February 2019 will be in the weather records as the 37th coldest February in Clinton records to 1879.
Clinton area weather observer Jim Blaess says the overall average temperature was 21.2 degrees. He says that’s 5.1 degrees below the normal of 26.3. The coldest February would be 1885 with an average of 8.1 degrees for the month.
Last month there were three days with zero or below temperature and that’s normal. Blaess says the highest temperature was on the 14th when it reached 48 and the coldest was 3 below zero on February 1st.
Blaess says there was 2.69 inches of precipitation. That is above the normal of 1.63 inches. That brings the total precipitation for the first two months of the year to 5.06 which is above the normal of 3.08.
The snowfall is February was 7.7 inches which Blaess says is about the average of 7.6 inches.
For the October thru February, Blaess says the snowfall is 44.6 inches. He says that’ about 17 inches above the normal of 27.4 inches.
The weather observer also noted the over 40 mile an hour sustained winds and a gust of 56 miles an hour on the 24th in the morning as another unusual feature of the month.
December-January and February is considered meteorological winter and Blaess says it was colder and snowier than normal. He says the overall temperature for the three month period was 23.4 degrees and that’s below the average of 25.1.
Precipitation was 7.49 inches and that’s above the normal of 4.9. Blaess says that’s the 8th wettest meteorological winter in local records. Blaess the snow totals in the period is the 23rd most. He says there was 29.5 inches of snow and compares to the normal of 25.7.
Blaess says for March you can expect 2.24 inches of precipitation including 3.1 inches of snow. Temperatures on March 1st average 41 for the high and 24 for the low and by the end of the month the averages are 57 and 35.
