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Slight Risk for Excessive Rainfall and Severe Thunderstorms Thursday

Additional rounds of thunderstorms are expected Thursday and Thursday night across Oklahoma and north Texas, with risks for both large hail and flash flooding. Strong winds may accompany any storms from east Texas northeast through the lower Great Lakes. Read More >

 

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.