February notes...
Precipitation days includes three days that recieved a trace of snow
The top rain storm started as snow and ended as freezing rain.
The top snow was 7.25" but the month started with a 7" storm on Feb 1-2. Of the precipitation days this month only one did not include snow, that was the early morning hours of Feb 17.
February was colder than January which is against the average but it has happened before.
The windy December was not the start of a trend. January and February have gone the other end of the spectrum. The lack of major winter systems plays a part in this.
Daily Records summary:
A rarity: No temperature records were set.
2021 temperature records stand at one record high, no record lows. No records have been set for coldest high temps, with one day setting a record for warmest low temp.
Summary 2021 total: 2 warm records and no cold records.
Spent considerable amount of time adding to my master temperature spreadsheet. Moving away from having to look at each year at a certain date to see how the current year compares in average temperature. I added a column that gives the average temp for that day in the first twenty years or data. Went with that comparison to give comparisons a stable benchmark. Do not know if I will change that after I have 25 or 30 years. For quite awhile some weather companies have been using 1981-2000 as a benchmark. This helps to quickly see how the year ranks on any day, or at the end of a month. After a very warm January and a slightly above average February this allows the ability to see where the year stands companed to the average.
The 20 year average temp through February 28th is 22.22°. The average temp this year through February is 24.78°. At this point the year is 2.56° warmer. However that can disappear in March. We have seen March go colder than January once before.
After spending the time to get a source for the year to date temperature last weekend I will now return to tabulating the count of precipitation days to place that data into the monthly averages.
February rankings (out of 24):
High Temp: 15th
Low Temp: 11th
Avg Temp: 13th
Precip: 14th
Snow: 9th
Wind: 24th
Humidity: 8th
Dew Point: 12th
Heat Deg: 12th
Cool Deg: --
Barometer: 5th out of 21
Liberty, Maine weather data for...
February, 2021
Daily Data
High Temp 47.3° (2/24)
Low Temp 0.9° (2/12)
Top Rain Storm 0.38" (2/16)
Top Snow Storm 7.25" (2/22)
High Wind Gust 39 mph (2/2)
Low Windchill -10° (2/12)
High Dew Point 39.0° (2/23)
Low Dew Point -11.1° (2/12)
Barometer H/L 1032.2/988.0mb
Precipitation Days 14
2021 Averages
High Temp 31.17°
Low Temp 17.27°
Avg. Temp 24.22°
Precip. 2.12”
Snow 23.85”
High Wind Gust 16.79 mph
Humidity 68.86%
Dew Point 14.61°
Degree Days 1141.85
Cooling Deg Days 0
Barometer 1014.91 mb
Red= record high since 1998
Blue= record low since 1998
Difference from 2020
High Temp -3.47°
Low Temp -0.73°
Avg. Temp -2.10°
Precip. +0.17”
Snow -10.50”
High Gust -1.38 mph
Humidity +1.07%
Dew Point -1.79°
Degree Days +20.10
Cooling Days 0
Barometer +2.51 mb
20 Year Avg.
High Temp 31.50°
Low Temp 15.87°
Avg. Temp 23.69°
Precip. 2.47”
Snow 22.08”
High Gust 22.15 mph
Humidity 66.86%
Dew Point 13.45°
Degree Days 1166.81
Cooling Days 0
Barometer 1011.43
(avg 1998-2017)
2021 Vs. Average
High Temp -0.33°
Low Temp +1.40°
Avg. Temp +0.53°
Precip. -0.35”
Snow +1.77”
High Gust -5.36 mph
Humidity +2.00%
Dew Point +1.16°
Degree Days -24.96
Cooling Days 0
Barometer +3.48mb
Difference from last month (Jan 2021)
High Temp -0.48°
Low Temp -1.66°
Avg. Temp -1.07°
Precip. +0.13”
Snow +12.10”
High Gust +1.37 mph
Humidity -2.35%
Dew Point -1.92°
H Degree Days -89.15
C Deg Days 0
Barometer +3.86mb
Season snowfall amounts:
(Highest to Lowest)
'14-'15 148.25"
'07-'08 135.90"
'00-'01 126.98"
'10-'11 125.10"
’17-’18 108.15"
’12-’13 100.70"
’18-’19 96.70"
’16-’17 93.65 "
'08-'09 90.25"
'01-'02 85.15"
’13-’14 82.95"
'06-'07 82.65"
'03-'04 78.75"
'98-'99 78.65"
'09-'10 78.45"
'02-'03 74.00"
’19-’20 73.85"
’11-’12 68.70"
'99-'00 64.90"
’20-’21 51.55"
'05-'06 50.35"
’15-’16 50.10"
'04-'05 44.77"
22 season average: 88.14"
May 9th snowstorm.
One chicken came up on the deck but gave up rather quickly and headed back to the coop.