BDL February Recap

Today will be an absolutely spectacular day here in New England - get out and enjoy it!

With not too much exciting weather to talk about in the next few days, I wanted to do one more February recap - this one for Bradley International Airport (BDL).

Temperatures

For February at BDL, the average maximum temperature was 35.2 °F, when the normal maximum is 38.5 °F, while the average minimum was 21.9 °F, when the normal minimum is 20.9 °F. So maximum temperatures were well below normal (3.3 °F) while minimum temperatures were a bit above normal (1.0 °F). I think this observation speaks to the fact that temperatures were fairly moderated this February, with no major heat waves or cold spells. The following temperature graph shows that daily temperatures mostly fell within the "normal" brown zone.

(NOAA Regional Climate Centers/xmACIS)

Overall, the mean daily temperature was 28.6 °F, giving a -1.1 °F temperature departure from the normal February value of 29.7 °F.

We saw 12 days where the maximum temperature was below 32 °F and 28 days where the minimum temperature was below 32 °F. These are both values above normal. The temperature never dipped below zero this February, which would happen on 0.6 days in a "normal" February at BDL.

Our highest temperature at BDL this February was 48 °F on the 24th - last year, we hit 63 °F. Overall, this was a cooler-than-normal month, without any crippling cold spells or drastic thaws.

Precipitation

BDL had 3.35 inches of total precipitation this February, which is more than the normal value of 2.89 inches by 0.46 inches. BDL's greatest total precipitation day was 1.23 inches, on February 1.

For snowfall, we saw 20.8 inches of snow with a 2.10 inch liquid equivalent. This was more total snowfall than an average February by 9.8 inches. Our largest storm came on the first of the month, when 11.7 inches fell. And on 13 days, there was at least a trace of snow at BDL.

Overall, it was nice to see a cooler and snowier than normal month for a change. We'll see what March has in store!