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| 55.7 | 33.4*| 44.6 | 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|------|------|---|----| 339| 6| Days | 9.86| 0.0| 30.59| 29.54|29.991| 8.4| 0.3| 49| 37|WNW| 0| 0| ---- | +------+------+------+------+---+----+----+----+------------+-----+-----+------+------+------+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+------+ | Avg | Avg | Avg | Mean |Avg| Avg|----|----|Precip | Yearly Ttl| Date | Date |------|----|----|---| Date | Date | Avg | +------+------+------+------+---+----+----+----+ +-----+-----+------+------+------+----+----+---+-------+-------+------+ | 63.4| 44.8| 54.1 | 53.7 | 44|71.9|----|----|>.01 Inch 12|16.19| 0.0| 1 | 9 |------|----|----|---| 10+ | 1+ | | +------+------+------+------+---+----+----+----+------------+-----+-----+------+------+------+----+----+---+-------+-------+------+ | | 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] 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 1 | MAR 2 | MAR 3 | | | | | |01| |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.)