Updated October 23, 2020

By Carol J.  Bova

Data is factual information, as in measurements and statistics.
A scenario is a description of what could possibly happen.

When it comes to local sea level rise, I’ll go with data over scenarios.

The original post show the NOAA stations for Virginia and the 2015 numbers for all but Portsmouth which ends in 1987 and Gloucester Point which ends in 2003. Last report for Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel is 2017 as of October, 2020. All other stations were updated to also show 2019 information. (Click on the link to go to the NOAA site.)
https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/sltrends/mslUSTrendsTable.html

Virginia Stations

Location        Local sea level rise per year and per century
8631044 Wachapreague, Virginia
The mean sea level trend is 5.37 mm/year from 1978 to 2015 which is equivalent to a change of 1.76 feet in 100 years.  Update to 2019:  5.48 mm/yr and 1.8 feet per century

8632200 Kiptopeke, Virginia
The mean sea level trend is 3.58 mm/year from 1951 to 2015 which is equivalent to a change of 1.17 feet in 100 years. Update to 2019:  3.76 mm/yr and 1.23 feet per century

8635150 Colonial Beach, Virginia
The mean sea level trend is 4.89 mm/year from 1972 to 2010 which is equivalent to a change of 1.60 feet in 100 years. Update to 2019:  4.89 mm/yr and 1.6 feet per century

8635750 Lewisetta, Virginia
The mean sea level trend is 5.42 mm/year from 1974 to 2015 which is equivalent to a change of 1.78 feet in 100 years. Update to 2019:  5.55 mm/yr and 1.82 feet per century

8637624 Gloucester Point, Virginia
The mean sea level trend is 3.81 mm/year from 1950 to 2003 which is equivalent to a change of 1.25 feet in 100 years. Destroyed in Hurricane Isabel in 2003.

8638610 Sewells Point, Virginia
The mean sea level trend is 4.59 mm/year from 1927 to 2015 which is equivalent to a change of 1.51 feet in 100 years. Update to 2019:  4.7 mm/yr and 1.54 feet per century

8638660 Portsmouth, Virginia
The mean sea level trend is 3.76 mm/year from 1935 to 1987 which is equivalent to a change of 1.23 feet in 100 years. Last reading 1987.

8638863 Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, Virginia
The mean sea level trend is 5.93 mm/year from 1975 to 2015 which is equivalent to a change of 1.94 feet in 100 years. Update to last report in 2017:  5.92 mm/yr and 1.94 feet per century