New York City Weather Archive

New York Weather History: November (1979 - 2012)

Highlights:  80 degrees on November 15, 1993; Veteran's Day snowstorm of 1987; AM low of 18 degrees on November 21, 1987; Thanksgiving Day snowstorm of 1989; the early snowstorm of November 7-8, 2012.

 

To read about highlights from each day during the month:

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November 25

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November 27

November 28

November 29

November 30

Today in New York Weather History: November 30

 

• 2005 - 1.28" of rain fell in a 3-hour period between 11PM last night and 2AM today.

 

• 2006 - It was ironic that the last day of November was the mildest day of the month as today's high of 69/low of 58 was more typical for early October - and 21 degrees above average.   

 

• 2011 - November was 4.2 degrees milder than average and was the eighth month in a row with above-average temperatures.  This followed 2010 which had nine consecutive months with above average temps (between March and November).

 

• 2012 - This November was the opposite of last year's as it was 3.8 degrees chillier than average, making it the coldest since 1996.  However, although nineteen mornings had lows in the 30's, only three were at freezing or colder (coldest reading was 31 degrees) - and they all occurred early in the month (11/6-8). 

Today in New York Weather History: November 29

 

• 1995 - 2.9" of snow fell this morning, the first snowfall of what would be a record-setting 77 inches during the upcoming winter.  Today's snow was the last of one inch or more in November until 2012. 

Today in New York Weather History: November 28

Of the three days of the year most likely to have one-inch rainfalls (based on records going back to 1979), two are two days apart: November 26 and 28.  (The other date is March 26).  On these days rainstorms of one-inch or more have occurred five times.

 

• 1976 - The 0.32" of rain that fell this morning was the most to fall all month.  Until today just .02" of precipitation had fallen - and it fell nineteen days earlier.  This month would pass November 1931 (which reported 0.60") to beccome the driest November on record.

 

• 1979 - Today was the ninth day in a row in which the mean temperature was 10 degrees or more milder than average.  The high/low during these days was 66/53, sixteen degrees above normal - more typical of late-April.

 

• 1980 - 1.05" of rain fell between 10AM-1PM.  1.68" fell during the entire rain event.

 

• 1985 - It was a raw and rainy Thanksgiving Day.  The high/low was just 41/37 and 1.15" of rain fell, mostly during the afternoon and evening.  At the time it tied 1935 as the rainiest Turkey Day (later topped in 2006).  

 

• 1993 - It rained for most of the morning (3AM-noon), but well over half of the 1.45" total, 0.89", fell in just an hour (10:09-11:09 AM) - and 0.44" fell in a 15-minute period.    

 

• 1994 - 1.05" of rain fell today, ending by 5PM.  This was the fifth time an inch or more of rain fell on this date since 1980.  (It hasn't happened since.)

 

• 1996 - A cold, cold day as the temperature stayed below freezing the entire day (high/low of 31/23) - the first time in seven years it happened in November.  Additionally, the first measurable snow of the season dusted Central Park with 0.1".  Despite how little fell, the next snowfall wouldn't be for another six weeks, on January 9 (when just 0.9" was measured).

 

• 2011 - Today's high of 70 was twenty-one degrees above average and a record for the date.  It was the warmest reading in seven weeks, since a high of 73 on October 11.  In the past three weeks temperatures have been six degrees above average, and eight days had highs of 65 or warmer.

 

 

 

Today in New York Weather History: November 27

• 1976 - With a high of 61/low of 54, 18 degrees above average, today was the mildest day of the month.  It would also be the last 60-degree day for more than three months (until March 5).

 

• 1977 - The first measurable snow of the season, 0.2", fell between 9-10PM.  It was also the coldest day of the month, with a high/low of 33/29, eleven degrees below average.

 

• 1978 - For the second year in a row the season's first snowfall occurred on this date - but this year's was more substantial.  It fell mostly between 9AM and 1PM and amounted to 2.2".  However, it was largely washed away during the evening when the snow changed to rain as the temperature rose into the mid-30's (13 degrees colder than the average high).

 

• 1999 - Today was the eighth day in a row in which temperatures were 10 degrees or more milder than average.  The average high and low during these day, 63/52, was 12.5 degrees above typical late November temperatures.

Today in New York Weather History: November 26

Since 1979 this is one of three days most likely to have rainfall of an inch or more.  On November 26 it's happened in five years: 1979, 1986, 1996, 2000 and 2007 (and 0.97" fell in 1998).  The other two days with five one-inch rainfalls are July 21 and November 28. 

• 1976 - Today's high of 61 degrees was the mildest temperature of the month and would be the last 60-degree reading for more than three months - until March 5.

• 1986 - A 12-hour rainstorm between 9AM-9PM dumped 1.72" of rain, with 0.51" falling in an hour-long period shortly before the rain came to an end (6:46-7:46PM).

• 1996 - 1.91" of rain fell during the morning, a record amount for the date (breaking the previous record from ten years earlier).

• 1998 - Two-thirds of the month's below-average rainfall fell today (0.97"), mostly between 7AM-noon. 

 

Today in New York City Weather History: November 25

 

• 1979 - Today's morning low was a balmy 63 degrees and the afternoon high reached a May-like 72, resulting in a daily mean temperature that was a whopping 25 degrees above average.  

 

• 2001 - Half of the month's paltry rainfall fell in two hours this evening (6-8PM) when 0.72" was measured. 

 

• 2009 - There was only a two-degree variation between today's high (51 degrees) and low (49). 

 

Today in New York Weather History: November 24

 

• 1980 - Half of today's 0.90" of rain fell between 7-8PM.  The remaining rain fell over ten hours.

 

 

• 2005 - It was Thanksgiving Day and very cold air moved in later in the afternoon, dropping the temperature from 49 degrees to 24 by midnight.  Light showers fell before and after the Macy's parade.  (To read more weather highlights of other Thanksgiving holidays doubleclick here.) 

 

2007 - This morning's low of 26 degrees was the coldest reading of the month and came two days after the month's mildest reading (60 degrees). 

Today in New York Weather History: November 23

 

• 1989 - A Thanksgiving Day snowstorm along the Mid-Atlantic (which began late last night) dumped 4.7" of snow on NYC; however, it was over by the time the Macy's parade (right) began.  Although this wasn't a wintertime snowfal,l it was larger than any accumulation during the 1989/90 season.  The day's high topped out at just 31 degrees, 20 degrees below average, the earliest date for a sub-freezing high temperature in the 1979-2012 period.  

• 1991 - Today was the 5th day in a row with temperatures 10 degrees or more above average.  During these days the average high/low of 67/54 was 16 degrees above average.

• 2006 - An all-day rain totalling 1.72" made this the wettest Thanksgiving on record, easily topping the previous record from 1939 and 1985.  

• 2008 - This was the 6th day in a row with temperatures 10 degrees or more below average.  It was also the 6th consecutive day in which the low temperature was at freezing or below, matching November streaks of similar length in 1997 and 2000 (the lengthiest in the 1962-2012 period). The average high/low of 37/26 during this cold snap was 14 degrees colder than normal.   

Today in New York Weather History: November 22

 

• 2007 - Today's high of 66 degrees made this the mildest Thanksgiving Day since 1990.  (For more Thanksgiving weather highlights doubleclick here.)

 

• 2008 - Today's high of 32 degrees was the earliest date for a freezing high temperature in the past 40 years (and besting 1989 by one day).  It came in the midst of a six-day cold snap (Nov. 18-23) in which the average high/low of 37/26 was 14 degrees colder than average.

 

 

2011 - With today's rainfall, 2011 became New York's wettest year ever, passing 1972.  With thirty-nine days remaining in 2011, 67.88" of precipitation had fallen.  (Although 1983 had 80.56" of precipitation this was invalidated when it was revealed that Central Park's rain gauge had been broken for part of the year.)