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Introduction to 47 Decembers December’s average high temp. drops 14° from November’s 40 to a freezing 26°. The low average drops to 5°. Because of the low day time average, just rain as precip. becomes an oddity. (This may not be the case for December 2022 though because of the forecast for the coming week) The snowfall average for December is 5 inches. The average precip. is .35 the same as January which makes them our driest months. (In the next two weeks of December 2022 I’ll cover some of the Decembers which were not in the normal range of...
Summary for 47 Novembers that I have recorded Highest recorded temp.: 85° on Nov. 2, 1988 Lowest recorded temp.: -20° on Nov. 27, 1985 Current average high temp.: 40° Current average low temp.: 20° There was only one 80° day in 47 years and that was on Nov. 2, 1988. There was at least one 70° day during eight out of 47 Novembers. There was at least one 60° day during 19 out of 47 Novembers Hottest November on record: 2021 (Average high temp. 54°) Coldest November on record: 1996 (Average high temp. 25°) Number of Novembers that had a zero or...
This week I will finish with the unusual Novembers from the last 47 years. Again the average high temp. for November now is 40° and average low is 20. The precip. average is now .62. 2001: An unusual warm month with the average high temp. at 54° – Average low temp. normal – 15 days in the 60s & 70s and four in the 50s – No moisture until the end of the month which measured .47 with 6 inches of snowfall – 5 inches carried over into December. 2005: Thunder was heard on the 12th during a rain event of .15 – This is the latest thunder I have ever r...
November Summaries Last week I mentioned that November through 47 years is mostly a dry month (.62 average precip.) and temps. in the average range of 40 degrees high during the day time and 20 night time. There are some exceptions though and last week I mentioned five Novembers that were different. The following are a few more that were unusual: 1993: Cool month – Average high temp. 35° – Freezing temp. every night – Above normal precip. at 1.42 with a total of 24 inches of snow, 17 inches of snow pack into December. (14 inches of added...
November is Ipswich’s third driest month at a 47 year average of 0.62. The average high temp. is 40° and low is 20. Freezing night time temps. become common and a few below zero readings are recorded. Snowfall average comes into the picture at 6 inches and some carry over into December does occur. November is the month that the season of fall moves into winter by the end of the month for Ipswich. A lot of the snow comes with a rain mix which makes highways, streets, sidewalks etc. very dangerous to navigate as we are experiencing now. The am...
Summary for 47 months of October that I have recorded: Most precip. in a day’s time: 2.26 during October 9, 1982 Highest recorded temp.: 90° on Oct. 6, 1993 Lowest recorded temp.: -5° on Oct. 27, 2020 Current average high temp.= 58° Current average low temp.= 33° There was only one 90° day in 47 Octobers and that was in 1993 on October 6. There were at least one 80° or plus day during 26 out of 47 Octobers (The most were six days during 1975) The most 70° temps. of any October were ten days during 1989. Hottest October on record: 1989 (Average...
The average October precip. for Ipswich is currently 1.60. October ranks 7th for amounts of precip. during a year. Snowfall is possible by the end of the month mainly because of freezing night time temps. by this time. Snowfall is rare though because my records show only nine Octobers out of 47 have measurable amounts of snow and all melted in a few days. The most measurable snowfall for the month of October is 11 inches during 2020. The 11 inches came from three snow events on the 20th, 22nd & 24th. The rest of the nine months had...
October temperatures drops off to an average high of 58° and a low of 33°. That’s a drop of 14° from September’s average high and 13° for an average low covering 47 year. Some Octobers have exceeded the average high and these three years were the highest: • 1989: Average high of 65° which is the highest average temp. from 47 years -Two days in the 80s (83 the highest), ten days in the 70s and six in the 60s – 15 night time reading were freezing though. • 1975: Average high of 64° – The first 8 day’s average high temp. was 80° but it drops of...
Summary for 47 months of September that I have recorded: Highest recorded temp.: 105° on Sept. 2, 1983 Lowest recorded temp.: 20° on Sept. 22, 1983 Current average high temp.: 72° Current average low temp.: 46° Number of 100° temps. or higher: 4 Number of 90° temps.: 94 Hottest September on record: 1978 (Average high temp. 80°) Coolest September on record: 1985 (Average high temp. 64°) Number of killing frosts: 9 (None since 2012) Most precip. in a month’s time: 6.47 during Sept., 1996 Most precip. in a day’s time: 2.23 on Sept. 8, 2009 Least...
Precip. info dealing with 47 months of September Average for 47 months of September is currently at 2.04. I have never recorded any measurable snowfall for September. Precip. for September, 2022 seems very low at .11 and it sounds like that there won’t be any more added this week to complete the month. But .11 isn’t the lowest. In fact there are three other months of September that are lower. They are .10 in 1998, .06 in 1979 and the lowest during 2012 at .03. Some extreme amounts of precip. from 47 months of September are as follows: 199...
Comments on 47 September temperatures 1.The current average high temp. for September is 72°. 2. The current average low temps. for September is 46° 3. There have been only four 100 or plus degree day time temps. recorded in September, two in 1976 & one each in 1978 and 1983 with the highest of 105° on Sept. 2, 1983. 4.There have been only 94 temps. in the 90s recorded with the most in 2003 with 11. 5. The lowest single night temp. in September was 20° recorded on the 22nd of 1983 and 19th of 1991. 6. The highest average high for September was 8...
Last week I mentioned that by the end of September the chance for frost and an actual killing frost becomes a very big possibility. In looking through my records I did find that most killing frosts occur in October but they do happen at times in September. I asked the people at the Aberdeen Weather Service what constitutes a killing frost and they said that any temperature that drops to 28 degrees and stays there a number of hours is considered a killing frost. The following are the killing frosts that I recorded in the last 47 years during...
Summary of 47 months of August that I have recorded: Highest recorded temp.- 106° on Aug. 17, 1976 and 106° on Aug. 15, 1988 Lowest recorded temp.- 35° on Aug. 27, 1982 Current average high temp.- 82° Current average low temp.- 57° Number of 100° or plus days- 17 Number of 90° or plus days- 236 Hottest August on record- August, 1983 Average high temp. of 91° Coolest August on record- August, 1992 Average low temp. of 75° Most precip. in a month’s time- 6.28 August, 2014 Most precip in a day’s time- 3.39 on Aug. 23, 2014 Least precip. in a...
This week I’ll cover the extreme rainfalls from the previous 47 months of August that I have recorded. The average precip. for these 47 months is currently 2.36 which is the 4th wettest month. The 2.36 average has been exceeded only 20 months out of 47. 2014: Extremely wet month with total moisture at 6.28 which was the most I ever recorded for an August – Two big precip. events with the first on the 23rd of 3.39 (4.15 in 3 days 21-23) and 1.74 on the 28th – The 1.79 was without any thunder or strong wind – 7 rain events for the month. 1980: W...
The current average high for August is 82°, current low is 57. Last week some of the warmest months of August in the last 47 years were mentioned. This week I will deal with some of the coolest months. 1992 — Way below normal in average high at 75° with only one 90° day – 13 nights in the 40s and 2 nights in the high 30s making it the coolest August. 1994 — Cool month with average high at 77° – No days in the 90s and 7 days in the 60s as a high temp. – 10 nights in the 40s. 2004 — Cool month – Average high temp. of 76° – One day time high in...
The average high for Ipswich is currently 82°. There were several years that August has exceeded this average by at least 5°. The following are these months: 1976: Warm month with average high way above at 89° – Four 100° days in the middle of the month in a row followed by four days in the 90s and finishing with 103° on the 26th – 106 was the hottest of the 100° days. 1982: Warm month with the average high of 87° – Eleven days in the 90s and the rest in the 70s & 80s – One 100° day (105) on the 2nd – Oddity of this month though was the lowest...
The average high temp. for August is still quite high at 82° which currently makes it the second hottest month of a year to the 84 average high of July. The average low is 57°. It isn’t common but temps. in the upper 30s do appear at times as a night time low. 100° and plus temps. are also possible, especially in the early part of the month. 90° plus temps. also decrease considerably after the middle of the month. Facts and figures on August temperatures from 47 years: Highest recorded temp. - 106° on Aug. 15, 1988 106° on Aug. 23, 2003 Lo...
Summary of 47 months of July that I have recorded Highest recorded temp. - 111° on July 15, 2006 Lowest recorded temp. - 38° on July 2, 2017 Current average high temp.- 84° Current average low temp.- 60° Number of 100 or plus days- 34 (8 of these in 1988 / 6 of these in 2006) Number of 90° days- 307 (17 of these in 1975 / 15 of these in 2021) Hottest July- Average high temp. of 93° in 1988 Most precip. in a month’s time- 1st 10.65 in 1993 2nd 8.67 in 1994 3rd 6.19 in 2011 Most precip. in a day’s time- 1st 5.02 on July 2, 1994 2nd 2.80 on J...
The average precip. for July for Ipswich is currently 3.18. For July thus far Ipswich is at 4.10 which puts us above average. It would be nice to get 3.18 every July but that doesn’t happen very often as we know. So the average of 3.18 has been built up over the years by bigger amounts like we are experiencing this year. The following are some of the amounts that we have had previously that has brought this average to 3.18: 1993: 10.65 in 18 rain events – Five of these registered over one inch with the most on the 17th of 1.90 – Thunder & lig...
The average high for July is 84 degrees and low is 60 which makes it the hottest month of a year for Ipswich. It also is the month that has the most 100 plus degree days which is 34 in 47 years. Some hot months in these 47 months of July are as follows: 1988: Extreme hot July with an average high temp. of 93° – 12 days in the 80s, 10 in the 90s and 8 in the 100s with 103 on the 4th & 5th the hottest – Hottest month on record. 2006: Extreme hot July with an average high temp. of 92° – 12 days in the 80s, 12 in the 90s and 6 in the 100s with 111...
Some facts and figures on 47 years of July 1. Currently our hottest month is July at an average high of 84° & low 60° 2. 100° temps. during July (34 total): 1st— 8 during 1988 (4 days in a row) 2nd— 6 during 2006 3rd— 4 during 1987 4th— 3 during 1975, 1976, 1977 & 2017. 3. 90° temps. during July 1st— 17 during 1975 2nd— 15 during 2021 (10 days in a row) 3rd— 14 during 1980 4th— 13 during 2012 4. Hottest July 1st— 1988 (Average high of 93°) 2nd— 2006 (Average high of 92°) 3rd— 2017 (Average high of 89°) 4th— 1975, 1980, 1989 & 2002 (Average hig...
Highest recorded temp.- 98° on the 18th & 19th Lowest recorded temp.- 40 on the 3rd Average high temp.- 82° Average low temp.- 57° Number of days in the 90’s- 7 Number of days in the 40’s- 3 Number of days of recorded precip.- 8 Most precip. in a day’s time- .61 on the 14th Total precip.- 1.33 Summary of 47 Junes that I have recorded Highest recorded temp.- 106° on the 21st of 1988 Lowest recorded temp.- 28° on the 3rd of 1985 Average high temp.- 78° Average low temp.- 54° Number of 100 or plus days- 11 (7 of these in 1988) Hottest June...
June is our highest precipitation month at an average 3.59. It would be nice to expect this amount each June but it doesn’t happen this way as all of you know. For example, Ipswich has only received 1.33 thus far during June, 2022 which is not even half of 3.59. So where does the average of 3.59 come from? It comes from the 20 months of June out of 47 that has exceeded the average as it builds up. Last week I mentioned six months of June that had extreme rainfall. I will continue this week with five more: 2005: Abundant precip. spread out o...
June is Ipswich’s highest precip. month at an average of 3.59. The average of 3.59 is maintained because there has been many months of June that have had extreme amounts of rain. In fact, there have been more months (27 out of 47) that haven’t exceeded the average of 3.59. So extreme amounts is what maintains this average. The following are some of these extreme amounts: 1975: Above normal of rainfall at 5.29 from 13 days of recorded precip. The biggest amount of this moisture (3.58) occurred during the middle nights of the month all in thu...
Summary of 47 Junes that I have recorded The average high temp. for June is now 78 degrees and the low is 54. During the 47 years that I have recorded temps. for June there has been several extremes to these readings. Some of these are as follows: 1976: Warm June – Average high 83° – Five 90° days in a row with 98° the highest – 22 days in the 80s & 90s. 1982: Cool June – Average high 73° – 21 night time reading in the 30s & 40s – Only four days in the 80s. 1985: Frosty morning on June 3rd at a low of 28° – Damage to emerging crops rep...