Portsmouth
Weather Records Service
Local Climatological Data
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Station:
PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA
Month: FEBRUARY Year: 2005 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: 2005 LATITUDE: 36 48 04 N LONGITUDE: 76 19 40 W NOTE: DATA MAY EXTEND BEYOND RIGHT MARGIN ================================================================================================================================ |-----TEMPERATURE IN °F:---------| |RAIN---SNOW-||------WIND-----|BAROMETER||HUMID||SKY||---------------WEATHER-----------------| 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 ================================================================================================================================= 1 43 33 38.0 -3 27.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 0 023 6.7 030 21 0377 0086 87 71 PC BREEZY -FROST 2 44 30 37.0 -5 28.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 0 023 6.4 023 21 0508 0379 90 62 PC -FROST 3 37 33 35.0 -7 30.0 0.0 0.69 0.5 0.5 023 5.0 360 15 0379 0169 99 90 C 14 RA WETSNOW 4 44 34 39.0 -3 26.0 0.0 0.01 0.0 T 360 8.1 023 29 0220 0139 99 68 C 1 FROPA -SHRA 5 50 38 44.0 +6 21.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.0 023 8.3 023 29 0423 0205 68 44 SU 6 54 37 45.5 +7 19.5 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.0 023 6.1 023 22 0522 0423 83 43 SU 7 51 34 42.5 +4 22.5 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.0 045 3.8 045 14 0455 0214 97 62 PC 1 8 69 33 51.0 +12 14.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.0 157 3.5 225 18 0214 0029 98 34 PC 1 9 63 46 54.5 +14 10.5 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.0 225 3.9 225 21 0045 9741 87 65 C 10 58 36 47.0 +6 18.0 0.0 0.04 0.0 0.0 360 7.4 340 27 9835 9648 96 46 PC SHRA FROPA VIRGA 11 48 30 39.0 -3 26.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.0 315 7.1 360 24 9949 9835 58 25 SU 12 57 27 42.0 +2 23.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.0 270 6.2 270 27 0009 9949 70 34 SU 13 55 31 43.0 +4 22.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.0 045 3.4 045 15 0338 0005 86 34 PC -FROST 14 58 42 50.0 +6 15.0 0.0 0.50 0.0 0.0 113 5.8 158 22 0338 0013 100 71 C 1 SHRA 15 67 49 58.0 +14 7.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.0 158 4.8 158 17 0204 0047 94 78 SU 1 16 68 46 57.0 +13 8.0 0.0 0.30 0.0 0.0 225 7.3 360 30 0056 9714 95 66 PC SHRA FROPA 17 50 36 43.0 +1 22.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.0 270 6.2 270 25 0030 9876 71 40 PC FROPA 18 42 29 35.5 -6 29.5 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.0 315 4.4 315 23 0283 0020 77 31 PC BREEZY 19 45 22 33.5 -12 31.5 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.0 023 3.3 045 16 0445 0277 83 35 SU -FROST 20 46 30 38.0 -8 27.0 0.0 0.06 0.0 0.0 045 2.6 045 15 0490 0171 93 45 PC -FROST -SHRA 21 63 40 51.5 +4 13.5 0.0 0.01 0.0 0.0 225 7.4 270 27 0171 9854 94 73 C 1 -SHRA WARMFROPA 22 58 38 48.0 0 17.0 0.0 T 0.0 0.0 023 5.0 023 21 0161 9900 98 70 PC 1 DZ FROPA 23 50 38 44.0 -4 21.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.0 045 4.2 045 24 0236 0088 97 50 PC 1 FROPA 24 42 36 39.0 -7 26.0 0.0 0.35 0.0 0.0 045 9.6 045 28 0208 9877 97 72 C 1 RA DZ WINDY FROPA 25 36 31 33.5 -10 31.5 0.0 T T 0.0 360 6.0 360 22 0186 9961 97 74 C 1 -SHSN 26 51 25 38.0 -5 27.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.0 270 2.1 270 14 0281 0192 97 45 PC +FROST 27 43 32 37.5 -7 27.5 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.0 045 5.9 045 18 0354 0010 92 44 PC FROPA 28 44 36 40.0 -5 25.0 0.0 0.80 0.0 0.0 045 10.5 045 34 0010 9451 99 79 C 1 RA DZ WINDY FROPA ============================================================================================================================= SM 616.0 0.0 2.76 0.5 ============================================================================================================================== AV 51.3 34.7 43.0 +0.3 -0.54 134 5.69 =============================================================================================================================== NOTES: WINDS IN M.P.H. CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS-TYPE FORM: F-6) , PAGE 2 STATION: PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA MONTH: FEBRUARY YEAR: 2005 LATITUDE: 36 48 04 N LONGITUDE: 76 19 40 W [TEMPERATURE DATA] [PRECIPITATION DATA] SYMBOLS USED IN WX TYPES COLUMN AVERAGE MAXIMUM: 51.3 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 2.76" 1 = FOG AVERAGE MAX DEP: -0.5 DPTR FM NORMAL: -0.54" OR 84% 2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY AVERAGE MINIMUM: 34.7 GRTST 24HR 0.80" ON 28TH TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS AVERAGE MIN DEP: +1.1 GRTST DAILY 0.80" ON 28TH 3 = THUNDER AVERAGE MONTHLY: 43.0 SNOW, ICE PELLETS, GLAZE 4 = ICE PELLETS AVERAGE MON DEP: +0.3 TOTAL MONTH: 0.5" 5 = HAIL GRTST DAILY 0.5" ON 3RD 6 = GLAZE OR RIME HIGHEST: 69 ON 8 GRTST 24HR 0.5" ON 3RD 7 = BLOWING DUST OR SAND: LOWEST: 22 ON 19 GRTST DEPTH: 0.5" ON 3RD 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: 9 OR 32.14% MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 0 0.10 INCH OR MORE: 5 MIN 32 OR BELOW: 10 0.50 INCH OR MORE: 3 MIN 0 OR BELOW: 0 1.00 INCH OR MORE: 0 [HDD (BASE 65) ] [# DAYS WITH] TOTAL THIS MO. 616.0 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) 6 12 FOG PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7) 14 0 DENSE FOG [VSBY ¾ MILE OR LESS] SEASONAL 2465.5 CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 8 0 THUNDERSTORMS 0 # OF THUNDERSTORMS [CDD (BASE 65) ] 2 SNOW TOTAL THIS MO. 0.0 6 FROST [PRESSURE DATA] [AVERAGE SKY COVER] SEASONAL TOTAL 3.0 HIGHEST SLP 30.522" ON THE 6TH 53.75% LOWEST SLP 29.451" ON THE 28TH AVERAGE SLP 30.125" [AVERAGE RELATIVE HUMIDITY] [STATION RECORDS] 71.77% 3RD DAILY PRECIPITATION 0.69" [PREVIOUSLY 0.58" 1988] 8TH DAILY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE 69° [PREVIOUSLY 66° 1994] 28TH DAILY PRECIPITATION 0.80" [PREVIOUSLY 0.49" 1997] YEAR-TO-DATE [TEMPERATURE DATA] [PRECIPITATION DATA] AVERAGE MAXIMUM: 51.2 TOTAL FOR YEAR: 5.54" AVERAGE MAX DEP: +1.2 DPTR FM NORMAL: -1.65 OR 77% AVERAGE MINIMUM: 34.5 GRTST 24HR 1.52" ON JANUARY 14TH AVERAGE MIN DEP: +1.9 GRTST DAILY 1.52" ON JANUARY 14TH AVERAGE MONTHLY: 42.8 SNOW, ICE PELLETS, GLAZE AVERAGE MON DEP: +1.5 TOTAL: 1.8" GRTST DAILY 0.8" ON 1/21 HIGHEST: 75 ON 1/13 GRTST 24HR 0.8" ON 1/21 GRTST DEPTH: 0.8" ON 1/21 LOWEST: 16 ON 1/19 [NO. OF DAYS WITH] [PRECIP - DAYS WITH MEASURABLE] MAX 32 OR BELOW: 3 0.01 INCH OR MORE: 17 OR 28.81% MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 0 0.10 INCH OR MORE: 8 MIN 32 OR BELOW: 24 0.50 INCH OR MORE: 5 MIN 0 OR BELOW: 0 1.00 INCH OR MORE: 1 [HDD (BASE 65) ] [# DAYS WITH] TOTAL 1311.0 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) 9 27 FOG PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7) 39 0 DENSE FOG [VSBY ¾ MILE OR LESS] CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 11 1 THUNDERSTORMS 1 # OF THUNDERSTORMS [CDD (BASE 65) ] 8 SNOW TOTAL 3.0 8 FROST [PRESSURE DATA] HIGHEST SLP 30.789" ON JANUARY 28TH LOWEST SLP 29.451" ON FEBRAURY 28TH
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
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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