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CONCORD CLIMATE DATA FOR THE WINTER OF 2012/13
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
125 AM EST SAT MAR 9 2013

THIS IS A SEASONAL SUMMARY FOR THE METEOROLOGICAL WINTER (DECEMBER...JANUARY...
FEBRUARY) OF 2012/13 FOR CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

THE METEOROLOGICAL WINTER OF 2012-2013 IN CONCORD WAS MUCH WARMER YET MUCH
SNOWIER THAN NORMAL.

THE HIGHLIGHT OF THIS WINTER WAS THE BLIZZARD OF 2013 IN FEBRUARY. THOUGH
THE STORM DIDN`T REACH BLIZZARD PROPORTIONS IN CONCORD LIKE IT DID IN OTHER
AREAS OF NEW ENGLAND IT STILL GAVE CONCORD ITS SECOND BIGGEST SNOWSTORM ON
RECORD.

EXACTLY TWO FEET OF SNOW FELL DURING THE STORM ON FEBRUARY 8TH AND 9TH.
THE 24.0 INCHES FELL SHORT OF THE RECORD 27.5 INCHES FROM MARCH 11TH
THROUGH THE 13TH OF 1888 DURING THE "BLIZZARD OF `88".

THE 24 HOUR SNOWFALL OF 23.5 INCHES FROM 1 PM ON THE 8TH THROUGH 1
PM ON THE 9TH WAS THE SECOND GREATEST 24 HOUR SNOWFALL IN CONCORD.
THE OLD RECORD WAS ALSO FROM THE BLIZZARD OF `88 WHEN 24.0 INCHES
FELL OVER A 24 HOUR PERIOD ON MARCH 12TH, 1888.

FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY CONCORD RECORDED 43.6 INCHES OF SNOW WHICH WAS
31.3 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS WAS THE 3RD MOST FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY
AND THE 6TH MOST SNOW FOR ANY MONTH. THE SNOWIEST FEBRUARY WAS 59.0 INCHES
IN 1893. THIS WAS ALSO THE SNOWIEST MONTH EVER. THE 2ND SNOWIEST FEBRUARY
WAS 49.8 INCHES IN 1969.

DECEMBER AND JANUARY HAD BELOW NORMAL SNOW. THE 13.4 INCHES IN DECEMBER
WAS 1.1 INCHES BELOW NORMAL WHILE THE 9.2 INCHES IN JANUARY WAS ABOUT HALF
THE NORMAL SNOWFALL OF 18.1 INCHES. BECAUSE OF THE VERY SNOWY FEBRUARY THE
THREE MONTH PERIOD ENDED UP TIED AS THE 18TH SNOWIEST METEOROLOGICAL WINTER
IN THE PAST 144 SEASONS WITH 66.2 INCHES OF SNOW. THIS WAS 21.7 INCHES ABOVE
NORMAL.

CONCORD ALSO HAD ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION (COMBINED RAINFALL AND MELTED
SNOWFALL) THIS WINTER WITH 9.33 INCHES. THIS WAS 0.81 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL
AND WAS THE 53RD WETTEST IN 144 YEARS.

DECEMBER AND FEBRUARY WERE WETTER THAN NORMAL WHILE JANUARY WAS DRIER
THAN NORMAL. THE 4.24 INCHES IN DECEMBER WAS 1.04 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL AND
THE 3.54 INCHES IN FEBRUARY WAS 0.92 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THE 1.55 INCHES
IN JANUARY WAS 1.15 INCHES BELOW NORMAL.

THE GREATEST 24 HOUR PRECIPITATION WAS 1.42 INCHES WHICH FELL DURING THE
BLIZZARD ON FEBRUARY 8TH AND 9TH.

ALL THREE MONTHS WERE WARMER THAN NORMAL. DECEMBER LED THE WAY WITH AN
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 30.8 DEGREES WHICH WAS FOUR DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.
JANUARY WAS 2.2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL WITH AN AVERAGE OF 22.8 WHILE
FEBRUARY WAS JUST 0.9 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL WITH AN AVERAGE OF 25.2 DEGREES.
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE THREE MONTHS WAS 26.3 DEGREES WHICH WAS
2.4 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND RANKS AS THE 27TH WARMEST IN THE PAST 144
SEASONS.

THE HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE WINTER WAS 58 DEGREES ON JANUARY 14TH AND
JANUARY 31ST. FOR THE WINTER THERE WERE SEVEN DAYS WITH HIGHS OF 50 OR
WARMER...FOUR IN DECEMBER, THREE IN JANUARY AND NONE IN FEBRUARY.

THE LOW FOR THE SEASON WAS MINUS 6 DEGREES ON JANUARY 3RD. FOR THE THREE
MONTHS THERE WERE SIX DAYS WITH LOWS OF ZERO OR COLDER...NONE IN DECEMBER,
FIVE IN JANUARY AND ONE IN FEBRUARY.

THE STRONGEST WIND GUST THIS WINTER DIDN`T EVEN OCCUR WITH THE BLIZZARD.
RATHER IT HAPPENED ABOUT A WEEK LATER ON FEBRUARY 17TH WITH A PEAK WIND
GUST OF 52 MPH.

HERE IS A TABULAR SUMMARY OF THE WINTER OF 2012/2013 IN CONCORD NEW HAMPSHIRE.

                           DEC.       JAN.       FEB.    WINTER 2012/13
...TEMPERATURES...

AVERAGE TEMPERATURE        30.8       22.8       25.2          26.3
30 YEAR NORMAL             26.8       20.6       24.3          23.9
DEPARTURE              PLUS 4.0   PLUS 2.2   PLUS 0.9      PLUS 2.4
RANK (1 THROUGH 144)       18TH (T)   54TH (T)   43RD (T)      27TH
     (1 = WARMEST)

HIGHEST TEMPERATURE          53         58         48            58 - JAN 14TH & 31ST
LOWEST TEMPERATURE           13         -6         -2            -6 - JAN 3RD

...PRECIPITATION...

MEASURED (INCHES)          4.24       1.55       3.54          9.33
30 YEAR NORMAL             3.20       2.70       2.62          8.52
DEPARTURE             PLUS 1.04 MINUS 1.15  PLUS 0.92     PLUS 0.81
RANK (1 - 144 DEC &        28TH      124TH       30TH (T)      53RD
      WINTER AND 1 - 145 JAN & FEB)
     (1 = WETTEST)

GREATEST RAINFALL
IN ANY 24-HOUR PERIOD      1.03       0.53       1.42          1.42 - FEB 8-9TH

...SNOWFALL DATA...

MEASURED (INCHES)          13.4        9.2       43.6          66.2
30 YEAR NORMAL             14.5       18.1       12.3          44.5
DEPARTURE             MINUS 1.1  MINUS 8.9  PLUS 31.3     PLUS 21.7
RANK (1 - 144 DEC &        59TH (T)  120TH (T)    3RD          18TH (T)
      WINTER AND 1 - 145 JAN & FEB)
     (1 = SNOWIEST)

GREATEST SNOWFALL (INCHES)
IN ANY 24-HOUR PERIOD       5.0        4.4       23.5          23.5 - FEB 8-9TH

...DEGREE DAY DATA...

HEATING DEGREE DAYS        1053       1299       1110          3462
NORMAL                     1186       1376       1138          3700
DEPARTURE             MINUS 133   MINUS 77   MINUS 28     MINUS 238

COOLING DEGREE DAYS           0          0          0             0
NORMAL                        0          0          0             0
DEPARTURE                  NONE       NONE       NONE          NONE

...WIND...

AVERAGE SPEED           5.8 MPH    6.3 MPH    6.9 MPH       6.3 MPH
NORMAL                  6.6 MPH    7.0 MPH    7.5 MPH       7.0 MPH
DEPARTURE              -0.8 MPH   -0.7 MPH   -0.6 MPH      -0.7 MPH

HIGHEST WIND GUST        44 MPH     48 MPH     52 MPH        52 MPH - FEB 17TH

...SEA LEVEL PRESSURE...

HIGHEST (IN INCHES)       30.67      30.54     30.55         30.67 - DEC 1ST
LOWEST (IN INCHES)        29.03      28.87     29.41         28.87 - JAN 31ST

                        WINTER 2012/13   NORMAL     DEPARTURE
...NUMBER OF DAYS WITH...

MAX TEMPERATURE 90 OR WARMER      0         0.0          NONE
MAX TEMPERATURE 32 OR COLDER     32        37.7     MINUS 5.7
MIN TEMPERATURE 32 OR COLDER     86        85.1      PLUS 0.9
MIN TEMPERATURE  0 OR COLDER      6        12.8     MINUS 6.8

THUNDERSTORMS                     0         0.1     MINUS 0.1
DENSE FOG (VSBY < 1/4 MI)        22         7.7     PLUS 14.3

0.01 INCH OR MORE PCPN           42        31.2     PLUS 10.8
1.00 INCH OR MORE PCPN            1         1.7     MINUS 0.7
SNOWFALL TRACE OR MORE           37        21.3     PLUS 15.7
SNOWFALL 1 INCH OR MORE          13        11.5      PLUS 1.5
SNOWFALL 6 INCHES OR MORE         3         N/A

WARMEST WINTER ... 30.4 DEGREES IN 1879/1880
COLDEST WINTER ... 15.5 DEGREES IN 1917/1918
WETTEST WINTER ... 14.36 INCHES IN 1936/1937
DRIEST WINTER ....  3.14 INCHES IN 1979/1980
SNOWIEST WINTER ......... 102.0 INCHES IN 2007/08
LEAST SNOWIEST WINTER ... 13.8 INCHES IN 2011/2012

NOTE...THE METEOROLOGICAL WINTER REFERS TO DECEMBER - JANUARY - FEBRUARY
TOTALS ONLY.

HERE IS A LIST OF DAILY RECORDS SET OR TIED DURING THE WINTER OF
2012-2013...

DATE        RECORD                            PREVIOUS RECORD
FEB  9      0.91 - GREATEST PRECIPITATION     0.86 INCHES IN 1969
FEB  9      16.2 - GREATEST SNOWFALL          10.0 INCHES IN 1969
FEB 24      13.1 - GREATEST SNOWFALL          11.0 INCHES IN 1969

NO TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED IN DECEMBER, JANUARY OR FEBRUARY.

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SJC