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Northeast Regional Climate Center |
January was very warm all across the Northeast. The average temperature for the region was 30.5 degrees, which is 7.6 degrees above normal, making this January the 9th warmest on record. Temperature departures were consistent across the region. West Virginia was the only state less than 6 degrees above its average (5.2 degrees). The other eleven states were between 6.2 and 9.0 degrees above normal. New Hampshire, New York and Vermont were the warmest states with departures of 8.8, 8.9 and 9.0 degrees. This was the 4th warmest January on record in the Granite State, and the sixth warmest for New York and Vermont. All the states, with the exception of West Virginia, recorded a temperature among the ten warmest for their individual January records. This was the warmest January since 1990 in the Northeast and the second warmest since 1950. It's also the third month in a row more than 4 degrees above normal.
All the Northeastern states were drier than normal this January. The region-wide precipitation average was 2.39 inches, which is 0.93 inches less than normal. Generally the states recorded between 55% and 75% of their individual normals, but as usual there were a couple exceptions. Connecticut measured less than half of its normal January precipitation. Its total of 1.82 inches was 2.48 inches less than the average, making this the 14th driest on record. The wettest state was West Virginia which came within 0.18 inches of reaching its normal total. Overall for the Northeast this was the 7th dry month in a row and the third dry January in a row.
Monthly Summary of State Temperature and Precipitation Averages.