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Areas of Excessive Rainfall and Fire Weather Today; Wildfire Smoke Bringing Unhealthy Air Quality to the Pacific Northwest

In southeast Texas, the coastal Carolinas, and much of New Mexico today, showers and thunderstorms may bring excessive rainfall which could lead to areas of flooding. Dry, gusty winds will contribute to scattered areas of elevated to critical fire weather today in the western U.S. Wildfire smoke is causing unhealthy air quality today in parts of the Pacific Northwest and central Plains. Read More >

 

Monthly County Precipitation Normals (1980 - 2010) for December


... CONNECTICUT ...

                        County 
                       Averaged 
                        Normal 

FAIRFIELD                3.96 
HARTFORD                 3.77 
LITCHFIELD               3.83 
MIDDLESEX                4.18 
NEW HAVEN                3.96 
NEW LONDON               4.23 
TOLLAND                  3.92 
WINDHAM                  4.14 

... MASSACHUSETTS ...

                        County 
                       Averaged 
                        Normal 

BARNSTABLE               4.21 
BERKSHIRE                3.77 
BRISTOL                  4.42 
DUKES                    4.33 
ESSEX                    4.17 
FRANKLIN                 3.87 
HAMPDEN                  3.83 
HAMPSHIRE                3.77 
MIDDLESEX                4.14 
NANTUCKET                3.68 
NORFOLK                  4.42 
PLYMOUTH                 4.54 
SUFFOLK                  4.29 
WORCESTER                3.99 

... MAINE ...

                        County 
                       Averaged 
                        Normal 

ANDROSCOGGIN             4.10 
AROOSTOOK                3.43 
CUMBERLAND               4.10 
FRANKLIN                 3.77 
HANCOCK                  4.35 
KENNEBEC                 3.82 
KNOX                     4.10 
LINCOLN                  4.29 
OXFORD                   3.83 
PENOBSCOT                3.73 
PISCATAQUIS              3.55 
SAGADAHOC                4.19 
SOMERSET                 3.46 
WALDO                    4.01 
WASHINGTON               4.45 
YORK                     4.10 

... NEW HAMPSHIRE ...

                        County 
                       Averaged 
                        Normal 

BELKNAP                  3.58 
CARROLL                  4.17 
CHESHIRE                 3.68 
COOS                     3.58 
GRAFTON                  3.70 
HILLSBOROUGH             3.80 
MERRIMACK                3.65 
ROCKINGHAM               3.73 
STRAFFORD                3.76 
SULLIVAN                 3.49 

... NEW YORK ...

                        County 
                       Averaged 
                        Normal 

ALBANY                   2.99 
ALLEGANY                 2.81 
BROOME *                 3.00 
CATTARAUGUS              3.49 
CAYUGA                   2.96 
CHAUTAUQUA               3.85 
CHEMUNG *                2.44 
CHENANGO *               3.15 
CLINTON                  2.68 
COLUMBIA                 3.18 
CORTLAND *               3.24 
DELAWARE *               3.34 
DUTCHESS                 3.61 
ERIE                     3.61 
ESSEX                    3.36 
FRANKLIN                 3.15 
FULTON                   3.72 
GENESEE                  2.71 
GREENE                   3.64 
HAMILTON                 4.02 
HERKIMER                 3.86 
JEFFERSON                3.52 
LEWIS                    4.36 
LIVINGSTON               2.34 
MADISON                  3.30 
MONROE                   2.59 
MONTGOMERY               2.94 
NASSAU                   3.90 
NEW YORK CITY            3.86 
NIAGARA                  2.96 
ONEIDA                   3.89 
ONONDAGA                 3.27 
ONTARIO                  2.44 
ORANGE                   3.67 
ORLEANS                  2.81 
OSWEGO                   4.30 
OTSEGO *                 3.10 
PUTNAM                   3.92 
RENSSELAER               3.12 
ROCKLAND                 3.86 
SARATOGA                 3.53 
SCHENECTADY              3.03 
SCHOHARIE                2.94 
SCHUYLER                 2.28 
SENECA                   2.41 
STEUBEN *                2.31 
ST LAWRENCE              3.00 
SUFFOLK                  4.02 
SULLIVAN *               3.74 
TIOGA *                  2.78 
TOMPKINS                 2.62 
ULSTER                   4.04 
WARREN                   3.74 
WASHINGTON               3.18 
WAYNE                    2.84 
WESTCHESTER              3.86 
WYOMING                  3.09 
YATES                    2.25 

... RHODE ISLAND ...

                        County 
                       Averaged 
                        Normal 

KENT                     4.32 
NEWPT&BRISTOL            4.36 
PROVIDENCE               4.35 
WASHINGTON               4.20 

... VERMONT ...

                        County 
                       Averaged 
                        Normal 

ADDISON                  2.99 
BENNINGTON               4.45 
CALEDONIA                3.27 
CHITTENDEN               2.90 
ESSEX                    3.33 
FRANKLIN                 3.27 
GRAND ISLE               2.50 
LAMOILLE                 3.67 
ORANGE                   3.15 
ORLEANS                  3.70 
RUTLAND                  3.73 
WASHINGTON               3.40 
WINDHAM                  4.24 
WINDSOR                  3.71 


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