Average temperature = 44.5; normal = 46.6
Heating degree days = 611, normal =554; heating season = 6872, normal =6558
Cooling degree days = 4, normal = 3; year = 4, normal = 4
Water equivalent precipitation = 2.89", normal = 3.25"; year = 10.75", normal = 11.40"
FARM precipitation = 4.05"
Snow = 5.6", normal = 2.8"; season (since July 1, 2002) = 105.4", normal = 62.5
Sunshine = 44% of possible; normal = 54%
Average windspeed = 8.8 mph; normal = 10.7 mph
Special notes re month of April: 1975, "Very cold and dry;" 1983, "Wettest April on record with 7.95"
total H2O equivalent;" 1985, "Very dry and warm;" 1999, "Second driest with only 0.60" precip., driest
(going back to 1826, the start of record keeping at Albany) was in 1892 @ 0.56";" 2003, "First nine days
average temp was coldest on record."
MAY, 2003
Average temperture = 56.8; normal = 58.1
Heating degree days = 246, normal = 240; heating season = 7118, normal = 6798
Cooling degree days = zero, normal =27; year = 4, normal = 31
Water equivalent precipitation = 5.08", normal = 3.67"; year = 15.83", normal = 15.07"
FARM precipitation = 4.85"
Snow = zero, normal = 0.10"; season (since July 1, 2002) = 105.4", normal = 62.6"
Sunshine = 37% of possible; normal = 55%
Average windspeed = 6.2 mph; normal = 9.1 mph
JUNE, 2003
Average temperature = 66.3; normal = 66.3
Heating degree days = 46, normal = 62; heating season = 7164, normal = 6860 [Heating season=7/1 to 6/30.]
Cooling degree days = 94, normal = 102; year = 98, normal = 133
Water equivalent precipitation = 2.84", normal = 3.74"; year = 18.67", normal = 18.81
FARM precipitation = 2.52" [Central Park, New York City had record June rainfall of 10.27".]
Snow = none , normal = none; season (7/1/2002 to 6/30/03) = 105.4", normal = 62.6"
Sunshine = 45% of possible; normal = 60%
Average windspeed = 6.5 mph; normal = 8.2 mph
Special notes re month of June: 1982, 6.71" rain at farm and third coldest June on record, "little sun" at
45% of possible sunshine (same as 2003); 1985, "Wet and 2nd coldest;" 1986, 7.76" rain at farm and cold
(2.1 deg. below normal avg. temp.); 1997, "2nd driest June at Albany with only 0.74", with normal= 3.62"
of rain (farm = 1.51"); 1998, farm rain = 7.34", Albany NWS = 6.59".
JULY, 2003
Average temperarure = 72.2; normal = 71.1
Cooling degree days = 229, normal = 206; year = 327, normal = 339 {farm had 57 heating degree days!}
Water equivlent precipitation = 4.52", normal = 3.50"; year = 23.19", normal = 22.31"
FARM precipitation = 5.18"
Sunshine = 61% of possible; normal = 64%
Average windspeed = 6.3 mph; normal = 7.6 mph
Special notes re month of July: 1976, "Third coldest July on record; colder than June:" 1992, "Coldest
July on record, average temp. = 67.6 deg. (minus 3.8), previous record was 68.3 in 1860; above normal
rain, too, with 6.29" at the farm for a miserable month;" 2000, "Tied 1992 low average temp. record, also
wet with 5.23" rain at farm;" 2002, 4th driest [July] on record @ 0.84" (1968 record= 0.49"), farm= 1.34"."
AUGUST, 2003
Average temperature = 72.7; normal = 69.0
Heating degree days = 9 {Farm = 55},normal = 26; season (7/1 - 6/30) = 9, normal = 36
Cooling degree days = 258, normal = 157; year = 585, normal = 496
Water equivlent precipitation = 4.42", normal = 3.68"; year = 27.61", normal = 25.99"
FARM precipitation = 5.95" [5.80" from 1st thru 12th]
Sunshine = 49% of possible; normal = 64%
Average windspeed = 5.9 mph; normal = 7.6 mph
Special notes re July and August, 1998: "There were no 90 degree or above temps. Last time this
occurred was in 1875. Hi was 89 on 8/24. It was also 89 on 3/31. Re 2000: "Summer season" (June,
July & Aug.) average temp was 67.3, tying the 9th lowest on record. Also, 15.88" rain was the 11th
wettest. Coldest 'summer' was 1982 @ 66.2 degrees average temp and wettest was in 1871 w/ 27.21" rain
SEPTEMBER, 2003
Average temperature = 63.0; normal = 60.6
Heating Degree Days = 88 {Farm = 201}, normal = 168; season (7/1-6/30) = 97, normal = 204
Cooling Degree Days = 37, normal = 46; year = 622, normal = 542
Water equivalent precipitation = 4.91", normal = 3.31"; year = 32.52, normal = 29.30"
FARM precipitation = 5.30"
Sunshine = 52%; normal = 57%
Average windspeed = 5.2 mph; normal = 7.4 mph.