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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
600 PM EDT THU JUL 1 2010

...WARMEST AND 2ND DRIEST JUNE ON RECORD AT RICHMOND...
...WARMEST JUNE ON RECORD AT NORFOLK...

__________________________RICHMOND________________________

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 81.1 F MAKES 2010 THE WARMEST JUNE ON
RECORD...BREAKING THE PREVIOUS WARMEST JUNE OF 79.2 F BACK IN 1943.
BOTH THE AVERAGE HIGH (92.2 F) AND THE AVERAGE LOW (70.0 F) RANK AS
THE WARMEST ON RECORD AS WELL. THE TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH
TOTALED JUST 0.82"...2ND DRIEST ON RECORD (1980 IS THE DRIEST ON
RECORD WITH 0.38").

SOME NOTABLE RECORDS:

    - 3 DAYS HAD A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 100 F OR HIGHER...THIS TIES
      WITH 2008 AND 1952 AS THE MOST ON RECORD FOR THE MONTH
      OF JUNE.

    - 11 DAYS HAD A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 95 F OR HIGHER...THIS TIES
      1984 AS THE MOST ON RECORD FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE.

    - 19 DAYS HAD A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 90 F OR HIGHER...ONLY 1943
      HAD MORE (20 DAYS).

    - A TOTAL OF 3 DAILY RECORD HIGHS AND 5 DAILY RECORD HIGH
      MINIMUMS WERE SET (OR TIED DURING THE MONTH.

    - THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 81.1 F NOT ONLY RANKS AS THE
      WARMEST JUNE ON RECORD...BUT IS ALSO WARMER THAN EVERY AUGUST
      EXCEPT FOR THE 82.9 F IN 1900. TEN JULYS ARE WARMER THAN JUNE
      2010.

***AS MENTIONED IN A PREVIOUS STATEMENT...THE ASOS OBSERVING
EQUIPMENT AT THE RICHMOND AIRPORT HAD A PROBLEM WITH A FAULTY
ASPIRATOR FOR APPROXIMATELY THE 1ST HALF OF THE MONTH AND HIGH
TEMPERATURE DATA DURING THIS PERIOD WAS USED FROM THE NEARBY
SANDSTON CO-OP SITE.


__________________________NORFOLK________________________

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 80.3 F MAKES 2010 THE WARMEST JUNE ON
RECORD...BREAKING THE PREVIOUS WARMEST JUNE OF 80.1 F BACK IN 1943.
THE AVERAGE HIGH (88.5 F) RANKS AS THE 3RD WARMEST ON RECORD WHILE
THE AVERAGE LOW (72.1 F) RANKS AS THE WARMEST ON RECORD. CONSISTENCY
RATHER THAN EXTREMES WAS THE KEY...THE ONLY DAILY RECORD SET WAS A
RECORD HIGH MINIMUM OF 77 F SET ON JUNE 23RD.



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