THIS FRAME OF DATA: UPDATED 1/14/25 11:59 PM EST OBSERVER NOTES: COLD FROPA - 1st, 7th (just before midnight), 10th, 11th, 15th WARM FROPA - 9th FROST - 2nd(AM, light), 4th, 5th (AM), 6th (AM), 12th (scattered, light), 13th NEW STATION DAILY RECORDS: SAT, JAN 10, 2026 - The high temperature today of 75° at 2:33PM EST in the West Cradock area of Portsmouth ESTABLISHED A NEW STATION MAXIMUM HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD for the date. The previous record was 69° set in 2020. SAT, JAN 10, 2026 - The low temperature today of 62° at 6:30AM EST in the West Cradock area of Portsmouth ESTABLISHED AT NEW STATION MAXIMUM LOW TEMPERATURE RECORD for the date. The previous record was 51° set in 2000. FRI, JAN 09, 2026 - The high temperature today of 75° at 12:52PM EST in the West Cradock area of Portsmouth ESTABLISHED A NEW STATION MAXIMUM HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD for the date. The previous record was 71° set in 2008. +------+------+------+------+---+----+----+----+-------------+-----+-----+------+------+------+----+----+---+-------+-------+ | | | | | | | Number of Days | | | | Greatest Depth on Ground | +-----------------+------------------+----+----+-------------+--------------+-----------------+ of Snow, Ice Pellets or Ice | | Max Temperature | Min temperature | |Thunder 0 |Precipitation | Snow, Ice Plts + and Date | +--------+--------+---------+--------+----+----+-------------|Maximum Daily | 0.0" +-------+-------------+-------+ | >=90°F | <=32°F | <=32°F | <=0°F |----|----|Fog/Dense Fog| 0.00" |-----------------------------------------------+ +--------+--------+---------+--------+----+----+ 2 0 |-------+------+---------+----+--+-------------+---------------+ | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |----|----|-------------| Sky cover: Sunny/Fair/Clear 5 Partly Cloudy 8 Cloudy 1| +--------+--------+---------+--------+----+----+-------------|--------------------------------+-----------------------------+ | Number of Days Rainfall | | | >=0.01 2 >=0.00 0 | | | >=0.50 0 >=1.00 0 | | | TRACE 1 | | +--------+--------+---------+--------+----+----+----------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ | Notes: | | 1st-5th - high pressure covering the NErn US coast to the local area continued below normal temps; dry | | 6th-7th - high pressure ridge begins to build across the Ern US; temps moderate with afternoon highs in the 60s; dry | | 8th - high pressure modifies further with a dominant SSW flow developing further pushing after temps to around 70°; dry | | dry cold frontal passage late evening with winds shifting in from the NNE & temps dropping back to around 50° by midnight | | 9th - chilly AM as high pressure settles southward from SErn Canada into the Lower Mid-Atlantic states and SErn US wedging| | down the coast early days bringing a chilly period; warm FROPA, temps climb to station daily record highs in the afternoon| | 10th - new station daily records were recorded ahead of a cold front moving through in late evening; some fog at sunrise | | and a SHRA just before sunrise; forecasted rains (up to a half-inch) never made it into the locale | | 11th - just a trace of rain with FROPA 1 followed by another cold frontal passage in the afternoon, incresing winds | | gusting to the 30 mph range late day; high pressure builds into the area with colder, drier, more seasonal conditions | | 12th - 13th - high pressure builds eastward across the upper South and lower Mid-Atlantic; some scattered -FROST early on | | the 12th and frosty on the morning of the 13th. Generally colder temps with dry afternoons; skies fair/sunny/clear | | Temps moderate to the low 60s | | 14th - partly cloudy skies with cold from "barreling" towards the area from W; some breeziness at times, -SHRA | |----+--------+---------+--------+----+----+-------------+--------------+-----------------+---------------------------------| PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA HOURLY MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION (Water Equivalent) January 2026: PWRS Portsmouth, Virginia Station: PWRS Portsmouth, Virginia Latitude: 36° 59' 09" N Longitude: 76° 33' 00" W Elevation (ground): 13 feet Time Zone: Eastern ---+-----------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+--- | | | D| A.M. Hour Ending at | P.M. 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