Around Hampton Roads, January felt almost nothing like winter. The average high temperature at Norfolk International Airport was 56 degrees, eight degrees above normal. Fourteen days had high temperatures in the 60's.
And the warm trend is expected to continue through February. The Climate Prediction Center is forecasting a 40% chance of above normal temperatures for our region for the next month. There is also a 33% chance of below normal precipitation during February.
Update: I'm told by people at the National Weather Service in Wakefield that January 2011 was not exceptionally warm, ranking as the 14th warmest January on record. The warmest January recorded happened in 1950.
Links:
The one month outlook from the Climate Prediction Center
Norfolk's weather almanac for January
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