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Winter Season (December 1 to February 29)

 

Top 10 Warmest and Coldest Winters
Rank Warmest
Average (°F)
Season Rank Coldest
Average (°F)
Season
1 37.0 1889-90 1 17.0 1978-79
2 36.1 1931-32 2 17.2 1977-78
3 35.3 2023-24 3 18.2 1935-36
4 33.9 2001-02 4 18.3 1962-63
5 33.7 2015-16 5 18.8 1976-77
6 33.6 2011-12 6 19.2 1884-85
7 33.3 1997-98 7 19.4 1917-18
8 33.1 2016-17 8 20.2 2013-14
9 (tie) 33.0 2022-23 9 21.7 1911-12
9 (tie) 33.0 1982-83
1930-31
10 22.1 1961-62

 

 

Top 10 Wettest and Driest Winters
Rank Wettest
(inches)
Season Rank Driest
(inches)
Season
1 13.18 1949-50 1 1.37 1962-63
2 10.56 2007-08 2 1.50 1919-20
3 10.16 1964-65 3 1.60 1930-31
4 8.85 1973-74 4 1.72 1955-56
5 8.84 2018-19 5 1.92 1960-61
6 8.71 2012-13 6 2.31 1939-40
7 8.67 1948-49 7 2.33 1969-70
8 8.59 1937-38 8 2.34 1963-64
9 8.58 1936-37 9 2.55 1976-77
10 8.22 1992-93 10 2.58 1995-96

 

Records began in 1883.