Great Barrington — November! The trees are bare, the colors are gone for another year, but as this photo shows November can still be a beautiful month and this November was certainly one. It had warmer than average temperatures and limited amounts of snow. We all remember that 10 day stretch of above 60- degree days with 5 of them well above 70.
That made this the fifth warmest November since my weather records started in 1965. And when you look at the spread sheet for the month you will notice it’s not so much the high readings, but as I have said before, the lows are not as cold as they used to be. Last winter it failed to go below zero at my in-town weather station. That marked the second winter since the turn of this century that this has happened. We average 9 below-zero readings a winter and 1 for December. In all, I have recorded Just 11 total in December since 2000.
Precipitation was near average for the month thanks to heavy rain on the last day. If it hadn’t been for that it would have been one of our driest Novembers. We had rain 11 of the 30 days.
So now it’s December. I have put away the lawn mower and brought out my new electric snow blower. I have my fingers crossed that I will be able to use it more that the two times I used it last winter. FYI December averages 15 inches of snow. I’m hoping for a white Christmas.
Happy Holidays everyone.
November 2020 weather data summary
