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Heat Persists in the South Central U.S. and Southwest; Heavy rains in the Desert Southwest and Central Plains

Sweltering heat remains across the South-Central Plains, Lower/Middle Mississippi Valley, and the Southwest this week with limited nighttime relief. Thunderstorms will bring heavy rainfall leading to localized flash flooding in portions of the Desert Southwest and central Plains. Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms are possible across portions of the central Plains into the Northeast. Read More >

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.