THIS FRAME OF DATA: UPDATED 9/30/25 11:59PM EDT OBSERVER NOTES: FROPA: 6th (late evening), 20th, 28th FROST: NEW STATION DAILY RECORDS: THU, SEP 25, 2025 The low temperature today of 73° at 6:10AM EDT in the West Cradock area of Portsmouth established a NEW MAXIMUM MINIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORD for the date. The previous record was 72° set in 1980. MON SEP 15, 2025 A NEW STATION DAILY WIND GUST record was established today with a gust of 33 mph at 3:17PM EDT in the West Cradock section of Portsmouth. The previous record for this date was 32mph in 2011. THU, SEP 11, 2025 A NEW STATION DAILY RAINFALL RECORD was set today when 0.91" of rain fell in the West Cradock area of Portsmouth. The previous record for the date was 0.84" set in 1996. THU, SEP 11, 2025 The high temperature today of 70° at 1:21PM EDT in the West Cradock area of Portsmouth established a NEW STATION MINIMUM MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORD for the date. The previous record was 73° set in 2012. TUE SEP 9, 2025 A NEW STATION DAILY WIND GUST record was established today with a gust of 32 mph at 3:12PM EDT in the West Cradock section of Portsmouth. The previous record for this date was 28mph in 2003. +------+------+------+------+---+----+----+----+-------------+-----+-----+------+------+------+----+----+---+-------+-------+ | | | | | | | 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 0.0 | +--------+--------+---------+--------+----+----+-------------|Maximum Daily| 0 0 +-------+-------------+-------+ | >=90°F | <=32°F | <=32°F | <=0°F |----|----|Fog/Dense Fog| 3.03" 16th |-----------------------------------------------+ +--------+--------+---------+--------+----+----+ 9 0 +-------+------+---------+----+--+-------------+---------------+ | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |----|----|-------------| Sky cover: Sunny/Fair/Clear 15 Partly Cloudy 4 Cloudy 11| +--------+--------+---------+--------+----+----+----------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ | Number of Days Rainfall | | | >=0.01 09 >=0.10 06 | | | >=0.50 03 >=1.00 02 | | +--------+--------+---------+--------+----+----+----------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ | Notes: | | 1st-6th - High pressure covers the Middle Atlantic with below normal and dry temps | | 9th-11th - A band of SHRA develops from Srn Eastern show SW across the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, with +SHRA locally | | in response to offshore cold front turned trough | | 15th-16th - strong offshore low pressure to ESE strengthens and sends SHRA and TSRA from offshore westerward across the | | area, watches & warnings posted; | | 15th-17th - considerable flooding across the area as some spots in the area received up to 8inches of rain | | low pressure storm/event total precip at this station was 3.04" with 3.03" on the 16th (not a daily record) | | 24th-25th - hot weather returns in the afternoons as early fall high pressure covers much of the Eastern US; some increase| | in afternoon and evening SHRA and TSRA activity which remained to the west and north of the station | | 27th - slow moving trough and upper low combine to produce SHRA/+TSRS over SErn VA in late afternoon & early evening | | local minor street flooding - 2.12" storm total / 1.59" between 6 and 7PM EDT | +--------+--------+---------+--------+----+----+-------------+--------------+-----------------+-----------------------------|