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Climatological Report (Annual)
Issued by NWS Omaha/Valley, NE
Issued by NWS Omaha/Valley, NE
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CXUS53 KOAX 031030
CLAOMA
CLIMATE SUMMARY...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
430 AM CST THU JAN 3 2013
...2012 YEARLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OMAHA...
THE CALENDAR YEAR 2012 WAS THE 2ND WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD IN
OMAHA...CARRIED BY AN EXCEPTIONALLY WARM SPRING. THE AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE OF 55.9 FELL JUST SHY OF THE RECORD OF 56.0 SET IN 1931.
THE AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR 2012 DID SET A RECORD AT 67.4
DEGREES...BEATING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 65.4 DEGREES SET IN 1934.
MARCH WAS THE RECORD WARMEST...AS WAS THE PERIOD OF DECEMBER THROUGH
MAY (WINTER/SPRING) AND THE PERIOD OF MARCH THROUGH AUGUST
(SPRING/SUMMER). THE 12 MONTHS OF OCTOBER 2011 THROUGH SEPTEMBER
2012 REGISTERED AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 56.3 DEGREES...WHICH IS
THE WARMEST OF ANY 12-MONTH PERIOD ON RECORD. IN ADDITION...2012
WAS A DRY YEAR IN OMAHA... WITH 22.61 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION AS THE
29TH DRIEST YEAR ON RECORD. JULY WAS THE DRIEST ON RECORD WITH JUST
0.01 INCHES OF RAIN...AND JANUARY WAS THE 5TH DRIEST ON RECORD. THE
SUMMER MONTHS OF JUNE THROUGH AUGUST WERE THE 10TH DRIEST ON
RECORD...AND THE PERIOD OF JUNE THROUGH NOVEMBER (SUMMER/FALL) WAS
THE 6TH DRIEST ON RECORD.
THE YEAR BEGAN WITH MILD WEATHER ACROSS THE REGION CONTINUING FROM
LATE DECEMBER 2011...WITH A LOW SNOWPACK AND PERSISTENT WEATHER
PATTERNS COMBINING TO MAKE JANUARY MUCH WARMER THAN NORMAL. THE
HIGH OF 69 DEGREES ON THE 30TH TIED THE WARMEST JANUARY TEMPERATURE
ON RECORD IN ADDITION TO BEING A DAILY RECORD HIGH...AND ANOTHER
RECORD WARM HIGH WAS SET ON THE 5TH. THE SCANT 0.06 INCHES OF
PRECIPITATION FELL AS THREE VERY LIGHT SNOW EVENTS...MAKING THIS THE
5TH DRIEST JANUARY ON RECORD IN OMAHA.
THE MILD WINTER CONTINUED INTO FEBRUARY...WITH A SWING TO WETTER
CONDITIONS AS FEBRUARY WAS THE 6TH WETTEST ON RECORD. MUCH OF THE
MONTH`S PRECIPITATION FELL ON THE 3RD AND 4TH...AS A SIGNIFICANT
SNOW STORM MOVED ACROSS THE AREA. RECORD SNOWFALL AND PRECIPITATION
AMOUNTS WERE SET ON THE 4TH...WITH 9.1 INCHES OF SNOW AND 0.80
INCHES OF LIQUID. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES OF THE WINTER OF 2011-12
FELL ON THE 11TH AND 12TH...REACHING A MERE 0 DEGREES.
MEANWHILE...ONLY FIVE DAYS IN FEBRUARY SAW DAILY MAXIMUM
TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING...AND THE LAST OF THESE WAS ON THE 12TH.
THE FINAL SNOWFALL OF THE WINTER OF 2011-12 FELL ON THE 23RD TO
24TH...WITH 0.9 INCHES ON THE TWO DAYS. WITH A SHIFT TO WARMER
WEATHER FOR THE REST OF THE MONTH...THE FIRST THUNDERSTORMS OF THE
YEAR OCCURRED ON THE 28TH...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 0.90 INCHES OF RAIN.
FOR THE WINTER MONTHS OF DECEMBER THROUGH FEBRUARY...OMAHA WAS MUCH
WARMER AND MUCH WETTER THAN NORMAL. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 30.7
DEGREES WAS 4.8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND THE 12TH WARMEST WINTER ON
RECORD. DUE LARGELY TO SEVERAL BOUTS OF HEAVY RAIN AND ONE MAJOR
SNOW EVENT...THE PRECIPITATION TOTAL OF 4.06 INCHES WAS 1.45 INCHES
ABOVE NORMAL AND THE 12TH WETTEST ON RECORD. FOR THE WINTER OF 2011-
12...20.4 INCHES OF SNOW FELL...WHICH IS WELL BELOW THE NORMAL OF
26.4 INCHES. ALMOST HALF OF THE TOTAL SNOW FELL IN JUST ONE DAY.
MARCH WAS SIMPLY A MONTH OF SUPERLATIVES...WITH UNPRECEDENTED WARMTH
ACROSS MUCH OF THE US CENTERED ON THE CENTRAL PLAINS. TEMPERATURES
WERE ABOVE NORMAL EVERY DAY OF THE MONTH. EIGHT RECORD DAILY WARM
MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WERE SET...INCLUDING SEVERAL
READINGS THAT WERE THE EARLIEST TO REACH THOSE THRESHOLDS...AS WELL
AS A TIE FOR THE WARMEST MARCH DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE ON RECORD.
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 56.4 DEGREES WAS 16.9 DEGREES ABOVE
NORMAL AND 1.9 DEGREES ABOVE THE PREVIOUS AVERAGE TEMPERATURE RECORD
OF 54.5 DEGREES SET IN 1910. MARCH HAD THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF DAYS
WITH MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES EXCEEDING THE 70 AND 80 DEGREE
THRESHOLDS...AND MINIMUM TEMPERATURES EXCEEDING THE 40 AND 50 DEGREE
TEMPERATURE THRESHOLDS. THUNDER WAS REPORTED ON THE 27TH THROUGH
29TH...AND STORMS IN THE OMAHA METRO AREA ON THE 29TH PRODUCED LARGE
HAIL IN SARPY COUNTY. HOWEVER...PRECIPITATION RETURNED TO BELOW
NORMAL TOTALS IN MARCH.
THOUGH OVERSHADOWED BY THE EXTREME WARMTH IN MARCH AND ONLY SLIGHTLY
WARMER THAN THAT MONTH...APRIL ALSO WAS VERY WARM...AS THE 9TH
WARMEST APRIL ON RECORD. THE LAST FREEZE OF THE SEASON OCCURRED ON
APRIL 11...WHICH WAS ABOUT 9 DAYS EARLIER THAN NORMAL.
HOWEVER...WITH THE EARLY START TO THE GROWING SEASON IN MARCH...THE
IMPACT OF THIS FREEZE WAS STILL MUCH LIKE A LATE FREEZE...WITH SOME
PLANT AND CROP DAMAGE. THUNDERSTORMS WERE RECORDED ON SEVEN DAYS IN
APRIL...INCLUDING STORMS ON THE 13TH THAT BROUGHT SMALL HAIL TO
EPPLEY AIRFIELD. A SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK ON THE 14TH LARGELY
MISSED THE OMAHA METRO AREA...THOUGH THUNDERSTORMS DID BRING THE
HIGHEST ONE-DAY RAINFALL OF THE YEAR...WITH 2.23 INCHES. APRIL WAS
THE LAST MONTH UNTIL DECEMBER WITH ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION.
WARM WEATHER CONTINUED THROUGH MAY...AS IT WAS THE 6TH WARMEST ON
RECORD...WITH A COUPLE OF RECORD WARM TEMPERATUERS SET LATE IN THE
MONTH. STORMY WEATHER DOMINATED THE EARLY AND LATE PARTS OF THE
MONTH...BUT EVEN SO...PRECIPITATION FELL BELOW NORMAL. THERE WERE
10 DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORMS RECORDED AT EPPLEY AIRFIELD...INCLUDING 4
DAYS WITH HAIL REPORTED AT EPPLEY.
FOR THE SPRING SEASON OF MARCH THROUGH MAY...THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
BLASTED AWAY THE PREVIOUS RECORD FOR THE WARMEST SPRING. THE MARCH-
APRIL-MAY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 60.6 DEGREES...BREAKING THE
PREVIOUS RECORD OF 58.4 DEGREES SET IN 1977. ALSO...THE COMBINED
WINTER AND SPRING SEASONS OF DECEMBER THROUGH MAY ALSO SET THE
RECORD FOR WARMEST...WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 45.9 DEGREES
THAT BROKE THE RECORD OF 44.0 DEGREES SET IN 1878. SPRING
PRECIPITATION WAS SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL AT 8.40 INCHES...WHICH IS
1.31 INCHES BELOW NORMAL.
WARM WEATHER CONTINUED THROUGH JUNE...WHICH WAS THE 14TH WARMEST ON
RECORD. JUNE SAW 14 DAYS AT OR ABOVE 90 DEGREES...WELL ABOVE THE
NORMAL 6 DAYS...AND ONLY THE 1ST SAW A MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE BELOW 70
DEGREES. ONLY ONE DAILY RECORD WARM TEMPERATURE WAS SET...BUT THE
PERSISTENCE OF HEAT WAS NOTABLE. PRECIPITATION WAS SLIGHTLY BELOW
NORMAL IN JUNE...WITH MUCH OF THE RAIN FALLING IN THREE EVENTS AND
THE LAST OF THESE OCCURRING ON THE 20TH.
THE WARM YEAR OF 2012 BARRELED RIGHT THROUGH JULY...AS JULY WAS
RECORD DRIEST AND NEAR-RECORD HOTTEST IN OMAHA. THE AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE OF 84.8 DEGREES WAS THE 4TH WARMEST JULY ON
RECORD...WHILE THE 0.01 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION IN JULY WAS THE
DRIEST ON RECORD AND TIED FOR THE 6TH DRIEST OF ANY MONTH ON RECORD
(WITH 5 PREVIOUS MONTHS RECORDING NO MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION...ALL
OF WHICH WERE IN THE FALL AND WINTER). THAT 0.01 INCHES OF RAIN
FELL ON THE 8TH. A 15-DAY STREAK OF DAYS ENDING ON THE 26TH WITH
TEMPERATURES AT OR ABOVE 95 DEGREES WAS THE 3RD LONGEST ON
RECORD...AND ALSO FELL AS THE 7TH LONGEST STREAK OF TEMPERATURES AT
OR ABOVE 90 DEGREES. FOUR CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF TEMPERATURES AT OR
ABOVE 100 DEGREES ENDED ON THE 25TH AND WAS THE 10TH LONGEST STREAK
OF 100+ DEGREE DAYS AS WELL AS THE 3RD LONGEST STREAK OF DAYS WITH
TEMPERATURES AT OR ABOVE 103 DEGREES. THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURE OF
THE YEAR OCCURRED ON THE 25TH...AT 106 DEGREES. THE COMBINATION OF
EXTREME HEAT AND EXTREME DRYNESS ALLOWED EXTREME DROUGHT TO SPREAD
QUICKLY INTO THE OMAHA METRO AREA IN JULY.
DRY WEATHER LINGERED IN AUGUST...THOUGH TEMPERATURES FELL BACK TO
READINGS ONLY SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL. THUNDERSTORMS BROUGHT 1.26
INCHES OF RAIN AND EVEN A LITTLE HAIL ON THE 7TH AND 8TH...BREAKING
A STREAK OF 29 DAYS WITH NO MEASURABLE RAINFALL IN OMAHA...WHICH WAS
THE 24TH LONGEST SUCH STREAK ON RECORD AND THE 3RD LONGEST IN THE
SPRING AND SUMMER MONTHS. WINDS GUSTED UP TO 64 MPH WITH STORMS ON
THE 8TH AS WELL...WHICH IS TIED FOR THE HIGHEST WIND GUST OF THE
YEAR. TEMPERATURES STILL WERE PREDOMINANTLY ABOVE AVERAGE...WITH
SEVERAL DAILY RECORD WARM TEMPERATURES SET...BUT A FEW COOL SPELLS
MIXED IN THROUGH THE MONTH. A RECORD COLD MINIMUM TEMPERATURE ON
THE 17TH WAS THE FIRST DAILY RECORD SET FOR A COLD TEMPERATURE IN
OMAHA SINCE OCTOBER 2009. THOUGH EPPLEY RECEIVED SEVERAL RAIN
EVENTS...AREAS IN THE WESTERN OMAHA METRO MISSED SOME OF THOSE RAINS
AND REMAINED IN EXTREME DROUGHT CONDITIONS THROUGH AUGUST.
FOR THE SUMMER SEASON OF JUNE THROUGH AUGUST...2012 WAS VERY WARM
AND VERY DRY. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 78.9 DEGREES WAS THE 3RD
WARMEST SUMMER ON RECORD...WHILE THE PRECIPITATION TOTAL OF 5.97
INCHES WAS THE 10TH DRIEST ON RECORD. THE SPRING AND SUMMER MONTHS
(MARCH THROUGH AUGUST) WERE THE WARMEST ON RECORD IN OMAHA...WITH AN
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 69.8 DEGREES...AND THE 21ST DRIEST ON
RECORD...WITH 14.37 INCHES OF RAIN.
SEPTEMBER BROUGHT MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES THAT WERE ABOVE NORMAL...AND
MINIMUM TEMPERATURES THAT WERE WELL BELOW NORMAL...FOR AN AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE THAT WAS NEAR NORMAL. DRY CONDITIONS CONTINUED IN
OMAHA...WITH RAIN FALLING IN JUST THREE EVENTS. THE MOST SUBSTANTIAL
RAIN OF THE MONTH FELL ON THE 12TH TO 13TH...WITH 1.39 INCHES OF
STEADY RAIN ACCOMPANIED BY OCCASIONAL THUNDER. OMAHA ESCAPED A
SEPTEMBER FREEZE...WITH A LOW OF 33 ON THE 23RD.
OCTOBER BROUGHT A BREAK FROM THE HEAT...WITH TEMPERATURES AVERAGING
COOLER THAN NORMAL AND WITH NEAR NORMAL PRECIPITATION. THE FIRST
FREEZE OF THE FALL OCCURRED ON THE 6TH...WITH THE LOW TEMPERATURE
DROPPING ALL THE WAY TO 26 DEGREES. LOWS FELL BELOW FREEZING FOUR
MORE TIMES FROM THE 25TH THROUGH THE 31ST. A COLD FRONT BROUGHT
STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS ON THE 18TH...PEAKING AT 64 MPH...WHICH
TIES THE HIGHEST WIND SPEED OF THE YEAR. RAIN FELL ON 10 DAYS IN
OCTOBER...INCLUDING 5 DAYS WITH THUNDER...THOUGH THE TOTAL
PRECIPITATION WAS 0.08 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. WITH THE DRY AND COOLER
WEATHER...THE AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR SEPTEMBER THROUGH
OCTOBER WAS THE 4TH COOLEST ON RECORD IN OMAHA.
WARMER WEATHER RETURNED IN NOVEMBER...THOUGH DRY WEATHER PERSISTED.
JUST 0.38 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL IN NOVEMBER...AND THAT FELL
IN JUST TWO DAYS. THE 0.29 INCHES OF RAIN ON THE 10TH WAS
ACCOMPANIED BY THUNDER...AND WAS FOLLOWED ON THE 11TH BY A TRACE OF
SLEET. ANOTHER RECORD WARM TEMPERATURE WAS SET ON THE 21ST...THE
DAY BEFORE THANKSGIVING...IN THE MIDST OF A MID-MONTH WARM
SPELL.
THE FALL MONTHS OF SEPTEMBER THROUGH NOVEMBER WERE JUST A TOUCH
COOLER THAN NORMAL AT 53.1 DEGREES...WHICH IS 0.5 LESS THAN THE
NORMAL AVERAGE OF 52.6 DEGREES. THE COOLER AVERAGE TEMPERATURES
WERE DRIVEN BY COOLER THAN NORMAL MINIMUM TEMPERATURES...WHICH WERE
THE 22ND COLDEST ON RECORD THROUGH THE FALL. MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES
WERE WARMER THAN NORMAL THROUGH THE FALL...AND WERE THE 27TH WARMEST
ON RECORD. THE TOTAL PRECIPITATION THROUGH THE FALL WAS 4.04
INCHES...WHICH IS THE 29TH DRIEST ON RECORD AND 2.43 INCHES BELOW
NORMAL. THE COMBINED SUMMER AND FALL PRECIPITATION (JUNE THROUGH
NOVEMBER) WAS THE 6TH DRIEST ON RECORD...WITH 10.01 INCHES.
DECEMBER BEGAN ON A VERY MILD STREAK. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 28 ON
THE 10TH WAS THE FIRST TIME IN 300 DAYS THAT THE TEMPERATURE DID NOT
RISE ABOVE FREEZING...TYING THE LONGEST SUCH STREAK ON RECORD.
COOLER WEATHER ARRIVED ABRUPTLY ON THE 19TH TO 20TH AS A STORM
SYSTEM BROUGHT RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW IN OMAHA. THE STORM BROUGHT
5.9 INCHES OF SNOW TO EPPLEY AIRFIELD AND TOTALS AROUND 7-8 INCHES
IN THE WESTERN OMAHA METRO...WITH THUNDERSNOW OBSERVED IN THE OMAHA
METRO. WINDS GUSTING UP TO 49 MPH BROUGHT BLIZZARD OR NEAR-BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS TO THE OMAHA METRO AS WELL...WITH WIDESPREAD POWER
OUTAGES AS THE EARLY SNOW WAS WET AND HEAVY AND STUCK TO POWER LINES
AND TREE BRANCHES. THE SNOWFALL OF 3.1 INCHES AS WELL AS THE LIQUID
PRECIPITATION OF 0.81 INCHES ON THE 19TH WERE BOTH DAILY RECORDS.
COOLER WEATHER STUCK THROUGH THE REST OF THE MONTH...WITH SOME
MODERATION TOWARD NEW YEARS EVE. THE COLDEST MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF
THE MONTH...AND OF 2012...WAS THE 12 DEGREES OBSERVED ON CHRISTMAS
DAY. THE COLDEST LOW OF THE MONTH...AND OF 2012...FELL ON THE 26TH
AT -1 DEGREES.
2012 STATISTICS
TEMPERATURE PRECIPITATION
MONTH AVG. DEPART. MAX MIN TOTAL DEPART. SNOW/SLEET TSTORM DAYS
JAN 31.0 7.5 69R 6 0.06 -0.66 1.2 0
FEB 31.4 3.3 61 0 2.29 1.44 11.6 1
MAR 56.4 16.9 91R 22 1.12 -0.87 0 1
APR 57.0 5.3 91 31 3.72 0.76 0 7
MAY 68.4 6.1 95 44 3.56 -1.20 0 10
JUN 76.1 4.0 102 45 3.57 -0.61 0 7
JUL 84.9 8.2 106 63 0.01R -3.82 0 1
AUG 75.7 1.1 103 48 2.39 -1.43 0 4
SEP 65.3 -0.4 97 33 1.59 -1.09 0 1
OCT 51.1 -2.1 81 26 2.07 -0.08 0 5
NOV 42.9 4.0 77 15 0.38 -1.26 T 1
DEC 29.2 3.2 62 -1 1.85 0.81 7.4 0
YEAR 55.9 4.9 106 -1 22.61 -8.01 20.2 38
DEGREE DAYS
MONTH HEATING DEPART. COOLING DEPART.
JAN 1048 -238 0 0
FEB 967 -66 0 0
MAR 296 -495 38 37
APR 263 -150 30 15
MAY 47 -101 160 94
JUN 9 -8 348 118
JUL 0 -1 624 259
AUG 6 -1 342 39
SEP 86 -9 105 -12
OCT 428 46 2 -13
NOV 654 -131 0 -1
DEC 1103 -106 0 0
YEAR 4907 -1260 1649 536
WIND GUST SEA LEVEL PRESSURE
MONTH MAX MAX MIN
JAN 52 30.67 29.39
FEB 49 30.85 29.27
MAR 58 30.60 29.52
APR 58 30.41 29.24
MAY 54 30.36 29.32
JUN 43 30.24 29.47
JUL 39 30.15 29.57
AUG 64 30.25 28.86
SEP 39 30.44 29.68
OCT 64 30.54 29.30
NOV 44 30.54 29.44
DEC 49 30.57 29.44
EXTREMES READING DATE
WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 106 JULY 25
COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 12 DECEMBER 25
COLDEST LOW TEMPERATURE -1 DECEMBER 26
WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 84 JULY 24
LAST SPRING FREEZE (32 DEGREES) 31 APRIL 11
FIRST FALL FREEZE (32 DEGREES) 26 OCTOBER 6
HIGHEST RAINFALL 2.23 APRIL 14
HIGHEST SNOWFALL 9.1 FEBRUARY 4
HIGHEST SNOW DEPTH 7 FEBRUARY 5-6
LAST MEASURABLE SNOW (2011-12) 0.2 FEBRUARY 24
FIRST MEASURABLE SNOW (2012-13) 0.6 DECEMBER 16
HIGHEST WIND GUST 64 AUGUST 8, OCTOBER 18
HIGHEST SURFACE PRESSURE 30.85 FEBRUARY 11
LOWEST SURFACE PRESSURE 28.86 AUGUST 30
DAILY RECORDS SET IN 2012
DATE RECORD READING PREVIOUS RECORD
JANUARY 5 WARM MAX TEMP 66 62 (1956)
JANUARY 30 WARM MAX TEMP 69 60 (1974)
FEBRUARY 1 WARM MAX TEMP 61 58 (1987, 1877)
FEBRUARY 4 RAINFALL 0.80 0.55 (1971)
FEBRUARY 4 SNOWFALL 9.1 6.4 (1971)
MARCH 13 WARM MAX TEMP 81 80 (2007)
MARCH 14 WARM MIN TEMP 49 48 (1945, 1902)
MARCH 16 WARM MIN TEMP 52 49 (2003)
MARCH 16 WARM MAX TEMP 81 81 (TIES WITH 1966)
MARCH 17 WARM MIN TEMP 62^ 56 (1894)
MARCH 17 WARM MAX TEMP 84^ 84 (TIES WITH 1894)
MARCH 17 WARM AVG TEMP 73^ 70 (1894)
MARCH 18 WARM MIN TEMP 65^ 57 (1903)
MARCH 20 WARM MIN TEMP 55 50 (1972)
MARCH 31 WARM MAX TEMP 91 88 (1946)
APRIL 1 WARM MAX TEMP 90 90 (TIES WITH 2003, 1956)
APRIL 2 WARM MAX TEMP 91 87 (2003)
APRIL 25 WARM MAX TEMP 91 91 (TIES WITH 1954)
MAY 23 WARM MAX TEMP 93 93 (TIES WITH 1939)
MAY 27 WARM MAX TEMP 94 92 (1895)
JUNE 18 WARM MIN TEMP 78 77 (1953)
JULY 6 WARM MIN TEMP 78 78 (TIES WITH 1925)
JULY 6 WARM MAX TEMP 104 103 (1954)
JULY 22 WARM MAX TEMP 105 104 (1901)
JULY 23 WARM MAX TEMP 105 105 (TIES WITH 2005)
JULY 24 WARM MIN TEMP 84 81 (1934)
AUGUST 7 WARM MAX TEMP 103 101 (1988)
AUGUST 17 COLD MIN TEMP 48 48 (TIES WITH 1890)
AUGUST 29 WARM MAX TEMP 98 98 (TIES WITH 1948)
AUGUST 30 WARM MAX TEMP 99 99 (TIES WITH 2000, 1951, 1913, 1898)
NOVEMBER 21 WARM MAX TEMP 72 68 (1990, 1917)
DECEMBER 19 RAINFALL 0.81 0.76 (1881)
DECEMBER 19 SNOWFALL 3.1 2.5 (1916)
^ RECORD EARLIEST READINGS TO REACH THESE TEMPERATURES
MONTHLY RECORDS SET IN 2012
DATE RECORD READING PREVIOUS RECORD
JANUARY 30 WARM MAX TEMP 69 69 (TIES WITH 1-25-1944)
MARCH 31 WARM MAX TEMP 91 91 (TIES WITH 3-25-1907)
MARCH WARM AVG TEMP 56.4 54.5 (1910)
MARCH WARM MIN TEMP 43.8 42.3 (1910)
MARCH WARM MAX TEMP 69.1 66.7 (1910)
JULY DRIEST 0.01 0.45 (1925, 1916)
ANNUAL RECORDS SET IN 2012
RECORD READING PREVIOUS RECORD
WARMEST AVG MAX TEMP 67.6 65.6 (1934)
FEWEST HDD 4876 4908 (1931)
DAYS MAX TEMP >= 70F 184 182 (2007, 1963)
DAYS MAX TEMP >= 60F 236 230 (1946)
DAYS MAX TEMP >= 50F 280 274 (1999)
DAYS MAX TEMP >= 40F 323 323 (TIES WITH 1946)
OTHER RECORDS SET IN 2012
EVENT RECORD PREVIOUS RECORD
CONSECUTIVE SNOW-FREE DAYS 295 285 (ENDING 12-30-2006)
CONSECUTIVE DAYS MAX TEMP ABOVE 32F 300 300 (TIES WITH ENDING 12-7-1878)
FEWEST HDD (COLD SEASON 2011-12) 4796 5125 (1920-21)
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