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Winter Returns Across the Northern Tier; Record Warmth for the Southwest

A large high pressure system will usher in cold air for this first day of March across the northern Plains, Great Lakes, Northeast and mid-Atlantic. Some wintry precipitation may evolve across the mid-Mississippi Valley, Ohio Valley and mid-Atlantic through Monday. Meanwhile, record warmth will spread across the Southwest, southern Plains through early this week. Read More >

 

 

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        Average Temperature Records
 
 
 
WARMEST YEARS                  COLDEST YEARS
 1. 44.7  2017                   1. 38.1  1992
 2. 44.6  2015                   2. 38.6  1979
 3. 44.4  1934                   3. 38.7  1964
 4. 44.2  1954                   4. 38.9  1984
 5. 44.0  2018                   5. 39.1  1975
 6. 44.0  2020                   6. 39.5  1944
 7. 43.6  1981                   7. 39.7  1968
 8. 43.6  2003                   8. 39.7  1973
  9. 43.6  2005                   9. 39.7  2013 
10. 43.5  2000                  10. 39.8  1991
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WARMEST WINTERS                COLDEST WINTERS
  1.  26.4  1994-95              1.   7.0  1991-92
  2.  25.9  2017-18              2.   8.2  1978-79
  3.  25.8  1998-99              3.   8.7  1983-84
  4.  25.7  1980-81              4.  10.6  1972-73
  5.  24.8  1956-57              5.  11.1  1943-44
  6.  24.5  1999-00              6.  11.5  2007-08
 .7.  24.4  1934-35              7.  12.1  1987-88
  8.  24.4  1995-96              8.  12.2  1932-33
  9.  24.4  2014-15              9.  12.4  2012-13
  10.  24.1  1977-78             10.  12.5  1992-93 
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WARMEST SUMMERS                COLDEST SUMMERS
1.  65.3   2011                1.  60.0   1941
2.  65.1   2021                2.  60.6   1950
3.  64.6   2012                3.  60.7   1992
4.  64.4   2010                4.  60.9   1945
5.  64.3   2018                5.  60.9   1979
6.  64.3   2020                6.  61.0   1965
7.  64.1   2007                7.  61.0   1974
8.  63.9   1958                8.  61.0   1993
9.  63.9   2013                9.  61.1   1967
 10.  63.9   2016               10.  61.1   1976  
                              
     
  Records are in degrees fahrenheit, April 1932 to present.
  Winter temps (Dec. - Feb.)       Summer temps (June - Aug.)
     Current through September 1, 2021.