2011 Month by Month: Data from the NWS in Taunton
Jan 2011: The blizzard blitz!
Avg Temp: 28-1 deg below normal
Precip: 4.57 inches
Snow: 38.3 inches-3rd place all time snow in Jan and 6th snowiest month.
Feb: The snow continues.
Avg Temp: 31-1 below normal
Precip :4.57- Same as Jan!
Snow: 18.5 - 8 above normal
March: Avg month for temps
Avg Temp: 39-normal
Precip: 2.2-2 inches below normal
Snow: 1.3- 6 below normal
World: Intense Jap quake and Tsunami caused major damage there.
April: Warmer
Avg Temp: 50-2 above normal
Precip- 4.04-0.3 above normal
Snow: 1 inch-1 below normal
May: Tornadoes throughout the US- 2nd most in history.
Avg Temp: 59-1 above normal
Precip: 3.26- 0.2 below
US: The EF5 Alabama tornado claimed many lives and leveled a city.
June: Tornadoes in MA!
Avg Temp: 67-0.7 below normal
Precip: 4.7-1 inch above normal. Also many cloudy days with little precip.
Local: Tornadoes in the Springfield, MA area brings wild weather close to home. The EF3 tornado caused major damage in portions of central and western MA.
July: Hottest temp ever!
Avg Temp: 77-4 above normal!
Precip-2 - 1.5 below normal
Local: Hottest temp ever recorded at Logan of 103 on July 22!
August: Hurricane Irene
Temp: 74- 1 deg above normal
Precip: 7.75! - a whopping 4 inches above normal!
Irene: The center of the Hurricane made landfall in NJ and then passed right over NYC and into western MA. This caused hurricane forced winds on the south coast of New England and TS winds to the Boston area. A peak wind gust of 63 MPH in Boston with the heaviest rain in Western New England. This caused major damage in VT!
September:
Avg Temp: 67.-2 above normal
Precip: 4.4-about 1 inch below normal
October: Halloween Blizzard!
Avg Temp: 58! again 4 deg above normal - also record high of 87 on Oct. 9
Precip: 7 inch-about 2.5 above normal
Snow: 1 inch
Local: An early season nor'easter dumped over a foot of snow in some parts of the state with a mix of rain and snow around the city. Many records were shattered around New England.
November: Warmest autumn on record continues
Avg Temp: 51-7 Deg above normal!
Precip: 4.2- about normal
Snow:Trace
December: No snow and warmth
Avg Temp: 40- 6 deg above normal
Precip: 4 - about normal
Snow: Trace
More data: Extremes
The winter had 6o inches of snow-starting on Jan 1. 3rd snowiest on record.
In July the lowest high temp was 81 breaking the old record.
Note: The Autumn of 2011- Sept thru Nov. was the warmest on record! 58.9 deg beat the old record of 58.4 in 1931!
2011 summery:
Avg temp: 53.3-1.9 above normal
Precip: 52.4 inches- 6.3 above normal
2011 US: It was the wettest year on record in Philly, DC NYC and Hartford, CT! 6th wettest year in Boston!
This is an interesting review, Nolan. I tend to forget how extreme the weather can be and was in 2011.
ReplyDelete