2001 WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS (ORH)



Worcester Municipal Airport is located on the crest of a hill, 1,000 feet above sea level. It is about 500 feet above and 3 1/2 miles northwest of the city proper. The airport is surrounded by ridges and valleys with many of the valleys containing reservoirs. Only two of the ridges extend above the airport elevation. One is 400 feet higher and 2 1/2 miles to the northwest, and the other is 1,000 feet higher and 15 miles to the north.

The proximity to the Atlantic Ocean, Long Island Sound, and the Berkshire Hills plays an important part in determining the weather and, hence, the climate of Worcester. Rapid weather changes occur when storms move up the east coast after developing off the Carolina Coast. In the majority of these cases, they pass to the south and east, resulting in northeast and easterly winds with rain or snow and fog. Storms developing in the Texas–Oklahoma area normally travel up the St. Lawrence River Valley and, depending on the movement and intensity, usually deposit little precipitation over the area. However, they do bring an influx of warm air into the region. Wintertime cold snaps are quite frequent, but temperatures are usually modified by the passage of the air over land and mountains before reaching the county. Summertime thunderstorms develop over the hills to the west, with a majority moving toward the northeast. From the use of radar, we find many break up just before reaching Worcester, or pass either north or south of the city proper.

Airport site temperatures are moderate. The normal mean for the warmest month, July, is around 70 degrees. Though winters are reasonably cold, prolonged periods of severe cold weather are extremely rare. The three coldest months, December through February, have an average temperature of over 25 degrees. A review of Worcester Cooperative records since 190l shows maximum temperatures above 100 degrees and minimum temperatures below −24 degrees.

Precipitation is usually plentiful and well distributed throughout the year. The annual snowfall for all Worcester sites since 1901, averages slightly less than 60 inches. The airport location averages slightly higher.

Based on the 1951–1980 period, the average first occurrence of 32 degrees Fahrenheit in the fall is October 17 and the average last occurrence in the spring is April 27.

NORMALS, MEANS, AND EXTREMES

WORCESTER, MA (ORH)

LATITUDE:    LONGITUDE:     ELEVATION (FT):    TIME ZONE:    WBAN: 94746

42 16′ 02″ N  71 52′ 34″ W  GRND: 963 BARO: 966  EASTERN (UTC + 5)

2001 Worcester, Massachusetts (ORH)

ELEMENT POR JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC YEAR
TEMPERATURE F NORMAL DAILY MAXIMUM 30 30.7 33.0 42.4 54.0 65.9 74.5 79.3 77.3 69.7 59.5 47.4 34.7 55.7
MEAN DAILY MAXIMUM 47 31.6 33.9 42.1 54.5 66.1 74.7 77.6 77.1 69.3 59.3 47.2 35.8 55.8
HIGHEST DAILY MAXIMUM 45 60 67 84 91 92 94 96 96 91 85 78 72 96
YEAR OF OCCURRENCE 1995 1985 1998 1976 1962 1988 1988 1975 1983 1963 1982 1998 JUL 1988
MEAN OF EXTREME MAXS. 48 51.3 52.2 65.1 76.0 84.1 88.1 88.2 87.7 84.0 76.0 66.5 56.9 73.0
NORMAL DAILY MINIMUM 30 15.0 16.5 24.9 34.7 45.1 53.9 60.1 58.6 50.5 40.5 31.3 20.1 37.6
MEAN DAILY MINIMUM 48 15.6 17.2 25.5 35.6 46.0 55.3 59.5 59.3 51.5 41.4 32.2 21.5 38.4
LOWEST DAILY MINIMUM 46 -19 -12 -4 11 28 36 43 38 30 20 6 -13 -19
YEAR OF OCCURRENCE 1957 1967 1986 1982 1970 1986 1988 1965 1992 1969 1989 1962 JAN 1957
MEAN OF EXTREME MINS. 48 -2.7 -1.6 7.7 22.7 34.4 43.2 50.1 48.1 37.6 27.3 17.2 2.6 23.9
NORMAL DRY BULB 30 22.8 24.8 33.7 44.4 55.5 64.2 69.7 68.0 60.2 50.0 39.4 27.4 46.7
MEAN DRY BULB 47 23.8 25.8 33.8 45.0 55.9 65.0 68.6 68.2 60.3 50.4 39.6 28.5 47.1
MEAN WET BULB 15 22.3 23.9 30.4 39.5 49.7 58.7 59.4 62.4 50.7 45.4 36.1 24.9 42.0
MEAN DEW POINT 15 15.1 15.9 22.0 31.1 42.4 53.6 55.4 58.3 46.4 39.3 29.9 18.4 35.6
NORMAL NO. DAYS WITH:
MAXIMUM 90 30 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.7 1.5 0.8 * 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.2
MAXIMUM 32 30 17.6 13.9 5.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.7 13.6 52.1
MINIMUM 32 30 29.5 26.4 24.9 11.1 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 * 4.9 17.0 27.9 142.3
MINIMUM 0 30 3.1 1.9 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.9 6.1
H/C NORMAL HEATING DEG. DAYS 30 1308 1126 970 618 301 69 6 25 157 465 768 1166 6979
NORMAL COOLING DEG. DAYS 30 0 0 0 0 6 45 151 118 13 0 0 0 333
RH NORMAL (PERCENT) 30 65 64 63 60 64 68 70 73 75 69 71 70 68
HOUR 01 LST 30 68 68 68 68 73 78 79 82 83 77 75 74 74
HOUR 07 LST 30 70 71 70 68 70 74 76 79 81 78 77 75 74
HOUR 13 LST 30 58 57 54 50 52 57 57 60 61 56 61 62 57
HOUR 19 LST 30 64 62 60 57 60 66 68 72 75 68 70 69 66
S PERCENT POSSIBLE SUNSHINE
W/O MEAN NO. DAYS WITH:
HEAVY FOG (VISBY 1/4 MI) 29 6.0 5.8 7.8 6.6 7.1 7.7 6.0 6.1 7.6 6.8 7.4 6.8 81.7
THUNDERSTORMS 29 0.0 0.1 0.7 1.2 2.5 3.6 4.4 3.5 1.3 1.0 0.4 0.1 18.8
CLOUDINESS MEAN:
SUNRISE-SUNSET (OKTAS)
MIDNIGHT-MIDNIGHT (OKTAS)
MEAN NO. DAYS WITH:
CLEAR 1 1.0 5.9
PARTLY CLOUDY 1 1.0 1.0 2.0 12.1
CLOUDY 1 1.0 1.0 1.0 13.0
PR MEAN STATION PRESSURE(IN) 28 28.87 28.87 28.86 28.85 28.88 28.88 28.91 28.95 28.97 28.96 28.92 28.89 28.90
MEAN SEA-LEVEL PRES. (IN) 16 30.03 30.00 29.98 29.94 29.98 29.95 29.99 30.05 30.08 30.08 30.06 30.02 30.01
WINDS MEAN SPEED (MPH) 29 12.2 12.4 12.6 11.6 10.6 9.9 9.2 8.9 9.5 10.2 11.2 11.8 10.8
PREVAIL. DIR (TENS OF DEGS) 16 28 28 29 29 28 28 26 26 25 27 27 29 28
MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE:
SPEED (MPH) 5 41 49 47 43 51 36 33 41 41 38 41 45 51
DIR. (TENS OF DEGS) 30 28 27 21 31 31 30 31 32 31 29 27 31
YEAR OF OCCURRENCE 2000 1996 1997 2000 1998 2001 2001 1996 1999 1999 1997 2000 MAY 1998
MAXIMUM 5-SECOND:
SPEED (MPH) 5 57 70 61 58 94 47 43 49 52 52 52 59 94
DIR. (TENS OF DEGS) 30 29 27 19 26 05 28 30 29 29 29 19 26
YEAR OF OCCURRENCE 2000 1996 1997 2000 1998 2000 1996 1996 1999 1998 1997 2000 MAY 1998
PRECIPITATION NORMAL (IN) 30 3.68 3.46 3.95 3.91 4.33 3.88 3.85 3.82 4.01 4.32 4.49 4.05 47.75
MAXIMUM MONTHLY (IN) 46 11.16 8.37 7.96 8.79 9.94 12.17 8.11 8.01 13.13 10.19 10.40 9.83 13.13
YEAR OF OCCURRENCE 1979 1981 1972 1987 1984 1982 1959 1991 1974 1990 1972 1973 SEP 1974
MINIMUM MONTHLY (IN) 46 0.89 0.25 0.74 0.75 0.86 0.32 0.74 1.03 0.69 0.70 0.67 0.74 0.25
YEAR OF OCCURRENCE 1970 1987 1981 2001 1959 1999 1987 1981 1986 2001 1976 1989 FEB 1987
MAXIMUM IN 24 HOURS (IN) 46 2.97 2.46 4.56 3.34 3.03 3.98 3.87 5.00 4.79 3.91 2.98 3.00 5.00
YEAR OF OCCURRENCE 1978 1973 1987 2000 1967 1986 3087 1991 1960 1990 1972 1986 AUG 1991
NORMAL NO. DAYS WITH:
PRECIPITATION 0.01 30 11.5 10.6 12.0 11.4 12.2 11.6 9.5 10.1 9.2 8.7 11.9 12.7 131.4
PRECIPITATION 1.00 30 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.2 0.9 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.4 1.2 1.2 13.4
SNOWFALL NORMAL (IN) 30 16.6 16.4 10.9 3.6 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 4.2 12.9 65.5
MAXIMUM MONTHLY (IN) 40 46.8 45.2 44.1 21.0 12.7 0.1 0.0 T T 7.5 20.7 37.0 46.8
YEAR OF OCCURRENCE 1987 1962 1993 1987 1977 1992 1994 1994 1979 1971 1992 JAN 1987
MAXIMUM IN 24 HOURS (IN) 40 18.7 24.0 19.7 17.0 12.7 0.1 0.0 T T 7.5 14.8 28.1 28.1
YEAR OF OCCURRENCE 1961 1962 1993 1987 1977 1992 1994 1994 1979 1971 1992 DEC 1992
MAXIMUM SNOW DEPTH (IN) 42 35 42 33 17 10 0 0 0 0 8 15 29 42
YEAR OF OCCURRENCE 1966 1961 1969 1987 1977 1979 1971 1992 FEB 1961
NORMAL NO. DAYS WITH:
SNOWFALL 1.0 30 4.2 3.5 2.7 0.9 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.0 3.6 16.1

2001 Worcester, Massachusetts (ORH)

PRECIPITATION (inches) 2001 WORCESTER, MA (ORH)
YEAR JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL
1972 2.34 4.91 7.96 4.29 7.83 9.25 6.39 2.89 4.98 4.93 10.40 5.49 71.66
1973 4.04 3.30 3.50 6.33 4.73 6.98 3.82 4.29 3.80 4.63 2.00 9.83 57.25
1974 3.54 2.75 5.05 3.24 5.15 4.35 3.22 3.50 13.13 3.45 3.06 6.04 56.48
1975 5.35 3.52 3.37 2.66 2.07 3.32 3.92 4.59 7.21 6.06 5.28 4.61 51.96
1976 6.03 2.57 2.74 2.45 3.46 2.95 3.28 5.72 2.38 4.99 0.67 3.20 40.44
1977 2.76 2.46 5.75 3.69 2.20 4.00 3.84 2.73 6.54 6.33 3.69 4.99 48.98
1978 9.90 2.08 3.22 2.24 3.69 1.57 3.57 5.00 1.02 3.85 2.07 3.56 41.77
1979 11.16 2.64 3.71 4.49 4.14 0.79 5.74 7.39 3.80 4.36 3.58 1.89 53.69
1980 0.95 0.73 6.86 4.77 2.23 4.55 3.59 1.95 1.82 6.16 4.58 1.06 39.25
1981 0.93 8.37 0.74 3.85 4.48 2.45 7.90 1.03 4.66 5.49 3.13 5.94 48.97
1982 5.00 3.22 3.67 4.30 2.96 12.17 3.61 3.36 2.69 2.67 4.32 1.70 49.67
1983 4.85 4.67 7.84 8.59 5.97 2.56 1.32 6.26 1.38 5.77 8.75 6.37 64.33
1984 2.44 5.78 5.47 4.23 9.94 2.85 5.69 1.17 1.68 3.99 2.71 2.84 48.79
1985 1.16 2.72 2.89 1.26 5.46 5.24 6.35 3.74 3.77 3.12 6.41 1.93 44.05
1986 5.56 3.14 2.93 1.59 3.14 7.21 4.83 3.20 0.69 2.72 5.63 7.25 47.89
1987 5.52 0.25 6.57 8.79 1.55 4.55 0.74 4.61 6.37 4.18 2.77 1.85 47.75
1988 2.71 2.78 3.46 3.45 4.47 1.25 6.27 2.19 2.70 3.66 7.91 1.42 42.27
1989 1.18 2.47 2.66 4.25 6.17 5.27 5.67 5.65 4.71 8.21 4.00 0.74 50.98
1990 3.75 3.88 1.52 4.78 7.65 1.74 2.44 6.84 1.73 10.19 2.41 5.46 52.39
1991 2.98 2.08 4.92 5.04 4.16 3.06 2.78 8.01 6.40 3.44 5.47 2.89 51.23
1992 3.01 2.51 4.15 2.59 2.54 4.68 5.25 4.83 3.58 2.36 4.94 4.61 45.05
1993 2.56 2.38 5.46 4.00 1.79 2.36 3.34 1.90 8.85 3.88 4.85 5.11 46.48
1994 4.78 1.86 5.38 2.73 5.87 2.48 3.09 7.64 4.84 1.24 4.54 4.81 49.26
1995 3.71 2.86 1.85 2.19 2.39 1.51 4.33 2.02 3.15 8.65 4.61 1.04 38.31
1996 6.30 2.66 2.20 6.70 3.34 3.01 6.50 3.99 6.07 5.81 2.93 6.91 56.42
1997 3.25 1.71 4.66 3.22 2.72 1.60 2.97 4.34 1.44 2.11 5.50 2.32 35.84
1998 4.59 3.17 5.82 3.30 5.89 9.68 1.76 2.38 1.69 4.93 2.28 1.46 46.95
1999 6.01 3.38 4.09 0.92 2.77 0.32 4.14 1.87 8.81 3.57 3.38 2.55 41.81
2000 3.11 2.59 3.82 6.85 3.51 5.84 4.04 2.09 3.01 2.05 3.61 3.62 44.14
2001 1.64 2.40 6.53 0.75 2.26 6.27 1.91 2.31 3.42 0.70 1.36 2.77 32.32
POR=53 YRS 3.73 3.21 4.10 3.93 3.95 3.67 3.56 4.06 3.95 4.09 4.37 3.83 46.45

2001 Worcester, Massachusetts (ORH)

AVERAGE TEMPERATURE (F) 2001 WORCESTER, MA (ORH)
YEAR JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL
1972 26.4 23.3 30.4 40.4 55.7 62.2 71.1 66.9 59.7 44.7 34.9 27.6 45.3
1973 26.1 24.7 40.9 46.3 54.2 67.4 71.1 71.7 60.1 51.3 39.8 31.9 48.8
1974 26.4 23.9 33.5 47.5 52.4 64.0 69.7 69.7 59.7 45.8 39.4 30.4 46.9
1975 27.5 25.2 31.3 40.8 60.1 63.6 71.8 67.5 57.3 51.5 45.2 27.3 47.4
1976 19.2 31.2 35.1 49.1 55.0 68.0 67.8 67.2 58.9 46.4 34.6 21.9 46.2
1977 16.2 24.9 39.1 45.9 58.1 62.4 69.3 68.6 59.6 49.3 41.1 26.0 46.7
1978 20.9 20.0 30.8 42.4 56.6 64.3 68.2 68.1 57.6 48.4 39.2 28.8 45.4
1979 25.3 16.5 38.2 44.7 57.7 63.6 71.2 67.7 60.0 49.0 44.3 31.9 47.5
1980 25.0 22.2 33.1 46.0 57.0 61.5 71.3 69.9 61.1 47.3 36.4 24.2 46.3
1981 15.9 32.8 34.7 47.4 57.9 66.0 70.7 67.4 58.2 46.7 39.1 27.8 47.1
1982 17.1 25.7 33.8 43.6 58.3 61.5 71.5 65.9 61.3 50.8 43.8 34.8 47.3
1983 26.1 29.1 36.6 46.6 54.7 67.9 72.3 70.2 64.9 50.3 42.0 27.3 49.0
1984 22.7 34.0 29.2 45.6 55.4 68.1 70.0 71.4 59.6 53.9 41.1 34.9 48.8
1985 20.1 28.6 37.2 47.4 57.8 61.4 70.4 67.9 62.0 51.7 40.9 25.3 47.6
1986 25.9 23.1 36.4 48.1 57.9 62.6 68.2 66.8 59.4 49.6 37.1 30.3 47.1
1987 24.0 24.5 36.8 45.7 57.6 65.8 70.7 66.6 60.6 48.8 39.4 30.8 47.6
1988 23.0 26.6 35.0 43.8 57.3 64.6 72.6 72.3 60.2 45.5 41.7 27.2 47.5
1989 28.5 24.4 33.0 42.4 57.0 64.0 68.7 67.3 60.6 50.7 36.5 15.1 45.7
1990 31.3 28.8 36.2 43.9 51.5 64.6 69.2 68.8 59.3 53.0 42.1 34.0 48.6
1991 23.8 30.3 36.5 48.2 61.2 64.7 70.0 69.1 58.7 51.9 40.2 29.7 48.7
1992 25.3 27.1 30.7 42.3 55.5 63.5 65.9 65.5 59.2 46.8 37.8 28.7 45.7
1993 26.0 19.6 31.3 45.7 57.8 64.5 70.4 70.0 59.5 47.2 39.7 28.9 46.7
1994 15.9 21.1 33.5 47.7 54.3 67.2 72.9 66.3 59.0 50.9 43.5 33.3 47.1
1995 29.8 23.0 36.1 42.6 54.4 65.5 59.4 53.5 35.5 24.1
1996 23.4 24.9 31.6 45.3 54.9 65.9 68.9 61.1 49.7 35.9 33.2
1997 23.6 0.0 31.9 43.5 52.2 65.8 69.1 67.6 60.3 48.8 36.2 30.0 44.1
1998 32.9 37.0 47.2 59.7 62.9 70.0 70.3 63.1 50.3 40.2 35.7
1999 26.0 31.3 36.3 46.7 58.1 68.2 72.4 68.5 64.6 49.1 44.5 32.9 49.9
2000 23.0 30.0 40.4 44.7 56.2 64.6 66.5 66.9 59.5 50.1 39.2 23.7 47.1
2001 24.7 26.1 31.1 46.8 58.1 67.0 66.6 72.2 62.2 52.5 44.5 35.4 48.9
POR=53 YRS 23.2 25.3 33.7 45.1 56.0 64.9 68.6 68.3 60.4 50.3 39.6 28.3 47.0

REFERENCE NOTES:

PAGE 1:

THE TEMPERATURE GRAPH SHOWS NORMAL MAXIMUM AND NORMAL MINIMUM DAILY TEMPERATURES (SOLID CURVES) AND THE ACTUAL DAILY HIGH AND LOW TEMPERATURES (VERTICAL BARS).

PAGE 2 AND 3:

H/C INDICATES HEATING AND COOLING DEGREE DAYS.

RH INDICATES RELATIVE HUMIDITY

W/O INDICATES WEATHER AND OBSTRUCTIONS

S INDICATES SUNSHINE.

PR INDICATES PRESSURE.

CLOUDINESS ON PAGE 3 IS THE SUM OF THE CEILOMETER AND SATELLITE DATA NOT TO EXCEED EIGHT EIGHTHS (OKTAS).

GENERAL:

T INDICATES TRACE PRECIPITATION, AN AMOUNT GREATER THAN ZERO BUT LESS THAN THE LOWEST REPORTABLE VALUE.

+ INDICATES THE VALUE ALSO OCCURS ON EARLIER DATES.

BLANK ENTRIES DENOTE MISSING OR UNREPORTED DATA.

NORMALS ARE 30–YEAR AVERAGES (1961–1990).

ASOS INDICATES AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVING SYSTEM.

PM INDICATES THE LAST DAY OF THE PREVIOUS MONTH.

POR (PERIOD OF RECORD) BEGINS WITH THE JANUARY DATA MONTH AND IS THE NUMBER OF YEARS USED TO COMPUTE THE MEAN. INDIVIDUAL MONTHS WITHIN THE POR MAY BE MISSING.

WHEN THE POR FOR A NORMAL IS LESS THAN 30 YEARS, THE NORMAL IS PROVISIONAL AND IS BASED ON THE NUMBER OF YEARS INDICATED.

0.* OR * INDICATES THE VALUE OR MEAN–DAYS–WITH IS BETWEEN 0.00 AND 0.05.

CLOUDINESS FOR ASOS STATIONS DIFFERS FROM THE NON–ASOS OBSERVATION TAKEN BY A HUMAN OBSERVER. ASOS STATION CLOUDINESS IS BASED ON TIME–AVERAGED CEILOMETER DATA FOR CLOUDS AT OR BELOW 12,000 FEET AND ON SATELLITE DATA FOR CLOUDS ABOVE 12,000 FEET.

THE NUMBER OF DAYS WITH CLEAR, PARTLY CLOUDY, AND CLOUDY CONDITIONS FOR ASOS STATIONS IS THE SUM OF THE CEILOMETER AND SATELLITE DATA FOR THE SUNRISE TO SUNSET PERIOD.

GENERAL CONTINUED:

CLEAR INDICATES 0–2 OKTAS, PARTLY CLOUDY INDICATES 3–6 OKTAS, AND CLOUDY INDICATES 7 OR 8 OKTAS. WHEN AT LEAST ONE OF THE ELEMENTS (CEILOMETER OR SATELLITE) IS MISSING, THE DAILY CLOUDINESS IS NOT COMPUTED.

WIND DIRECTION IS RECORDED IN TENS OF DEGREES (2 DIGITS) CLOCKWISE FROM TRUE NORTH. "00" INDICATES CALM. "36" INDICATES TRUE NORTH.

RESULTANT WIND IS THE VECTOR AVERAGE OF THE SPEED AND DIRECTION.

AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IS THE SUM OF THE MEAN DAILY MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM TEMPERATURE DIVIDED BY 2.

SNOWFALL DATA COMPRISE ALL FORMS OF FROZEN PRECIPITATION, INCLUDING HAIL.

A HEATING (COOLING) DEGREE DAY IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE AVERAGE DAILY TEMPERATURE AND 65 F.

DRY BULB IS THE TEMPERATURE OF THE AMBIENT AIR.

DEW POINT IS THE TEMPERATURE TO WHICH THE AIR MUST BE COOLED TO ACHIEVE 100 PERCENT RELATIVE HUMIDITY.

WET BULB IS THE TEMPERATURE THE AIR WOULD HAVE IF THE MOISTURE CONTENT WAS INCREASED TO 100 PERCENT RELATIVE HUMIDITY.

ON JULY 1, 1996, THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BEGAN USING THE "METAR" OBSERVATION CODE THAT WAS ALREADY EMPLOYED BY MOST OTHER NATIONS OF THE WORLD. THE MOST NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCE IN THIS ANNUAL PUBLICATION WILL BE THE CHANGE IN UNITS FROM TENTHS TO EIGHTS (OKTAS) FOR REPORTING THE AMOUNT OF SKY COVER.

2001 Worcester, Massachusetts (ORH)

HEATING DEGREE DAYS (base 65 F) 2001 WORCESTER, MA (ORH)
YEAR JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN TOTAL
1972-73 16 41 171 622 897 1152 1200 1120 738 555 338 37 6887
1973-74 6 8 202 420 750 1017 1191 1145 969 520 391 82 6701
1974-75 6 9 190 592 760 1063 1158 1110 1037 721 180 104 6930
1975-76 2 47 223 413 586 1161 1412 972 920 511 310 60 6617
1976-77 17 46 192 571 905 1331 1508 1115 798 571 244 115 7413
1977-78 16 32 189 481 711 1202 1359 1255 1054 674 288 69 7330
1978-79 33 38 229 511 767 1116 1225 1354 824 601 243 80 7021
1979-80 25 53 180 500 614 1019 1235 1233 983 562 246 148 6798
1980-81 2 19 165 540 853 1259 1516 894 934 521 241 42 6986
1981-82 1 29 204 562 772 1145 1478 1094 961 639 212 127 7224
1982-83 7 55 140 436 632 929 1199 996 871 548 318 44 6175
1983-84 5 20 115 459 682 1163 1303 892 1099 577 300 54 6669
1984-85 9 1 184 338 713 928 1382 1011 855 518 230 121 6290
1985-86 2 25 128 406 713 1223 1206 1166 879 501 262 119 6630
1986-87 48 49 182 471 830 1069 1266 1130 867 571 273 58 6814
1987-88 9 56 152 495 761 1052 1298 1107 922 629 253 115 6849
1988-89 19 32 155 597 693 1166 1123 1129 984 674 257 90 6919
1989-90 7 38 172 436 846 1540 1035 1006 884 632 413 58 7067
1990-91 22 30 192 379 683 957 1270 965 877 501 167 80 6123
1991-92 13 16 222 402 739 1090 1222 1092 1056 676 321 82 6931
1992-93 40 55 203 558 810 1117 1204 1259 1039 574 229 74 7162
1993-94 10 5 201 545 754 1115 1515 1226 968 515 337 49 7240
1994-95 5 48 182 431 636 975 1086 1170 887 667 329 58 6474
1995-96 191 352 877 1260 1279 1158 1031 587 331 36
1996-97 14 159 467 863 980 1277 1020 638 394 93
1997-98 15 18 158 498 858 1079 891 872 527 180 111
1998-99 3 8 98 450 736 902 1201 938 882 540 226 39 6023
1999-00 7 27 91 486 609 989 1295 1008 758 602 289 100 6261
2000-01 26 38 190 455 769 1273 1243 1081 1045 544 258 44 6966
2001- 38 1 117 391

2001 Worcester, Massachusetts (ORH)

COOLING DEGREE DAYS (base 65 F) 2001 WORCESTER, MA (ORH)
YEAR JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL
1972 0 0 0 0 9 41 215 109 20 0 0 0 394
1973 0 0 0 1 11 118 201 224 62 0 0 0 617
1974 0 0 0 4 8 59 159 164 36 0 0 0 430
1975 0 0 0 0 33 69 218 132 0 1 0 0 453
1976 0 0 0 37 7 154 110 119 16 0 0 0 443
1977 0 0 2 4 37 44 156 150 32 0 0 0 425
1978 0 0 0 0 32 57 138 137 14 0 0 0 378
1979 0 0 0 0 24 44 225 142 38 10 0 0 483
1980 0 0 0 0 8 48 206 178 57 0 0 0 497
1981 0 0 0 0 29 78 184 110 10 0 0 0 411
1982 0 0 0 0 8 29 216 92 34 0 0 0 379
1983 0 0 0 4 4 138 238 188 118 11 0 0 701
1984 0 0 0 2 10 156 171 209 30 0 0 0 578
1985 0 0 0 0 15 22 177 120 47 0 0 0 381
1986 0 0 0 0 50 54 151 111 21 2 0 0 389
1987 0 0 0 0 49 90 193 110 25 0 0 0 467
1988 0 0 0 0 24 112 260 266 17 1 0 0 680
1989 0 0 0 0 16 70 131 116 47 0 0 0 380
1990 0 0 0 6 0 52 159 153 25 10 0 0 405
1991 0 0 0 4 57 79 173 149 40 2 0 0 504
1992 0 0 0 0 30 44 75 78 37 0 0 0 264
1993 0 0 0 0 12 67 181 163 44 0 0 0 467
1994 0 0 0 0 12 122 260 97 9 0 0 0 500
1995 0 0 0 0 6 77 29 3 0 0
1996 0 0 0 2 23 70 143 47 0 0 0
1997 0 0 0 0 123 148 106 25 2 0 0
1998 0 10 0 21 58 165 181 47 0 0 0
1999 0 0 0 0 19 142 245 140 86 0 0 0 632
2000 0 0 0 0 22 95 82 104 31 1 0 0 335
2001 0 0 0 4 51 109 95 232 41 7 0 0 539

2001 Worcester, Massachusetts (ORH)

SNOWFALL (inches) 2001 WORCESTER, MA (ORH)
YEAR JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN TOTAL
1972-73 0.0 0.0 0.0 T 6.1 13.8 17.9 5.8 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.0 44.4
1973-74 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 T 0.9 12.5 15.0 1.7 3.7 0.0 0.0 33.8
1974-75 0.0 0.0 0.0 T 1.2 13.1 22.6 21.9 4.9 1.4 0.0 0.0 65.1
1975-76 0.0 0.0 0.0 T 1.5 18.1 21.6 4.7 16.4 T T 0.0 62.3
1976-77 0.0 0.0 0.0 T 3.0 13.5 21.7 13.8 21.5 1.0 12.7 0.0 87.2
1977-78 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.2 13.7 34.2 20.8 15.0 T T 0.0 85.9
1978-79 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.4 13.1 16.0 6.5 1.3 5.4 0.0 0.0 47.7
1979-80 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.5 0.0 2.1 0.8 6.5 9.7 T 0.0 0.0 26.6
1980-81 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0 6.8 12.5 11.4 3.3 T T 0.0 43.0
1981-82 0.0 0.0 0.0 T T 24.6 16.7 6.5 11.0 15.1 0.0 0.0 73.9
1982-83 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 6.4 18.6 32.1 3.5 2.3 T 0.0 63.4
1983-84 0.0 0.0 0.0 T 1.1 17.2 24.1 3.3 30.9 T T 0.0 76.6
1984-85 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 T 7.0 9.7 11.0 7.2 4.9 0.0 0.0 39.8
1985-86 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.9 9.1 5.8 14.5 2.3 0.1 0.3 0.0 39.0
1986-87 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.5 4.9 46.8 3.0 6.4 21.0 0.0 0.0 93.6
1987-88 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.2 12.9 25.2 15.8 6.4 0.6 0.0 0.0 71.1
1988-89 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 T 5.0 2.8 7.7 8.5 3.7 0.0 0.0 28.1
1989-90 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.9 10.2 11.3 15.2 6.4 2.1 0.0 T 53.1
1990-91 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 5.0 11.3 9.1 9.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 35.6
1991-92 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.8 14.5 2.7 8.4 11.8 2.7 0.0 0.1 46.0
1992-93 0.0 0.0 T 0.0 1.9 37.0 14.6 19.7 44.1 2.8 0.0 T 120.1
1993-94 0.0 0.0 0.0 T 0.2 12.9 34.1 25.9 27.1 0.0 T 0.0 100.2
1994-95 0.0 T T 0.0 2.9 3.2 4.5 14.3 T T 0.0 0.0 24.9
1995-96 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1996-97
1997-98
1998-99
1999-00
2000-01
2001-
POR=40 YRS 0.0 T T 0.5 3.6 13.2 15.9 15.7 13.7 3.5 0.3 0.0 66.4



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