Fire Weather Concerns and Severe Weather

Dry and breezy conditions will bring elevated to critical fire weather conditions across portions of the northern and central High Plains through this weekend, where fuels remain largely receptive. Severe thunderstorms and heavy rainfall are possible from the Plains into the Upper Midwest, as well as in the Ohio Valley and portions of the Mid-Atlantic through this weekend. Read More >

Winter Ranking By Average Temperature 1888/89 - 2011/12

Rank  Season     Temp 
 1   1978/79    21.5
 2   1977/78    21.9
 3   1935/36    24.5
 4   1917/18    24.9
     1904/05    24.9
6   1981/82    25.1

 7   1892/93    25.4
 8   1983/84    25.7
 9   1898/99    25.9
  10   2000/01    26.0   
   11   1976/77    26.5    
     2009/10    26.5
     1984/85    26.5
14   1911/12    26.8
15   1909/10    27.0
16   1928/28    27.2
      2010/11    27.2 
18   1901/02    27.5
19   1962/63    28.3
     1939/40    28.3
   21   2007/08    28.4   
22   1894/95    28.9
23   1961/62    29.0
24   1992/93    29.1 


25   1996/97    29.2
26   1985/86    29.3
     1903/04    29.3
28   1995/96    29.5
     1972/73    29.5
30   1973/74    29.7 

     1902/03    29.7
     1979/80    29.7
33   1919/20    29.8
34   1993/94    29.9
     1987/88    29.9
     1974/75    29.9
37   1899/00    30.0
38   1968/69    30.1
     1916/17    30.1
40   1914/15    30.3
41   1990/91    30.5
42   1893/94    30.7
43   1915/16    30.8 

44   1958/59    30.9
45   1924/25    31.0
     2008/09    31.0
     1936/37    31.0
48   1947/48    31.1
 49   1944/45    31.3 
50   1955/56    31.4
     1948/49    31.4
     2003/04    31.4
     2002/03    31.4
54   1912/13    31.6 

55   1989/90    31.7
     2006/07    31.7
 57   1969/70    31.9 
     1888/89    31.9
        1988/89    31.9   
     1980/81    31.9
61   1967/68    32.0
     1964/65    32.0
     1950/51    32.0
      1897/98    32.0 
65   1971/72    32.4
     1900/01    32.4
 67   1942/43    32.6 
68   1970/71    32.7
69   1963/64    32.8
70   1957/58    32.9
71   1927/28    33.0
     1923/24    33.0
     1921/22    33.0
74   1959/60    33.2
     1929/30    33.2
76   1895/96    33.3 

77   1934/35    33.4
     1906/07    33.4
79   1994/95    33.5
     1896/97    33.5
     1945/46    33.5
82   1910/11    33.6
      1954/55    33.6 
     1946/47    33.6
     1913/14    33.6
86   2004/05    33.7 

87   1960/61    33.8
     1956/57    33.8
       1937/38    33.8  
       1982/83    33.8  
     1940/41    33.8
     1890/91    33.8
93   1891/92    34.0 

       1905/06    34.0  
     1966/67    34.0
 96   1943/44    34.1 
97   1926/27    34.3
     1949/50    34.3
99   1925/26    34.5
     1998/99    34.5
     1986/87    34.5
102  1951/52    34.6
     1941/42    34.6
     1908/09    34.6
     1922/23    34.6
106  1975/76    34.7
     1938/39    34.7
108  1932/33    34.8
109  1907/08    35.0
110  1965/66    35.2
111  1999/00    36.0
     1918/19    36.0
     1933/34    36.0
114  2005/06    36.1
       2001/02    36.1  
  116  1997/98    36.2  
    1952/53    36.2
   118  2011/12    36.4   
119  1953/54    36.9
     1889/90    36.9
121  1991/92    37.2
122  1920/21    37.9
123  1930/31    38.5
124  1931/32    39.1

Winter Average Temperature by Season 1888/89 - 2011/12

Season      Temp
1888/89     31.9
1889/90     36.9
1890/91     33.8
1891/92     34.0
1892/93     25.4
1893/94     30.7
1894/95     28.9
1895/96     33.3
1896/97     33.5
1897/98     32.0
1898/99     25.9
1899/00     30.0
1900/01     32.4
1901/02     27.5
1902/03     29.7
1903/04     29.3
1904/05     24.9
1905/06     34.0
1906/07     33.4
1907/08     35.0
1908/09     34.6
1909/10     27.0
1910/11     33.6
1911/12     26.8
1912/13     31.6
1913/14     33.6
1914/15     30.3
1915/16     30.8
1916/17     30.1
1917/18     24.9
1918/19     36.0
1919/20     29.8
1920/21     37.9
1921/22     33.0
1922/23     34.6
1923/24     33.0
1924/25     31.0
1925/26     34.5
1926/27     34.3
1927/28     33.0
1928/29     27.2
1929/30     33.2
1930/31     38.5
1931/32     39.1
1932/33     34.8
1933/34     36.0
1934/35     33.4
1935/36     24.5
1936/37     31.0
1937/38     33.8
1938/39     34.7
1939/40     28.3
1940/41     33.8
1941/42     34.6
1942/43     32.6
1943/44     34.1
1944/45     31.3
1945/46     33.5
1946/47     33.6
1947/48     31.1 

1948/49     31.4
1949/50     34.3
1950/51     32.0
1951/52     34.6
1952/53     36.2
1953/54     36.9
1954/55     33.6
1955/56     31.4
1956/57     33.8
1957/58     32.9
1958/59     30.9
1959/60     33.2
1960/61     33.8
1961/62     29.0
1962/63     28.3
1963/64     32.8
1964/65     32.0
1965/66     35.2
1966/67     34.0
1967/68     32.0
1968/69     30.1
1969/70     31.9
1970/71     32.7
1971/72     32.4
1972/73     29.5
1973/74     29.7
1974/75     29.9
1975/76     34.7
1976/77     26.5
1977/78     21.9
1978/79     21.5
1979/80     29.7
1980/81     31.9
1981/82     25.1
1982/83     33.8
1983/84     25.7
1984/85     26.5
1985/86     29.3
1986/87     34.5
1987/88     29.9
1988/89     31.9
1989/90     31.7
1990/91     30.5
1991/92     37.2
1992/93     29.1
1993/94     29.9
1994/95     33.5
1995/96     29.5
1996/97     29.2
1997/98     36.2
1998/99     34.5
1999/00     36.1
2000/01     26.0
2001/02     36.1
2002/03     31.4
2003/04     31.4
2004/05     33.7
2005/06     36.0
2006/07     31.7
2007/08     28.4
2008/09     31.0
2009/10     26.5 
2010/11     27.2 
2011/12     36.4

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