2012 was a really warm year with little snow. Spring started with temps in the 80's in March and it stayed warm throughout Spring. Summer brought some severe weather events, but no tornado outbreaks. Fall was marked by Superstorm Sandy along the East coast in October.
Note: Scroll down to the end for my latest forecast.
2012 Month By Month for Boston: Data from NWS in Taunton, MA
Jan 2012: Warm Winter
Avg Temp: 34.2- 6 deg above normal
Total Precip: 2.67 inches-0.69 below normal
Total snow: 6.8 inches-6 inches below normal
Feb 2012: Little snow
Avg Temp: 37.4-6.5 deg above normal
Total Precip: 1 inch-2.2 below normal
Total Snow: 0.9- 10 inches below normal
March 2012: Record start to spring .
Avg Temp: 46.7-8 deg above normal
Total Precip: 1.21 inches-3 inches below normal
Total Snow: 0.6-7 inches below normal
Records: Temps soared well into the 80's for a few days during my Spring break.
April 2012: Stays warm
Avg Temp: 53.1-5 deg above normal
Total Precip: 3.09 inches-0.65 below normal
Snow: None-we average about 2 inches of snow in April
May 2012:
Avg Temp: 60.3-2.4 deg above normal
Total Precip: 3.43-about normal
June 2012: Cooler start to Summer
Avg Temp: 66.8- 0.2 below normal
Total Rain: 4.71 inches-about 1 inch above normal
July 2012:
Avg Temp: 75.4- about 2 deg above normal
Total Rain: 3.88 inches-.0.45 above normal
August 2012:
Avg Temp: 74.7-2.6 deg above normal
Total Rain: 3.08 inches -0.25 below normal
Hurricane Isaac: Made landfall near New Orleans causing damage there.
Sept. 2012:
Avg Temp: 64.7-about average
Total Rain: 4.10 inches-0..66 above normal
Oct 2012: Superstorm Sandy
Avg Temp: 56.5 deg-2.5 above normal
Total Rain: 2.62 inches-1.32 below normal
Sandy: Hurricane Sandy came up the East Coast and made landfall in NJ. It was a major storm in all the East Coast Metro areas with the most damage felt in NYC.
Nov. 2012:
Avg Temp: 42.1 deg-2.6 below normal
Total Snow: 0.5 inches-about 1 inch below normal
Total Snow: 1.01 inches-about 3 below normal
Dec 2012:
Avg Temp: 38.4 deg-3.7 above normal
Total Snow: 3.4 inches-5.6 below normal
Total Precip; 5.32 inches-2.16 above normal
2012 Summery:
Avg Temp: 54.2 deg-about 2.8 above normal
Total Precip-36.73-about 7 inches below normal
Other Stats: For Boston
2012 was the warmest year on record in Boston! About 3 deg above average.
The spring of 2012 was the warmest all time with a average temp of 54 deg. It beat out the record of 53.2 in 2010
The Winter was the second warmest on record with an avg temps of 38 deg
Boston forecast:
Tonight: Increasing clouds with scattered flurries late. Low 25.
Monday: Scattered flurries until 9 AM, the mostly sunny. High 34. NW wind of 10-15 MPH.
Monday night: Clear with lows in the low 20's.
Tuesday: Sunny and warmer. Highs in the mid 40's.
Wednesday: Scattered showers late. Highs in the upper 40's.
Thursday: Sunny with highs in the 40's.
Friday: Rain possible. Highs in the 40's.
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