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Richmond, Virginia – A stretch of persistent winter chill across Virginia is expected to loosen its grip during the first full week of February, offering a modest warm-up even as colder-than-normal conditions remain in place statewide.
According to the National Weather Service and NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, temperatures from Tuesday, Feb. 4, through Monday, Feb. 10, are still favored to run below normal across much of Virginia. Even so, daytime highs are projected to trend several degrees warmer than late January. In central and eastern Virginia, including Richmond, Petersburg, and Williamsburg, highs may reach the upper 30s to low 40s at times, with overnight lows generally falling into the 20s…