Ithaca Climate Summary for February 2000

Temperature

• With a monthly average temperature of 27.4 degrees, February 2000 averaged 4.8 degrees warmer than normal.
• Although significantly warmer than normal, this was the coolest February out of the last four years.
• The warmest temperature of the month was 58 degrees on the 27th.
• The coldest temperature of the month was -7 degrees on the 8th.

Precipitation

• February precipitation totalled 2.97 inches, which represented 149% of normal.
• It was the wettest February since 1990.
• This February had 2.1 inches more precipitation than the same month a year ago.

Snowfall

• February snowfall totalled 13.6 inches, just 1.1 inches shy of normal.
• This February had 3.8 inches more snow than the same month last year and 0.7 inches less than the year before (1998).
• A snow cover that was established on January 13th persisted through February 24th.
• The maximum depth of snow on the ground this month was 11 inches on the 19th.
• The seasonal snowfall total at month¹s end stood at 54.8 inches, 2.1 inches greater than normal and 16 inches more than at this point last winter.