----------------------------------------------------------------------------- MONTHLY SUMMARY OF CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA - PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA Portsmouth Weather Records Service Portsmouth, Virginia 23702-2017 (3 miles south/West Cradock Section) 11:59 PM EDT, Friday, June 30, 1995 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monthly summary of Local Climatological Data for Portsmouth, Virginia, West Cradock Section, during the month of June, 1995. Time is EDT. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- D HT DN LT DN MT DN HDD CDD PREC WD WS SC WXR TYPE/REMARKS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 85 +0 56 -9 70.5 -4 5.5 SE 10 PC WARM 2 91 +8 66 +2 78.5 +5 13.5 SSW12 PC HUMID WARM 3 84 +3 68 +4 76.0 +3 11.0 .58 SW 19 PC RW TRW 4 86 +5 70 +6 78.0 +5 13.0 W 16 PC FROPA 5 82 0 68 +5 75.0 +2 10.0 E 10 PC 6 80 -3 69 +5 74.5 +1 9.5 1.16 N 22 C R- RW F BREEZY 7 88 +5 69 +3 78.5 +4 13.5 .02 WNW18 PC R- L- F H DST LTG 8 94 +9 72 +6 83.0 +7 18.0 N 22 PC H FROPA HUMID 9 77 -7 66 0 71.5 -4 6.5 NE 16 PC FROPA H COOLER 10 84 0 65 -1 74.5 0 9.5 SE 9 PC WARM HUMID 11 92 +8 70 +7 81.0 +8 16.0 T SW 22 PC TRW- H DST LTG 12 85 +1 65 +2 75.0 +1 10.0 2.06 SW 21 PC TRW+ R- HUMID 13 65 -18 61 -3 63.0 -10 2.0 .98 NE 19 C R RW F FROPA 14 80 -4 58 -6 69.0 -5 4.0 N 18 PC 15 80 -4 59 -7 69.5 -7 4.5 N 16 SU DRY PLEASANT 16 79 -6 56 -12 67.5 -9 2.5 NNE17 SU PLEASANT DRY 17 80 -4 56 -11 68.0 -8 3.0 NNE16 PC 18 82 -4 66 -1 74.0 -2 9.0 ENE17 PC 19 84 -1 68 0 76.0 -1 11.0 ----- PC H 20 88 +3 72 +3 80.0 +2 15.0 SW 17 PC WARM HUMID H 21 89 +3 68 +2 78.5 +2 13.5 .01 SSW11 C H K RW HUMID 22 82 -4 71 +4 76.5 0 11.5 .15 NE 14 C RW FROPA 23 84 -2 72 +5 78.0 +2 13.0 .01 ENE15 PC RW HUMID DST LTG 24 88 +4 71 +5 79.5 +4 14.5 T SE 16 PC HUMID RW- DST LTG 25 92 +8 70 +4 81.0 +6 16.0 1.62 NNE20 PC H TRW+ 26 88 +3 68 +1 78.0 +2 13.0 NE 6 PC H WARM HUMID 27 85 -2 74 +6 79.5 +2 14.5 .01 NE 13 PC F RW- HUMID 28 80 -9 71 +3 75.5 -3 10.5 .17 ENE16 C F RW L 29 84 -4 70 +2 77.0 -1 12.0 T E 14 PC RW- HUMID 30 88 +1 71 +2 79.5 +1 14.5 .01 SSW10 PC RW- WARM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY OF JUNE 1995: TEMPERATURE: Monthly mean: High = 84.2 Low = 66.9 Mean = 75.5 Departure < Normal: High = -0.8 Low = +1.0 Mean = +0.1 Degree Days: Heating = 2.0 Cooling = 318.0 Number of Days Using: Heating = 1 Cooling = 29 Days with maximum temperature >= 90: 4 Days with maximum temperature <= 32: 0 Days with minimum temperature <= 32: 0 Days with minimum temperature <= 0: 0 PRECIPITATION: Total month = 6.78" Departure < Normal = +3.18" Normal month = 3.60" or 188% Average daily = 0.23" Normal daily = 0.12" Number of days with measurable precipitation = 12 Maximum for June = 7.56" in 1978 --> (Since Minimum for May = 0.94" in 1980 --> 1976) Number of days with 0.01" or more: 12 Snowfall Number of days with 0.10" or more: 7 June total = 0.00" Number of days with 0.50" or more: 5 June maximum = 0.00" Number of days with 1.00" or more: 3 DAILY EXTREMES: Low temperature = 56 on the 1st, 16th, and 17th High temperature = 94 on the 8th Maximum daily precipitation = 2.06" on the 12th Maximum 24-hour rainfall = 3.04" on the 12th-13th Maximum wind gust = SW 22 mph on the 11th N 22 mph on the 6th and 8th NUMBER OF: Days Cloudy: 5 Days with thunderstorms: 4 Days Partly Cloudy: 23 Thunderstorms: 4 Days Clear/Sunny: 2 Days with some type of snowfall: 0 Days with Fog/Ground fog: 5 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- YEARLY-TOTALS-TO-DATE Temperatures Degree Days Precipitation Mean maximum: 66.5 (+1.8) Heating: 1946.0 Aqueous: 22.06" (DEP -0.84") Mean minimum: 47.5 (+1.7) Cooling: 496.0 Maximum monthly: 6.78"/JUNE Mean monthly: 57.0 (+1.8) Minimum monthly: 2.26"/JAN. Highest: 94, June 8th Snowfall: 0.20" Lowest: 13, February 6th and 7th Maximum daily: 0.20"/FEB. 8 Days with maximum temperature >= 90: 07 Maximum monthly: 0.20"/FEB. Days with maximum temperature <= 32: 02 Days with minimum temperature <= 32: 25 Days with some type of Days with temperature <= 0: 00 snowfall: 5 Days with measurable Number of: precipitation: 56 or 31% Days using Heating: 117 Days using Cooling: 62 Days with thunderstorms: 12 Days Cloudy: 30 Number of thunderstorms: 14 Days Partly Cloudy: 120 Days Clear/Sunny: 31 Greatest 24-hour period Days with fog/ground fog: 53 rainfall: 3.06"/June 12-13 Wind (Highest Recorded Wind Gust): South-southwest 46 miles per hour, JAN. 6 Barometer: Highest 30.60" on March 10th; 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; DEP, departure; YR, year; NORM, normal; DST 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. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------