A Typical June for Norfolk
Norfolk’s June Weather By Russell Russ Temperature-wise Junewas exactly normal. It doesn’t happen too often, but the average temperature this month (63.3 degrees) was exactly average for the month of June. There were some hotter days and even a record high temperature, but it all averaged out to a fairly typical summer month. June continued […]
Summer is on its way
By Russell Russ May continued Norfolk’s string of sixteen consecutive months with above normal temperatures. While it dipped into the mid to upper 30’s a few times, no frost was observed at the weather station, and the opportunity to finally record a cooler than normal month for a change was quickly eliminated when the temperatures […]
Switch Factory: Hitting the Right Note
By Lindsey Pizzica Rotolo Acoustic guitar players have a tendency to fade into the background. Not the case with Switch Factory, a local acoustic duo comprised of pediatrician Jason Perkel on guitar and vocals and private wealth manager Nat Worden on guitar, harmonica and vocals. At a recent gig at Bohemian Pizza & Ditto Bar […]
Finally, not a record setting month
By Russell Russ After record warmth this winter and after March’s unprecedented warmth it seemed that we would be well on our way into summer by the time April rolled around. This was not the case. March certainly pushed many plants way ahead of schedule, but April’s weather brought everything a bit more back to […]
Heatwave Sets Record
By Russell Russ It really was the winter that wasn’t. March was our fourteenth consecutive month with warmer than normal average temperatures. You have to go back to January 2011 to find a month with below-normal temperatures. March even took it to a new level by being the warmest March in our 81-year recording […]
Norfolk’s March 2012 Weather
Heatwave Sets Record Daily Highs in Warmest March on Record By Russell Russ It really was the winter that wasn’t. March was our fourteenth consecutive month with warmer than normal average temperatures. You have to go back to January 2011 to find a month with below-normal temperatures. March even took it to a new […]
Uptick in Lyme Disease Expected in 2012
Significant increase already being seen By Joel Howard Northwest Connecticut is no stranger to Lyme disease, but experts are predicting a significant increase in cases during the coming months. The convergence of several events, including increased populations of white-footed mice and blacklegged ticks, are coalescing to create a situation whereby residents should be extra vigilant […]
Our Strange Winter Continues
By Russell Russ The winter of 2012 continues to be a strange one. Our string of warmer and drier than normal conditions that began in December continued through February. It actually got warmer and drier. Cold temperatures and snow seem to be hard to come by this winter. February’s high temperature of 52 degrees […]
Where is Old Man Winter?
By Russell Russ Winter seems to be vacationing in Alaska and Europe this year. In many locations throughout the Northeast it was the warmest January on record. And while it was warm in Norfolk, it was only the tenth warmest January on record. Seasonal snowfall totals lag well behind normal as well.” While the smaller […]
Community Based Conservation of Migratory Amphibians
It’s Only Natural By Martha Klein In our highly mobile society, there are four million miles of roads and 200 million vehicles, so it’s not surprising that there are several million deaths of vertebrates every year on United States roads. For some species of animals, roadkill can take out 20 percent or more of their […]
