PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
500 PM EST SUN JAN 06 2013

...WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD AT RICHMOND...
...WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD AT NORFOLK...
...WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD AT SALISBURY MD...


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

THE AVERAGE ANNUAL TEMPERATURE FOR 2012 WAS 61.1 F...RANKING AS THE
WARMEST ON RECORD. PRIOR TO THIS YEAR...THE WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD
HAD BEEN 1990 WHEN THE AVERAGE ANNUAL TEMPERATURE WAS 61.0 F. BASED
ON THE PERIOD 1981-2010...THE NORMAL ANNUAL VALUE IS 58.9 F.


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



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

THE AVERAGE ANNUAL TEMPERATURE FOR 2012 WAS 62.75 F...RANKING AS THE
WARMEST ON RECORD. PRIOR TO THIS YEAR...THE WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD
HAD BEEN 1990 WHEN THE AVERAGE ANNUAL TEMPERATURE WAS 62.73 F. BASED
ON THE PERIOD 1981-2010...THE NORMAL ANNUAL VALUE IS 60.2 F.

TEMPERATURE RECORDS AT NORFOLK DATE BACK TO 1874.


************SALISBURY MD***********

THE AVERAGE ANNUAL TEMPERATURE FOR 2012 WAS 60.3 F...RANKING AS
THE WARMEST ON RECORD. PRIOR TO THIS YEAR...THE WARMEST YEAR ON
RECORD HAD BEEN 1921 WHEN THE AVERAGE ANNUAL TEMPERATURE WAS 59.2 F.
BASED ON THE PERIOD 1981-2010...THE NORMAL ANNUAL VALUE IS 56.0 F.

TEMPERATURE RECORDS AT SALISBURY MD DATE BACK TO 1906. **IT SHOULD
BE NOTED THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL YEARS PRIOR TO 1948 WITH SIGNIFICANT
AMOUNTS OF MISSING DATA (IN SOME CASES ENTIRE YEARS ARE MISSING).
THE EXTENT TO WHICH 2012 RANKS ABOVE OTHER YEARS MAY NOT BE
REPRESENTATIVE.


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