Last month was warmer than normal. The average daily temperature was 57.1 degrees, which is exactly two degrees warmer than normal. The mercury climbed to an unseasonably warm 85 degrees on October 10 and fell below freezing only once all month. The average daily temperature was at or above normal for 19 consecutive days from October 8 through October 26. The average temperature was 13 degrees above normal October 10 and 11 degrees above normal October 11, 14, and 20.
October was also wetter than normal, continuing the theme for the year. Nearly four inches (3.96") of liquid precipitation fell last month, which is about a third of an inch (0.32") above normal. There were 10 days which featured measured precipitation, including each of the first three days of the month. Well over an inch (1.25") of precipitation fell during the Nor'easter, which was the wettest day of the month.
The record snowfall punctuated the month. Consider the normal average snowfall for October is just a trace, and it was quite surprising to see four inches of snow along the immediate shoreline before Halloween. The only other day with measured snow on record in southwestern Connecticut happened Sunday, October 4, 1987, when just a half-inch fell. Even more surprising was the heavy snow in Northern Fairfield County. It was historic, to say the least.
November is off to a much quieter start, thankfully. Other than an Air Quality Alert this afternoon due to the burning wood and running generators, our weather looks fairly quiet through the middle of next week. A cold front will march through the region tonight, producing mostly cloudy skies, but clouds lift for sunshine later tomorrow morning. Friday will become sunny and windy with a high in the mid 50s. The weekend looks sunny and cool.
Paul
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