THIS PRELIMINARY DATA - UPDATED 10/22/26 7:59PM EDT OBSERVER NOTES: SURFACE FRONTS (FROPA), SIGNIFICANT - (times noted are ET) 3rd - cold 4th - cold 8th - cold 12th - cold 15th - cold 16th - warm 17th - cold (strong) 23rd - cold FROST - none NEW STATION DAILY RECORDS: ( database to 7/1/76; daily record archives at http://genserva.com/wxr/rec.htm ) WED, OCT 14, 2026 - The high temperature today of 89° at 3:08PM EDT in the West Cradock area of Portsmouth established a NEW STATION MAXIMUM HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD for the date. The previous record was 84° set in 1985. FRI, OCT 16, 2026 - The high temperature today of 87° at 3:07PM EDT in the West Cradock area of Portsmouth established a NEW STATION MAXIMUM HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD for the date. The previous record was 86° set in 1989. FRI, OCT 16, 2026 - The low temperature today of 67° at 5:10AM EDT in the West Cradock area of Portsmouth established a NEW STATION MAXIMUM MINIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORD for the date. The previous record was 63° set in 1989. +------+------+------+------+---+----+----+----+-------------+-----+-----+------+------+------+----+----+---+-------+-------+ | | | | | | | 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|0.95" on the 4th | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 +----+----+ 3 0 | Greatest 2-day total: 0.96" 3rd & 4th | |--------+--------+---------+--------+----+----+-------------|-------+------+---------+----+--+-------------+---------------| | |----|----|-------------| Sky cover: Sunny/Fair/Clear 12 Partly Cloudy 4 Cloudy 6| +--------+--------+---------+--------+----+----+-------------|--------------------------------+-----------------------------+ | Number of Days Rainfall | | | >=0.01 4 >=0.10 2 | | | >=0.50 2 >=1.00 0 | | | TRACE 1 | | +--------+--------+---------+--------+----+----+----------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ | Notes: | |> 1st & 2nd: high pressure shifting offshore Ern US with winds shifting SE through WSW through the 2-day period; however, | | for many hours both days winds became calm, especially at night; continued warming with temps reachin 91° FRI the 2nd | |> 3rd & 4th: prefrontal light showers and drizzle; FROPA late AM on the 3rd; occasional light shower late day on the 3rd | | more occasional showers with 0.95" recorded on the 4th; event/storm total 0.96"; cloudy, damp, light winds persist | |> 5th - an early AM -SHRA; then becoming partly cloudy with NW surface flow bringing cooler, less humid temps | |> 6th & 7th: high pressure continues over the East; mostly clear, sunny skies; good radiational cooling on the 7th under | | early morning clear skies and no wind the entire pre-dawn hours bring chilly temps, dropping into the upper 40s; variable| | light winds, often CALM for overnight hours; afternoon humidity readings in the 40% range. | |> 8th: high pressure reenforced by another cold frontal passage (late afternoon); clear/sunny skies early, light winds | | then increase of high clouds stremaing in from the S & SW ahead of Hurricane Isaias in the area of the Gulf of Mexico | |> 9th & 10th: ongoing overrunning aloft of moisture extending ENE from remnants of Hurricane Isaias bringing mostly cloudy | | skies; gradual increase in temps but wedge of cooler air from the NNE continues over the area; -SHRAs traces on the 10th | |> 11th: high pressure off New England pushed further E into the Atlantic while remnants of Hurricane Isaias move into the | | eastern TN Valley & SWrn VA; what was Isaias brings a warm front N through NC and into VA; a weak wedge of slightly drier| | and cooler air to the N of the warm front helped slow the arrival of moist tropical air. SHRA early morning & again | | mid-to-late afternoon; the bulk of storm related rainfall remainded to the W, N, & S of this locale; skies mostly cloudy | | entire day. AM & afternoon SHRA move seaward and remnants continue to diminish and move into the NErn US. Anticipated | | QPF rain totals of 1-2", higher in isolated spots, never materialized for SErn VA. | |> 12th: early period cloudy skies break to become partly cloudy in the afternoon, then clear late afternoon through the | | evening; FROPA early AM 10/12/26; high pressure builds in, cooler temps, NW breezes oft in the 20mph gusts range | |> 13th: high pressure continues across SErn VA; clear/sunny skies; light SSW winds | |> 14th: record breaking (see above) warmth with temps reaching around 90° mid-afternoon; sunny/clear skies continue | |> 15th: cold front from the N settled through SErn VA during the day, sinking S into Ern NC; here partly cloudy skies with | | cooler temps, nice breezes from high pressure off over coastal New England southward | |> 16th: breezy, mostly sunny, warm; new daily record warmth (see above); evening brings increasing cloudiness late evening | |> 17th: strong cold front begins to move through early; low pressure developed along the front moving northeast from Cape | | Hatteras to east of the SErn VA coast; 0.83" of much needed rain over a 12-hour period; increasingly windy; colder temps | | flowed in during the evening dropping to 52°; coastal flood watches and advisories posted for nuisance to minor high tide| | flooding in prone areas | |> 18th: breezy, variably cloudy; coastal flood advisories still posted; continued cool | |> 19th: gusty winds continued the entire day, diminishing somewhat in the evening; ocean low pressure to the E combined | | with high pressure to the NNE to enhance wind speeds along the Virginia coastal areas; some coastal cloudiness related to| | the marine influence; coastal flood adivisories issued for the next few days; sunny, clear skies returned in the late | | afternoon and evening | |> 20th: despite the persistent breeziness, a splendid early fall day with temps ranging from the mid 50s to 70°; skies: | | clear early, then sunny skies & again clear in the evening; excellent visibilities; coastal flood advisory ongoing | |> 21st & 22nd: ongoing clear, sunny, fair skies with mostly off bay and onshore on the 21st; on the 22nd winds become | | variable W, NW, N, and NE; winds diminish at night both dates; pleasantly cooler and continued dry | | ongoing coastal flood advisories for tides running above normal throughout the period | |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA HOURLY MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION (Water Equivalent) OCTOBER 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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