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The National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office in Taunton, MA, overseeing Southern New England, has run the data for 2012, and the results are impressive: among other impressive statistics, 2012 has taken the top spot as warmest year on record for all major metropolitan areas in Southern New England where credible climate records exist. The National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office in Burlington, VT, has also run the data for Burlington, finding similar results in Northern Vermont. Here are the findings:
BOSTON, MA (records since 1872)
2012: All-time warmest year
Winter 2012 (Dec 2011 - Feb 2012): 2nd Warmest Winter, 4th least snowy
February 2012: 3rd Warmest, 5th Driest February; 8th least snowy month
Spring 2012 (Mar 2012 - May 2012): All-time warmest, 6th least snowy
March 2012: 2nd Warmest, 7th Driest March; 7th least snowy month
April 2012: 2nd Warmest
August 2012: 4th Warmest
November 2012: 10th Driest
WORCESTER, MA (records since 1892)
2012: All-time warmest year
Winter 2012: 2nd warmest, 8th least snowy
February 2012: 3rd warmest, 7th driest, 9th least snowy
Spring 2012: All-time warmest
March 2012: 3rd warmest
April 2012: 9th warmest
May 2012: 8th warmest
July 2012: 7th warmest
August 2012: 8th warmest, 10th wettest
November 2012: 9th driest
December 2012: 10th warmest
PROVIDENCE, RI (records since 1905)
2012: All-time warmest year
Winter 2012: 2nd warmest
February 2012: 6th warmest, 5th driest
Spring 2012: 3rd warmest, 3rd least snowy
March 2012: 3rd warmest, 4th driest, 3rd least snowy
April 2012: 6th warmest
May 2012: 6th warmest
July 2012: 10th warmest
November 2012: 7th driest
December 2012: Tied for 8th warmest
HARTFORD, CT (records since 1905)
2012: All-time warmest
Winter 2012: 2nd warmest
February 2012: 2nd warmest, 7th driest
Spring 2012: Tied for all-time warmest
March 2012: All-time warmest, 8th driest, 8th least snowy
April 2012: 9th warmest
May 2012: 6th warmest
Summer 2012: 5th warmest
July 2012: 4th warmest
August 2012: 8th warmest
November 2012: All-time driest
BURLINGTON, VT (records since 1884)
2012: All-time warmest - yearly mean temperature 50.0°, previous record 48.4°, 1998
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Posted by: Data Systems | February 04, 2013 at 06:08 AM