Ithaca Climate Summary for November 2003

Temperature

• With an average temperature of 42.7 degrees, the month averaged 3.8 degrees warmer than normal.
• This November was 4.6 degrees warmer than November 2002, but 2.4 degrees cooler than November 2001.
• This month's departure was the largest positive departure since September 2002.
• The warmest temperature of the month was 67 degrees on the 4th.
  (Note: the 74 degree temperature recorded the morning of the 1st occurred on October 31st.)
• The coldest temperature of the month was 17 degrees on the 9th and 10th.

Precipitation

• The November precipitation total was 3.09 inches, which was just 0.01 inch below normal.
• Only 0.79 inches was recorded between the 1st and the 19th, but 1.34 inches was measured on the morning of the 20th.
• The total precipitation for the last six months (June-November) was 28.03 inches. It was the fourth wettest such period in 125 years of record and the wettest since 1977.
• The year-to-date precipitation accumulation of 40.79 inches was 6.57 inches more than normal.

Snowfall

• Total snowfall for November was 1 inch, which was 4.9 inches less than normal.
• Measurable amounts of snow fell on three days, with the first occurring on the 8th (0.1 inch).
• This month's snowfall total was considerably less than last November (9.6 inches).
• In some of the surrounding communities, Groton had 3.8 inches and Freeville had 2.5 inches.