000 NOUS41 KAKQ 012223 CCA PNSAKQ PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 520 PM EST WED FEB 1 2006 ...10TH WARMEST JANUARY ON RECORD AT RICHMOND... ...12TH WARMEST JANUARY ON RECORD AT NORFOLK... _____________________________RICHMOND_______________________ -TEMPERATURE (PERIOD OF RECORD 1880-2006)- WITH AN AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE OF 45.0 F...2006 RANKS AS THE 10TH WARMEST JANUARY ON RECORD AT RICHMOND...AND THE WARMEST JANUARY SINCE 1990. THE WARMEST JANUARY OCCURRED IN 1950...WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 49.7 F...AND AN AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 60.5 F. FOR 2006...THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 55.4 F IS THE 5TH WARMEST ON RECORD...WHILE THE AVERAGE LOW OF 34.7 F RANKS AS 11TH WARMEST. THE WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES THIS JANUARY WERE PRIMARILY DUE TO A LACK OF COLD OUTBREAKS RATHER THAN EXTREME WARMTH- 1) THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE OF THE MONTH WAS 69 F (ON THE 9TH). OF THE 10 WARMEST JANUARYS ON RECORD...THIS IS THE ONLY ONE THAT DID NOT HAVE AT LEAST ONE DAY OF 70-DEGREE WARMTH. 2) THE COLDEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 41 F (ON THE 7TH). ONLY TWO OTHER JANUARYS HAVE NOT HAD ANY DAYS IN THE 30S (OR COLDER) FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE (1990 AND 1932). 3) THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 20 F (ON THE 7TH). ABOUT ONE OUT OF TEN JANUARYS HAVE NOT DIPPED BELOW 20 F. -SNOWFALL (PERIOD OF RECORD 1897-2006) JUST A TRACE OF SNOWFALL WAS RECORDED FOR THE MONTH. ALTHOUGH THIS IS WELL BELOW THE AVERAGE OF 4.0 INCHES...IT IS NOT PARTICULARLY UNUSUAL AS 19 JANUARYS HAVE NOT RECEIVED MEASURABLE SNOWFALL AT RICHMOND. ____________________________NORFOLK__________________________ -TEMPERATURE (PERIOD OF RECORD 1872-2006)- THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 47.4 F...JUST OVER 7 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE...AND THE WARMEST JANUARY SINCE 1974. HOWEVER...IT WAS NOT ONE OF THE TEN WARMEST JANUARYS OF RECORD...RANKING 12TH WARMEST SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1872. LIKE RICHMOND...NO RECORD HIGHS WERE SET AND NO DAYS HIT 70 F OR HIGHER. -SNOWFALL (PERIOD OF RECORD 1891-2006)- TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH WAS 0.7 INCHES...BELOW THE AVERAGE AMOUNT OF 2.2 INCHES. $$ BROWN