FEBRUARY 2009 WEATHER SUMMARY

Written by: Bob Metcalfe

Contrary to the months preceding it, February 2009 actually wasn't quite as "wintry" as it could have been.

The average temperature for the month was 29.0 degrees. That is 3.7 degrees ABOVE normal, which is a relatively strong difference. We had 10 days where the high temperature was lower that 32 degrees, and 25 days where the minimum temperature was below 32 degrees.

On the precipitation side of things, this was the first month of the winter where we underachieved in the snowfall category. We received 13.9" of snow during the month, compared to an average of 22.2" for previous Februaries. This means that we were 8.3" below normal.

So where do we stand with regards to season snowfall? Well, since December and January were so snowy, we are still 22.4" above normal for snowfall to this date. Just over an inch of snow fell on the last day of February which put us over the 100" mark for the season... at 100.5".

Ready for Spring yet?