Great Barrington — Another warmer-than-average month this winter, as the snow drops in my front yard shows. February finished the 6thwarmest in the now 55 years of Great Barrington weather keeping.
As a matter of fact, this February finished with daily high temperatures exceeding the average range on 21 of 29 days and the low readings on 25 of the 29 days. Apparently, there was just enough cold days for the ski areas to make snow. My neighbors saying the skiing was not bad.
This has been a very warm winter as you probably are aware of. For the second time this century no temperature has gone to zero or below. In some of the outlying areas zero to perhaps 6 below readings have been reported, but not here. Only one other winter here has that happened, 2001-2002.
And if you are keeping my weather summary reports, you might notice how the daily low temperatures are not as cold as they used to be. In some cases, by far.
Precipitation, for the second month as below average. Now melt and rain only came to just over 3”. Usually it’s about 3 and a half. But I have not heard of any complaints. People I have talked to like it just way it’ has been. As long as ski areas can make snow, it has been fine. Gee, I purchased this state-of-the-art snow thrower that I have hardly used. Last year I bought some snow shoes, hardly used those either.
With this warmer and drier winter, you wonder what the summer will bring.
February 2020 day-by-day temperatures and conditions recorded below.
| 1-Feb | 37 | 30 | CLOUDY | BRIEF EARLY AM SNOW SHOWER. THEN SOME DRIZZLE MID AM. | |||
| 2-Feb | 37 | 29 | CHANGING | VARIABLE CLOUDINESS AND FLURRIES | |||
| 3-Feb | 46 | 27 | CHANGING | 0.1 | BRIEF SNOW SHOWER 3A. BECOMING FAIR LATE AM. BREEZY | ||
| 4-Feb | 52 | 27 | CHANGING | MCLDY AM. PCLDY AFTERNOON. MCLDY EVENING | |||
| 5-Feb | 38 | 27 | CHANGING | 0.01 | CLOUDING UP EARLY AM.BRIEF HOWER. PCLDY AT SUNRISE. BECOMING MCLDY AGAIN EVENING | ||
| 6-Feb | 36 | 30 | CLOUDY | 0.43 | SLEET MISNIGHT . FREEAING DRIZZLE 5A. Til 6p | ||
| 7-Feb | 39 | 22 | CLOUDY | 0.6 | 1.1 | 0.22 | LIGHT RAIN DRIZZLE THEN SNOW 2P TIL 5P |
| 8-Feb | 30 | 14 | FAIR | BREEZY | |||
| 9-Feb | 32 | 13 | CHANGING | 0.1 | CLOUDING UP EARLY AM. SNOW SHOWERS & FLURRIES | ||
| 10-Feb | 39 | 30 | CLOUDY | 0.23 | 1.1 | 0.14 | SNOW 12A TIL 7A. POSSIBLY MIXED WITH LIGHT RAIN TIL MID DAY. DRIZZLE AFTERNOON. |
| 11-Feb | 40 | 34 | CLOUDY | 0.01 | PATCHY DRIZZLE. | ||
| 12-Feb | 40 | 32 | CHANGING | PCLDY AM. BECOMING MCLDY AFTERNOON AND EVENING | |||
| 13-Feb | 39 | 33 | CLOUDY | 0.16 | 2 | 0.37 | SNOW 12A TIL 5A THEN LIGHT RAIN THEN DRIZZLE ENDING MID DAY, |
| 14-Feb | 33 | 7 | CHANGING | CLEARING EARLY AM. THEN FAIR & WINDY. CLEAR CALM EVENING | |||
| 15-Feb | 28 | 4 | CHANGING | FAIR DAY & EARLY EVEINING. MOSTLY CLOUDY LATE EVENING | |||
| 16-Feb | 39 | 25 | CLOUDY | NO PRECIP. BUT N NORTH COUNTY, 1′ fell. | |||
| 17-Feb | 40 | 24 | CHANGING | BECOMING PCLDY AT MIDNIGHT. FAIR DAY. BECOMING MCLDY LATE PM | |||
| 18-Feb | 37 | 25 | CLOUDY | 0.29 | RAIN 1P UNTIL 11P | ||
| 19-Feb | 38 | 22 | CHANGING | CLEARING EARLY AM. THEN FAIR & WINDY. CLEAR CALM EVENING. HI TEMP 10;45am. | |||
| 20-Feb | 29 | 18 | CHANGING | SCATTERED SNOW FLURRIES AND SNOW SHOWERS AM. THEN FAIR PM. | |||
| 21-Feb | 30 | 12 | FAIR | ||||
| 22-Feb | 43 | 12 | FAIR | ||||
| 23-Feb | 51 | 19 | FAIR | ||||
| 24-Feb | 61 | 21 | FAIR | FAIR DAY. PCLDY EVEING | |||
| 25-Feb | 54 | 35 | CLOUDY | 0.06 | MCLDY EARLY AM. LIGHT RAIN 5P TIL 10P | ||
| 26-Feb | 45 | 38 | CLOUDY | 0.06 | LIGHT RAIN 5A TIL 10A. THEN DRIZZLE LATE AM. | ||
| 27-Feb | 43 | 27 | CLOUDY | 0.61 | 0.01 | RAIN MIDNIGHT TIL -10A. THEN SNOW SHOWERS, WINDY | |
| 28-Feb | 34 | 19 | FAIR | ||||
| 29-Feb | 29 | 18 | 1.1 | 0.04 | VCLDY AM SNOW SHOWERS. PCLDY AFT. | ||
| 39 | 23 | 2.03 | 5.5 | 1.21 | 55 YEAR AVG:36/16 Mean:26 Rain-2.27″ Snow-14.5″ |
