PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
412 PM EST SAT DEC 1 2012
...NOVEMBER 2012 CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
SEVERAL WEAK COLD FRONTS MOVED THROUGH EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA DURING
THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER...LEADING TO PERSISTENT NORTHERLY FLOW WITH
BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND RAINFALL.
.TEMPERATURES...
TEMPERATURES AVERAGED AROUND 4 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL ACROSS ALL OF
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA DURING THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER. MONTHLY AVERAGE
TEMPERATURES AT DAYTONA BEACH...MELBOURNE AND VERO BEACH ALL RANKED
AMONG THE TOP TEN COOLEST NOVEMBERS. THE FIRST FRONTAL PASSAGE OF
THE MONTH OCCURRED ON NOVEMBER 1ST AND 2ND...BRINGING RECORD LOW
TEMPERATURES TO SEVERAL LOCATIONS IN THE REGION ON NOVEMBER 1ST.
SOUTHERLY FLOW AHEAD OF ANOTHER SYSTEM FROM THE 11TH THROUGH THE
14TH BROUGHT ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES...BEFORE A SLOW MOVING
FRONTAL PASSAGE FROM THE 14TH THROUGH 17TH USHERED IN COOLER
TEMPERATURES WITH LOW TEMPERATURES BELOW NORMAL. PERSISTENT STRATUS
ON THE 19TH HELD HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 50S AND LOW 60S ACROSS THE
AREA WITH DAYTONA BEACH SETTING A RECORD COOL HIGH TEMPERATURE.
NORTHERLY FLOW THROUGH THE 26TH KEPT TEMPERATURES BELOW NORMAL...
WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES ON THE 27TH BEFORE A
FRONTAL PASSAGE ON THE 28TH BROUGHT TEMPERATURES BACK BELOW NORMAL.
RECORD TEMPERATURES FOR THE MONTH:
DAYTONA BEACH:
-NOVEMBER 19TH: RECORD COOL HIGH OF 58 DEGREES BROKE THE PREVIOUS
RECORD OF 59 SET IN 1951.
ORLANDO:
-NOVEMBER 1ST: RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 44 DEGREES TIED THE PREVIOUS
RECORD LAST SET IN 1993.
VERO BEACH:
-NOVEMBER 1ST: RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 46 DEGREES BROKE THE
PREVIOUS RECORD OF 48 DEGREES LAST SET IN 1993.
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE VALUES FOR NOVEMBER 2012 AT THE FOUR PRIMARY
CLIMATE SITES ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA ARE AS FOLLOWS (RANKINGS
PROVIDED IF IN THE TOP 10):
-DAYTONA BEACH HAD AN AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE OF 62.2 DEGREES
FAHRENHEIT, WHICH WAS 4.4 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THIS IS THE 7TH
COOLEST NOVEMBER ON RECORD FOR DAYTONA BEACH.
-ORLANDO HAD AN AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE OF 64.7 DEGREES
FAHRENHEIT, WHICH WAS 3.8 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.
-MELBOURNE HAD AN AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE OF 65.0 DEGREES
FAHRENHEIT, WHICH WAS 4.0 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THIS IS THE 8TH
COOLEST NOVEMBER ON RECORD FOR MELBOURNE.
-VERO BEACH HAD AN AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE OF 66.0 DEGREES
FAHRENHEIT, WHICH WAS 4.2 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THIS WAS THE 7TH
COOLEST NOVEMBER ON RECORD FOR VERO BEACH.
.RAINFALL...NOVEMBER WAS A VERY DRY MONTH ACROSS EAST CENTRAL
FLORIDA WITH SEVERAL WEAK FRONTAL PASSAGES THAT PRODUCED LITTLE TO
NO RAINFALL...COMPOUNDING ONGOING RAIN DEFICITS ACROSS THE REGION.
THE MONTH STARTED WITH A FRONTAL PASSAGE THAT MOVED THROUGH THE
REGION ON NOVEMBER 1ST AND 2ND...WITH ANOTHER FRONTAL PASSAGE ON
NOVEMBER 6TH THAT PRODUCED TRACE AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL ACROSS THE
REGION. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL OF THE MONTH OCCURRED WITH A
SLOW MOVING FRONTAL SYSTEM THAT TRAVERSED THE REGION FROM THE 14TH
THROUGH THE 17TH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM A FEW HUNDREDTHS TO SEVERAL
INCHES DURING THESE THREE DAYS. A FEW COASTAL SHOWERS WITH A FEW
HUNDREDTHS OF ACCUMULATION OCCURRED WITH ANOTHER FRONTAL PASSAGE
THAT TRAVERSED THE REGION ON NOVEMBER 28TH.
TOTAL PRECIPITATION IN NOVEMBER AVERAGED LESS THAN A HALF OF AN INCH
ACROSS THE AREA...WHICH WAS WELL BELOW NORMAL.
RECORD RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH: NONE
NOVEMBER 2012 RAINFALL TOTALS FOR THE FOUR MAIN CLIMATE SITES ACROSS
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA ARE AS FOLLOWS (RANKINGS PROVIDED IF IN THE TOP
10):
-DAYTONA BEACH RECEIVED 0.77 INCHES OF RAIN FOR THE MONTH, WHICH WAS
1.92 INCHES BELOW NORMAL.
-ORLANDO RECEIVED 0.23 INCHES OF RAIN FOR THE MONTH, WHICH WAS 1.94
INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THIS TIES FOR THE 10TH DRIEST NOVEMBER ON WHICH
ALSO OCCURRED IN 1967.
-MELBOURNE RECEIVED 0.99 INCHES OF RAIN FOR THE MONTH, WHICH WAS
2.22 INCHES BELOW NORMAL.
-VERO BEACH RECEIVED 0.85 INCHES OF RAIN FOR THE MONTH, WHICH WAS
2.43 INCHES BELOW NORMAL.
BELOW IS A LIST OF OBSERVED PRECIPITATION TOTALS AND RAINFALL
STATISTICS FOR SELECT SITES ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA FOR NOVEMBER
2012:
STATION NOVEMBER 2012 30 YEAR DEPARTURE PERCENT OF
RAINFALL NORMAL FROM NORMAL NORMAL
DAYTONA BEACH 0.77" 2.69" -1.92" 29%
(DAB)
ORLANDO 0.23" 2.17" -1.94" 11%
(MCO)
MELBOURNE 0.66" 2.88" -2.22" 23%
(MLB)
VERO BEACH 0.85" 3.28" -2.43" 26%
(VRB)
CLERMONT 0.03" 2.14" -2.11" 1%
(CLRF1)
DELAND 0.03" 2.56" -2.53" 1%
(DELF1)
SANFORD 0.02" 2.38" -2.36" 1%
(SFNF1)
TITUSVILLE 0.29" 2.94" -2.65" 10%
(TITF1)
FORT PIERCE 1.66" 3.58" -1.92" 46%
(FPCF1)
STUART 3.43" 4.14" -0.71" 83%
(STRF1)
FOR MORE LOCAL INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB PAGE AT
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MELBOURNE AND CLICK ON THE "LOCAL" LINK UNDER
THE CLIMATE SUBSECTION ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE PAGE.
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