October ended with a lot of rain. November is shaping up to start with cooler temperatures and a drier pattern. But don’t expect that to stick around for long.
The National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center says the long-term outlook for the month of November includes above average temperatures and precipitation.
The second graphic is less surprising, as November typically begins the lake effect precipitation season.
While major winter storms are less common – getting off-and-on precipitation, whether it’s rain or snow – is pretty standard.
The first chance of flakes comes this week between Tuesday and Wednesday, as temperatures drop low enough for the first time to see a little frozen precipitation. However, forecasters say it will largely be driven by elevation.
Higher terrain will see a chance for some snow showers, while most see rain showers.
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The @NWSCPC predicts a better than even chance for CNY to have ABOVE AVERAGE temperatures for the month of November. pic.twitter.com/zsS1T2Expr
— Peter Hall (@PeteWeatherBeat) November 1, 2021
The @NWSCPC predicts a better than even chance for CNY to have ABOVE AVERAGE precipitation for the month of November. pic.twitter.com/JWpAXDfr4M
— Peter Hall (@PeteWeatherBeat) November 1, 2021
Today will be breezy with highs in the upper 40s to lower 50s. There will be a few rain showers east of the lakes today, but showers will become more widespread east of the lakes tonight. Snow may mix in late, but little if any accumulation through Tuesday morning. pic.twitter.com/Ud0QSd9X5k
— NWS Buffalo (@NWSBUFFALO) November 1, 2021
Typical late fall weather is expected this week with seasonably cool temperatures and some chances for spotty rain showers (mixed with snow in some spots during the overnights). Despite these chances for showers, the majority of the time will be mainly dry. #NYwx #PAwx pic.twitter.com/0BVnrPGSFt
— NWS Binghamton (@NWSBinghamton) November 1, 2021
Tracking somewhat colder weather as we go through the week. Some of us may see a few of the seasons first flakes mixed with lake effect rain showers midweek. Going over the rest of the 10day as we start the month of November on News10NBC Today. pic.twitter.com/4SQjkAaFtr
— news10nbc (@news10nbc) November 1, 2021
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