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Weather Records Service
Local Climatological Data
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Station:
PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA
Month: FEBRUARY Year: 2004 Latitude: 36 48 04 N Longitude: 76 19 37 W Station Elevation: 20 FT Standard Time: EST |
LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS-TYPE FORM: F-6)
STATION: PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA
MONTH: FEBRUARY
YEAR: 2004
LATITUDE: 36 48 04 N
LONGITUDE: 76 19 40 W
NOTE: DATA MAY EXTEND BEYOND RIGHT MARGIN
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AVG AVG PK PK MAX MIN MAX MIN DOM WX
DY MAX MIN AVG DEP HDD CDD WTR SNW DPTH DIR SPD DIR SPD BAR BAR HUM HUM SKY TYPES / NOTES
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1 36 22 29.0 -12 36.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 0 360 4.9 360 20 0440 0267 72 46 SU COLD FROST (PM)
2 45 23 34.0 -9 31.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 0 045 2.5 045 15 0500 0286 87 55 PC FROST (AM)
3 54 35 44.5 +2 20.5 0.0 0.26 0.0 0 270 4.9 270 27 0286 9882 91 73 PC 1 SHRA FROPA
4 49 31 40.0 -2 25.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 0 360 4.9 248 17 0504 0095 88 51 SU COOLER
5 46 29 37.5 0 27.5 0.0 0.00 0.0 0 045 4.4 045 17 0599 0349 88 63 PC
6 72 43 57.5 +20 7.5 0.0 0.19 0.0 0 180 6.5 180 27 0372 9626 100 65 PC 18 SHRA WARM HUMID
7 64 38 51.0 +13 14.0 0.0 0.17 0.0 0 270 7.4 270 27 0022 9568 100 49 PC 1 SHRA FROPA
8 43 29 36.0 -2 29.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 0 360 5.6 315 25 0589 0022 67 33 SU COLDER BREEZY
9 53 27 40.0 0 25.0 0.0 0.07 0.0 0 203 2.0 180 18 0578 0234 93 46 C 1 SHRA
10 54 41 47.5 +7 17.5 0.0 0.00 0.0 0 270 3.5 270 16 0234 9976 95 58 C 1
11 51 37 44.0 +2 21.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 0 270 2.6 293 15 0260 0005 84 42 PC 1 FROPA
12 40 35 37.5 -2 27.5 0.0 0.28 0.0 0 158 0.5 158 12 0257 0140 96 72 C 1 -RA -WETSN
13 55 31 43.0 +5 22.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 0 360 2.0 270 16 0165 0090 99 49 PC 12 -FROST FROPA
14 54 36 45.0 +2 20.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 0 225 2.6 270 15 0098 9939 82 43 PC
15 45 30 37.5 -6 27.5 0.0 0.37 1.2 1.2 023 8.7 023 28 0165 9933 91 56 PC 14 FROPA RA SN
16 36 27 31.5 -12 33.5 0.0 T 0.0 1.2 360 9.5 023 27 0564 0134 84 61 PC -SHSN FROPA BREEZY
17 38 30 34.0 -8 31.0 0.0 0.42 0.0 0.5 023 6.8 360 22 0551 0230 97 73 C 14 -SHSN RA COLD DAMP
18 46 33 39.5 -3 25.5 0.0 0.00 0.0 0 360 8.7 360 27 0227 0066 96 43 PC BREEZY COOL FROPA
19 61 29 45.0 -1 20.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 0 270 3.5 270 21 0059 9932 71 34 PC
20 71 34 52.5 +6 12.5 0.0 0.00 0.0 0 203 5.8 180 26 9953 9660 81 26 SU BREEZY MILDER
21 66 45 55.5 +8 9.5 0.0 0.00 0.0 0 270 10.5 293 38 9947 9603 75 25 PC FROPA WINDY MILD
22 54 32 43.0 -5 22.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 0 360 3.2 360 19 0239 9947 82 37 SU COLDER
23 51 28 39.5 -9 25.5 0.0 0.00 0.0 0 023 1.3 023 13 0297 0137 89 46 PC FROST CHILLY
24 57 40 48.5 +2 16.5 0.0 0.00 0.0 0 158 3.0 360 28 0137 9882 82 52 PC FROPA
25 47 33 40.0 -4 25.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 0 360 9.4 360 27 0241 9983 76 37 SU COOL BREEZY
26 40 34 37.0 -6 28.0 0.0 T 0.0 0 023 9.2 023 23 0283 0126 80 53 C BREEZY COLD -SHRA
27 46 33 39.5 -5 25.5 0.0 0.00 0.0 0 023 10.4 023 28 0255 0106 75 42 PC FROPA BREEZY COLD
28 54 30 42.0 -3 23.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 0 023 4.6 338 17 0379 0240 86 35 SU
29 69 28 48.5 +7 16.5 0.0 0.00 0.0 0 225 5.6 270 20 0378 0275 79 22 -PC
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SM 665.0 0.0 1.76 1.2
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AV 51.6 32.5 42.1 -0.6 0.06 214 5.34 211 22 0296 0029 86 48
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NOTES:
WINDS IN M.P.H.
CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS-TYPE FORM: F-6) , PAGE 2
STATION: PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA
MONTH: FEBRUARY
YEAR: 2004
LATITUDE: 36 48 04 N
LONGITUDE: 76 19 40 W
[TEMPERATURE DATA] [PRECIPITATION DATA] SYMBOLS USED IN WX TYPES COLUMN
AVERAGE MAXIMUM: 51.6 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 1.76" 1 = FOG
AVERAGE MAX DEP: -0.3 DPTR FM NORMAL: -1.56" OR 53% 2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
AVERAGE MINIMUM: 32.5 GRTST 24HR 0.42" ON THE 17TH TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
AVERAGE MIN DEP: -1.0 GRTST DAILY 0.42" ON THE 17TH 3 = THUNDER
AVERAGE MONTHLY: 42.1 SNOW, ICE PELLETS, GLAZE 4 = ICE PELLETS
AVERAGE MON DEP: -0.6 TOTAL MONTH: 1.2" 5 = HAIL
GRTST DAILY 1.2" ON 15TH 6 = GLAZE OR RIME
HIGHEST: 72 ON 6 GRTST 24HR 1.2" ON 15-16TH 7 = BLOWING DUST OR SAND:
LOWEST: 22 ON 1 GRTST DEPTH: 1.2" ON 15TH & 16TH VSBY ½ MILE OR LESS
8 = SMOKE OR HAZE
[NO. OF DAYS WITH] [PRECIP - DAYS WITH MEASURABLE] 9 = BLOWING SNOW
X = TORNADO
MAX 32 OR BELOW: 0 0.01 INCH OR MORE: 7 OR 24.14%
MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 0 0.10 INCH OR MORE: 6
MIN 32 OR BELOW: 15 0.50 INCH OR MORE: 0
MIN 0 OR BELOW: 0 1.00 INCH OR MORE: 0
[HDD (BASE 65) ] [# DAYS WITH]
TOTAL THIS MO. 665.0 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) 7 10 FOG
PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7) 17 1 DENSE FOG [VSBY 1/4 MILE OR LESS]
SEASONAL 2636.5 CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 5 0 THUNDERSTORMS
0 # OF THUNDERSTORMS
[CDD (BASE 65) ] 4 SNOW
TOTAL THIS MO. 0.0 5 FROST
[PRESSURE DATA] [AVERAGE SKY COVER]
SEASONAL TOTAL 4.5 HIGHEST SLP 30.599" ON THE 5TH 47.1%
LOWEST SLP 29.568" ON THE 7TH
AVERAGE SLP 30.162"
[STATION RECORDS]
6TH - TEMPERATURE MAXIMUM 72° [PREVIOUSLY 62° IN 1990]
7TH - TEMPERATURE MAXIMUM 64° [PREVIOUSLY 62° IN 1990]
15TH - PRECIPITATION - SNOWFALL 1.2" [PREVIOUSLY 0.5" 1986]
YEAR-TO-DATE
[TEMPERATURE DATA] [PRECIPITATION DATA]
AVERAGE MAXIMUM: 48.9 TOTAL FOR YEAR: 3.49"
AVERAGE MAX DEP: -1.2 DPTR FM NORMAL: -3.76" OR 48%
AVERAGE MINIMUM: 30.8 GRTST 24HR 0.55" ON JANUARY 25TH
AVERAGE MIN DEP: -1.6 GRTST DAILY 0.59" ON JANUARY 25-26TH
AVERAGE MONTHLY: 39.8 SNOW, ICE PELLETS, GLAZE
AVERAGE MON DEP: -1.5 TOTAL: 6.5"
GRTST DAILY 2.8" ON JANUARY 9TH
HIGHEST: 78 ON 1/4 GRTST 24HR 2.8" ON JANUARY 8-9TH
GRTST DEPTH: 2.8" ON JANUARY 9TH
LOWEST: 17 ON 1/11
[NO. OF DAYS WITH] [PRECIP - DAYS WITH MEASURABLE]
MAX 32 OR BELOW: 3 0.01 INCH OR MORE: 13 OR 21.67%
MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 0 0.10 INCH OR MORE: 10
MIN 32 OR BELOW: 39 0.50 INCH OR MORE: 1
MIN 0 OR BELOW: 0 1.00 INCH OR MORE: 0
[HDD (BASE 65) ] [# DAYS WITH]
TOTAL 1516.0 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) 23 17 FOG
PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7) 27 1 DENSE FOG [VSBY 1/4 MILE OR LESS]
CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 10 1 THUNDERSTORMS
1 # OF THUNDERSTORMS
[CDD (BASE 65) ] 8 SNOW
TOTAL 4.5 7 FROST
[PRESSURE DATA]
HIGHEST SLP 30.599" ON FEBRUARY 5TH
LOWEST SLP 29.345" ON THE 18TH OF JANUARY
| PWRS DENOTATIONS: SU/CL = Clear sky; PC = Partly cloudy sky; C = cloudy sky; NA, not available; NR, not recorded; TEMP, temperature; MAX, maximum; MIN, minimum; T, trace of precipitation; INOP, inoper- ative equipment; MPH, miles per hour; DN, departure from normal; DEP, departure; YR, year; NORM, normal; DST LTG, distant lightning; FROP or FROPA, frontal passage; AM morning; AFT afternoon hours; EVE evening hours; PM evening hours; E estimated; VBL, variable wind directions; TS, tropical storm |
METAR DENOTATIONS
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BC Patches BL Blowing BR Fog with visibilites > 1/4 but <=6 statute miles and below to 1/4 mile DU Dust (widespread) DS Duststorm DZ Drizzle FC Funnel Cloud FC+ Tornado/waterspout FG Fog with visibility <= 1/4 statute miles FU Smoke FZDZ Freezing drizzle FZRA Freezing rain FZFG Freezing fog GR Hail GS Small hail HZ Haze IC Ice crystals PL Ice pellets PY Spray RA Rain SA Sand SS Sandstorm PO Sand or dust whirls SG Snow granules |
SH Shower
SHRA Shower of rain SHSN Shower of snow SHPE Shower of ice pellets SHGR Shower with hail SHGS Shower with small hail SM Statute miles SN Snow SQ Squalls TS Thunderstorm TSGR Thunderstorm with hail TSGS Thunderstorm with small hail TSPE Thunderstorm with ice pellets TSRA Thunderstorm with rain TSSN Thunderstorm with snow UP Unknown precipitation VA Volcanic ash VC Vicinity V V Used for obscurred sky METAR Qualifiers: (now placed in FRONT of code) - Light
+ Heavy DR Low drifting
M Below ( -x.x degrees)
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