Ithaca Climate Summary for February 1996

Temperature

• The month of February averaged 0.3 degrees colder than normal.
• The first week of the month, however, averaged 15 degrees colder than normal.
• This February was 2.4 degrees warmer than February 1995 and was a degree warmer than last month.
• The month's warmest temperature was 52 degrees on the 21st.
• The coldest temperature of the month was -10 degrees recorded on both the 1st and the 5th.
  
  

Precipitation

• Precipitation for the month totalled 1.34 inches, which was 0.66 inches below or 67% of normal.
• There were only 4 days with over 0.1 inch of precipitation-all of these events were just rain.

Snowfall

• The February snowfall total was 6.5 inches, which was 8.2 inches below normal.
• This was the lowest February total since 1965.
• The greatest amount in one day was 1.7 inches on the 14th.
• The seasonal snowfall total now stands at 78.2 inches, which is 25.5 inches above normal.
• Despite the paltry amount of snow for this month, this was the fifth highest October-February snowfall total on record.
• Snowfall totals for surrounding communities included 8.5 inches in Groton and 6.4 inches in Freeville.