Oct 2017 goes down in the history books for warmth. Average monthly temps ranged 7-8 degrees above normal. #nywx #mawx #vtwx pic.twitter.com/XFgmmmOwyz

— NWS Albany (@NWSAlbany) November 1, 2017

The National Weather Service in Albany reported that the past month was the warmest October on record in Albany and Poughkeepsie. The average temperature in Albany was 57.8 in Albany, more than eight degrees above normal. There was less rain than usual in Albany in October, just 2.8 inches. Parts of the Catskills got much more than that during the Oct. 29-30 storm. Up to 7 inches of rain was recorded in parts of Greene County, with five and six inches of rain also reported in parts of Greene, Ulster, and Delaware counties.

Here is a preliminary rainfall analysis of observations from the storm that passed over the region! Thank you so much to all our observers! pic.twitter.com/u26ucPc4y4

— NWS Albany (@NWSAlbany) November 1, 2017