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Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park. NPS photo
The National Park Service's Mid-Atlantic Inventory and Monitoring Network tracks ecosystem "vital signs", including weather and climate. This is its summary of 2022 at Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, averaging data for the surrounding Caroline, Orange, Spotsylvania and Stafford counties, Virginia, from 1895 to 2022, courtesy of NOAA's Climate at a Glance program.
Weather or climate? Weather is the atmosphere over minutes to months — what's happening outside now. Climate is what to expect from patterns of 30 years or more: climate is the hot summer you expect, weather the warm, rainy day you get.
2022 at a glance
| 2022 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Average temperature | 57.0 °F, 1.6 °F above the long-term average | 18th warmest since 1895 |
| Total precipitation | 41.55 inches, 0.79 inches below average | essentially normal |
Temperature
Ten months were warmer than normal, and three of four seasons were above normal; February (+5.0 °F) and March (+4.7 °F) were the standouts.
| Month | °F | vs average | Month | °F | vs average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.0 | −1.6 | July | 78.2 | +2.1 |
| February | 41.4 | +5.0 | August | 76.3 | +1.8 |
| March | 49.8 | +4.7 | September | 69.2 | +1.1 |
| April | 55.4 | +0.7 | October | 55.0 | −1.8 |
| May | 65.8 | +1.8 | November | 49.6 | +3.6 |
| June | 72.9 | +0.9 | December | 37.1 | +0.1 |
Departures are from the 1895–2021 averages.
Temperature rankings for 2022, by season and year (an arrow at the top would mark the warmest on record since 1895, at the bottom the coldest). Winter is January–March, spring April–June, summer July–September, autumn October–December. NPS
Precipitation
| Month | Inches | vs average | Month | Inches | vs average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.92 | +0.83 | July | 5.42 | +1.25 |
| February | 1.46 | −1.31 | August | 3.80 | −0.62 |
| March | 3.62 | +0.13 | September | 1.66 | −2.04 |
| April | 2.62 | −0.74 | October | 2.48 | −0.86 |
| May | 4.50 | +0.63 | November | 2.63 | −0.30 |
| June | 4.90 | +0.85 | December | 4.52 | +1.40 |
Precipitation rankings for 2022, by season and year (top: wettest since 1895; bottom: driest). NPS
The long view
Since 1895, annual average temperature around the park has risen about 0.2 °F per decade, and annual precipitation about 0.21 inches per decade. By 2100, Park Service scientists project the park's annual average temperature will rise 2.9 to 8.8 °F (best to worst case) and annual precipitation 8% to 14% (Gonzalez and others, 2018).
Annual average temperature (°F) and precipitation (inches), counties around the park, 1895–2022; dashed lines show linear trends. NPS
Rapid climate change is challenging national parks as never before — shifting wildlife migrations, more destructive storms threatening cultural resources and facilities, disrupted habitat. More: the NPS climate change site · the network's weather and climate monitoring · printable version (PDF). Data: NOAA's nClimDiv dataset (version v1.0.0-20230106).
Sources
Based on "2022 Weather in Review: Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park," Mid-Atlantic Inventory and Monitoring Network, National Park Service; a work of the United States government in the public domain.
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