1993 KENTUCKY GROWING SEASON SUMMARY Mon Nov 22 17:00:00 EDT 1993 WEEK ENDING NOV 21, 1993: THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 49.8 ACROSS KENTUCKY DURING THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 15 TO THE 21ST. MEAN PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS WERE AROUND 1.60 IN. VARYING FROM .60 OF AN INCH AT CUMBERLAND GAP TO 2.82 INCHES AT PADUCAH AND 3.27 INCHES AT MARKLAND. WEEK ENDING NOV 14, 1993: THE WEEK BEGAN COOL AND DRY BUT ENDED WET AND VERY WARM. HIGHEST TEMPERATURES AT WEEK`S END ROSE INTO THE 70S AND LOWER 80S WHILE LOWEST READINGS DURING THE FIRST PART OF THE WEEK FELL INTO THE UPPER TEENS AND LOWER 20S. TEMPERATURES AVERAGED AROUND 50 DEGREES WHICH IS A DEGREE OR TWO ABOVE NORMAL FOR MID-NOVEMBER. ALL REPORTING STATIONS RECEIVED SOME RAINFALL. WESTERN KENTUCKY RECEIVED THE MOST RAIN WITH AMOUNTS BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES. SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY RECEIVED THE LEAST RAINFALL WITH AMOUNTS GENERALLY LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. WEEK ENDING NOV 7, 1993: NOT AVAILABLE. WEEK ENDING OCT 31, 1993: AVERAGE DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURES ACROSS KENTUCKY WERE BELOW NORMAL FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 31, 1993, WHILE DAILY MINIMUM TEMPERATURES AVERAGED NEAR OR SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL. PRECIPITATION FOR THE WEEK ALSO AVERAGED BELOW NORMAL. WEEK ENDING OCT 24, 1993: THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 24, 1993 WAS 57. THE AVERAGE ACCUMULATION OF RAIN WAS 1.90 INCHES ACROSS KENTUCKY. THE PORTION OF KENTUCKY THAT RECEIVED THE MOST ACCUMULATIVE RAINFALL WAS WESTERN KENTUCKY WITH AN AVERAGE OF 2.10 INCHES DURING LAST WEEK. WEEK ENDING OCT 17, 1993: THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 57 DURING THE WEEK. THE MEAN HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS AROUND 67 AND THE MEAN LOW WAS AROUND 46. PRECIPITATION AVERAGED 0.68 IN. ACROSS KENTUCKY. WEEK ENDING OCT 10, 1993: SLIGHTLY WARMER THAN NORMAL AND FAIRLY DRY CONDITIONS WERE OBSERVED ACROSS KENTUCKY DURING THE WEEK. AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES WERE MAINLY IN THE MID 70S WHICH WAS FROM 1-3 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL FOR MOST LOCATIONS. AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE MID 40S TO AROUND 50, WHICH WAS NEAR NORMAL FOR MOST AREAS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WERE QUITE LIMITED OVER THE STATE WITH MOST AREAS EXPERIENCING DEFICITS OF 0.33 TO 0.75 OF AN INCH FOR THE WEEK. MANY SITES RECORDED NO PRECIPITATION; HOWEVER, A FEW LOCATIONS IN EASTERN KENTUCKY REPORTED AROUND 1.00 INCH OF RAIN. WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 3, 1993: THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURES FOR THE WEEK ROSE INTO THE UPPER 70S AND LOWER 80S WITH NIGHT-TIME LOWS FALLING INTO THE LOW AND MID 30S. AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE UPPER 50S, WHICH IS 3-4 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL FOR LATE SEPTEMBER AND EARLY OCTOBER. MOST REPORTING STATIONS RECEIVED RAINFALL DURING THE BEGINNING AND END OF THE WEEK. AMOUNTS WERE GENERALLY BETWEEN 0.25 AND 0.75 OF AN INCH WITH HIGHEST TOTALS AROUND 1.00 INCH. WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 26, 1993: THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE DURING THE LAST WEEK WAS 66. THE MEAN HIGH WAS 73 AND THE MEAN LOW WAS 55. AVERAGE RAINFALL ACROSS THE STATE WAS 1.60 INCHES. THE MOST RAIN FELL IN WEST KENTUCKY WHERE THE AVERAGE RAINFALL WAS 2.50 INCHES FOR THE WEEK. WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 19, 1993: THE FIRST FEW DAYS WERE VERY WARM WITH AFTERNOON HIGHS REACHING INTO THE 90S, BUT THE REST OF THE WEEK WAS PLEASANT WITH HIGHS IN THE 60S AND 70S AND LOWS IN THE 50S AND 60S. TEMPERATURES AVERAGED FROM THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S, WHICH IS NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE MIDDLE OF SEPTEMBER. ON WEDNESDAY (9/15) RAIN SPREAD ACROSS THE STATE AND ALL REPORTING STATIONS RECEIVED RAIN. THE HEAVIEST RAIN FELL OVER THE SOUTH WITH SEVERAL LOCATIONS REPORTING FROM 1.50 TO 2.50 IN. WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 12, 1993: NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES, BUT A LACK OF RAIN CHARACTERIZED THE WEATHER THE PAST WEEK OVER KENTUCKY. HIGH TEMPERATURES AVERAGED AROUND 80 WITH LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. LITTLE OR NO RAINFALL OCCURRED OVER WEST AND CENTRAL PARTS OF THE STATE, WHILE EAST KENTUCKY SAW AMOUNTS AVERAGING ABOUT 0.75 OF AN INCH. DEFICITS STATEWIDE WERE ABOUT 0.50 OF AN INCH. WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 5, 1993: HOT AND HUMID WEATHER CONTINUED OVER KENTUCKY FOR MUCH OF THE PAST WEEK, BUT COOLER AND DRY AIR SPREAD OVER THE COMMONWEALTH OVER THE WEEKEND. HOWEVER, TEMPERATURES STILL AVERAGED SOME 2-4 DEGREES ABOVE SEASONAL NORMALS WITH HIGHS FOR THE WEEK AVERAGING 85-90 ACROSS THE STATE. COOLER AIR OVER THE WEEKEND RESULTED IN HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S AND LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRED THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK RESULTING IN PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS OF 0.25 TO 0.75 IN. ABOVE NORMAL IN MANY LOCATIONS. FEW AREAS WHERE HEAVY SHOWERS OCCURRED RECEIVED MORE THAN 1.00 IN. ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE WEEK. WEEK ENDING AUGUST 29, 1993: HOT AND HUMID WEATHER CONTINUED OVER KENTUCKY THIS PAST WEEK WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES EVERY DAY RAISING INTO THE LOWER AND MID 90S. THIS RESULTED IN TEMPERATURES SOME 7-10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. PRECIPITATION WAS SPOTTY AT BEST IN SCATTERED SHOWERS. AMOUNTS OF MOST LOCATIONS AVERAGED 0.50 TO 0.75 IN. BELOW NORMAL WITH TOTALS FOR THIS WEEK LESS THAN 0.50 IN. ONLY A FEW LOCATIONS, WHERE HEAVIER SHOWERS OCCURRED, RECEIVED AMOUNTS CLOSE TO NORMAL. WEEK ENDING AUGUST 22, 1993: HOT AND DRY WEATHER CONTINUED OVER MOST PARTS OF KENTUCKY AGAIN THIS PAST WEEK. TEMPERATURES AVERAGED 3-5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S. THE WARMEST TEMPERATURES OCCURRED THE FIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS OF THE WEEK WITH SOMEWHAT COOLER READINGS OVER THE WEEKEND. SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION WAS SPOTTY WITH MOST LOCATIONS RECEIVING LESS THAN 0.50 IN. ONLY A FEW LOCATIONS RECEIVED ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL, WHILE MOST AREAS AVERAGED 0.50 TO 0.75 IN. BELOW NORMAL. WEEK ENDING AUGUST 15, 1993: KENTUCKY EXPERIENCED RELATIVELY WET CONDITIONS LAST WEEK WITH NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES. HIGH TEMPERATURES AVERAGED IN THE MIDDLE 80S AND LOW TEMPERATURES AVERAGED IN THE MIDDLE 60S. PRECIPITATION FOR KENTUCKY FOR THE WEEK AVERAGED AROUND 1.00 WEST AND CENTRAL AND AROUND 0.66 IN. IN THE EAST. LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 7.00 IN. WERE REPORTED IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY. WEEK ENDING AUGUST 8, 1993: HIGH TEMPERATURES AVERAGED 3 - 5 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL ALL ACROSS KENTUCKY DURING THE PAST WEEK WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER AND MID 80S ON MOST DAYS. THE COOLEST DAY WAS FRIDAY (8/6) WHEN READINGS ONLY REACHED THE 70S. MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WERE EVEN COOLER AVERAGING 4 - 6 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. RAINFALL FOR THE WEEK RANGED FROM AROUND 0.50 OF AN INCH OVER WEST KENTUCKY TO 1.00 - 2.00 INCHES OVER THE EAST PART OF THE STATE. THE GREATEST AMOUNTS FELL ON MONDAY (8/2), BUT WIDESPREAD RAIN ALSO OCCURRED ON WEDNESDAY (8/4) AND AGAIN ON FRIDAY (8/6). WEEK ENDING AUGUST 1, 1993: HOT AND GENERALLY DRY WEATHER PREVAILED ACROSS KENTUCKY EARLY IN THE WEEK BEFORE A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE BROUGHT COOLER TEMPERATURES AND LOWER HUMIDITY TO THE STATE BY THE END OF THE WEEK. ON AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES FOR THE WEEK WERE FROM 3-6 ABOVE NORMAL IN MOST AREAS, WHILE MINIMUM TEMPERATURES AVERAGED FROM NEAR NORMAL TO 3 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. PRECIPITATION FOR THE PERIOD WAS LACKING IN MOST LOCATIONS WITH DEFICITS OF 0.33 TO 0.75 OF AN INCH BEING COMMON. WEEK ENDING JULY 25, 1993: KENTUCKY HAD A HOT AND HUMID WEEK LAST WEEK. HIGH TEMPERATURES AVERAGED FROM 90-95 DEGREES OR 3-5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. LOW TEMPERATURES AVERAGED IN THE LOWER 70S OR 3-5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. PRECIPITATION FOR THE WEEK WAS HIGHLY VARIABLE WITH MANY LOCATIONS REMAINING DRY AND OTHER ISOLATED SPOTS RECEIVING 1.00 TO 2.00 INCHES. AVERAGE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WERE AROUND 0.60 INCHES IN THE WEST AND THE REST OF KENTUCKY AVERAGED LESS THAN 0.25 INCHES. WEEK ENDING JULY 18, 1993: HOT DAYTIME TEMPERATURES AND WARM NIGHT-TIME TEMPERATURES PREVAILED OVER KENTUCKY DURING THE PAST WEEK. HIGHS AVERAGED IN THE LOWER 90S WITH LOWS IN THE LOWER 70S. THESE READINGS WERE ABOUT 3-5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. RAINFALL VARIED ACROSS THE STATE, BUT MOST AREAS WERE WELL ABOVE AVERAGE. AVERAGE TOTALS WERE NEAR 2.00 INCHES, BUT A FEW LOCATIONS HAD IN EXCESS OF 3.00 INCHES. RAIN AMOUNTS STATEWIDE AVERAGED ABOUT 1.00 INCH ABOVE THE MEAN. WEEK ENDING JULY 11, 1993: IT WAS VERY HOT ACROSS THE STATE DURING THE FIRST FULL WEEK OF JULY. HIGHS WERE IN THE 90S EACH DAY WITH LOWS ONLY FALLING INTO THE UPPER 60S AND LOWER 70S. FOR THE WEEK TEMPERATURES AVERAGED IN THE LOWER 80S, WHICH IS 3-5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL FOR EARLY JULY. MOST REPORTING STATIONS RECEIVED SOME RAIN IN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS, BUT AMOUNTS WERE GENERALLY LESS THAN 0.50 IN. ONLY ONE STATION RECEIVED OVER 1.00 IN. OF RAIN AND THAT WAS BOWLING GREEN WITH 1.55 IN. OF PRECIPITATION. WEEK ENDING JULY 4, 1993: NOT AVAILABLE. WEEK ENDING JUNE 27, 1993: KENTUCKY EXPERIENCED NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND PRECIPITATION LAST WEEK. HIGH TEMPERATURES AVERAGED IN THE MIDDLE 80S, WHILE LOW TEMPERATURES AVERAGED IN THE MIDDLE 60S. PRECIPITATION FOR THE WEEK AVERAGED AROUND 0.75 OF AN INCH STATEWIDE. WEEK ENDING JUNE 20, 1993: THE WEATHER FOR THIS PAST WEEK WAS WARM AND HUMID OVER KENTUCKY WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES AVERAGING IN THE MID 80S TO LOWER 90S, SOME 3-4 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. MOST LOCATIONS REACHED 90 OR ABOVE AT SOME POINT DURING THE WEEK AND THE WESTERN SECTION OF THE STATE REACHED THE MID 90S. THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF RAIN FELL OVER THE EASTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE COMMONWEALTH WHERE THUNDERSTORMS DUMPED 1.00-2.00 INCHES IN MANY AREAS. HOWEVER, THE RAIN FELL ONLY ONE OR TWO DAYS DURING THE WEEK. IN THE WEST AND NORTH CENTRAL PARTS, RAINFALL TOTALED LESS THAN 1.00 INCH. WEEK ENDING JUNE 13, 1993: SUMMER ARRIVED IN FULL SWING. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE 80S AND LOWER 90S WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE 50S AND 60S. FOR THE WEEK, TEMPERATURES AVERAGED IN THE MID AND UPPER 70S, WHICH IS 3-5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL FOR EARLY JUNE. ALL REPORTING STATIONS REPORTED RAIN LAST WEE, BUT AMOUNTS VARIED GREATLY. SEVERAL LOCATIONS RECEIVED 5.00 INCHES OF RAIN, WHILE OTHERS RECEIVED LESS THAN 0.50 OF AN INCH. WEEK ENDING JUNE 6, 1993: IT WAS COOL ACROSS THE STATE DURING THE WEEK. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE LOW AND MID 80S WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS FALLING INTO THE 40S. TEMPERATURES AVERAGED IN THE LOW AND MID 60S WHICH IS FROM 5-7 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL FOR THE FIRST WEEK OF JUNE. MOST OF THE RAIN FELL IN STRONG THUNDERSTORMS, WHICH MOVED ACROSS THE STATE ON FRIDAY, 6/4. SEVERAL LOCATIONS IN THE EAST RECEIVED MORE THAN 2.00 INCHES. WEEK ENDING MAY 30, 1993: NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES, BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL. HIGH TEMPERATURES AVERAGED NEAR 80 DEGREES, ABOUT NORMAL. LOW TEMPERATURES AVERAGED UPPER 50S, FEW DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. PRECIPITATION AVERAGED AROUND 0.20 OF AN INCH. ISOLATED LOCATIONS RECEIVED OVER 1.00 INCH. WEEK ENDING MAY 23, 1993: KENTUCKY EXPERIENCED A COOL WEEK WITH RAINFALL SLIGHTLY BELOW AVERAGE. HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR THE WEEK AVERAGED IN THE LOWER 70S OR ABOUT 7 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. LOW TEMPERATURES FOR THE WEEK AVERAGED NEAR 50 DEGREES OR ABOUT 7 DEGREES BELOW THE AVERAGE FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR. RAINFALL FOR THE WEEK AVERAGED NEAR 0.50 INCH IN THE WEST AND CLOSER TO 0.75 OF AN INCH ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF KENTUCKY. WEEK ENDING MAY 16, 1993: THE FIRST HALF OF THE WEEK WAS VERY WARM. AFTERNOON HIGHS REACHED INTO THE LOW AND MID 80S. DAILY TEMPERATURES AVERAGED FROM 10 TO 12 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE LAST HALF OF THE WEEK WAS COOLER WITH HIGHS IN THE 60S AND 70S. FOR THE WEEK TEMPERATURES AVERAGED BETWEEN 65 AND 70 DEGREES. THIS IS A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL FOR MID-MAY. ALL REPORTING STATIONS HAD RAIN. THE HEAVIEST RAIN FELL OVER SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY WITH PRECIPITATION REPORTS ABOVE 1 INCH. THE REST OF THE STATE RECEIVED BETWEEN 0.25 AND 1 INCH. WEEK ENDING MAY 9, 1993: UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES PREVAILED OVER KENTUCKY DURING THE PAST WEEK. DAYTIME HIGHS WERE IN THE 80'S WITH LOWS AROUND THE 60'S WITH DEVIATIONS FROM NORMAL AVERAGING ALMOST 10 DEGREES TOO WARM. RAINFALL VARIED ACROSS THE STATE WITH WELL ABOVE AVERAGE TOTALS IN THE WEST, BUT BELOW NORMAL VALUES IN THE CENTRAL AND EAST PARTS. AVERAGE TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 2.00 INCHES IN THE WEST WERE MORE THAN 1.00 INCH ABOVE THE MEAN. OVER CENTRAL AND EAST PORTIONS, RAINFALL AVERAGED ABOUT 0.50 OF AN INCH BELOW NORMAL. WEEK ENDING MAY 2, 1993: MOSTLY DRY AND WARM CONDITIONS PREVAILED OVER KENTUCKY DURING THE PAST WEEK. HIGH AND LOW TEMPERATURES AVERAGED A DEGREE OR TWO ABOVE NORMAL WITH DAILY HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MID 70'S AND LOWS NEAR 50. RAIN WAS LIGHT IN MOST AREAS AVERAGING 0.50 TO 0.75 OF AN INCH WITH DEFICITS FROM 0.25 TO 0.50 OF AN INCH. WEEK ENDING APRIL 25, 1993: THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES FOR THE WEEK ENDING APRIL 25, 1993 WAS 58 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGHS ACROSS KENTUCKY WERE AROUND 68 DEGREES AND THE AVERAGE LOWS WERE AROUND 47 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE RAINFALL WAS 0.65 OF AN INCH ACROSS KENTUCKY WITH THE EASTERN PART OF THE STATE GETTING THE MOST RAIN. WEEK ENDING APRIL 18, 1993: KENTUCKY EXPERIENCED NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND RAINFALL LAST WEEK. HIGH TEMPERATURES AVERAGED IN THE MIDDLE 60S, WHILE LOW TEMPERATURES AVERAGED IN THE MIDDLE 40S. THESE READINGS WERE JUST A FEW DEGREES BELOW NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. PRECIPITATION FOR THE WEEK AVERAGED NEAR 1.30 INCHES IN THE WEST, AROUND 1.00 INCH IN THE CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST, WITH 0.50 OF AN INCH AVERAGE IN THE SOUTHEAST. CLIMATOLOGICALLY WEEKLY AVERAGES THIS TIME OF YEAR ARE NEAR 0.90 OF AN INCH. WEEK ENDING APRIL 11, 1993: A WIDE RANGE OF TEMPERATURES OCCURRED ACROSS KENTUCKY LAST WEEK, BUT AVERAGES WERE WITHIN A FEW DEGREES OF NORMAL. THE WARMEST WEATHER INCLUDED HIGHS THAT RANGED FROM THE MID 70S TO THE LOWER 80S. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURES RECORDED WERE IN THE LOW AND MID 30S. AVERAGE HIGHS AT MOST LOCATIONS WERE NEAR OR SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL. AT SEVERAL STATIONS IN THE EXTREME EAST, HIGHS WERE 2 OR 3 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. AVERAGE LOWS IN GENERAL WERE 2-4 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. IN THE WEST AND ACROSS THE SOUTH THERE WERE A FEW STATIONS THAT HAD LOWS AVERAGE NEAR OR SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL. PRECIPITATION DURING THE WEEK AVERAGED 0.25 TO 0.50 OF AN INCH BELOW NORMAL FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN KENTUCKY. IN THE NORTHWEST, TOTALS OF JUST OVER 2.00 INCHES PUSHED THE WEEKEND AVERAGE TO VALUES THAT WERE 1.00 INCH TO 1.50 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. WEEK ENDING APRIL 4, 1993: COOL WEATHER AND BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION COVERED KENTUCKY FOR THE PAST WEEK. HIGH TEMPERATURES AVERAGED AROUND 60 DEGREES WITH AVERAGE LOWS AROUND 40 DEGREES. THE WARMEST READINGS OCCURRED THE FIRST PART OF THE WEEK WITH HIGH IN THE 70S. THE COOLEST TEMPERATURES WERE FRIDAY (4/2) WHEN MOST LOCATIONS HAD HIGHS ONLY IN THE 30S. PRECIPITATION TOTALS FOR THE WEEK AVERAGED 0.60 TO 0.90 OF AN INCH WITH MOST LOCATIONS 0.25 TO 0.50 OF AN INCH BELOW NORMAL. MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION OCCURRED WED. (3/31) AND THURS. (4/1) WITH ONLY SPOTTY LIGHT PRECIPITATION THE FIRST OF THE WEEK AND OVER THE WEEKEND. March - Early March continued the below normal temperature trend. Widespread precipitation kept soil saturated Statewide. Heavy snow in the eastern one-third of the State at mid-month halted all farm activities. More seasonable temperatures returned at month's end stimulating growth of early season grasses and winter small grains. February - The temperature trend reversed itself in February. Average temperatures for the month were as much as 2 degrees below normal. Precipitation in most locations was above normal and led to snowfall amounts for the month between 10 and 15 inches in Central and East Kentucky. January - January temperatures were around 6 degrees above normal and many record high temperatures occurred during the month. Precipitation was variable with the West averaging a little above normal while the East was below normal. Due to the warmer than normal temperatures snowfall averaged less than 1 inch. December 1992 - December continued the warm trend as temperatures again averaged above normal. As with November the East led the way with readings more than 4 degrees above normal. Precipitation over most of the State was well below normal. The exception was the East where the warm, wet weather pushed average precipitation over 1 inch above normal. Snow was reported in most areas of the State. Many locations receiving several inches of snow on Christmas Day. November 1992 - November was warmer than normal. In the East in fact temperatures were more than 4 degrees above normal. Most of the State received above normal precipitation for the month. Snowfall was reported only in the East.