Northeast

SUMMARY: Winter will be colder than normal, on average, primarily due to persistent cold temperatures throughout December. Other cold periods will occur in early and mid- to late January, early and mid-February, and early March. Precipitation will be near or slightly above normal, with below-normal snowfall in the north and above-normal snowfall in the south. The biggest snowstorm will occur in early March, with other snowy periods in late November, mid- and late December, early and late January, and mid-February.

April and May will be warmer than normal, with especially warm temperatures in late April. Rainfall will be slightly below normal.

Summer will be cooler and drier than normal, despite hot weather in mid- to late June and mid-July.

September and October will be cooler and drier than normal.

W NOV. 2008: Temp. 41. 5° ( 3. 5° abov e avg.); pre- 7–10 Rain, then sunny, mild. 11–16 cip. 5. 5" ( 2" above avg.). 1–3 Heavy rain, mild. Rainy periods, chilly. 17–30 Sunny, E 4–5 Showers, seasonable. 6–7 Snow inland, turning very warm.

A showers coast. 8–9 Misty, cool. 10–12 Showers, MAY 2009: Temp. 57° ( 1° T quite mild. 13–14 Sunny, cool. 15–17 Showers, above avg.); precip. 4" (0.5" H record warmth. 18–22 Sunny, season- above avg.). 1–4 Rain, mild, then able. 23–24 Stormy, heavy rain.

E cool. 5–12 Showers, seasonable. 25–30 Snowy periods, cold. 13–20 Scattered t-storms, warm, then R DEC. 2008: Temp. 19° ( 7° below seasonable. 21–24 Sunny, cool. 25–31 avg.); precip. 2" ( 1" below avg.). Showers, cool.

1–4 Sunny, then rain, mild. 5–11 JUNE 2009: Temp. 65° (avg.); precip. Snow, then sunny, cold. 12–16 2. 5" ( 1" below avg.). 1–8 Scattered show- Snow, then sunny, very cold. ers, warm. 9–14 Sunny, cool, then warm. 17–21 Snowy periods, cold. 22–26 15–20 Showers, seasonable. 21–24 Sunny, hot. Sno w showers, very cold. 27–29 25–28 T-storms, warm. 29–30 Rain, cool. Snow, then mild. 30–31 Flurries, cold. JULY 2009: Temp. 70° (avg.); precip. 1. 5" ( 2. 5" JAN. 2009: Temp. 23° ( 3° above avg.); precip. below avg.). 1–6 Scattered t-storms, warm. 7–11 3" (avg.). 1–3 Snow to rain, milder. 4–5 Sunny, Sunny, hot. 12–16 Scattered t-storms, very cold. 6–9 Snow, then sunny, cold. 10–14 Sunny, warm. 17–22 T-storms, seasonable, then hot. then rain, mild. 15–19 Sunny, then showers, very 23–28 Sunny, comfortable. 29–31 T-storms, mild. 20–24 Snow showers, cold. 25–27 Snow, warm. then sunny, seasonable. 28–31 Snow showers, mild. AUG. 2009: Temp. 64° ( 3° below avg.); precip. 3. 5" (0.5" below avg.). 1–3 Rain, cool. 4–16 FEB. 2009: Temp. 23. 5° ( 2. 5° above avg.); pre- Scattered t-storms, cool. 17–22 Showers, then cip. 1. 5" ( 1" below avg.). 1–5 Sunny, cold. 6–8 sunny, seasonable. 23–27 T-storms, then sunny, Snow showers, seasonable. 9–12 Snow, cold. cool. 28–31 Scattered t-storms, seasonable. 13–17 Snow showers, mild, then cold. 18–22 Sunny, cold. 23–28 Sunny, then showers, very SEPT. 2009: Temp. 57° ( 2°below avg.); precip. mild. 1. 5" ( 2" below avg.). 1–4 Sunny, warm. 5–9 T-storms, then sunny, cool. 10–15 Showers, then MAR. 2009: Temp. 29. 5° ( 3. 5° below avg.); sunny, seasonable. 16–24 Scattered showers, precip. 3. 5" (0.5" above avg.). 1–6 Snowstorm, cool. 25–30 Rain, then sunny; cold nights. then sunny, cold. 7–12 Snow showers, cold. OCT. 2009: Temp. 47° ( 1° below avg.); precip. 13–17 Sunny, seasonable. 18–22 Rain and snow, 3" (0.5" below avg.). 1–5 Rain and snow show- chilly. 23–31 Cold, rain and snow showers. ers, chilly. 6–10 Sunny, mild. 11–17 Rain, then APR. 2009: Temp. 49° ( 4° above avg.); precip. sunny, cool. 18–22 Showers, mild. 23–28 Rain, 2" ( 1" below avg.). 1–6 Rain, then sunny, warm. then sunny, cold. 29–31 Showers, seasonable.

TEMPERATURE

NOV. DEC. JAN. FEB.

+ 7°

Normal

MAR. APR. MAY JUNE JULY AUG. SEPT.

OCT.

+ 3"

– 7°

Normal

References:

http://Almanac.com/weathercenter

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