Author: Dan Leathers

Below normal temperatures and below normal rainfall characterized Delaware’s Climate during spring 2013.

Record rainfall and warmer than normal conditions characterized Delaware’s Climate during June 2013.

Above normal temperatures and below normal rainfall characterized Delaware’s Climate in May 2013.

Temperatures that were slightly above normal and precipitation a bit below normal characterized Delaware’s Climate in April 2013.

Below normal temperatures and drier than normal conditions characterized Delaware’s Climate in March 2013. Spatially, March temperatures across Delaware were significantly below normal across southern and coastal Sussex County and across central portions of Kent County. Northern portions of Delaware and Chester County, PA had more modest negative temperature departures.

Slightly above normal temperatures and slightly wetter than normal conditions characterized Delaware’s Climate in February.

Following the overall pattern of 2012, the new-year began with above normal temperatures and below normal precipitation across Delaware.

Posted on Sat 02/23/13 , Updated 04/05/13 Figure 1. Delaware statewide mean annual temperature (°F) 1895-2012. Preliminary data indicates that Delaware saw its warmest year on record during 2012. The mean annual temperature of 58.8 ° F was 3.9 ° F abov …

Preliminary data from the National Climatic Data Center indicates that the summer of 2012 was the 3rd warmest across Delaware since records began in 1895.

Preliminary data from the National Climatic Data Center indicates that the first six months of 2012 were the warmest and driest January through June period across Delaware since records began in 1895.