TEMPERATURE--
Mean: 40.1F (departure: plus 5.6 deg.)
Average high: 46.9F
Average low: 33.2F
Month's high: 59F on the 2nd
Month's low: 5F on the 31st

PRECIPITATION--
Month's total (includes melted): 7.00" (departure: plus 2.57")
Year's total: 60.57" (departure: plus 16.76")
Max. 24hr. total: 1.86" on the 7th-8th
Days with 0.01" or more: 17
Days with 1.00" or more: 3
Month's snow: 3.1" (departure: minus 0.8")
Season's total: 4.2" (departure: none)
Max. 24hr. snow: 1.8" on the 31st
Days with 0.1" or more: 3
Days with 1.0" or more: 1

BAROMETER--
Month's high: 30.59" on the 26th
Month's low: 29.19 on the 8th

MISCELLANEOUS--
Days with thunder: 0
Days with fog: 10
High wind gust: 33 mph on the 8th
Heating degree days: 772; season: 2023
Snow depth days: 4; season: 5

Comments: Except for the last day of the month, mild weather dominated in December. The mean temperature of 40.1F equaled the mean temperature for November. Normally December is 10.3 degrees colder than November. The low temperature of 5F occured on the 31st, the second lowest temperture of the month was 19F on the 21st. It was the second warmest December in 22 years of records (40.6F in 1984)....Rain, heavy at times, was frequent during the month. At least a trace was observed on 21 days. Precip. was 158% of normal.

Regards--Dennis