LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA Monthly Summary
September 2009
Station: Portsmouth, Virginia - KPWR Latitude: 36° 48' 04" N Longitude: 76° 19' 37" W Elevation (ground): 20 feet Time Zone: Eastern +--+-------------------------------+----+---------+---------+--+-----------+--------------------+-----------------------------+------+ | | 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| 74.0 | 64.0 | 69.0 | 69.4 | 63| 79| 0| 4|.........| 0| 0.01| 0.0| 30.19| 30.11|30.158| 8.1| 8.1| 45| 24| NE| 0| 0| | |02| 75.3 | 64.9 | 70.1 | 70.5 | 63| 78| 0| 5|.........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 30.20| 30.11|30.163| 8.6| 8.6| 45| 26| NE| 0| 0| | |03| 75.1 | 68.6 | 71.8 | 71.5 | 67| 87| 0| 7|.........| 0| T | 0.0| 30.10| 29.96|30.025| 8.9| 8.3| 17| 25| N| 0| 0| | |04| 81.6 | 68.0 | 74.8 | 74.2 | 66| 77| 0| 10|.........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 30.06| 29.94|29.994| 5.1| 4.7| 2| 19| N| 0| 0| | |05| 83.0 | 62.6 | 72.8 | 73.0 | 64| 77| 0| 8|.........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 30.16| 30.07|30.119| 2.8| 2.5| 12| 19|NNW| 0| 0| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |06| 82.0 | 65.4 | 73.7 | 74.0 | 67| 81| 0| 9|.........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 30.22| 30.15|30.182| 4.8| 4.7| 46| 21| NE| 0| 0| | |07| 75.2 | 71.0 | 73.1 | 73.1 | 71| 94| 0| 8|1........| 0| 0.73| 0.0| 30.15| 29.97|30.066| 4.3| 4.2| 47| 23| NE| 0| 0| | |08| 72.1 | 67.2 | 69.6 | 69.3 | 69| 98| 0| 5|1........| 0| 5.72| 0.0| 29.98| 29.91|29.940| 9.4| 9.2| 42| 32| NE| 0| 0| | |09| 75.9 | 65.0 | 70.4 | 70.1 | 66| 86| 0| 6|.........| 0| 0.01| 0.0| 30.11| 29.98|30.045| 8.1| 7.5| 31| 23| NE| 0| 0| | |10| 69.8 | 63.8 | 66.8 | 67.3 | 66| 94| 0| 2|1........| 0| 0.20| 0.0| 30.16| 30.08|30.119|10.7| 9.9| 24| 29| NE| 0| 0| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |11| 77.0 | 60.2 | 68.6 | 67.7 | 64| 87| 0| 4|1........| 0| 0.01| 0.0| 30.08| 29.99|30.041| 4.6| 3.4|274| 22|WSW| 0| 0| | |12| 76.9 | 60.8 | 68.8 | 69.1 | 64| 85| 0| 4|.........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 30.00| 29.90|29.954| 2.9| 2.3| 10| 17|NNW| 0| 0| | |13| 78.7 | 65.4 | 72.1 | 71.3 | 66| 83| 0| 7|.........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 29.96| 29.90|29.930| 4.7| 4.5|352| 21|NNW| 0| 0| | |14| 80.7 | 60.6 | 70.6 | 70.5 | 66| 85| 0| 6|.........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 30.01| 29.94|29.968| 1.9| 1.7| 7| 15| NE| 0| 0| | |15| 84.4 | 63.6 | 74.0 | 73.1 | 67| 83| 0| 9|.........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 29.99| 29.93|29.965| 1.2| 0.9|251| 14|WSW| 0| 0| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |16| 82.0 | 67.2 | 74.6 | 73.5 | 69| 87| 0| 10|.........| 0| 0.01| 0.0| 30.07| 29.95|30.000| 3.8| 3.6| 48| 21| NE| 0| 0| | |17| 74.3 | 66.1 | 70.2 | 71.3 | 68| 88| 0| 5|1........| 0| 0.02| 0.0| 30.13| 30.04|30.088| 8.9| 8.9| 45| 23| NE| 0| 0| | |18| 78.2 | 62.2 | 70.2 | 69.9 | 66| 88| 0| 5|.........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 30.12| 30.05|30.092| 0.6| 0.1|142| 12| NE| 0| 0| | |19| 74.5 | 62.5 | 68.5 | 67.8 | 64| 88| 0| 4|.......8.| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 30.26| 30.09|30.169| 4.6| 4.6| 47| 27| NE| 0| 0| | |20| 73.9 | 57.1 | 65.5 | 66.3 | 60| 80| 0| 1|.........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 30.30| 30.23|30.257| 3.1| 3.1| 45| 17| NE| 0| 0| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |21| 80.7 | 59.3 | 70.0 | 70.8 | 66| 84| 0| 5|.........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 30.25| 30.20|30.220| 2.0| 1.6| 55| 21| NE| 0| 0| | |22| 82.7 | 69.6 | 76.1 | 75.4 | 70| 85| 0| 12|.........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 30.22| 30.16|30.186| 2.5| 2.2| 49| 17| NE| 0| 0| | |23| 86.1 | 72.0 | 79.1*| 76.9 | 74| 91| 0| 14|.........| 0| T | 0.0| 30.20| 30.09|30.137| 1.1| 0.4|122| 15| N| 0| 0| | |24| 87.1*| 70.3 | 78.7 | 77.4 | 74| 89| 0| 14|1.3......| 0| 0.19| 0.0| 30.09| 29.97|30.041| 1.9| 1.4|256| 18|WSW| 0| 0| | |25| 73.0 | 65.0 | 69.0 | 69.8 | 68| 93| 0| 4|1........| 0| 0.50| 0.0| 30.21| 30.00|30.094| 6.0| 6.0| 45| 29| NE| 0| 0| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |26| 71.0 | 66.6 | 68.8 | 68.7 | 62| 80| 0| 4|.........| 0| 0.02| 0.0| 30.20| 29.88|30.104| 4.4| 3.5| 55| 19| NE| 0| 0| | |27| 78.1 | 64.6 | 71.3 | 70.7 | 68| 92| 0| 7|..3......| 0| 0.33| 0.0| 29.85| 29.59|29.690| 3.8| 2.8|189| 20| W| 0| 0| | |28| 80.1 | 57.6 | 68.8 | 68.4 | 64| 87| 0| 4|1.3......| 0| 1.08| 0.0| 29.74| 29.51|29.638| 3.2| 2.6|191| 25|SSW| 0| 0| | |29| 69.2 | 52.9 | 61.0 | 61.5 | 53| 75| 4| 0|.........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 29.83| 29.66|29.744| 4.0| 3.9|253| 27|WSW| 0| 0| | |30| 69.3 | 50.6*| 60.0*| 59.9 | 54| 81| 5| 0|.........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 29.99| 29.83|29.907| 2.1| 1.6|302| 18|NNW| 0| 0| | +--+------+------+------+------+---+----+----+----+---------+--+-----+-----+------+------+------+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+------+ | Sum | Sum |------|------|---|----| Ttl| Ttl| |Total|Total| For the month: | ---- | +------+------+------+------+---+----+----+----+ Number of +-----+-----+------+------+------+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+------+ |2321.9|1914.7|------|------|---|----| 9| 183| Days | 8.83| 0.0| 30.30| 29.51|30.034| 4.6| 3.1| 31| 32| NE| 0| 0| ---- | +------+------+------+------+---+----+----+----+------------|+3.93" or 180% of normal -----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+------+ | Avg | Avg | Avg | Mean |Avg| Avg|----|----|Precip | Season Ttl| Date | Date |------|----|----|---| Date | Date | Avg | +------+------+------+------+---+----+----+----+ +-----+-----+------+------+------+----+----+---+-------+-------+------+ | 77.4| 63.9| 70.6 | 70.4 | 66|85.5|----|----|>.01 Inch 13|48.83| 0.0| 20 | 28 |------|----|----|---| 8 | 1+ | | + -3.2 -0.5 -1.9 ------+---+----+----+----+------------|+10.77" or 128% 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 | 9|1689|Thunder 2|Precipitation | Snow, Ice Plts | and Date | +--------+---------+--------+--------+----+----+------------+-------+------+---------+-------+-------------+----------------------+ | >90°F | <32°F | <32°F | <0°F |----|----|Heavy Fog 0| 5.79| 7- 8| 0.0 | - | 0 | - | +--------+---------+--------+--------+----+----+------------+-------+------+---------+----+--+-------------+----------------------+ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |----|----| Clear 7 Partly Cloudy 16 Cloudy 7 | +--------+---------+--------+--------+----+----+------------------------------------------+ 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:
    STATION RECORDS:
SEPTEMBER 2009 WAS THE 6th WETTEST SEPTEMBER IN THE DATABASE TO 1976. THE TOP 5 WETTEST SEPTEMBERS IN THE DATABASE INCLUDE: 1) 21.91" IN 1991 2) 10.29" IN 1979 3) 9.72" IN 2006 4) 9.71" IN 2003 5) 9.66" IN 1987

8th - RAINFALL 5.72" [previous 1.10" 1981]
10th - TEMPERATURE Minimum Maximum 70° [previous 73° in 2003]
10th- WIND GUST 29mph [previous 26mph in 1996]
23rd- TEMPERATURE TIED Maximum Minimum 72 [previous 2002]
28th - RAINFALL 1.08" [previous 0.56" in 2003] MONTHLY AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMP OF 77.4° WAS 3.2° BELOW NORMAL. MONTHLY AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMP OF 63.9° WAS 0.5° BELOW NORMAL. MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMP OF 70.6° WAS 1.9° BELOW NORMAL. MAXIMUM TEMP: 87° ON THE 24TH MINIMUM TEMP: 51° ON THE 30TH DAYS WITH TEMPERATURES: MAXIMUM >= 90°: 13 MAXIMUM <= 32°: 0 MINIMUM <= 32°: 0 MINIMUM <= 0°: 0 HEATING DEGREE DAYS: 9.0 COOLING DEGREE DAYS: 178.0 DAYS WITH HEATING DEGREE DAYS: 2 DAYS WITH COOLING DEGREE DAYS: 28 PRECIP TOTAL OF 8.83" WAS 3.93" ABOVE NORMAL (180% OF NORMAL). GREATEST DAILY RAINFALL: 5.72" ON THE 8TH GREATEST 24-HOUR RAINFALL: 5.79" ON THE 7-8TH DAYS WITH MEASUREABLE PRECIP: 13 OR 43.33% AVERAGE DAILY PRECIP: 0.29" NORMAL DAILY PRECIP: 0.16" DAYS WITH PRECIP >= 0.01" 13 DAYS WITH PRECIP >= 0.10" 7 DAYS WITH PRECIP >= 0.50" 4 DAYS WITH PRECIP >= 1.00" 2 DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORMS: 3 NUMBER OF THUNDERSTORMS: 3 DAYS WITH SNOW: 00 SNOWFALL TOTAL: 0.0" CLOUDY DAYS: 7 PARTLY CLOUDY DAYS: 16 SUNNY/CLEAR DAYS: 7 DAYS WITH F/GF: 8 DAYS WITH DENSE FOG: 0 DAYS WITH FROST: 0 YEAR-TO-DATE YEARLY AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMP OF 71.8° WAS 0.4° BELOW NORMAL. YEARLY AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMP OF 54.0° WAS 0.1° ABOVE NORMAL. YEARLY AVERAGE TEMP OF 62.9° WAS 0.1° BELOW NORMAL. MAXIMUM TEMP: 95° ON JUNE 2ND, JULY 26TH, AUGUST 10TH MINIMUM TEMP: 16° ON JANUARY 17TH DAYS WITH TEMPERATURES: MAXIMUM >= 90°: 38 MAXIMUM <= 32°: 4 MINIMUM <= 32°: 41 MINIMUM <= 0°: 0 HEATING DEGREE DAYS: 2210.0 COOLING DEGREE DAYS: 1644.0 DAYS WITH HEATING DEGREE DAYS: 118 DAYS WITH COOLING DEGREE DAYS: 153 PRECIP TOTAL OF 48.33" WAS 10.78" ABOVE NORMAL ( 128% OF NORMAL). GREATEST DAILY RAINFALL: 5.72" ON SEPTEMBER 8TH GREATEST 24-HOUR RAINFALL: 5.79" ON SEPTEMBER 7-8TH DAYS WITH MEASUREABLE PRECIP: 106 OF 273 OR 38.83% AVERAGE DAILY PRECIP: 0.18" NORMAL DAILY PRECIP: 0.14" DAYS WITH PRECIP >= 0.01" 106 DAYS WITH PRECIP >= 0.10" 64 DAYS WITH PRECIP >= 0.50" 28 DAYS WITH PRECIP >= 1.00" 10 DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORMS: 28 NUMBER OF THUNDERSTORMS: 31 DAYS WITH SNOW: 06 SNOWFALL TOTAL: 0.7" CLOUDY DAYS: 52 PARTLY CLOUDY DAYS: 148 SUNNY/CLEAR DAYS: 73 DAYS WITH F/GF: 84 DAYS WITH DENSE FOG: 2 DAYS WITH FROST: 22
OBSERVATIONS AT 3-HOUR INTERVALS
September 2009: Portsmouth, Virginia - KPWR
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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 | +--+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+ | SEP 1 | SEP 2 | SEP 3 | | | | | |01| |30.12| 0.01| 65| 64| 99|04| 0| 10| |30.18| 0.00| 67| 61| 81|04| 5| 11| |30.10| 0.00| 69| 65| 85|04| 7| 18| |04| |30.11| 0.00| 66| 62| 85|04| 5| 12| |30.16| 0.00| 65| 62| 89|33| 0| 6| |30.05| 0.00| 69| 65| 87|04| 6| 17| |07| |30.14| 0.00| 67| 61| 83|04| 6| 15| |30.17| 0.00| 68| 62| 81|04| 10| 20| |30.06| 0.00| 70| 66| 86|04| 7| 20| |10| |30.17| 0.00| 71| 61| 70|04| 10| 21| |30.20| 0.00| 72| 63| 73|04| 13| 25| |30.06| 0.00| 74| 69| 83|04| 11| 21| |13| |30.18| 0.00| 73| 65| 77|04| 11| 24| |30.19| 0.00| 75| 66| 72|04| 12| 25| |30.04| 0.00| 74| 69| 84|00| 11| 23| |16| |30.16| 0.00| 73| 63| 72|04| 11| 21| |30.16| 0.00| 74| 65| 74|04| 13| 24| |29.98| 0.00| 74| 69| 83|00| 11| 21| |19| |30.16| 0.00| 71| 63| 76|04| 10| 21| |30.15| 0.00| 72| 64| 75|04| 10| 22| |29.98| 0.00| 70| 68| 93|00| 10| 20| |22| |30.19| 0.00| 69| 62| 78|04| 10| 18| |30.14| 0.00| 70| 64| 80|04| 7| 19| |29.99| 0.00| 69| 68| 96|00| 7| 20| +--+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+ | SEP 4 | SEP 5 | SEP 6 | | | | | |01| |29.96| 0.00| 71| 67| 89|33| 5| 12| |30.07| 0.00| 67| 65| 94|00| 0| 0| |30.16| 0.00| 68| 65| 91|00| 0| 0| |04| |29.95| 0.00| 70| 67| 88|33| 5| 14| |30.07| 0.00| 64| 63| 96|00| 0| 0| |30.16| 0.00| 66| 64| 94|00| 0| 0| |07| |29.97| 0.00| 70| 64| 81|00| 5| 12| |30.11| 0.00| 63| 62| 98|00| 0| 0| |30.19| 0.00| 66| 65| 96|06| 0| 6| |10| |30.00| 0.00| 73| 65| 75|33| 6| 16| |30.14| 0.00| 75| 66| 73|00| 5| 12| |30.21| 0.00| 79| 68| 70|04| 7| 17| |13| |29.99| 0.00| 79| 70| 73|00| 7| 16| |30.14| 0.00| 81| 66| 60|33| 6| 16| |30.21| 0.00| 80| 64| 57|04| 11| 21| |16| |29.99| 0.00| 81| 69| 66|00| 6| 15| |30.12| 0.00| 83| 64| 52|33| 7| 19| |30.19| 0.00| 81| 68| 66|04| 6| 17| |19| |30.01| 0.00| 77| 64| 64|04| 5| 14| |30.12| 0.00| 80| 64| 60|04| 4| 12| |30.17| 0.00| 77| 70| 79|04| 6| 17| |22| |30.06| 0.00| 72| 68| 87|04| 0| 5| |30.15| 0.00| 73| 66| 80|00| 0| 0| |30.17| 0.00| 74| 71| 88|04| 6| 16| +--+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+ | SEP 7 | SEP 8 | SEP 9 | | | | | |01| |30.15| 0.00| 74| 71| 92|04| 6| 16| |29.97| 0.03| 72| 71| 98|04| 4| 14| |29.98| 0.00| 69| 66| 91|04| 7| 17| |04| |30.10| 0.00| 73| 71| 93|04| 6| 18| |29.94| 0.44| 70| 70|100|04| 6| 17| |29.98| 0.00| 68| 65| 92|00| 5| 12| |07| |30.10| 0.00| 74| 72| 93|04| 7| 15| |29.93| 0.32| 68| 68|100|04| 13| 32| |30.02| 0.00| 65| 64| 94|00| 5| 13| |10| |30.11| 0.52| 71| 71| 99|18| 0| 10| |29.94| 0.15| 68| 68|100|04| 12| 22| |30.06| 0.00| 72| 67| 85|00| 10| 18| |13| |30.07| 0.00| 73| 72| 97|04| 4| 12| |29.93| 0.06| 70| 70|100|04| 10| 20| |30.06| 0.00| 76| 68| 76|04| 10| 19| |16| |30.02| 0.00| 75| 72| 91|04| 4| 12| |29.92| 0.01| 70| 69| 97|04| 12| 26| |30.04| 0.00| 74| 67| 80|04| 11| 22| |19| |30.00| 0.00| 73| 71| 94|04| 4| 12| |29.95| 0.01| 68| 67| 98|04| 10| 20| |30.08| 0.00| 70| 65| 83|04| 10| 20| |22| |30.00| 0.00| 72| 70| 95|04| 0| 6| |29.98| 0.00| 68| 66| 93|00| 10| 18| |30.11| 0.00| 68| 65| 91|04| 7| 20| +--+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+ | SEP 10 | SEP 11 | SEP 12 | | | | | |01| |30.10| 0.00| 69| 66| 92|04| 7| 16| |30.08| 0.00| 62| 62| 99|00| 6| 17| |30.00| 0.00| 65| 64| 95|18| 0| 7| |04| |30.08| 0.00| 70| 68| 93|04| 11| 21| |30.06| 0.00| 63| 61| 95|33| 6| 14| |29.99| 0.00| 63| 62| 98|00| 0| 0| |07| |30.11| 0.01| 68| 67| 95|04| 12| 25| |30.08| 0.00| 60| 58| 93|29| 5| 15| |29.99| 0.00| 61| 60| 98|00| 0| 0| |10| |30.16| 0.00| 68| 66| 93|04| 11| 22| |30.08| 0.00| 65| 61| 88|27| 6| 20| |29.97| 0.00| 69| 65| 89|04| 5| 12| |13| |30.16| 0.00| 68| 66| 93|04| 11| 22| |30.02| 0.00| 73| 67| 82|24| 6| 18| |29.94| 0.00| 74| 66| 77|00| 4| 11| |16| |30.14| 0.00| 68| 65| 91|04| 13| 29| |30.00| 0.00| 77| 68| 75|24| 5| 17| |29.90| 0.00| 77| 66| 71|00| 6| 15| |19| |30.11| 0.00| 66| 64| 96|00| 12| 27| |30.00| 0.00| 74| 67| 78|24| 4| 11| |29.91| 0.00| 74| 66| 75|00| 4| 7| |22| |30.10| 0.00| 66| 65| 96|00| 12| 23| |30.01| 0.00| 68| 66| 92|24| 0| 4| |29.93| 0.00| 71| 66| 84|00| 0| 6| +--+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+ | SEP 13 | SEP 14 | SEP 15 | | | | | |01| |29.93| 0.00| 70| 64| 83|00| 0| 12| |29.95| 0.00| 64| 63| 96|00| 0| 0| |29.98| 0.00| 66| 65| 96|11| 0| 4| |04| |29.92| 0.00| 68| 63| 85|00| 7| 17| |29.94| 0.00| 62| 61| 97|00| 0| 0| |29.96| 0.00| 65| 65| 98|11| 0| 5| |07| |29.93| 0.00| 66| 64| 92|33| 0| 10| |29.97| 0.00| 61| 60| 98|00| 0| 0| |29.97| 0.00| 64| 63| 98|11| 0| 4| |10| |29.96| 0.00| 71| 66| 84|00| 7| 17| |30.01| 0.00| 72| 67| 83|00| 4| 11| |29.99| 0.00| 72| 69| 88|24| 4| 10| |13| |29.94| 0.00| 75| 67| 76|33| 11| 21| |30.00| 0.00| 78| 69| 75|00| 5| 12| |29.97| 0.00| 82| 68| 61|24| 4| 14| |16| |29.90| 0.00| 78| 69| 72|33| 6| 15| |29.95| 0.00| 80| 69| 69|00| 5| 13| |29.94| 0.00| 84| 69| 61|04| 0| 11| |19| |29.91| 0.00| 75| 68| 79|04| 5| 11| |29.95| 0.00| 77| 69| 77|33| 0| 7| |29.94| 0.00| 78| 68| 71|06| 0| 7| |22| |29.95| 0.00| 68| 66| 91|00| 0| 0| |29.98| 0.00| 70| 67| 91|11| 0| 5| |29.97| 0.00| 73| 70| 89|13| 0| 7| +--+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+ | SEP 16 | SEP 17 | SEP 18 | | | | | |01| |29.97| 0.00| 70| 67| 91|13| 0| 5| |30.06| 0.00| 72| 70| 92|04| 7| 19| |30.12| 0.00| 65| 63| 93|04| 0| 5| |04| |29.95| 0.00| 69| 67| 94|13| 0| 5| |30.05| 0.00| 72| 68| 89|04| 10| 19| |30.10| 0.00| 63| 63| 98|04| 0| 5| |07| |29.97| 0.00| 67| 66| 96|13| 0| 4| |30.06| 0.00| 71| 68| 88|04| 7| 18| |30.11| 0.00| 63| 62| 98|00| 0| 0| |10| |30.00| 0.00| 74| 69| 85|13| 0| 5| |30.10| 0.00| 72| 69| 91|04| 10| 20| |30.12| 0.00| 71| 66| 83|04| 4| 12| |13| |30.00| 0.00| 81| 72| 74|04| 5| 14| |30.11| 0.00| 74| 70| 87|04| 7| 21| |30.10| 0.00| 76| 68| 74|15| 0| 7| |16| |29.99| 0.00| 79| 71| 76|04| 7| 21| |30.09| 0.00| 73| 67| 81|04| 11| 21| |30.06| 0.00| 78| 71| 78|13| 0| 7| |19| |30.03| 0.00| 75| 70| 85|04| 7| 19| |30.10| 0.00| 70| 66| 87|04| 11| 19| |30.05| 0.00| 74| 69| 84|24| 0| 7| |22| |30.07| 0.00| 72| 70| 91|04| 6| 17| |30.13| 0.00| 68| 64| 89|04| 6| 16| |30.08| 0.00| 69| 67| 93|00| 0| 0| +--+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+
MAXIMUM SHORT DURATION PRECIPITATION
+------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+ | Time Period (minutes) | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 30 | 45 | 60 | 80 | 100 | 120 | 150 | 180 | +------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+ | Precipitation | 0.16 | 0.32 | 0.48 | 0.64 | 0.95 | 1.43 | 1.88 | 2.38 | 2.88 | 3.37 | 3.58 | 3.81 | +------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+ | Ended: Date | 08 | 08 | 08 | 08 | 08 | 08 | 08 | 08 | 08 | 08 | 08 | 08 | +------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+ | Ended: Time | 0404 | 0409 | 0414 | 0419 | 0429 | 0444 | 0500 | 0520 | 0540 | 0600 | 0559 | 0600 | +------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+ 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
September 2009: 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 | +--+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+ | SEP 19 | SEP 20 | SEP 21 | | | | | |01| |30.09| 0.00| 65| 64| 97|00| 0| 0| |30.26| 0.00| 64| 60| 87|04| 0| 7| |30.23| 0.00| 60| 58| 94|00| 0| 0| |04| |30.09| 0.00| 64| 63| 98|00| 0| 0| |30.25| 0.00| 63| 60| 89|04| 4| 10| |30.21| 0.00| 60| 59| 97|00| 0| 0| |07| |30.13| 0.00| 63| 62| 98|00| 0| 0| |30.26| 0.00| 58| 56| 94|00| 0| 0| |30.23| 0.00| 64| 64|100|06| 0| 6| |10| |30.17| 0.00| 71| 69| 93|04| 4| 12| |30.30| 0.00| 68| 61| 77|04| 6| 17| |30.24| 0.00| 74| 68| 83|04| 5| 15| |13| |30.20| 0.00| 73| 66| 79|04| 16| 26| |30.28| 0.00| 72| 60| 66|04| 7| 16| |30.23| 0.00| 79| 67| 66|02| 4| 12| |16| |30.20| 0.00| 72| 63| 73|04| 10| 21| |30.24| 0.00| 74| 61| 65|04| 6| 17| |30.20| 0.00| 80| 69| 68|04| 4| 17| |19| |30.21| 0.00| 69| 62| 79|04| 5| 17| |30.23| 0.00| 69| 60| 72|04| 5| 14| |30.20| 0.00| 75| 68| 79|06| 0| 11| |22| |30.25| 0.00| 66| 62| 87|06| 4| 13| |30.25| 0.00| 63| 60| 88|00| 0| 0| |30.23| 0.00| 73| 69| 87|04| 0| 11| +--+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+ | SEP 22 | SEP 23 | SEP 24 | | | | | |01| |30.21| 0.00| 72| 69| 88|04| 0| 11| |30.16| 0.00| 73| 72| 97|15| 0| 7| |30.09| 0.00| 72| 71| 97|15| 0| 6| |04| |30.19| 0.00| 70| 67| 90|15| 0| 4| |30.15| 0.00| 73| 72| 98|00| 0| 0| |30.08| 0.00| 71| 71| 99|22| 0| 4| |07| |30.21| 0.00| 71| 68| 92|13| 0| 5| |30.16| 0.00| 72| 72| 99|15| 0| 4| |30.07| 0.00| 70| 70|100|15| 0| 6| |10| |30.22| 0.00| 77| 70| 79|04| 1| 12| |30.20| 0.00| 77| 76| 96|15| 0| 7| |30.08| 0.00| 75| 73| 95|24| 4| 14| |13| |30.19| 0.00| 81| 72| 74|15| 4| 12| |30.15| 0.00| 85| 78| 79|15| 4| 10| |30.04| 0.00| 85| 77| 78|24| 4| 15| |16| |30.17| 0.00| 82| 73| 76|04| 5| 17| |30.10| 0.00| 81| 76| 83|00| 5| 15| |29.98| 0.00| 87| 77| 72|24| 4| 12| |19| |30.16| 0.00| 77| 73| 88|04| 5| 14| |30.11| 0.00| 78| 74| 87|15| 0| 6| |29.98| 0.00| 82| 76| 83|04| 0| 11| |22| |30.17| 0.00| 74| 71| 91|04| 4| 14| |30.09| 0.00| 74| 72| 95|15| 0| 7| |30.01| 0.00| 78| 75| 90|04| 4| 10| +--+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+ | SEP 25 | SEP 26 | SEP 27 | | | | | |01| |30.01| 0.00| 73| 73| 99|27| 0| 5| |30.20| 0.00| 68| 63| 84|04| 7| 19| |29.85| 0.05| 66| 66| 97|15| 5| 16| |04| |30.01| 0.04| 72| 72|100|27| 0| 6| |30.18| 0.00| 67| 60| 80|04| 7| 19| |29.73| 0.01| 67| 67|100|15| 5| 18| |07| |30.03| 0.00| 72| 72|100|27| 0| 4| |30.18| 0.00| 67| 60| 79|04| 5| 14| |29.69| 0.00| 69| 69|100|18| 0| 7| |10| |30.09| 0.00| 71| 69| 93|04| 7| 17| |30.18| 0.00| 69| 61| 76|04| 6| 17| |29.70| 0.00| 71| 71|100|15| 4| 11| |13| |30.12| 0.00| 69| 65| 89|04| 11| 21| |30.14| 0.00| 70| 63| 80|02| 4| 11| |29.64| 0.00| 73| 72| 95|15| 5| 16| |16| |30.12| 0.00| 66| 65| 96|04| 4| 15| |30.05| 0.00| 71| 65| 82|04| 4| 14| |29.59| 0.00| 78| 71| 79|24| 6| 19| |19| |30.15| 0.00| 68| 63| 85|04| 11| 20| |30.00| 0.00| 70| 64| 82|15| 0| 7| |29.65| 0.00| 73| 65| 76|24| 5| 19| |22| |30.19| 0.00| 68| 65| 89|04| 12| 23| |29.94| 0.00| 69| 64| 82|15| 4| 12| |29.70| 0.00| 67| 64| 90|27| 0| 10| +--+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+ | SEP 28 | SEP 29 | SEP 30 | | | | | |01| |29.72| 0.00| 63| 61| 95|27| 0| 5| |29.66| 0.00| 64| 57| 79|29| 4| 12| |29.84| 0.00| 56| 52| 86|27| 0| 10| |04| |29.71| 0.00| 59| 59| 98|00| 0| 0| |29.69| 0.00| 58| 52| 81|24| 0| 11| |29.83| 0.00| 52| 50| 92|27| 0| 6| |07| |29.73| 0.00| 58| 57| 99|00| 0| 0| |29.73| 0.00| 53| 50| 88|27| 0| 16| |29.88| 0.00| 51| 49| 94|27| 0| 7| |10| |29.71| 0.00| 66| 63| 90|15| 4| 12| |29.76| 0.00| 62| 53| 72|24| 6| 16| |29.92| 0.00| 60| 54| 82|24| 4| 10| |13| |29.60| 0.00| 78| 69| 73|20| 7| 21| |29.74| 0.00| 68| 53| 57|27| 6| 25| |29.92| 0.00| 67| 55| 65|33| 6| 17| |16| |29.51| 0.00| 80| 69| 69|20| 7| 22| |29.73| 0.00| 68| 53| 59|24| 10| 25| |29.91| 0.00| 68| 55| 63|31| 4| 12| |19| |29.52| 0.00| 75| 67| 77|18| 4| 10| |29.78| 0.00| 64| 53| 69|24| 4| 15| |29.94| 0.00| 65| 56| 72|24| 0| 6| |22| |29.60| 0.00| 68| 68| 99|29| 0| 11| |29.83| 0.00| 56| 53| 90|27| 0| 4| |29.99| 0.00| 59| 56| 90|00| 0| 0| +--+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
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| |30.035| 67| 64| 92| 2.1| 04 | 1.6| |04| |30.020| 65| 63| 93| 2.5| 03 | 2.0| |07| |30.034| 65| 63| 93| 2.5| 04 | 2.2| |10| |30.055| 70| 65| 85| 5.3| 03 | 3.4| |13| |30.038| 74| 66| 78| 6.5| 03 | 3.9| |16| |30.009| 75| 66| 76| 6.2| 02 | 3.9| |19| |30.016| 72| 65| 81| 4.6| 03 | 3.4| |22| |30.036| 68| 65| 89| 3.0| 03 | 2.6| +--+----+------+---+---+---+-----+----+----+
HOURLY PRECIPITATION (Water Equivalent)
September 2009: 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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |02 03| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |03 04| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |04 05| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |05 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 06| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |06 07| | | | | | | | | |0.12|0.52|0.07|0.01| | | | | | | | | | |0.01|07 08| |0.03| |0.41|0.44|1.87|1.49|0.32|0.35|0.27|0.15|0.08|0.18|0.06| | |0.01|0.03|0.02|0.01| | | | |08 09| | | | | | | | | | | | |0.01| | | | | | | | | | | |09 10| | | | | |0.03| |0.01|0.10| | |0.04| | | | | |0.01| | | |0.01| | |10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |0.01| | | | | | | | |11 12| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |12 13| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |13 14| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |14 15| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |15 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 16| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |0.01|16 17| | | | | | | | |0.02| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |17 18| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |18 19| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |19 20| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |20 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 21| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |21 22| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |22 23| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |23 24| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |0.19|24 25| | |0.01|0.01|0.04|0.18|0.15| | |0.01| | | | |0.08|0.02| | | | | | | | |25 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 26| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |0.02|26 27| |0.05|0.08|0.15|0.01| | | | | | |0.03|0.01| | | | | | | | | | | |27 28| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |0.01|1.07| | |28 29| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |29 30| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |30 ---+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+--- Sum| |0.09|0.09|0.57|0.49|2.08|1.64|0.33|0.47|0.40|0.67|0.22|0.21|0.06|0.08|0.03|0.01|0.04|0.02|0.01|0.01|1.08|0.00|0.23|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.)