Since 1976, Portsmouth Weather Records Service (
PWRS) has collected, analyzed, and desseminated weather data for the public, media, and the National Weather Service. PWRS, a non-profit organization, works in tandem with the Friends of Fred Heutte Foundation at the
Fred Heutte Center in Norfolk to provide weather data for the cities of Norfolk (23507-1866) and Portsmouth (23702-2017), Virginia.