Areas of Extreme Heat and Fire Weather in the West; Refreshingly Cooler Further East

Extreme heat will continue across the Pacific Northwest into midweek before finally waning. Hot temperatures, low relative humidity, gusty winds, and isolated dry thunderstorms will bring critical fire weather into Tuesday. A refreshingly cool air mass has settled into much of the eastern two-thirds of the Rockies through the week. Read More >

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Temperatures | Wind |Precipitation

...Highlights of 2014...

3rd Coldest Year on Record (over last 55 years, period of record 1960-2014).
109 percent of normal precipitation
All-time record low set for the month of November at -28F
2nd coldest February, 7th coldest June, 4th coldest November
7th warmest October
3rd wettest August and December

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Element	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Average High	30.0	24.9	46.1	59.6	71.8	77.8	91.0	83.7	75.9	69.0	36.7	29.0	58.0
Mean High (1981-2010 Normals)	30.6	37.4	50.5	60.1	69.9	80.3	89.0	87.4	74.5	60.3	44.2	30.6	59.7
Average Low	3.2	-0.4	22.8	31.1	41.3	47.6	56.5	54.7	43.9	32.3	8.1	6.7	29.0
Mean Low (1981-2010 Normals)	3.6	10.2	22.4	31.2	40.9	49.1	55.0	52.8	42.7	30.7	17.1	4.5	30.1
Average Temp	16.6	12.3	34.5	45.3	56.5	62.7	73.8	69.2	59.9	50.7	22.4	17.9	43.5
Mean Temp (1981-2010 Normals)	17.1	23.8	36.5	45.7	55.4	64.7	72.0	70.1	58.6	45.5	30.6	17.5	44.9
Departure from Normal	-0.5	-11.5	-2.0	-0.4	1.1	-2.0	1.8	-0.9	1.3	5.2	-8.2	0.4	-1.4
Rank - Warmest to Coldest 55 years of record (1960-2014)	25	54	41	21	27	47	28	39	29	7	51	37	38
Highest Daily Maximum	47	48	67	77	94	89	104	99	94	81	75	56	104
Date of Occurrence	11	16	29	9	28	13	23	12	25	25	1	13	7/23
Lowest Daily Minimum	-24	-34	-13	14	24	36	49	48	29	17	-28	-31	-31
Date of Occurrence	6	6	1	14	1	15	1	24,26	12	28	13	31	12/31
Number of Days with:
Maximum >= 100°	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3
Maximum >= 90°	0	0	0	0	1	0	18	10	3	0	0	0	32
Maximum <= 32°	17	18	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	16	67
Minimum <= 32°	31	28	29	18	4	0	0	0	3	15	28	30	186
Minimum <= 0°	7	15	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	9	45
Record Highs Set or Tied	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	2	1	1	9
Record Lows Set or Tied	0	3	2	1	2	2	0	0	2	1	6*	0	19
*New all-time record low set for November set on the 13th: -28F \| Only 40 years on record without missing data for annual rankings (38 = 3rd Coldest)

Temperature Ranks and Records:

Daily Records:

Max:

May: 94 on the 28^th.
July: 104 on the 23^rd (tie).
September: 89 on the the 24^th, 94 on the 25^th, 92 on the the 26^th (tie).
October: 80 on the the 15^th, 81 on the the 25^th.
November: 75 on the 1^st (tie).
December: 53 on the the 12^th (tie).

Min:

February: -34 on the 6^th, -21 on on the 7^th, -17 on on the 26^th
March: -13 on the 1^st, -11 on the 2^nd (tie).
April: 17 on the 13^th (tie).
May: 24 on the 1^st (tie), 26 on the 13^th.
June: 36 on the 13^th, 40 on the 19^th(tie).
September: 32 on the 11^th, 29 on the 12^th.
October: 26 on the 3^rd.
November: -21 on the 12^th, -28 on the 13th (also set a new all-time record low for November),
-21 on the 15^th, -22 on on the 16^th, -19 on on the 17^th, -11 on on the 18^th.

Top Ten Warmest Years on Record
Rank	Year	Average Temperature °F
1	1981	49.4
2	1999	48.9
3	1988	48.6
4	1994, 1987	48.2
6	1998	48.1
7	2006	47.9
8	1966	47.8
9	1986	47.5
10	1980	47.0
38	2014	43.5

Top Ten Coldest Years on Record
Rank	Year	Average Temperature °F
1	1978	41.9
2	1993	42.7
3	2014	43.5
4	1975	43.6
5	1979	44.2
6	2009, 2008	44.3
8	1982, 1972	44.5
10	2013, 1996	44.7

Wind Banner

Element	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Average Speed (MPH)	4.8	5.4	7.3	8.6	7.5	7.2	6.2	5.5	5.6	6.0	5.4	5.1	5.5
Maximum 3-sec Gust	48	50	56	56	64	50	46	46	58	44	42	37	56
Direction (tens of degrees)	34	34	33	33	22	33	26	35	28	34	31	35	24
Date of Occurrence	26	19	17	15	28	22	21	30	7	12	10	22	8/10

Precipitation Banner

Element	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Total (inches)	0.25	0.13	0.40	0.29	1.14	1.62	0.25	1.51	1.13	0.27	0.57	0.70	8.26
Mean Precip (1981-2010 Normals)	0.23	0.19	0.46	0.86	1.42	1.15	0.71	0.43	0.85	0.69	0.35	0.23	7.57
Departure from Normal	0.02	-0.06	-0.06	-0.57	-0.28	0.47	-0.46	1.08	0.28	-0.42	0.22	0.47	0.69
Percent of Normal	109	68	87	34	80	141	35	351	133	39	163	304	109
Rank - Driest to Wettest 55 years of Record (1960-2014)	32	27	35	10	26	42	22	53	40	19	44	53	38
Greatest 24 Hour Total	0.09	0.04	0.13	0.12	0.48	0.46	0.17	1.13	0.52	0.18	0.28	0.27	1.13
Dates of Occurrence	4-5	25	30	12-13	6-7	24	29	23	10-11	1	10-11	14-15	8/23
Number of Days with:
Precipitation >= 0.01	6	7	6	8	11	11	4	7	7	3	6	7	83
Precipitation >= 0.10	0	0	1	0	4	5	1	2	4	1	2	3	23
Precipitation >= 1.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Daily Precipitation Records Set or Tied	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	3

Precipitation Ranks and Records:

One Day Precipitation Records:

March: 0.08 on the 1^st.
August: 1.13 on the 23^rd.
September: 0.44 on the 11^th.

Top Ten Driest Years on Record
Rank	Year	Precpitation (inches)
1	2012	2.94
2	1996	3.77
3	2006	3.91
4	2001	4.03
5	1970	4.21
6	1974	4.50
7	2007	4.62
8	1977	5.39
9	1969	5.48
10	1972	5.75
38	2014	8.26

Top Ten Wettest Years on Record
Rank	Year	Precipitation (inches)
1	1967	11.29
2	1993	11.16
3	1978	11.12
4	1998	11.11
5	1997	10.94
6	2011	10.67
7	1975	10.05
8	1992	9.98
9	1991	9.84
10	1995	9.32
18	2014	8.26

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