NOUS41 KBOX 052231 PNSBOX CTZ002>004-MAZ002>024-026-NHZ011-012-015-RIZ001>008-070000- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 508 PM EST MON MAR 05 2007...AMENDED DISCUSSION THE FOLLOWING IS A CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY FOR THE WINTER OF 2006-07. CLIMATOLOGICAL WINTER IS DEFINED AS THE MONTHS OF DECEMBER...JANUARY AND FEBRUARY RESPECTIVELY. OVERALL...WARMER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED DURING THE THREE MONTH PERIOD...BUT WITH A CONSIDERABLE AND DISTINCT DROP IN DAILY AVERAGE TEMPERATURES NOTED THE SECOND HALF OF CLIMATOLOGICAL WINTER BEGINNING ON JANUARY 16TH. IN ADDITION THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION THE SECOND HALF OF CLIMATOLOGICAL WINTER OF 2006-2007. A MODERATE EL NINO DURING THE FIRST HALF OF CLIMATOLOGICAL WINTER GAVE WAY TO A NEUTRAL ENSO PATTERN DURING THE SECOND HALF OF CLIMATOLOGICAL WINTER WITH THE ARCTIC OSCILLATION AND NORTHERN ATLANTIC OSCILLATION PHASES EVENTUALLY TURNING MORE NEGATIVE. THIS EVENTUALLY ALLOWED MUCH COLDER AIR TO PENETRATE INTO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF CLIMATE DATA AND INFORMATION FOR SEVERAL OF THE LONG TERM SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA SITES. BOSTON MA LOGAN INTL ARPT OFFICIAL RECORDS SINCE 1872 AVG TEMP PRECIPITATION SNOWFALL DEPARTURE DEPARTURE DEPARTURE DEC 2006 41.1F +6.3F 1.89" -1.84" 0.8" -6.1" JAN 2007 32.7F +3.4F 2.57" -1.35" 1.0" -12.3" FEB 2007 26.2F -5.3F 2.20" -1.10" 4.6" -6.7" CLIMATOLOGICAL WINTER 2006 33.3F +1.5F 6.66" -4.29" 6.4" -25.1" -2007 WINTER 2005 33.3F +1.5F 10.11" -0.84" 38.8" +7.3" -2006 MONTHLY AVGS. "FIRST HALF" DEC 1-JAN15 41.4F +8.5F 4.23" -1.40" 0.8" -12.1" 2006-2007 -WARMEST "FIRST HALF" OF CLIMATOLOGICAL WINTER ON RECORD BEATS 38.7F 2001-2002. NO DAYS WITH SUBFREEZING HIGH TEMPERATURES. "SECOND HALF" 26.9F -4.6F 2.43" -2.89" 5.6" -13.0" JAN16-FEB28 2006-2007 -19 DAYS WITH SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES (BELOW 32 DEGREES) DURING THE "SECOND HALF" OF CLIMATOLOGICAL WINTER WHICH BEATS THE JAN-FEB NORMAL TWO MONTH AVERAGE OF 17. REMARKS... -THE 2006-07 SNOW SEASON TOTAL OF 6.4" IS THE LEAST SNOWIEST TOTAL THROUGH THE END OF FEBRUARY...BEATING 7.1" IN 1936-37. -THE FIRST FULL INCH OF SNOW FOR THE SNOW SEASON DID NOT ACCUMULATE UNTIL JANUARY 22ND 2007...WHICH WAS THE SECOND LATEST DATE ON RECORD. THE LATEST DATE FOR A FULL INCH OF SNOW OR MORE IS JANUARY 29TH 1928. -THE FIRST CALENDAR DAY WITH EQUAL OR GREATER THAN ONE INCH OF SNOW ACCUMULATION...2.5 INCHES...WAS FEBRUARY 14TH 2007...WHICH IS NOW THE LATEST CALENDAR DAY RECORD FOR ONE INCH OF SNOW ACCUMULATION OR MORE. THE PREVIOUS LATEST CALENDAR DAY RECORD FOR ONE INCH OR MORE OF SNOW ACCUMULATION WAS JANUARY 29 1928 WHEN 3.7 INCHES FELL THAT DAY. -THE 2006-07 CLIMATOLOGICAL WINTER SNOWFALL TOTAL OF 6.4" WAS THE SECOND LEAST ON RECORD COMPARED TO 1936-37 WHEN THE TOTAL WAS 2.7" -THE 6.66" TOTAL IS THE EIGHTH DRIEST CLIMATOLOGICAL WINTER ON RECORD AND THE DRIEST SINCE 1988-89. - THE 2006-2007 CLIMATOLOGICAL WINTER AVERAGE TEMPERATURE DID NOT RANK WITHIN THE TOP TEN WARMEST BUT IT WAS THE MILDEST SINCE THE 2001-2002 CLIMATOLOGICAL WINTER WHEN THE AVERAGE WAS 37.9 DEGREES. -THERE WAS A SIX CONSECUTIVE DAY STRETCH WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES BELOW 32 DEGREES FROM FEBRUARY 4TH THROUGH FEBRUARY 9TH 2007. THIS WAS THE LONGEST STRETCH SINCE A 13 DAY STRETCH FROM 1/16-1/28 2005. PROVIDENCE RI T.F GREEN ARPT OFFICIAL RECORDS SINCE NOV 1904 AVG TEMP PRECIPITATION SNOWFALL DEPARTURE DEPARTURE DEPARTURE DEC 2006 40.7F +6.8F 2.40" -1.74" 0.8" -5.7" JAN 2007 34.1F +5.4F 3.51" -0.86" 1.2" -9.4" FEB 2007 27.1F -3.9F 2.33" -1.12" 7.3" -2.0" CLIMATOLOGICAL WINTER 2006 34.0F +2.8F 8.24" -3.72" 9.3" -17.1" -2007 WINTER 2005 33.8F +2.6F 12.20" +0.24" 25.5" -0.9" -2006 MONTHLY AVGS. "FIRST HALF" DEC 1-JAN15 41.5F +9.3F 5.52" -0.77" 0.8" -11.1" 2006-2007 -WARMEST "FIRST HALF" OF CLIMATOLOGICAL WINTER ON RECORD BEATS 37.5F 1931-1932. NO DAYS WITH SUBFREEZING HIGH TEMPERATURES. "SECOND HALF" 26.3F -5.0F 2.72" -2.95" 8.5" -6.0" JAN16-FEB28 2006-2007 -16 DAYS WITH SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES (BELOW 32 DEGREES) DURING THE "SECOND HALF" OF CLIMATOLOGICAL WINTER WHICH EQUALS THE JAN-FEB NORMAL TWO MONTH AVERAGE OF 16. REMARKS... -THE 2006-07 CLIMATOLOGICAL WINTER AND SNOW SEASON SNOWFALL THROUGH THE END OF FEBRUARY OF 9.3" WAS THE NINTH LEAST ON RECORD...AND THE LEAST SINCE 7.7" ACCUMULATED IN 2001-02. -THE FIRST FULL INCH OF SNOW FOR THE SNOW SEASON DID NOT ACCUMULATE UNTIL JANUARY 22ND 2007...WHICH WAS THE THIRD LATEST DATE ON RECORD. THE LATEST DATE FOR A FULL INCH OF SNOW OR MORE IS FEBRUARY 11TH 1944. -THE FIRST CALENDAR DAY WITH EQUAL OR GREATER THAN ONE INCH OF SNOW ACCUMULATION...4.7 INCHES...WAS FEBRUARY 26TH 2007...WHICH IS NOW THE LATEST CALENDAR DAY RECORD FOR ONE INCH OF SNOW ACCUMULATION OR MORE. THE PREVIOUS LATEST CALENDAR DAY RECORD FOR ONE INCH OR MORE OF SNOW ACCUMULATION WAS JANUARY 29 1928 WHEN 2.3 INCHES FELL THAT DAY. -THE 8.24" TOTAL IS THE DRIEST SINCE 6.94" ACCUMULATED IN 2001-02. THIS DID NOT RANK WITHIN THE TOP TEN DRIEST CLIMATOLOGICAL WINTERS. -THE 2006-2007 CLIMATOLOGICAL WINTER AVERAGE TEMPERATURE DID NOT RANK WITHIN THE TOP TEN WARMEST...BUT IT WAS THE MILDEST SINCE 2001-2002 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 36.7 DEGREES. -THERE WAS A SIX CONSECUTIVE DAY STRETCH WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES BELOW 32 DEGREES FROM FEBRUARY 4TH THROUGH FEBRUARY 9TH 2007. THIS WAS THE LONGEST STRETCH SINCE A 13 DAY STRETCH FROM 1/16-1/28 2005. HARTFORD-BRADLEY CT INTL ARPT OFFICAL RECORDS SINCE NOV 1904 AVG TEMP PRECIPITATION SNOWFALL DEPARTURE DEPARTURE DEPARTURE DEC 2006 38.0F +7.2F 1.83" -1.77" TRACE -8.4" JAN 2007 31.5F +5.8F 2.81" -1.03" 1.2" -13.1" FEB 2007 24.0F -4.8F 1.54" -1.42" 11.2" +0.5" CLIMATOLOGICAL WINTER 2006 31.2F +3.1F 6.18" -4.22" 12.4" -21.0" -2007 WINTER 2005 30.4F +2.0F 12.25" +1.85" 60.6" +27.2" -2006 MONTHLY AVG. "FIRST HALF" DEC 1-JAN15 38.9F +9.7F 4.52" -0.97" TRACE -15.2" 2006-2007 -WARMEST "FIRST HALF" OF CLIMATOLOGICAL WINTER ON RECORD BEATS 36.5F 1931-1932. ONE DAY DECEMBER 8TH WITH A SUBFREEZING HIGH TEMPERATURE. "SECOND HALF" 23.5F -3.6F 1.66" -3.25" 12.4" -5.8" JAN16-FEB28 2006-2007 -18 DAYS WITH SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES (BELOW 32 DEGREES) DURING THE "SECOND HALF" OF CLIMATOLOGICAL WINTER WHICH IS MINUS ONE DAY BELOW THE JAN-FEB NORMAL TWO MONTH AVERAGE OF 19. REMARKS... -THE 2006-2007 CLIMATOLOGICAL WINTER AND SEASONAL SNOWFALL TOTAL THROUGH THE END OF FEBRUARY OF 12.4" WHICH IS THE LEAST SINCE 2001-02. -THE 2006-2007 CLIMATOLOGICAL WINTER TOTAL WAS APPROXIMATELY SIXTH LEAST SNOWIEST ON RECORD AND SEASONAL SNOWFALL TOTAL APPROXIMATELY SEVENTH LEAST SNOWIEST ON RECORD. *OFFICIAL SNOWFALL TOTALS WERE INCOMPLETE FROM 1997-2001. -THE FIRST MEASURABLE SNOWFALL OF THE SNOW SEASON (0.5 INCH) DID NOT OCCUR UNTIL JANUARY 18TH 2007 WHICH WAS THE SECOND LATEST DATE EIGHT DAYS PRIOR TO THE LATEST OFFICIAL DATE (0.1 INCH) JANUARY 26TH 1928. -THE FIRST FULL INCH OF SNOW FOR THE SNOW SEASON DID NOT ACCUMULATE UNTIL JANUARY 22ND 2007...WHICH WAS THE SECOND LATEST DATE ON RECORD. THE LATEST DATE FOR A FULL INCH OF SNOW OR MORE IS JANUARY 29TH 1928. -THE FIRST CALENDAR DAY WITH EQUAL OR GREATER THAN ONE INCH OF SNOW ACCUMULATION...2.5 INCHES...WAS FEBRUARY 2ND 2007...WHICH IS NOW THE LATEST CALENDAR DAY RECORD FOR ONE INCH OF SNOW ACCUMULATION OR MORE. THE PREVIOUS LATEST CALENDAR DAY RECORD FOR ONE INCH OR MORE OF SNOW ACCUMULATION WAS JANUARY 29 1928 WHEN 2.3 INCHES FELL THAT DAY. -THE 6.18" TOTAL IS THE FIFTH DRIEST CLIMATOLOGICAL WINTER ON RECORD AND THE DRIEST SINCE 2001-02 WHEN JUST 4.90" ACCUMULATED. -THE 2006-07 CLIMATOLOGICAL WINTER WAS THE MILDEST SINCE 2001-02 WHEN A 35.2 DEGREES AVERAGE WAS RECORDED. HOWEVER THE 2006-2007 AVERAGE DID NOT RANK WITHIN THE TOP TEN WARMEST. -THERE WAS A SIX CONSECUTIVE DAY STRETCH WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES BELOW 32 DEGREES FROM FEBRUARY 4TH THROUGH FEBRUARY 9TH 2007. THIS WAS THE LONGEST STRETCH SINCE A 15 DAY STRETCH FROM 1/15-1/29 2005. WORCESTER MA REGIONAL ARPT AVG TEMP PRECIPITATION SNOWFALL DEPARTURE DEPARTURE DEPARTURE DEC 2006 36.3F +7.4F 2.49" -1.31" 1.1" -10.6" JAN 2007 28.4F +4.8F 3.11" -0.96" 3.9" -12.0" FEB 2007 20.7F -5.3F 1.73" -1.37" 20.8" +7.2" CLIMATOLOGICAL WINTER 2006 28.5F +2.3F 7.33" -3.64" 25.8" -15.4" -2007 WINTER 2005 28.7F +2.6F 12.53" +1.56" 61.5" +20.3" -2006 MONTHLY AVGS. "FIRST HALF" DEC 1-JAN15 36.9F +9.7F 5.30" -0.52" 1.1" -18.1" 2006-2007 -WARMEST "FIRST HALF" OF CLIMATOLOGICAL WINTER ON RECORD BEATS 33.8F 1923-1924. FOUR DAYS WITH SUBFREEZING HIGH TEMPERATURES. "SECOND HALF" 20.1F -4.6F 2.03" -3.12" 24.7" +2.7" JAN16-FEB28 2006-2007 -28 DAYS WITH SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES (BELOW 32 DEGREES) DURING THE "SECOND HALF" OF CLIMATOLOGICAL WINTER WHICH PLUS 3 DAYS ABOVE THE JAN-FEB NORMAL TWO MONTH AVERAGE OF 25. REMARKS... -2006-07 CLIMATOLOGICAL WINTER AND SEASONAL SNOWFALL TOTALS THROUGH THE END OF FEBRUARY IS 25.8". THIS IS THE LEAST SINCE 1994-95 WHEN 20.8" ACCUMULATED DURING CLIMATOLOGICAL WINTER AND THE SEASONAL TOTAL THROUGH THE END OF FEBRUARY WAS 24.9". *OFFICIAL SNOWFALL TOTALS WERE INCOMPLETE FROM 1997 THROUGH 2001. -THE FIRST MEASURABLE SNOWFALL OF THE SNOW SEASON (0.4 INCH) DID NOT OCCUR UNTIL DECEMBER 8TH 2006 WHICH WAS ONE WEEK PRIOR TO THE LATEST OFFICIAL DATE ON RECORD DECEMBER 15TH 1950. -THE FIRST FULL INCH OF SNOW FOR THE SNOW SEASON DID NOT ACCUMULATE UNTIL DECEMBER 30TH 2006...WHICH WAS THE SECOND LATEST DATE ON RECORD. THE LATEST DATE FOR A FULL INCH OF SNOW OR MORE IS JANUARY 3RD 1974. -THE FIRST CALENDAR DAY WITH EQUAL OR GREATER THAN ONE INCH OF SNOW ACCUMULATION...1.8 INCHES...WAS JANUARY 22ND 2007...THIS IS NOW THE LATEST CALENDAR DAY RECORD FOR ONE INCH OF SNOW ACCUMULATION OR MORE. THE PREVIOUS LATEST CALENDAR DAY RECORD FOR ONE INCH OR MORE OF SNOW ACCUMULATION WAS JANUARY 4 1942 WHEN 6.0 INCHES FELL AND JANUARY 4TH 1974 WHEN 1.0 INCH FELL THAT DAY RESPECTIVELY. -THE 7.33" PRECIPITATION TOTAL IS THE DRIEST CLIMATOLOGICAL WINTER SINCE 2001-02 WHEN JUST 6.49" ACCUMULATED. HOWEVER THIS WINTER DID NOT RANK WITHIN THE TOP TEN DRIEST CLIMATOLOGICAL WINTERS. -THE 2006-07 CLIMATOLOGICAL WINTER WAS THE MILDEST SINCE 2005-06 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 28.7F. THIS WINTER DID NOT RANK WITHIN THE TOP TEN WARMEST CLIMATOLOGICAL WINTERS. -THERE WAS A NINE CONSECUTIVE DAY STRETCH WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES BELOW 32 DEGREES FROM FEBRUARY 3RD THROUGH FEBRUARY 11TH 2007. THIS WAS THE LONGEST STRETCH SINCE A 15 DAY STRETCH FROM 1/15-1/29 2005. -THERE WAS A 17 CONSECUTIVE DAY STRETCH WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW 32 DEGREES WHICH WAS THE SEVENTH LONGEST DURATION ON RECORD. THIS WAS LONGEST STRETCH SINCE 22 CONSECUTIVE DAYS FROM 1/11-2/1 2003. $$ STRAUSS