Ithaca Climate Summary for October 2001

Temperature

• With an average temperature of 51.5 degrees, the month averaged 2.5 degrees warmer than normal.
• This month was 1.3 degrees warmer than last October and was the warmest October since 1995.
• The warmest temperature of the month was 79 degrees on the 3rd.
• The coldest temperature of the month was 25 degrees on the 29th.
• A low temperature of 26 degrees on the 9th broke the record for that day of 27 degrees set in 1989.

Precipitation

• October precipitation totalled 1.80 inches, which represented 55% of normal.
• This was 1.5 inches less than last October.
• Year-to-date precipitation is now 30.10 inches (just 0.35 inches above normal).
• For the 8th year in a row, there was no measurable snowfall during the month of October.