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**Top 10 Warmest and Coldest Years**
Rank	Warmest Average (°F)	Year	Rank	Coldest Average (°F)	Year
1 (tie)	55.5	2023	1	47.6	1917
1 (tie)	55.5	1931	2	47.9	1979
3	55.4	2012	3 (tie)	48.6	1978
4	55.1	1921	3 (tie)	48.6	1972
5	54.9	2016	5	48.7	1960
6	54.5	2015	6	48.8	1924
7 (tie)	54.4	1998	7	49.0	1912
7 (tie)	54.4	1896	8	49.1	1951
9	54.3	2017	9 (tie)	49.2	1950, 1963
10 (tie)	54.2	1894, 1938	9 (tie)	49.2	1976, 1996

Note: An average of 56.3 degrees in 1900 was not counted due to
missing observations for the entire month of February.

**Top 10 Wettest and Driest Years**
Rank	Wettest (in.)	Year	Rank	Driest (in.)	Year
1	55.35	1990	1	22.16	1988
2	54.51	2009	2	22.53	1989
3	54.07	1993	3	23.18	1910
4	51.66	1927	4	24.03	1930
5	50.76	2019	5	24.65	1914
6	50.22	1973	6	24.82	1962
7	50.00	1926	7	25.20	1994
8	49.98	2015	8	25.26	1890
9	49.28	1902	9	25.42	2005
10	48.26	1965	10	25.62	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.

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