|
Northeast Regional Climate Center |
November was a bit colder than usual in the Northeast this year. Overall the region was 1.7 degrees below the normal value of 39.1 degrees. The individual state temperature departures were very consistent among each other. None of the states were above normal and the largest temperature departure was the negative 2.8 degrees recorded in Maine. This November may not have seemed particularly cold but the measly 1.7 degree temperature departure was enough to make it the coldest November since 1997. This also marks the first time since December of 2000 that the Northeast had two months in a row with a below normal temperature.
The Northeast measured 4.10 inches of rain this month or 0.39 inches more than normal. Not a huge departure but it's only the second time in the past 9 years the region has eclipsed 4 inches in November. 11 of the 12 states were above normal, and six of those by more than an inch. Pennsylvania was the odd-one-out, falling 0.27 inches short of their normal November total of 3.58 inches. Southern New England and the Atlantic states all recorded more than five inches of precipitation, some of which fell as snow in New England. Reaching the five inch mark was most unusual for Delaware which has a normal total of only 3.30 inches - much less than the New England states. This November's total is a far cry from last year's when the region total was only 1.90 inches, less than half of this year's.
Monthly Summary of State Temperature and Precipitation Averages.