PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
530 AM EST SUN JAN 1 2012


...4TH WARMEST YEAR AND 8TH WARMEST DECEMBER ON RECORD AT RICHMOND...
...2ND WARMEST YEAR AND 8TH WARMEST DECEMBER ON RECORD AT NORFOLK...

************RICHMOND***********

THE AVERAGE ANNUAL TEMPERATURE FOR 2011 WAS 60.77 F...RANKING AS THE
4TH WARMEST ON RECORD. BASED ON THE PERIOD 1981-2010...THE NORMAL
ANNUAL VALUE AT RICHMOND IS 58.8 F. THE TOP 5 WARMEST YEARS ARE
LISTED BELOW:

1) 61.4 F  (1891)
2) 61.0 F  (1990)
3) 60.8 F  (1890)
4) 60.77 F (2011)
5) 60.7 F  (2006)

IN ADDITION...DECEMBER 2011 FINISHES WITH AN AVERAGE MONTHLY
TEMPERATURE OF 46.3 F...RANKING AS THE 8TH WARMEST DECEMBER ON
RECORD. BASED ON THE PERIOD 1981-2010...THE NORMAL DECEMBER AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE AT RICHMOND IS 41.1 F. AN INTERESTING NOTE IS THE LARGE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DECEMBER 2011 (46.3 F/8TH WARMEST) AND DECEMBER
2010 (33.3 F/7TH COLDEST).

TEMPERATURE RECORDS AT RICHMOND DATE BACK TO 1897 FOR DAILY
TEMPERATURE DATA AND 1881 FOR AVERAGE MONTHLY AND ANNUAL
TEMPERATURE.

************NORFOLK***********

THE AVERAGE ANNUAL TEMPERATURE FOR 2011 WAS 62.4 F...RANKING AS THE
2ND WARMEST ON RECORD. BASED ON THE PERIOD 1981-2010...THE NORMAL
ANNUAL VALUE AT NORFOLK IS 60.1 F. THE TOP 5 WARMEST YEARS ARE
LISTED BELOW:

1) 62.7 F  (1990)
2) 62.4 F  (2011)
3) 62.38 F (1991)
4) 61.92 F (1994)
5) 61.9 F  (1998)

IN ADDITION...DECEMBER 2011 FINISHES WITH AN AVERAGE MONTHLY
TEMPERATURE OF 50.3 F...RANKING AS THE 8TH WARMEST DECEMBER ON
RECORD. BASED ON THE PERIOD 1981-2010...THE NORMAL DECEMBER AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE AT NORFOLK IS 44.1 F. AN INTERESTING NOTE IS THE LARGE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DECEMBER 2011 (50.3 F/8TH WARMEST) AND DECEMBER
2010 (35.1 F/4TH COLDEST).

TEMPERATURE RECORDS AT NORFOLK DATE BACK TO 1874 FOR DAILY
TEMPERATURE DATA AND 1871 FOR AVERAGE MONTHLY AND ANNUAL TEMPERATURE.

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