Meteorological fall (September through November) was drier and a bit cooler than normal in most of Southern New England. September and November were on the cool side, and October was relatively mild. For the season, Providence, Hartford, and Worcester all averaged between 0.6-0.8° below normal. Boston averaged 0.2° warmer than normal.
October, while relatively mild, was very dry, with Boston and Providence both recording the fourth driest October on record. Large rain storms on Labor Day weekend and just before Thanksgiving helped to skew the numbers. There was a long stretch of mainly dry weather between those two storms. See the data below for details on the four major climatology sites in Southern New England.
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
430 AM EST SUN DEC 1 2013
...AUTUMN 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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SEP: 73.0 56.3 64.7 2.21 0.0
+0.6 -1.1 -0.2 -1.23 0.0
OCT: 64.2 49.1 56.7 0.61 0.0 4TH DRIEST
+2.8 +2.6 +2.7 -3.33 0.0
NOV: 50.7 34.7 42.7 2.72 T
-0.8 -3.3 -2.0 -1.27 -1.3
SEASONAL SUMMARIES
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AUTUMN: 62.6 46.7 54.7 5.54 T 10TH DRIEST
+0.8 -0.6 +0.2 -5.83 -1.3
RECORDS
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09/17...RECORD LOW...44...PREVIOUSLY 45 IN 1986
11/27...RECORD DAILY PRECIPITATION...1.79...PREVIOUSLY 1.24 IN 1891
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HARTFORD
...PERIOD OF RECORD: 1905 TO PRESENT...
AVG HIGH AVG LOW AVG MEAN PCPN SNOW REMARKS
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SEP: 74.6 50.3 62.5 3.58 0.0
-0.3 -2.4 -1.3 -0.30 0.0
OCT: 64.9 42.4 53.7 2.19 T
+1.8 +1.3 +1.6 -2.18 +T
NOV: 49.7 29.9 39.8 4.02 T
-1.9 -3.3 -2.6 +0.13 -2.0
SEASONAL SUMMARIES
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AUTUMN: 63.1 40.9 52.0 9.79 T
-0.1 -1.4 -0.8 -2.35 -2.0
RECORDS
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11/24...RECORD MINIMUM HIGH...28...PREVIOUSLY 31 IN 1936
11/27...RECORD DAILY PRECIPITATION...3.20...PREVIOUSLY 1.16 IN 1999
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PROVIDENCE
...PERIOD OF RECORD: 1905 TO PRESENT...
AVG HIGH AVG LOW AVG MEAN PCPN SNOW REMARKS
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SEP: 73.7 53.3 63.5 4.59 0.0
-0.5 -2.0 -1.2 +0.67 0.0
OCT: 65.3 44.6 55.0 0.61 0.0 4TH DRIEST
+2.0 +0.7 +1.4 -3.32 0.0
NOV: 51.1 32.5 41.8 4.63 0.1
-2.1 -3.2 -2.7 +0.12 -1.4
SEASONAL SUMMARY
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AUTUMN: 63.4 43.5 54.4 9.83 0.1
-0.2 -1.5 -0.8 -2.53 -1.4
RECORDS
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09/02...RECORD DAILY PRECIPITATION...2.82...PREVIOUSLY 1.62 IN 2003
11/24...TIED RECORD MINIMUM HIGH...PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1936
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WORCESTER
...PERIOD OF RECORD: 1892 TO PRESENT...
AVG HIGH AVG LOW AVG MEAN PCPN SNOW REMARKS
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SEP: 69.6 51.2 60.4 3.23 0.0
0.0 -1.7 -0.8 -0.70 0.0
OCT: 59.4 43.8 51.6 1.43 0.0
+1.1 +2.1 +1.6 -3.25 -0.2
NOV: 45.7 29.6 37.6 3.62 0.5
-1.9 -3.4 -2.7 -0.66 -2.1
SEASONAL SUMMARY
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AUTUMN: 58.2 41.5 49.9 8.28 0.5
-0.3 -1.0 -0.6 -4.61 -2.3
RECORDS
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11/13...TIED RECORD MINIMUM HIGH...PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1962
11/24...RECORD MINIMUM HIGH...24...PREVIOUSLY 26 IN 2000
11/27...RECORD DAILY PRECIPITATION...2.57...PREVIOUSLY 1.35 IN 1999
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