Meteorological Autumn ended on November 30. The season started warm and dry in September in Southern New England, and it ended with a cool, wet, and snowy month of November. The four major climatological stations were all not too far from normal in terms of both temperature and precipitation for the season. It was drier than normal in Providence and Hartford, and slightly wetter than normal in Boston and Worcester. The temperature was near normal in Worcester, about a half-degree warmer than normal in Providence and Boston, and around a degree warmer than normal in Hartford. September and October were warmer than normal. November was colder than normal.
See more details from the National Weather Service below.
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
916 AM EST MON DEC 1 2014
...AUTUMN 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
-------- ------- -------- ---- ---- -------
SEP: 74.2 58.3 66.3 0.70 0.0
+1.8 +0.9 +1.4 -2.74
OCT: 63.0 49.7 56.4 5.83 0.0
+1.6 +3.2 +2.4 +1.89
NOV: 49.5 35.5 42.5 5.27 2.6
-2.0 -2.5 -2.2 +1.28 +1.3
SEASONAL SUMMARIES
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AUTUMN: 62.2 47.8 55.0 11.80 2.6
+0.4 +0.5 +0.5 +0.43 +1.3
RECORDS
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11/02...TIED RECORD DAILY SNOWFALL...TRACE...ALSO SET IN 1965.
11/28...RECORD DAILY SNOWFALL...2.3...PREVIOUSLY 2.2 IN 1917.
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HARTFORD
...PERIOD OF RECORD: 1905 TO PRESENT...
AVG HIGH AVG LOW AVG MEAN PCPN SNOW REMARKS
-------- ------- -------- ---- ---- -------
SEP: 77.0 53.5 65.3 1.62 0.0
+2.1 +0.8 +1.5 -2.26
OCT: 65.3 45.9 55.6 3.92 0.0
+2.2 +4.8 +3.5 -0.45
NOV: 50.4 31.7 41.1 3.77 5.1
-1.2 -1.5 -1.3 -0.12 +3.1
SEASONAL SUMMARIES
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AUTUMN: 64.2 43.7 54.0 9.31 5.1
+1.0 +1.4 +1.2 -2.83 +3.1
RECORDS
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09/02...TIED RECORD HIGH MINIMUM...72...ALSO SET IN 1973.
09/28...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE...87...PREVIOUSLY 83 IN 1959.
10/15...TIED RECORD HIGH MINIMUM...63...ALSO SET IN 1970.
11/26...RECORD DAILY SNOWFALL...4.6...PREVIOUSLY 0.4 IN 1985.
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PROVIDENCE
...PERIOD OF RECORD: 1905 TO PRESENT...
AVG HIGH AVG LOW AVG MEAN PCPN SNOW REMARKS
-------- ------- -------- ---- ---- -------
SEP: 76.4 55.8 66.1 0.74 0.0
+2.2 +0.5 +1.4 -3.18
OCT: 64.6 47.6 56.1 3.30 0.0
+1.3 +3.7 +2.5 -0.63
NOV: 50.9 32.9 41.9 5.45 1.6
-2.3 -2.8 -2.6 +0.94 +0.1
SEASONAL SUMMARY
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AUTUMN: 64.0 45.4 54.7 9.49 1.6
+0.4 +0.4 +0.4 -2.87 +0.1
RECORDS
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09/28...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE...86...PREVIOUSLY 84 IN 1943.
11/02...TIED RECORD DAILY SNOWFALL...TRACE...ALSO SET IN 1965.
11/14...RECORD DAILY SNOWFALL...1.0...PREVIOUSLY A TRACE IN 1997.
11/17...RECORD DAILY PRECIPITATION...1.50...PREVIOUSLY 1.48 IN 2002.
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WORCESTER
...PERIOD OF RECORD: 1892 TO PRESENT...
AVG HIGH AVG LOW AVG MEAN PCPN SNOW REMARKS
-------- ------- -------- ---- ---- -------
SEP: 70.1 53.2 61.7 2.72 0.0
+0.5 +0.3 +0.5 -1.21
OCT: 59.2 45.2 52.2 6.37 0.0
+0.9 +3.5 +2.2 +1.69 -0.2
NOV: 45.3 30.0 37.7 4.56 7.2
-2.3 -3.0 -2.6 +0.28 +4.6
SEASONAL SUMMARY
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AUTUMN: 58.2 42.8 50.5 13.65 7.2
-0.3 +0.3 0.0 +0.76 -4.4
RECORDS
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11/16...RECORD DAILY PRECIPITATION...2.69...PREVIOUSLY 2.65 IN 1974.
11/26...RECORD DAILY SNOWFALL...5.3...PREVIOUSLY 2.9 IN 1921.
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