December 2023 Weather Recap: 2023 Ends with New York's 2nd Mildest & 9th Wettest December
December 2023 became New York's second mildest December on record and its ninth wettest. But despite it being such a mild month (5.5 degrees above average), the warmest temperature of the month was just 62° (on 12/18), which is typical for December’s mildest reading. However, the month’s coldest reading, 25° on 12/22, was seven degrees milder than the typical coldest reading.
December had 6.71” of rain, making it the fourth month of 2023 with 6.50” of rain or more, something that’s happened in just five other years (2018, 2007, 1989, 1983 and 1901).
After the coldest reading of the month on 12/22, 25°, the rest of the month had no readings of 32° or colder. The average low between 12/23-12/31 was 42°, eleven degrees above average.
There were ten days with a mean temperature 10 degrees or more above average. The most above average day was 12/28 which was 16 degrees above average (high/low of 55°/49°). Only six days were colder than average. The chilliest day was 12/22, with a high/low of 37°/25° (six degrees below average).
Three rainstorms produced more than 1.50” of rain. They accounted for 5.68” of the month’s 6.71” of rain.
- 1.67" fell on Dec. 10-11
- 2.47" fell on Dec. 17-18 (2.21" on 12/18 set a record for the date)
- 1.54" fell on Dec. 27-28
Like last year, November and December of this year had only a trace of snow in Central Park, joining the winters of 1971-2 and 1972-73 as the only back-to-back winters with no measurable snow in Nov/Dec.
March and December had the same average temperature, but December’s was 5.5 degrees above average while March’s was 1.8 degrees above average. And while December 2023 was the second mildest on record, March was the 25th mildest. Finally, December had twice as much rain as March.
Here are recaps of previous Decembers:
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Posted by: Richard Arrigo | 01/02/2024 at 09:35 PM