THIS FRAME OF DATA: UPDATED 2/12/26 7:30 PM EST OBSERVER NOTES: COLD FROPA - 4th, 7th, 11th WARM FROPA - FROST - 3rd, 6th, 12th NEW STATION DAILY RECORDS: SAT, FEB 7, 2026 - The high temperature today of 33° at 12:01AM EST in the West Cradock area of Portsmouth established a NEW STATION MINIMUM HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD for the date. The previous record was 36° set in 1977. SAT FEB 7, 2026 - A NEW STATION DAILY WIND GUST record was established today with a gust of 50 mph at 8:36AM EST in the West Cradock section of Portsmouth. The previous record for this date was 46 mph in 2020. SUN, FEB 1, 2026 - The high temperature today of 29° at 3:45PM EST in the West Cradock area of Portsmouth TIED THE STATION MINIMUM MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORD for the date. The previous record was set in 1980. SUN, FEB 1, 2026 - A NEW STATION DAILY SNOWFALL RECORD was established today when 0.4" of snow was measured in the West Cradock area of Portsmouth. The previous record was a TRACE set in 1994. SUN, FEB 1, 2026 - A NEW STATION DAILY WIND GUST record was established today with a gust of 45mph at 12:01AM EST in the West Cradock section of Portsmouth. The previous record for this date was 37mph in 2013. +------+------+------+------+---+----+----+----+-------------+-----+-----+------+------+------+----+----+---+-------+-------+ | | | | | | | Number of Days | | | | Greatest Depth on Ground | +-----------------+------------------+----+----+-------------+--------------+-----------------+ of Snow, Ice Pellets or Ice | | Max Temperature | Min temperature | |Thunder 0 |Precipitation | Snow, Ice Plts + & Date 2.0" 1st 7AM EST| +--------+--------+---------+--------+----+----+-------------|Maximum Daily | 0.5" +-------+-------------+-------+ | >=90°F | <=32°F | <=32°F | <=0°F |----|----|Fog/Dense Fog| 0.09" 1st | | +--------+--------+---------+--------+----+----+ 0 0 |-------+------+---------+----+--+-------------+---------------| | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 |----|----|-------------| Sky cover: Sunny/Fair/Clear 6 Partly Cloudy 5 Cloudy 1| +--------+--------+---------+--------+----+----+-------------|--------------------------------+-----------------------------+ | Number of Days Rainfall | | | >=0.01 3 >=0.10 0 | | | >=0.50 0 >=1.00 0 | | | TRACE 3 | | +--------+--------+---------+--------+----+----+----------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ | Notes: | | 1st - another 0.4" of early morning, oft blowing snow; storm total 2" (1/31/26 PM & 2/1/26 AM); partly cloudy skies | | 2nd - continued cold with significant melting of snowpack | | 3rd - light frost, mostly sunny, cool afternoon, increasing high clouds evening | 4th - cold front brings a few -SHRA then -SHSN in the evening; weather advisory up and moisture was shunted S by FROPA | | 5th - high pressure covers the lower Mid-Atlantic; low pressure to S headed E to sea; continued colder and dry | | 6th - cold AM with light frost, warm-up & dry aft; area of -SNSH moved WNW to ESE and gave a tenth inch (0.1") of snow in | | the evening; cold weather advisories, watches, warnings issued for the 7th and 8th as arctic air heads south towards area | | 7th - a bit of -SN left over just after morning mid-over (TRACE) - skies become partly cloudy with another near sunris | | period of -SHSN; strong surface flow from the NW hits the area, keeping temps below freezing later in day with | | extremely cold, dry NW winds oft gusting to the 40 mph range and a station daily record gust of 50mph at 8:30am EST | | high wind warning persists; gusty winds continue through midnight and temps fall further in the evening with | | extreme cold warnings in place | | 8th & 9th - high pressure continues to build SSE over the Eastern seasboard; dry, arctic cold air persists; cold weather | | advisories issued for - despite slowly dimishing winds nighttimes with low temps 15-20 and wind chills to 0° and 10°| | 10th & 11th - high pressure moves seaward with milder temps filtering in and temps ranging from the 30s to the 50s; | | cold front moves into the area early on the 11th with -SHRA (TRACE); sunny/clear skies become partly cloudy | | 12th - morning frost with sunny skies and milder temps (here) in the afternoon away from the coast; indeed right along the| | the lower by and beaches of Norfolk and Virginia Beaches, temps only reached to the lower 40s. ----------+---------+--------+----+----+-------------+--------------+-----------------+-------------------------------------| 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. 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