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Powerful Pacific System Impacting the West; First Significant Snow for Portions of the East

Power Pacific system will continue to bring significant impacts for Pacific Northwest into northern California the remainder of the week. Dangerous coastal affects, heavy rain, flooding, strong winds, and higher elevation mountain snow continues. Meanwhile, a storm across the east is set to bring the first accumulating snow to many higher elevations of the Catskills into the central Appalachians. Read More >

Monthly County Precipitation Normals (1991 - 2020) for December


... CONNECTICUT ...

                        County 
                       Averaged 
                        Normal 

FAIRFIELD                4.45 
HARTFORD                 4.53 
LITCHFIELD               4.34 
MIDDLESEX                4.62 
NEW HAVEN                4.54 
NEW LONDON               4.68 
TOLLAND                  4.40 
WINDHAM                  4.56 

... MASSACHUSETTS ...

                        County 
                       Averaged 
                        Normal 

BARNSTABLE               4.96 
BERKSHIRE                4.31 
BRISTOL                  4.94 
DUKES                    4.91 
ESSEX                    4.71 
FRANKLIN                 4.35 
HAMPDEN                  4.46 
HAMPSHIRE                4.31 
MIDDLESEX                4.62 
NANTUCKET                4.87 
NORFOLK                  4.81 
PLYMOUTH                 5.09 
SUFFOLK                  4.90 
WORCESTER                4.44 

... MAINE ...

                        County 
                       Averaged 
                        Normal 

ANDROSCOGGIN             4.40 
AROOSTOOK                3.82 
CUMBERLAND               4.55 
FRANKLIN                 4.22 
HANCOCK                  4.78 
KENNEBEC                 4.19 
KNOX                     4.88 
LINCOLN                  4.68 
OXFORD                   4.31 
PENOBSCOT                4.25 
PISCATAQUIS              3.94 
SAGADAHOC                4.19 
SOMERSET                 3.82 
WALDO                    4.50 
WASHINGTON               4.99 
YORK                     4.55 

... NEW HAMPSHIRE ...

                        County 
                       Averaged 
                        Normal 

BELKNAP                  4.18 
CARROLL                  4.86 
CHESHIRE                 4.25 
COOS                     4.22 
GRAFTON                  4.28 
HILLSBOROUGH             4.37 
MERRIMACK                4.30 
ROCKINGHAM               4.31 
STRAFFORD                4.34 
SULLIVAN                 3.91 

... NEW YORK ...

                        County 
                       Averaged 
                        Normal 

ALBANY                   3.39 
ALLEGANY                 3.09 
BROOME *                 3.25 
CATTARAUGUS              3.84 
CAYUGA                   3.15 
CHAUTAUQUA               4.08 
CHEMUNG *                2.56 
CHENANGO *               3.49 
CLINTON                  2.84 
COLUMBIA                 3.64 
CORTLAND *               3.52 
DELAWARE *               3.58 
DUTCHESS                 4.01 
ERIE                     3.77 
ESSEX                    3.62 
FRANKLIN                 3.34 
FULTON                   4.02 
GENESEE                  2.78 
GREENE                   4.04 
HAMILTON                 4.39 
HERKIMER                 4.08 
JEFFERSON                3.87 
LEWIS                    4.46 
LIVINGSTON               2.50 
MADISON                  3.61 
MONROE                   2.57 
MONTGOMERY               3.40 
NASSAU                   4.26 
NEW YORK CITY            3.86 
NIAGARA                  2.94 
ONEIDA                   4.20 
ONONDAGA                 3.52 
ONTARIO                  2.53 
ORANGE                   4.01 
ORLEANS                  2.69 
OSWEGO                   4.68 
OTSEGO *                 3.55 
PUTNAM                   4.26 
RENSSELAER               3.52 
ROCKLAND                 3.86 
SARATOGA                 3.92 
SCHENECTADY              3.36 
SCHOHARIE                3.48 
SCHUYLER                 2.38 
SENECA                   2.56 
STEUBEN *                2.47 
ST LAWRENCE              3.25 
SUFFOLK                  4.56 
SULLIVAN *               4.10 
TIOGA *                  3.03 
TOMPKINS                 2.78 
ULSTER                   4.41 
WARREN                   4.11 
WASHINGTON               3.46 
WAYNE                    3.03 
WESTCHESTER              4.17 
WYOMING                  3.37 
YATES                    2.44 

... RHODE ISLAND ...

                        County 
                       Averaged 
                        Normal 

KENT                     4.87 
NEWPT&BRISTOL            4.87 
PROVIDENCE               4.96 
WASHINGTON               4.90 

... VERMONT ...

                        County 
                       Averaged 
                        Normal 

ADDISON                  3.30 
BENNINGTON               4.96 
CALEDONIA                3.85 
CHITTENDEN               3.17 
ESSEX                    3.82 
FRANKLIN                 3.54 
GRAND ISLE               2.75 
LAMOILLE                 4.10 
ORANGE                   3.67 
ORLEANS                  4.10 
RUTLAND                  3.94 
WASHINGTON               3.91 
WINDHAM                  4.75 
WINDSOR                  4.00 


NOTE: COUNTIES MARKED WITH A * ARE SERVICED
BY THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC RIVER FORECAST CENTER.