A look back at December 2014 on Delmarva

December 2014 had a couple of days well above average. If you can think back a whole year, it was a warm and rainy Christmas on Delmarva.
The Salisbury airport recorded 1 in of rain on the 24th and the high temperature was 70º, which is 23 degrees above average! Christmas Day was only two degrees shy from that with a high of 68º and had 0.15 inches of rain recorded. On the other hand, there were 8 days that were below normal but only ranged from 2 to 6 degrees below normal. Overall, the average monthly temperature was five degrees above average and the precipitation total was 0.32 in above average.
Here are more fun facts about December 2014 in Salisbury:
- The average monthly temperature was 44º
- The warmest day was on December 1st at a warm 71º
- There is a tie for the coldest daily high temperature of 41º on December 20th and 30th
- The coldest overnight low was on December 31st at 22º
- There were 2 days in the 70s, 5 days in the 60s, 12 days in the 50s, and 12 days in the 40s
- We received 4.03 inches of precipitation
- There was a trace of snow recorded on December 8th