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. 2023 Apr 18;18(7):904–912. doi: 10.2215/CJN.0000000000000174

Table 2.

Daily measures of inclement weather in 27 counties in the Northeastern United States (2001–2019)

Inclement Weather Type Minimum Median Mean (SD) Maximum
Rainfall, mma 0.0 0.0 3.1 (9.2) 221.2
Snowfall, mmb 0.0 0.0 6.6 (29.5) 769.6
Snow depth, mmc 0.0 0.0 22.5 (66.1) 863.6
Sustained wind speed, m/sd 1.3 7.6 8.4 (2.8) 28.6
Peak wind speed, m/se 1.3 10.3 11.0 (3.8) 61.7
Seasons Frequency by Season (%)
Wind Advisory (Sustained Wind >13.86 m/s) Wind Advisory (Peak Wind >20.56 m/s)
Spring (March–May) 5% (1835/36,887) 2% (724/36,887)
Summer (June–August) 2% (617/37,102) 0.8% (283/37,102)
Fall (September–November) 3% (1116/36,983) 1% (443/36,983)
Winter (December–February) 7% (2385/36,105) 3% (931/36,105)
No. of Hurricane and Tropical Storm‒Affectedf Counties by Year
Year No. of Counties Year No. of Counties
2001 0 2010 0
2002 0 2011 4
2003 2 2012 15
2004 2 2013 12
2005 3 2014 1
2006 6 2015 0
2007 6 2016 0
2008 11 2017 4
2009 0 2018 1
a

Rainfall: daily amount of precipitation for the day from April to October.16

b

Snowfall: daily amount of snowfall from November to March. Record of the snowfall (snow and ice pellets) since the previous snowfall observation (24 hours).16

c

Snow depth: daily reading of snow on the ground from November to March. Depth of the new and old snow remaining on the ground at observation time (24 hours).16

d

Sustained wind speed: the fastest speed for the day that is sustained for at least 2 minutes.16

e

Peak wind speed: the fastest speed for the day that is sustained for at least 5 seconds.16

f

Hurricane and tropical storm: storms with wind speed ≥34 knots (from May to October).18