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Dangerous Cold Persists through Monday; Wintry Weather from the Northern Plains to the Great Lakes

Bitter cold temperatures and dangerous wind chills will persist from Florida to the Northeast through Monday. Daily record low temperatures are forecast across the Southeast and Florida, with some all-time February low temperature records possible across Florida. An Alberta clipper will spread wintry precipitation across the Northern Plains today and into the upper Great Lakes into tonight. 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