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Northeast Regional Climate Center |
October 2000 was a dry month in the Northeast. Six states recorded one of their seven driest Octobers on record - Delaware (3rd driest), Maryland (3rd), Connecticut (4th), West Virginia (5th), New Jersey (6th) and Rhode Island (7th). On the average, less than a half inch of rain fell on Delaware and Maryland during the course of the month. Precipitation for the twelve-state region averaged 2.07 inches, which was 62% of normal. This was the 22nd driest November on record for the Northeast. The state of Maine was closest to normal with 91% of their thirty-year average.
Temperatures were near or warmer than normal in each of region's twelve states. West Virginia averaged 1.7 degrees warmer than normal and Maine was 0.4 degrees cooler than average. The area-weighted regional average was 0.6 degrees warmer than normal and 2.2 degrees warmer than October 1999.
Monthly Summary of State Temperature and Precipitation Averages.
Daily Precipitation Records (inches) City Date New Previous Pittsburgh, PA 5th 1.00 0.98 in 1954 Caribou, ME 29th 0.83 0.74 in 1963 Daily Snowfall Record (inches) City Date New Previous Bangor, ME 29th 7.0 2.2 in 1963 Earliest First Inch of Snow Record City Date Previous Binghamton, NY 9th October 19, 1972 Maximum Temperature Records (degrees F) City Date New Previous Bridgeport, CT 3rd 80 79 in 1950 Bangor, ME 3rd 77 76 in 1995 Portland, ME 3rd 80 78 in 1983 Portland, ME (tie) 14th 78 78 in 1990 Minimum Temperature Records (degrees F) City Date New Previous Binghamton, NY (tie) 9th 29 29 in 1974 Allentown, PA 9th 29 30 in 1988 Erie, PA 9th 34 35 in 1981 Caribou, ME 17th 22 23 in 1978 Massena, NY 23rd 22 23 in 1969