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Just barely broke freezing here, 32.5 for a high with flurries whipping by in the breeze all day. Never any accumulation today, but did pick up a penny (0.1) with 7 am observation this morning. Winds have been gusty all day, 30-35 mph, did have a 39 mph gust right at 2 pm. Currently 30.1/19.0.

Just had an interesting 'sleet squall' roll thru here. It was sleet, NOT graupel. Just enough to start to whiten things then it stopped. Currently 37.7/26.9. Winds picking up too, NW at 7 gusting 22.

Just thinking off my the top of my head... it takes a REALLY warm Feb and a chilly March, so 1984 and 2017 come to mind.

12/16 0.2 12/22 0.1 12/24 0.1 12/28 0.1 01/09 0.2 02/02 0.4 03/12 1.0 Total 2.1

More sleet than snow here now, but hit 1.0 inch before that started, first inch of the season, quite a wait!!

It's 1/2 of one lol.

Oh... I'd say be prepared for it and thru April as a payback of sorts for the incredibly mild/warm winter. Everything evens out in the end you know.

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Hey now!

So for the date I had a 39.1 degree 'low' at 4:56 pm after falling all day in mist/drizzle and light rain and a stiff E to NE breeze. THEN I had a 'high' at 4:03 am of 53.5 degrees after temps rose all night. Crazy day. Currently 39.7/30.0 and cloudy here with a WNW wind 9 gusting to 27 at 8 am. Highest wind was 35 mph at 4:14 am from W.

Well this is something that you don't see everyday. It has 'warmed' to 41.1 in last 45 minutes... Special Weather Statement National Weather Service BLACKSBURG VA 649 PM EST Fri Mar 3 2023 VAZ011-014-018-019-023-WVZ044-040015- Botetourt VA-Giles VA-Montgomery VA-Craig VA-Alleghany VA-Monroe WV- 649 PM EST Fri Mar 3 2023 ...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of Alleghany County in west central Virginia, northeastern Giles and Craig Counties in southwestern Virginia, northwestern Botetourt County in west central Virginia, northwestern Montgomery County in southwestern Virginia and southeastern Monroe Counties in southeastern West Virginia and the City of Covington through 715 PM EST... At 647 PM EST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Huffman, or near Mountain Lake, moving northeast at 100 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Blacksburg... Covington... Clifton Forge... Pembroke... New Castle... Newport... and Paint Bank.

Nothing but drizzle here, but temps have oozed down all day, 43.8 at 7 am, now 39.6 at 4 pm.

Thunder woke me up here about 2:40 am, pretty awesome for 2nd day of March. Meanwhile, wife has a niece that works Disney in California and sent video of it snowing there... lol.

My numbers for Feb 2023 Averaged high was 53.9 degrees vs a normal of 46.0 degrees, a +7.9 degrees above average and is 3rd warmest recorded here behind 2017's 55.4 and 1990's 55.1 degree readings. Warmest day was the 24th with a 71.7 degree reading. Averaged low was 32.1 degrees vs a normal of 24.0 degrees, a +8.1 degrees above average and sliding into 2nd place as warmest minimum, only being beat by 1998's 32.3 degree mark. Coldest temp recorded was 11.4 degrees on the 4th. Overall averaged temp was 43.0 degrees vs a normal of 35.0 degrees, and sets a new Feb record, breaking 1990's 42.8 degree reading. Total precip for the month was 4.44 inches vs a normal of 2.67 inches, a +1.77 above average. The wettest day was the 13th with 1.78 inches falling. There were 13 measurable days, 3 days with a "T" and 12 dry days. Total snowfall for the month was a pitiful 0.4 inches vs a normal of 5.9 inches, a -5.5 inches below normal and falling into 4th place behind 1988 0.0, 2020's 0.2 and T's for 1990/91/99 and 2017. The ONLY snowfall was the 0.4 falling on the 2nd, which makes it the heaviest for the month. There were 4'T's and 23 snowless days. The highest wind recorded was 41 mph on the 22nd. Lots of records besides the major new Feb monthly average temp. New 'warm minimums' set on the 9th, 10th, 17th and 24th. A new record high temp set on the 24th. Two new daily rainfall records on 13th and 17th. Overall a powerfully warm month with plenty of moisture and winds, recorded 12 days in excess of 25 mph.

DCA: +0.6 NYC: -0.4 BOS: -1.9 ORD: -1.1 ATL: +1.1 IAH: +0.9 DEN: -1.5 PHX: +0.4 SEA: -0.8

71.7 for a high here, not a record, that belongs to 1985's 76 degree reading. DID break the warm minimum (again) with a 46.4 degree mark, beating 2018's 45.9.

Crazy, crazy warm this morning. 62 degrees at 7 am! It warmed up from 45 around midnight. Currently it is raining (started about 30 minutes ago) and 59.8/56.7.

Can we just package a p03 and p06 together and make everyone happy for once????

I remember February's of past....

Just got back from Roanoke (well Rocky Mount picking up new furniture) and it was 65/66 on bank therms an hour ago, 61 when I went by the bank at Daleville 45 minutes ago and either 52 or 53 depending on which of the 4 thermometers I have up at the house when I got in...

Was 22.4 at 7 am ob, only a 30 degree difference from yesterday at same time. Just enough wind blown snow to see in cracks and corners, almost seems like winter again.

Sitting right at 4 inches of rain for the month, if someone said you'd be at 4 inches for the month back in November I'd have been a happy (and snow-envisioning) person.

Coastal of course

Set two records for the date, the 1.68 inches breaks 2003's 1.18 rainfall mark, the 45.8 degree low breaks 2012's 43.8 'warm minimum' degree reading. Temps were stuck right at 50 almost all day and night with rain (heavy overnight). The 'high' of 52.5 happened right at the 7 am reading, already down to 48.9 at 10:30 and getting windy.