THIS FRAME OF DATA: UPDATED 3/23/26 11:59 PM EDT OBSERVER NOTES: SURFACE FRONTS - 1st (cold fropa from NNE), 6th (back-door from NE), 7th (warm fropa from SSW), 12th - cold front, 14th cold fropa, 15th warm fropa, 16th, 21st (cold front from N), 23rd (cold fropa) FROST - 12th, 13th, 18th, 19th, 20th NEW STATION DAILY RECORDS: ( archives at http://genserva.com/wxr/rec.htm ) SUN, MAR 22, 2026 - The high temperature today of 84° at 2:30PM EDT in the West Cradock area of Portsmouth established at NEW STATION MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORD for the date. The previous record was 79° set in 2012. WED, MAR 11, 2026 - The high temperature today of 88° at 3:00PM EDT in the West Cradock area of Portsmouth established at NEW STATION MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORD for the date. The previous record was 83° set in 1990. WED, MAR 11, 2026 - The low temperature today of 62° at 7:29AM EDT in the West Cradock area of Portsmouth established a NEW MAXIMUM MINIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORD for the date. The previous record was 57° set in 2000. TUE, MAR 10, 2026 - The high temperature today of 86° at 3:00PM EDT in the West Cradock area of Portsmouth established at NEW STATION MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORD for the date. The previous record was 81° set in 2016. MON, MAR 9, 2026 - The low temperature today of 60° at 11:59PM EDT in the West Cradock area of Portsmouth established a NEW MAXIMUM MINIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORD for the date. The previous record was 58° set in 2000. SUN, MAR 8, 2026 - The low temperature today of 64° at 11:59PM EDT in the West Cradock area of Portsmouth established a NEW MAXIMUM MINIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORD for the date. The previous record was 60° set in 2009. +------+------+------+------+---+----+----+----+-------------+-----+-----+------+------+------+----+----+---+-------+-------+ | | | | | | | Number of Days | | | | Greatest Depth on Ground | +-----------------+------------------+----+----+-------------+--------------+-----------------+ of Snow, Ice Pellets or Ice | | Max Temperature | Min temperature | |Thunder 0 |Precipitation | Snow, Ice Plts + & Date 0.0" | +--------+--------+---------+--------+----+----+-------------|Maximum Daily | 0.0" +-------+-------------+-------+ | >=90°F | <=32°F | <=32°F | <=0°F |----|----|Fog/Dense Fog| 0.85" 16th Max 2-day rainfall: 0.88" 15th-16th| +--------+--------+---------+--------+----+----+ 9 2 |-------+------+---------+----+--+-------------+---------------| | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |----|----|-------------| Sky cover: Sunny/Fair/Clear 9 Partly Cloudy 11 Cloudy 3 | +--------+--------+---------+--------+----+----+-------------|--------------------------------+-----------------------------+ | Number of Days Rainfall | | | >=0.01 7 >=0.10 3 | | | >=0.50 2 >=1.00 0 | | | TRACE 1 | | +--------+--------+---------+--------+----+----+----------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ | Notes: | |>1st: fair skies & warming temps early with FROPA dropping them in the afternoon to reach the upper 30s late evening; | | an increase in high clouds latter half of day | |>2nd: increasing clouds & fog develop in the colder air from the ENE with high pressure sinking across the lower | | Mid-Atlantic as moisture moves in from the WSW arriving late evening; only some -RA noted in late evening (0.01") | |>3rd: considerable, fog (close to dense) in the morning; then becoming variably & partly cloudy afternoon & evening; | | strong temperature variation from coast to 30 miles inland; highs 40s at the immediate coast to near 60° inland areas | |>4th & 5th: despite AM ground fog, both days were milder reaching the lower 80s Thursday afternoon; nice spring conditions | |>6th: another bright spring morning and early afternoon; then, back-door cold front came onshore and brought low couds and | | fog with temps dropping from the mid-70s to the mid-40s in the evening. | |>7th: dense morning fog lifts by late AM; SSW'ly winds scour out any remaining fog and low clouds of the morn; plenty of | | sun in the afternoon | |>8th: partly cloudy skies as a front moves SE across VA; SHRA of rain here late evening; new MAXIMUM MINIMUM TEMP RECORD | | for the date; see above | |>9th: Once again, early morning fog and dense fog with cloudy skies; clouds break, fog dissipates followed by sunshine and | | a clear evening altho' some high clouds streaming overhead; new station record maximum minimum temp record; see above | |>10th: high pressure builds across the area; morning fog and some afternoon haze; new station record max temp; see above | |>11th: mostly sunny, becoming breezy at times; new station max temperature record for the date; see above | |>12th: warm morning 77° and variably cloudy skies; cold front passed late afternoon, dropping temps to the mid and upper | | in the evening; Canadian high pressure sinking SE not quite ready to give up visiting us! Much needed rainfall 0.66", | | frost in the late evening | |>13th: significant frost as winds become CALM in the AM and moisture remains high; high pressure builds across the lower | | Mid-Atlantic & winds become gusty mostly from the W then SSW; temps warm into the mid-50s in the afternoon | |>14th: high pressure departs to the E while a surface front dropping from NNW to the SE under low over SErn Canada; the new| | system brings a wind shift in from the N, then ENE, from eventually SE; winds diminish in the evening; SU then fair slies | |>15th: rather progressive changes in the weather; morning wedge of cool air replaced by northward moving warm front | | bringing warmer air, increasing humidity, mostly SE breezes; partly cloudy skies with a few SHRA arriving late evening | |>16th: SHRA early moving SSW to NNE; mostly cloudy with gusty S winds to 46mph before noon, then more scattered SHRA; | | ahead of strong cold front, line of SHRA with embedded TSRA moves across the eastern part of the state in the late | | afternoon and evening; more near 40mph gusts with the cold front as colder air moves in overnight. | |>17th: colder; mostly sunny, breezy at times | |>18th: high pressure over the area with a frosty, cold morning and temps only rising to the low 40s with an onshore flow | |>19th: high pressure continues to dominate the Middle Atlantic; morning frost with less cool afternoon temps | |>20th: high pressure still over the area; no wind AM and temps low to mid 30s led to frost; sunny to partly cloudy skies | | with some light showers passing late evening; only a trace through midnight | |>21st: early AM -RA followed by clearing... a mostly sunny day with cold FROPA passage just before 12NOON EST | |>22nd: high pressure moving seaward brought SSW winds that pushed temps to a record high for the day in the March database | | to 1977 (see above); mostly sunny skies and a warm evening | |>23rd: a developing cold front which settled SSE across Virginia brought the mild temps of the morning and early afternoon | | to an abrupt end. Cold air pushed through in the late afternoon bringing a wind gust to 38mph as the front passed around | | 5pm EST. A brief SHRA was noted as the front passed and temps fell into the upper 40s by midnight. | |---+---------+--------+----+----+-------------+--------------+-----------------+-------------------------------------------| PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA HOURLY MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION (Water Equivalent) March 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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