THIS PRELIMINARY FRAME OF DATA: UPDATED 6/19/26 11:59PM EDT OBSERVER NOTES: SURFACE FRONTS - (times noted are EDT) 1st - cold ~12:30PM 7th - cold ~ 9:00PM 13th - cold early AM 19th - wind shift fropa around 1PM FROST - none NEW STATION DAILY RECORDS: ( database to 7/1/76; daily record archives at http://genserva.com/wxr/rec.htm ) WED, JUN 3, 2026 - The low temperature today of 53° at 6:04AM EDT in the West Cradock area of Portsmouth established a NEW MINIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORD for the date. The previous record was 54° set in 1992. THU, JUN 11, 2026 - The high temperature today of 95° at 2:50PM EDT in the West Cradock area of Portsmouth established a NEW STATION MAXIMUM HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD for the date. The previous record was 94° set in 2015. FRI, JUN 12, 2026 - The high temperature today of 98° at 2:54PM EDT in the West Cradock area of Portsmouth TIED THE STATION MAXIMUM HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD for the date. The previous record was set in 1986. FRI, JUN 12, 2026 - The low temperature today of 76° at 5:55AM EDT in the West Cradock area of Portsmouth established a NEW MAXIMUM MINIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORD for the date. The previous record was 74° set in 2023. FRI, JUN 12, 2026 - A NEW STATION DAILY WIND GUST record was established today with a gust of 35 mph at 10:21PM EDT in the West Cradock section of Portsmouth. The previous record for this date was 31 mph in 2022. SAT, JUN 13, 2026 - The low temperature today of 75° at 6:26AM EDT in the West Cradock area of Portsmouth TIED THE STATION MAXIMUM LOW TEMPERATURE RECORD for the date. The previous record was set in 2022. +------+------+------+------+---+----+----+----+-------------+-----+-----+------+------+------+----+----+---+-------+-------+ | | | | | | | 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| 0.89" 10th | +--------+--------+---------+--------+----+----+ 0 0 |-------+------+---------+----+--+-------------+---------------| | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |----|----|-------------| Sky cover: Sunny/Fair/Clear 14 Partly Cloudy 4 Cloudy 1 | +--------+--------+---------+--------+----+----+-------------|--------------------------------+-----------------------------+ | Number of Days Rainfall | | | >=0.01 3 >=0.10 3 | | | >=0.50 1 >=1.00 0 | | | TRACE 0 | | +--------+--------+---------+--------+----+----+----------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ | Notes: | |>1st: high pressure continues with re-enforcing flow from the N with FROPA mid-day; few clouds but mostly sunny/fair; winds| | early from the SSW shifting into the N then NE after noon | |>2nd-3rd: high pressure continues to build SE from the Great Lakes; rather breezy as entering high & low offshore increase | | surface wind flow; sunny/clear skies, lower humidity except at sunrise, quite pleasant; new record low temperature on the | | 3rd (see above) | |>4th & 5th: high pressure over Mid-Atlantic; variable light winds with afternoon temps reaching the mid-80s on the 4th; | | 90° on the 5th; continued dry; ongoing moderate-to-severe drought regionally (SErn VA) | |>6th: high pressure still in control of area but shifting seaward; hot & hazy in the afternoon; generally light winds, some| | nice breezes in the evening with steady breezes to near 20mph through midnight | |>7th: another sunny, dry, hot day; fire danger hazardous outlook posted; SW winds most of the day with a weak FROPA late | | evening; winds then shift in from the NE; high pressure beginning to build down from the N and over the VA coast | |>8th: still waiting on some rain relief! Drought continues; cooler, dry; breezy late AM through sunset; mostly sunny but | | some ocean strata come ashore | |>9th: high pressure still in control but is shifting eastward into the Western Atlantic; return backside SSW flow to bring | | in humidity and much warmer temps rising into the 90s WED, THU, & FRI; severe drought conditions persist | |>10th: stronger mostly southerly flow early day; warmer & more humid; trough N to S across Virginia; hot sun and good lift | | ahead and along trough came together to develop TSRA which moved through in the late afternoon before sunset resulting in | | much needed rainfall (0.89"); lst measurable rainfall in 12 days! | |>11th: heat and humidity increase, winds are light, temps climb to the mid-90s; a new daily max temp record for the date; | | see new record above; skies again are mostly sunny/fair; trough line over central VA does not trigger any thunderstorsm | |>12th: hottest day of the new summer climatological season with new max temp, new max minimum temp, new wind gust record | | (outflow from nearby thunderstorms); for new records, see above, scattered SHRA and TSRA in the local area but none here | | mostly sunny, hazy, oppresively hot, humid; heat advisory 11AM till 8PM; generally light, much welcomed breezes | |>13th: FROPA early AM; then mostly sunny, light breezes, not so hot, stil some haze in the afternoon, not as humid | |>14th: hot conditions return on a S'ly flow; haze increases and TSRAs develop near the station and again mid-evening | |>15th: high pressure to N sinks southward shifting winds from the S early into an onshore flow mid-morning through the rest| | of the day. Generally light onshore flow cools things off during the day and evening; rather pleasant with highs holding | | lower 80s; still in drought conditions; partly cloudy skies | |>16th: light to calm winds early followed by a mostly sunny day and a "cooling" light onshore flow NE thru' SE; temps range| | from the mid 60s to the upper 70s peaking at 80°; continued dry | |>17th: another sunny, warm day with some haze and nice breezes at times | |>18th: areas of SHRA and TSRA moved across very Srn VA early day and remained to the S of the station; partly cloudy skies,| | haze mainly in the afternoon; afternoon sun returns temps to the lower 90s before falling back to the upper 80s late | |>19th: abundant moisture in-flow on SW winds ahead of a cold/wind shift front; SHRA with a rumble of thunder from near sun-| | rise through late morning; then still mostly cloudy as little wind or change in temps with front to scour out clouds | |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA HOURLY MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION (Water Equivalent) JUNE 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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