Weather of Petersburg National Battlefield and Richmond National Battlefield Park: Mid-Atlantic Network summary report for 2016
Wofford JE. 2017. Weather of Petersburg National Battlefield and Richmond National Battlefield Park: Mid-Atlantic Network summary report for 2016. Natural Resource Data Series. NPS/MIDN/NRDS—2017/1105. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado
The Mid-Atlantic Network (MIDN) weather and climate monitoring protocol supports the documentation of current status and long-term trends in air temperature and precipitation at multiple temporal and spatial scales in MIDN parks. The purpose of this report is to provide a concise weather and climate summary for Petersburg National Battlefield (PETE) and Richmond National Battlefield Park (RICH) for the time period of January 1 to December 31, 2016. PETE and RICH are located in the Tidewater and Eastern Piedmont climate divisions of Virginia. In 2016, a total of four weather stations were selected to report park weather and climate conditions, and a large suite of precipitation and temperature metrics were summarized. Ultimately, 2016 was a very warm year and ranked as the 4th and 6th warmest on record for the Tidewater and the Eastern Piedmont, respectively. Three of the four seasons were warmer than normal, particularly the summer, which ranked as the second warmest on record for both climate divisions. The year was also wetter than normal, being the 14th (Tidewater) and 43th (Eastern Piedmont) wettest out of 122 years of records. No drought conditions were reported near the parks during 2016.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Wofford, John
- Date of Issue
- 2017-05
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- MIDN , NRSS , PETE , RICH
- Keywords
- Climate, Monitoring, Weather, Weather Monitor
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Air and Climate | Weather and Climate | Weather and Climate