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MAY 2022 BASIC STATS OF CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA:
(May station database began in 1977)
ABOVE NORMAL MEAN TEMP
69.8° (+1.7°)
SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL
4.20" (-0.22" or 95% of normal)
2022 YEARLY RAINFALL 17.79" (-1.11"/ 94%)

NOAA PREDICTS ABOVE-NORMAL
2022 ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON
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Most recent Expanded Station Observations
all times are Eastern Time (US)
Updated @
9:27pm ET
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Visibilities
Visibility @ KSFQ Suffolk Municipal Airport - Suffolk, Virginia
10 statute miles
Visibility @ at KNGU Naval Air Station - Chambers Field - Norfolk, Virginia
10 statute miles
Visibility @ at KORF Norfolk International Airport - Norfolk, Virginia
10 statute miles
Visibility @ at KCPK Chesapeake Regional Airport - Chesapeake, Virginia
10 statute miles
Temperatures
Current: 74.0° at 9:27pm
Comfort Level:
Comfortable
Max: 80.9° at 5:22pm
Min: 66.2° at 6:19am
24-hour Difference: 0.8°
Daily Average: 74.4°
Wind Chill: 74.0° at 9:27pm
Min: 65.9° at 6:10am
Heat Index: 76.5° at 9:27pm
Max: 81.8° at 5:22pm
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Dew Point
Current: 61.9° at 9:27pm
Max: 72.2° at 12:36am
Min: 54.2° at 12:23pm
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Relative Humidity
Current: 66.0% at 9:27pm
Max: 99.0% at 5:25am
Min: 44.0% at 12:23pm
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Wind Speed & Direction
Current max wind speed:
SSE  7 mph | 9:27pm
Max: 29 mph at 8:17am
Daily Average Direction: 338°
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Barometric (Sea Level) Pressure
Current: 30.191" & Rising at 9:27pm
Rate: 0.014" past hour
24-hour Difference: 0.210"
Max: 30.191" at 9:27pm
Min: 30.011" at 12:01am
Average: 30.177"
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Rainfall
Hourly: 0.00" at 9:27pm
Rain Rate: 0.00" per hour
Daily: 0.05" thru 9:27pm
Past 24-hours ending 9:27pm: 0.05"
Monthly: 2.46"
Yearly: 20.24"
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Sun & Moon
Sunrise: 5:49am Sunset: 8:29pm
Moonrise: 5:06am Moonset: 8:34pm
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Snowfall 2021-2022
Season Station Total: 9.8"
0.1" on 1/3/22
0.1" on 1/20/22
3.0" on 1/21/22
3.0" on 1/22/22
STORM TOTAL: 6.0" on 1/21-22/22
1.2" on 1/28/22
2.3" on 1/29/22
STORM TOTAL: 3.5" on 1/28-29/22
0.1" on 3/12/22
MARC Snowfall Totals Mid-Atlantic
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