Norfolk’s Weather: August
Not the Best Summer Weather By Russell Russ This August felt like a wet month. On paper, it was near average for both temperatures and rainfall, but with 21 of 31 days recording some amount of rainfall, it just seemed wet all month. Humid and cloudy days were common. There were no record high temperatures. […]
Norfolk’s Weather
Another warm and wet month By Russell Russ July was a warm and wet month, just like last July. It was hot, humid and very rainy, butfortunately nowhere near as wet as last July. During the first 17 days of the month, all but threerecorded temperatures in the 80’s, many in the mid to upper […]
Norfolk Weather
Second Warmest June on Record By Russell Russ Most of June had an abundance of beautiful summer weather and not much in the way of rain. It was hot and humid for several days mid-month, clearly telling us that summer was here. It was very dry for the first three weeks. Lawns were beginning to […]
Norfolk’s May 2024 Weather
A Look Back at the Sixth Warmest May By Russell Russ This May was a nice weather month. Nice, if you like warm temperatures with partly to mostly sunny skies. There were some wet days, but they were few and far between. May 2023 was also a very nice weather month. Two years in a […]
Norfolk’s April 2024 Weather
Near Normal for a Change By Russell Russ April’s weather this year was fairly normal. It’s refreshing not having to say warmest or wettest on record. The month started off on the wintry side– normal for April—but temperatures rebounded and came in just a little above normal. We had only a handful of nice sunny […]
Norfolk’s March 2024 Weather
Who’ll Stop the Rain? By Russell Russ For Norfolk and much of southern New England, March was another wet month and another winter month with very little snow. As many recent months have been, it was also fairly high ranking for warmth. March’s warmth brought an early end to this year’s maple syrup season and […]
Norfolk’s February 2024 Weather
Another Nontypical Month By Russell RussLike last year, this February once again lacked many characteristics of a solidly winter-like month forNorfolk. January was above normal for temperature and snowfall and way above normal forprecipitation. While February temperatures were even more above normal, both precipitation andsnowfall were way below normal. Minimal snowfall for one of Norfolk’s […]
Norfolk’s January 2024 Weather
Fickle Winter Weather By Russell Russ The year of 2023 was tied with 1998 as Norfolk’s second warmest and was also the fifth wettest and ninth least snowy year on record. December was very high ranking for temperature and precipitation and high ranking for minimal snowfall. The recent trend certainly points to warmer and wetter […]
Norfolk’s November/December 2023 Weather
Yet another delayed start to winter By Russell Russ November and December typically mean the beginning of winter in Norfolk, but as has been the case for the last few years, the final two months of 2023 showed only a few glimpses of winter. November was cooler than normal and just a little below normal […]
A Look Back at Norfolk’s 2023 Weather
By Russell Russ With an average yearly mean temperature of 48.4 degrees, 3.4 degrees above normal, 2023 was tied with 1998 as Norfolk’s second warmest year over the last 92 years. Eight of 12 months came in as warmer than normal, and six months were ranked in the top 10 for warmth. Most notably, January […]
