Hello Winter

By Meteorologist Rich Hoffman

The start of December marks Meteorological Winter (December, January and February), and also the end of the Tropical Season (June 1st to November 30th).

Let's take a look back at Meteorological Fall, September through November at KISP Islip Mac Arthur Airport.

September

• 1.9 degrees above normal for temperatures
• 7.46 inches of precipitation which was  4.07 " above normal
• High for month 84 on the 2nd and 15th, low 48 on the 21st

October

• 0.8 degrees below normal for temperatures
• 3.00 inches of precipitation which was 0.63" below normal
• High for the month 74 on the 16th, low 29 on the 31st

November

• 1.2 degrees below normal for temperatures
• 3.17 inches of precipitation which was 0.69" below normal
• High for the month 65 on the 1st and 5th, low 19 on the 23rd

Temperatures for the fall season where below normal and precipitation was above normal. You can find more climate and past weather information here.
http://www.weather.gov/climate/index.php?wfo=okx

Here also is a list of many events of the fall season.
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/okx/stormtotals.html

A recap of the 2008 Tropical Season - http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/2008atlan.shtml

We where hit by Tropical Storm Hanna September 5th to 7th,
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/okx/readtext.php?file=pns/09072008.txt

Astronomical Winter starts December 21st at 7:04am. It's the shortest day of the year and we only get about 9 hours of daylight. The Sun's direct rays hitting the Tropic of Capricorn, which is located at 23 1/2 degrees south, is why we have little daylight and cold temperatures. We only get a piece of the sun's incoming solar radiation, unlike in the summer when we get most of the sun's direct rays.

Comments

[haris]

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