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 […]

Norfolk’s October 2023 Weather

Warm Autumn Weather By Russell Russ October this year was a pleasant weather month. Temperatures were well above average and there were few days with any precipitation. There were just two days with frost at most Norfolk locations (Oct. 24 and 31) and there was no snowfall during the month. October firmly held onto autumn […]

Norfolk’s September 2023 Weather

Fourth Wettest September By Russell Russ In an odd fashion, early September was more summer-like than most of August. August’s high temperature of 80 degrees was reached just once during that month. To the contrary, September had five days above 80 degrees in nearly the first week. Temperatures turned more seasonal after mid-month. The real […]

Norfolk’s August 2023 Weather

Humid, But Relatively Average By Russell Russ After an extremely wet and very warm July, August came in fairly average on all accounts. Unlike last year’s August, which was summer-like, ranked as Norfolk’s warmest August on record and also very dry, this August was basically average. It may be nice to have a weather catastrophe […]

Norfolk’s July 2023 Weather

Wettest July on Record By Russell Russ July was a warm and very wet month. There were no record-setting daily temperatures, but it was consistently warm and humid for most of the month. What stood out dramatically was the rainfall – heavy rainfall and a great deal of it. Details on the record setting July […]

Norfolk’s Record July Rainfall

Photo by Savage Frieze

Photo by Savage Frieze U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (right) met with Norfolk First Selectman Matt Riiska (center) on July 17 to appraise damage from the severe flooding of the previous week when South Norfolk received as much as 12 inches of rain in one 24-hour period. He toured two of the most heavily damaged flood […]