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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
CLIMATE INFORMATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
1255 PM EST WED JAN 3 2007

...CLIMATE INFORMATION FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER AND THE YEAR OF 
2006 IN CENTRAL PARK NEW YORK...

THE MONTH OF DECEMBER IN CENTRAL PARK NEW YORK WAS VERY MILD AND 
QUITE DRY. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH CAME IN AT 43.6 
DEGREES WHICH IS 6.3 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND THE THIRD WARMEST 
DECEMBER ON RECORD IN NEW YORK CITY. THE WARMEST DECEMBER ON 
RECORD WAS BACK IN 2001 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 44.1 
DEGREES. THE SECOND WARMEST WAS IN 1984 WITH AN AVERAGE OF 43.8 
DEGREES.

REGARDING PRECIPITATION...THE RAIN GAGE AT THE PARK REVEALED A 
RELATIVELY DRY MONTH. THE TOTAL WAS 2.15 INCHES...ALL RAIN...AND WAS 
1.80 INCHES BELOW THE AVERAGE. THE DRIEST DECEMBER ON RECORD WAS 
BACK IN 1955 WITH ONLY 0.25 INCHES FALLING. NOT EVEN A FLAKE OF 
SNOW WAS OBSERVED IN CENTRAL PARK THIS PAST DECEMBER. AS FAR AS WE 
KNOW...LOOKING AT CLIMATE RECORDS GOING BACK TO THE 1800'S...THE 
LAST TIME NOT EVEN A FLAKE OF SNOW WAS OBSERVED WAS DECEMBER OF 
1877. THE WINTER OF 1877-1878 ALSO APPEARS TO BE THE LATEST THAT A 
TRACE OR MORE OF SNOW WAS OBSERVED - JANUARY 4, 1878.

HERE'S SOME CLIMATE INFORMATION FOR OTHER CLIMATE SITES AROUND THE 
REGION FOR DECEMBER.

LOCATION     AVG DEC TEMP  DEPARTURE  PRECIP  DEPARTURE

CENTRAL PARK     43.6        +6.3      2.15     -1.80
NEWARK           43.0        +6.6      2.19     -1.38
BRIDGEPORT CT    41.0        +5.9      2.66     -0.81
JF KENNEDY AP    42.9        +5.7      1.91     -1.40
LA GUARDIA AP    45.4        +7.5      2.21     -1.30
ISLIP            41.1        +5.4      2.15     -1.98

...THE WEATHER IN NEW YORK CITY FOR 2006...

ON AVERAGE...2006 WAS WARM AND WET IN NEW YORK CITY. THE AVERAGE 
TEMPERATURE CAME IN AT 56.8 DEGREES...WHICH IS 2.1 DEGREES ABOVE 
NORMAL AND GETS PLACED IN THE TOP TEN WARMEST LIST AT SIXTH PLACE. 
THE FIVE WARMER YEARS WERE 1998...1991...1990...1953 AND 1949. THE 
WARMEST YEARS ON RECORD ARE 1998...1991 AND 1990 WITH AN AVERAGE 
TEMPERATURE OF 57.2 DEGREES.

2006 WAS THE SIXTH WETTEST YEAR ON RECORD WITH 59.90 INCHES FALLING. 
THAT DOESN'T COME CLOSE TO THE WETTEST YEAR WHICH WAS 1983 WITH A 
WHOPPING 80.56 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION.

HERE'S SOME CLIMATE INFORMATION FOR OTHER CLIMATE SITES AROUND THE 
REGION FOR 2006.

LOCATION     AVG DEC TEMP  DEPARTURE  PRECIP  DEPARTURE

CENTRAL PARK     56.8        +2.1     59.90    +12.65
NEWARK           57.0        +2.3     50.16     +3.91
BRIDGEPORT CT    53.9        +2.2     58.90    +17.32
JF KENNEDY AP    55.7        +2.1     44.80     +2.34
LA GUARDIA AP    58.4        +3.2     53.95     +9.59
ISLIP            53.9        +1.4     54.10     +7.50

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