November 2018 has come and gone and I thought I would share some fun (at least in my mind) weather stats for the month. Feel free to show this knowledge off to your friends, co-workers, and family members. They will be impressed I’m sure! 😉 These stats are for Salem, OR and come from the Salem Airport. They are available online if you wish to learn more.
November 2018
Warmest high temp was 67° November 2nd
Coldest high temp was 43° November 25th
Warmest low temp was 57° November 1st
Coldest low temp was 25° November 20th
For temperature we had:
17 days above normal
1 day right at normal
12 days below normal
7 days with lows at or below freezing.
Precipitation:
Precipitation fell 12 days.
18 days were completely dry.
The wettest day was November 27th with 1.06” of rain.
We ended the month with only 3.86” of rain. That equates to 2.64” below normal.
No snow (of course).
November 2018 will go down in the record books as much drier than normal month with roughly 59% of our typical November rainfall, and slightly warmer than normal by about 1.87°.
That’s all the stats I have. Now get out there and show everyone just how smart you are!!
For the deepest of learners:
The process for determining whether or not a day is above or below normal temperature wise is complicated, but works like this. First add the high & low temps together, then divide the answer by 2. For example, on December 2nd the high was 49° & the low was 38°. Those two numbers added up equal 87°. Divide 87° by 2 and we get 43.5°. Round to nearest whole number, which in this case is 44°. Do the same process with the normal high and low temps for the day. The normal temps on December 2nd are 48° and 36° respectively. Adding those together gives us 84°. Divide 84° by 2 and we end up with 42°.
The difference between these two numbers (44° & 42°) determines the answer.
44° – 42° = 2°. This means December 2nd, 2018 will officially go down as 2 degrees above normal.
Hope that made at least a little bit of sense to you all.
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