Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Wakefield, VA
Issued by NWS Wakefield, VA
678 CXUS51 KAKQ 011155 CLMORF CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 655 AM EST MON JAN 01 2024 ................................... ...THE NORFOLK VA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1871 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 82 12/24/2015 LOW 5 MM HIGHEST 72 12/10 73 -1 68 12/30 LOWEST 29 12/15 24 5 12 12/24 AVG. MAXIMUM 57.7 54.7 3.0 52.3 AVG. MINIMUM 40.5 37.6 2.9 35.6 MEAN 49.1 46.1 3.0 44.0 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.3 -0.3 1 DAYS MIN <= 32 5 9.4 -4.4 15 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 7.57 2009 MINIMUM 0.66 1933 TOTALS 6.43 3.28 3.15 3.06 DAILY AVG. 0.21 0.11 0.10 0.10 DAYS >= .01 10 9.9 0.1 7 DAYS >= .10 5 5.8 -0.8 5 DAYS >= .50 4 2.3 1.7 3 DAYS >= 1.00 3 0.8 2.2 2 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 3.81 12/17 TO 12/18 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 18.6 1892 TOTALS 0.0 SINCE 7/1 0.0 1.1 -1.1 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.2 -0.2 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 0 MM 24 HR TOTAL MM MM 0.0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 489 SINCE 7/1 960 1069 -109 MM COOLING TOTAL 2 2 0 0 SINCE 1/1 1749 1872 -123 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.8 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 31/360 DATE 12/11 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 53/130 DATE 12/17 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.32 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 72 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 1 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 4 RAIN 5 LIGHT RAIN 13 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 17 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 7 HAZE 1 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$