Climate Resources

NOAA NATIONAL CENTERS
FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION 

STATE CLIMATE SUMMARIEs

VIRGINIA

This resource blows me away!  The level of accessibility of the information is impressive, and the fact that science organizations (governmental and non) are able to provide such specific and organized data makes me happy. Anyway, this resource is from the NOAA NCEI - which is tasked with providing all sorts of environmental data to the public. It has Key Message pointed out at the beginning that are specific to Virginia's Climate, followed by a descriptive narrative of it, and finally a range of data specific to Virginia's climate available for easy download

https://www.virginia.org/climate/

This source is a general look at Virginia climate, including breakdowns by region. The average low/high temperatures and precipitation amounts are posted by region and the basics of how the physical geography affects the climate in our area is discussed.



http://www.virginiaplaces.org/climate/

This resource is a more technical and specific look at the climate history of Virginia. The publisher of the site attributes well the information posted, so those sources can be checked for further, possibly more reliably-sourced,  information.


There are many more relevant sources about the climate of VA including some about GFP specifically.

Washington Post Article about Potomac river flow at GFP
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2018/06/05/the-potomac-at-great-falls-explodes-at-flood-stage-i-have-never-seen-the-river-appear-so-violent/?utm_term=.b3d1d900476d
RIVER at a GLANCE feature - https://water.weather.gov/ahps2/glance.php?wfo=lwx&gage=gflv2&riverid=206834
https://www.weather.gov/marfc/DailyPrecipitation
https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/soil-water-conservation/you-your-land-climate
https://www.usclimatedata.com/climate/virginia/united-states/3216
http://www.climate.virginia.edu/description.htm
https://traveltips.usatoday.com/can-climate-virginia-described-102713.html
https://garden.org/nga/zipzone/index.php?zip=22046&q=find_zone&submit=Go+%3E
https://www.dcr.virginia.gov/natural-heritage/natural-communities/document/ncoverviewphys-veg.pdf



GFP vegetation resources -
https://vnps.org/conservation/virginia-native-plant-registry-sites-3/great-falls-park/
https://www.nps.gov/grfa/planyourvisit/upload/Potomac%20Gorge%20brochure%20B.pdf