PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1130 PM EDT THU MAY 5 2011

...3RD WARMEST APRIL ON RECORD AT NORFOLK...
...7TH WARMEST APRIL ON RECORD AT RICHMOND...


NORFOLK:

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR APRIL 2011 WAS 63.3 F...RANKING AS THE
3RD WARMEST ON RECORD AT NORFOLK. THE AVERAGE HIGH WAS 73.2 F (WHICH
RANKS 6TH WARMEST) AND THE AVERAGE LOW WAS 53.5 F (WHICH RANKS 3RD
WARMEST). THE WARMEST APRIL ON RECORD OCCURRED IN 1994...WITH AN
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 64.7 F.

* THE PERIOD OF RECORD FOR AVERAGE TEMPERATURE BEGINS IN 1871.
* THE PERIOD OF RECORD FOR HIGH AND LOW TEMPERATURE BEGINS IN 1874.

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RICHMOND:

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR APRIL 2011 WAS 61.8 F...RANKING AS THE
7TH WARMEST ON RECORD AT RICHMOND. THE AVERAGE HIGH WAS 73.6 F
(WHICH RANKS 9TH WARMEST) AND THE AVERAGE LOW WAS 49.9 F (WHICH
RANKS 2ND WARMEST). THE WARMEST APRIL ON RECORD OCCURRED IN
1891...WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 63.3 F.

* THE PERIOD OF RECORD FOR AVERAGE TEMPERATURE BEGINS IN 1881.
* THE PERIOD OF RECORD FOR HIGH AND LOW TEMPERATURE BEGINS IN 1897.

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