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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
250 PM EDT TUE SEP 2 2008

...10TH WARMEST SUMMER ON RECORD AT RICHMOND...
...5TH DRIEST SUMMER AND 2ND DRIEST AUGUST ON RECORD AT NORFOLK...

***PERIOD OF RECORD BEGINS IN 1880 AT RICHMOND AND 1871 AT NORFOLK***

____________________________RICHMOND____________________________

***AVG TEMPERATURE FOR SUMMER 2008 (JUN-AUG) WAS 78.4 F...THE 10TH 
WARMEST ON RECORD (HIGHEST IS 79.6 F IN 1900).

***AVG HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR SUMMER 2008 WAS 89.7 F...THE 4TH WARMEST 
ON RECORD (HIGHEST IS 90.3 F IN 1977).

***OVERALL A VERY HOT JUNE (2ND WARMEST ON RECORD)...WAS FOLLOWED BY 
NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT JULY AND 
AUGUST. 


____________________________NORFOLK_____________________________

***TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR SUMMER 2008 (JUN-AUG) WAS JUST 
7.79"...NEARLY 6 INCHES BELOW AVERAGE. THIS RANKS AS THE 5TH DRIEST 
SUMMER ON RECORD (DRIEST IS 4.60" IN 1993). 

***PRECIPITATION FOR AUGUST 2008 TOTALED JUST 0.67"...NOT EVEN 15% 
OF THE AVERAGE AMOUNT OF 4.79". THIS RANKS AS THE 2ND DRIEST AUGUST 
ON RECORD (DRIEST IS 0.64" IN 1930). 

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