Annual Weather Records




This page contains all annual weather records. Statistics include the years 1879-2023.

**Last Updated: 1/5/2024- Updated with 2023 data and added new graphs for coldest and warmest temperatures.

Annual 1991-2020 Normals
High: 63.0
Low: 43.9
Mean: 53.5
Precipitation: 41.57″
Snowfall: 28.2″

Temperature Records

Cold Records

Top 25 Years with the Coldest Average High
1. 1885: 58.2
2. 1917: 58.3
3. 1924, 1972: 59
4. 1926, 1978: 59.3
5. 1920: 59.4
6. 1976: 59.6
7. 1904: 59.7
8. 1888, 1892, 1907, 1979: 59.8
9. 1912: 59.9
10. 1967: 60
11. 1893: 60.1
12. 1886: 60.2
13. 1915, 1929, 1966, 1969: 60.3
14. 1962, 1980, 1989: 60.4
15. 1883, 1928, 1958, 1981: 60.5
16. 1905, 1940, 2003: 60.6
17. 1996: 60.7
18. 1910: 60.9
19. 1889, 1909, 1997: 61
20. 1968, 1984: 61.1
21. 1901, 1950, 1960, 1977: 61.2
22. 1884, 1947: 61.3
23. 1882, 1890, 1891, 1895, 1902, 1935, 1945, 1970, 1985: 61.4
24. 1903, 1914, 1937, 1992, 2000: 61.5
25. 1916, 1925, 2014: 61.6
Annual weather records average high

Annual weather records coldest high

Top 25 Years with the Coldest Average Low
1. 1963: 38.8
2. 1976: 39.7
3. 1917: 39.9
4. 1885, 1962: 40.2
5. 1969, 1978: 40.6
6. 1886: 40.7
7. 1904, 1988: 40.8
8. 1958, 1966, 1972: 40.9
9. 1950, 1967: 41
10. 1989: 41.2
11. 1960, 1981: 41.3
12. 1951, 1964: 41.4
13. 1971, 1979: 41.5
14. 1977: 41.6
15. 1924, 1982: 41.7
16. 1912, 1948, 1961, 1968: 41.9
17. 1985: 42
18. 1895, 1907: 42.1
19. 1984, 1994: 42.2
20. 1888, 1980, 1995: 42.3
21. 1926, 1965, 1970: 42.4
22. 1893: 42.5
23. 1916, 1920, 1955, 1983, 1996: 42.6
24. 1905, 1952: 42.7
25. 1887, 1901, 1903, 1957, 1997: 42.8
Annual weather records average low

Annual weather records coldest low

Top 25 Years with the Coldest Means
1. 1917: 49.1
2. 1885: 49.2
3. 1976: 49.6
4. 1978: 49.9
5. 1972: 50
6. 1904, 1963: 50.2
7. 1962: 50.3
8. 1924, 1969: 50.4
9. 1886, 1967: 50.5
10. 1966: 50.6
11. 1958, 1979: 50.7
12. 1989: 50.8
13. 1907, 1912, 1926, 1981: 50.9
14. 1920: 51
15. 1888, 1950: 51.1
16. 1892, 1893, 1960, 1980: 51.3
17. 1977: 51.4
18. 1968: 51.5
19. 1971: 51.6
20. 1895, 1905, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1996: 51.7
21. 1929, 1940, 1961: 51.8
22. 1883, 1910, 1915, 1951, 1970, 1997, 2003: 51.9
23. 1901, 1909: 52
24. 1916, 1928: 52.1
25. 1903, 1914, 1983: 52.2
Annual weather records average temperature

Annual weather records coldest mean temperature

Top 10 Years with the Most 32 or Below Highs
1. 1978: 60
2. 1977: 55
3. 1960: 52
4. 1963, 1979: 51
5. 2010: 50
6. 1893, 1985: 48
7. 1885, 1904, 1912, 1970: 47
8. 1892, 2003: 45
9. 1895, 1901, 1917, 1958, 1976: 44
10. 1903, 1926, 1962, 1966, 1968: 43
Annual weather records 32 or below highs

Top 10 Years with the Fewest 32 or Below Highs
1. 2023: 5
2. 1990: 8
3. 1987: 11
4. 1931, 1998, 2020: 12
5. 2006: 13
6. 1921, 1946, 2012: 14
7. 1949, 1953, 1991: 15
8. 1954, 1956, 1957: 16
9. 1882, 1952: 17
10. 1938, 1992: 18

Top 10 Years with the Most 32 or Below Lows
1. 1976: 144
2. 1962: 143
3. 1969, 1988: 138
4. 1885: 137
5. 1886: 130
6. 1963: 129
7. 1904, 1926, 1971: 127
8. 1917: 126
9. 1950, 1952, 1959, 1989: 125
10. 1966: 124
Annual weather records 32 or below lows

Top 10 Years with the Fewest 32 or Below Lows
1. 1946: 77
2. 1998: 81
3. 1882: 83
4. 1927: 84
5. 2023: 85
6. 2006: 86
7. 1931: 87
8. 1890, 2017: 89
9. 1894, 2001, 2012: 91
10. 1889, 1938: 92

Top 10 Years with the Most 0 or Below Highs
1. 1884, 1895, 1899, 1912, 1994: 2
2. 1879, 1893, 1970, 1977, 1984, 1985: 1
3. All Other Years: 0

Top 10 Years with the Most 0 or Below Lows
1. 1977: 21
2. 1963: 18
3. 1885, 1917: 15
4. 1979: 14
5. 1912, 1936, 1948: 11
6. 1884, 1982, 2014, 2015: 10
7. 1886, 1918, 1978: 9
8. 1880, 1899, 1970, 1981, 1989: 8
9. 1924, 1951, 1955, 1968, 1985, 1994: 7
10. 1893, 1895, 1904, 1958, 1962, 1984: 6
Annual weather records 0 or below lows

Heat Records

Top 25 Years with the Warmest Average High
1. 2012: 66.3
2. 1953: 65.5
3. 1998, 2023: 65.4
4. 1991: 65.3
5. 1999: 65.1
6. 2017: 64.9
7. 1949: 64.8
8. 1938: 64.7
9. 1946, 2021: 64.6
10. 2016: 64.5
11. 1987, 1990, 2007: 64.4
12. 1939, 1955: 64.3
13. 1921, 2019: 64.2
14. 1959: 64.1
15. 1954, 2020: 64
16. 1952: 63.9
17. 1931, 1941: 63.8
18. 1957: 63.7
19. 2006: 63.6
20. 2002: 63.5
21. 1900, 1933, 1956, 2001, 2022: 63.4
22. 1934, 1973, 2018: 63.3
23. 1908, 1944, 1994, 2011: 63.2
24. 1913, 1964: 63.1
25. 1930, 1948, 1986, 2010: 63

Annual weather records warmest high

Top 25 Years with the Warmest Average Low
1. 1998: 47.4
2. 1931: 47.1
3. 2012: 46.9
4. 1921: 46.6
5. 2017: 46.2
6. 1881, 2018, 2023: 46
7. 1938, 2006, 2021: 45.9
8. 1941, 2011: 45.8
9. 1933, 2007: 45.7
10. 1882: 45.6
11. 1939, 2016: 45.5
12. 1880, 1973, 1991, 2020: 45.4
13. 1946, 2001, 2002: 45.3
14. 1944: 45.2
15. 1890, 1911: 45.1
16. 1942: 45
17. 1898, 1922, 1927, 1930, 2019: 44.9
18. 1932, 2013: 44.8
19. 1879, 1999: 44.7
20. 1900, 2005: 44.6
21. 1934, 1947: 44.5
22. 1894, 2010: 44.4
23. 1990, 2022: 44.3
24. 1913, 1919, 1937, 1949, 1975, 2004: 44.2
25. 1896, 1935, 1986: 44.1

Annual weather records warmest low

Top 25 Years with the Warmest Mean
1. 2012: 56.6
2. 1998: 56.4
3. 2023: 55.7
4. 1931, 2017: 55.5
5. 1921, 1991: 55.4
6. 1938: 55.3
7. 2021: 55.2
8. 1946, 2007, 2016: 55
9. 1939, 1999: 54.9
10. 1941, 2006: 54.8
11. 2020: 54.7
12. 2018, 2019: 54.6
13. 1933, 1949, 2011: 54.5
14. 1990, 2001, 2002: 54.4
15. 1881, 1973: 54.3
16. 1944, 1953, 1987: 54.2
17. 1900: 54
18. 1911, 1930, 1934: 53.9
19. 1922, 1932, 2022: 53.8
20. 1898, 1942, 2010: 53.7
21. 1880, 1908, 1913, 1954, 1959, 2005, 2013: 53.6
22. 1882, 1894, 1986: 53.5
23. 1955, 1975, 2008, 2015: 53.4
24. 1890, 1899, 1927, 1952, 1957: 53.3
25. 1879, 1956: 53.2

Annual weather records warmest average temperature

Top 10 Years with the Most 90 or Above Highs
1. 1936, 1955: 49
2. 2012: 48
3. 1895: 47
4. 1944: 46
5. 1953: 45
6. 1988: 43
7. 1934: 42
8. 1899, 1900, 1991, 1999: 40
9. 1959: 39
10. 1914, 1949, 1952: 37
Annual weather records 90 or above highs

Top 10 Years with the Fewest 90 or Above Highs
1. 1979, 1992: 1
2. 1882, 2000: 2
3. 1907, 1972, 2004: 3
4. 1920, 1950: 4
5. 1886, 1967, 1981, 1982, 2003, 2009: 5
6. 1915, 1929, 1985: 6
7. 1889, 1971: 7
8. 1883, 1904, 1909, 1989: 8
9. 1905, 1906, 1976, 2015, 2023: 9
10. 1878, 1885, 1927, 1969, 1984: 10

Top 10 Years with the Most 100 or Above Highs
1. 1936: 9
2. 1934: 8
3. 1988: 6
4. 1881: 5
5. 2012: 4
6. 1944: 3
7. 1897, 1901, 1911, 1918, 1941, 1952, 1953, 1955: 2
8. 1887, 1898, 1914, 1930, 1948, 1954, 1983, 1999: 1
9. All Other Years: 0

Top 10 Years with the Most 70 or Above Lows
1. 1931: 37
2. 1881, 2005: 34
3. 2012, 2018: 33
4. 1935, 1999: 31
5. 1936, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2021: 30
6. 1947, 2002: 29
7. 1880, 1939, 1940, 1943, 1944, 2010: 28
8. 1879, 1898, 1901, 1916, 2006: 26
9. 1921, 1934, 1941, 1980, 2022: 25
10. 1900, 1925, 1933, 1942, 1987, 2020: 24
Annual weather records 70 or above lows



Precipitation Records

Top 25 Wettest Years
1. 2018: 55.18″
2. 2011: 54.96″
3. 1990: 53.16″
4. 1882: 51.30″
5. 1890: 50.73″
6. 2020: 50.45″
7. 2004: 49.27″
8. 1979: 49.17″
9. 2003: 49.03″
10. 1883: 48.88″
11. 1881: 46.99″
12. 2017: 46.61″
13. 1973: 46.25″
14. 1948: 45.69″
15. 1972: 45.60″
16. 1996: 45.56″
17. 2008: 45.44″
18. 1995: 45.30″
19. 2015: 45.00″
20. 1950: 44.96″
21. 2022: 44.78″
22. 1880: 44.68″
23. 1949: 44.47″
24. 2019: 43.94″
25. 1989: 43.76′
Annual weather records average precipitation

Top 25 Driest Years
1. 1930: 21.60″
2. 1934: 22.03″
3. 1963: 24.51″
4. 1901: 26.53″
5. 1987: 26.70″
6. 1925: 26.87″
7. 1999: 27.59″
8. 1903: 28.14″
9. 1953: 28.42″
10. 1899: 28.45″
11. 1889: 28.50″
12. 1941: 29.47″
13. 1894: 29.49″
14. 1960: 29.50″
15. 1912: 29.64″
16. 1932: 30.03″
17. 1908: 30.14″
18. 1887: 30.25″
19. 1900: 30.30″
20. 1942: 30.33″
21. 1939: 30.42″
22. 1895: 30.74″
23. 1944: 30.90″
24. 1884: 31.02″
25. 1914: 31.18″

Top 10 Years with the Most Measurable Precipitation Days
1. 1881: 171
2. 1882, 1893: 170
3. 1883, 2003: 167
4. 2004: 164
5. 1890: 163
6. 1892, 2018: 162
7. 2011: 160
8. 1929: 157
9. 1949, 1972: 156
10. 1891: 155
Annual weather records precipitation days

Top 10 Years with the Fewest Measurable Precipitation Days
1. 1963: 106
2. 1934: 108
3. 1922, 1925, 1976: 115
4. 1910, 1938: 116
5. 1914: 119
6. 1897, 1939, 1944: 120
7. 1908, 1941: 121
8. 1903, 1933, 1999: 122
9. 1930, 1964, 1994: 123
10. 1900, 1946: 124

Top 10 Years with the Most 0.25″+ Precipitation Days
1. 1890: 72
2. 2011, 2018: 70
3. 1950: 64
4. 1883, 1923: 63
5. 1973: 62
6. 2015: 60
7. 1881, 1891, 1948: 59
8. 1989: 58
9. 1990, 2017, 2020: 57
10. 1882, 1896, 1911, 1965, 1974, 2012: 56
Annual weather records 0.25"+ precipitation days

Top 10 Years with the Most 0.50″+ Precipitation Days
1. 2011: 41
2. 1990, 2018: 39
3. 1882: 38
4. 2020: 37
5. 1883, 1890: 36
6. 1948, 2003: 35
7. 1949, 1950, 1979, 2017, 2019: 33
8. 1885, 1927, 1965, 1995: 32
9. 1937, 1996, 2004, 2006, 2015: 31
10. 1923, 1945, 1956, 1972, 1989, 2010, 2021, 2022: 30
Annual weather records 0.5"+ precipitation days

Top 10 Years with the Most 1″+ Precipitation Days
1. 2018: 15
2. 1969, 1979, 1990: 14
3. 1883: 13
4. 1996, 2011, 2017, 2020: 12
5. 1882, 1898, 1948, 1995, 2004, 2008: 11
6. 1897, 1937, 1949, 1966, 2000, 2003, 2007, 2021, 2022: 10
7. 1910, 1917, 1929, 1945, 1964, 1970, 1972, 1982, 1989, 2002, 2006, 2013, 2015: 9
8. 1880, 1881, 1886, 1890, 1893, 1946, 1947, 1973, 1977, 1980, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2016, 2019: 8
9. 1884, 1885, 1891, 1902, 1909, 1911, 1915, 1920, 1921, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1935, 1938, 1940, 1958, 1965, 1968, 1971, 1978, 1983, 1993, 2023: 7
10. 1898, 1908, 1913, 1919, 1933, 1944, 1975, 1981, 1985, 1992, 2009: 6
Annual weather records 1"+ precipitation days

Snow Records

Top 25 Years with the Most Snow
1. 1910: 65.1″
2. 1886: 49.6″
3. 2003: 49.4″
4. 2010: 49.0″
5. 1978: 47.5″
6. 1985, 1999: 43.8″
7. 2014: 43.1″
8. 2013: 42.9″
9. 1906: 42.7″
10. 1996: 42.6″
11. 1967: 41.5″
12. 1884: 40.9″
13. 2008: 40.4″
14. 1917: 39.6″
15. 1960: 39.1″
16. 1962, 2000: 38.1″
17. 1914: 37.9″
18. 1883: 37.3″
19. 1971: 36.7″
20. 1920: 36.6″
21. 1911: 36.4″
22. 1916, 2005: 35.5″
23. 1970, 1979: 35.1″
24. 1977, 1995: 34.9″
25. 1993: 34.8″
Annual weather records average snowfall

Top 25 Years with the Least Snow
1. 1946: 3.9″
2. 2006: 5.2″
3. 2023: 6.8″
4. 1928: 7.3″
5. 1919: 7.8″
6. 1997: 8.0″
7. 1932: 8.9″
8. 1998: 9.0″
9. 1938: 10.4″
10. 1941: 10.5″
11. 1927: 11.1″
12. 1897, 1908: 11.5″
13. 1921, 1931: 11.7″
14. 1898, 2017: 12.0″
15. 1922, 1937: 12.1″
16. 1930, 1943, 2001: 13.3″
17. 1949: 13.8″
18. 1923: 14.0″
19. 1991: 14.1″
20. 1942: 14.6″
21. 1945: 14.7″
22. 1990: 14.8″
23. 1889, 1907: 15.2″
24. 1879: 15.3″
25. 1899: 15.4″

Top 10 Years with the Most Measurable Snow Days
1. 2000, 2003: 45
2. 1970: 44
3. 1886, 1893, 2010: 41
4. 1988: 39
5. 1996, 2005, 2013: 38
6. 1883: 37
7. 1977, 1978, 1985, 1993, 1995: 36
8. 1917, 1963, 2018: 35
9. 1901, 1926, 1956: 34
10. 1881, 1884, 1887, 1895, 1955, 1967, 1981, 1982, 1989, 2014: 33
Annual weather records snowfall days

Top 10 Years with the Fewest Measurable Snow Days
1. 1932: 6
2. 1946: 9
3. 1928: 11
4. 2023: 12
5. 1923, 2006: 13
6. 81897, 1922, 1927, 1949: 14
7. 1919, 1933, 1973: 15
8. 1908, 1931, 1944, 1997, 2017 16
9. 1891, 1998: 17
10. 1898, 1907, 1921, 1938, 1943, 1990, 2015, 2022: 18

Top 10 Years with the Most 1″+ Snow Days
1. 1985: 18
2. 1886, 2000: 16
3. 1917, 1962, 1995, 2003, 2005: 15
4. 1884, 1890, 1960, 1977, 1996: 14
5. 1910, 1911, 1961, 1978, 1999, 2013: 13
6. 1880, 1916, 1920, 1963, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1980, 2014, 2016: 12
7. 1895, 1906, 1912, 1950, 1951, 1964, 2010: 11
8. 1883, 1892, 1914, 1918, 1926, 1929, 1936, 1940, 1966, 1979, 1982, 1984, 2012, 2015: 10
9. 1894, 1896, 1934 1953, 1955, 1965, 1972, 1976, 1993, 2007, 2008, 2019: 9
10. 1881, 1891, 1903, 1904, 1909, 1924, 1948, 1958, 1959 1981, 1994, 2004, 2021, 2022: 8
Annual weather records 1"+ snowfall days

Top 10 Years with the Most 2.5″+ Snow Days
1. 1910: 8
2. 1920, 2013, 2014: 7
3. 1906, 1911, 1916, 1978, 2003: 6
4. 1880, 1881, 1883, 1886, 1902, 1904, 1914, 1936, 1960, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1985, 1993, 1999, 2010: 5
5. 1895, 1909, 1917, 1918, 1926, 1929, 1948, 1951, 1953, 1958 1961, 1968, 1980, 1984, 1996, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2019: 4
6. 1884, 1885, 1890, 1892, 1894, 1912, 1913, 1934, 1939, 1940, 1950, 1957, 1962, 1964, 1970, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1989, 1995, 2008, 2015: 3
7. 1882, 1891, 1893, 1896, 1897, 1901, 1903, 1915, 1923, 1925, 1932, 1933, 1942, 1944, 1949, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1965, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1992, 2000, 2005, 2012, 2020, 2022: 2
8. 1887, 1888, 1889, 1899, 1900, 1905, 1907, 1921, 1927, 1931, 1935, 1938, 1941, 1943, 1945, 1947, 1952, 1963, 1969, 1975, 1988, 1991, 2002, 2011, 2016, 2023: 1
9. All Other Years: 0
Annual weather records 2.5"+ snowfall days

Top 10 Years with the Most 5″+ Snow Days
1. 1910: 5
2. 1984, 1999: 3
3. 1893, 1906, 1911, 1914, 1917, 1948, 1951, 1956, 1965, 1978, 1979, 1994, 2008, 2010: 2
4. 1882, 1884, 1886, 1890, 1891, 1894, 1900, 1902, 1904, 1909, 1913, 1915, 1916, 1918, 1933, 1941, 1947, 1950 1952, 1957, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1980, 1987, 1996, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015: 1
5. All Other Years: 0
Annual weather records 5"+ snowfall days

Top 25 Years with the Highest Maximum Daily Snow Depth (1940-2023)
1. 2008: 18″
2. 1978: 17″
3. 2010: 14″
4. 1950, 1977, 1979, 1999, 2003: 13″
5. 1996: 12″
6. 1985: 11″
7. 1960, 1968, 1971, 1987: 10″
8. 1951, 1962, 1984, 1994, 2000, 2013: 9″
9. 1966, 2009, 2012, 2014: 8″
10. 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1981, 2004: 7″
11. 1941, 1945, 1948, 1956,1958, 1961, 1970, 1982, 1995, 2007, 2015: 6″
12. 1940, 1947, 1957, 1969, 1980, 1988, 1989, 1922, 2011, 2018, 2021: 5″
13. 1942, 1943, 1944, 1954, 1955, 1959, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1990, 1991, 1993, 2001, 2005, 2019, 2020: 4″
14. 1949, 1952, 1953, 1976, 1986, 2002, 2016 2017: 3″
15. 1975, 1983, 1997, 2023: 2″
16. 1946, 1998, 2006: 1″
17. No Other Years Available
Annual weather records greatest snow depth

Top 10 Years with the Most 1″+ Snow Depth Days
1. 1978: 65
2. 1985: 61
3. 2010: 60
4. 1977: 57
5. 1962: 50
6. 1979: 49
7. 1960, 1961, 1995: 48
8. 2014: 44
9. 1984, 2013: 42
10. 2000, 2003: 41
Annual weather records 1"+ snow depth days

Top 10 Years with the Fewest 1″+ Snow Depth Days
1. 2006: 2
2. 1946: 3
3. 1949, 1998, 2023: 4
4. 2002: 5
5. 1952, 1987: 7
6. 1943: 8
7. 1973, 1997, 2017: 9
8. 1941: 10
9. 1954, 1990, 2020: 13
10. 1969, 1975, 1991: 14

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