Novembers are notoriously cloudy here. On average, the month boasts the second highest number of cloudy days each year. It’s been four days since any official sunshine has occurred here—impressive even for one of the year’s cloudiest periods. Only twice before since 1980 have longer strings of cloudy days occurred this month. And, the current round of overcast skies has the dubious distinction of being the area’s longest of any November since 1992.
This season’s complete lack of snow is pushing it closer and closer to a record as well. Only five other years since snow measurements began in the 1884-85 season have failed to produce at least a flake of snow by now. Each went on to produce sub-par seasonal snow tallies.
The recent spell of “warm” weather has November’s temp rank on the ascent. The month’s opening 18 days have become the 31st warmest in 135 years.
-Tom Skilling
