...HIGHLIGHTS...
...WARMEST NOVEMBER ON RECORD...
...39TH WETTEST NOVEMBER ON RECORD...
...2ND WARMEST FALL ON RECORD...
...23RD DRIEST FALL ON RECORD...

STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE STATE THROUGH MUCH OF NOVEMBER RESULTED
IN THE WARMEST NOVEMBER ON RECORD. THE FIRST THREE WEEKS OF THE MONTH
HAD DAILY TEMPERATURES THAT RANGED FROM 5 TO 12 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.
HIGH PRESSURE FINALLY LOOSENED ITS GRIPPED OVER THE AREA THUS
ALLOWING A STORM SYSTEM TO DROP ACROSS THE AREA AND BRING THE FIRST
COLD WAVE TO THE REGION OVER THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY WEEKEND.

A STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPED OFF THE BAJA COAST TOWARD THE END OF THE
MONTH AS TAPPED INTO TROPICAL MOISTURE. THIS SYSTEM BROUGHT A ONE-TWO
PUNCH OF RAINFALL WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN OCCURRING ON THE 29TH
AND HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING ON THE 30TH. TWO DAY RAINFALL TOTALS RANGED
FROM 0.75" TO 2.50" WITH THE MOUNTAINS RECORDING BETWEEN THREE AND
SIX INCHES OF RAIN. DUE TO THE TROPICAL NATURE OF THE STORM THE SNOW
LEVEL WAS ABOVE 9000 FEET. TUCSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS ONE OF
THE AREAS THAT RECEIVED THE LEAST AMOUNT OF RAIN. HOWEVER IT WAS
ENOUGH FOR THE MONTH TO BE ABOVE NORMAL AND RANK AS THE 39TH WETTEST
NOVEMBER ON RECORD.

THE OTHER MAJOR WEATHER EVENT DURING NOVEMBER WAS THE MUCH ABOVE
NORMAL TEMPERATURES THE OCCURRED DURING THE FIRST THREE WEEKS. RECORD
HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE SET ON THE 5TH (91)...7TH (90)...19TH (88).
THE HIGH OF 91 DEGREES ON THE 5TH RANKS AS THE 8TH WARMEST NOVEMBER
DAY ON RECORD (TIED WITH 10 OTHER DATES). THE MERCURY HIT 90 DEGREES
OR BETTER ON THREE DAYS WHICH IS THE THIRD MOST ON RECORD FOR
NOVEMBER (TIED WITH 1934). THE MOST OCCURRENCES WAS 5 DAYS IN 1924
WITH FOUR DAYS OCCURRING IN 1999. OFFICIALLY THE AVERAGE MONTHLY
TEMPERATURE OF 65.7 DEGREES RANKS AS THE WARMEST NOVEMBER ON RECORD.
TEMPERATURE EXTREMES FOR THE MONTH RANGED FROM A HIGH OF 91 DEGREES
ON THE 5TH TO A LOW OF 39 DEGREES ON THE 25TH.

TOP 5 WARMEST NOVEMBERS ON RECORD...
1) 65.7 IN 2007 **
2) 65.4 IN 1999
3) 64.3 IN 1949
4) 64.0 IN 1894
5) 63.2 IN 1942
 
NOVEMBER RAINFALL TOTALS SINCE 1998...
1998 ..... 0.67"     2003 ..... 1.03"
1999 ..... 0.00"     2004 ..... 0.44"
2000 ..... 1.37"     2005 ..... 0.00"
2001 ..... 0.05"     2006 ..... TRACE
2002 ..... 0.23"     2007 ..... 0.80"
10 YEAR AVERAGE ... 0.46"
1971-2000 NORMAL .. 0.67"

...NOVEMBER 2007 STATS...       MONTH     NORMAL     DEPARTURE
AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE        79.9      72.3        + 7.6
AVERAGE LOW  TEMPERATURE        51.5      45.1        + 6.4
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE             65.7      58.7        + 7.0
RAINFALL                        0.80"     0.67"       + 0.13

FALL 2007 WILL GO INTO THE RECORD BOOKS AS THE 2ND WARMEST ON RECORD
WITH AN AVERAGE FALL TEMPERATURE OF 73.8 DEGREES. RAINFALL WAS MUCH
BELOW NORMAL...EVEN WITH THE RAIN EVENT OF NOVEMBER 29TH AND 30TH
AND RANKS AS THE 23RD DRIEST ON RECORD.

...FALL 2007 STATS...           FALL     NORMAL     DEPARTURE
AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE        87.5      83.4        + 4.1
AVERAGE LOW  TEMPERATURE        60.1      56.6        + 3.5
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE             73.8      70.0        + 3.8
RAINFALL (AIRPORT)              1.27"     3.40"      - 2.13"

FALL RAINFALL TOTALS SINCE 1998...
1998 ..... 2.01"     2003 ..... 3.57"
1999 ..... 0.97"     2004 ..... 1.67"
2000 ..... 6.37"     2005 ..... 0.36"
2001 ..... 1.07"     2006 ..... 1.87"
2002 ..... 2.41"     2007 ..... 1.27"
10 YEAR AVERAGE ... 2.16"
1971-2000 NORMAL .. 3.40" OR 12.40" 10-YEAR DEFICIT

2007 CURRENTLY RANKS AS THE 3RD WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD WITH AN
AVERAGE YEARLY TEMPERATURE OF 72.5 DEGREES. FOR THE 6TH YEAR IN
THE PAST SEVEN...THE TUCSON AREA HEADS INTO DECEMBER WITH A YEARLY
RAINFALL TOTAL BELOW NORMAL. THE 9.02 INCHES RECORDED AT THE TUCSON
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT THIS YEAR RANKS AS THE 38TH DRIEST ON RECORD.
 
YEARLY RAINFALL TOTALS THROUGH NOVEMBER 30TH SINCE 1998...
1998 ..... 13.17"     2003 .....  9.89"
1999 .....  9.68"     2004 .....  6.89"
2000 ..... 12.44"     2005 .....  9.56"
2001 .....  7.21"     2006 ..... 11.19"
2002 .....  7.19"     2007 .....  9.02"
10 YEAR AVERAGE ...  9.62"
1971-2000 NORMAL .. 11.14" OR 15.20" 10-YEAR DEFICIT
 
...2007 STATS THRU NOVEMBER...  YEAR     NORMAL     DEPARTURE
AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE        86.2      84.2        + 2.0
AVERAGE LOW  TEMPERATURE        58.7      56.3        + 2.4
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE             72.5      70.2        + 2.3
HIGHS OF 100 DEGREES OR BETTER    65        55        +  10
RAINFALL                        9.02"    11.14"      - 2.12"
 
...LOOKING AHEAD INTO DECEMBER...
THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER FORECASTS THAT THE MONTH OF DECEMBER
WILL HAVE ELEVATED CHANCES OF ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND BASED ON
A STORM SYSTEM AFFECTING THE AREA ON THE 1ST...THERE IS AN ELEVATED
CHANCE OF ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION.

DECEMBER DATA...
AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ......... 64.3 DEGREES
AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE........... 39.8 DEGREES
AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE ...... 52.0 DEGREES
RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE ..........   85 DEGREES ON DECEMBER 29 1921
                                            (LAST OF 4 OCCURRENCES)
RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE ...........   10 DEGREES ON DECEMBER 14 1901
WARMEST DECEMBER (AVG) ........... 58.1 DEGREES IN 1980
COLDEST DECEMBER (AVG) ........... 45.0 DEGREES IN 1911
NORMAL RAINFALL .................. 1.07 INCHES
WETTEST DECEMBER DAY ............. 2.15 INCHES ON DECEMBER 6 1906
WETTEST DECEMBER ................. 5.85 INCHES IN 1914
DRIEST DECEMBER .................. ZERO INCHES IN 1981
 	                                (LAST OF 6 OCCURRENCES)
RECORD DECEMBER SNOWFALL ......... 6.8 INCHES IN 1971 (8TH)

THE 2007-2008 WINTER SEASON OUTLOOK IS FOR ELEVATED CHANCES FOR ABOVE
NORMAL TEMPERATURES.  DUE TO CURRENT LA NINA CONDITIONS IN THE
EQUATORIAL PACIFIC OCEAN...THERE IS AN ELEVATED CHANCE OF BELOW
NORMAL PRECIPITATION.

WINTER DATA...
AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ......... 65.8 DEGREES
AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE........... 39.9 DEGREES
AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE ...... 52.9 DEGREES
WARMEST WINTER (AVG) ............. 56.6 DEGREES IN 1980-1981
COLDEST WINTER (AVG) ............. 46.8 DEGREES IN 1912-1913
NORMAL RAINFALL .................. 2.90 INCHES
WETTEST WINTER ................... 9.78 INCHES IN 1992-1993
DRIEST WINTER  ................... 0.01 INCHES IN 2005-2006
RECORD WINTER SNOWFALL ........... 6.8 INCHES IN 1971-1972

THE NUMBER OF DAYLIGHT HOURS WILL DECREASE FROM 10 HOURS 12 MINUTES
ON THE FIRST TO 10 HOURS 5 MINUTES ON THE 31ST...A LOSS OF 7 MINUTES.
WINTER WILL BEGIN ON DECEMBER 21ST AT 11:08 PM WHEN THE SUN REACHES 
THE SOUTHERN MOST LATITUDE PART OF EARTH (23.4 DEGREES SOUTH OR ALONG
THE TROPIC OF CAPRICORN).

(ADDITIONAL DAILY DATA AND GRAPHS ARE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE AT:
 http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/twc/climate/monthly/nov07.php)

GLUECK