YEAR 2012 - NWS Climate Summary for Lincoln, Nebraska


This summary is from the National Weather Service, Omaha/Valley, NE.

These data are preliminary and have not undergone final quality control by the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). Therefore, these data are subject to revision. Final and certified climate data can be accessed at the NCDC website NCDC - http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov.

 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
430 AM CST THU JAN 3 2013
 
...2012 YEARLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR LINCOLN...
 
THE CALENDAR YEAR 2012 WAS THE 6TH WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD IN
LINCOLN...CARRIED BY AN EXCEPTIONALLY WARM SPRING.  THE AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE OF 54.7 FELL 1.0 DEGREES COOLER THAN THE RECORD OF 55.7
SET IN 1931 AND 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).  IN ADDITION...2012 WAS A DRY
YEAR IN LINCOLN... WITH 19.14 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION AS THE 11TH
DRIEST YEAR ON RECORD.  JULY WAS THE 2ND DRIEST ON RECORD WITH JUST
0.33 INCHES OF RAIN...AUGUST WAS THE 2ND DRIEST ON RECORD...AND
JANUARY WAS THE 15TH DRIEST ON RECORD.  THE SUMMER MONTHS OF JUNE
THROUGH AUGUST WERE THE 4TH DRIEST ON RECORD...AND THE PERIOD OF
JUNE THROUGH NOVEMBER (SUMMER/FALL) WAS THE 3RD 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 WARMER THAN NORMAL.  THE HIGH OF
70 DEGREES ON THE 30TH WAS A DAILY RECORD HIGH IN ADDITION TO BEING
THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE OF THE MONTH...AND RECORD WARM HIGHS ALSO
WERE SET ON THE 4TH AND 5TH.  THE JANUARY AVERAGE MAXIMUM
TEMPERATURE WAS THE 10TH WARMEST ON RECORD. THE SCANT 0.16 INCHES OF
PRECIPITATION FELL AS TWO VERY LIGHT SNOW EVENTS...MAKING THIS THE
15TH DRIEST JANUARY ON RECORD IN LINCOLN.
 
THE MILD WINTER CONTINUED INTO FEBRUARY...WITH A SWING TO WETTER
CONDITIONS AS FEBRUARY WAS THE 10TH 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 11.1 INCHES OF SNOW AND 1.05
INCHES OF LIQUID.  THAT DAILY SNOWFALL ALSO WAS THE HIGHEST ONE-
DAY SNOW TOTAL IN THE LINCOLN AREA SINCE RECORDS BEGIN IN 1948. THE
COLDEST TEMPERATURES OF THE WINTER OF 2011-12 FELL ON THE 11TH AND
12TH...WITH A LOW OF -5 ON THE 12TH.  MEANWHILE...ONLY FOUR 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 12TH TO 13TH...WITH 1.2 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
0.32 INCHES OF RAIN.
 
FOR THE WINTER MONTHS OF DECEMBER THROUGH FEBRUARY...LINCOLN WAS
MUCH WARMER AND MUCH WETTER THAN NORMAL.  THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF
29.9 DEGREES WAS 3.1 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND THE 19TH WARMEST
WINTER ON RECORD.  DUE LARGELY TO SEVERAL BOUTS OF HEAVY RAIN AND
ONE MAJOR SNOW EVENT...THE PRECIPITATION TOTAL OF 3.84 INCHES WAS
1.48 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL AND THE 18TH WETTEST ON RECORD.  FOR THE
WINTER OF 2011-12...18.8 INCHES OF SNOW FELL...WHICH IS WELL BELOW
THE NORMAL OF 25.9 INCHES.  OVER 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.  SIX 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 55.0 DEGREES WAS
14.9 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND 1.6 DEGREES ABOVE THE PREVIOUS AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE RECORD OF 53.4 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
32...40...50...AND 60 DEGREE TEMPERATURE THRESHOLDS.  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 10TH
WARMEST APRIL ON RECORD.  THE LAST FREEZE OF THE SEASON OCCURED ON
APRIL 23...WHICH WAS JUST TWO DAYS LATER THAN AVERAGE.
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 SIX DAYS IN
APRIL.  A SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK ON THE 14TH BROUGHT SMALL HAIL AND
LOCAL FLOODING TO LINCOLN.  THE HIGHEST ONE-DAY RAINFALL OF THE YEAR
OCCURRED ON THE 14TH...WITH 2.75 INCHES...WHICH ALSO WAS A DAILY
RAINFALL RECORD.  APRIL WAS THE LAST MONTH UNTIL DECEMBER WITH ABOVE
NORMAL PRECIPITATION.
 
WARM WEATHER CONTINUED THROUGH MAY...AS IT WAS THE 11TH WARMEST ON
RECORD...WITH ANOTHER RECORD WARM TEMPRATURE 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 8 DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORMS RECORDED AT LINCOLN AIRPORT BUT ONLY 6 OF THOSE DAYS WITH RAIN.
 ONE OF THOSE ON THE 19TH BROUGHT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO
LINCOLN...WITH A 66 MPH GUST MEASURED AT THE AIRPORT THAT TIES THE
HIGHEST WIND GUST OF THE YEAR.
 
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 59.3 DEGREES...BREAKING THE
PREVIOUS RECORD OF 56.1 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 44.8 DEGREES
THAT BROKE THE RECORD OF 44.0 DEGREES SET IN 1992.  SPRING
PRECIPITATION WAS SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL AT 7.38 INCHES...WHICH IS
1.55 INCHES BELOW NORMAL.
 
WARM WEATHER CONTINUED THROUGH JUNE...WHICH WAS THE 22ND WARMEST ON
RECORD.  JUNE SAW 13 DAYS AT OR ABOVE 90 DEGREES...WELL ABOVE THE
NORMAL 8 DAYS...AND ONLY THE 1ST SAW A MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE BELOW 70
DEGREES.  DESPITE THE PERSISTENT HEAT...NO DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS
WERE SET IN JUNE. PRECIPITATION WAS SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL IN
JUNE...WITH MOST OF THE RAIN FALLING IN THREE EVENTS AND THE LAST OF
THESE OCCURRING ON THE 23RD.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON THE 14TH AND
15TH BROUGHT 2.71 INCHES OF RAIN...ALONG WITH WINDS GUSTING TO 63
MPH.
 
THE WARM YEAR OF 2012 BARRELED RIGHT THROUGH JULY. THE AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE OF 83.1 DEGREES WAS THE 7TH WARMEST JULY ON
RECORD...WHILE THE 0.33 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION IN JULY WAS THE 2ND
DRIEST ON RECORD.  THAT 0.33 INCHES OF RAIN FELL ON THE 25TH AND
26TH. A 15-DAY STREAK OF DAYS ENDING ON THE 26TH WITH TEMPERATURES
AT OR ABOVE 95 DEGREES WAS THE 4TH LONGEST ON RECORD...AND ALSO FELL
AS THE 9TH LONGEST STREAK OF TEMPERATURES AT OR ABOVE 90 DEGREES.
FIVE 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
104 DEGREES.  THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURE OF THE YEAR OCCURRED ON THE
22ND...AT 105 DEGREES.  OVERALL...11 DAYS IN JULY REACHED 100
DEGREES OR HOTTER...WHICH IS THE MOST SINCE 1980.  THE COMBINATION
OF EXTREME HEAT AND EXTREME DRYNESS ALLOWED EXTREME DROUGHT TO
SPREAD QUICKLY INTO THE LINCOLN AREA IN JULY.
 
DRY WEATHER LINGERED IN AUGUST...THOUGH TEMPERATURES FELL BACK TO
READINGS SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL.  WITH 0.30 INCHES OF RAIN...AUGUST
WAS THE 2ND DRIEST ON RECORD.  THE TWO MONTH PERIOD OF JULY THROUGH
AUGUST WAS THE DRIEST ON RECORD...WITH JUST 0.63 INCHES OF RAIN.
WHILE SOME HOT PERIODS HIT IN AUGUST...PARTICULARLY EARLY AND LATE
IN THE MONTH...COOL TEMPERATURES WERE DOMINANT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
MONTH.  RECORD COLD MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WERE SET ON THE 16TH
THROUGH THE 18TH.
 
FOR THE SUMMER SEASON OF JUNE THROUGH AUGUST...2012 WAS VERY WARM
AND VERY DRY.  THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 77.6 DEGREES WAS THE 16TH
WARMEST SUMMER ON RECORD...WHILE THE PRECIPITATION TOTAL OF 4.20
INCHES WAS THE 4TH DRIEST ON RECORD.  THE SPRING AND SUMMER MONTHS
(MARCH THROUGH AUGUST) WERE THE WARMEST ON RECORD IN LINCOLN...WITH
AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 68.5 DEGREES...AND THE 10TH DRIEST ON
RECORD...WITH 11.58 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.  A HIGH OF 102 ON THE 4TH WAS A
DAILY RECORD AND THE FIRST SEPTEMBER HIGH OF 100 DEGREES OR MORE
SINCE 2005.  DRY CONDITIONS CONTINUED IN LINCOLN...WITH RAIN FALLING
IN JUST TWO EVENTS. THE MOST SUBSTANTIAL RAIN OF THE MONTH FELL ON
THE 12TH TO 13TH...WITH 1.71 INCHES OF STEADY RAIN ACCOMPANIED BY
OCCASIONAL THUNDER THAT WAS ALMOST ALL OF THE MONTHLY RAIN TOTAL.
AN EARLY FREEZE ARRIVED ON THE 23RD...WITH A LOW OF 32 DEGREES.
THIS WAS THE 7TH EARLIEST FREEZE ON RECORD IN LINCOLN...12 DAYS
EARLIER THAN THE 1981-2010 AVERAGE...AND THE EARLIEST SINCE 1999.
 
OCTOBER BROUGHT A BREAK FROM THE HEAT...WITH TEMPERATURES AVERAGING
COOLER THAN NORMAL AND WITH NEAR NORMAL PRECIPITATION.  LOWS FELL
AT OR BELOW FREEZING 11 TIMES IN OCTOBER...WHICH IS THE HIGHEST SINCE
2006.  RAIN FELL ON 7 DAYS IN OCTOBER...INCLUDING 5 DAYS WITH
THUNDER...THOUGH THE TOTAL PRECIPITATION WAS 0.05 INCHES BELOW
NORMAL.  WITH THE DRY AND COOLER WEATHER...THE AVERAGE MINIMUM
TEMPERATURE FOR SEPTEMBER THROUGH OCTOBER WAS THE COOLEST ON RECORD
IN LINCOLN.
 
WARMER WEATHER RETURNED IN NOVEMBER...THOUGH DRY WEATHER PERSISTED.
JUST 0.15 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL IN NOVEMBER...AND THAT FELL
IN JUST TWO DAYS...THE 4TH AND THE 10TH.  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ON THE 10TH WERE FOLLOWED BY A TRACE OF FREEZING PRECIPITATION ON THE 11TH.
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 COOLER THAN
NORMAL AT 51.8 DEGREES...WHICH IS 0.9 LESS THAN THE NORMAL AVERAGE
OF 52.7 DEGREES AND THE 26TH COLDEST ON RECORD.  THE COOLER AVERAGE
TEMPERATURES WERE DRIVEN BY MUCH COOLER THAN NORMAL MINIMUM
TEMPERATURES...WHICH WERE THE 2ND COLDEST ON RECORD THROUGH THE
FALL.  MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES WERE WARMER THAN NORMAL THROUGH THE
FALL...AND WERE THE 32ND WARMEST ON RECORD.  THE TOTAL PRECIPITATION
THROUGH THE FALL WAS 3.80 INCHES...WHICH IS THE 31ST DRIEST ON
RECORD AND 2.62 INCHES BELOW NORMAL.  THE COMBINED SUMMER AND FALL
PRECIPITATION (JUNE THROUGH NOVEMBER) WAS THE 3RD DRIEST ON
RECORD...WITH 8.00 INCHES.
 
DECEMBER BEGAN ON A VERY MILD STREAK.  ON THE 10TH...THE HIGH
TEMPERATURE FELL TO 31 DEGREES...ENDING A STREAK OF CONSECUTIVE DAYS
WITH MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES ABOVE FREEZING AT 300. THIS WAS THE THIRD
LONGEST SUCH STREAK ON RECORD...WITH THE RECORD OF 308 DAYS ENDING
ON 12-13-1946. NO PRECIPITATION FELL UNTIL THE 14TH...ENDING A
STREAK OF 33 DAYS WITHOUT RAIN THAT IS THE 22ND LONGEST ON RECORD.
COOLER WEATHER ARRIVED ABRUPTLY ON THE 19TH TO 20TH AS A STORM
SYSTEM BROUGHT RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW IN LINCOLN.  THE STORM BROUGHT
4.5 INCHES OF SNOW TO LINCOLN AIRPORT...WITH TOTALS AROUND 6-7
INCHES ELSEWHERE IN THE LINCOLN AREA.  THIS WAS THE FIRST SNOWFALL
OF THE SEASON...BRINGING TO AN END THE LONGEST STREAK OF SNOW-FREE
DAYS ON RECORD IN LINCOLN AT 309.  WINDS GUSTING UP TO 49 MPH
BROUGHT BLIZZARD OR NEAR-BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO THE LINCOLN AREA AS
WELL.  THE SNOWFALL OF 4.2 INCHES AS WELL AS THE LIQUID
PRECIPITATION OF 0.58 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 14 DEGREES OBSERVED ON BOTH
CHRISTMAS DAY AND THE 26TH.
 
                       2012 STATISTICS
          TEMPERATURE                   PRECIPITATION
MONTH  AVG. DEPART.  MAX  MIN     TOTAL  DEPART. SNOW/SLEET TSTORM DAYS
JAN    30.0   5.4     70    4     0.16   -0.48    1.6         0
FEB    30.7   1.7     63   -5     2.10    1.33   12.3         1
MAR    55.0  14.9     91R  18     0.89   -1.04      0         1
APR    56.0   4.4     92   26     3.49    0.78      0         6
MAY    66.9   4.6     96   39     3.00   -1.29      0         8
JUN    75.1   2.5    102   41     3.57   -0.78      0         6
JUL    83.1   5.5    105   57     0.33   -3.07      0         2
AUG    74.5  -0.8    103   44     0.30   -3.19      0         6
SEP    64.6  -1.4    102   32     1.73   -1.29      0         2
OCT    49.6  -3.6     82   20     1.92   -0.05      0         5
NOV    41.4   2.5     78    8     0.15   -1.28      T         1
DEC    27.9   1.1     68   -1     1.50    0.55    5.1         0
YEAR   54.7   3.2    105   -5    19.14   -9.81   19.0        38
 
           DEGREE DAYS
MONTH  HEATING  DEPART.  COOLING  DEPART.
JAN      1079    -173         0       0
FEB       991     -15         0       0
MAR       330    -443        25      24
APR       290    -127        29      16
MAY        69     -78       137      72
JUN        11      -5       322      80
JUL         0      -1       570     180
AUG         7       2       309     -15
SEP       103      11        99     -24
OCT       472      91         0     -15
NOV       702     -80         0       0
DEC      1144     -40         0       0
YEAR     5198    -858      1491     282
 
       WIND GUST    SEA LEVEL PRESSURE
MONTH  MAX          MAX     MIN
JAN    51           30.73   29.38
FEB    49           30.89   29.25
MAR    48           30.58   29.48
APR    54           30.41   29.24
MAY    66           30.38   29.30
JUN    63           30.24   29.47
JUL    39           30.15   29.59
AUG    43           30.25   29.68
SEP    46           30.44   29.70
OCT    56           30.57   29.33
NOV    66           30.58   29.41
DEC    49           30.57   29.41
 
       EXTREMES                    READING   DATE
WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE           105       JULY 22
COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE            14       DECEMBER 25, DECEMBER 26
COLDEST LOW TEMPERATURE             -5       FEBRUARY 12
WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE             79       JUNE 27
LAST SPRING FREEZE (32 DEGREES)     31       APRIL 23
FIRST FALL FREEZE (32 DEGREES)      32       SEPTEMBER 23
HIGHEST RAINFALL                     2.75    APRIL 14
HIGHEST SNOWFALL                    11.1     FEBRUARY 4
HIGHEST SNOW DEPTH                   9       FEBRUARY 5
LAST MEASURABLE SNOW (2011-12)       1.1     FEBRUARY 13
FIRST MEASURABLE SNOW (2012-13)      4.2     DECEMBER 19
HIGHEST WIND GUST                   66       MAY 19, NOVEMBER 10
HIGHEST SURFACE PRESSURE            30.89    FEBRUARY 11
LOWEST SURFACE PRESSURE             29.24    APRIL 15
 
   DAILY RECORDS SET IN 2012
DATE        RECORD         READING  PREVIOUS RECORD
JANUARY 4   WARM MAX TEMP    59     59 (TIES WITH 1916)
JANUARY 5   WARM MAX TEMP    68     61 (1956)
JANUARY 30  WARM MAX TEMP    70     60 (1931)
FEBRUARY 4  RAINFALL         1.05   0.47 (1975)
FEBRUARY 4  SNOWFALL         11.1   5.7 (1971)
MARCH 13    WARM MAX TEMP    83     80 (2007)
MARCH 17    WARM MIN TEMP    60^    58 (1894)
MARCH 17    WARM AVG TEMP    71.5^  71 (1894)
MARCH 18    WARM MIN TEMP    62^    56 (1903)
MARCH 20    WARM MIN TEMP    51     49 (1894)
MARCH 26    WARM MIN TEMP    58     58 (TIES WITH 2004)
MARCH 31    WARM MAX TEMP    91     88 (1946)
APRIL 2     WARM MAX TEMP    90     88 (1928)
APRIL 14    RAINFALL         2.75   2.33 (1999)
APRIL 25    WARM MAX TEMP    92     90 (1989)
MAY 23      WARM MAX TEMP    94     94 (TIES WITH 1939)
JULY 22     WARM MAX TEMP   105     105 (TIES WITH 1941, 1934)
AUGUST 16   COLD MIN TEMP    49     49 (TIES WITH 1897)
AUGUST 17   COLD MIN TEMP    44     46 (1943)
AUGUST 18   COLD MIN TEMP    45     47 (1943)
SEPTEMBER 4 WARM MAX TEMP   102    101 (1954, 1913)
OCTOBER 5   COLD MIN TEMP    28     28 (TIES WITH 1991, 1952)
OCTOBER 6   COLD MAX TEMP    48     48 (TIES WITH 2000)
OCTOBER 10  COLD MIN TEMP    23     24 (1987)
NOVEMBER 21 WARM MAX TEMP    73     70 (1990, 1917)
DECEMBER 2  WARM MAX TEMP    68     65 (1988, 1956)
DECEMBER 19 RAINFALL         0.58   0.44 (1952)
DECEMBER 19 SNOWFALL         4.2    1.6 (1999, 1952)
 
^ RECORD EARLIEST READINGS TO REACH THESE TEMPERATURES
 
   MONTHLY RECORDS SET IN 2012
DATE        RECORD         READING  PREVIOUS RECORD
MARCH 31    WARM MAX TEMP    91     91 (TIES WITH 3-25-1907)
MARCH       WARM AVG TEMP    55.0   53.4 (1910)
MARCH       WARM MIN TEMP    40.4   39.2 (1946)
MARCH       WARM MAX TEMP    69.5   68.4 (1910)
 
   ANNUAL RECORDS SET IN 2012
RECORD               READING  PREVIOUS RECORD
DAYS MAX TEMP >= 70F   189    183 (1963, 1939, 1910)
DAYS MAX TEMP >= 60F   241    237 (1981)
DAYS MAX TEMP >= 50F   286    283 (1999)
 
   OTHER RECORDS SET IN 2012
EVENT                                RECORD     PREVIOUS RECORD
CONSECUTIVE SNOW-FREE DAYS           309        295 (ENDING 11-27-2004)
 
 
    

    
            
 
 
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