LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA
Monthly Summary
October 2012
Station: Portsmouth, Virginia - KPWR
Latitude: 36° 48' 04" N Longitude: 76° 19' 37" W Elevation (ground): 20 feet Time Zone: Eastern
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| | Temperature | |Deg. Days|Precip Ty| | Precip | Pressure | Wind | Sun |
| +------+------+------+------+---+ Hu-+----+----+1 fog | S+-----+-----+ Adj. to Sea Level +----+----+---+-------+-------+------+
| | M | M | A | | |mid-| H | C |2 hvy fog| n| | Ice +------+------+------+ Avg| Res|Res| Peak | Minute| Mean |
| | a | i | v | | D | ity| e | o |3 thunder| o|Water| plts| | | | | | +---+---+---+---+ |
| | x | n | e | | e | | a | o |4 ice plt| w| | | | | | S | S | | S | | S | | I |
| D| i | i | r | M | w | M | t | l |5 hail | | E | S | | | M | p | p | | p | | p | | n |
| a| m | m | a | e | | e | i | i |6 glaze | C| q | n | M | M | e | e | e | D | e | D | e | D | d |
| t| u | u | g | a | P | a | n | n |7 duststm| v| u | o | a | i | a | e | e | i | e | i | e | i | e |
| 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 | x |
| | | | | | | | | |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| 71.2 | 58.8 | 65.0 | 64.5 | 61| 88| 0| 0|1........| 0| 0.01| 0.0| 29.96| 29.89|29.922| 0.0| 0.0| 0| 12| SE| 0| 0| |
|02| 83.6 | 65.6 | 74.6 | 75.5 | 73| 91| 0| 10|1........| 0| 0.01| 0.0| 29.97| 29.86|29.901| 0.8| 0.6|160| 19| SE| 0| 0| |
|03| 86.6*| 73.4 | 80.0*| 79.0 | 75| 87| 0| 15|1........| 0| 0.01| 0.0| 30.14| 29.98|30.069| 1.4| 1.4|203| 19|SSW| 0| 0| |
|04| 81.9 | 67.1 | 74.5 | 75.0 | 68| 81| 0| 10|1........| 0| T | 0.0| 30.18| 30.10|30.135| 1.8| 1.7|237| 26| S| 0| 0| |
|05| 77.6 | 63.8 | 70.7 | 70.5 | 62| 76| 0| 6|.........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 30.14| 30.02|30.089| 1.2| 1.0| 2| 17| N| 0| 0| |
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|06| 82.0 | 60.4 | 71.2 | 70.5 | 62| 77| 0| 6|1........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 30.00| 29.85|29.927| 2.9| 1.3|222| 24|NNW| 0| 0| |
|07| 67.6 | 52.9 | 60.3 | 59.4 | 54| 84| 4| 0|.........| 0| 0.50| 0.0| 30.13| 29.97|30.031| 6.1| 4.9| 24| 25| NE| 0| 0| |
|08| 57.7 | 53.7 | 55.7 | 55.5 | 52| 89| 9| 0|1.3......| 0| 1.32| 0.0| 30.24| 30.10|30.163| 6.2| 5.1| 12| 23| NE| 0| 0| |
|09| 61.2 | 56.8 | 59.0 | 59.0 | 58| 97| 6| 0|1........| 0| 0.18| 0.0| 30.11| 30.04|30.069| 5.3| 5.1|353| 20| N| 0| 0| |
|10| 67.6 | 54.7 | 61.2 | 61.3 | 57| 87| 3| 0|1........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 30.05| 29.91|29.991| 2.3| 2.3|248| 20|WSW| 0| 0| |
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|11| 61.7 | 48.0 | 54.8 | 56.8 | 44| 64| 10| 0|.........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 30.30| 30.08|30.219| 4.0| 3.8|356| 22| N| 0| 0| |
|12| 66.5 | 45.6 | 56.0 | 56.2 | 47| 73| 8| 0|.........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 30.38| 30.17|30.213| 4.3| 2.9| 37| 24| N| 0| 0| |
|13| 63.2 | 49.4 | 56.3 | 56.9 | 43| 61| 9| 0|.........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 30.48| 30.36|30.408| 3.9| 3.9| 45| 23| NE| 0| 0| |
|14| 76.6 | 47.0 | 61.8 | 60.8 | 54| 78| 3| 0|.........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 30.34| 30.03|30.202| 1.7| 1.6|205| 23|SSW| 0| 0| |
|15| 75.8 | 59.7 | 67.8 | 66.3 | 61| 85| 0| 3|..3......| 0| 1.01| 0.0| 30.00| 29.69|29.840| 2.5| 2.3|229| 27|WSW| 0| 0| |
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|16| 63.9 | 48.7 | 56.3 | 58.4 | 47| 69| 8| 0|.........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 29.92| 29.79|29.875| 6.7| 6.2|334| 27| N| 0| 0| |
|17| 67.7 | 46.7 | 57.2 | 56.4 | 50| 82| 7| 0|.........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 30.02| 29.93|29.976| 0.0| 0.0| 0| 16|SSE| 0| 0| |
|18| 76.4 | 47.5 | 62.0 | 62.1 | 57| 85| 3| 0|.........| 0| T | 0.0| 29.97| 29.81|29.909| 0.5| 0.5|143| 17| SE| 0| 0| |
|19| 76.9 | 61.3 | 69.1 | 69.4 | 66| 89| 0| 4|1........| 0| T | 0.0| 29.80| 29.67|29.739| 1.0| 1.0|203| 21|SSW| 0| 0| |
|20| 71.4 | 49.8 | 60.6 | 60.0 | 50| 71| 4| 0|.........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 29.90| 29.75|29.793| 1.2| 1.1|236| 17|SSW| 0| 0| |
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|21| 64.1 | 48.5 | 56.3 | 57.9 | 45| 65| 8| 0|.........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 30.13| 29.92|30.055| 3.3| 2.9|349| 23| N| 0| 0| |
|22| 66.9 | 43.1 | 55.0 | 54.8 | 46| 74| 10| 0|.........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 30.22| 30.13|30.166| 1.5| 1.2|325| 16|WNW| 0| 0| |
|23| 74.5 | 46.8 | 60.7 | 59.3 | 51| 75| 4| 0|.........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 30.18| 30.09|30.136| 0.5| 0.5|203| 14|SSW| 0| 0| |
|24| 78.1 | 52.5 | 65.3 | 64.2 | 56| 78| 0| 1|.........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 30.17| 30.07|30.119| 1.3| 1.2|232| 19| S| 0| 0| |
|25| 75.1 | 55.0 | 65.1 | 65.2 | 60| 85| 0| 0|.........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 30.18| 30.12|30.145| 2.5| 2.5| 45| 18| NE| 0| 0| |
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|26| 71.3 | 64.5 | 67.9 | 67.4 | 65| 91| 0| 3|.........| 0| 0.02| 0.0| 30.12| 29.95|30.056| 3.8| 3.8| 45| 20| NE| 0| 0| |
|27| 67.8 | 61.3 | 64.6 | 65.0 | 62| 90| 0| 0|1........| 0| 0.48| 0.0| 29.93| 29.67|29.799|11.7|11.7| 45| 35| NE| 0| 0| |
|28| 61.9 | 57.7 | 59.8 | 60.4 | 59| 95| 5| 0|1........| 0| 2.02| 0.0| 29.67| 29.38|29.524|12.8|11.9| 17| 33| N| 0| 0| |
|29| 58.2 | 42.3 | 50.3 | 51.1 | 50| 96| 15| 0|1........| 0| 3.12| 0.0| 29.34| 29.05|29.189|13.6| 7.0|312| 39|WSW| 0| 0| |
|30| 46.8 | 42.2 | 44.5*| 44.0 | 42| 94| 20| 0|1........| 0| 0.13| 0.0| 29.55| 29.13|29.361| 7.5| 7.5|203| 32|SSW| 0| 0| |
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|31| 55.0 | 38.9*| 47.0 | 46.2 | 42| 84| 18| 0|.........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 29.71| 29.55|29.628| 3.6| 3.3|224| 22|WSW| 0| 0| |
+--+------+------+------+------+---+----+----+----+---------+--+-----+-----+------+------+------+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+------+
| Sum | Sum |------|------|---|----| Ttl| Ttl| |Total|Total| For the month: | ---- |
+------+------+------+------+---+----+----+----+ Number of +-----+-----+------+------+------+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+------+
|2156.8|1663.7|------|------|---|----| 154| 58| Days | 8.81| 0.0| 30.48| 29.05|29.956| 3.7| 1.4|353| 39|WSW| 0| 0| ---- |
+------+------+------+------+---+----+----+----+------------|+5.07" OR 236% OF NORMAL +----+----+---+---+---+---+---+------+
| Avg | Avg | Avg | Mean |Avg| Avg|----|----|Precip | Season Ttl| Date | Date |------|----|----|---| Date | Date | Avg |
+------+------+------+------+---+----+----+----+ +-----+-----+------+------+------+----+----+---+-------+-------+------+
| 69.8| 53.9| 61.8 | 61.6 | 55|82.0|----|----|>.01 Inch 12|62.37| 0.0| 13 | 29 |------|----|----|---| 29 | 1+ | |
+ -0.7 +1.3 +0.2 +------+---+----+----+----+------------|+19.62" 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 | 162|1744|Thunder 2|Precipitation | Snow, Ice Plts | and Date |
+--------+---------+--------+--------+----+----+------------+-------+------+---------+-------+-------------+----------------------+
| >90°F | <32°F | <32°F | <0°F |----|----|Heavy Fog 0| 3.37| 28-29| 0.0 | - | 0 | - |
+--------+---------+--------+--------+----+----+------------+-------+------+---------+----+--+-------------+----------------------+
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |----|----| Clear 13 Partly Cloudy 9 Cloudy 9 |
+--------+---------+--------+--------+----+----+------------------------------------------+
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: Sunshine index 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:
OCTOBER 2012 WAS THE 2ND WETTEST IN THE OCTOBER DATABASE TO 1976. The top 5 wettest Octobers at this station
include: 1) 11.60" 1999 2) 8.81" 2012 3) 8.30" 2005 4) 8.08" 1995 5) 6.87" 2002
FROPA: 1st ( WARMFROPA) , 6th, 11th, 15th, 18th (WARMFROPA), 20th,29th
STATION RECORDS:
3rd - TEMPERATURE Maximum Minimum 73° [previous 71° 2007]
27th - WIND Gust 35mph [previous 30mph 1993]
29th - RAINFALL 3.12" [previous 1.80" 2003]
29TH - WIND Gust 39mph [previous 37mph 2006]
30TH - TEMPERATURE Minimum Maximum 47° [49° 1980]
MONTHLY AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMP OF 69.8° WAS 0.7° BELOW NORMAL.
MONTHLY AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMP OF 53.9° WAS 1.3° ABOVE NORMAL.
MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMP OF 61.8° WAS 0.2° ABOVE NORMAL.
MAXIMUM TEMP: 87° ON THE 3rd
MINIMUM TEMP: 39° ON THE 31st
DAYS WITH TEMPERATURES:
MAXIMUM >= 90°: 0
MAXIMUM <= 32°: 0
MINIMUM <= 32°: 0
MINIMUM <= 0°: 0
HEATING DEGREE DAYS: 151.0
COOLING DEGREE DAYS: 56.0
DAYS WITH HEATING DEGREE DAYS: 19
DAYS WITH COOLING DEGREE DAYS: 8
PRECIP TOTAL OF 8.81" WAS 5.07" ABOVE NORMAL (236% OF NORMAL).
GREATEST DAILY RAINFALL: 3.12 ON THE 29th
GREATEST 24-HOUR RAINFALL: 3.87" ON THE 28th-29th
DAYS WITH MEASUREABLE PRECIP: 12 OR 38.71%
AVERAGE DAILY PRECIP: 0.29"
NORMAL DAILY PRECIP: 0.12"
DAYS WITH PRECIP >= 0.01" 12
DAYS WITH PRECIP >= 0.10" 8
DAYS WITH PRECIP >= 0.50" 5
DAYS WITH PRECIP >= 1.00" 4
DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORMS: 2
NUMBER OF THUNDERSTORMS: 2
DAYS WITH SNOW: 0
SNOWFALL TOTAL: 0.0"
SEASONAL SNOWFALL 2010-2011: 19.0"
CLOUDY DAYS: 9
PARTLY CLOUDY DAYS: 9
SUNNY/CLEAR DAYS: 13
DAYS WITH F/GF: 13
DAYS WITH DENSE FOG: 0
DAYS WITH FROST: 0
YEAR-TO-DATE
YEARLY AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMP OF 73.9° WAS 1.8° ABOVE NORMAL.
YEARLY AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMP OF 55.3° WAS 1.5° ABOVE NORMAL.
YEARLY AVERAGE TEMP OF 64.6° WAS 1.7° ABOVE NORMAL.
MAXIMUM TEMP: 102° ON JULY 22ND AND 23RD
MINIMUM TEMP: 15° ON JANUARY 23RD
DAYS WITH TEMPERATURES:
MAXIMUM >= 90°: 37
MAXIMUM <= 32°: 0
MINIMUM <= 32°: 20
MINIMUM <= 0°: 0
HEATING DEGREE DAYS: 1807.0
COOLING DEGREE DAYS: 1691.5
DAYS WITH HEATING DEGREE DAYS: 138
DAYS WITH COOLING DEGREE DAYS: 160
PRECIP TOTAL OF 62.37" WAS 19.621 ABOVE NORMAL (146% OF NORMAL).
GREATEST DAILY RAINFALL: 7.82" ON AUGUST 27TH
GREATEST 24-HOUR RAINFALL: 7.82" ON AUGUST 27TH
DAYS WITH MEASUREABLE PRECIP: 125 OF 304 OR 41.12%
AVERAGE DAILY PRECIP: 0.21"
NORMAL DAILY PRECIP: 0.14"
DAYS WITH PRECIP >= 0.01" 125
DAYS WITH PRECIP >= 0.10" 77
DAYS WITH PRECIP >= 0.50" 41
DAYS WITH PRECIP >= 1.00" 19
DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORMS: 39
NUMBER OF THUNDERSTORMS: 43
DAYS WITH SNOW (calendar year 2012): 2
SNOWFALL TOTAL (calendar year 2012): 0.5"
CLOUDY DAYS: 41
PARTLY CLOUDY DAYS: 152
SUNNY/CLEAR DAYS: 111
DAYS WITH F/GF: 67
DAYS WITH DENSE FOG: 02
DAYS WITH FROST: 22
STATION STORM REPORT - HURRICANE SANDY:
Rainfall total (109-hour) ending 6PM EDT 10/30/12:
5.77"
Max Wind Gust:
39mph from the WSW at 4:29PM EDT 10/29/12
Minimum Barometric Pressure:
29.042" or 983.48mb at 6:00PM EDT 10/29/12
OBSERVATIONS AT 3-HOUR INTERVALS
October 2012: Portsmouth, Virginia - KPWR
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| OCT 1 | OCT 2 | OCT 3 |
| | | |
|01| |29.90| 0.00| 59| 57| 92|00| 0| 0| |29.91| 0.00| 66| 63| 92|13| 0| 6| |29.98| 0.00| 76| 74| 95|20| 0| 12|
|04| |29.89| 0.00| 60| 58| 95|00| 0| 0| |29.88| 0.00| 68| 67| 97|11| 0| 7| |30.01| 0.00| 76| 74| 94|20| 5| 19|
|07| |29.92| 0.00| 60| 59| 95|00| 0| 0| |29.89| 0.00| 70| 69| 99|13| 0| 12| |30.05| 0.00| 73| 72| 96|20| 0| 7|
|10| |29.95| 0.00| 65| 64| 94|09| 0| 4| |29.92| 0.00| 77| 76| 99|15| 0| 11| |30.10| 0.00| 80| 76| 89|20| 4| 16|
|13| |29.96| 0.00| 70| 62| 77|13| 0| 12| |29.90| 0.00| 83| 77| 82|13| 0| 16| |30.09| 0.01| 85| 78| 79|20| 4| 12|
|16| |29.92| 0.00| 67| 62| 84|04| 0| 10| |29.86| 0.00| 84| 78| 83|15| 0| 14| |30.07| 0.00| 86| 75| 71|20| 4| 12|
|19| |29.93| 0.00| 68| 62| 82|04| 0| 6| |29.90| 0.00| 80| 76| 87|20| 0| 14| |30.10| 0.00| 80| 73| 81|20| 0| 7|
|22| |29.93| 0.01| 67| 62| 86|09| 0| 4| |29.95| 0.00| 78| 75| 92|22| 4| 15| |30.12| 0.00| 77| 74| 91|11| 0| 6|
+--+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+
| OCT 4 | OCT 5 | OCT 6 |
| | | |
|01| |30.14| 0.00| 75| 73| 95|20| 0| 11| |30.13| 0.00| 67| 66| 95|24| 0| 6| |30.00| 0.00| 63| 61| 91|22| 0| 7|
|04| |30.12| 0.00| 73| 72| 97|18| 0| 6| |30.11| 0.00| 66| 66| 97|00| 0| 0| |29.96| 0.00| 62| 60| 94|22| 0| 6|
|07| |30.15| 0.00| 71| 71| 98|20| 0| 4| |30.13| 0.00| 65| 64| 96|00| 0| 0| |29.95| 0.00| 61| 60| 96|22| 0| 7|
|10| |30.18| 0.00| 76| 70| 81|24| 4| 14| |30.14| 0.00| 74| 61| 64|00| 4| 11| |29.95| 0.00| 68| 63| 85|20| 4| 16|
|13| |30.15| 0.00| 82| 63| 53|24| 7| 24| |30.11| 0.00| 77| 57| 49|04| 5| 15| |29.88| 0.00| 79| 66| 63|20| 6| 22|
|16| |30.10| 0.00| 82| 68| 64|20| 4| 18| |30.05| 0.00| 76| 59| 55|11| 0| 7| |29.85| 0.00| 82| 64| 55|24| 5| 21|
|19| |30.11| 0.00| 74| 65| 72|27| 0| 8| |30.04| 0.00| 73| 62| 68|13| 0| 7| |29.89| 0.00| 78| 64| 62|29| 0| 12|
|22| |30.13| 0.00| 69| 65| 88|22| 0| 11| |30.04| 0.00| 66| 60| 83|15| 0| 4| |29.97| 0.00| 70| 59| 69|04| 7| 21|
+--+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+
| OCT 7 | OCT 8 | OCT 9 |
| | | |
|01| |29.99| 0.00| 66| 54| 64|04| 7| 25| |30.13| 0.00| 55| 52| 92|31| 5| 13| |30.07| 0.01| 58| 58| 98|00| 4| 15|
|04| |29.99| 0.00| 64| 50| 60|04| 7| 20| |30.15| 0.00| 54| 50| 86|31| 7| 17| |30.07| 0.06| 59| 59| 98|00| 6| 17|
|07| |30.02| 0.00| 58| 52| 80|04| 6| 17| |30.19| 0.00| 55| 49| 80|00| 7| 20| |30.07| 0.01| 58| 58| 99|00| 6| 16|
|10| |30.04| 0.00| 60| 53| 80|04| 6| 20| |30.24| 0.00| 57| 48| 71|04| 7| 21| |30.11| 0.00| 57| 56| 97|00| 7| 17|
|13| |30.00| 0.23| 58| 57| 97|04| 6| 23| |30.21| 0.04| 55| 52| 91|04| 5| 19| |30.08| 0.00| 59| 59| 98|00| 6| 17|
|16| |30.00| 0.00| 59| 56| 90|04| 5| 16| |30.15| 0.16| 56| 55| 96|00| 6| 17| |30.06| 0.00| 61| 59| 95|00| 5| 16|
|19| |30.03| 0.01| 58| 57| 96|29| 0| 7| |30.14| 0.16| 56| 55| 96|04| 6| 20| |30.05| 0.02| 60| 59| 96|31| 5| 14|
|22| |30.13| 0.00| 53| 52| 95|33| 10| 20| |30.11| 0.00| 56| 55| 97|00| 4| 15| |30.06| 0.00| 60| 59| 98|31| 4| 11|
+--+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+
| OCT 10 | OCT 11 | OCT 12 |
| | | |
|01| |30.03| 0.00| 60| 59| 98|31| 0| 10| |30.08| 0.00| 56| 52| 86|31| 0| 11| |30.22| 0.00| 48| 45| 92|15| 0| 5|
|04| |30.00| 0.00| 60| 59| 98|24| 0| 7| |30.13| 0.00| 57| 46| 65|00| 7| 22| |30.18| 0.00| 46| 45| 95|15| 0| 5|
|07| |30.01| 0.00| 59| 58| 98|24| 0| 10| |30.21| 0.00| 55| 42| 62|00| 5| 20| |30.18| 0.00| 46| 45| 96|20| 0| 5|
|10| |30.03| 0.00| 60| 58| 94|24| 5| 16| |30.29| 0.00| 57| 44| 61|33| 7| 18| |30.18| 0.00| 56| 53| 91|18| 4| 12|
|13| |29.99| 0.00| 65| 58| 79|24| 5| 19| |30.28| 0.00| 59| 39| 48|00| 7| 17| |30.17| 0.00| 65| 45| 47|04| 7| 18|
|16| |29.91| 0.00| 67| 56| 67|24| 5| 17| |30.24| 0.00| 62| 43| 51|04| 4| 10| |30.17| 0.00| 66| 48| 51|04| 6| 18|
|19| |29.95| 0.00| 63| 55| 76|27| 0| 7| |30.23| 0.00| 57| 46| 66|31| 0| 4| |30.24| 0.00| 63| 49| 61|04| 4| 12|
|22| |30.01| 0.00| 57| 54| 91|18| 0| 4| |30.24| 0.00| 50| 46| 87|00| 0| 0| |30.34| 0.00| 59| 46| 62|04| 11| 23|
+--+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+
| OCT 13 | OCT 14 | OCT 15 |
| | | |
|01| |30.39| 0.00| 56| 34| 43|04| 7| 23| |30.34| 0.00| 49| 46| 90|00| 0| 0| |30.00| 0.00| 62| 59| 89|20| 0| 7|
|04| |30.39| 0.00| 54| 41| 62|04| 6| 20| |30.28| 0.00| 48| 46| 93|00| 0| 0| |29.95| 0.00| 60| 58| 92|20| 0| 10|
|07| |30.43| 0.00| 53| 39| 60|04| 5| 16| |30.27| 0.00| 47| 46| 94|00| 0| 0| |29.92| 0.00| 61| 59| 91|20| 0| 12|
|10| |30.48| 0.00| 57| 45| 64|04| 7| 18| |30.28| 0.00| 60| 60| 99|20| 0| 7| |29.90| 0.00| 67| 64| 89|20| 5| 16|
|13| |30.45| 0.00| 62| 46| 56|04| 4| 15| |30.21| 0.00| 74| 60| 62|20| 6| 23| |29.84| 0.00| 74| 65| 73|24| 10| 27|
|16| |30.37| 0.00| 63| 47| 57|04| 5| 15| |30.12| 0.00| 76| 58| 54|20| 6| 20| |29.73| 0.00| 76| 64| 66|20| 4| 15|
|19| |30.38| 0.00| 58| 48| 69|13| 0| 6| |30.09| 0.00| 69| 57| 65|20| 0| 10| |29.70| 0.06| 71| 65| 82|11| 0| 4|
|22| |30.38| 0.00| 53| 48| 82|13| 0| 5| |30.08| 0.00| 63| 55| 77|20| 0| 4| |29.73| 0.00| 61| 60| 95|00| 0| 0|
+--+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+
| OCT 16 | OCT 17 | OCT 18 |
| | | |
|01| |29.79| 0.00| 60| 56| 86|00| 7| 22| |29.93| 0.00| 48| 46| 92|00| 0| 0| |29.97| 0.00| 52| 49| 92|00| 0| 0|
|04| |29.82| 0.00| 57| 48| 73|33| 10| 22| |29.94| 0.00| 47| 45| 95|00| 0| 0| |29.94| 0.00| 49| 47| 94|00| 0| 0|
|07| |29.88| 0.00| 55| 46| 72|33| 7| 19| |29.98| 0.00| 47| 46| 96|00| 0| 0| |29.96| 0.00| 48| 47| 96|00| 0| 0|
|10| |29.92| 0.00| 58| 47| 66|00| 11| 25| |30.02| 0.00| 57| 55| 95|31| 0| 4| |29.95| 0.00| 61| 61| 99|11| 0| 12|
|13| |29.88| 0.00| 63| 46| 55|00| 10| 20| |29.99| 0.00| 65| 53| 65|24| 0| 11| |29.92| 0.00| 72| 64| 76|13| 4| 17|
|16| |29.86| 0.00| 64| 45| 50|31| 6| 18| |29.95| 0.00| 68| 53| 59|11| 0| 14| |29.84| 0.00| 76| 63| 64|15| 0| 11|
|19| |29.88| 0.00| 59| 48| 66|31| 0| 6| |29.96| 0.00| 62| 53| 73|15| 0| 16| |29.86| 0.00| 71| 63| 77|15| 0| 12|
|22| |29.92| 0.00| 51| 48| 88|00| 0| 0| |30.00| 0.00| 56| 52| 86|15| 0| 5| |29.84| 0.00| 68| 62| 82|15| 0| 14|
+--+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+
MAXIMUM SHORT DURATION PRECIPITATION
+------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| Time Period (minutes) | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 30 | 45 | 60 | 80 | 100 | 120 | 150 | 180 |
+------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| Precipitation | 0.08 | 0.16 | 0.24 | 0.32 | 0.48 | 0.72 | 0.95 | 0.97 | 0.99 | 1.01 | 1.01 | 1.03 |
+------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| Ended: Date | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 29 |
+------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| Ended: Time | 1904 | 1909 | 1914 | 1919 | 1929 | 1944 | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | 1300 |
+------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
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
October 2012: Portsmouth, Virginia - KPWR
+--+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+----------+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+----------+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+----------+
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 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 |
+--+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+
| OCT 19 | OCT 20 | OCT 21 |
| | | |
|01| |29.80| 0.00| 67| 65| 92|15| 0| 7| |29.75| 0.00| 58| 53| 82|18| 0| 4| |29.92| 0.00| 56| 48| 74|31| 0| 6|
|04| |29.75| 0.00| 66| 64| 96|11| 0| 5| |29.76| 0.00| 53| 50| 90|20| 0| 5| |29.96| 0.00| 59| 47| 65|31| 4| 16|
|07| |29.76| 0.00| 65| 64| 97|13| 0| 4| |29.77| 0.00| 50| 48| 91|20| 0| 7| |30.04| 0.00| 55| 45| 69|31| 0| 11|
|10| |29.77| 0.00| 68| 68| 98|15| 0| 6| |29.80| 0.00| 58| 50| 75|24| 0| 11| |30.11| 0.00| 60| 47| 61|00| 7| 19|
|13| |29.75| 0.00| 75| 70| 84|13| 0| 6| |29.79| 0.00| 68| 50| 52|24| 4| 11| |30.10| 0.00| 63| 45| 52|04| 7| 20|
|16| |29.69| 0.00| 77| 67| 72|20| 5| 21| |29.75| 0.00| 71| 49| 45|20| 4| 17| |30.07| 0.00| 64| 42| 45|31| 5| 16|
|19| |29.68| 0.00| 71| 66| 85|13| 0| 10| |29.82| 0.00| 64| 50| 60|24| 0| 7| |30.09| 0.00| 58| 47| 67|00| 0| 0|
|22| |29.73| 0.00| 66| 64| 93|20| 4| 16| |29.88| 0.00| 57| 50| 77|00| 0| 0| |30.12| 0.00| 51| 47| 86|00| 0| 0|
+--+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+
| OCT 22 | OCT 23 | OCT 24 |
| | | |
|01| |30.13| 0.00| 48| 45| 89|02| 0| 6| |30.15| 0.00| 50| 48| 91|02| 0| 4| |30.14| 0.00| 57| 54| 88|20| 0| 12|
|04| |30.14| 0.00| 45| 43| 92|00| 0| 0| |30.14| 0.00| 48| 47| 94|02| 0| 5| |30.13| 0.00| 54| 52| 92|18| 0| 5|
|07| |30.18| 0.00| 43| 42| 94|00| 0| 0| |30.16| 0.00| 47| 45| 93|00| 0| 0| |30.15| 0.00| 53| 51| 94|22| 0| 11|
|10| |30.21| 0.00| 56| 49| 78|31| 0| 7| |30.18| 0.00| 57| 52| 84|20| 0| 14| |30.16| 0.00| 61| 56| 85|18| 0| 14|
|13| |30.19| 0.00| 65| 45| 49|04| 5| 16| |30.14| 0.00| 70| 52| 52|20| 4| 11| |30.10| 0.00| 75| 60| 59|18| 5| 19|
|16| |30.14| 0.00| 67| 46| 47|29| 4| 14| |30.10| 0.00| 74| 54| 49|20| 0| 10| |30.07| 0.00| 78| 61| 55|24| 4| 12|
|19| |30.14| 0.00| 60| 49| 65|00| 0| 0| |30.11| 0.00| 67| 55| 64|13| 0| 7| |30.09| 0.00| 71| 60| 68|00| 0| 0|
|22| |30.16| 0.00| 53| 49| 86|02| 0| 4| |30.13| 0.00| 60| 54| 81|13| 0| 5| |30.12| 0.00| 63| 59| 85|00| 0| 0|
+--+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+
| OCT 25 | OCT 26 | OCT 27 |
| | | |
|01| |30.14| 0.00| 60| 57| 91|00| 0| 0| |30.12| 0.00| 67| 65| 91|04| 0| 12| |29.93| 0.00| 66| 63| 89|04| 7| 22|
|04| |30.12| 0.00| 58| 57| 94|00| 0| 0| |30.08| 0.00| 68| 65| 92|04| 0| 12| |29.87| 0.00| 66| 62| 87|04| 11| 25|
|07| |30.14| 0.00| 55| 54| 95|00| 0| 0| |30.09| 0.00| 65| 63| 95|33| 0| 10| |29.83| 0.00| 66| 62| 86|04| 11| 25|
|10| |30.18| 0.00| 66| 63| 92|04| 0| 10| |30.11| 0.00| 69| 66| 89|04| 6| 19| |29.83| 0.00| 67| 62| 84|04| 12| 29|
|13| |30.16| 0.00| 75| 63| 68|04| 4| 15| |30.08| 0.02| 67| 65| 91|04| 7| 19| |29.80| 0.01| 67| 63| 88|04| 14| 30|
|16| |30.13| 0.00| 74| 64| 70|04| 4| 15| |30.01| 0.00| 69| 66| 90|04| 5| 16| |29.76| 0.01| 64| 62| 94|04| 12| 29|
|19| |30.16| 0.00| 67| 63| 85|04| 5| 16| |30.00| 0.00| 67| 64| 91|04| 6| 20| |29.72| 0.01| 63| 61| 94|04| 13| 29|
|22| |30.14| 0.00| 67| 64| 90|04| 4| 16| |29.98| 0.00| 67| 64| 91|04| 4| 12| |29.71| 0.04| 62| 61| 95|04| 13| 26|
+--+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+
| OCT 28 | OCT 29 | OCT 30 |
| | | |
|01| |29.67| 0.15| 61| 60| 96|00| 12| 25| |29.34| 0.05| 58| 57| 96|00| 15| 31| |29.13| 0.01| 42| 42| 97|20| 11| 31|
|04| |29.60| 0.00| 62| 59| 91|00| 9| 30| |29.32| 0.14| 56| 55| 95|00| 15| 30| |29.17| 0.00| 42| 41| 96|20| 11| 29|
|07| |29.57| 0.15| 60| 59| 96|04| 14| 32| |29.27| 0.26| 54| 53| 96|00| 13| 29| |29.26| 0.01| 42| 41| 96|20| 11| 29|
|10| |29.57| 0.14| 60| 59| 96|04| 14| 30| |29.25| 0.07| 53| 52| 95|00| 14| 33| |29.36| 0.00| 45| 42| 89|20| 10| 26|
|13| |29.50| 0.09| 61| 59| 93|04| 15| 29| |29.15| 0.37| 51| 50| 97|29| 13| 29| |29.41| 0.00| 45| 44| 93|20| 10| 25|
|16| |29.46| 0.11| 60| 59| 96|00| 12| 25| |29.08| 0.13| 48| 47| 97|24| 15| 39| |29.43| 0.00| 45| 43| 92|20| 5| 18|
|19| |29.43| 0.09| 60| 59| 96|00| 13| 27| |29.05| 0.03| 45| 45| 97|24| 14| 36| |29.50| 0.00| 45| 44| 96|20| 0| 14|
|22| |29.42| 0.02| 59| 57| 93|00| 15| 33| |29.09| 0.07| 43| 42| 97|22| 11| 33| |29.54| 0.00| 45| 42| 92|20| 5| 20|
+--+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+
| OCT 31 | | |
| | | |
|01| |29.55| 0.00| 42| 40| 92|20| 4| 14| | |
|04| |29.58| 0.00| 40| 39| 95|20| 4| 17| | |
|07| |29.62| 0.00| 39| 38| 95|20| 5| 15| | |
|10| |29.65| 0.00| 44| 41| 87|24| 5| 18| | |
|13| |29.61| 0.00| 53| 45| 73|24| 6| 21| | |
|16| |29.62| 0.00| 54| 45| 71|24| 4| 19| | |
|19| |29.66| 0.00| 49| 44| 82|18| 0| 6| | |
|22| |29.70| 0.00| 48| 43| 84|20| 0| 10| | |
+--+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+---------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
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| |29.935| 57| 54| 89| 2.6| 00 | 1.1|
|04| |29.927| 56| 53| 90| 3.3| 35 | 1.4|
|07| |29.948| 55| 52| 91| 3.0| 02 | 1.2|
|10| |29.975| 61| 56| 85| 4.6| 00 | 1.6|
|13| |29.942| 66| 56| 71| 6.0| 35 | 1.0|
|16| |29.902| 67| 56| 69| 4.6| 30 | 1.1|
|19| |29.918| 63| 56| 78| 2.0| 01 | 1.1|
|22| |29.943| 59| 55| 87| 2.9| 01 | 1.2|
+--+----+------+---+---+---+-----+----+----+
HOURLY PRECIPITATION (Water Equivalent)
October 2012: Portsmouth, Virginia - KPWR
---+-----------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+---
| | |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |0.01| |01
02| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |0.01| | | | | | | | | |02
03| | | | | | | | | | | | | |0.01| | | | | | | | | | |03
04| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |04
05| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |05
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
06| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |06
07| | | | | | |0.04| | | | | |0.17|0.23| | | | |0.01|0.01|0.03|0.01| | |07
08| | | | | | | | | | | | | |0.04|0.03|0.01|0.16|0.36|0.33|0.16|0.23| | | |08
09| |0.01| |0.03|0.06|0.03|0.01|0.01| |0.01| | | | | | | | | |0.02| | | | |09
10| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |10
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
11| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |11
12| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |12
13| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |13
14| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |14
15| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |0.06|0.94|0.01| | |15
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
16| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |16
17| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |17
18| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |18
19| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |19
20| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |20
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
21| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |21
22| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |22
23| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |23
24| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |24
25| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |25
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
26| | | | | | | | | | | | | |0.02| | | | | | | | | | |26
27| | | | | | | | | | | | | |0.01|0.07|0.04|0.01|0.03|0.04|0.01|0.01|0.04|0.04|0.18|27
28| |0.15|0.05| | |0.01|0.01|0.15|0.19|0.14|0.14|0.09|0.08|0.09|0.06|0.11|0.11|0.08|0.04|0.09|0.06|0.02|0.02|0.33|28
29| |0.05|0.04|0.09|0.14|0.14|0.17|0.26|0.10|0.07|0.07|0.33|0.32|0.37|0.19|0.15|0.13|0.15|0.08|0.03|0.04|0.04|0.07|0.09|29
30| |0.01|0.01|0.01| |0.01|0.01|0.01| | | | |0.01| |0.01|0.02| |0.02|0.01| | | | | |30
31| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |31
---+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+---
Sum| |0.22|0.10|0.13|0.20|0.19|0.24|0.43|0.29|0.22|0.21|0.42|0.58|0.77|0.37|0.33|0.41|0.64|0.51|0.38|1.31|0.12|0.14|0.60|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.)