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January Finishes Well Below Normal for Temperatures
and Precipitation in Lowville
Published: February 02, 2022
at 01:00 p.m.
By: Nick Altmire
Lowville, NY-
Following one of the warmest Decembers on record in Lowville, January
turned out to be quite a different story, according to weather data from
the Northeast Regional Climate Center dating back to
1893.
January finished
with a mean average temperature (cumulative highs and lows) of 10.1 degrees
in Lowville, making it the 11th coldest January on record and
coldest January since 2004 (6.8 degrees). The normal mean average
temperature for January in Lowville is 17.3 degrees, with January of 2022
finishing 7.2 degrees below the normal average. By comparison, December was
the 8th warmest on record in Lowville, finishing 5.7 degrees
above the normal average.
The high
temperature for January 2022 of 46 degrees was reached on January 2nd and
the low temperature for the month of -23 degrees was reached on January 21st
and 22nd. There were 20 days where a temperature below zero was recorded,
tying it for 2nd place all-time for most January days with a
below zero temperature. Only 1994 had more below zero days in January, when
22 were recorded.
January saw a
total of 1.81 inches of precipitation, well below the normal of 3.47 inches
for the month. This ranks as the 19th driest January on
record. Measurable precipitation was recorded on 14 days, with four additional
days recording a trace amount. Precipitation totals include 25 inches of
new snow recorded, compared to the normal average of 35.6 inches of new
snow in January. The snowiest January on record, with 84.6 inches of new
snow recorded, was 1997. The day with the most new snow
last month, with 6 inches recorded, was January 17th.
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