For cellphone display, please use landscape viewing

 
Portsmouth Weather
Records Service
Portsmouth, Virginia





         NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center (SPC) - Surface Observation Plot NCEP Surface Observation Plot   NOAA FORECAST MAPS   PWRS GEO Satellite Slideshow   GOES EAST Geocolor   RADAR WITH STORM REPORTS   NWS Wakefield, VA Radar   NWS Wakefield, VA Radar   Accuweather Middle Atlantic Weather   Interactive CoCoRAHs 24-hours precip map


  LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AT PWRS WEST CRADOCK, PORTSMOUTH
12:55pm ET, 4/18/25

[ for graphics of each parameter below, click the appropriate link in the table;
and be sure to REFRESH this page each visit for latest data ]

sundry data workspace updates (unadjusted):  daily summary   daily archives   noaamo   climate sums   month   |    monthly updates (official/final):    month1    month2    month3   
Temperature
Dew Point
Temperature
Relative
Humidity
Wind
Barometric
Pressure
Rainfall
Past
Hour
Rainfall
Daily
Rainfall
Past
24-Hours
Rainfall
Monthly
Rainfall
Yearly
Wind Chill
Current &
Lowest Today
Heat Indices
Current &
Highest Today
81.5°
52.7°
37.0%
S 14 G 22
mph
30.219"
& Falling
0.00"
0.00"
0.00"
2.71"
12.27"
81.5°
42.9°
80.7°
80.8°




        
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKQ
REAL-TIME WEATHER ALERTS

[ with a click here]



Your NWS Forecast

    PWRS Station Metar     PWRS 24-hour Review  Radars     Observations     Desktop Graphics
    Summaries: Daily Graphs/Data     VWS Month (text)     Daily Almanacs     Station Daily Records     Daily Archives (text)
    Monthly Summaries     Extremes & Normals     All-time Records     Local Webcams     Updated PWRS Daily VWS Data     News3 HD Radar
    Lightning     Tropical     AKQ Climate Data Subpage     NexLab     Surface Map     NOAA QPF     SnowmanCam     MTU     Earthcam      Facebook



From West Cradock in Portsmouth, Virginia ...

  PWRS & AREA STATION METARS
Click here for data!


  NWS TIME SERIES VIEWER STATION OBS
Station obs:  CW9343|PWRS   KPVG   MNPV2|Money Point   KNGU   E2752   KORF   KPHF   KLFI   KFAF   KCPK   KSFQ   KEMV   KFKN   KNFE   KNTU


[ station cams with a click here! ]


  2-DAY WEATHER REVIEW

[ The frame content above can also be viewed with a click here. ]



   PWRS - WEST CRADOCK - PORTSMOUTH, VA - CW9343 NWS DATA POSTS
Click here.


  VIRGINIA NWS TIME SERIES OBSERVATIONS
Get data here.

CoCoRaHS Data Explorer

Get data here for PWRS VA-PRC-2 Portsmouth, Virginia.



 
 

Site Data Quick Links - Look It Up!


PWRS HEADLINES & NOTES:

...BE RESPECTFUL OF
INCREASED FIRE DANGER...


Virginia residents are reminded
that open burning is prohibited
before 4pm each day through April 30th.



NWS Wakefield
News & Event Review Archive



PRELIMINARY MARCH 2025
BASIC PWRS STATS
OF CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA:

(March station databases commenced in 1977)


RETURN TO WELL-ABOVE-NORMAL MEAN TEMPS

MEANS:
Highs 66.1° (+5.6°)
Lows 44.5° (+3.7°)
Monthly 55.3° (+4.7°)


WELL-BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL
2.30" (-1.75" or 57% of normal)

SNOWFALL: 0.0"



2025 YEARLY PRECIP

RAINFALL 9.56" (-1.45"/87%)
SNOWFALL 15.4" (+9.4")




MONTHLY STATION DAILY RECORDS:
(archive with a click here)


APRIL 2025
3rd - TEMP MAX HI 87°
3rd - TEMP MAX LOW TIED 62°
4th - TEMP MAX HIGH TIED 86°
4th - TEMP MAX LOW 68°
5th - TEMP MAX LOW TIED 64°
6th - TEMP MAX TIED 91°




        

  WEATHER-READY NATION SAFETY






BEACH & RIP CURRENT FORECASTS
Important "Know Before You Go" Info





  ARCHIVE OF DAILY DATA SUMMARIES

  PWRS NEW STATION RECORDS

  PWRS MONTHLY & YEAR-TO-DATE
CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARIES


  PWRS MONTHLY ALMANAC

  WEATHER DESK DAILY UPDATES:
-> Past 24-hours Observations
-> Past 5-days & Monthly Overview
-> Daily Summaries
-> Monthly Summaries

   NWS AKQ SPECIAL STATEMENTS
ARCHIVE

   NWS AKQ PORTSMOUTH
SPECIFIC SPECIAL STATEMENTS


   NWS AKQ DAILY PRECIPITATION SUMMARY

   PWRS APRSWXNET OBSERVATION PAGE

PWRS Main Weather Subpages
  • observations
    now & then; real-time observations from West Cradock in Portsmouth, Virginia, and the world
  • quick data
    links to the data files we update daily (click each phrase):
    desktop graphics | past 24-hours obs | accumulated monthly obs | today's preliminary summary | yesterday's summary | current monthly summary | monthly LCD summaries | graph of obs past month | station day-by-day almanac
  • webcams
    cams to check local, time-lapse video, archived movies from the weather observation window
  • trends
    weather trends shown in graphical plots
  • climate database
    daily, monthly, yearly, long-term, extremes & normals
  • forecasts & tools
    get your forecast & tools for forecast here including discussions, maps, conversion calculators, satellite images
    astronomical data, tides
  • marine forecasts & tides
    coastal waterway forecasts & tidal predictions, discussions, maps, conversion calculators, satellite images
    astronomical data, tides
  • model projections
    computer model analyses and projections
  • monthly summary
    current data updated daily
  • radars & satellite imagery
    local, Virginia, national, and beyond!
  • severe weather
    severe weather watches and warnings locally and across
    the United States
  • tropical weather
    when the tropics are alive, so are we!
  • updates
    the files we update each day

    Other Station Quickpaths:

    PWRS Datalogger Raw Data:
    [unedited]
    Today       Yesterday

    Full Desktop Display

    All Data Summary

    Almanac - Current Month

    Station Daily Records


     
    Search PWRS / WEB
    for More Weather


    Google
    Search our site for data & documents below:

    Search this site or the web powered by FreeFind

    Site search Web search





    RADARS & Satellite Imagery
    [ click here for various radars and satellite views! ]










    usually from Downtown Portsmouth (VA)
    professional courtesy of WAVY.com

    [ Click here to enlarge ]

     


    PWRS

    Expanded Station Observations
    all times are Eastern Time (US)


    Updated @ 12:55pm ET



    Sun & Moon

     Sunrise: 6:25am  Sunset: 7:41pm
    Moonrise: 12:33am  Moonset: 9:38am


    Temperatures


    Current: 81.5° at 12:55pm

    Comfort Level: Warm

    Max: 81.5° at 12:52pm
    Min: 45.5° at 6:03am
    24-hour Difference: 20.3°
    Daily Average: 55.7°


    Wind Chill: 81.5° at 12:55pm
    Min: 42.9° at 6:03am

    Heat Index: 80.7° at 12:55pm
    Max: 80.8° at 12:52pm

    Dew Point


    Current: 52.7° at 12:55pm


    Max:  57.1° at 11:12am
    Min:  41.2° at 5:51am


    Relative Humidity


    Current: 37.0% at 12:55pm

    Max:  89.0% at 6:42am
    Min:  36.0% at 12:53pm


    Wind Speed & Direction


    Current max wind speed:
    S  22 mph | 12:55pm


    Max:  25 mph at 9:48am

    Daily Average Direction: 158°



    Barometric (Sea Level) Pressure


    Current: 30.219" & Falling
    at 12:55pm

    Rate: -0.025" past hour
    24-hour Difference: -0.001"
    Max: 30.303" at 8:10am
    Min: 30.219" at 12:55pm
    Average: 30.244"


    Rainfall

    Hourly: 0.00" at 12:55pm
    Rain Rate: 0.00" per hour

    Daily: 0.00" thru 12:55pm

    Past 24-hours ending 12:55pm: 0.00"

    Monthly: 2.71"
    Yearly: 12.27"

                    
            accumulations        winter precip guidance

    Snowfall
    2024-2025


    0.2" - 2/20/25
    10.8" - 2/19/25
    TRACE - 2/11/25
    1.3" - 1/22/25
    1.0" - 1/21/25
    1.9" - 1/11/25
    0.1" - 1/10/25
    TRACE - 1/6/25
    0.1" - 1/5/25
    TRACE - 1/3/25

    Season Station Total: 15.4"


    Snowfall
    2023-2024
      

    Season Station Total: 0.0"

    Snowfall
    2022-2023
      
    Season Station Total: 0.0"


    Snowfall
    2021-2022

    Season Station Total: 9.8"

    0.1" on 1/3/22
    0.1" on 1/20/22

    3.0" on 1/21/22
    3.0" on 1/22/22
    STORM TOTAL: 6.0" on 1/21-22/22

    1.2" on 1/28/22
    2.3" on 1/29/22
    STORM TOTAL: 3.5" on 1/28-29/22

    0.1" on 3/12/22


     MARC Snowfall Totals Mid-Atlantic

     WeatherStreet.com
    Virginia Snow Depth
    & Snow Accumulation




    Click to check strip chart for past 30-days.


        
    MEDIA-READY GRAPHICS




    AFFILIATIONS

     

    PWRS is a
    NWS Time Series Station

    APRSWXNET/CWOP Station

    & a MesoWest Station

    NWS WAKEFIELD SKYWARN - SPOTTER

    ATLANTIC COAST OBSERVER NETWORK -
    VA/NC/SC
    Since 1995

    CoCoRaHS NETWORK
    Since 7/1/07


     

    Weather Underground


    Wunderground.com

    West Henrico, Co.
    Glen Allen, VA Weather

    PWS Personal Weather Station via MADIS

    WHRO Public Media

     

    WeatherStreet.com home page

    Windy.com

     


    Copyright 1995-2025 by PWRS - http://genserva.com/wxr
    Portsmouth, Virginia


























    https://staticmaps.cocorahs.org/homepagemap http://genserva.com/wxr/coco_rainfall_daily_AM.htm