January 1: The new year begins with abundant sunshine.
January 3: The first rainfall of 2020 yields .38 inches in Salisbury.
January 10: We topped 60 degrees for the first time in 2020 when we reached 63.6 degrees at 3:30 PM.
January 11: After the first 10 days of the new year we are averaging 7.6 degrees above normal and have already topped yesterday’s high when we reached 64.1 degrees at 9:55 AM.
It is just past lunch time on the 11th of January and @SalisburyWx and the surrounding area has already reached 70 degrees! This picture is from the same weekend last year. pic.twitter.com/byFjqRHHoX
— Salisbury MD Weather (@SalisburyWx) January 11, 2020
@SalisburyWx reached 72 degrees at 2:16 pm, 28 degrees above the average high for this date. https://t.co/RAbuN7IozS
— Salisbury MD Weather (@SalisburyWx) January 11, 2020
January 12: We’re waking up to record breaking warmth.
@SalisburyWx is waking up to a record breaking 68 degrees. https://t.co/4ZwCumSMH6
— Salisbury MD Weather (@SalisburyWx) January 12, 2020
January 17: Today was the first day this year where we did not reach 40 degrees. Our high temp was 37.7 degrees at 2:30 PM.
January 22: Now that we have passed the 3 week mark of the new year it is remarkable that even with the recent cold temperatures we are averaging 6.8 degrees above normal for January.
January 25: Today is the first day of 2020 where Salisbury recorded at least an inch of rain. It happened just after 9 AM.
January 31: The month comes to a close with some light rain. We averaged a whopping 5.7 degrees above normal.
February 8: Delmarva’s first substantial rain storm ended today with 2.21 inches of rain.
February 9: For the first time this month the mercury dipped to 32 degrees at 7:11 this morning. Still the month of February is averaging 9.7 degrees above normal.
The temp finally dropped to 32 degrees at 7:11 this morning at @SalisburyWx for this first time in February. Unbelievable that it took this long. I thought @JimCantore would like to know! pic.twitter.com/xvJ4kEqtuC
— Salisbury MD Weather (@SalisburyWx) February 8, 2020
February 15: The coolest temperature of the year thus far was recorded at 19.5 degrees at 6:45 AM.
@SalisburyWx wakes up to its coldest morning of 2020 at 20 degrees. Hopefully, yesterday's beautiful skies will hang around to provide great viewing of the NASA launch at Wallops Island today. @NWSWakefieldVA @weatherchannel @wunderground #mdwx pic.twitter.com/QOuIXlruZJ
— Salisbury MD Weather (@SalisburyWx) February 15, 2020
February 20: We still have received no snow this winter, but we got perilously close today as a southern storm dropped a few inches on southeast Virginia and North Carolina.