Winter officially ends on March 20, but the meteorological winter ends on February 28. The winter in Southern New England was warmer, wetter, and snowier than normal. Overall, there were not too many records broken this winter in Southern New England. Providence tied a record high temperature on January 31, and the daily precipitation record was broken on February 27. Below is a summary of the four main climatological sites in Southern New England from the National Weather Service office in Taunton, MA.
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
829 AM EST FRI MAR 1 2013
...METEOROLOGICAL WINTER IN REVIEW...
ALL DATA PRESENTED HEREIN IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO REVISION.
BOSTON
...PERIOD OF RECORD: 1872 TO PRESENT...
AVG HIGH AVG LOW AVG MEAN PCPN SNOW REMARKS
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DEC: 44.3 32.5 38.4 5.93 3.4
+3.1 +4.3 +3.7 +2.15 -5.6
JAN: 38.7 24.3 31.5 1.08 5.0 7TH DRIEST
+2.9 +2.1 +2.5 -2.28 -7.9
FEB: 36.9 25.4 31.2 5.26 34.0 5TH SNOWIEST
-1.8 +0.7 -0.5 +2.01 +23.1
SEASONAL SUMMARIES
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WINTER: 40.0 27.4 33.7 12.27 42.4
+1.4 +2.3 +1.9 +1.88 +9.6
RECORDS
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02/09...RECORD DAILY SNOWFALL...14.8...PREVIOUSLY 12.4 IN 1994.
02/27...RECORD DAILY PRECIPITATION...0.97...PREVIOUSLY 0.96 IN 1912.
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HARTFORD
...PERIOD OF RECORD: 1905 TO PRESENT...
AVG HIGH AVG LOW AVG MEAN PCPN SNOW REMARKS
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DEC: 42.5 28.0 35.3 4.55 12.9
+2.8 +4.6 +3.7 +1.11 +5.5
JAN: 37.2 20.1 28.7 1.75 5.9
+2.7 +2.4 +2.6 -1.48 -6.4
FEB: 36.5 21.9 29.2 3.76 25.4 7TH SNOWIEST
-2.0 +1.0 -0.5 +0.87 +14.4
SEASONAL SUMMARIES
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WINTER: 38.7 23.3 31.1 10.06 44.2
+1.2 +2.6 +2.0 +0.50 +13.5
RECORDS
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01/31...RECORD HIGH...61...PREVIOUSLY 59 IN 1947.
02/08...TIED RECORD DAILY SNOWFALL...13.4...ALSO SET IN 1945.
02/27...RECORD DAILY PRECIPITATION...1.25...PREVIOUSLY 0.76 IN 1971.
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PROVIDENCE
...PERIOD OF RECORD: 1905 TO PRESENT...
AVG HIGH AVG LOW AVG MEAN PCPN SNOW REMARKS
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DEC: 45.7 31.0 38.4 5.55 9.3 TIED FOR 8TH WARMEST
+3.4 +4.7 +4.1 +1.33 +0.6
JAN: 39.4 23.2 31.3 1.93 6.5
+2.0 +2.2 +2.1 -1.93 -2.5
FEB: 37.9 24.0 31.0 5.03 24.3 7TH SNOWIEST
-2.4 +0.4 -1.0 +1.74 +15.8
SEASONAL SUMMARY
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WINTER: 41.0 26.1 33.6 12.51 40.1
+1.0 +2.5 +1.8 +1.14 +13.9
RECORDS
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01/31...TIED RECORD HIGH...62...ALSO SET IN 1988.
02/27...RECORD DAILY PRECIPITATION...1.22...PREVIOUSLY 1.06 IN 1913.
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WORCESTER
...PERIOD OF RECORD: 1892 TO PRESENT...
AVG HIGH AVG LOW AVG MEAN PCPN SNOW REMARKS
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DEC: 40.3 28.0 34.1 5.11 18.5 10TH WARMEST
+4.0 +5.4 +4.7 +1.29 +4.1
JAN: 33.9 19.6 26.8 1.95 7.3
+2.6 +2.8 +2.7 -1.54 -9.8
FEB: 33.4 21.3 27.4 4.93 44.4 3RD SNOWIEST
-1.2 +1.9 +0.4 +1.70 +28.8
SEASONAL SUMMARY
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WINTER: 35.9 23.0 29.4 11.99 70.2 10TH SNOWIEST
+1.9 +3.4 +2.6 +1.45 +23.1
RECORDS
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01/31...RECORD HIGH...59...PREVIOUSLY 57 IN 1988.
02/08...RECORD DAILY SNOWFALL...15.2...PREVIOUSLY 7.0 IN 1945.
02/27...RECORD DAILY PRECIPITATION...1.10...PREVIOUSLY 0.62 IN 1946.