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Top 10 Warmest and Coldest Years

Rank	Warmest Average (°F)	Year	Rank	Coldest Average (°F)	Year
1	57.4	1931	1 (tie)	50.2	1917
2	57.3	2012	1 (tie)	50.2	1888
3	57.0	1921	3	50.4	1904
4	56.9	1938	4	50.5	1978
5	56.7	2016	5	50.5	1950
6	56.6	1946	6	50.7	1996
7	56.5	2017	7 (tie)	50.8	1989
8	56.3	1933	7 (tie)	50.8	1979
9	56.2	1941	7 (tie)	50.8	1951
10	56.0	1939	10	50.9	1893

Top 10 Wettest and Driest Years
Rank	Wettest (in.)	Year	Rank	Driest (in.)	Years
1	58.21	1882	1	22.76	1914
2	56.51	1881	2	22.88	1940
3	56.31	1898	3	23.98	1953
4	54.48	1926	4	24.32	1930
5	53.73	2008	5	25.15	1887
6	52.67	1990	6	25.31	1988
7	52.62	2009	7	25.51	1901
8	49.34	2019	8	25.70	1976
9	49.13	1927	9	26.67	1954
10	48.79	1883	10	27.51	1910

**Top 10 Snowiest Years**
Rank	Calendar Year Total	Year	Rank	Seasonal Total	Season
1	47.7 inches	1960	1	52.1 inches	1977-78
2	47.6 inches	1914	2	50.4 inches	1981-82
3	47.0 inches	1977	3	45.7 inches	2013-14
4	41.0 inches	2014	4	42.9 inches	1913-14
5	40.0 inches	1978	5	42.1 inches	1959-60
6	37.4 inches	2013	6	41.4 inches	1973-74
7	36.8 inches	1951	7	40.4 inches	1964-65
8	36.7 inches	1964	8	40.2 inches	1961-62
9	36.4 inches	1975	9	38.6 inches	1976-77
10	36.1 inches	1965	10	36.3 inches	1905-06

**Top 10 Least Snowiest Years**
Rank	Calendar Year Total	Year	Rank	Seasonal Total	Season
1	5.2 inches	1938	1	5.8 inches	1953-54
2	5.8 inches	1928	2	6.2 inches	1916-17
3	6.5 inches	1954	3	6.3 inches	2022-23
4	6.7 inches	2001	4	7.0 inches	1937-38
5	6.8 inches	2023	5	8.1 inches	1910-11
6	7.2 inches	1921	6	8.5 inches	1994-95
7	7.3 inches	1933	7	8.6 inches	1931-32
8	7.5 inches	1923	8	8.8 inches	1949-50
9 (tie)	7.9 inches	1946	9 (tie)	8.9 inches	1928-29
9 (tie)	7.9 inches	1935	9 (tie)	8.9 inches	1922-23

Temperature and precipitation records began in 1879.
Snowfall records began in 1881.

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