Wow a Chilly Month, Finally

November is done and for the first time in, I don't know how long, I have a calendar month that ended up chillier than average overall. The average daytime high was actually about 3 degrees above my 15 year "normal" but the overnight lows, largely fueled by the very chilly end of month was well below "normal" to the tune of -4 degrees. Overall my mean temp was about 1 degree below normal.

The very last day of month produced one of the chilliest November temperatures I have seen in nearly fifteen years at this location. The mercury bottomed out at 16.1 degrees to cap the end of a long streak of subfreezing mornings. That cold low on the 30th led to the chilliest afternoon high of the month at 37.1. The warmest day of the month was early on when we topped 65 on the 6th of the month. That may be the last 60 plus day we see till the end of February. On the 14th of the month we enjoyed a balmy 51.6 degree overnight low which was the warmest of the month and the only low mark above 50. Overall there were thirteen mornings below freezing and four that dropped below 20 degrees.

On the precipitation front we had one snow threat that delivered zero at my location but some flurries and light sleet were reported elsewhere around town. That of course was the 30th of the month. Rainfall was typical for November with a wet and soggy 9.17 inches which is a little more than an inch above my established normal. This was not the drippy variety as we had 12 days with more than a quarter inch and 2 days with more than an inch of H2O coming down. For the month we had 19 days with precipitation and just 8 under sunny or partly sunny skies. I hope this damp November is a precursor to the rest of the season because I have had two dry winters in a row. Let's not make it a third please.

The outlook for early December is mild and wet. Local weather prognosticators are calling for showery conditions beginning tonight and lasting into next week. Let's hope for soggy and maybe some fluffy white in time for Christmas. I know, a white Christmas in the 'Couv' is a rare deal. I have had but one since moving to this location almost 15 years ago.

Whatever the weather, get out and soak it up my friends, soak it up.