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |03 04| | | | | | | | | | |0.01| |0.04|0.19|0.05|0.32|0.30|0.03|0.05|0.14|0.08|0.14|0.35|0.14|04 05|0.01|0.01| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |0.01| | | | | |05 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 06| | | | |0.01|0.05|0.24|0.18|0.07|0.31|0.33|0.26|0.02|0.01|0.02|0.01|0.02|0.06|0.02|0.09|0.02|0.02|0.01| |06 07| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |07 08| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |08 09| | | | | | | | | | | |0.07|0.04|0.08|0.13|0.03| | | | | |0.01|0.01| |09 10| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |11 12| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |12 13| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |13 14| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |14 15| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |0.02| |0.01| |0.01| | |15 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 16| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |16 17| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |17 18| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |0.01|18 19| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |19 20| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |20 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 21| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |21 22| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |0.01|22 23|0.04|0.20|0.09|0.22|0.17|0.27|0.17|0.24|0.05|0.02|0.03|0.01|0.07|0.01| | | | | | | | | | |23 24| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |24 25| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |25 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 26| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |26 27| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |0.04|0.03|27 28|0.05|0.25| |0.20|0.22|0.40|0.30|0.19|0.16|0.30|0.23|0.18|0.06|0.21|0.10|0.02|0.07| | | | | | | |28 29| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |29 30| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |30 31| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |0.01| |0.04|0.01| | |31 ---+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+--- Sum|0.13|0.51|0.27|0.57|0.61|0.91|0.82|0.63|0.30|0.75|0.63|0.55|0.23|0.50|0.30|0.38|0.39|0.11|0.09|0.24|0.14|0.20|0.41|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.)