National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce

Winter Season (December 1 to February 29)

 

Top 10 Warmest and Coldest Winters

Rank Warmest
Average (°F)
Season Rank Coldest
Average (°F)
Season
1 39.1 1931-32 1 19.7 1977-78
2 38.5 1881-82 2 20.2 1978-79
3 38.2 1879-80 3 21.3 1976-77
4 37.8 1889-90 4 21.8 1962-63
5 36.1 2011-12 5 22.3 1917-18
6 36.0 2016-17 6 22.4 1935-36
7 35.9 2023-24 7 22.6 1981-82
8 35.5 2015-16 8 22.8 2013-14
9 35.2 1997-98 9 (tie) 23.1 1904-05
10 35.1 1930-31 9 (tie) 23.1 1903-04

 

Top 10 Wettest and Driest Winters

Rank Wettest
(in.)
Season Rank Driest
(in.)
Season
1 15.21 1881-82 1 1.67 1919-20
2 12.64 1882-83 2 1.83 1962-63
3 12.21 1949-50 3 2.16 1930-31
4 12.09 2007-08 4 2.38 2016-17
5 11.96 1895-96 5 2.45 1955-56
6 11.58 1897-98 6 2.60 1969-70
7 10.36 1982-83 7 3.10 1939-40
8 10.22 1948-49 8 3.14 1933-34
9 9.74 2018-19 9 3.23 1993-94
10 9.73 1889-90 10 3.29 2003-04

 

Top 10 Snowiest and Least Snowiest Winters

Rank Greatest
(in.)
Season Rank Least
(in.)
Seaso
1 45.0 1981-82 1 1.1 1930-31
2 41.6 2013-14 2 2.4 1931-32
3 36.9 1976-77 3 3.0 1953-54
4 35.9 1913-14 4 3.2 1887-88
5 35.3 1973-74 5 3.5 1885-86
6 34.7 2010-11 6 3.6 1916-17
7 31.8 1961-62 7 3.8 2022-23
8 31.7 1907-08 8 4.0 1952-53
9 31.1 2007-08 9 4.3 1937-38
10 (tie 29.9 1902-03
1983-84
10 4.6 1982-83

 


Records began in July 1879.