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Top 10 Warmest Years

Rank Average
Temperature
Year
1 57.4 degrees 1931
2 57.3 degrees 2012
3 57.0 degrees 1921
4 56.9 degrees 1938
5 56.7 degrees 2016
6 56.6 degrees 1946
7 56.5 degrees 2017
8 56.3 degrees 1933
9 56.2 degrees 1941
10 56.0 degrees 1939

 

Top 10 Coldest Years

Rank Average
Temperature
Year
1 (tie) 50.2 degrees 1917
1 (tie) 50.2 degrees 1888
3 50.4 degrees 1904
4 50.5 degrees 1978
5 50.5 degrees 1950
6 50.7 degrees 1996
7 (tie) 50.8 degrees 1989
7 (tie) 50.8 degrees 1979
7 (tie) 50.8 degrees 1951
10 50.9 degrees 1893

 

Top 10 Wettest Years

Rank Total Year
1 58.21 inches 1882
2 56.51 inches 1881
3 56.31 inches 1898
4 54.48 inches 1926
5 53.73 inches 2008
6 52.67 inches 1990
7 52.62 inches 2009
8 49.34 inches 2019
9 49.13 inches 1927
10 48.79 inches 1883

 

Top 10 Driest Years

Rank Total Year
1 22.76 inches 1914
2 22.88 inches 1940
3 23.98 inches 1953
4 24.32 inches 1930
5 25.15 inches 1887
6 25.31 inches 1988
7 25.51 inches 1901
8 25.70 inches 1976
9 26.67 inches 1954
10 27.51 inches 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.