THIS FRAME OF DATA: UPDATED 4/14/26 11:59 PM EDT OBSERVER NOTES: SURFACE FRONTS - 6th (cold FROPA), 11th (cold FROPA) FROST - NEW STATION DAILY RECORDS: ( database to 7/1/76; archives at http://genserva.com/wxr/rec.htm ) TUE, APR 14, 2026 - The low temperature today of 65° at 4:54AM EDT in the West Cradock area of Portsmouth TIED THE STATION MAXIMUM LOW TEMPERATURE RECORD for the date. The previous record was set in 2019. FRI, APR 3, 2026 - The low temperature today of 63° at 7:16AM EDT in the West Cradock area of Portsmouth established a NEW STATION MAXIMUM LOW TEMPERATURE RECORD for the date. The previous record was 62° set in 2000. THU, APR 2, 2026 - The high temperature today of 85° at 2:17PM 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 2003. WED, APR 1, 2026 - The high temperature today of 87° at 3:45PM EDT in the West Cradock area of Portsmouth established at NEW STATION MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORD for the date. The previous record was 86° set in 1979. +------+------+------+------+---+----+----+----+-------------+-----+-----+------+------+------+----+----+---+-------+-------+ | | | | | | | 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| 0.58" 5th Max 2-day rainfall: 0.58" | +--------+--------+---------+--------+----+----+ 0 0 |-------+------+---------+----+--+-------------+---------------| | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |----|----|-------------| Sky cover: Sunny/Fair/Clear 13 Partly Cloudy 1 Cloudy 0 | +--------+--------+---------+--------+----+----+-------------|--------------------------------+-----------------------------+ | Number of Days Rainfall | | | >=0.01 1 >=0.10 1 | | | >=0.50 1 >=1.00 0 | | | TRACE 0 | | +--------+--------+---------+--------+----+----+----------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ | Notes: | |>1st-4th: high pressure continued to cover SErn VA but shifting seaward on the 4th; dry, breezy with a new record temps for| | the first three days(see above) | |>5th: partly cloudy early with approaching cold front in western VA; front triggers line of TSRA and shower which moved | | around 2:00pm EDT; light showers through the evening ending just before midnight | |>6th: FROPA early then clearing to become mostly sunny/fair, much cooler and breezy | |>7th: strong high pressure to the NNE brought sunny/clear skies, cool, dry temps | |>8th: refreshing onshore flow from the NE as strong high pressure holds over the area; breezy, cool; continued mostly | | sunny/fair/clear skies, not as breezy and a bit milder in the afternoon on the 8th | |>9th-10th: the beautiful spring weather continues; sunny/clear skies, less breeziness, cool nights, mild afternoons, dry | |>11th: another really nice day; cold FROPA drifted through late AM holding temps in the mid 70s here (ccoler at the coast)| | temps fell into the 50s in the evening as high pressure built in from the N | |>12th-13th: high pressure over the East continued to provide nice weather with cool morning lows and increasingly warm | | afternoons, in the low to mid-70s on the 12th and in the low to midle 80s on MON the 13th. | |14th: another warm day with temps climbing to near 90°; the AM low temp of 65˜° tide the 2019 max min temp record; still no| | rain! drought continues |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 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. 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