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National Overview:

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• Climate Highlights — November

Temperature

November 2017 Statewide Temperature Ranks

• The November nationally averaged temperature was 45.i°F, three.4°F above the 20th century average, and ranked as the seventh warmest on record.
• Much-above-average temperatures stretched from the California Coast into the Southwest, Key Rockies and Southern Plains. Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah each had their warmest November on record. The Arizona statewide average temperature of 57.seven°F surpassed the previous tape set in 2007 by 2.4°F. Near-average temperatures were observed across much of the northern U.S. and forth much of the East Coast.
• Much-above-boilerplate temperatures were observed along the western and northern coasts of Alaska where Arctic sea ice extent offshore was tape and nigh-record low for the month. Barrow had its warmest November on tape with a temperature of 17.2°F, 16.4°F above the 1981-2010 normal, and 1.ix°F warmer than the previous tape in 1950.
• The contiguous U.S. boilerplate maximum (daytime) temperature during November was 56.ii°F, three.v°F above the 20^th century boilerplate, ranking as the 10th warmest on tape. Much-above-average maximum temperatures were observed in the Southwest and Southern Plains. Arizona and New United mexican states each had record warm maximum temperatures.
• The contiguous U.S. average minimum (dark) temperature during November was 33.ix°F, three.4°F in a higher place the 20^th century average, ranking as the 11th warmest on record. Much-in a higher place-average minimum temperatures were observed in the Southwest, Central Rockies and Southern Plains. Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah each had tape warm maximum temperatures. Well-nigh- and below-average minimum temperatures were observed in the Northeast.
• During Nov there were 7,319 record warm daily high (iii,728) and low (iii,591) temperature records, which was more than iv times the one,676 tape cold daily loftier (931) and low (745) temperature records.
• Based on NOAA's Residential Energy Need Temperature Alphabetize (REDTI), the face-to-face U.Southward. temperature-related energy need during November was 32 percent below average and ranked every bit the 23rd everyman value in the 123-year flow of record.

Atmospheric precipitation

November 2017 Atmospheric precipitation Ranks

• The national precipitation full was 1.58 inches, 0.65 inch beneath average, marking the 19th driest November on tape.
• Below-average precipitation accumulated for about locations from the Southwest into the Great Plains, Southeast and along the East Coast. Tape low precipitation totals were reported in parts of the Southwest and Deep South, with v states having the tenth driest, or drier, November on record. Mississippi ranked third driest, Alabama and Arkansas fourth driest, Oklahoma 5th driest, and Louisiana tenth driest.  Piddling Rock, Arkansas, had its driest November on record with but 0.41 inch of rainfall.
• Higher up-boilerplate precipitation was observed in the Northwest, Northern Rockies and parts of the Midwest. Ohio had its 9th wettest Nov on record.
• According to the November 28 U.S. Drought Monitor written report, 21.1 percent of the contiguous U.Due south. was in drought, upwards nearly ix.two percent compared to the end of Oct. Drought adult, expanded and intensified in the Southwest, Southern Plains, Lower Mississippi Valley and Southeast. Drought improved in the Northwest, Northern Rockies and parts of the Midwest. Drought likewise improved for much of Hawaii.
• According to NOAA information analyzed past the Rutgers Global Snow Lab, the monthly snow embrace extent across the contiguous U.S. was 440,000 square miles, about 31,300 square miles below the 1981-2010 average. This was the 22^nd smallest November snow cover extent in the 52-yr menstruum of record.

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• Climate Highlights — autumn (September-Nov)

Temperature

September-Nov Statewide Temperature Ranks

• The fall (September-November) temperature was 55.7°F, 2.1°F in a higher place the 20th century average, and the 10th warmest on record.
• Above-average temperatures spanned nigh of the nation during autumn, with the exception of the Northern Rockies and northern High Plains. Record warmth was observed in the Southwest and New England, where Arizona, New Mexico, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts and New Hampshire were each record warm. The tape fall warmth in the Southwest was driven largely past warm November temperatures, while the tape warmth in New England was mostly due to warm October temperatures.
• The face-to-face U.Southward. boilerplate maximum (daytime) temperature during September-Nov was 67.8°F, 2.0°F above the 20^thursday century average, tying 1954 every bit the xiv^th warmest on record. Much-above-boilerplate maximum temperatures were observed in the Southwest and Northeast. Arizona, New United mexican states, Maine, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island each had record warm autumn maximum temperatures.
• The contiguous U.South. average minimum (night) temperature during September-November was 43.5°F, ii.ii°F above the 20^th century average, ranking every bit the seventh warmest on record. Much-above-average minimum temperatures spanned the Southwest, parts of the Great Plains, Southeast, Great Lakes, and Northeast. Arizona had a record warm autumn minimum temperature.
• Based on REDTI, the contiguous U.S. temperature-related energy demand during September-Nov was 66 percent below average and ranked as the fifth lowest value in the 123-year period of record.

Precipitation

September-November Statewide Precipitation Ranks

• The autumn precipitation total was 6.43 inches, 0.45 inch below average, and ranked in the driest tertiary of the historical record.
• Beneath-boilerplate atmospheric precipitation was observed for parts of the Southwest, Southern Plains, Lower Mississippi Valley and Mid-Atlantic. Parts of the Southwest, including Flagstaff and Phoenix, Arizona, were record dry. Arkansas was also record dry, receiving merely 36.ane percent of boilerplate rainfall statewide. Little Rock, Arkansas, received just ii.24 inches of precipitation during the flavour, dipping beneath the previous tape of ii.90 inches set in 1904.
• Above-boilerplate atmospheric precipitation was observed in the Northwest, Northern Rockies, and parts of the Plains, Midwest, Southeast and Northeast.

• Climate Highlights — year-to-engagement (January-November)

Temperature

January-Nov Statewide Temperature Ranks

• The yr-to-date U.S. average temperature was the third warmest on record at 56.4°F, 2.6°F above average. Only January-November of 2012 and 2016 were warmer.
• Above-average temperatures spanned the nation during the year-to-date. 2 states in the Southwest – Arizona and New Mexico – and six states in the Eastward – Florida, Georgia, N Carolina, Southward Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia – were record warm for the beginning 11 months of the twelvemonth.

• The contiguous U.S. average maximum (daytime) temperature during Jan-November was 68.3°F, 2.4°F above the 20^th century boilerplate, the fourth warmest on tape. Much-above-average temperatures were observed in the Southwest, Southern Plains, and most of the Due east. Arizona had a record warm year-to-date maximum temperature.
• The contiguous U.South. average minimum (nighttime) temperature during January-November was 44.v°F, 2.9°F above the 20^thursday century average, ranking as the 2nd warmest on record. Only the twelvemonth-to-date minimum temperature in 2016 was warmer.  Much-higher up-boilerplate minimum temperatures spanned nearly of the nation with 14 states across the South and Mid-Atlantic record warm.
• Based on REDTI, the face-to-face U.S. temperature-related free energy demand during January-November was record low in the 123-twelvemonth period of record.

Atmospheric precipitation

January-November Statewide Precipitation Ranks

• The year-to-date precipitation total for the nation was thirty.60 inches, 3.01 inches above normal, and the ninth wettest on record.
• Many locations had a wetter-than-average year-to-engagement with much-higher up-average precipitation totals across the W and the Slap-up Lakes. Michigan had its wettest January-November on record with 37.31 inches of precipitation, viii.19 inches in a higher place boilerplate. This bested the previous record of 37.04 inches set in 1985.
• Parts of the northern Plains were drier than normal for the yr-to-date.  North Dakota had the 8th driest January-November, resulting in big part from the significant drought there earlier this yr.

Extremes

• The U.S. Climate Extremes Index (USCEI)  for the twelvemonth-to-engagement was the third highest value on record at more double the average. On the national scale, extremes in warm maximum and minimum temperatures, 1-day precipitation totals, days with precipitation and landfalling tropical cyclones contributed to the elevated USCEI. The USCEI is an index that tracks extremes (falling in the upper or lower 10 percent of the record) in temperature, precipitation, drought and landfalling tropical cyclones across the contiguous U.Due south.
• The CEI ranked amongst the ten highest values on record for the Northeast, Ohio Valley, Upper Midwest, Southeast, S, Southwest and West. In each of these regions extremes in warm maximum and minimum temperature were above average. In the Northeast, days with precipitation ranked every bit the fifth highest. In the Upper Midwest, the spatial extent of wetness was tape loftier and days with precipitation was sixth highest. In the Due south, 1-day precipitation totals was the eighth highest. In the Westward, 1-mean solar day precipitation totals ranked equally the fourth highest.

**A comparison of the national temperature difference from average equally calculated by NCDC'due south operational dataset (nClimDiv), the U.South. Historical Climatology Network (USHCN), and the U.S. Climate Reference Network (USCRN) is bachelor on our National Temperature Index page.**

Regional Highlights:

These regional summaries were provided by the half dozen Regional Climate Centers and reverberate weather condition in their respective regions. These six regions differ spatially from the nine climatic regions of the National Centers for Environmental Information.

• Northeast
• Midwest
• Southeast
• High Plains
• Southern
• Western

• Northeast Region: (Data provided by the Northeast Regional Climate Center)
• With an average temperature of 38.1 degrees F (iii.4 degrees C), November was one.4 degrees F (0.eight degrees C) colder than normal in the Northeast. State boilerplate temperatures ranged from 1.eight degrees F (one.0 degrees C) beneath normal in New York to normal in Delaware. With its ninth warmest September, second warmest October, and a colder-than-normal November, the Northeast averaged out to have its fifth warmest fall since 1895. The region's average temperature of 52.4 degrees F (11.3 degrees C) was 2.6 degrees F (1.4 degrees C) above normal. Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire had their warmest autumn since recordkeeping began. This autumn ranked among the xx warmest on record for the other 8 states: Rhode Isle and Vermont, 2d warmest; New Jersey, sixth warmest; Delaware and New York, eighth warmest; Maryland, 10th warmest; Pennsylvania, 14th warmest; and W Virginia, 20th warmest. Average temperatures ranged from i.4 degrees F (0.eight degrees C) to a higher place normal in West Virginia to three.9 degrees F (two.2 degrees C) above normal in New Hampshire. Iv major climate sites had their warmest autumn on tape: Burlington, Vermont; Concord, New Hampshire; Islip, New York; and Providence, Rhode Island.
• November was drier than normal in the Northeast, with 2.52 inches (64.01 mm) of precipitation, 66 percent of normal. Land precipitation ranged from 36 percentage of normal in Connecticut to 78 percent of normal in Pennsylvania. Five states ranked this November among their xx driest: New Hampshire, 11th driest; Connecticut, 12th driest; Massachusetts, 13th driest; Vermont, 18th driest; and New Jersey, 19th driest. September and November were drier than normal, and October was wetter than normal, so autumn averaged out to be drier than normal. The region received 10.69 inches (271.53 mm) of precipitation, 92 pct of normal. Ten states were drier than normal, with precipitation for all states ranging from 72 percent of normal in Maryland to 103 percent of normal in Maine.
• The U.South. Drought Monitor released on November 2 showed 10 pct of the Northeast was abnormally dry. Dryness eased in western Pennsylvania and the northern Panhandle of West Virginia, where above-normal precipitation brutal during the month. Conditions also eased in northeastern Massachusetts, southeastern New Hampshire, and parts of eastern Maine. Still, abnormal dryness lingered or expanded where below-normal precipitation fell during November, including the eastern Panhandle of West Virginia, cardinal and southern Maryland, s-cardinal and northeastern Pennsylvania, southeastern New York, northern New Jersey, central Vermont, and parts of coastal Maine. The U.S. Drought Monitor released on November 30 showed viii percentage of the Northeast was abnormally dry.
• Nov 7 brought an end to Boston, Massachusetts' streak of consecutive days with a temperature to a higher place 40 degrees F (4 degrees C) at 201 days, which tied 1968 for the longest streak. As well, a few sites had their first 32 degrees F (0 degrees C) freeze on November 7, including Rochester and Buffalo in New York. Both sites had a frost free flavour (time betwixt last spring freeze and first fall freeze) lasting 212 days, which was Rochester's 2nd longest frost costless season since 1872 (tape is 216 days) and Buffalo's fifth longest since 1874. For much of the Northeast, though, the outset freeze arrived on Nov x or 11, which was afterward than usual, in some instances by more than than 3 weeks. With a freeze on Nov ten, Dulles Airport, Virginia, was ane day short of tying its record for latest showtime frost (record is November eleven, 2005). It was the first time since 1963 that both Dulles Airport and Washington National, D.C., had their first freeze on the same appointment. New Brunswick, New Jersey, had a depression of xx degrees F (-7 degrees C) on November 11, which was the site'southward lowest first freeze temperature since 1896. The previous lowest first freeze temperature was 25 degrees F (-4 degrees C). Caribou, Maine, did not receive measurable snow (0.1 inches [0.iii cm]) until November 17, making information technology the site'southward quaternary latest measurable snowfall since 1940. The region also experienced severe conditions in November. On November v, an EF-1 tornado damaged buildings and trees in Erie County, Pennsylvania. On the same mean solar day, Erie received 2.85 inches (72.39 mm) of atmospheric precipitation, the site's largest 1-day precipitation total for November since 1873. Buffalo, New York, received 2.01 inches (51.05 mm) of rain, which was their fifth greatest one-day precipitation for November since 1871. On November 19, an EF-i tornado tracked through Allegheny and Westmoreland counties in western Pennsylvania. Information from the National Centers for Environmental Information's Storm Events Database (records to 1950) indicated that it was the start tornado in Nov and the latest in a calendar year for Allegheny County and only the 2d November tornado and the second latest in a calendar year for Erie and Westmoreland counties.
• For more data, please go to the Northeast Regional Climate Center Home Page.
• Midwest Region: (Information provided past the Midwest Regional Climate Center)
• Nov precipitation totals ranged from less than 25 percent of normal in the western parts of the region to more than 200 pct of normal in a large area of Ohio. The totals ranged from less than 0.10 inches (iii mm) near the Iowa-Minnesota-South Dakota border to more than 6.00 inches (152 mm) in northern Ohio. Statewide values ranged from 20 per centum of normal for Iowa to 154 percent of normal in Ohio. Missouri ranked as the 11th driest Nov in its history (since 1895), Iowa 13th driest, Wisconsin 14th driest, and Minnesota 17th driest. On the other stop of the calibration, Ohio ranked 9th wettest and Indiana ranked 24th wettest. For the autumn season (September to November), drier-than-normal conditions stretched from Missouri to Wisconsin while wetter-than-normal atmospheric condition in the surrounding areas. There was a lot of variation during the flavour with states having months ranking amongst both the driest and the wettest.
• November temperatures were below normal in the upper Midwest and slightly above normal in parts of Missouri. The coolest readings were around Lake Superior where monthly averages were 3 to four degrees F (2 C) beneath normal while parts of Missouri were 1 to ii degrees (one C) above normal. Temperatures were generally coolest effectually the 10th and climbed above average by the concluding week of the calendar month. For the fall season, temperatures were slightly higher up normal for much of the region. September and October were warmer than normal and then libation in Nov.
• November fifth had an outbreak of severe weather that stretched from the St. Louis, Missouri area to Ohio. There were 21 tornadoes including 17 in Ohio. The annual average number of tornadoes in the land is just 20. One tornado that tracked 39 miles (62 km) from east central Indiana to west central Ohio was responsible for 8 injuries. There were numerous wind reports of 70 to xc miles per hour (112 to 144 km per hours) and reports that topped 100 miles per hour (160 km per 60 minutes) in multiple Ohio locations.
• Drought in Nov was virtually prominent in Missouri though small areas of Iowa, Minnesota, and Illinois were besides affected. The drought in Missouri did not aggrandize in November but it did intensify. At the beginning of the calendar month, the drought was all classified every bit moderate drought and by the end of the month, nearly one-half of the Missouri drought was classified equally astringent drought.
• Harvest of corn and soybeans neared an end in November. The corn harvest was behind the v-yr boilerplate in parts of the region. Some states were a week or ii behind average during much of the fall.
• For farther details on the weather and climate events in the Midwest, come across the weekly and monthly reports at the Midwest Climate Watch folio.
• Southeast Region: (Information provided by the Southeast Regional Climate Center)
• Temperatures were near average to above average in Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and western North Carolina during November, while below-average temperatures were observed beyond primal and eastern portions of the Carolinas and Virginia. Very few extremes in monthly mean temperature were recorded across the Southeast. Indeed, nearly 95 percent of the 196 long-term (i.e., catamenia of record equaling or exceeding 50 years) stations observed November mean temperatures that were ranked exterior their x warmest or coolest values on record. San Juan, PR (1898-2017) and Miami, FL (1895-2017) tied their third warmest November mean temperature on record, at 81.viii and 77.three degrees F (27.7 and 25.2 degrees C), respectively. On the 15th and 17th, San Juan tied its 2nd highest daily minimum temperature on record for November, at eighty degrees F (26.vii degrees C). Miami tied its 2d highest count of 29 days during Nov with a maximum temperature at or above 80 degrees F, trailing only November 1986 (30 days). The warmest conditions of the calendar month occurred on the 3rd, as unusually warm and humid air surged northward ahead of an approaching cold front. Daytime maximum temperatures reached or exceeded 80 degrees F across portions of every country in the region. Augusta, GA (1874-2017) tied its quaternary highest daily maximum temperature on record for November, at 87 degrees F (xxx.6 degrees C). In dissimilarity, the coldest conditions of the month occurred on the 20th, as a continental loftier pressure system ushered in unseasonably common cold air from the northwest. Daily minimum temperatures fell beneath 32 degrees F (0 degrees C) across wide portions of every state in the region except Florida. On the 10th, Washington Dulles International Drome, VA (1963-2017) observed its first freeze during meteorological fall, with a minimum temperature of 29 degrees F (-1.7 degrees C). This showtime freeze is the aerodrome's second latest on record, trailing only November 11th, 2005. Roanoke, VA (1912-2017; 31 degrees F, -0.6 degrees C) and Lynchburg, VA (1893-2017; 28 degrees F, -2.2 degrees C) likewise observed their commencement freeze on the tenth, which is the fourth and fifth latest on tape for these stations, respectively.
• Precipitation was well below normal beyond much of the Southeast region during November, with monthly totals ranging from 50 to less than five percent of normal. At least 31 long-term stations, with 2 or more located in every state, observed November precipitation totals that were ranked within their five everyman values on record, including Pensacola, FL (1879-2017; 0.09 inches, 2.3 mm), Fairhope 2 NE, AL (1918-2017; 0.14 inches, 3.vi mm), Moultrie 2 ESE, GA (1926-2017; 0.23 inches, 5.eight mm), and New Bern, NC (1948-2017; 0.42 inches, 10.7 mm). Several long-term stations tied their highest count of November days with no measurable precipitation, including Fairhope 2 NE, AL (28 days), Gadsden, AL (1953-2017; 27 days), and New Bern, NC (27 days). In dissimilarity, well-above-normal atmospheric precipitation occurred across portions of northern and southeastern Florida as well every bit Puerto Rico, where monthly totals were 150 to more 300 percentage of normal. On the 23rd, a boring-moving low pressure system produced 1 to more than five inches (25.4 to more than 127 mm) of rainfall across portions of northern and central Florida, with the greatest 24-60 minutes precipitation total of seven.17 inches (182 mm) recorded by a mesonet station near Ormond Embankment. Ocala (1892-2017) and Crescent Metropolis (1913-2017) observed their wettest and second wettest Nov twenty-four hour period on record, with 4.80 and three.52 inches (122 and 89.4 mm) of precipitation, respectively. Very little snowfall was recorded beyond the region during the calendar month, with only a trace observed on Mt. Mitchell, NC.
• There were 53 astringent atmospheric condition reports across the Southeast during November, which is nigh the median monthly frequency of 45 reports during 2000-2016. Approximately 85 percent (45 of 53) of the severe weather reports were recorded on a single day (18th) during the month, and over 75 percent (34 of 45) of these reports occurred in Alabama. On the 18th, a squall line produced dissentious straight-line winds across northern Alabama, with some of the highest measured gusts including 57 mph at Huntsville International Drome, 51 mph at Northeast Alabama Regional Airport in Gadsden, and 49 mph at Northwest Alabama Regional Airport in Muscle Shoals. Widespread downed copse and power lines were reported, while an machine parts shop in Florence sustained major structural damage from air current gusts estimated at 80 to 90 mph, with two people injured inside. In addition, several buildings were damaged in the nearby boondocks of Killen, including a drug shop and the athletic field house at a high school. Only 3 tornadoes (ane EF-0 and 2 EF-1s) were confirmed beyond the region during the month, which is much less than the median frequency of 11 tornadoes observed during Nov. On the 18th, numerous homes were damaged and a well-constructed barn was destroyed forth the 4.iii-mile path of an EF-one tornado that touched down in Lawrence Canton, AL.
• Abnormal dryness (D0) and moderate (D1) drought connected to expand in coverage beyond the Southeast during November. Indeed, the cumulative extent of abnormal dryness and moderate drought more than doubled within the region, increasing from 23 percent on October 31st to 58 percent on November 28th. Portions of every state were in moderate drought by belatedly Nov, including south-primal Virginia, central North and South Carolina, east-central and southern Georgia, west-central Alabama, and the eastern half of the Florida Panhandle. At least twenty pct of the USGS gages in Georgia, the Carolinas, and Virginia recorded well-below-normal (i.e., less than the 10th percentile) streamflows at the end of the month. Following periods of heavy rainfall during October, vegetable growers in southern Florida were able to resume preparing and planting their fields in early Nov, as warm and dry weather prevailed. A persistence of dry weather condition across much of the region during the month was beneficial for ingather harvesting (specially cotton wool, peanuts, soybeans, and hay) and the planting of wintertime grains. An exceptional yield of peanuts was reported in Alabama and Georgia, with some growers in Alabama having to ship out the harvested surplus after exceeding their local storage chapters. Mild temperatures in early November maintained the growth of warm flavour pastures in parts of the region, which allowed some livestock producers to continue grazing their cattle. However, below-average precipitation and insufficient soil moisture impeded the germination of winter grains across the region, prompting many ranchers to begin a supplemental feeding for their herds by the terminate of the month.
• For more than information, please go to the Southeast Regional Climate Center Home Page.
• High Plains Region: (Information provided by the High Plains Regional Climate Center )
• Warm and dry conditions occurred in Nov across a broad expanse of the Loftier Plains region to circular out the autumn flavor. Although the calendar month started on a common cold note, average temperatures by the terminate of November were above normal throughout western and key portions of the region. An impressive warm-up effectually Thanksgiving brought temperatures that were more reminiscent of early summer than late autumn and broke numerous daily temperature records. The warmth was especially notable across Colorado and Wyoming, where several locations had a top ten warmest November on record. Widespread dryness accompanied the warmth and atmospheric precipitation was bottomless, every bit some parts of the region recorded less than x percent of normal precipitation. For instance, the majority of Kansas received less than 0.25 inches (half dozen mm) of precipitation the entire month.
• As a result of the warmth and dryness of Nov, a lack of snowfall was common across the region, and streamflows and topsoil moisture declined beyond the southern High Plains. The combination of these conditions contributed to drought spreading beyond portions of western Colorado and southward-central Kansas, as well every bit the re-intensification of drought in western North Dakota where drought has been nowadays since the early on summer. Although warm temperatures acquired mountain snowpack to suffer in Colorado, information technology fared well in the Upper Missouri Basin in Montana and Wyoming, where snowpack ended the month in a higher place average.
• Equally nosotros enter the wintertime flavour, it is worth noting that a La Niña has developed for the second year in a row in the Pacific Bounding main. La Niña can influence winter climate in the High Plains. For instance, a colder winter is often favored in the Northern Plains, while warmer and drier weather condition are more probable in the Southern Plains. However, this has non always been the case, and other climate patterns tin can accept a greater influence on winter climate only are non equally anticipated. To acquire more nigh La Niña's influence in the Missouri Basin region, check out the link to a conference in the Climate Outlooks section.
• Despite a cold commencement to the month, November was quite warm on the whole throughout the western and key Loftier Plains. The warmest locations included Colorado and much of Wyoming, with temperatures averaging vi.0-10.0 degrees F (three.3-5.6 degrees C) in a higher place normal. The impressive warmth was record-breaking for Alamosa, Colorado and Rawlins, Wyoming, which had their warmest Novembers on record, and several other locations experienced November temperatures that were in their top 10 warmest.
• A dramatic warm-up in the latter one-half of Nov was largely responsible for much of the region ending the month with higher up-normal temperatures. This warm spell arrived just in time for the Thanksgiving holiday and lasted for several days. Daily boilerplate temperatures were as much as 20.0-30.0 degrees F (eleven.1-xvi.7 degrees C) in a higher place normal beyond parts of the region as widespread temperatures in the 70s were reported, and locations as far north as Valentine, Nebraska and Denver, Colorado even reached into the 80s! On the 26th, Cheyenne, Wyoming reported a high temperature of 71.0 degrees F (21.7 degrees C), which was its latest lxx.0 degrees F (21.1 degrees C) temperature on tape (menses of record 1872-2017).
• As for fall temperatures, it was warm across almost of the High Plains. The primal and southern parts of the region experienced temperatures that were 2.0-3.0 degrees F (1.1-ane.7 degrees C) higher up normal, while temperature departures exceeded 4.0 degrees F (2.2 degrees C) higher up normal in a large portion of Colorado, leading to a couple of records. For case, Alamosa had its 2nd warmest fall on record, while Colorado Springs had its 4th warmest.
• Dry conditions prevailed over much of the Loftier Plains during November, with the majority of the region simply receiving 25 percent of normal precipitation, at all-time. The driest locations included Grand Junction, Colorado, which had its 3rd driest November on record, as well equally parts of Kansas, where it was the 8th driest November on record for Topeka, Dodge City, and Goodland. The primary exception to the widespread dryness was Wyoming, where higher up-normal atmospheric precipitation occurred in the northern and western portions of the state. In fact, Sheridan had its eighth wettest November on record.
• Coupled with in a higher place-normal temperatures, the widespread dryness caused some impacts around the region. For case, virtually of the High Plains had below-normal snowfall in November. This 'snow drought' was about evident in Colorado. Merely a trace of snow was recorded in Denver, and although it tied with many other years, it was the least snowiest November on record. In fact, it snowed more in Denver in October than it did in November! The lack of snow is apropos for recreational businesses such equally ski resorts, and it has implications for spring runoff if this blueprint continues. While it is still early in the snow flavour, the situation is worth watching.
• Another impact of the warmth and dryness of November was a rapid turn down in soil wet atmospheric condition beyond the High Plains. The greatest declines over the class of the calendar month occurred in Nebraska and Kansas, where the percent of topsoil wet rated brusk to very short increased from 14% to 32% in Nebraska and 18% to 39% in Kansas. Although the growing season is over, an adequate supply of soil moisture is needed going into winter to ensure enough moisture is available for jump planting. During the wintertime, the basis is often frozen and does not permit precipitation to enter the soil, so soil wet cannot easily be recharged.
• Equally for the fall season, precipitation varied across the region. Two primary areas that experienced wet atmospheric condition included western and central Wyoming, as well as a swath from western Kansas up through cardinal Nebraska into southeastern South Dakota. N Platte, Nebraska had its 3rd wettest autumn on tape, while it was the 6th wettest for Huron, S Dakota. Meanwhile, dryness existed throughout a large role of the Dakotas, eastern Kansas, and western Colorado. Yard Junction, Colorado tied for its 9th driest fall on tape.
• Mount snowpack got off to a good start in some parts of the region, simply not in others this season. According to the U.S. Ground forces Corps of Engineers, Missouri River Basin mount snowpack higher up Fort Peck Reservoir and between Fort Peck and Garrison Reservoirs was in a higher place average as of the finish of November. Snowpack in the Rockies of Wyoming was besides above boilerplate. The good start to the snowpack flavor was largely due to early on-season snowstorms that blanketed parts of the Upper Missouri Basin, and cooler temperatures in early November helped the snowpack stick effectually. However, snowpack was not faring and then well in Colorado, peculiarly in the southern and western portions of the country. November was very warm and dry out, and Snow H2o Equivalent was less than 25 percent of median in that area. Luckily, snowpack season is just beginning, so at that place is plenty of fourth dimension to grab up.
• Widespread dryness in November led to the expansion and intensification of drought weather condition across portions of the Loftier Plains. Region-wide, areas experiencing drought or abnormal dryness (D0-D4) increased from approximately 35 percent to 41 percent over the course of the month, co-ordinate to the U.S. Drought Monitor.
• In the Northern Plains where drought has been present since early summer, conditions in Montana improved simply worsened in western Due north Dakota. Western and southern Montana had a wet calendar month, with some areas receiving as much every bit 300 percent of normal precipitation. Meanwhile, precipitation was scarce across western North Dakota and, as a result, moderate drought (D1) was re-introduced to the expanse. Elsewhere in the Northern Plains, drought weather condition largely remained the same.
• Moderate drought was introduced to two other areas in the High Plains in November: western Colorado and south-key Kansas. In western Colorado, the combination of record-breaking warmth and the continuation of below-normal precipitation for the past several months took its toll on soil and vegetative wellness. Mountain snowpack in this region was below normal in November as well. In Kansas, November precipitation was abysmal, with much of the state receiving less than 25% of normal. The lack of precipitation acquired beneath-normal streamflows in the south-fundamental portion of the state, prompting expansion of drought conditions across the area.
• For more than information, please go to the High Plains Regional Climate Center Dwelling Page.
• Southern Region: (Information provided by the Southern Regional Climate Center)
• November temperatures were warmer than normal for about of the region. There were areas of half dozen to 8 degrees F (three.33 to 4.44 degrees C) above normal in parts of Texas and panhandles of Texas and Oklahoma. Well-nigh of Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and western and primal Arkansas were 2 to 6 degrees F (1.11 to 3.33 degrees C) above normal. Eastern Arkansas, southeastern Louisiana, southern and primal Mississippi, and most of Tennessee experienced slightly above normal temperatures. In contrast, parts of western Tennessee, northeast Arkansas, northeast Mississippi, and southwest Texas experienced slightly below normal temperatures. The statewide monthly average temperatures were equally follows: Arkansas–53.60 degrees F (12.00 degrees C), Louisiana–61.lxx degrees F (16.50 degrees C), Mississippi–59.lx degrees F (13.83 degrees C), Oklahoma–52.80 degrees F (xi.56 degrees C), Tennessee–50.00 degrees F (ten.00 degrees C), and Texas–60.forty degrees F (15.78 degrees C). The statewide temperature rankings for November were as follows: Arkansas (twentieth warmest), Louisiana (seventeenth warmest), Mississippi (xx-5th warmest), Oklahoma (tenth warmest), Tennessee (thirty-2nd warmest), and Texas (fifth warmest). All state rankings are based on the period spanning 1895-2017.
• Precipitation values for the calendar month of November were below normal for most of the Southern Region. All of Arkansas and Oklahoma, most of Louisiana and Mississippi, and parts of Tennessee and Texas received 50 percent or less of normal precipitation. There were a few areas of 5 percent or below normal precipitation in northern, western, and southern Texas, southeastern Louisiana, and northern and southeastern Oklahoma. In contrast, parts of cardinal and southern Texas and northern and central Tennessee received 110–150 pct of normal precipitation. In that location was an area of 200 - 300 percent in a higher place normal precipitation in extreme southern Texas. The state-broad precipitation totals for the calendar month were as follows: Arkansas–1.09 inches (27.69 mm), Louisiana–1.51 inches (38.35 mm), Mississippi–ane.21 inches (30.73 mm), Oklahoma–0.23 inches (5.84 mm), Tennessee–2.82 inches (71.63 mm), and Texas–0.71 inches (18.03 mm). The state precipitation rankings for the calendar month were equally follows: Arkansas (quaternary driest), Louisiana (tenth driest), Mississippi (3rd driest), Oklahoma (fifth driest), Tennessee (thirty-second driest), and Texas (sixteenth driest). All state rankings are based on the period spanning 1895-2017.
• During November 2017, drought conditions worsened from October to farthermost drought (D3) in southwest Arkansas and severe drought (D2) in southeast Oklahoma, n Louisiana, northeast Texas, and northward, central, and southern Arkansas. Moderate drought (D1) developed or expanded in n fundamental and southeast Oklahoma, north and central Mississippi, n, central, and southwest Louisiana, and east, fundamental, and southern Texas. Areas experiencing abnormally dry conditions (D0) are e Arkansas, n and south Mississippi, s Tennessee, south Louisiana, central and northwest Oklahoma, and in parts of Texas. From October to November, no areas with drought weather improved.
• Current of air seemed to exist the major meteorological chance in November with roughly 44 wind events throughout the region, 37 of which occurred on November xviii. At that place were four tornadoes during the month of November, all iv occurred in Tennessee on Nov 18. The five other states did not have any tornado reports in November. In that location were 22 hail events reported in Nov, nineteen of which occurred on Nov 3 throughout southeastern Arkansas, northwestern Mississippi, and northeastern Louisiana.
• The frontal passage on November xviii and xix brought a strong squall-line across Tennessee and produced 3 tornadoes in Center Tennessee (ii in Davidson Canton and one in Trousdale County) and numerous high wind harm reports. There were no injuries reported with the tornadoes, but two injuries were reported from severe air current.
• On November 3, 2017, at that place were 19 hail events reported throughout southeast Arkansas, western Mississippi, and northeastern Louisiana. 3 wind events were also reported, one specific effect caused a tree to fall on a house in Ouachita, Arkansas.
• On November half dozen, 2017, there were three hail events reported in northern Arkansas and iii wind events reported in Tennessee. The current of air events caused downed trees in Williamson, Tennessee.
• On November 7, 2017, there were two wind events reported in Tennessee. One of the air current events, reported in Riceville, Tennessee, injured 1 person when a single wide mobile home was diddled off of its foundation.
• On Nov eighteen, 2017, at that place were four tornadoes, 22 hail, and 40 wind events reported in Tennessee and four current of air events reported in Mississippi. At that place were 2 injuries reported, ane resulted from flying drinking glass when windows were diddled out of a dwelling. The other injury occurred when a driver of a vehicle hit a tree.
• For more information, please get to the Southern Regional Climate Center Domicile
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• Western Region: (Information provided by the Western Region Climate Centre)
• Temperatures were higher up normal across much of the W this calendar month, and tape-breaking in the Southwest. Several tempest systems moved across the northern half of the region, producing near to well in a higher place normal precipitation, while the Southwest received little to no precipitation.
• Persistent high force per unit area over the Southwest resulted in tape Nov temperatures. In Arizona, both Phoenix (71.ii F/21.viii C) and Tucson (69.1 F/20.6 C) recorded their warmest Nov on records that began in 1933 and 1946, respectively. Further due east, Albuquerque, New Mexico, logged its warmest November in a 127-year record at 52.viii F (11.six C), seven.9 F (iv.4 C) higher up normal. In Utah, Salt Lake City also had its warmest November, reporting 47.8 F (8.8 C), 7.8 F (iv.3 C) in a higher place normal. Records at Salt Lake Metropolis began in 1928. In Nevada, both Reno and Las Vegas experienced a tape warm November with average temperatures of 48.7 F (9.3 C) and 62.viii F (17.one C), respectively, roughly 6 F (3 C) above normal at both locations. High minimum temperatures, typically associated with lack of overnight cooling, had a potent influence on the average temperature records described above. All locations saw record minimum temperatures for November, though only Tucson and Phoenix saw record maximum temperatures as well. For other locations, maximum temperatures were among the top-10 but not tape-breaking. Along the northern tier of the West, temperatures were near or slightly below normal.
• The northern Cascades and northern Rockies ended the month with near to above normal snowpack. The southern Cascades, Sierra Nevada, Peachy Basin ranges, and central and southern Rockies did not fare as well. For the Sierra and southern Cascades, snow levels generally remained high during storm events and limited snowpack aggregating at lower elevations (<7500 ft/2300 m). While it is all the same early in the flavour, this raises concerns of the starting time of a 'snow drought', the case when precipitation is near or higher up normal simply snowpack is beneath normal.
• Very little precipitation was observed in the Southwest. San Diego, California, recorded only 0.02 in (<1 mm), ii% of normal and the 4th driest Nov since records began in 1939. In northern Arizona, Flagstaff recorded 0.01 in (<ane mm), <one% of normal and the 6th driest in a 125-year record. Albuquerque, New United mexican states, reported no measurable precipitation, tied with 22 other years in its 127-yr tape. The lack of precipitation combined with higher up normal temperatures resulted in expansion of drought atmospheric condition in the Four Corners states; 73% of Arizona and 52% of Utah are now reporting moderate or worse drought in the Usa Drought Monitor as well as portions of western Colorado and western New Mexico.
• In Alaska, western and northern portions of the state experienced mild conditions while the Panhandle and southeast mainland were somewhat cooler and drier than average. Combined end of November sea ice extent for the Chukchi and Bering Seas was the lowest on tape (since 1978), contributing to the mild temperatures in the north. Utqiagvik (Barrow) experienced its warmest November in a 98-yr tape at 17.ii F (-8.2 C), sixteen.5 F (9.2 C) above normal. In the southeast, Yakutat received 2.14 in (54 mm) of precipitation for November, xv% of normal and the 2nd driest in a 101-year record. To the due south, precipitation was below to near normal across Hawaii, with some areas of the windward side of the Big Island experiencing to a higher place normal precipitation. Hilo recorded 20.53 in (521 mm) of rainfall, 132% of normal. The precipitation that occurred during October and November was sufficient to reduce drought impacts beyond the country. At the end of this calendar month, simply 26% of the land was experiencing drought conditions, compared with 47% at the end of October.
• November 13: Stiff tempest impacted western Washington: Strong winds associated with a cold forepart passage caused a diverseness of damage in western Washington. Winds upward to 70 mph (113 kph) downed trees and acquired power outages for more that 100,000 people. I adult female was killed in Renton when a tree fell on her automobile. V others were injured during the storm.
• November 22-27: Oestrus moving ridge in southern California, Arizona: Potent high pressure resulted in temperatures more than fifteen F (8 C) in a higher place normal effectually the Thanksgiving holiday in southern California. Many long-standing daily records were broken, and Camarillo reached 99 F (37.2 C) on the 22nd, setting a record for highest Nov temperature since records began in 1952. Services for the homeless were handing out water and advising people to seek shade. In Arizona, Tucson recorded a high of 92 F (33.iii C) on the 26th and 27th. This is the latest >90 F (32 C) date on tape; the preceding record was set on Nov 22, 1924.
• For more information, please get to the Western Regional Climate Eye Dwelling house Page.

Citing This Report

NOAA National Centers for Ecology Data, State of the Climate: National Climate Report for Nov 2017, published online December 2017, retrieved on March half-dozen, 2022 from https://world wide web.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/national/201711.

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