November in Review: Colder and snowier than normal

By Frank Macek

CLEVELAND -- November 2008 turned out to be colder and snowier than normal in the Greater Cleveland area.

According to the latest monthly climate report from the National Weather Service office in Cleveland, November ended 1.6 degrees colder than normal. Our daily high temperature averaged 46.6 degrees during the month with an average nighttime low of 33.8 degrees.

In the rain gauge, Cleveland ended up with 3.97 inches of liquid equivalent during the same time period with at least 17 days seeing some sort of precipitation. The greatest 24 hour precipitation total was 1.44 inches on November 15th.

Snowfall for the month was 10.1 inches...almost twice the normal average for November of 5.1 inches. The greatest 24 hour total was 3.4 inches.

Elsewhere across northeast Ohio, Akron Canton saw 17.3 inches of snow during the month and Youngstown recorded 10.5 inches - both well above normal averages.