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11.1.11 What To Expect in November

As the phrase goes, climate is what you expect, weather is what you get. Meaning day to day changes in the weather may bring something completely abnormal...BUT still most meteorologist refer to long term averages (climate) to see what is to be expected for a certain area of the world during a certain time.

In October, many of us proved climatology wrong with an unusual early season snowfall just this past weekend where inches (even feet!) of snow piled up for some. This happens. Day to day weather can be very different from "average"...this is why it is called such, because of the variation around the mid-point.

This past month (October) in the Burlington area, here's how we stacked up to average.

Going into November, on any given year, we typically find a similar amount of precipitation, only more of it comes down as the "white stuff" versus the "wet stuff". Average snow amount jumps from just a few dustings, to nearly 5-inches from the month of October to the month of November.

Also notice with the new month, the daytime and overnight temperatures falls significantly as the days get shorter and the nights get longer.

For more on climate, head to the National Weather Service climate page, here.