Ithaca Climate Summary for November 1997

Temperature

• With an average temperature of 35.9 degrees, the month of November averaged 3.3 degree cooler than normal, but warmer than the last two Novembers.
• The last five months and eight of the last nine have been cooler than normal.
• The warmest temperature of the month was 62 degrees on the 2nd.
• The coldest temperature of the month was 14 degrees on the 16th.

Precipitation

• November rainfall totalled 4.59 inches, which was 149% of normal.
• This was the most precipitation to fall in any month since November 1996 (6.00 inches).
• A measurable amount of precipitation fell on 19 days, 5 more than normal.
• The annual precipitation deficit at the end of the month was 5.92 inches, which represented 82% of normal.

Snowfall

• November snowfall totalled 10.5 inches, nearly double the normal of 5.4 inches.
• This was 2 inches more than last November, but 8.6 inches less than November 1995.
• Measureable amounts of snow fell on 4 days.
• There were 13 days with at least an inch of snow on the ground, much more than the average of 4 such days.
• The maximum depth of snow on the ground was 8 inches on the 16th.
• Monthly snowfall totals for surrounding communities included 13.5 inches in Groton and 11.6 inches in Freeville.