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Top 10 Warmest Years

Rank Average
Temperature
Year
1 (tie) 55.5 degrees 2023
1 (tie) 55.5 degrees 1931
3 55.4 degrees 2012
4 55.1 degrees 1921
5 54.9 degrees 2016
6 54.5 degrees 2015
7 (tie) 54.4 degrees 1998
7 (tie) 54.4 degrees 1896
9 54.3 degrees 2017
10 (tie) 54.2 degrees 1894, 1938
Note: An average of 56.3 degrees in 1900 was not counted due to
missing observations for the entire month of February.

 

Top 10 Coldest Years

Rank Average
Temperature
Year
1 47.6 degrees 1917
2 47.9 degrees 1979
3 (tie) 48.6 degrees 1978
3 (tie) 48.6 degrees 1972
5 48.7 degrees 1960
6 48.8 degrees 1924
7 49.0 degrees 1912
8 49.1 degrees 1951
9 (tie) 49.2 degrees 1950, 1963,
1976, 1996

 

Top 10 Wettest Years

Rank Total Year
1 55.35 inches 1990
2 54.51 inches 2009
3 54.07 inches 1993
4 51.66 inches 1927
5 50.76 inches 2019
6 50.22 inches 1973
7 50.00 inches 1926
8 49.98 inches 2015
9 49.28 inches 1902
10 48.26 inches 1965

 

Top 10 Driest Years

Rank Total Year
1 22.16 inches 1988
2 22.53 inches 1989
3 23.18 inches 1910
4 24.03 inches 1930
5 24.65 inches 1914
6 24.82 inches 1962
7 25.20 inches 1994
8 25.26 inches 1890
9 25.42 inches 2005
10 25.62 inches 1956

 

Top 10 Snowiest Years

Rank Calendar
Year Total
Year Rank Seasonal
Total
Season
1 52.3 inches 1977 1 57.6 inches 2013-14
2 49.8 inches 2014 2 52.5 inches 2010-11
3 47.0 inches 2010 3 51.6 inches 1978-79
4 45.7 inches 1926 4 47.1 inches 1977-78
5 41.2 inches 1951 5 46.9 inches 1981-82
6 39.9 inches 1982 6 43.8 inches 1925-26
7 37.7 inches 2009 7 42.4 inches 2009-10
8 37.6 inches 1972 8 42.3 inches 1974-75
9 37.1 inches 1960 9 42.1 inches 1942-43
10 36.5 inches 1975 10 41.6 inches 1959-60

 

Top 10 Least Snowiest Years

Rank Calendar
Year Total
Year Rank Seasonal
Total
Season
1 (tie) 7.3 inches 1928 1 (tie) 7.8 inches 1965-66
1 (tie) 7.3 inches 1966 1 (tie) 7.8 inches 1994-95
3 7.8 inches 1910 3 8.5 inches 1936-37
4 9.1 inches 1922 4 9.1 inches 1920-21
5 9.2 inches 1921 5 9.5 inches 1916-17
6 9.4 inches 2001 6 (tie) 10.1 inches 1921-22
7 11.1 inches 1995 6 (tie) 10.1 inches 1948-49
8 12.0 inches 1949 8 11.1 inches 1927-28
9 12.9 inches 1923 9 11.5 inches 2011-12
10 13.1 inches 1937 10 11.7 inches 2001-02

 


Temperature and precipitation records began in 1884; snowfall records began in 1896.