Virginia: Arlington - " NOVEMBER 2012 WAS A COOL AND DRY MONTH IN WASHINGTON DC. IT SNAPPED A TWELVE-MONTH STREAK OF ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES IN WASHINGTON DC. AND THE MEAGER PRECIPITATION THIS MONTH RANKS IT IN THE TOP TEN DRIEST NOVEMBERS ON RECORD. THE LAST TIME THE MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR ANY CALENDAR MONTH WAS AT LEAST THREE DEGREES BELOW THE 1981-2010 MONTHLY NORMAL IN WASHINGTON DC WAS DECEMBER 2010. IT WAS THE COLDEST NOVEMBER SINCE 2008...WHEN THE MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 46.6F DEGREES. NOVEMBER 2012 WAS ONLY THE THIRD NOVEMBER IN THE PAST 15 YEARS WITH A MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE BELOW 47F DEGREES. ON THE 26TH...THE TEMPERATURE AT DCA HIT THE FREEZING MARK FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS AUTUMN. LAST YEAR...THE TEMPERATURE AT DCA DID NOT REACH FREEZING UNTIL DECEMBER 10. NOVEMBER 2012 PRECIPITATION OF 0.60 INCHES IN WASHINGTON DC RANKS IN THE TOP TEN DRIEST NOVEMBERS ON RECORD...TYING WITH NOVEMBER OF 1908 AS THE 6TH DRIEST...AND THE DRIEST NOVEMBER SINCE 2001 WHICH HAD 0.55 INCHES. MOST OF THE MONTH/S PRECIPITATION OCCURRED ON THE 13TH...WHEN 0.50 INCH OF RAIN FELL AT THE AIRPORT. ASIDE FROM THE 13TH...EVERY DAILY PRECIPITATION AMOUNT THIS MONTH WAS UNDER ONE-TENTH INCH. THIS YEAR IS TIED WITH 1908...1922...1965 AND 1981 FOR LEAST NUMBER OF PRECIPITATION DAYS IN NOVEMBER THAT WERE ABOVE ONE-TENTH INCH. THERE WAS NO MEASURABLE SNOWFALL THIS NOVEMBER. A TRACE OF A RAIN-SLEET MIX ON THE 7TH AND RAIN-SNOW MIX ON THE 8TH WAS OBSERVED AT THE AIRPORT. NO MEASURABLE SNOWFALL HAS EVER BEEN RECORDED ON NOVEMBER 8TH...SO THE TRACE OF SNOW OBSERVED THIS NOVEMBER 8TH TIED A DAILY SNOWFALL RECORD. " - [ - - ] - Notes from NWS Sterling, VA

Bridgewater - Clayton adds: " This has been a very dry month. At the present time, there is no sign of snow. We haven't had any snow this season. We usually get around 22 inches a winter season. " - [ - - ]

Chantilly - Russ send this report: " November weather was cool, dry and otherwise uneventful.The mean monthly temperature was 43.4° (-3.0°). The mean high temperature was 53.4° (-4.1°) and the mean low temperature was 33.3° (-2.0°). No temperature records were set. Precipitation was a paltry 1.04" (-2.37"), allowing us to dry out after Sandy. A daily record 0.88" of rain fell on the 13th. It was the only record set this month. No thunderstorms, snow or dense fog were observed. *Please note, anemometer is currently partially obstructed from the North and East " - [ - - ]

Dulles - from NWS Sterling (KLWX): " NOVEMBER 2012 WAS A COOL AND DRY MONTH AT DULLES. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE AT DULLES WAS NEARLY FOUR DEGREES BELOW NORMAL...AND RANKS AS THE 8TH COLDEST NOVEMBER ON RECORD AND THE COLDEST NOVEMBER SINCE 2000. THE MEAGER PRECIPITATION THIS NOVEMBER ALSO RANKED AS THE 6TH DRIEST NOVEMBER ON RECORD. THE LAST TIME THE MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR ANY CALENDAR MONTH WAS AT LEAST THREE DEGREES BELOW THE 1981-2010 MONTHLY NORMAL AT DULLES WAS JANUARY 2011. NOVEMBER 2012 PRECIPITATION OF 1.12 INCHES AT DULLES RANKS AS THE 6TH DRIEST NOVEMBER ON RECORD...AND THE DRIEST NOVEMBER SINCE 2001 WHICH HAD 0.81 INCHES...WHICH WAS TIED WITH 1973 AS THE 4TH DRIEST NOVEMBER ON RECORD. ON THE 7TH...A DAILY LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 43F DEGREES TIED THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 43F SET ON THIS DATE IN 1967. A NEW DAILY RAINFALL RECORD OF 0.87 INCHES WAS SET ON THE 13TH... BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 0.78 INCHES SET IN 2008. NO MEASURABLE SNOWFALL WAS RECORDED AT DULLES THIS MONTH. A TRACE OF SNOWFALL ON THE 13TH...FALLING AS A BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET...TIED THE OLD RECORD OF A TRACE OF SNOWFALL SET ON THE 13TH IN 1995. " - [ - - ]

Glen Allen - Lowell sends these additional notes: " This November was the coldest on record (records since 2008) as the monthly mean temperature was 45.43°F, a -5.0°F mean temperature departure when compared with Glen Allen's four year average. November precipitation was only 0.46 inches which was also the driest November on record; the previous record low was 1.85 inches. It was also the driest month on record; the previous record low was February 2009 with 0.67 inches. Measurable precipitation occurred on only two days which is the least on record; the previous record was five days in February 2009. The maximum temperature for November was 75°F on the 11th. The lowest minimum was 24°F recorded on the 25th and 29th. November also set a new maximum daily temperature range record for Nov. of 39°F on November 23rd. There were 14 days the minimum temperature was less than or equal to 32 øF which was also a record for November; the previous record was 12 in 2008. The highest barometer recorded for the month was 30.56 inches on the 17th. The average daily pressure for the month was the highest on record with 30.18 inches; the previous record was 30.13 inches in Nov. 2011. The predominance of high-pressure was associated with the unusual dry month.

The Glen Allen fall season averaged 1.8°F cooler than normal based on a four-year average. The precipitation deficit for the fall season was 5.99 inches. " - [ - - ]

Herndon - Randy sends these notes: " November was below normal for temperature and well-below normal for precipitation. The temperatures ranged between a high of 71 and a low of 25. We averaged 4.4 degrees below normal for the month. On the precipitation side, the month was 2.16" below normal with only 0.98" measured. This is the 10th month this year that we have been below average in precipitation. Most of the month's rain came on the 13th when we received 0.88". We have now had 33.79" for the year which is now about 9" below normal for the year. " - [ - - ]

Norfolk - from NWS Wakefield KAKQ: " THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2012 WAS 48.5 F...TYING 1904 AS THE 10TH COOLEST ON RECORD AT NORFOLK. THIS REPRESENTS A -4.4 F DEPARTURE FROM THE AVERAGE OF 52.9 F. THE COOLEST NOVEMBER ON RECORD AT NORFOLK OCCURRED IN 1910 WHEN THE MONTH AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 45.5 F. RECORDS FOR MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AT NORFOLK DATE BACK TO 1874. " - [ - - ]

Portsmouth - " November 2012 was the 3RD COLDEST IN THE NOVEMBER DATABASE TO 1976. The top 5 coldest Novembers at this station include: 1) 45.0° 1976 2) 46.0° 1996 3) 47.6° 2012 4) 47.9° 1995 5) 48.3° 2000. November 2012 was the 4TH DRIEST IN THE NOVEMBER DATABASE TO 1976. The top 5 driest Novembers at this station include: 1) 0.30" 2001 2) 0.31" 2007 3) 0.54" 2010 4) 0.96" 2012 5) 1.18" 1993. November's average temperature (47.6°) was 5.1° BELOW NORMAL. Precipitation was BELOW NORMAL by 2.39" or 29% of normal relative to normal Novembers for the period from 1976 to 2011. Frontal passages occurred on the 2nd, 7th, 13th, 24th, and 27th. Frost was recorded on the 24th, 25th, 26th, 28th (AM&PM), 29th (heavy), and 30th. STATION RECORDS: 5th - TEMPERATURE TIED Minimum Maximum 50° [previous 1980], 7th - TEMPERATURE Minimum Maximum 48° [previous 50° 2010], 25th - TEMPERATURE TIED Minimum 26° [previous 1981] - [ - - ]

Chesterfield - additional note from Albert Arnold: " Chesterfield County continues to have water restrictions due to low water levels. " - [ - - ]

Richmond - from NWS Wakefield KAKQ: " PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2012 TOTALED JUST 0.27" AT RICHMOND. THIS RANKS AS THE 5TH DRIEST NOVEMBER ON RECORD ...AND REPRESENTS A -2.97" DEPARTURE FROM THE AVERAGE OF 3.24". THE DRIEST NOVEMBER OCCURRED BACK IN 1890 WITH 0.11". RECORDS FOR MONTHLY PRECIPITATION AT RICHMOND DATE BACK TO 1872. " - [ - - ]

Richmond - from Lowell Koontz in nearby Glen Allen: " Richmond had 0.27 inches of rain the 5th driest November of the past 115 years and the 0.12 inches on the 27th was the second lowest daily precipitation since 1887 for November. Precipitation occurred in November on only three days; only one year 1908 had less with two days in the past 125 years. The Airport's mean temperature for November was 46.3°F which was the 23rd coldest November since 1880. It was also the coldest November since the year 2000. Richmond's highest minimum temperature for November was 47° which was only 2° above the lowest on record set in 1910. No daily records were set for Richmond during November.

The Richmond International Airport fall season averaged 1.2°F cooler than normal based on a 30-year average. The precipitation deficit for the fall season was only 2.00 inches based on a 30-year average. " - [ - - ]

Woodstock - from Lauck Walton comes this note: " Driest November in 27 years of record! " - [ - - ]

North Carolina:

Greensboro - from NWS Raleigh RAH: " THE PRECIPITATION TOTAL RECORDED AT PIEDMONT TRIAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT OF 0.24 INCHES MARKS THE DRIEST NOVEMBER ON RECORD. " - [ - - ]

Raleigh - from NWS Raleigh RAH: " THE PRECIPITATION TOTAL OF 0.56 INCHES AT THE RDU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MARKS THE 10TH DRIEST NOVEMBER DURING RECORDED OBSERVATION. " - [ - - ]

Raleigh - Bob adds: " NOVEMBER IS THE 4TH CONSECUTIVE MONTH WITH BELOW NORMAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURES. THE AVERAGE DAILY TEMPERATURE WAS 2.9 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. ALSO ONLY 0.66" OF PRECIPITATION WAS MEASURED AT THIS STATION WHICH IS 2.46" BELOW NORMAL. MOST OF CENTRAL NC IS EXPERIENCING SOME DROUGHT CONDITIONS; HOWEVER YEAR TO DATE PRECIPITATION IS 2.05" ABOVE NORMAL. THERE WAS NO SEVERE WEATHER IN THE AREA DURING NOVEMBER. " - [ - - ]

North Whiteville - Christopher sends this note: " I will be back up and running reliably in the near future. I had to send the sensor suite and console back to Davis Instruments for repair! " -

Wilmington - from NWS Raleigh ILM: " A DAILY RECORD RAINFALL OF 2.33 INCHES WAS RECORDED ON NOV 18. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE OF 50.5 WAS TIED FOR THE THIRD COLDEST ON RECORD. " - [ - + ]

Nearby Locations:

TRI-CITIES - from NWS Raleigh RAH: " The monthly-averaged temperature at Tri-Cities in November was 43.5 degrees which was 3.1 below normal. It ranked as the 14th coolest November on record. The coolest November at Tri-Cities was in 1976 when the average temperature was 38.8 degrees. The seasonal-averaged temperature at Tri-Cities in the fall was 55.4 degrees which was 1.3 degrees below normal. It tied with 2008 as the 12th coolest fall on record. The coolest fall at Tri-Cities was in 1976 when the average temperature was 51.8 degrees. Tri-Cities received 0.54 inches of rain in November, which was 2.56 inches below normal. It ranked as the 2nd driest November on record. Measurable precipitation occurred on 6 days and just 1 of those days had more than one-quarter of an inch of precipitation. The heaviest precipitation fell on the 12th when 0.33 inches of rain was reported. The driest November of the 74 years of observations taken at Tri-Cities was in 2001 when only 0.50 inches of precipitation was recorded. Tri-Cities received a seasonal total of 9.50 inches of precipitation in the fall, which was 1.31 inches above normal. It ranked as the 25th wettest fall on record. The wettest fall was in 1972 when 14.51 inches of precipitation was recorded. " - [ - - ]