A derecho (pronounced similar to deh-REY-cho in English, or pronounced phonetically as ) is a widespread, long-lived wind storm associated with a band of rapidly moving showers or thunderstorms variously known as a squall line, bow echo, or quasi-linear convective system.
The weather in Hampton is temperate and seasonal. Summers are hot and humid with cool evenings. [citation needed] The mean annual temperature is 70 Â°F (21 Â°C), with an average annual snowfall of 6 inches (150 mm) and an average annual rainfall of 47 inches (1,200 mm).
The coldest recorded temperature in this area came on Jan. 21, 1985, when we hit minus-3 degrees. That was the only time Hampton Roads temperatures â generally measured in Norfolk â have fallen below zero since the National Weather Service began keeping records in Norfolk in 1874.That day also marked the coldest recorded temperature in state history: minus-30 at Mountain Lake.n Feb. 8, 1895 â during the fine times of President Grover Cleveland's second administration â temperatures in the Tidewater area dropped to 2 degrees, still the second-coldest day in the region's recorded history. Four years later on Valentine's Day, the thermometers registered 3 degrees.