November 2018 is hands down coldest since the benchmark November of 2014. While 2014 may have been colder than November 2018, several Midwest cities and some spots over New England have seen their snowiest start to a season or snowiest November on record.
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For the season to date, it’s been the snowiest since the big cold and snowy November of 2014.
Credit: Tomer Burg @burgwx
Some historical context for Nov 25-26 winter storm in #Rockford (measured at RFD) & #Chicago (measured at ORD). 11.7" at RFD was largest Nov snowstorm & made 2018 snowiest Nov. 8.4" at ORD was 5th largest Nov. snowstorm & made 2018 4th snowiest Nov. https://t.co/cRi8nZOqC4 #ilwx pic.twitter.com/7h0VTs3ZHV
— NWS Chicago (@NWSChicago) November 29, 2018
The storm yesterday broke the snowiest day and month totals for the month of November in the Quad Cities. One for the record books. pic.twitter.com/Le21FjnVGf
— NWS Quad Cities (@NWSQuadCities) November 26, 2018
Does the amount of snow received through November tell us anything about the rest of the season? Answer: a qualified Yes. Blue dots show where there's a positive correlation between snow through Nov and snow after Nov. Yellow/red dots show where there is an inverse relationship. pic.twitter.com/aWs5dJmWMl
— Brian Brettschneider (@Climatologist49) November 25, 2018
As well as snowy, it’s been cold, record coldest ever for November and this early in the season for parts of the Northeast.
record cold high temps! At least 8 cities had their coldest November daytime on record – Hartford, CT – Worcester, MA – Syracuse, NY – Binghamton, NY – Plattsburgh, NY – Montpelier, VT – Burlington, VT – Bangor, ME
Before yesterday, the coldest Thanksgiving temperature on record in the Eastern U.S. (east of Chicago) was -14°F (Clayton Lake, ME, in 1972). Several stations in New England bested that yesterday; e.g., -19F at Saranac Lake, and -26F at Mt. Washington (Hightower, NY, is missing).
— Brian Brettschneider (@Climatologist49) November 24, 2018
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