Despite A Cool November, Autumn Season the Warmest Since 1998 November was a period of wild extremes in temperature. Although monthly temperatures were slightly below average overall, that is hardly illustrative of day to day conditions. Very warm weather early in November rapidly transitioned to bitter cold by mid month, as highs in central areas fell from the 60s/low 70s to the upper 20s/30s in only a few days, while lows dropped from the 30s/40s to the upper single digits and teens. In fact, Prossers daily high was below freezing just a couple of days after their first frost of the autumn. However, temperatures again climbed rapidly in late November, only to plummet at months end. Precipitation was also highly variable within the month. Unfortunately, the wet periods corresponded to warm times, such that snow pack was in rather poor shape at months end. Overall, autumn temperatures were well above normal, and the warmest since 1998. Once again, that generalization hardly describes the unique character of the season. An above normal September and an exceptionally warm October were followed by a cool November which featured an early season arctic outbreak at mid month. Despite temperatures that were slightly below normal in November, Mt. Vernon nonetheless experienced their warmest autumn since our records began in 1994. For the complete AgWeatherNet Autumn 2014 Weather Review for Washington click on the following link: weather.wsu.edu/awn.php?page=AWN_Autumn_2014_Weather_Review&ls=fb
Posted on: Wed, 24 Dec 2014 00:01:10 +0000
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