A Week of Weather

(Feb. 11-Feb. 17, 2018)

By Dennis C. Pike

FARMINGTON — This week, the maximum temperature was 44.4° and the minimum 5.5°. The average temperature was 25.2°. Total precipitation was 0.18 inches. Last year at this time, the maximum was 30.2° and the minimum was -0.6°, with an average temperature of 17.3°, and precipitation of 2.80 inches. Average daily snow cover was 43.5 inches.

DATE/DAY HIGH LOW PRECIP. CONDITIONS

2/11 Sun. 33.8 29.4 0.18* CL

**2/12 Mon. 36.3 17.6 0.00 FA-WI

2/13 Tues. 27.3 05.8 0.00 FAIR

2/14 Wed. 40.4 05.5 0.00 FAIR

2/15 Thurs. 44.4 11.1 0.00 FA-HZ

2/16 Fri. 42.4 20.4 0.00 FA-WI

2/17 Sat. 30.2 09.5 0.TR* CL-SN

*Max. wind: 28 MPH (2/12). Total precipitation – (Year to Date) 6.98 inches. Average daily snow cover: 19.3 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