Unseasonable Warmth!
Unseasonably warm temperatures were noted across the region on Sunday, with more warm weather on the way for the first half of the week ahead. While most sites did not report record breaking heat, most locations did report high temperatures in the upper 80s to lower 90s, temperatures that are 15 to 20 degrees above normal! There were a few records recorded Sunday, however, with both Salisbury and Wallops Island recording new record high temperatures. Salisbury reached 91° Sunday (breaking the old record of 88°, 1997), withWallops Island reaching a high of 88° (82°, 2002). To put the warm temperatures into prospective, consider the following information, compiled for Richmond, Norfolk, Salisbury and Elizabeth City:
LAST TIME TEMPERATURES HIT 90F OR ABOVE IN OCTOBER...
HOW UNUSUAL ARE 90F + TEMPERATURES FOR OCTOBER? ALTHOUGH MOST YEARS DO NOT SEE 90F IN OCTOBER ACROSS THE REGION...THERE ARE SOME NOTOABLE EXCEPTIONS... OCTOBER 90F (OR HIGHER) CLIMATOLOGY LISTED BELOW...
INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT MOST OF THESE YEARS WITH 90 DEGREE DAYS IN OCTOBER HAD PRECIPITATION DEFICITS (COMPARED TO NORMAL) GOING INTO OCTOBER. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE AT RICHMOND WERE THE ENTIRE YEAR IN 1941 RECIEVED JUST 22.91 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION! JAN-SEP PRECIPITATION LISTED BELOW...
RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES (FRI OCT 5TH-WED OCT 10TH)
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Page composed by Mike Montefusco
Data compiled by Larry Brown