In trying to decide significant weather events this year for Connecticut using Bradley Airport meteorological data., it was decided to start with the summer average temperature and rainfall with possible modifications with September and October. There were no one significant weather features this year. The summer was rather warm without any dry spells. The trend has continued into the fall.
The average data for the summer is:
Maximum Temperature 84.8
Minimum Temperature 62.1
Average Temperature 73.5
Precipitation 8.73 inches
Years with similar summer statistics included the following years and the following winter snow totals are given in the following table.
Year Maximum Temperature Precipitation Snowfall
2010 84.5 9-.52 84
1995 85.1 7.44 85
1966 85.7 8.75 59
Then I examined the data for September and October to see how the data was confirm in those months.
September
Yr T max T Min Precip
2019 77.1 52.4 1.94
2010 78.8 56.3 2.55
1995 74.4 50.0 3.15
1966 74.5 52.3 6.05
October
Yr T max T Min Precip
2019 64.6 45.7 6.94
2010 62.7 42.9 5.31
1995 67.7 43.9 9.46
1966 64.1 39.6 4.23
An examination of the monthly distribution shows the following average snowfalls
Nov Dec 12
Jan 30
Feb 20
March 10
Total 72
inches
Each of the three years the snow occurred within a six week period. Two years were in January and one year was February/March. Most of the snow will be from mid January to mid February. How is that for going out on a limb over drifting snows.
The average snowfall at Bradley is 45 inches. There were 40 inches in 2018-9.