
Snow settles in NE Moncton before changeover to rain, 10 Nov 2018 (Dearing)
About twice the normal amount of precipitation fell in Southeast New Brunswick during November which began as heavy rain and became heavy snow when it turned colder.
Two major rain events which included hurricane force winds were followed by the first snowfall of the season on the 10th and three more snow events to round out the month.
Greater Moncton had snow cover starting on the 14th and by the 30th, about 31 cm of snow was lying on the ground – almost eight times more than normal.
Temperatures were mild during the first third of the month and became decidedly frigid by the middle with lows near -15 C accompanied by bitterly cold wind chills.
NOVEMBER 2018 ALMANAC (at Greater Moncton Int’l Airport, 1981-2010)
Average HIGH 3.2°C
Average LOW -4.0°C
AVERAGE -0.4°C (about 2.3 degrees BELOW normal)
Extreme HIGH 17.1°C (03 Nov)
Extreme LOW -15.3°C (22 Nov)
RAINFALL 141.4 mm (about 50 percent ABOVE normal)
SNOWFALL 75.0 cm (about 4 times ABOVE normal)
(Data courtesy Environment Canada)