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Heavy Rain and Flash Flooding in the West; Heat Expands in the Central U.S.

Monsoonal moisture will produce showers and thunderstorms with heavy rain over parts of the Southwest, Great Basin, and Central Rockies through Monday. Flash flooding is possible, especially in and around burn scars and in areas of steep terrain. Heat will persist across the Central U.S. early this week, spreading into the Ohio Valley and Mid-Atlantic later this week. Read More >

Winter Ranking By Average Temperature 1888/89 - 2011/12
Rank  Season     Temp 
1 1978/79 21.5
2 1977/78 21.9
3 1935/36 24.5
4 1917/18 24.9
1904/05 24.9
6 1981/82 25.1

7 1892/93 25.4
8 1983/84 25.7
9 1898/99 25.9
10 2000/01 26.0 11 1976/77 26.5 2009/10 26.5
1984/85 26.5
14 1911/12 26.8
15 1909/10 27.0
16 1928/28 27.2
2010/11 27.2
18 1901/02 27.5
19 1962/63 28.3
1939/40 28.3
21 2007/08 28.4
22 1894/95 28.9
23 1961/62 29.0
24 1992/93 29.1


25 1996/97 29.2
26 1985/86 29.3
1903/04 29.3
28 1995/96 29.5
1972/73 29.5
30 1973/74 29.7

1902/03 29.7
1979/80 29.7
33 1919/20 29.8
34 1993/94 29.9
1987/88 29.9
1974/75 29.9
37 1899/00 30.0
38 1968/69 30.1
1916/17 30.1
40 1914/15 30.3
41 1990/91 30.5
42 1893/94 30.7
43 1915/16 30.8

44 1958/59 30.9
45 1924/25 31.0
2008/09 31.0
1936/37 31.0
48 1947/48 31.1
49 1944/45 31.3
50 1955/56 31.4
1948/49 31.4
2003/04 31.4
2002/03 31.4
54 1912/13 31.6

55 1989/90 31.7
2006/07 31.7
57 1969/70 31.9
1888/89 31.9
1988/89 31.9
1980/81 31.9
61 1967/68 32.0
1964/65 32.0
1950/51 32.0
1897/98 32.0
65 1971/72 32.4
1900/01 32.4
67 1942/43 32.6
68 1970/71 32.7
69 1963/64 32.8
70 1957/58 32.9
71 1927/28 33.0
1923/24 33.0
1921/22 33.0
74 1959/60 33.2
1929/30 33.2
76 1895/96 33.3

77 1934/35 33.4
1906/07 33.4
79 1994/95 33.5
1896/97 33.5
1945/46 33.5
82 1910/11 33.6
1954/55 33.6
1946/47 33.6
1913/14 33.6
86 2004/05 33.7

87 1960/61 33.8
1956/57 33.8
1937/38 33.8
1982/83 33.8
1940/41 33.8
1890/91 33.8
93 1891/92 34.0

1905/06 34.0
1966/67 34.0
96 1943/44 34.1
97 1926/27 34.3
1949/50 34.3
99 1925/26 34.5
1998/99 34.5
1986/87 34.5
102 1951/52 34.6
1941/42 34.6
1908/09 34.6
1922/23 34.6
106 1975/76 34.7
1938/39 34.7
108 1932/33 34.8
109 1907/08 35.0
110 1965/66 35.2
111 1999/00 36.0
1918/19 36.0
1933/34 36.0
114 2005/06 36.1
2001/02 36.1
116 1997/98 36.2
1952/53 36.2 118 2011/12 36.4
119 1953/54 36.9
1889/90 36.9
121 1991/92 37.2
122 1920/21 37.9
123 1930/31 38.5
124 1931/32 39.1
Winter Average Temperature by Season 1888/89 - 2011/12
Season      Temp
1888/89 31.9
1889/90 36.9
1890/91 33.8
1891/92 34.0
1892/93 25.4
1893/94 30.7
1894/95 28.9
1895/96 33.3
1896/97 33.5
1897/98 32.0
1898/99 25.9
1899/00 30.0
1900/01 32.4
1901/02 27.5
1902/03 29.7
1903/04 29.3
1904/05 24.9
1905/06 34.0
1906/07 33.4
1907/08 35.0
1908/09 34.6
1909/10 27.0
1910/11 33.6
1911/12 26.8
1912/13 31.6
1913/14 33.6
1914/15 30.3
1915/16 30.8
1916/17 30.1
1917/18 24.9
1918/19 36.0
1919/20 29.8
1920/21 37.9
1921/22 33.0
1922/23 34.6
1923/24 33.0
1924/25 31.0
1925/26 34.5
1926/27 34.3
1927/28 33.0
1928/29 27.2
1929/30 33.2
1930/31 38.5
1931/32 39.1
1932/33 34.8
1933/34 36.0
1934/35 33.4
1935/36 24.5
1936/37 31.0
1937/38 33.8
1938/39 34.7
1939/40 28.3
1940/41 33.8
1941/42 34.6
1942/43 32.6
1943/44 34.1
1944/45 31.3
1945/46 33.5
1946/47 33.6
1947/48 31.1

1948/49 31.4
1949/50 34.3
1950/51 32.0
1951/52 34.6
1952/53 36.2
1953/54 36.9
1954/55 33.6
1955/56 31.4
1956/57 33.8
1957/58 32.9
1958/59 30.9
1959/60 33.2
1960/61 33.8
1961/62 29.0
1962/63 28.3
1963/64 32.8
1964/65 32.0
1965/66 35.2
1966/67 34.0
1967/68 32.0
1968/69 30.1
1969/70 31.9
1970/71 32.7
1971/72 32.4
1972/73 29.5
1973/74 29.7
1974/75 29.9
1975/76 34.7
1976/77 26.5
1977/78 21.9
1978/79 21.5
1979/80 29.7
1980/81 31.9
1981/82 25.1
1982/83 33.8
1983/84 25.7
1984/85 26.5
1985/86 29.3
1986/87 34.5
1987/88 29.9
1988/89 31.9
1989/90 31.7
1990/91 30.5
1991/92 37.2
1992/93 29.1
1993/94 29.9
1994/95 33.5
1995/96 29.5
1996/97 29.2
1997/98 36.2
1998/99 34.5
1999/00 36.1
2000/01 26.0
2001/02 36.1
2002/03 31.4
2003/04 31.4
2004/05 33.7
2005/06 36.0
2006/07 31.7
2007/08 28.4
2008/09 31.0
2009/10 26.5 2010/11 27.2 2011/12 36.4