November was drier than average, with temperatures near season norms.
For the eighth month this year, precipitation fell below average. But so far, we are around 4 inches ahead of the drought year of 2016, but 3 inches below the now 52-year average. 2017’s lack of rainfall will make this November the fourth driest.
That being said, on Saturday, December 9, the season’s first snowfall: Total snow accumulation was 6 inches even, a nice powdery snow with little water content. The rule of thumb is one inch of snow produces around a tenth of an inch of water. This storm produced only half of that: .29 inches
This snow should give the ski areas a good start.
Now on to temperatures for November: There were no extremes for the month, finishing half a degree warmer than average. It’s interesting to note that the daily high temps were warmer than average while the lows were colder. But all in all, a pleasant month that gave me time to complete outdoor chores. December will start out fairly mild but weather people tell me that, by the middle of December, more seasonable weather will be with us. I can hardly wait.
| DATE | HI TEMP | LO TEMP | Â Â Â SKY | RAIN | SNOW | Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â COMMENTS |
| 1-Nov-17 | 45 | 29 | CHANGING | 0.04 | CLOUDING UP EARLY AM. LIGHT RAIN AFT. TURNING WARMER. HI TEMP 11:50P | |
| 2-Nov-17 | 69 | 45 | CHANGING | VCLDY | ||
| 3-Nov-17 | 67 | 42 | CHANGING | CLEAR AM. MCLDY AFT. PCLDY EVENING | ||
| 4-Nov-17 | 56 | 34 | CHANGING | FAIR DAY. CLOUDING UP EVENING | ||
| 5-Nov-17 | 57 | 40 | CHANGING | PCLDY SUNRISE THEN MCLDY | ||
| 6-Nov-17 | 64 | 42 | CHANGING | 0.33 | PERIODS OF RAIN AND DRIZZLE TIL POM. THEN PCLDY. | |
| 7-Nov-17 | 44 | 35 | CHANGING | 0.05 | PCLDY AM. MCLDY PM WITH LIGHT RAIN AND DRIZZLE. | |
| 8-Nov-17 | 46 | 27 | CHANGING | 0.02 | EARLY AM LIGHT SNOW AND RAIN SHOWERS THEN PCLDY. CLEAR EVENING. LOW TEMP 11:59P | |
| 9-Nov-17 | 50 | 23 | CHANGING | FAIR AM. CLOUDING UP AFTERNOON | ||
| 10-Nov-17 | 46 | 21 | CHANGING | 0.07 | EARLY AM LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. THEN CLEARING WINDY AND COLDER. HIGH TEMP 12:01A. | |
| 11-Nov-17 | 32 | 19 | FAIR | BREEZY | ||
| 12-Nov-17 | 44 | 18 | CHANGING | FAIR DAY. MOSTLY CLOUDY EVENING | ||
| 13-Nov-17 | 42 | 29 | CHANGING | 0.01 | LIGHT SNOWÂ & RAIN SHOWERS AM. PCLDY AFTERNOON. MCLDY EVENING | |
| 14-Nov-17 | 39 | 28 | CLOUDY | OVERCAST WITH MIST | ||
| 15-Nov-17 | 47 | 25 | CHANGING | CLOUDS LIFTING EARLYAM TO A FAIR PLEASANT DAY. CLOUDING UO LATE PM. | ||
| 16-Nov-17 | 52 | 33 | CHANGING | 0.35 | PERIODS OF RAIN TIL 10A. THEN PCLDY. | |
| 17-Nov-17 | 40 | 25 | CHANGING | VCLDY WINDY. HI TEMP 12:29A | ||
| 18-Nov-17 | 46 | 20 | CHANGING | 0.35 | CLOUDING UP SM. RAIN EVENING WINDY | |
| 19-Nov-17 | 56 | 33 | CHANGING | 0.03 | 0.3 | EARLY AM RAIN THEN VCLDY WINDY (GUSTS TO 40MPH) LIGHT SNOW LATE PM |
| 20-Nov-17 | 40 | CHANGING | 0.1 | LIGHT SNOW AM AND LATE AFT. CLEARING EARLY EVENING. | ||
| 21-Nov-17 | 54 | 26 | FAIR | PARTLY CLOUDY EVENING | ||
| 22-Nov-17 | 45 | 33 | CHANGING | 0.17 | CLOUDING UP EARLY AM. LIGHT RAIN AM THEN PCLDY WINDY COLDER | |
| 23-Nov-17 | 38 | 28 | FAIR | WINDY. | ||
| 24-Nov-17 | 49 | 24 | FAIR | |||
| 25-Nov-17 | 57 | 31 | CHANGING | CLOUDING UP EARLY AM. | ||
| 26-Nov-17 | 46 | 31 | CHANGING | 0.01 | HI TEMP 7:08A. SNOW RAIN SHOWERS. | |
| 27-Nov-17 | 43 | 29 | CHANGING | 0.01 | SNOW RAIN SHOWERS AM THEN FAIR WINDY | |
| 28-Nov-17 | 46 | 20 | FAIR | HI TEMP 11:50P. STRONG SW WINDS EVENING | ||
| 29-Nov-17 | 58 | 32 | FAIR | SOME MORNING CLLOUDS THEN FAIR, WINDY. STRONG SW WINDS GUST TO 35 | ||
| 30-Nov-17 | 45 | 21 | CHANGING.   .11 | CLOUDING UP EARLY EVENING. RAIN LATE PM | ||
| 49 | 28 | Mean 38.5 | 1.55 | 0.4 | AVERAGE:Â 46/30Â Â Mean 38Â Â Â Â Rain: 3.68″Â Â Â Snow: 3.6″ | |
