Crazy Warmth

I haven't been able to write in a little while since I've been pretty busy, but the weather has been fairly quiet as high pressure has dominated since the weekend here in New England.

The big story has been the crazy November warmth that we're seeing. On a normal day for this time of the year, high temperatures are around 49 °F. Since Thursday the 5th, we've seen high temperatures that topped 67 °F! And for the past 3 days, we've had temperatures above 70 °F. 3 days above 70 °F is the record number of days where the temperature is greater than 70 °F in November in VT. Also, this is the first November ever in which we've had 3 consecutive days of 70 °F or higher temperatures.

The craziest thing this month is that the mean temperature for BTV to date is 49.9 °F. Normally to date, we'd have a mean temperature at 41.8 °F, so this year the temperature departure from normal is 41.8 °F.

Temperature graph for November 2020 (NOAA Regional Climate Centers/xmACIS

The above temperature graph shows just how warm it has been at BTV. All I can say is that I'm ready for some cooler VT November weather.