It was a warm November in Muskegon. Also rainy and windy. The temperatures were + 3.6 degrees. This took the year to date temperatures for Muskegon above the 0 level to +.24 degrees after 11 months.

The average temperatures was 42.3°. The monthly high was 64 on the 23rd with low of 20 earlier in the month on the 9th. That monthly low is similar to recent years. In fact November 2002 also had a low temperature of 20°. Most of the cold weather in November came in a compact range of days from the 6th to the 10th.

It was an exceptionally rainy month. 6.29 inches of rain fell, almost doubling the normal amount. The actual amount above average was 3.06 inches. 1.71 inches of the wet stuff came down on the 18th. Just .5 inches of snow fell.

Living up to its reputation, November was a windier than normal month. Average winds were 11.7 compared to a typical 10.6 knots. Windiest day was the 24th when the average wind was 21.2 knots. The 13th and the 25th also had 20+ knot average winds.

An angered up Lake Michigan November 23rd.

If you’re a SAD sufferer November saw the light begin to receede. 17 days were categorized cloudy, 6 were partly cloudy and 6 were clear.

The winter weather outlook calls for normal temperatures. Normal for Muskegon is 28.7 degrees. Normal is also 2 feet of snow. Let’s all remember that snow is typically positive for our lagging lake levels.

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