Yearly Weather Summary-2008 
 

   

Climate Summary for 2008  

TOP WEATHER EVENTS FOR 2008

  1. Yearly Temperatures Averaged over -1.1°F Below Normal

  2. Above Average Snowfall Jan-May

  3. Very Dry June

  4. Heavy Rains-Flash Flooding July and August

  5. Dry and Mild Fall

  6. Heavy Snow last Day of November

    Bill's 2008 Weather Summary          
                   
  TEMPERATURE       MONTHLY HEATING COOLING
     AVG AVG MONTHLY MONTHLY EXTREMES MONTHLY SNOW DEGREE DEGREE
     MAX MIN AVG NORMAL HIGH LOW PRECIP FALL DAYS DAYS
                     
JAN 34.2 7.8 21.2 26.3 52 -17 1.02 18.8 1352 0
FEB 39.4 13.1 26.2 26.1 53 -7 0.77 16.4 1117 0
MAR 46.7 17.7 32.2 35.0 65 -4 1.52 26.1 1011 0
APR 56.7 23.2 40.0 42.2 75 9 1.41 17.3 744 0
MAY 65.1 32.6 49.0 51.9 80 16 1.52 18.2 489 0
JUN 78.1 40.7 59.4 59.7 90 27 0.53 0.0 174 9
JUL 84.9 49.5 67.2 67.5 91 43 2.99 0.0 16 90
AUG 77.9 49.5 63.7 63.7 94 42 5.61 0.0 83 47
SEP 69.9 39.0 52.7 55.4 79 33 1.72 0.0 309 0
OCT 60.3 29.9 45.1 44.9 76 18 0.96 2.9 604 0
NOV 51.8 22.8 37.3 34.4 70 8 1.51 25.7 844 0
DEC 37.2 12.8 25.0 25.7 55 -11 0.60 10.3 1230 0
                     
ANNUAL 58.5 28.2 43.3 44.4 94 -17 20.16 135.7 7973 146
SEASON             13.39 38.9 3086 137
***NOTE: BOTH SNOWFALL AND HEATING DEGREE DAYS ARE TOTALED ON A SEASONAL BASIS (JUL 1 TO JUN 30)…AND ON A YEARLY BASIS (JAN 1 TO DEC 31).  
 
                   
TEMPERATURE:                  
  AVERAGE ANNUAL HIGH 58.5 NORMAL 59.2 DEPARTURE -0.7    
  AVERAGE ANNUAL LOW 28.2 NORMAL 29.6 DEPARTURE -1.3    
  AVERAGE 2006 TEMPERATURE 43.3 NORMAL 44.4 DEPARTURE -1.1    
    HIGHEST 2006 TEMPERATURE 94 22-Jul          
 
    LOWEST 2006 TEMPERATURE -17 2-Feb          
 
  DAYS WITH MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE: 8 NORMAL 9 DEPARTURE -1    
  DAYS WITH MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW: 34 NORMAL 35 DEPARTURE -1    
  DAYS WITH MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW: 210 NORMAL 199 DEPARTURE 11    
  DAYS WITH MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW: 20 NORMAL 15 DEPARTURE 5    
TEMPERATURE RECORDS:              
  NUMBER OF DAILY MAXIMUMS TIED OR ESTABLISHED XX        
 
  NUMBER OF DAILY MINIMUMS TIED OR ESTABLISHED XX        
 
  NUMBER OF DAILY LOW MAXIMUMS TIED OR ESTABLISHED XX        
 
  NUMBER OF DAILY HIGH MINIMUMS TIED OR ESTABLISHED XX        
 
COOLING DEGREE DAYS:                
  YEARLY TOTAL: 146   NORMAL 171 DEPARTURE -25    
HEATING DEGREE DAYS:                
  JAN 2007 - DEC 2007 TOTAL 7237 NORMAL 7381 DEPARTURE -144    
  JUL 2007 - DEC 2007 TOTAL 3086 NORMAL XX DEPARTURE      
 
  LAST FREEZE OF THE SPRING 6/13/2008 NORMAL 6/1        
 
  FIRST FREEZE OF THE FALL 10/6/2008 NORMAL 9/16        
 
  LAST SNOW OF THE SPRING 5/16/2008 NORMAL 5/23        
FIRST SNOW OF THE FALL 10/21/2008 NORMAL 9/25      
  FIRST 90 DEGREE DAY 6/25/2008 NORMAL 6/28        
 
LAST 90 DEGREE DAY 8/4/2008 NORMAL 7/17        
                   
COLDEST DAY 0.0°F 1/16/2008        
  WARMEST DAY 74.0°F 8/1/2008        
               
PRECIPITATION (IN INCHES):              
  YEARLY TOTAL: 20.16 NORMAL 22.83 DEPARTURE -2.67    
  DAYS WITH .01 OR GREATER 110 NORMAL 118 DEPARTURE -8    
GREATEST IN 24 HOURS 2.35 ON April-24            
SNOWFALL                  
  JAN 2007 - DEC 2007 135.7 NORMAL 135.3 DEPARTURE 0.4      
 
  JUL 2008 - DEC 2008 38.9 NORMAL 46.8 DEPARTURE -7.9      
 
WINDS (IN MILES PER HOUR):              
  AVERAGE SPEED 1.2 NORMAL xx DEPARTURE xx      
 
  PEAK WIND GUST 40 3/2/2008 4/10/2008            
 
  PEAK WIND DIRECTION N/A N/A            
 
SEA LEVEL PRESSURE (IN INCHES OF MERCURY):          
  HIGHEST N/A N/A              
 
  LOWEST N/A N/A              
 
MISCELLANEOUS WEATHER:              
  DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORMS 57 NORMAL 71 DEPARTURE -14    
  DAYS WITH FOG 73 NORMAL 83 DEPARTURE -10    
  DAYS WITH GLAZE/ICE 23 NORMAL 27 DEPARTURE -4    
  DAYS WITH HAIL 7 NORMAL 11 DEPARTURE -4    
  DAYS WITH BLOWING SNOW 62 NORMAL 40 DEPARTURE 22     

         
    

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