Cranberry Weather Summaries Archive

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2014

March

Overall, the month of March had below normal temperatures, sunshine, and snowfall with above-average rainfall. The temperatures averaged 33.6 degrees, 3.4 degrees per day below the average and about 4.0 degrees less than March 2013. Maximum temperature was 61.0 degrees on the 11th and a minimum temperature of 6.0 degrees was recorded on the 1st & 4th. Daytime high temperatures averaged 43.8 degrees, 1.9 degrees below the norm. Evening temperatures averaged 23.4 degrees, 5.0 degrees below the norm and 6.7 degrees below 2013. Winds can be a big factor in March, yet this year we only had 2 days with damaging winds.

Sunshine totaled 47% of the possible sunshine hours, 1 point below the norm. Sunshine data are from the Blue Hill Observatory. Year-to-date sunshine for 2014 is above the normal at this time of year.

Precipitation totaled 5.89 inches. This is 0.54 inches above normal. We had measurable precipitation of 0.10 inches or greater on 5 days. The largest 36-hour rainfall was 4.55 inches on the 29th & 30th. Most of the monthly rainfall came in the last three days of the month. We have received a total of 14.14 inches of rainfall year-to-date, totaling 0.94 inches above average for East Wareham. We had 6 days with measurable snowfall during the month, totaling 5.4 inches, and 0.7 inches below average. The 2013–2014 winter season snowfall recorded in East Wareham is now at 58.8 inches, 22.70 inches above the seasonal average and fifth highest snowfall total for a season in the 64 years of record keeping on snowfall here in East Wareham.

February

February was cold and sunny, with above normal precipitation. The temperatures averaged 28.3 degrees, 2.6 degrees below normal. The maximum temperature was 52.7 degrees on the 21st and a minimum temperature of 4.1 degrees was recorded on the 11th. Daytime high temperatures averaged 36.7 degrees, 2.8 degrees below the norm. Evening temperatures averaged 19.8 degrees, 2.5 degrees above the norm. The monthly average was 2.7 degrees cooler than February 2013. There were six nights with single digit temperatures recorded in February, and all but three nights had temperatures below 32 degrees.

Sunshine totaled 54% of the possible sunshine hours, 4 points above the norm and 10 points higher then February 2013. Seven days had 90% or better sunshine while five days had no sunshine hours recorded at all. The sunshine hours are recorded at the Blue Hill Observatory in Milton, MA.

Precipitation totaled 4.58 inches, 0.91 inches above the norm and 0.81 inches less than February 2013. We had measurable precipitation on 14 days of which nine were 0.10 inches or greater. The largest 24-hour rainfall was 1.68 inches on the 14th. There were nine days with measurable snowfall totaling 22.8 inches, 14.1 inches above normal. This is the 5th highest monthly snowfall total for February. This is the second year in a row with more than 22 inches of snowfall in February. The greatest snowfall for one storm came on the 15th and 16th with 9.5 inches during near blizzard conditions and strong winds. Year-to-date snowfall recorded in East Wareham is now 46.00 inches, 17.90 inches more than this time in 2013; the 2013-2014 season to date is 53.40 inches, 19.42 inches above the seasonal average. Snowfall records go back to 1952 in East Wareham.

Official Winter Season

The official winter in East Wareham (Dec. 2013 - Feb. 2014) was cold, wet and snowy, with below average sunshine. The season temperatures averaged 29.97 degrees, 1.4 degrees below normal and 3.83 degrees cooler then 2013. The low mark was -1.3 degrees on Jan. 14th and the high mark was 58 degrees on Dec. 22nd. The coldest daily high was 23.0 degrees on Jan. 22nd. The total sunshine hours were 45%, 2 points below normal. Both January and February had well above average sunshine while December's sunshine was so low, the average for the season was below normal. Precipitation totaled 12.74 inches, 0.46 inches above average. Snowfall totaled 53.30 inches, 25.7 inches above normal. December actually turned out to be the warmest month with the lowest snowfall and very low sunshine. January was the coldest month with the highest snowfall. February had the highest rainfall and sunshine it also had heavy snowfall, but less than January.

January

January was cool and dry. We had below average temperatures and rainfall with above average sunshine and almost double the average snowfall. The average temperature was 27.7 degrees, 1.3 degrees below normal and 4.1 degrees below January 2013. The maximum temperature was 55.3 degrees on January 6th. A minimum temperature of -1.3 degrees was recorded on the 14th. Daytime high temperatures averaged 36.8 degrees, 0.9 degrees below the norm. Evening temperatures averaged 18.6 degrees, 1.7 degrees below the norm. Daytime high temperatures were above 50 degrees on 3 days. Evening temperatures were 32 degrees or below for all but 4 nights. There were 8 nights with temperatures in the single digits.

Precipitation totaled 3.67 inches. This is 0.51 inches below normal. We had measurable precipitation on 12 days; 5 of those days had less than 0.10 inches. The largest 24-hour rainfall was 0.98 inches on the 15th. We had measurable snowfall of 0.10 inches or greater on 6 days, totaling 23.20 inches for the month, 11.20 inches above average. This is the 7th largest snowfall recorded here in East Wareham for January in the 61 years of snowfall recordings. The largest 24-hour snowfall was 10.0 inches on the 3rd of January. So far this season we have recorded a total of 30.60 inches of snow, just 3.73 inches short of the 30-year average and we still have 2 months to go. There were also 2 days with heavy fog this month.

Sunshine totaled 48% of the possible sunshine hours, 2 points above the normal. There were 6 days with no sunshine and 8 days with 90% or better sunshine. Total sunshine hours for January 2014 was 8 points lower than the sunshine hours recorded in January 2013.

2013

2013 Year in Review

The year 2013 had slightly above average temperatures with well above average sunshine and snowfall and slightly below average rainfall. The first six months of the year were warm and wet, while the last six months of the year were cool and dry. This year was the 8th warmest and 6th driest on record in East Wareham. Temperatures averaged 50.8 degrees, 0.9 degrees above the 30-year average in East Wareham. The average monthly temperature was above normal 8 out of 12 months. The maximum temperature of 93 degrees for the year was recorded on June 25th. The minimum temperature of 5.0 degrees was recorded on January 24th. We started the year with 24.3 inches of snow in February and the total snowfall for the year was 52.70 inches, 2.4 inches above normal. 

The official winter season of 2012 – 2013 was above average in temperature, rainfall and snowfall with below average sunshine. Snowfall for the winter of 2012- 2013 in East Wareham was 48.60 inches. This is the highest seasonal total since 2005, when the record setting snowfall of 104.13 inches was set and the 4th highest snowfall total in the past 25 years. The official spring 2013 season had well above average temperatures, snowfall, and sunshine hours with average rainfall. The official summer of 2013 was also very warm, sunny, and wet, most of the rain came in June. The official fall season for 2013 was cool and dry, with above average sunshine. 

By the year's end, precipitation totaled 48.34 inches, 1.98 inches below normal. June was the wettest month with 9.77 inches of rainfall. The driest month was October with only 0.95 inches of rain. February gave us the greatest snowfall in 2013 with 24.30 inches. July had the highest average temperature. 

There were three months with low sunshine hours and nine months with above sunshine hours. Possible sunshine for the year was well above normal.

Overall, we started 2013 very warm and dry with above-average sunshine and snowfall. The weather was characterized by being very warm and sunny. The year ended cool and dry, with above average sunshine and snowfall.

Looking back over our 87 years of collecting weather data in East Wareham, we wanted to note that the 7 highest yearly average temperatures have all been in the past 16 years and that this past year ranked 14th warmest.

December

December was slightly cool and cloudy, with average rainfall. The temperature averaged 33.8 degrees, 0.4 degrees per day below normal and 4.8 degrees cooler than December 2012. Maximum temperature was 58.0 degrees on the 22nd; a minimum temperature of 10.0 degrees was recorded on the 17th. Daytime high temperatures averaged 41.6 degrees, 1.5 degrees below the norm. Evening temperatures averaged 26.1 degrees, 0.7 degrees above the norm.

Precipitation totaled 4.49 inches, 0.06 inches above normal and 2.52 inches less than December 2012. We had 13 rain events spread out evenly during the month. Measurable rain of 0.10 inches or more was recorded on 9 days. The largest 24-hour rainfall was 1.42 inches on the 30th. Total rainfall for 2013 was 48.34 inches, 1.96 inches below average for East Wareham and 1.47 inches less than the total rainfall for 2012. There was four days with measurable snow this month, totaling 7.30 inches. December's snowfall was 0.40 inches above the average for East Wareham. 

Sunshine for the month was very low, totaling 34% of possible, 12 points below the norm. There were only two days with 90% or greater sunshine hours and 12 days with no sunshine at all. Total sunshine this month was very similar to December 2012.

November

November was cool and extremely sunny with below average rainfall for the month. The temperature averaged 41.8 degrees, 1.8 degrees below normal. Maximum temperature was 67.0 degrees on the 1st; a minimum temperature of 18.0 degrees was recorded on the 25th.. Daytime high temperatures averaged 51.0 degrees, 1.6 degrees below the norm. Evening temperatures averaged 32.6 degrees, 2.0 degrees below the norm. November 2013 averaged 0.3 degrees warmer than November 2012.

Precipitation totaled 4.28 inches, 0.42 inches below normal and 0.92 inches more than 2012. Measurable precipitation of 0.10 inches or more was recorded on 7 days. The largest rainfall was over a 24-hour period on the 27th, with 2.11 inches. Year-to-date rainfall for 2013 is 43.85 inches, 2.04 inches below the year-to-date average for East Wareham. This is 1.05 inches higher then November 2012 year-to-date average for East Wareham. There was 0.1 inches of recorded snowfall for the month of November in East Wareham. The average snowfall for November in East Wareham is 1.0 inch. We did have 4 days with damaging winds. 

Sunshine totaled 58% of the possible, 11 points above average and 4 points higher than November 2012. There were 9 days with 90% or more sunshine, and 5 days with near zero. 

Official Fall Season

The official fall season Sept – Nov. 2013 was cool, very dry, with fantastic sunshine. All three months had above average sunshine hours. Temperatures averaged 52.5 degrees, 0.4 degrees below normal and 0.8 degrees cooler then 2012. A maximum temperature of 82.0 degrees was recorded on the 2nd of October and a minimum temperature of 18.0 degrees was recorded on the 25th of November. Rainfall totaled 7.84 inches (averaging 2.61 for the season), 5.56 inches below normal and 7.59 inches less then the fall of 2012. This was the 8th driest fall season in the 82 years of record keeping here in East Wareham. Average snowfall for the fall season for East Wareham is 1.0 inch; we have only received 0.10 inch of snow this season. Sunshine was 60% of the possible and 7 points above normal. Overall, this season was 0.8 degrees cooler, 7.59 inches drier, and a lot more sunshine than the fall season of 2012.

October

October was mild and extremely dry, with slightly above average sunshine. The temperature averaged 53.7 degrees, 1.3 degrees per day above normal. Maximum temperature was 82.0 degrees on the 2nd; a minimum temperature of 28.0 degrees was recorded on the 26th. Daytime high temperatures averaged 64.4 degrees, 2.5 degrees above the norm. Evening low temperatures averaged 43.2 degrees, 0.2 degrees above the norm. Daytime average high temperatures were the same in 2012 and 2013. The evening average low temperatures however, were 4.3 degrees cooler in 2013 than 2012. 

Sunshine totaled 57% of the possible sunshine hours, 2 points above the norm and 12 points above 2012. We had 8 days that were mostly clear (90% of possible) and only 2 days with no sunshine. There was also 3 days with fog in East Wareham. Year-to-date sunshine is running above the norm. 

Precipitation totaled 0.95 inches, 3.26 inches below the 30-year average. This is the 2nd driest October in the records since 1926, surpassed only by 0.84 inches back in 1950. Measurable rain was recorded on 8 days, 3 days of which measured rainfall was 0.10 inches or greater. Year-to-date rainfall for 2013 is 39.57 inches; 1.62 inches below average for East Wareham and 0.13 inches more than 2012 for this time of year. The heavy rain back in May and June kept us above average on rainfall until this month. After 4 months of below average rainfall our year-to-date total is now below average. There was no reported snowfall this month. 

September

September was slightly on the cool side with above average sunshine and extremely dry.  The temperature averaged 62.0 degrees, 0.9 degrees per day below normal. Maximum temperature was 81.0 degrees on the 4th and 11th; a minimum temperature of 40.0 degrees was recorded on the 18th.  Daytime high temperatures averaged 71.4 degrees, which is 0.6 degrees below the norm.  Evening temperatures averaged 52.6 degrees, 1.2 degrees below the norm.

Sunshine totaled 65% of the possible sunshine hours, 9 points above the norm.  We had 9 days with 90% or better sunshine and 0 days with no sunshine at all.  We also had 2 days with morning fog in East Wareham.

Precipitation totaled 2.61 inches, 1.88 inches below normal and 4.88 inches below last year’s September rainfall.  We had measurable rain of 0.10 inches or greater on just 4 days, and 3 days with spotty showers and drizzle with less than 0.10 inches recorded.  We had just one major rain events at the beginning of the month, starting on the 1st and ending on the 3rd totaling 2.24 inches.  The largest 24-hour rainfall was 1.46 inches recorded on the 4th.  There was just one thunderstorm this month.  Year-to-date rainfall for 2013 is 38.62 inches, 1.64 inches above average for East Wareham and 3.76 inches above 2012 total rainfall at the same time last year.  Even with the last three months having below average rainfall, the heavy rainfall in June has kept East Wareham’s year to date rainfall above average.

August

August had just below average temperature, very low rainfall and above average sunshine. The temperature averaged 69.9 degrees, 0.4 degrees per day below normal and 3.5 degrees cooler than 2012. Maximum temperature was 86.0 degrees on the 20th and 21st, a minimum temperature of 50.0 degrees was recorded on the 25th. Daytime high temperatures averaged 79.2 degrees, 0.4 degrees above the norm. Evening temperatures averaged 60.5 degrees, 1.2 degrees below the norm. There were 14 nights with temperatures in the 50's and only 1 night with a low in the 70's. 

Sunshine totaled 65% of the possible sunshine hours, which is 7 points above the norm. We had 12 clear days, 12 partly cloudy days, and 7 cloudy days. We had 2 days with heavy morning fog in East Wareham. 

Precipitation totaled 1.82 inches, 2.12 inches below normal. We had measurable precipitation on 8 days, and of those 8 days, 3 had measurable rainfall of 0.10 inches or more. The largest 24-hour rainfall was 0.93 inches on the 10th. Year-to-date, 2013 has received 36.01 inches of rain, 3.52 inches above the yearly average for East Wareham and 8.70 inches greater than last year at this time. There were no thunderstorms noted during the month of August in East Wareham.

Official Summer Season

The official summer (June, July and August) was very warm, wet and sunny. The average temperature was 71.1 degrees, 2.1 degrees above the 30-year average and total rainfall with 14.73 inches, 3.77 inches above the normal precipitation. Sunshine hours were 771.46, 28.46 hours above the average. The season was not as wet and sunny as 2012, yet still above the average. We had a maximum temperature of 93.2 degrees recorded on June 25st and a minimum temperature of 47.3 degrees recorded on June 5th. Rainfall totaled 14.73 inches, 2.12 inches more than the 2012 summer season. We had no official heat wave this season. We had 7 days this summer with 90 degrees or higher temperatures, 2 in June and 5 in July. 

2013 Crop Forecast

New England Agricultural Statistics Service did not releases the United States forecast for the 2013 Cranberry Crop.

July

July's weather was very hot with below average rainfall and sunshine. The temperature averaged 75.9 degrees, 4.5 degrees above average and 2.0 degrees warmer than July 2012. July 2013 was the warmest July in East Wareham since 1926, surpassing 1994's record average high of 75.8. Maximum temperature was 91.4 degrees, recorded on the 6th, and a minimum temperature of 59.9 degrees was recorded on the 31st. Daytime high temperatures averaged 82.9 degrees, 3.0 degrees above the norm. Evening temperatures averaged 69.3 degrees, 5.2 degrees above the norm. It was the very warm evenings that gave us the record high average for the month. There were 5 days with temperatures above 90 degrees recorded this month.

Sunshine totaled 52% of the possible sunshine hours, 5 points below average and 18 points below the average in July 2012. We had only 8 days with 90% or greater of possible sunshine, while on 10 days we had less than 10% sunshine. Fog was reported on 5 days this month.

We recorded 3.14 inches of rainfall, which is 0.17 inches below the average for July. Rainfall was recorded on 13 days, and 8 of these days had measurable precipitation over 0.10 inches. Ten days in the middle of the month were the driest with only 0.06 inches of rainfall recorded. The largest 24-hour rainfall of 0.80 inches occurred on the 11th. Year-to-date rainfall for 2013 is 34.19 inches, 5.59 inches above the average year-to-date rainfall for East Wareham and 13.25 inches above 2012 rainfall at this time. There was only 1 thunderstorm recorded this month.

The first seven months of 2013 had an average temperature of 49.72 degrees, 4.8 degrees cooler then 2012. This is the 8th warmest start for any year in our records since 1926 for East Wareham. The warmest first seven-month average was in 1998 at 52.44 degrees. Rainfall year to date for 2013 here in East Wareham stands at 34.19 inches, the 6th wettest on record; the wettest total for this time of year was in 1998, at 44.01 inches.

June

June was very warm with average sunshine and near record rainfall. The temperature averaged 67.5 degrees, 2.2 degrees above average and 2.6 degrees above 2012. Maximum temperature was 93.2 degrees on the 25th; a minimum temperature of 47.3 degrees was recorded on the 5th. Daytime high temperatures averaged 75.5 degrees, 1.5 degrees above the norm. Evening temperatures averaged 59.5 degrees, 2.8 degrees above the norm. We missed a June heat wave (temperatures above 90 degrees on 3 consecutive days) by 2.0 degrees on the 26th; June 24th (90 degrees), 25th (93 degrees), and 26th (88 degrees).

Sunshine totaled was 55% of the possible sunshine hours. This is just average for June sunshine and the same as 2012. 

Precipitation totaled 9.77 inches, which is 6.06 inches above normal. June 2013 will go into the records as the second wettest June in the 88 years of record keeping in East Wareham, surpassed only by 12.03 inches recorded in June of 2006. In 2006 almost one half of the total rainfall accrued in one 24-hour event, while in 2013 we had 5 events spread out over the month. The third wettest June was in June of 1938. We had measurable precipitation on 12 days, with 9 of those days having measurable precipitation greater than 0.10 inches. The largest 24-hour rainfall was 2.84 inches on the 7th and 8th. Year-to-date rainfall for 2013 now stands at 31.05 inches, 5.81 inches above average and 10.49 inches above the total rainfall at this time in 2012. There were 3 thunderstorms and 5 days with fog. 

The first half of 2013 has been very warm and wet. Temperatures have averaged out to be 1.4 degrees above normal for the year. Rainfall has averaged 0.97 inches above normal and also 2.82 inches above the average snowfall for the first six months of 2013. Sunshine has also been above average.

May

May was a very sunny, warm and wet month with above average temperatures, rainfall and sunshine. The temperatures for May averaged 57.6 degrees, 2.4 degrees less than May 2013, yet May 2013 was still 1.8 degrees per day above normal. The maximum temperature was 84.2 degrees on the 31st and a minimum temperature of 36.5 degrees was recorded on the 5th. Daytime high temperatures averaged 67.2 degrees, 2.3 degrees above the norm. Evening temperatures averaged 48.0 degrees, 1.4 degrees above the norm.

Sunshine totaled 55% of the possible sunshine hours, 3 points above the norm and 15% more than May 2012. There were 12 days with 90% or better sunshine and 17 days with no sunshine at all. There were 5 days with fog in East Wareham.

Precipitation totaled 5.49 inches, 1.77 inches above the average rainfall for May in East Wareham. There were 11 days with measurable precipitation. The largest 24-hour rainfall was 1.64 inches on the 11th. Our total year-to-date rainfall is 21.28 inches, 0.32 inches below the average in East Wareham. This year total rainfall is 6.52 inches above the year-to-date total at this time in 2012.

Official Spring Season

The official spring (March-May) was warm and sunny with about average rainfall. Temperatures averaged 47.33 degrees, 1.1 degrees above average; rainfall totaled 13.72 inches, 0.04 inches above average and snowfall totaled 17.0 inches, 9.50 inches above average. All snowfall accrued in March. Sunshine for the spring average was above normal, coming in with 53% of possible points. While sunshine during April and May was extremely high, March was well below average.

April

April was warm, dry and sunny this year. The temperature averaged 47.0 degrees, 1.2 degrees above normal. The maximum temperature was 68.0 degrees on the 30th and a minimum temperature of 27.0 degrees was recorded on the 7th. Daytime high temperatures averaged 56.0 degrees, 1.1 degrees above the norm. Evening low temperatures averaged 38.0 degrees, 1.2 degrees above the norm. 

Sunshine totaled 60% of the possible sunshine hours, 11 points above the norm. We had 12 days with 90% or better sunshine and 9 days with virtually no sunshine. We experienced heavy fog on 2 days during the month of April. 

Precipitation totaled 2.83 inches, which is 1.77 inches below normal. We had measurable precipitation on 12 days, 7 of those days had 0.10 inches or greater rainfall. The largest 24-hour rainfall was 0.80 inches on the 13th . Year-to-date rainfall for 2013 stands at 15.79 inches; this is 2.11 inches below normal. 

We had no snowfall in April. This is 1.4 inches below average and keeps the 2012 – 2013 season at a total of 48.60 inches of snow. In the past 30 years, we averaged 36.10 inches of snowfall during the winter season. Snowfall recorded during the winter season of 2012-2013 in East Wareham was 7.50 inches below the average.

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