The start of March means the end of meteorological winter. It was a cold winter for most of the country, including Southern New England. All three months were colder than normal in Southern New England, with Hartford the farthest from normal, averaging 2.7° below normal from December through February. While colder than normal, it was not the coldest winter in recent memory. Just three years ago, the winter of 2010-2011 was colder in Providence and Hartford. The winter of 2002-2003 was colder in all of Southern New England.
Snow totals were above normal in all of Southern New England. It was the third snowiest December to February (80.4″) in Worcester since 1892. Providence, Boston, and Hartford were all received well above normal snowfall, but not enough to crack the top ten snowiest winters on record. Check out more details on the winter months from the National Weather Service.
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
756 AM EST SAT MAR 1 2014
...WINTER IN REVIEW...
ALL DATA PRESENTED HEREIN IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO REVISION.
ANY MONTHLY RECORDS FALLING WITHIN THE TOP TEN OF THE PERIOD OF
RECORD WILL BE ANNOTATED IN THE REMARKS SECTION IMMEDIATELY RIGHT.
BOSTON
...PERIOD OF RECORD: 1872 TO PRESENT...
AVG HIGH AVG LOW AVG MEAN PCPN SNOW REMARKS
-------- ------- -------- ---- ---- -------
DEC: 40.2 26.4 33.3 4.62 11.7
-1.0 -1.8 -1.4 -0.84 +2.7
JAN: 35.0 19.8 27.4 3.24 21.8
-0.8 -2.4 -1.6 -0.12 +8.9
FEB: 35.6 22.3 29.0 4.13 22.9
-3.1 -2.4 -2.7 +0.88 +12.0
SEASONAL SUMMARIES
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WINTER: 36.9 22.8 29.9 11.99 56.4
-1.7 -2.3 -1.9 +1.60 +23.6
ANNUAL SNOWFALL /SO FAR ... JULY - FEB/: 56.4
ANNUAL NORMAL SNOWFALL ... 43.8 INCHES +12.6
RECORDS
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12/17...RECORD DAILY SNOWFALL...6.4...PREVIOUSLY 3.8 IN 1970
12/29...RECORD DAILY PRECIPITATION...1.32...PREVIOUSLY 1.28 IN 1945
01/02...RECORD DAILY SNOWFALL...10.6...PREVIOUSLY 8.0 IN 1904
02/02...TIED RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE...55...ALSO SET IN 1988
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HARTFORD
...PERIOD OF RECORD: 1905 TO PRESENT...
AVG HIGH AVG LOW AVG MEAN PCPN SNOW REMARKS
-------- ------- -------- ---- ---- -------
DEC: 38.5 22.3 30.4 3.92 12.7
-1.2 -1.1 -1.2 +0.48 +5.3
JAN: 33.4 15.5 24.5 3.41 10.3
-1.1 -2.2 -1.6 +0.13 -2.3
FEB: 33.4 15.0 24.2 3.96 27.1 7TH SNOWIEST
-5.1 -5.9 -5.5 +1.07 +16.1
SEASONAL SUMMARIES
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WINTER: 35.1 17.6 26.4 11.29 50.1
-2.4 -3.1 -2.7 +1.73 +19.4
ANNUAL SNOWFALL /SO FAR ... JULY - FEB/: 50.1
ANNUAL NORMAL SNOWFALL ... 40.5 INCHES +9.6
RECORDS
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12/22...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE...64...PREVIOUSLY 59 IN 1990
01/04...RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE...-9...PREVIOUSLY -7 IN 1981
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PROVIDENCE
...PERIOD OF RECORD: 1905 TO PRESENT...
AVG HIGH AVG LOW AVG MEAN PCPN SNOW REMARKS
-------- ------- -------- ---- ---- -------
DEC: 41.0 25.6 33.3 4.82 7.0
-1.3 -0.7 -1.0 +0.60 -1.7
JAN: 35.7 17.8 26.8 3.69 15.0
-1.7 -3.2 -2.4 -0.17 +6.0
FEB: 36.3 20.6 28.5 4.71 20.0
-4.0 -3.0 -3.5 +1.42 +11.5
SEASONAL SUMMARY
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WINTER: 37.7 21.3 29.5 13.22 42.0
-2.3 -2.3 -2.3 +1.85 +15.8
ANNUAL SNOWFALL /SO FAR ... JULY - FEB/: 42.1
ANNUAL NORMAL SNOWFALL ... 33.8 INCHES +8.3
RECORDS
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12/22...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE...64...PREVIOUSLY 61 IN 1990
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WORCESTER
...PERIOD OF RECORD: 1892 TO PRESENT...
AVG HIGH AVG LOW AVG MEAN PCPN SNOW REMARKS
-------- ------- -------- ---- ---- -------
DEC: 34.5 20.8 27.7 4.43 18.9
-1.8 -1.8 -1.7 +0.61 +4.5
JAN: 29.5 14.1 21.8 3.10 20.0
-1.8 -2.7 -2.3 -0.39 +2.9
FEB: 30.0 16.2 23.1 4.08 41.5 5TH SNOWIEST
-4.6 -3.2 -3.9 +0.85 +25.9
SEASONAL SUMMARY
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WINTER: 31.3 17.0 24.2 11.61 80.4 3RD SNOWIEST
-2.7 -2.6 -2.6 +1.07 +33.3
ANNUAL SNOWFALL /SO FAR ... JULY - FEB/: 80.9
NORMAL ... 64.1 INCHES +16.8
RECORDS
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12/22...TIED RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE...63...ALSO SET IN 1923
01/03...TIED RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE...-3...ALSO SET IN 1904
02/13...RECORD DAILY SNOWFALL...10.5...PREVIOUSLY 9.0 IN 1897
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