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03.12.2018

Climate characteristic of November 2018

Average air temperature was about 0,9°С in November that is 0,1°С above climate normal. The most positive temperature deviations from climate normal were registered in Grodno region and were 0,8°С on average. The most negative temperature deviations from climate normal were in Gomel region – -0,9°С on average.

Deviation of average monthly air temperature from climate normal across the Republic of Belarus in November
First decade of November was the warmest, its temperature was 3,5°С above climate normal, second decade was 0,2°С below climate normal. Third decade was cold, its average air temperature was -4,1°С that is 3,1°С below climate normal.
In the first half of the month positive temperatures prevailed during daytime hours, plus temperature increased up to +10°С and higher in certain days of the first decade on most of the country. Maximum air temperature (+17,0°С) was registered at the meteorological station Vysokoye on November, 2. Night air temperatures were mainly positive in the first decade of month. Sit has been cold since the second half of the month, night temperature decreased below 0°С. Air cooled up to-10°С -15°С in the coldest night (November, 30), absolute minimum of the month was registered at the meteorological stations Kostiukovichi and Vasilevichi (-19,0°С).

Average air temperature and climate normal for decades of November in the Republic of Belarus
21,1 mm of precipitations fall out in November on average across Belarus (46% of climate normal). Shortage of precipitations was observed across all the country, least of all – in Gomel region, on average 15 mm (33% of climate normal). The most of them was in Vitebsk region, 28,2 mm on average across the region (58% of climate normal). Maximum amount of precipitations per day was registered in Lepel (26 mm on November, 14).
 
Amount of precipitations in November and climate normal across the regions and Belarus
Beginning with the second half of the month, snow cover appeared on most of the country and at the beginning of the month – on most of Belarus except the west and south-west regions. Its height ranged from 1 to 8 cm (Kostiukovichi) on the last day of November, there was no snow cover in some areas of Brest and Grodno regions.
The wind became more intense with gusts up to 15-17 m/s on certain days of the month (17 m/s – Dokshytsy on November, 13), fogs, glaze-ice and rime phenomena (dangerous phenomenon was registered in Borisov – diameter of wet snow accretion was 35-84 mm on November, 15-16), glazed frost was on some areas of roads.

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