----------------------------------------------------------------------------- MONTHLY SUMMARY OF CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA - PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA Portsmouth Weather Records Service Portsmouth, Virginia 23702-2017 (3 miles south/West Cradock Section) 7:00 PM EST, Saturday, March 18, 1995 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monthly summary of Local Climatological Data for Portsmouth, Virginia, West Cradock Section, during the month of February, 1995. Time is EST. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- D HT DN LT DN MT DN HDD CDD PREC HB LB WD WS SC WXR TYPE/REMARKS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 59 8 36 6 47.5 7 17.5 985 971 W 19 PC CHILLY 2 53 1 43 9 48.0 5 17.0 T 997 974 NE 14 PC FROPA RW-(AM) 3 42 -10 34 2 38.0 -4 27.0 020 983 NNE19 PC COLD 4 55 4 34 2 44.5 3 20.5 .29 983 933 SW 23 PC RW T F FROPA 5 35 -11 22 -7 28.5 -9 36.5 996 960 NW 31 SU BREEZY COLD 6 29 -2 13 -16 21.0 -16 44.0 011 996 NNW28 SU VERY COLD 7 38 7 13 -16 25.5 -11 39.5 012 986 W 19 SU FR- VERY COLD DRY 8 33 -12 23 -6 28.0 -9 37.0 .01 021 981 N 25 PC S-(.2") SW FROPA 9 38 -10 16 -11 27.0 -11 38.0 030 010 SW 25 SU COLD 10 48 0 34 6 41.0 3 24.0 T 010 988 SW 25 PC RW- 11 53 3 40 10 46.5 7 18.5 988 971 N 16 PC F K FROPA (PM) 12 42 -5 25 -4 33.5 -5 31.5 T 037 983 NNE27 PC K F RW- 13 37 -9 23 -6 30.0 -8 35.0 048 034 NW 14 SU COLD DRY 14 40 -13 24 -9 32.0 -11 33.0 047 033 NE 17 PC 15 46 -8 29 -5 37.5 -7 27.5 .81 045 005 SW 19 C R F L DAMP 16 51 -1 40 5 45.5 2 19.5 1.52 023 005 SW 19 C F R L FROPA 17 46 -5 39 6 42.5 0 22.5 .15 048 020 N 16 C F R- L DAMP 18 44 -7 38 4 41.0 -1 24.0 .30 046 034 N 18 C F R L CHILLY DAMP 19 56 2 39 3 47.5 2 17.5 032 007 N 16 PC F- 20 63 9 43 7 53.0 8 12.0 007 957 SSW11 PC F MILDER 21 55 -3 40 5 47.5 1 17.5 996 948 N 26 PC F FROPA 22 47 -12 34 -3 40.5 -8 24.5 022 996 N 24 SU 23 73 14 38 -3 55.5 6 9.5 018 996 SW 29 PC MILD 24 57 2 40 3 48.5 2 16.5 028 983 N 26 PC FROPA 25 51 1 34 0 42.5 0 22.5 044 028 SW 17 -PC CHILLY 26 68 20 38 5 53.0 12 12.0 042 025 SW 22 -PC FROPA 27 62 11 41 8 51.5 10 13.5 T 045 024 NE 13 PC L- WARM FROPA 28 66 14 55 22 60.5 18 4.5 .39 024 005 S 14 C RW- F MILD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY OF FEBRUARY 1995: TEMPERATURE: Monthly mean: High = 49.5 Low = 33.1 Mean = 41.3 Departure < Normal: High = -0.5 Low = +0.6 Mean = 0.0 Degree Days: Heating = 662.5 Cooling = 0.0 Number of Days Using: Heating = 28 Cooling = 0 Days with maximum temperature >= 90: 0 Days with maximum temperature <= 32: 1 Days with minimum temperature <= 32: 9 Days with minimum temperature <= 0: 0 PRECIPITATION: Total month = 3.47" Normal month = 3.39" Departure < Normal = +0.08" or 102% Normal Average daily = 0.12" Normal daily = 0.12" Number of days with measurable precipitation = 7 Maximum for February = 6.32" in 1989 --> (Since Minimum for February = 1.20" in 1991 --> 1976) Number of days with 0.01" or more: 7 Snowfall Number of days with 0.10" or more: 6 February total = 0.20" Number of days with 0.50" or more: 2 February maximum = 21.00" Number of days with 1.00" or more: 1 in 1989 DAILY EXTREMES: Low temperature = 13 on the 6th, 7th High temperature = 73 on the 23rd Maximum daily precipitation = 1.52" on the 16th Maximum 24-hour rainfall = 2.23" on the 15th - 16th Maximum wind gust = 31 mph from the NW on the 5th High barometer = 30.48" on the 13th and 17th Low barometer = 29.33" on the 4th NUMBER OF: Days Cloudy: 5 Days with thunderstorms: 1 Days Partly Cloudy: 17 Thunderstorms: 1 Days Clear/Sunny: 6 Days with some type of snowfall: 1 Days with Fog/Ground fog: 11 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- YEARLY-TOTALS-TO-DATE Temperatures Degree Days Precipitation Mean maximum: 50.8 (+1.9) Heating: 1306.5 Aqueous: 5.73" (-1.67") Mean minimum: 34.9 (+3.3) Cooling: 1.0 Maximum monthly: 3.47"/FEB. Mean monthly: 42.9 (+2.6) Minimum monthly: 2.26"/JAN. Highest: 75, January 14th Snowfall: 0.20" Lowest: 13, February 6th and 7th Maximum daily: 0.20"/FEB. 8 Days with maximum temperature >= 90: 00 Maximum monthly: TRACE/JAN. Days with maximum temperature <= 32: 02 Days with minimum temperature <= 32: 22 Days with some type of Days with temperature <= 0: 00 snowfall: 4 Days with measurable Number of: precipitation: 17 or 27% Days using Heating: 57 Days using Cooling: 1 Days with thunderstorms: 2 Days Cloudy: 12 Number of thunderstorms: 2 Days Partly Cloudy: 35 Days Clear/Sunny: 12 Greatest 24-hour period Days with fog/ground fog: 24 rainfall: 2.23"/Feb. 15-16 Wind (Highest Recorded Wind Gust): South-southwest 46 miles per hour, Jan. 6 Barometer: Highest 30.53" on January 5th; Lowest: 29.33" on February 4th ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- DENOTATIONS (Weather/sky conditions) Intensity Markings A Hail GF Ground fog RW Rainshower Precipitation: AP Small hail GL Glaze S Snow - Light B Blowing H Haze SG Snow granules + Heavy C Cloudy IP Ice pellets SP Snow pellets Sky Condition: CL Clear K Smoke SU Sunny -Thin or Partial D Dust L Drizzle TRW Thundershower Departures from F Fog LTG Lightning T Thunderstorm Norms: FR Frost PC Partly Cloudy X Obscurred Sky - below; + above R Rain Y Spray ZL Freezing drizzle ZR Freezing rain ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- OTHER DENOTATIONS: NA, not available; NR, not recorded; TEMP, temperature; MAX, maximum; MIN, minimum; T, trace of precipitation; INOP, inopera- tive equipment; MPH, miles per hour; DN, departure from normal; YR, year; NORM, normal; DSNT LTG, distant lightning; FROP or FROPA, frontal passage; AM morning; PM afternoon hours; EVE evening hours; E estimated; VBL, variable wind directions ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- COLUMN DENOTATIONS: D Date PREC Precipitation HT High Temperature WS Maximum Wind Speed (Gust) LT Low Temperature WD Direction of Maximum Wind Gust MT Mean Temperature HB High Barometer Reading (Inches) DN Departure from Normal of High, LB Low Barometer Reading (Inches) Low or Mean Temperature SC Dominant Daily Sky Cover HDD Heating Degree Days WXR TYPES Observed Weather Conditions CDD Cooling Degree Days and Remarks ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTES: All temperatures are in degrees fahrenheit. All precipitation mea- surements are in inches. All wind speeds are in miles per hour. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------