Ithaca Climate Summary for November 1995

Temperature

• The average temperature for November was 34.3 degrees. This was 4.9 degrees cooler than normal.
• It was the coolest November since 1976.
• The month's warmest temperature was 69 degrees on the 2nd.
• The temperature plunged into the single digits one night during November. The month's lowest temperature was 7 degrees, occurring just before midnight on the 24th.
  
  

Precipitation

• Ithaca was fortunate to have above normal precipitation again in November. Precipitation for the month totalled 3.81 inches, which was 0.73 inches above or 124% of normal.
• It was not as wet as the last two Novembers, but was wetter than each of the seven Novembers prior to that.
• Two days during the month had more than an inch of precipitation (rain and/or melted snow). There were only four such days total in the preceding 11 months.
• The year-to-date precipitation deficit at the end of November totalled 5.40 inches or 84% of normal.
  
  

Snowfall

• Snowfall during totalled an amazing 19.1 inches. This was more than triple the November normal of 5.4 inches.
• This was the snowiest November of this century. The only November to receive more snow was 1886 when 32 inches fell. The previous record for this century was 17.8 inches in 1951.
• The snow cover was quite durable this month. There were 16 days with an inch or more of snow on the ground. This was the most since 1951 and more than tripled the average of 5 days.
• Snowfall totals for surrounding communities included 26.2 inches in Groton, 20 to 25 inches in Freeville, and 30 inches in Cortland.