Friday, January 12, 2018

December 2017 Weather Summary

December 2017 had an average temperature of 26.5 degrees, down another 15 degrees from November. The high temperature was 59.8 (December 5th) and the lowest recorded temperature was minus 11.7, Dec 28.) Twenty-nine of the 31 days had low temperatures below freezing (only the 18th and 19th stayed above 32 degrees)  while 15 days never got above 32 degrees. Four days had lows below zero.

We got  just 0.36 inches of rain at Leslie Park's weather station during December. Some of the precipitation came in the form of snow, which the weather station does not record well.. The rain fell on 6 different days, with the largest amount coming on the 16th (0.14 inches.)  That brings the total for 2017 to 36.01 inches.

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