Record Cold in the Northeast, Snowfall Update for the 2022–23 Season
A cold front led to record cold temperatures in parts of the Northeast this week and a frost advisory is in effect for early tomorrow in parts of New Hampshire and Maine.
But there’s a fair chance that June, July and August will be warmer than normal, according to NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center
This morning’s temperatures were as low as 12 degrees in New Hampshire (at Mount Washington), 17 degrees in Vermont, 19 degrees in Maine and in the 20s in Massachusetts and Connecticut.
The low hit 30 in Portland, Maine, making it the latest spring freeze since 2002, according to the National Weather Service office that covers western Maine and New Hampshire. Sixty years ago was the last time it was that cold there this late in spring.
Record low high temperatures were also reported in some areas yesterday, and record snowfall (a trace of snow) was reported in Burlington, Vermont. A trace of snow also fell in Caribou, Maine, on May 17, the weather service office there says.
Mid-Spring Weather, Climate and Snowfall Update for New England
Meanwhile, parts of the Northeast became abnormally dry in the last week (17.51 percent of the region as of 8 a.m. EDT on May 16 versus 12.63 percent a week earlier), according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.
More images, including ones covering snowfall in the Eastern U.S. during the 2022–23 season and the eruption of Mount St. Helens 43 years ago today. BTW, I was a news intern at The Bulletin in Bend, Oregon, in the fall of 1979, about six months before the eruption.
National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center
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More of my blog posts, aka stories, and some of them have numerous photos taken in New Hampshire:
— New England Weather and Climate Update, With Snowfall Totals and Spring Outlook
— Record Warmth in Much of New England (and Some Record Cold) in January-February 2023
— Guide to Snowfall Forecast Maps for New England, With Other Snow Information and Photos
— Snow Forecast Maps for This Week’s “Major Nor’easter” Off New England
— Extreme Snowfall in New England Led by Mount Washington in N.H.
— Snowfall Maps Show Major Shortfalls in Northeast and Great Lakes States in Recent Winters
— Memories of the “Crippling” Blizzard of February 1978 in the Northeast
— Snowfall Totals for the 2022–23 Season in the Eastern U.S.
— New England Spring Climate Highlights and 2021–22 Seasonal Snowfall Totals
— New England Average Snowfall Map: Are You Ready for Winter?
— Newfound Lake Photos After Rainfall and Another Winter Storm This Week
— Colorful Sunrise and Sunset Photos at Newfound Lake in New Hampshire
— Photos of Peaking Fall Foliage in New Hampshire (Part One)
— Photos of Peak Fall Foliage in New Hampshire (Part Two)
— Fall Foliage Photos in New Hampshire (Part Three)
— New Hampshire Fall Foliage Photos (Part Four)
— Photos of Emerging Fall Foliage in New Hampshire, September 2022
— Photos of Serene, Remote Cranberry Lake in Adirondack Park, New York
— Photos at Serene, Colorful Lees Pond in Moultonborough, New Hampshire
— Photos: Autumn Colors and Water Scenery in New Hampshire
— Photos on the Trail: Colorful Fall Foliage in New Hampshire
— Snow Shortage Persists in Much of the East
— Superstorm Sandy: 10th Anniversary Memories and Images
— Third Warmest Winter on Record in the Contiguous U.S.
— Scenic New Hampshire Photos This Winter
— Three Historic October Storms in the Northeast, This Month’s Climate Outlook and September Recap
— Hurricane Ian Stats and Images, New England Cold and Drought Update in the Northeast
— 50-Foot Wave from Hurricane Fiona, Drought Update and Fall Climate Outlook for the Northeast
— Nor’easter Winds Gust to 94 mph in Massachusetts, Higher than Superstorm Sandy in New Jersey
— Hurricanes and Tropical Storms in New England, With the Chances of Them Coming Within 50 Miles
— 1821 Hurricane Slammed U.S. East Coast
