The Northeast shivered its way through the eighth coldest November for the region in 102 years of record, according to climatologists from the Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell University.

The average temperature for the 12-state region was 34.6 degrees -- 4.7 degrees colder than normal. The record is 32.8 degrees, set in 1901.

Delaware and Maryland each averaged about 6 degrees colder than normal for each state's fourth coldest November on record. The normal average temperature for Delaware is 47.1 and Maryland is 45.8 degrees. The region's smallest temperature departure was in Maine, where temperatures averaged 2.2 degrees below normal.

Precipitation for the month was slightly below normal -- the Northeast received 93 percent of its normal precipitation during November, as recorded by 450 stations throughout the 12-state region. The wettest state was New York with 124 percent of normal. Maine and Rhode Island, meanwhile, only received about half of their monthly normal precipitation.

Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania and West Virginia all reported their wettest January-November period on record. It was also a record for the 12 states combined, as the area-weighted total of 48.82 inches was more than 10 inches over normal.

With a month remaining in the year, the area-weighted state average for West Virginia of 55.15 inches already exceeds the calendar year record of 54.41 inches set in 1972. The Northeast needs just 2.52 inches of precipitation in December to break a record, while Pennsylvania needs only 1.85 inches and New York, 4.29 inches.

Precipitation

Daily Precipitation Records (inches)
City                          Date     New          Previous
Pittsburgh                    8th     1.01         .70  in 1897
Morgantown, W.Va.             8th     1.09        0.51  in 1986
Bridgeport, Conn.             26th    2.17        1.43  in 1972
Central Park, N.Y.            26th    1.91        1.90  in 1900

Snowfall

November Monthly Snowfall Record (inches)
City                          New     Previous
Rochester, N.Y.               24.9     23.4  in 1995

Daily Snowfall Records (inches)
City                          Date     New           Previous
Pittsburgh (tie)              10th     2.2        2.2  in 1913
Rochester, N.Y.               26th     7.9        6.8  in 1956

High Temperature Records

City                          Date     New           Previous
Beckley, W.Va.                7th     70¡         68¡  in 1964
Morgantown, W.Va.             7th     74¡         71¡  in 1980
Burlington, Vt.               8th     74¡         71¡  in 1975
Massena, N.Y.                 8th     74¡         69¡  in 1975
Montpelier, Vt. (tie)         8th     67¡         67¡  in 1975
St. Johnsbury, Vt. (tie)      9th     68¡         68¡  in 1938
Caribou, Maine                9th     64¡         60¡  in 1943

Low Temperature Records

City                          Date     New         Previous
Mt. Washington, N.H.          3rd       1¡         4¡  in 1937
JFK AP, N.Y. (tie)            12th     32¡        32¡  in 1976
Allentown, Pa.                13th     18¡        21¡  in 1986
Atlantic City AP, N.J. (tie)  13th     22¡        22¡  in 1995
Philadelphia                  13th     24¡        25¡  in 1986
Syracuse, N.Y.                13th     14¡        16¡  in 1905
Albany, N.Y. (tie)            14th     12¡        12¡  in 1986
Burlington, Vt.               14th     10¡        15¡  in 1986
Allentown (tie)               15th     18¡        18¡  in 1986
Elkins, W.Va.                 15th      3¡        13¡  in 1969
Montpelier, Vt.               15th     10¡        14¡  in 1967
Pittsburgh (tie)              15th     14¡        14¡  in 1933
Baltimore (tie)               16th     19¡        22¡  in 1967
Baltimore                     17th     20¡        21¡  in 1933
Atlantic City AP, N.J.        28th     15¡        16¡  in 1982
JFK Airport, N.Y.             28th     21¡        23¡  in 1951
Rochester, N.Y. (tie)         28th     11¡        11¡  in 1930
Hartford, Conn. (tie)         29th     13¡        13¡  in 1940

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