larwx Posted December 24, 2010 Share Posted December 24, 2010 December is on track for the first below normal temperature month of 2010 here in Westford and probably other parts of Southern New England. Like many locations, the last time I had a below temperature month was December 2009. I've been taking observations at this location (WES 507) for 25 years and have never had such a long consecutive stretch of above or below monthly temps. This is really a rare event, especially for New England where weather patterns change so frequently. Here are my monthly average temperatures for 2010 with 25 year departures from normal. Jan 25.2 (+0.2) Feb 29.7 (+2.6) Mar 41.3 (+5.7) Apr 51.5 (+4.4) May 62.6 (+4.8) Jun 69.7 (+2.6) Jul 76.5 (+4.5) Aug 72.0 (+1.6) Sep 65.9 (+4.3) Oct 50.0 (+0.3) Nov 40.6 (+0.6) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted December 24, 2010 Share Posted December 24, 2010 BDL should come in below-average for the month for this first time in 2010! Hopefully we can close it out with some snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eekuasepinniW Posted December 24, 2010 Share Posted December 24, 2010 All good things must come to an end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzucker Posted December 24, 2010 Share Posted December 24, 2010 BOS was below average in November; I believe the departure at Logan was -0.1F, a razor margin but still officially below normal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hambone Posted December 24, 2010 Share Posted December 24, 2010 It was a great year for us golfers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaineJayhawk Posted December 24, 2010 Share Posted December 24, 2010 The beat goes on in Maine ... PWM currently +1.3, BGR +2.1, CAR +9.2 <---- 9.2 not a typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted December 24, 2010 Share Posted December 24, 2010 The beat goes on in Maine ... PWM currently +1.3, BGR +2.1, CAR +9.2 <---- 9.2 not a typo 14 straight for CAR, though June was only +0.01. That includes 2 all time warmest ( Nov. 09, Apr. 10) and 4 months at #2 assuming 12/10 holds serve this last week. Jan/Feb/Mar were all 2nd mildest, records back thru 1939. CAR will avg between +4 and +5 for all of 2010. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larwx Posted December 24, 2010 Author Share Posted December 24, 2010 14 straight for CAR, though June was only +0.01. That includes 2 all time warmest ( Nov. 09, Apr. 10) and 4 months at #2 assuming 12/10 holds serve this last week. Jan/Feb/Mar were all 2nd mildest, records back thru 1939. CAR will avg between +4 and +5 for all of 2010. Yes Maine has been a different story this December with upper levels winds mostly unfavorable for true arctic air delivery. Frequent low pressure in the maritimes and points well northeast has had a modifying effect on much of the state. The cold air delivery has been better in areas to the west and south of the pine tree state. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted December 24, 2010 Share Posted December 24, 2010 Yes Maine has been a different story this December with upper levels winds mostly unfavorable for true arctic air delivery. Frequent low pressure in the maritimes and points well northeast has had a modifying effect on much of the state. The cold air delivery has been better in areas to the west and south of the pine tree state. Yeah usually -NAO's lead to above-average temperatures up in ME, especially when it's a fairly strong -NAO signal...this leads to unfavorable wind trajectories like you mentioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 For the 4 stations from BOX, we ended December at BOS -2.1 BDL -2.3 PVD -2.7 ORH -2.1 Elephant is officially dead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 For the 4 stations from BOX, we ended December at BOS -2.1 BDL -2.3 PVD -2.7 ORH -2.1 Elephant is officially dead Smashed. Warmest year on record at BDL and BOS..4th warmest at ORH. Just a brutally warm year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaineJayhawk Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 For the 4 stations from BOX, we ended December at BOS -2.1 BDL -2.3 PVD -2.7 ORH -2.1 Elephant is officially dead The elephant did not die, he relocated north. CON: +0.5 PWM: +1.6 BGR: +2.1 CAR: +8.8 HUL: +5.9 MLT: +5.3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 Smashed. Warmest year on record at BDL and BOS..4th warmest at ORH. Just a brutally warm year Brutal, acorn producing, chipmunk spawning, burly man arm growing, crotch sweat inducing year is now in the record books. I guess it helped with my oil bill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OKpowdah Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 CON = +0.5 12 consecutive months. -NAO climo coming into play big time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 The elephant did not die, he relocated north. CON: +0.5 PWM: +1.6 BGR: +2.1 CAR: +8.8 HUL: +5.9 MLT: +5.3 CAR finishes the year almost exactly 2F milder than its previous mildest year (2001, IIRC - numbers are elsewhere at the moment.) 2010 stands all alone at the top; the span between it and #2 is the same as between #2 and #11. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaineJayhawk Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 CAR finishes the year almost exactly 2F milder than its previous mildest year (2001, IIRC - numbers are elsewhere at the moment.) 2010 stands all alone at the top; the span between it and #2 is the same as between #2 and #11. +8.8 is pretty dang ridiculous. I bet the motels didn't close down their swimming pools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larwx Posted January 1, 2011 Author Share Posted January 1, 2011 Jan 25.2 (+0.2) Feb 29.7 (+2.6) Mar 41.3 (+5.7) Apr 51.5 (+4.4) May 62.6 (+4.8) Jun 69.7 (+2.6) Jul 76.5 (+4.5) Aug 72.0 (+1.6) Sep 65.9 (+4.3) Oct 50.0 (+0.3) Nov 40.6 (+0.6) Dec 28.4 (-1.2) December here had less of a cold departure from normal, but still the first and only one in 2010. Being a little further north tempered the departure compared to the major SNE climo sites. Recorded 51.1 for the average temp in 2010 which is my warmest year on record. This is 2.5 degrees above my 25 year normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 +8.8 is pretty dang ridiculous. I bet the motels didn't close down their swimming pools. It sure is, 2nd mildest in their 71 yr of reocrd. Feb departure was even greater, something like +10, still 2nd to the awesome +14.7 of 1981. When that month ended, CAR's 6 mildest Feb days, and the only ones 50 or above, were all from '81 (plus two more tied the previous record of 49.) 1994 now holds the record (61), but '81 has something like 8 of the top 10. 2010 was amazing in that it was so far above normal without any super torches - high for the month was mid-40s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbosch Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 BDR destroyed its streak with a -3.8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbosch Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 The year at BDR - we barely made it negative in January, so it was "only" ten months here. January: 29.7 (-0.2) February: 32.5 (+0.6) March: 45.0 (+5.5) April: 53.9 (+5.0) May: 62.1 (+3.1) June: 71.8 (+3.8) July: 78.3 (+4.0) August: 75.1 (+2.0) September: 69.3 (+3.6) October: 56.5 (+1.8) November: 45.7 (+0.6) December: 31.3 (-3.8) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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