November was an overall dry month but seemed wet at times. There was measurable precipitation on 13 of the first 17 days but only in small amounts. Less days of moisture the second half of November. The monthly total is 2.36 inches compared to the normal of 3.53″. More than an inch below the average. Year to date with just one month to go my total is 43.42″, just a few hundreds above the NOAA normal of 43.24″.
I believe in this part of Vermont the drought is winding down. Over the past 2 months my numbers are within 0.44″ of the averages. For October my total is 5.10 inches of rain compared to the NOAA average of 4.77″. Across Windham County the monthly totals range from a low of 4.09″ to 6.73″ from the 13 CoCoRaHS observers with full data. October is the wettest month of the year followed by June from the averages.
For the year to date with 2 months to go the total is 41.06″ compared to the norm of 39.71″. More than an inch above on a dry year. I think if you go back in time 40 years or so the yearly normal was only about 40″. Every 10 years the NOAA normals or 30 year averages move up by 10 years and have been increasing.
Another very dry month until the 25th with rain on 3 days totaling 2.6″ at my location. Some locations in Windham Co to the north of here received 4″ from this storm. This rain still left my location nearly an inch below normal with 3.44″ compared to NOAA’s norm of 4.21″.
Yesterday ended the water year that runs from Oct. 1 – Sept. 30 with 44.6″ compared to the average of 47.54″. About 3″ below the normal. For the “year to date” still slightly ahead at 35.96″ compared to the NOAA number of 34.94″.
The rain yesterday and overnight totaled 1.27″ at my location. I am a CoCoRaHS volunteer and we submit our report each morning at 7am. So that rain is my August 1st report number. CoCoRaHS is short for the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network, headquartered at Colorado State University. There are somewhere in the area of 20,000 people reporting across the US and Canada.
Near average rainfall for the month of June at 4.41″ compared to the NOAA normal of 4.52″. It has been a little dry of late with only 0.21″ falling in the last 11 days of the month. I don’t record temps but there have been some very hot days followed by big swings to cool days.
Year to date precipitation stands at 29.18″ compared to the normal of 22.13″. Well above the average mostly from the wet month of May. All numbers are from my location in the S.E. corner of Brattleboro and may be different where you live.
May was a very wet month with a number of cool days. Measurable rain on 17 days with a trace on 4 days totaling 10.23″. NOAA normal for May at this location is 3.64″. This is the 3rd highest monthly total in the 6+ years I have been a CoCoRaHS observer. The other 2 highest were both in the month of July with flooding in parts of the state.
Year to date total is 24.77″ compared to the average of 17.61″. All numbers are from my location in the S.E. corner of Brattleboro and will very with location.
February was a wet, mostly snowy month. Total moisture recorded for the month was 4.74″ compared to the NOAA average of 3.11″. For the calendar year 6.31″ compared to the normal of 6.50″.
Snow for the month measured 26.3″ compared to my average since 1993 of 16.5″. The most I have recorded in February is 40.0″ in 2014-15 and the least is 0.0″ in 2012-13. For the season, snow total stands at 50.4″, about a foot below the season average of 62.5″ with March and April to go. My snow stake out in the yard is at 14″ this morning and will vary greatly upon how much sun you receive along with how much snow has fallen.
A dry month with fairly normal temps. Measured 1.57″ of moisture compared to a NOAA normal of 3.39″. Even with the relatively cold temps most of the month, about 1/2 of the moisture fell as rain.
Snow for the month totaled 12.6″ compared to my average of 16.5″. My average in just the years 1993-2010 was 19.4″. Total snowfall so far this season stands at 25.3″ at my location. For comparison Mt Snow ski area lists their season total at 93″. They do exaggerate a little but they also have been receiving much more snow this year and skiing has been good for several weeks.
