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1 January Partly Cloudy Breezy & Cooler Partly Cloudy & Cool Increasing Clouds Then A few Rain or Snow, Cooler & Freezing Rain or Snow Generally Increasing Clouds Then Some Rain Partly Cloudy & & Milder Rain Rain (Heavy) Generally, Becoming Cooler Storm off the Coast, Increasing Clouds then Rain 31 Rain

2 February Followed by Chance of Some Snow, Increasing Clouds Generally Chance of Light Snow, Becoming Milder Rain & Breezy Chance of Some Wet Snow Continued Generally Generally & Seasonable 28 29

3 March Few Light Rain Continued Generally, Breezy & Cooler Few Light Rain Partly Cloudy More Clouds Then Rain or Snow Chance of Rain, Becoming Warmer Increasing Clouds Then a Few Light Rain Increasing Clouds Generally Few Scattered Becoming & Seasonable

4 April Generally Chance of a few light showers Increasing Clouds Cloudy With Some Rain, Some Heavy & Cool Chance of Likely Brief More & Seasonable Few Light & Thunderstorms (Some Heavy) & Breezy

5 May & Thundershowers, Then More & Thundershowers End Few Possible Partly Cloudy & Mild & Thundershowers (Some Heavy), Then Slow Still Some Heavy, Scattered Around Generally & Seasonable Some & Thundershowers Scattered & Thundershowers

6 June Brief Shower Possible Few Scattered Light (Some Locations May See None) & Seasonable Generally & Thundershowers Then & Cooler Very Warm Scattered Thundershowers, Then & Thundershowers Storm Along The Coast, Clouds With Each Day

7 July Generally , Becoming Very Warm & Humid, Becoming a Bit Cooler Few or Thundershowers & More Comfortable & Seasonable Partly Cloudy Shower or Thunder Continued Generally & Seasonable, Becoming Warmer & More Humid Then A Few Shower & Warm 31 & Hot

8 August A Frontal System Stalled In Our Area, Expect Lots of Clouds & Daily & Thunder (Heavy) & Seasonable Widely Scattered (Mostly Light) Generally & Seasonable , Becoming Warmer & Thundershowers

9 September Chance Of & Seasonable Cloudy With Heavy Rain (Coastal Storm) HURRICANE Strong Winds & Heavy Rain Then Generally & Breezy Rain & Thundershowers, Mostly Light Light Rain Continue

10 October Continued Generally Few Rain Few Light Rain Generally & Cool Chance Of Stormy Weather & Mild Mostly Cloudy With & Mild Cloudy With Some Rain Generally Briefly Milder, Few Partly Cloudy & Cooler

11 November Generally & Seasonably Mild Generally Coastal Storm Rain (Heavy) Slow/ A Few Light Rain Possible Cool With Rain More Generally & Seasonable & Cool Rain

12 December Generally Generally & Seasonable Cloudy With Rain More Rain, Some Heavy & Milder Cloudy With Rain Milder With Rain, Then, Windy & Cooler Rain- South Snow- North Generally Chance Of Light Snow Partly Cloudy

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