Portsmouth Weather Records Service
 

Local Climatological Data
*Data Are Subject to Correction by PWRS

 Station:  PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA
Month:   NOVEMBER Year: 2002
Latitude: 36° 81' N    Longitude: 76° 33' W
Station Elevation: 20 FT 
Standard Time: EASTERN STANDARD TIME

 
 
Temperature
Degree Days
Precipitation
 Wind
 Sky
Weather
Date
Max
Min
Mean
Dep
HDD
CDD
Total
Snow
Depth
Avg
Dir
GUST
  
Types
1
56
38
47.0
-11
18.0
 
 
 
 
2.5
W
W 23
-PC
BR
2
53
40
46.5
-12
18.5
 
 
 
 
1.8
W
W 18
SU
COOL
3
54
37
45.5
-11
19.5
 
 
 
 
0.9
W
NNE 15
-PC
COOL
4
55
44
49.5
-6
15.5
 
0.41
 
 
0.2
S
W 13
PC
BR RA
5
63
44
53.5
-2
11.5
 
0.44
 
 
1.7
NNE
NNE 17
PC
RA BR
6
67
48
57.5
+4
7.5
 
0.98
 
 
4.1
WNW
WNW 20
PC
RA BR/WARM
 FROPA / FROPA 
7
55
39
47.0
-6
18.0
 
 
 
 
2.4
W
NNW 23
PC
 
8
62
38
50.0
-4
15.0
 
 
 
 
2.0
S
S 19
SU
 
9
70
47
58.5
+4
6.5
 
 
 
 
3.2
S
SSW 20
PC
 
10
76
57
66.5
+10
 
1.5
0.03
 
 
4.3
S
S 19
PC
-SHRA
11
78
65
71.5
+18
 
6.5
0.04
 
 
4.0
S
S 20
PC
-SHRA
12
70
53
61.5
+11
3.5
 
0.95
 
 
3.0
S
NNW 18
C
SHRA RA DZ BR
FROPA COLDER
13
53
45
49.0
-1
16.0
 
0.62
 
 
5.0
N
N 23
PC
RA DZ BR
14
59
39
49.0
-2
16.0
 
 
 
 
1.2
S
S 13
SU
BR
15
63
44
53.5
+1
11.5
 
 
 
 
1.9
S
S 15
PC
 
16
66
58
62.0
+10
3.0
 
1.56
 
 
1.2
ENE
NNE 15
C
BR -FU 
FROPA BR
17
59
45
52.0
0
13.0
 
0.71
 
 
3.8
N
NNW 22
C
BR RA 
DZ FROPA
18
53
39
46.0
-5
19.0
 
 
 
 
4.1
W
W 21
PC
BREEZY (AM) COOLER
19
57
34
45.5
-5
19.5
 
      
1.3
S
SSW 17
PC
SCT -FROST
FROPA
20
60
39
49.5
-3
15.5
 
 
 
 
0.5
NE
NE 12
-PC
-BR
21
62
50
56.0
+5
9.0
 
0.21
 
 
0
N
W 12
C
BR RA
22
59
41
50.0
+1
15.0
 
0.04
 
 
4.5
W
W 28
PC
-SHRA FROPA
23
51
37
44.0
-6
21.0
 
 
 
 
5.7
W
WNW 26
SU
BREEZY AM
24
61
39
50.0
-1
15.0
 
 
 
 
1.4
S
W 16
SU
 
25
66
41
53.5
+4
11.5
 
 
 
 
1.2
WSW
WSW 15
SU
PLEASANT
26
56
45
50.5
-2
14.5
 
 
 
 
4.2
N
N 21
PC
FROPA -HZ
27
46
37
41.5
-12
23.5
 
 
 
 
4.9
N
N 25
PC
HZ BREEZY 
COLD FROPA
28
41
29
35.0
-20
30.0
 
 
 
 
3.5
N
N 19
SU
COLD DRY
29
49
27
38.0
-12
27.0
 
 
 
 
5.0
SSW
SSW 24
SU
BREEZY COLD
-FROST
30
60
43
51.5
+4
13.5
 
 
 
 
6.7
SSW
WNW 32
PC
BREEZY FROPA

 
Temperature Data
AVERAGE HIGH :  59.3º     DEPARTURE:       -  2.6º
AVERAGE LOW :  42.7º     DEPARTURE:        - 0.8º
MEAN:                51.0º     DEPARTURE:        - 1.7º

HIGHEST: 78° on the 11th
LOWEST: 27° on the 29th

Number of Days:
00 - MAX 100º OR ABOVE
00 - MAX 32º OR BELOW
00 - MAX 90º OR ABOVE
02 - MIN 32º OR BELOW
00 - MIN 0º OR BELOW

Heating Degree Days
TOTAL THIS MONTH:  427.0 from 28 days
SEASONAL TOTAL: 538.0

Cooling Degree Days
TOTAL THIS MONTH:  8.0 from 2 days
SEASONAL TOTAL: 1966.5

NUMBER OF:

04 - Days Cloudy
18 - Days Partly Cloudy
08 - Days Clear or Sunny

11 - Days with Fog/Ground Fog
00 - Days with Dense Fog

02 - Days with Frost

00 - Days with Thunderstorms
00 - Thunderstorms

00 - Days with some type of Snowfall

 Precipitation Data
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH:   5.99"
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL:    + 2.74" or 185%
GREATEST DAILY: 1.56" on the 16th
GREATEST IN 24-HR PERIOD: 1.74" on the 16th-17th, 2pm-2pm
AVERAGE DAILY: 0.20"
NORMAL DAILY:   0.11"
# DAYS WITH MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION:  11 or 36.67%

MAXIMUM FOR NOVEMBER:  6.62" in 1985 -->  (since
MINIMUM FOR  NOVEMBER:   0.30" in 2001 -->  1976)
NORMAL FOR  NOVEMBER: 3.14" (1976-2001)

Snowfall, Ice Pellets
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH: 0.0"
GREATEST IN 24 HOURS: 0.0" on the --
GREATEST DEPTH ON GROUND: 0.0" on the --
NOVEMBER MAX = 1.8" in 1987

Number of Days:
WITH 0.01" OR MORE PRECIP: 11
WITH 0.10" OR MORE PRECIP: 8
WITH 0.50" OR MORE PRECIP: 5
WITH 1.00" OR MORE PRECIP: 1

Pressure Data
HIGHEST SEA-LEVEL:  30.376" on the 18th/19th
LOWEST SEA-LEVEL:  29.453" on the 30th

Wind
PEAK WIND GUST: 32 mph from the WNW on the 30th
AVERAGE SPEED:   2.87 mph from a dominant S direction

 
  • NOVEMBER STATION RECORDS:  2ND WETTEST & 9TH COLDEST NOVEMBER IN THE DATABASE TO 1976
  • 1st - Temperature TIED - Minimum 37° [previously in 1980]
  • 2nd - Temperature TIED - Minimum Maximum 53° [previously in 1980]
  • 11th - Temperture - Maximum Minimum 65° (previously 61° in 1985)
  • 12th - Precipitation - 0.95" (previously 0.82" in 1979)
  • 16th - Precipitation - 1.56" (previously 1.36" in 1994)
  • 16th - Temperature - Maximum Minimum 58° (previously 56° in 1978)
  • 28th - Temperature TIED - Minimum Maximum 41° [previously in 1996]
  • 29th- Temperature TIED - Minimum 27° [previously in 1996 ]
    		•

    YEAR-TO-DATE 2002 through 11/30/02

    Temperature Data
    AVERAGE HIGH :  72.9º   DEPARTURE:   +1.8º
    AVERAGE LOW :  55.0º   DEPARTURE:   +2.3º
    MEAN:                64.0º   DEPARTURE:   +2.1º

    HIGHEST: 100° on the 24th of August
    LOWEST: 23º on 5th of January & the 5th of March

    Number of Days:
    01 - MAX 100º OR ABOVE
    00 - MAX 32º OR BELOW
    50 - MAX 90º OR ABOVE
    38 - MIN 32º OR BELOW
    00 - MIN 0º OR BELOW

    Heating Degree Days
    TOTAL:  2313.0

    Cooling Degree Days
    TOTAL:  1966.5

    NUMBER OF:

    043 - Days Cloudy
    206-  Days Partly Cloudy
    085 - Days Clear or Sunny

    141 - Days with Fog/Ground Fog
    004 - Days with Dense Fog

    14 - Days with Frost

    35 - Days with Thunderstorms
    48 - Thunderstorms

    04 - Days with some type of Snowfall

    		 Precipitation Data
    TOTAL:  46.97"
    DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL:   + 2.36" or 105%
    GREATEST DAILY: 3.85" on the 11th of October
    GREATEST IN 24-HR PERIOD: 3.85" on the 11 of October
    AVERAGE DAILY: 0.14"
    NORMAL DAILY: 0.13"
    # DAYS WITH MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION:  108 or 32.34%

    MAXIMUM:  6.87" in October
    MINIMUM:   1.63" in February

    Snowfall, Ice Pellets
    TOTAL: 9.2"
    GREATEST IN 24 HOURS: 9.0" on January 2nd - 3rd
    GREATEST DEPTH ON GROUND: 9.0" on January 3rd

    Number of Days:

    WITH 0.01" OR MORE PRECIP: 108
    WITH 0.10" OR MORE PRECIP: 75
    WITH 0.50" OR MORE PRECIP: 32
    WITH 1.00" OR MORE PRECIP: 12

    Pressure Data
    HIGHEST SEA-LEVEL: 30.601" on March 1st
    LOWEST SEA-LEVEL:  29.429" on October 16th

     
    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 > 5/8 but <=6 statute miles and
    below to 5/8 mile
    DU   Dust (widespread)
    DS   Duststorm
    DZ   Drizzle
    FC   Funnel Cloud
    FC+  Tornado/waterspout
    FG   Fog with visibility <= 5/8 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)
                                           MI Shallow     PR Partial