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Tracking Winter Storm and Severe Weather Impacts Through This Weekend

Heavy mountain snow will continue into Thursday afternoon across the Cascades. Two fast moving storms will track from the southern Rockies to the Great Lakes Thursday and then Friday into Sunday with areas of gusty winds, and heavy snow. In the Southeast U.S., severe thunderstorms and heavy to excessive rainfall are forecast on Friday. 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