PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
959 PM EST TUE JAN 1 2013

...2012 GOES DOWN AS THE WARMEST ON RECORD FOR ALBANY NY...

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR ALBANY NY FOR 2012 WAS 51.6 DEGREES
WHICH IS 3.3 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS MAKES IT THE WARMEST YEAR ON
RECORD SINCE 1820. THE OLD RECORD WAS 51.4 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1828.
2012 HAD 13 DAYS WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES OF 90+ DEGREES. THE
TEMPERATURE EXTREMES WERE 98 DEGREES ON JULY 17TH AND ZERO DEGREES
ON JANUARY 15TH AND 22ND.

PRECIPITATION WAS BELOW NORMAL FOR ALBANY IN 2012 WITH 36.99 INCHES
WHICH IS 2.36 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THIS WAS QUITE A CHANGE FROM 2011
WITH 53.68 INCHES. THE LAST TIME ALBANY`S PRECIPITATION WAS BELOW
NORMAL WAS IN 2010 BUT IT WAS ONLY BY 0.76 INCHES...UNLIKE IN 2001
IN WHICH ONLY 28.59 INCHES OCCURRED.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR GLENS FALLS NY FOR 2012 WAS 48.7 DEGREES
WHICH IS 3.8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS MAKES IT THE SECOND WARMEST
YEAR ON RECORD SINCE 1949. THE WARMEST YEAR OCCURRED IN 1998 WITH AN
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 48.8 DEGREES. 2012 HAD 8 DAYS WITH HIGH
TEMPERATURES OF 90+ DEGREES. THE TEMPERATURE EXTREMES WERE 96
DEGREES ON JUNE 21ST AND JULY 17TH AND 6 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ON
JANUARY 22ND. PRECIPITATION WAS BELOW NORMAL FOR 2012 WITH 34.76
INCHES WHICH IS 4.30 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. 2011 CAME IN WITH 46.90
INCHES.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR POUGHKEEPSIE NY FOR 2012 WAS 53.4
DEGREES WHICH IS 3.6 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS MAKES IT THE WARMEST
YEAR ON RECORD SINCE 1949. 2012 HAD 22 DAYS WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES
OF 90+ DEGREES. THE TEMPERATURE EXTREMES WERE 96 DEGREES ON JUNE
29TH...JULY 17TH AND JULY 18TH AND 1 DEGREE ABOVE ZERO ON JANUARY
22ND. PRECIPITATION WAS BELOW NORMAL FOR 2012 WITH 36.48 INCHES
WHICH IS 10.05 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. 2011 CAME IN WITH 59.19 INCHES.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR BENNINGTON VT FOR 2012 WAS 49.4 DEGREES
WHICH IS 3.4 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. 2012 HAD 7 DAYS WITH HIGH
TEMPERATURES OF 90+ DEGREES. THE TEMPERATURE EXTREMES WERE 94
DEGREES ON JULY 17TH AND 4 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ON JANUARY 16TH.
PRECIPITATION WAS BELOW NORMAL FOR 2012 WITH 32.50 INCHES WHICH IS
8.20 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. 2011 CAME IN WITH 46.91 INCHES.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR PITTSFIELD MA FOR 2012 WAS 48.8 DEGREES
WHICH IS 3.5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. 2012 HAD 3 DAYS WITH HIGH
TEMPERATURES OF 90+ DEGREES. THE TEMPERATURE EXTREMES WERE 91
DEGREES ON JUNE 20TH AND JULY 17TH AND 8 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ON
JANUARY 16TH. PRECIPITATION WAS BELOW NORMAL FOR 2012 WITH 36.35
INCHES WHICH IS 9.03 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. 2011 CAME IN WITH 59.46
INCHES.

VISIT OUR CLIMATE WEB PAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ALY/CLIMATE FOR MORE.

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