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Record Report
Issued by NWS Mt. Holly, NJ

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RERMPO

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
728 AM EST WED JAN 2 2013

...WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD AT MOUNT POCONO...
...SEVENTH WARMEST DECEMBER ON RECORD AT MOUNT POCONO...

2012 WAS THE WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD AT MOUNT POCONO WITH AN AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE OF 49.4 DEGREES. THE PREVIOUS WARMEST ON RECORD WAS
2011, WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 48.3 DEGREES.

ALSO, DECEMBER, 2012 WAS THE SEVENTH WARMEST DECEMBER ON RECORD WITH
AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 33.1 DEGREES. THE WARMEST ON RECORD
OCCURRED IN 1923, WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 35.1 DEGREES.

YEARLY RECORDS DATE BACK TO 1902. DECEMBER RECORDS DATE BACK TO 1901.

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THE ELEVEN WARMEST YEARS ON RECORD AT MOUNT POCONO DATING BACK TO
1902:

   RANK       TEMPERATURE        YEAR
              (DEGREES F)

     1           49.4            2012
     2           48.3            2011
     3           48.2            2006
     4           48.1            2010
     5           47.5            1973
     6           46.9            1931
     7           46.7            1951
     7           46.7            1983
     7           46.7            2007
    10           46.6            1975
    10           46.6            2005

THE ELEVEN WARMEST DECEMBERS ON RECORD AT MOUNT POCONO DATING BACK
TO 1901:

   RANK       TEMPERATURE        YEAR
              (DEGREES F)

     1           35.1            1923
     2           34.9            2006
     3           34.3            1982
     4           34.1            1998
     5           33.9            2011
     6           33.4            1984
     7           33.1            2012
     8           32.6            1918
     9           31.7            1911
    10           31.5            1956
    10           31.5            1957

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