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WHO HAS THE MOST SNOWFALL?!      ACON DC/MD/DE member Kevin Shaw sends this along for you to explore: U.S. snow totals for winter: Who has the most snow? (Search any state)

NWS AKQ CWA Climate Summary January 2015      Visit http://genserva.com/acon/AKQCWAJanuary2015.pdf or click here: NWS Wakefield (AKQ) CWA Monthly Climate Summary -

NWS AKQ Monthly Rainfall Analysis      From NWS Wakefield compiled from ASOS...COOP...RAWS REPORTS | Monthly Rainfall Analysis - http://www.weather.gov/akq/MONTHLY_RAINFALL_ANALYSIS -

   DROUGHT MONITOR       More information on drought can be found at NOAA's Drought Information Center
         http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu

REMINDER   All National Weather Service station data listed herein is preliminary and may be subject to change.  The data has not been certified and cannot be used in legal actions.  Only reports certified by the National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, NC can be used for these purposes.

ACON VA/NC/SC Station Extremes - JANUARY 2015

State	Maximum Temperature	Minimum Temperature	Warmest Average Temperature	Coldest Average Temperature	Maximum Precipitation	Minimum Precipitation
Virginia	75° Norfolk (ORF)	0° Blacksburg	39.9° Portsmouth	29.7° Dulles	4.73" Wallops Island	1.30" Blacksburg
North Carolina	76° Fayetteville North Whiteville Wilmington	4° Asheville	46.3° Cape Hatteras	37.0° Asheville	4.98" Wilmington	2.04" Greensboro
South Carolina	76° Florence	9° Greenville-Spartanburg	50.9° Downtown Charleston	41.6° Greenville-Spartanburg	4.76" Columbia	2.43" Florence

( For an explanation of column headers in the following tables,
please note the column denotations table below. )

TEMPERATURE / WINDS/ ELEMENTS FOLLOWED BY
PRECIPITATION / BAROMETRIC PRESSURE
VIRGINIA | NORTH CAROLINA | SOUTH CAROLINA [Reminder: All NWS DATA HEREIN IS NOT OFFICIAL]

STATION	A	B	C	C1	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	K1	L	M	N	N1	N2	O	P	Q	R	R1	CWA	TIME RECORDED
BCB	41.0	22.1	31.6	0.10	61	4	0	8	0	3	28	1	66%	37	300	7	6.0		0	0	5	4	2	LWX	2400
CHT	40.5	23.3	31.9	-1.30	60.9	4	5.7	8	0	5	25	0	72%	23	200	9	0.7	360	0	0	1	2	0	LWX	2400
CHO	43.2	25.5	34.3	-0.90	62	4	6	8	0	3	27	0		36	310	4	5.6		0	0	0	0	0	LWX	2400
DAN	48.6	27.3	37.9	0.20	67	2	9	8	0	1	24	0	58%	41	330	30	6.3		0	0	0	0	2	RNK	2400
DCA	42.6	28.5	35.6	-0.40	67	4	12	8	0	4	21	0	55%	46	230	19	8.5		0	0	0	1	1	LWX	2400
IAD	38.1	21.3	29.7	-3.50	60	4	3	8	0	6	29	0	66%	47	300	30	7.6		0	0	1	3	4	LWX	2400
GAV	46.00	25.70	35.85	-2.13	67	4	7	8	0	2	24	0	62%	33		4			0	0	1	1	4	AKQ	2400
HAM	45.0	30.0	38.0	-3.20	72	4	12	8	0	2	22	0		38	270	30	8.0	360	1	0	1	1	6	AKQ	2400
HDV	39.2	23.0	31.1	-3.10	62	4	3	8	0	5	28	0	71%	22	230	9		90	0	0	1	3	1	LWX	2400
LYH	43.7	24.2	33.9	-1.20	60	20	3	8	0	3	27	0	61%	35	310	30	5.4		0	0	3	4	1	RNK	2400
NPN	46.4	29.1	37.6	-2.40	72.6	4	11.7	8	0	1	22	0		33	290	4	3.5	270	1	0	2	0	0	AKQ	2400
FHC	47.7	33.9	39.8	-0.60	73	4	14	8	0	1	14	0	66%	38	220	4	2.5	360	1	0	2	0	0	AKQ	2400
NOR	47.0	30.4	38.7	-1.00	73	4	13	8	0	2	18	0		36	360	7			0	0	2	1	2	AKQ	2400
ORF	47.7	31.7	39.7	-0.70	75	4	14	8	0	1	17	0	64%	39	240	4	8.7		0	0	0	0	3	AKQ	2400
POR	48.2	31.6	39.9	-0.40	73	4	15	8	0	1	16	0	81%	39	270	4	5.6	319	1	0	2	0	3	AKQ	2400
CTR	45.6	24.9	35.4	-1.00	67.6	4	7.6	8	0	1	26	0	71%	19	290,340	4,7	0.4	280	0	0	0	0	0	AKQ	2400
MEC	43.87	27.67	36.12		68	4	6	8	0	1	20	0	58%						0	0	0	2	1	AKQ	2400
RIC	46.1	28.5	37.3	-0.60	70	4	12	8	0	2	23	0	61%	43	340	30	7.3		0	0	2	1	2	AKQ	2400
ROA	45.0	26.5	35.8	-0.80	64	4,20	5	8	0	2	23	0	66%	46	310	5	7.8		0	0	4	1	0	RNK	2400
SVC	38.3	22.8	30.5	-3.80	60	4	6	8	0	7	31	0							0	0	2	4	8	LWX	2400
WAL	43.5	27.0	35.2	-1.40	70	4	12	8	0	3	25	0		42	320,330	4,7	8.9		0	0	1	1	6	AKQ	2400
WSH	39.1	24.0	31.5	-2.37	65.1	4	2.9	8	0	5	28	0	72%	22	160	30	0.8	70	0	0	4	3	0	LWX	2400
Averages	43.93	26.77	35.34	-1.45	66.83		8.18		0.0	2.8	23.5	0.0	66%	37.6			5.5		0.2	0.0	1.5	1.5	2.1
STATION	A	B	C	C1	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	K1	L	M	N	N1	N2	O	P	Q	R	R1	CWA	TIME RECORDED
STATION	A	B	C	C1	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	K1	L	M	N	N1	N2	O	P	Q	R	R1	CWA	TIME RECORDED
AVL	47.0	27.0	37.0	-0.10	66	20	4	8	0	2	24	0	63%	51	330	30	8.3		0	0	0	1	2	GSP	2400
MRH	54.6	36.2	45.4	0.70	72	3	16	8	0	1	10	0		45	210	24	9.7		0	0	0	0	0	MHX	2400
CLT	51.3	29.4	40.3	0.20	67	20	8	8	0	1	18	0	57%	35	340	7	5.7		0	0	0	0	3	GSP	2400
ECG	52.3	33.2	42.7	1.30	74	4	18	8	0	1	14	0	66%	38	330	7	9.1		0	0	0	0	3	AKQ	2400
FAY	52.9	32.4	42.7	-0.80	76	4	13	8	0	1	13	0	64%	39	320	4	7.3		2	0	0	0	5	RAH	2400
GSO	48.5	28.1	38.3	-0.60	67	20	6	8	0	1	21	0	59%	44	320	30	6.8		0	1	1	1	3	RAH	2400
HSE	53.3	39.3	46.3	0.80	70	4	18	8	0	1	4	0	75%	48	180,190	23,24	9.0		0	0	0	0	1	MHX	2400
HKY	48.8	29.1	38.9	-0.30	67	20	7	8	0	1	18	0		40	320	30	4.8		0	0	0	1	4	GSP	2400
LBT	53.6	33.4	43.5	0.10	75	4	15	8	0	1	13	0	67%	33	340	7	6.2		1	0	0	0	5	ILM	2400
EWN	56.9	34.2	45.5	1.30	75	4	17	8,11	0	1	11	0	63%	40	160	18	6.6		1	0	0	0	1	MHX	2400
RDU	49.5	30.0	39.8	-1.20	69	4	11	8	0	1	21	0	59%	39	210	4	4.9		0	0	2	1	4	RAH	2400
RAL	50.2	29.5	39.9	-1.10	69	4,20	10	8	0	1	20	0		23		30			1	0	1	1	1	RAH	2400
WHI	55.3	33.2	44.2	1.30	76.0	4	14.2	8	0	0	13	0	68%	28	21	8	2.9	201	0	0	0	0	0	ILM	2400
ILM	56.9	34.6	45.8	-0.20	76	4	16	8	0	1	12	0	69%	44	220	24	7.9		3	0	0	0	3	ILM	2400
Averages	52.22	32.11	42.16	0.10	71.4		12.4		0.0	1.0	15.1	0.0	65%	39.1			6.9		0.6	0.1	0.3	0.4	2.5
STATION	A	B	C	C1	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	K1	L	M	N	N1	N2	O	P	Q	R	R1	CWA	TIME RECORDED
STATION	A	B	C	C1	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	K1	L	M	N	N1	N2	O	P	Q	R	R1	CWA	TIME RECORDED
AND	52.5	30.8	41.7	0.00	68	20	11	8	0	1	18	0		33	310	7	6.2		0	0	0	0	3	GSP	2400
CAE	54.1	32.1	43.1	-5.40	71	8	12	20	0	0	13	0	63%	50	280	2	7.0		0	0	1	3	2	CAE	2400
CRE	57.4	36.8	47.1	1.40	71	4	17	8	0	1	12	0	66%	47	250	24	7.0		2	0	0	0	3	ILM	2400
CHS	59.3	38.0	48.6	0.30	74	4	18	8	0	0	7	0		41	210	24	7.3		1	0	0	0	4	CHS	2400
CXM	58.9	42.9	50.9	1.20	72	4	22	2	0	0	2	0		39	220	24	7.5							CHS	2400
FLO	55.0	34.4	44.7	-0.20	76	4	14	8	0	1	13	0	63%	35	260	4	6.9		1	0	0	0	5	ILM	2400
GSP	52.2	31.0	41.6	-0.60	69	20	9	8	0	1	15	0	61%	39	350	7	6.2		1	0	0	0	2	GSP	2400
OGB	56.1	35.5	45.8	-0.10	73	4	17	8	0	1	11	0		50	220	4	6.1		3	0	0	0	2	CAE	2400
Averages	55.69	35.19	45.44	-0.43	71.75		10.0		0.0	0.6	11.4	0.0	63%	41.8			6.8		1.1	0.0	0.1	0.4	3.0
STATION	A	B	C	C1	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	K1	L	M	N	N1	N2	O	P	Q	R	R1	CWA	TIME RECORDED
STATION	A	B	C	C1	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	K1	L	M	N	N1	N2	O	P	Q	R	R1	CWA	TIME RECORDED
TRI	45.5	24.7	35.1	-0.1	66	4	3	8	0	2	26	0		35	250	4	4.8		0	0	0	0	0	MRX	2400
DAV	29.0	12.8	20.9		53	7	-10	10,11	0	22	31	4												PBX	2400
STATION	T	T1	U	U1	V	V1	W	X	Y	Z	1	2	3	4	5	6	6A	7	7A	8	CWA	TIME RECORDED
BCB	1.30	-1.78	0.63	23	0.63	23	9	0	1.30	0.5	30	12	0	0.5	3.4						RNK	2400
CHT	3.15	0.47	0.75	23	1.12	23-24	11	0	3.15	3.1	6	6	3	8.3	8.3	30.674	11	29.474	24	30.158	LWX	2400
CHO	1.70	-1.07	0.72	23	0.80	23-24	7	0	1.70									29.460	24		LWX	2400
DAN	1.51	-1.91	0.53	23	0.74	23-24	9	0	1.51	T	26,27	2	0	T	T	30.660	11	29.560	24	30.110	RNK	2400
DCA	3.73	0.92	0.75	12	1.13	23-24	11	0	3.73	2.4	6	9	1	3.6	3.6			29.460	24		LWX	2400
IAD	3.26	0.58	0.68	23	1.05	23-24	11	0	3.26	4.2	6	13	3	8.7	10.3			29.460	24		LWX	2400
GAV	3.10	-0.05	0.73	12,18	1.00	23-24	10	0	3.10	1.5	27	5	1	2.0	2.0	30.700	11	29.490	24	30.170	AKQ	2400
HAM	3.02	-0.48	0.88	18	0.81	23-24	10	0	3.02	T		1	0	T	T	30.740	11	29.430	24	30.163	AKQ	2400
HDV	3.55	0.5	0.63	23			11	0	3.55	3.8	6	12	3	8.3	9.3	30.660	11	29.460	24	30.060	AKQ	2400
LYH	1.86	-1.28	0.77	12	0.77	12	7	0	1.86	0.1	14	4	0	0.1	0.1	30.660	11	29.560	24	30.110	RNK	2400
NPN	4.06	0.36	1.18	12	1.18	12	10	1	4.06	0.5	27	3	0	0.5	0.5	30.700	11	29.410	24	30.055	AKQ	2400
FHC	3.87	0.47	1.28	18	1.28	18	11	2	3.87	1.0	27	4	1	1.0	1.0	30.686	11	29.422	24	30.054	AKQ	2400
NOR	4.01	0.2	1.17	18	1.17	18	11	2	4.01	1.0	27	4	1	1.0	1.0						AKQ	2400
ORF	3.64	0.24	0.94	18	1.08	23-24	11	1	3.64	1.0	27	4	1	1.0	1.0	30.700	11	29.390	24	30.045	AKQ	2400
POR	4.21	0.56	1.31	18	1.31	18	13	0	4.21	0.5	27	1	0	0.5	0.5	30.700	11	29.410	24	30.055	AKQ	2400
CTR	3.28	0.51	0.96	18	0.96	18	18	0	3.28	T		2	0	T	T	30.660	11	29.450	24	30.121	AKQ	2400
MEC	3.84		1.83	18	1.83	18	9	1	3.84	0.1	27	1	0	0.1	0.1						AKQ	2400
RIC	3.49	0.45	1.54	18	1.54	18	9	1	3.49	0.2	27	4	0	0.3	0.3	30.710	11	29.480	24	30.095	AKQ	2400
ROA	1.31	-1.61	0.46	23	0.50	23-24	9	0	1.31	0.2	14	3	0	T	0.5			29.620	24		RNK	2400
SVC	4.34	0.86	0.96	12	0.96	12	14	0	4.34	3.0	6	8	3	6.1	6.6						LWX	2400
WAL	4.73	1.69	1.62	24	1.86	23-24	12	1	4.73	T	9,14,24,27	4	0	T	T	30.710	11	29.320	24	30.015	AKQ	2400
WSH	2.77	-0.66	0.65	23	0.87	23-24	11	0	2.77	4.1	6	2	1	5.6	7.5	30.710	8	29.530	24	30.120	LWX	2400
Averages	3.17	-0.05	0.95		1.08		10.6	0.4	3.17	1.3		5.0	0.9	2.3	2.7	30.691		29.466		30.095
STATION	T	T1	U	U1	V	V1	W	X	Y	Z	1	2	3	4	5	6	6A	7	7A	8	CWA	TIME RECORDED
STATION	T	T1	U	U1	V	V1	W	X	Y	Z	1	2	3	4	5	6	6A	7	7A	8	CWA	TIME RECORDED
AVL	3.06	-0.61	1.24	4	1.70	3-4	9	1	3.06	T	7,15,23,24 27,30	6	0	T	3.2	30.620	8	29.580	24	30.100	GSP	2400
MRH	4.27	0.19	1.43	24	2.22	23-24	8	1	4.27	0		0	0	0.0	0	30.660	11	29.440	24	30.050	MHX	2400
CLT	2.80	-0.61	0.98	12	1.05	11-12	10	0	2.80	0		0	0	0.0	T	30.660	8	29.580	24	30.120	GSP	2400
ECG	4.01	0.75	1.22	12	1.24	12-13	9	1	4.01	T	14,27	2	0	T	T	30.700	11	29.380	24	30.040	AKQ	2400
FAY	4.37	1.07	2.40	12	2.40	12	9	1	4.37									29.560	24		RAH	2400
GSO	2.04	-1.02	0.71	23	0.90	23-24	7	0	2.04	T	23,26	2	0	T	T			29.560	24		RAH	2400
HSE	4.61	-0.63	1.71	24	2.00	23-24	10	2	4.61	T	27	1	0	T	T	30.660	11	29.400	24	30.030	MHX	2400
HKY	2.72	-1.11	0.93	23	1.00	23-24	8	0	2.72							30.610	11	29.550	24	30.080	GSP	2400
LBT	4.69	1.72	1.85	12	1.85	12	11	2	4.69							30.670	8	29.540	24	30.105	ILM	2400
EWN	4.49	0.47	1.29	4	1.61	23-24	12	2	4.49	0		0	0	0.0	0.0	30.680	11	29.470	24	30.075	MHX	2400
RDU	3.35	-0.15	1.29	12	1.29	12	11	1	3.35	T	27,29	2	0	T	T			29.560	24		RAH	2400
RAL	3.42	-0.08			1.23	11-12	12	1	3.42	T		1	0	T	T	30.710	10	29.700	26	30.205	RAH	2400
WHI	2.48	-1.89	1.06	12	1.13	12-13	10	1	2.48	0		0	0	0.0	0.0	30.664	8	29.508	24	30.160	ILM	2400
ILM	4.98	1.22	1.57	24	2.12	23-24	13	2	4.98	0		0	0	0.0	0.0	30.650	11	29.470	24		ILM	2400
Averages	3.66	-0.05	1.36		1.55		9.9	1.1	3.66	T		1.3	0.0	T	0.3	30.662		29.521		30.097
STATION	T	T1	U	U1	V	V1	W	X	Y	Z	1	2	3	4	5	6	6A	7	7A	8	CWA	TIME RECORDED
STATION	T	T1	U	U1	V	V1	W	X	Y	Z	1	2	3	4	5	6	6A	7	7A	8	CWA	TIME RECORDED
AND	2.85	-1.00	0.75	4	1.07	3-4	9	0	2.85							30.660	8	29.630	24	30.145	GSP	2400
CAE	4.76	1.15	1.45	25	1.65	25-26	11	1	4.76	T	21,24	2	0	T	T	30.680	28	29.610	26	30.145	CAE	2400
CRE	4.12	0.43	1.36	24	2.30	23-24	12	2	4.12							30.640	8	29.500	24	30.070	ILM	2400
CHS	3.53	-0.18	1.21	24	1.70	23-24	9	2	3.53	T	7	1	0	T	T	30.650	8	29.540	24	30.095	CHS	2400
CXM	3.21	0.27	1.52	12	1.52	12	10	1	3.21										24		CHS
FLO	2.43	-0.80	1.05	12	1.05	12	10	1	2.43							30.680	8	29.550	24	30.115	ILM	2400
GSP	3.86	0.04	0.89	23	1.24	3-4	9	0	3.86					0.0	T	30.640	8	29.600	24	30.120	GSP	2400
OGB	2.82	-1.16	0.96	12	1.54	23-24	7	0	2.82							30.680	8	29.590	24	30.135	CAE	2400
Averages	3.45	-0.16	1.15		1.51		9.63	0.88	3.45	T		1.50	0.00	T	T	30.661		29.574	24	30.118
STATION	T	T1	U	U1	V	V1	W	X	Y	Z	1	2	3	4	5	6	6A	7	7A	8	CWA	TIME RECORDED
STATION	T	T1	U	U1	V	V1	W	X	Y	Z	1	2	3	4	5	6	6A	7	7A	8	CWA	TIME RECORDED
TRI	2.28	-1.09	0.57	12	0.87	23-24	11	0	2.28	0.3	24	6	1	0.3	1.5	30.660	8	29.600	26		MRX	2400
DAV	4.61		0.63	5			19	0	4.61	6.1	7	25	12	39.3	77.6						PBX	2400
STATION	T	T1	U	U1	V	V1	W	X	Y	Z	1	2	3	4	5	6	6A	7	7A	8	CWA	TIME RECORDED

Virginia:

Arlington/Washington, D.C. - "THE MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS NEAR NORMAL. THE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION WAS ABOVE NORMAL. LAST MONTH WAS THE FIRST JANUARY WITH ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION SINCE 2006. DESPITE THE ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION AND NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES...MONTHLY SNOWFALL WAS WELL BELOW NORMAL. " - [ - + ] - from NWS Sterling, VA

Chantilly - " January average temperatures were much below normal and precipitation was above normal. The mean monthly temperature was 31.9° (-1.3°). The mean high temperature was 40.5° (-2.0°) and the mean low temperature was 23.3° (-0.6°). No temperature records were set. January precipitation of 3.15” was above average (+0.47”). Snow was observed on the 6th (3.125”), 14th (T), 21st (1.4”), 23rd (0.3”), 26th (1.9”), and 27th (T). Freezing rain was observed on the 29th (.01”). Sleet was observed on the 23rd (0.5”) and 29th (0.1”). *Please note, anemometer is currently partially obstructed from the North and East " - [ - + ] - Member Russ Topping

Dulles - from NWS Sterling (KLWX): " THE MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS WELL BELOW NORMAL. MONTHLY PRECIPITATION WAS ABOVE NORMAL. A RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM SNOWFALL OF 4.2 INCHES ON THE 6TH BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 3.9 INCHES SET IN 1989. FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR...DULLES AIRPORT HAD ABOVE NORMAL SNOWFALL IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY. THE LAST TIME THIS HAPPENED IN BACK-TO-BACK YEARS WAS 1987 AND 1988. " - [ - + ]

Herndon - from member Randy Ashby: " January was below normal for temperature and above normal for precipitation. The temperatures ranged between a high of 62 and a low of 3 and was 3.1 degrees below normal. On the precipitation side, the month was 0.50” above normal, with 3.55” measured. We had 8.3” of snow; with some snow falling on 12 days (including three days when sleet also fell). We also had some freezing rain on the 12th. We have now had 9.3” of snow for the year. " - [ - + ]

Hampton - from David Kessel - " Record low max of 24 on January 8- coldest low max ever for January 8. " - [ - - ]

Norfolk - from NWS Wakefield (AKQ): " …Slightly below normal temperatures and above normal precipitation characterized Norfolk weather in January… The average temperature at Norfolk International Airport was 39.7 degrees, which was 0.7 degree below normal. The average high temperature was 47.7 degrees or 0.4 degrees below normal. The average low temperature was 31.7 degrees, or 1.0 degree below normal. The highest temperature was 75 degrees on the 4th. The lowest temperature was 14 degrees on the 8th. There were 17 days with a minimum temperature below 32 degrees, which was 2.2 days above normal. Precipitation came in at 3.64 inches, which was 0.24 inches above normal. The greatest 24 hour total was 1.08 inches from the 12th to the 13th. There were 11 days with measurable rainfall, which was 0.6 days above normal. Snowfall for the month was 1.0 inch, or 2.6 inches below normal. View the NWS AKQ Wakefield January 2015 Climate Summary with a click here " - [ - + ]

Portsmouth - from Bill Trotter: " January's average temperature of 39.9° was 0.4° BELOW NORMAL. Precipitation (4.21") was ABOVE NORMAL by 0.56" or 115% of the January average during the period from 1976 to 2014. Rainfall for the year through January 31st was 4.21" (+0.56" or 115% of normal). To view the station monthly and year-to-date climatological summary (LCD) for this Portsmouth station, please click here. FROST: 1st, 6th (car-top late evening), 9th (evening), 10th, 11th (hoar frost), 22nd, 23rd, 25th, 29th Frontal passages were recorded for the 4th (WARMFROPA), 5th, 9th, 12th, 16th, 18th, 20th, 24th (WARMFROPA & COLDROPA), 27th, and 29th. STATION RECORDS: 8th - TEMPERATURE - MINIMUM HIGH 26° [previous 29° 1986] and 12th - RAINFALL - 1.15" [previous 1.13" 1996]. " - [ - + ]

Glen Allen - from Lowell Koontz: " January’s monthly mean temperature was 35.5°F, a negative 1.4°F departure and there were 2 days that the maximum temperature was 32°F or less. January had 24 days that the minimum temperature was 32°F or lower. The 7°F on the 8th is the third lowest temperature recorded for January. On January 7th the dew point fell to -12.2°F the 3rd lowest for any month at Glen Allen. Only one day had a temperature of more than 60°F. The highest temperature this month was 67°F recorded on January 4th. The maximum of 26°F on the 8th was the lowest maximum for the month. The 31°F temperature range on the 20th was the largest temperature range for January. The average temperature range was the lowest since 2011 and this was caused in part by cloudiness. This was also the cloudiest January since 2011. The highest barometric pressure was 30.70 inches on January 11th which was the highest pressure ever recorded in January; the old record was 30.64 inches in 2009. The average relative humidity for January was 62.1 percent, the second lowest on record, and the average maximum relative humidity was 82.7 which set a new record low maximum relative humidity for January. Also on January 10th the relative humidity was 18 percent the lowest ever recorded at Glen Allen. (Records from 2009) The precipitation for January was 3.10 inches which was nearly average but had a departure of - 0.05 inches with ten days with measurable precipitation. The snowfall for January was 2.0 inches which was 3.2 inches below the average. The maximum wind for the month was 33 mph on the 4th. " - [ - - ]

Richmond - from NWS AKQ - Wakefield: " …Slightly below normal temperatures and above normal precipitation characterized Richmond weather in January… The average temperature at Richmond International Airport was 37.3 degrees, which was 0.6 degrees below normal. The average high temperature was 46.1 degrees or 1.3 degrees below normal. The average low temperature was 28.5 degrees or 0.2 degrees above normal. The highest temperature was 70 degrees on the 4th. The lowest temperature was 12 degrees on the 8th. There were 23 days with a minimum temperature below 32 degrees, which was 2.5 days above normal. Precipitation came in at 3.04 inches, which was 0.45 inches above normal. The greatest 24 hour total was 1.54 inches on the 18th. There were 9 days with measurable rainfall, which was 0.7 days below normal. Snowfall for the month was 0.3 inches, or 5.9 inches below normal. A measurement of 0.3 inches is the 22nd lowest snowfall total for the month of January on record. A record daily maximum rainfall amount was set on the 18th of 1.54 inches, beating the old record of 1.43 inches set in 1980. " - [ - + ]

Richmond - from contributor Lowell Koontz (GAV): " The Airport set only one new daily record for January. January 18th set a maximum precipitation amount for the date with 1.54 inches; the old record was 1.43 in 1980. This was the 25th largest daily January rainfall amount since 1887. The highest temperature range for the month was only 29 degrees on the 20th. Only ten years have had a lower daily range in temperature for the month in the past 118 years. The average daily temperature range this January was 17.5°F and the average is 19°F. The 0.3 inches of snow for the month was the least since 2012. The total precipitation for January was 3.49 inches which was +0.45 inches above the average making it the 48th wettest January since 1887. The mean temperature at the Richmond International Airport was 37.3°F, 21st warmest January in the past 118 years. " - [ - + ]

Richmond - from NWS Wakefield (AKQ): " View the NWS AKQ Wakefield January 2015 Climate Summary for Richmond with a click here " - [ + + ]

North Carolina:

Fayetteville - from NWS Raleigh (RAH): " JANUARY 8TH: A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 13 DEGREES WAS SET AT THE FAYETTEVILLE REGIONAL AIRPORT...WHICH BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 14 DEGREES SET IN 1970. JANUARY 8TH: A RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 29 DEGREES WAS SET AT THE FAYETTEVILLE REGIONAL AIRPORT...WHICH TIED THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 29 DEGREES SET IN 1988. JANUARY 12TH: A RECORD RAINFALL OF 2.40 INCHES WAS SET AT THE FAYETTEVILLE REGIONAL AIRPORT...WHICH BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 1.20 INCHES SET IN 1929. " - [ - + ]

Greensboro - from NWS Raleigh (RAH): " JANUARY 8TH: A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 6 DEGREES WAS SET AT THE PIEDMONT TRIAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...WHICH TIED THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 6 DEGREES SET IN 1970 " - [ - -]

Raleigh - from contributor Bob Woodson (RAL): " COLD, CLOUDY MONTH WITH VERY LITTLE FROZEN PRECIPITATION. THE AVERAGE DAILY TEMPERATURE WAS 1.1 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL WHILE PRECIPITATION WAS 0.08” BELOW NORMAL. A TRACE OF FREEZING RAIN OCCURRED ON THE 14TH AND A TRACE OF SLEET ON THE 29TH. THERE WERE SIX DAYS WITH OVERCAST SKIES. " - [ - - ]

South Carolina:

North Charleston - from NWS Charleston (CHS): " JAN 4 - RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 63 DEGREES " - [ + + ]

COLUMN DENOTATIONS:

A  maximum mean temperature	T total precipitation (inches) T1 departure from normal
B  minimum mean temperature	U maximum calendar day precipitation (inches)
C  monthly mean temperature C1 departure from normal	U1 date of maximum calendar day precipitation
D  maximum temperature	V date(s) of maximum daily precipitation
E  date(s) of maximum temperature	V1 maximum 24-hour precip. & date(s)
F  minimum temperature	W number of days with precip. >= .01"
G  date(s) of minimum temperature	X number of days with precip. >= 1.0"
H  days with maximum temperature >=90	Y year-to-date precipitation (inches)
I  days with maximum temperature <=32	Z maximum calendar day snowfall (inches)
J  days with minimum temperature <=32	VRB Variable
K  days with minimum temperature <= 0	1 date of maximum calendar day snowfall (inches)
K1 average relative humidity	2 number of days with snowfall
L  peak wind gust (miles per hour)	3 number of days with snowfall >= 1.0"
M  direction of peak wind gust	4  total snowfall for month (inches)
N  date(s) of peak wind gust	5 total snowfall for 2014-2015 season (inches)
N1   average wind speed (miles per hour)	6 maximum barometric pressure (inches)
N2 dominant wind direction	6A date of maximum barometric pressure
O  number of days with thunder	7 minimum barometric pressure (inches)
P  number of days with hail	7A date of minimum barometric pressure
Q  number of days with glaze	8   average sea-level pressure
R  number of days with ice pellets	STN  Station
	NR not recorded
R1 number of days with dense fog [1/4 mile and less visibility]	(i) incomplete data
S  local observation time for temps/precipitation	(M) missing, if listed in data table
~ "about"	E estimated
+  additional indeterminate number of days	CWA - NWS Office County Warning Area

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     NWS Washington/Baltimore, VA/MD
     NWS Wakefield, VA
     NWS Blacksburg, VA
     NWS Raleigh, NC
     NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
     NWS Wilmington, NC
     NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
     NWS Columbia, SC
     NWS Charleston, SC
     NWS Morristown, TN

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     National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, NC

STATION / LOCATION (MILES & DIRECTION FROM MAIN POST OFFICE)/OBSERVER / YEAR RECORDS BEGAN / EMAIL ADDRESS:
[ includes current stations, inactive stations, and closed stations since database inception ]

    

AKQ    Wakefield, VA NWS Wakefield Municipal Airport 36-58-53N 077-00-04W 33M	SVC    Seven Corner, Fairfax County, VA John Iekel Latitude 38.857404 Longitude -77.151696
DCA    Arlington, VA Washington, DC, Reagan Washington National Airport 38-50-54N 077-02-03W 18M	WSH   Washington, VA  David Yowell runamok@runamok.com
BCB    Blacksburg, VA NWS Virginia Tech Airport 37-13N 080-25W
	WOO  Woodstock, VA 5NW Lauck Walton 12/1/85 STATION CLOSED 08/2014
	LDY Ladysmith, VA Danny Jessee 2003 STATION CLOSED 8/31/2010 danny@dannyjessee.com
BRI     Bridgewater, VA Clayton Towers Ctowers19@aol.com	WAL   Wallops Island, VA 37° 56'26" N 75° 27'47" W Wallops Flight Facility Airport
CEN  Centreville, VA Paul Bassett 1985, 38° 50.9788' N LAT. 77° 25.6374' W LON. | Elevation 324' | STATION CLOSED	AVL    Asheville, NC  Asheville Regional Airport 35-25-55N 082-32-15W 670M
CHO   Charlottesville, VA  Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport ASOS  (Rappahannock County) 38-08-18N 078-27-21W 192M	MRH    Beaufort, NC  Michael J. Field Airport 34-44-01N 076-39-38W 3M
DAN  Danville, VA, Danville Regional Airport, 36-34-22N 079-20 10W 175M	CLT    Charlotte, NC NWS Charlotte/Douglas International Airport 35-12-48N 080-56-55W 220M
IAD   Dulles - Washington-Dulles International Airport  38-56-05N 077-26-51W 93M
FCH    Falls Church, VA Erica Page 3/7/94 Windie1970@aol.com	HKY  Hickory, NC
HAM    Hampton, VA 5NE Dave Kessel 1989 kesseld1@cox.net	ECG  Elizabeth City, NC,  Coast Guard Air Station 36-15-47N 076 10-58W 11M
LYH     Lynchburg, VA NWS Lynchburg Regional Airport 37-19-15N 079-12-24W 295M	ILM     Wilmington, NC NWS New Hanover International Airport 34-16-06N 077-54-22W 9M
CTR  Winterpock in Chesterfield County, VA Albert Arnold 06/03	FAY  Fayetteville, NC Fayetteville Regional Airport, 34-59-22N 078-52-48W 55M
	GSO   Greensboro, NC NWS Piedmont Triad International Airport 36-05-51N 079-56-37W 275M
CHT   Chantilly, VA Russ Topping -  12/2006  russ.topping@gmail.com	HSE   Cape Hatteras, NC  Mitchell Field 35-13-56N 075-27-21W 3M
HDV    Herndon, VA  Randoplh W. Ashby, 3.3 SM South, Lat: 38.922127, Lon: -77.38015, Elev: 390'. 1993 randy_ashby@msn.com	LBT    Lumberton, NC  Lumberton Municipal Airport 34-36-26N 079-03-36W 37M
GAV - Glen Allen, Henrico County, VA - Lowell Koontz  8/1/08  wwkoontz@verizon.net	EWN    New Bern, NC  Craven County Regional Airport 36-04-03N 077-02-50W 3M
	MON    Moncure, NC  Chatham County - Mac McIlwain mac.mcilwain@embarqmail.com
	RAL    Raleigh, NC 7NNW  Bob Woodson -  6/1/93 kf4mmm@qsl.net
LKU     Louisa, VA 1N Joseph Bowers 1944 - NWS ID  44-5050-02 STATION CLOSED	RDU   Raleigh-Durham, NC Raleigh-Durham International Airport 35-52-14N 078-47-11W 130M
LOU     Louisa, VA 6S John Bullock (about 1970) STATION CLOSED	ROX    Roxboro, NC 2SE Merriell A. Jay 1/93 ending 12/13
	WHI   North Whiteville, NC Christopher Crawley 12/10 34.413744N / 078.751908W ccawley.kk4csr@gmail.com
LYH     Lynchburg, VA NWS Lynchburg Regional Airport 37-19-15N 079-12-24W 295M	ILM     Wilmington, NC NWS New Hanover International Airport 34-16-06N 077-54-22W 9M
NEW    Newmarket, VA 2W Joyce Winfree STATION CLOSED 5/31/10	CHS   Charleston, SC NWS Charleston Air Force Base 32-53-56N 080-02-26W 13M
	CXM    Downtown Charleston, SC NWS 32.77° N 79.93 W
NPN     Newport News, VA 7N Gary Leonard -  6/91 mikey0781@cox.net	CAE    Columbia, SC NWS Columbia Metropolitan Airport 33-56-31N 081-07-05W 73M
NOR     Norfolk, VA 3NE Jim Fentress 6/1/77	FLO    Florence, SC Florence Regional Airport 34-11-16N 079-43-51W 44M
ORF     Norfolk, VA 5NE 36-54-13N 076-11-31W 14M  1871	GSP   Greenville-Spartanburg, SC NWS Greenville-Spartanburg Airport 34-53-02N 082-13-15W 286M
POR     Portsmouth, VA 36.81° North 76.33° West 3S Bill Trotter -  7/1/76 wxr@cox.net	CRE    North Myrtle Beach, SC Grand Strand Airport 33-48-42N 078-43-26W 10M
MEC     Mechanicsville, VA Glen Martin 11/19/91	OGB   Orangeburg, SC  Orangeburg Municipal Airport 33-27-50N 080-51-13W 59M
FHC    Norfolk, VA  Fred Heutte Center 36° 54'N 76° 16'W 01/01/03 fhcgarden@cox.net	AND   Anderson, SC
RIC     Richmond, VA Richmond International Airport 37-30-40N 077-19-24W 50M	TRI     Tri-cities, TN  (Bristol / Johnson / Kingsport), Tri-City Regional Airport 36-28-47N 082-23-56W 474M
ROA    Roanoke, VA Roanoke Regional Airport 37-19-01N 079-58-27W 362M	DAV  Davis, WV Dave Lesher canaanwx@yahoo.com