A Week of Weather

(Feb. 4-Feb. 10, 2018)

By Dennis C. Pike

FARMINGTON — This week, the maximum temperature was 36.5° and the minimum -17.4°. The average temperature was 13.0°. Total precipitation was 1.71 inches. Last year at this time, the maximum was 45.5° and the minimum was -1.7°, with an average temperature of 15.7°, and precipitation of 1.40 inches.

DATE/DAY HIGH LOW PRECIP. CONDITIONS

2/04 Sun. 31.4 -06.9 0.39* FO-RA

**2/05 Mon. 36.5 07.1 0.18 FAIR

2/06 Tues. 25.8 05.3 0.02* FAIR

2/07 Wed. 18.2 -02.8 1.10* Pt. CL

2/08 Thurs. 23.0 -04.8 0.00 FA-HZ

2/09 Fri. 25.1 -17.4 0.TR* CL-SN

2/10 Sat. 32.3 09.8 0.02* CL

*Max. wind: 27 MPH (2/05). Total precipitation – (Year to Date) 6.80 inches. Average daily snow cover: 17.0 inches. CL = cloudy, PT-CL = partly cloudy, T = Thunder Showers, FO = Fog, FA = fair, HA = haze, MI = mist, WI = wind, RA = rain, *= Snow and/or Mixed Precipitation – Ground Fog, S = smoke, SN = snow, SL = sleet, TR = trace