Dangerous heat is expected across areas in Texas and from Washington through California. Several daily high temperature records are expected to be either tied or broken in the West. Monsoonal showers and thunderstorms may result in flash flooding and debris flows over the Southwestern U.S. through Friday. Locally heavy rain is expected from thunderstorms in the Southeast. Read More >
| Rank | Average Temperature |
Year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 56.5 degrees | 1900 |
| 2 | 55.5 degrees | 1931 |
| 3 | 55.4 degrees | 2012 |
| 4 | 55.1 degrees | 1921 |
| 5 | 54.9 degrees | 2016 |
| 6 | 54.6 degrees | 1896 |
| 7 | 54.5 degrees | 2015 |
| 8 | 54.4 degrees | 1998 |
| 9 | 54.3 degrees | 2017 |
| 10 (tie) | 54.2 degrees | 1894, 1938 |
| 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 (tie) |
49.1 degrees |
1912
|
| 7 (tie) |
49.1 degrees |
1951
|
| 9 (tie) |
49.2 degrees |
1950, 1963,
1976, 1996 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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.
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