LA VALE, MD CLIMATOLOGY - AVERAGES AND EXTREMES PERIOD OF RECORD 1948-PRESENT (2011) 1948-1977 Data from Cumberland Police Barracks in La Vale (Elev. 930 ft) 1978-1991 Data mostly estimated based on interpolations and algorithms from Cumberland and Frostburg data with some data from Cumberland Police 1992-present La Vale (Henry Drive) station (Elev. 1,016 ft) Hydrologic (Stream Height & Flow) Stats are from the USGS *MEAN MONTHLY STATS 1948-2011 *WITH OBS-TIME ADJUSTED TEMPERATURE DATA* MEAN MEAN MEAN MEAN MEAN NO. OF DAYS WITH (FROM 1992-2011 OBS): DAMAGING MONTH TEMP MAX T MIN T PRECIP SNOW FOG SLEET GLAZE THUNDER HAIL WINDS JAN 29.8 37.8 21.7 2.85 11.1 4.35 1.80 1.60 0.20 0.10 0.25 FEB 32.4 41.7 23.1 2.73 10.5 2.45 1.65 1.00 0.25 0.05 0.35 MAR 40.7 51.3 30.0 3.86 7.8 5.25 1.30 0.35 0.85 0.05 0.25 APR 51.8 63.9 39.8 3.72 0.9 4.30 0.25 0.15 2.85 0.20 0.30 MAY 60.8 73.1 48.6 4.19 T 7.10 0 0 4.65 0.35 0.10 JUN 69.0 81.1 57.0 3.60 0 5.80 0 0 6.45 0.40 0.35 JUL 72.9 84.6 61.3 3.64 0 6.85 0 0 7.20 0.15 0.15 AUG 71.5 83.1 60.0 3.30 0 9.45 0 0 5.50 0 0.15 SEP 64.2 75.9 52.6 3.58 0 8.85 0 0 2.30 0.05 0.10 OCT 53.2 64.9 41.5 3.00 0.2 6.55 0.10 0.05 0.70 0 0.20 NOV 42.7 52.1 33.4 3.25 2.3 4.55 0.60 0.30 0.55 0 0.15 DEC 32.9 40.6 25.2 3.02 7.7 4.45 1.40 1.05 0.20 0 0.20 YEAR 51.8 62.5 41.2 40.74 40.5 69.95 7.10 4.50 31.70 1.35 2.55 *EXTREME TEMPERATURES BY MONTH MONTH MAX T DATE(S) JAN 78 1/25-26/1950 FEB 76 2/16/1954, 2/29/1976 & 2/24/1985 MAR 85 3/21/1948, 3/30/1986, 3/28/1989, 3/13-14/1990 & 3/31/1998 APR 96 4/27/2009 MAY 96 5/19/1996 JUN 102 6/2/1951 JUL 105 7/16/1988 AUG 102 8/20 & 8/22/1983 SEP 100 9/3/1953 OCT 93 10/1/1953 NOV 86 11/2/1982 DEC 77 12/6/1998 YEAR 105 7/16/1988 MONTH MIN T DATE(S) JAN -16 1/19/1994, 1/21/1985 FEB -9 2/2/1961 MAR -2 3/11/1960 APR 16 4/10/1997 MAY 24 5/10/1980 JUN 33 6/1-2/1966 JUL 40 7/21/1966 AUG 38 8/28/1986, 8/29/1982 SEP 26 9/28/1957 OCT 18 10/24/1969 NOV 6 11/30/1958 DEC -10 12/25/1983 YEAR -16 1/19/1994, 1/21/1985 MONTH LOW MAX DATES JAN 2 1/19/1994 FEB 9 2/17-18/1958 MAR 19 3/1/1980 APR 34 4/7/2003 MAY 45 5/11/2010, 5/6-7/1958 JUN 55 6/3/2003 JUL 63 7/29/2001, 7/3/1978 AUG 61 8/28/2008 SEP 46 9/28/1984 OCT 35 10/29/2011 NOV 22 11/24/1970, 11/26/1950 DEC 5 12/25/1983 YEAR 2 1/19/1994 MONTH HI MIN DATES JAN 55 1/3/1997, 1/15/1995 FEB 53 2/14/1949 MAR 63 3/8/2009, 3/28/1989 APR 70 4/26/1990 MAY 72 5/29/1969, 5/21/1962 JUN 77 6/28/2010 JUL 82 7/24/2010 AUG 78 8/23/1968 SEP 71 9/7-8/1978 OCT 67 10/1/1959 NOV 61 11/2/1971 DEC 56 12/4/1998 YEAR 82 7/24/2010 GREATEST MONTHLY TEMPERATURE RANGES (EXTREMES) AND EXTREME MONTHLY LOW MAXES AND HI MINS MONTH RANGE DATE(S) LOW MAX DATE(S) HI MIN DATE(S) JAN 77 1997 (71/-6) 44 2003 22 2006 FEB 82 1961 (73/-9) 47 2010 & 1978 16 1953 MAR 81 1986 (85/4) 54 1958 25 2006 APR 72 1976 (93/21) 71 1975 32 2005, 2006 & 2008 MAY 67 1996 (96/29) 82 1968 & 1973 45 1998 JUN 65 1966 (98/33) 86 1958 51 2008 JUL 60 1954 & 1966 (102/42 & 100/40) 88 2000 & 2004 57 2005 AUG 59 1951 (98/39) 87 1958 55 2005 & 2007 SEP 70 1953 (100/30) 82 2004 47 2008 & 2009 OCT 72 1953 (93/21) 73 1957 & 1972 33 1984 & 2007 NOV 71 1950 & 1982 (78/7 & 86/15) 56 1997 30 1985 DEC 75 1951 (68/-7) 45 1969 20 2006 YEAR 115 1994 (99/-16) 89 1958 10 1953 *WARMEST AND COOLEST MONTHS - *WITH* OBS TIME ADJUSTMENT (*=OBS-TIME ADJUSTED MONTH) WARMEST OVERALL AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WARMEST 1 2 3 4 5 JAN 42.1 (1950)* 39.4 (1949)* 39.0 (2006) 37.7 (1990) 37.6 (1974)* FEB 39.9 (1976)* 39.5 (1990) 39.0 (1949)* 38.9 (1984) 38.3 (1954) MAR 51.8 (2012) 47.2 (1973)* 46.7 (1976)* 46.5 (1977)* 46.2 (2010) APR 57.0 (1994) 57.0 (1954)* 56.9 (2010) 56.0 (1985) 55.9 (1960)* MAY 67.8 (1991) 67.6 (2012) 66.1 (1965)* 65.7 (1982) 65.5 (2004) JUN 73.7 (2010) 73.3 (1994) 72.0 (1987) 71.4 (1991) 71.1 (2005, 1996 & 1957*) JUL 78.3 (2011) 78.0 (2012) 77.8 (2010) 77.2 (1999) 77.1 (1988) AUG 76.3 (1995) 75.4 (1978) 75.3 (1988) 75.3 (1983) 75.2 (2010) SEP 68.8 (1970)* 68.7 (1980) 68.6 (1961)* 68.3 (1978) 68.3 (1971)* OCT 59.3 (1984) 59.2 (1971)* 58.8 (2007) 58.2 (1975)* 57.5 (1963)* NOV 48.0 (1975)* 47.8 (1985) 47.6 (2004) 47.4 (2009) 47.3 (2006) DEC 41.2 (1984) 40.7 (2006) 40.2 (1971)* 39.7 (1956)* 39.5 (1982) YEAR 55.0 (2012) 54.5 (2006) 54.4 (1991) 54.2 (1990) 53.7 (2011) WARMEST MEAN MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES WARMEST 1 2 3 4 5 JAN 52.5 (1950) 47.9 (1949) 46.5 (2006) 46.5 (2002) 46.2 (1974) FEB 52.4 (1976) 50.8 (1954) 50.1 (1949) 49.8 (1984) 48.1 (2002 & 1990) MAR 63.2 (2012) 60.0 (1976) 59.6 (1977) 58.1 (1968) 57.6 (1979) APR 71.6 (1954) 71.2 (1994) 69.5 (2010) 69.5 (1981) 69.2 (1969) MAY 79.7 (1965) 79.4 (1970) 79.1 (1991) 78.9 (1982) 78.5 (1977) JUN 86.9 (1994) 84.9 (1952) 83.8 (1984) 83.6 (1969) 83.6 (1966) JUL 90.5 (1999) 90.1 (2011) 89.5 (1955) 89.3 (1988) 89.1 (2010) AUG 87.9 (1983) 87.5 (2006) 87.4 (1993) 87.1 (1995) 87.1 (1988) SEP 82.0 (1961) 81.5 (1970) 81.4 (1959) 81.3 (1980) 81.2 (1998) OCT 75.0 (1963) 71.3 (1953) 71.0 (1975) 69.4 (1961) 69.2 (1984) NOV 59.6 (1975) 58.8 (1990) 58.1 (1994) 57.5 (2001) 57.3 (1979 & 1964) DEC 50.2 (2006) 50.1 (1984) 49.8 (1971) 48.9 (1998) 48.8 (1982) YEAR 65.4 (1953) 65.3 (1991) 64.9 (1990) 64.6 (2006) 64.4 (2012) WARMEST MEAN MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WARMEST 1 2 3 4 5 JAN 31.7 (1950) 31.5 (2006) 30.9 (1949) 29.7 (1990) 29.0 (1974) FEB 30.1 (2012) 29.7 (1984) 29.1 (1990) 28.6 (1998) 27.9 (1949) MAR 40.4 (2012) 36.9 (1973) 36.3 (2010) 34.1 (2009) 33.9 (1991) APR 45.7 (2008) 44.9 (1955) 44.4 (2010) 43.5 (1991) 43.5 (1985) MAY 57.6 (2012) 56.5 (1991) 53.9 (2011) 53.9 (2004) 53.4 (2010) JUN 64.3 (2010) 61.2 (2011) 61.1 (2005) 61.0 (2008) 60.9 (1987) JUL 67.3 (2012) 66.5 (2011) 66.5 (2010) 65.8 (1987) 65.3 (1991) AUG 65.5 (1995) 65.4 (1978) 64.9 (2010) 64.5 (2005) 64.4 (2011) SEP 59.1 (1971) 58.9 (2011) 58.2 (2004) 57.3 (1978) 57.0 (2007) OCT 50.7 (2007) 49.4 (1984) 49.3 (1971) 48.7 (2005) 46.5 (1970) NOV 40.7 (1985) 39.9 (2009) 39.8 (2004) 39.3 (2006) 38.4 (1977) DEC 32.3 (1984) 31.8 (1956) 31.3 (2006) 30.7 (2012) 30.6 (1971 & 1972) YEAR 45.5 (2012) 44.7 (2011) 44.5 (2010) 44.4 (2006) 43.9 (2007 & 2005) COOLEST OVERALL AVERAGE TEMPERATURES COOLEST 1 2 3 4 5 JAN 18.3 (1977)* 22.1 (1948) 23.4 (1994) 23.6 (1982) 24.2 (2003) FEB 21.7 (1958)* 22.4 (1979) 23.6 (1978) 25.5 (1963)* 27.1 (2007) MAR 28.4 (1960)* 33.1 (1958)* 34.5 (1984) 35.7 (1996) 36.3 (2013 & 1999) APR 45.3 (1975)* 46.1 (1997) 46.2 (1961)* 46.9 (1966)* 47.5 (1949)* MAY 54.3 (1997) 55.6 (1967)* 56.6 (1961)* 56.8 (2005) 56.8 (1994) JUN 63.0 (1958)* 63.3 (1955)* 65.5 (2003) 65.5 (1992) 65.5 (1972) JUL 68.7 (2001) 69.0 (2000) 69.5 (1950)* 69.6 (2009) 69.8 (1962)* AUG 67.5 (1992) 67.8 (1958)* 68.1 (1957)* 68.2 (1949)* 68.4 (1976)* SEP 56.3 (1949)* 57.9 (1966)* 60.9 (1967)* 61.1 (1996) 61.1 (1962)* OCT 47.0 (1957)* 47.5 (1988) 48.3 (1987) 48.8 (1976)* 49.6 (1966* & 1948*) NOV 33.5 (1996) 36.7 (1976)* 37.1 (1995) 37.2 (1951)* 37.5 (1997) DEC 22.2 (1989) 22.5 (1958)* 24.9 (1960)* 25.2 (2000) 26.1 (1963)* YEAR 46.9 (1958)* 49.2 (1997) 49.5 (1996) 50.1 (1962)* 50.1 (1966)* COOLEST MEAN MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES COOLEST 1 2 3 4 5 JAN 25.4 (1977) 29.5 (1948) 29.7 (2003) 30.3 (1958) 31.0 (1994) FEB 28.7 (1958) 31.0 (1979) 33.0 (1978) 34.2 (2010) 34.3 (2007) MAR 37.8 (1960) 39.1 (1958) 43.1 (2013) 43.8 (1984) 45.5 (1970) APR 55.1 (1961) 56.1 (1975) 56.4 (1966) 58.3 (1949) 58.8 (2007) MAY 65.7 (2003) 67.0 (2008) 67.6 (1997) 67.6 (1967) 68.1 (2005 & 1996) JUN 74.8 (1958) 75.5 (2003) 76.4 (1972) 76.8 (1992) 77.4 (2009 & 1974) JUL 78.6 (2009) 79.1 (2000) 80.6 (1958) 80.8 (2001) 81.4 (2004 & 1967) AUG 78.3 (1992) 78.5 (2008) 78.7 (1958) 78.8 (1949) 79.3 (2000 & 1967) SEP 68.0 (1949) 70.3 (1966) 70.6 (1975) 70.9 (2006) 71.3 (1996) OCT 57.2 (1957) 57.9 (2009) 58.5 (1988) 58.8 (1976) 59.0 (2011) NOV 41.9 (1996) 45.4 (1995) 45.5 (1997) 46.4 (1976) 46.5 (1967) DEC 29.2 (1989) 30.7 (1958) 32.0 (2010) 32.5 (2000) 32.7 (1963) YEAR 56.8 (1958) 59.3 (2003) 59.6 (1996) 59.9 (2009) 60.0 (2008) COOLEST MEAN MINIMUM TEMPERATURES COOLEST 1 2 3 4 5 JAN 11.1 (1977) 14.1 (1968) 14.6 (1982) 14.8 (1948) 15.5 (1978) FEB 13.8 (1979) 14.1 (1963) 14.2 (1978) 14.7 (1958) 18.1 (1955) MAR 19.1 (1960) 24.9 (1999) 25.3 (1984) 25.4 (1996) 25.6 (1962) APR 32.7 (1997) 34.1 (1971) 34.5 (1982) 34.5 (1975) 35.1 (1950) MAY 40.9 (1997) 43.5 (1949) 43.6 (1967) 43.9 (1958) 44.1 (1994) JUN 49.0 (1955) 51.2 (1959) 51.6 (1966) 53.7 (1965) 54.1 (1992 & 1962) JUL 56.2 (1954) 56.6 (2001) 56.6 (1950) 57.1 (1963) 57.6 (1962) AUG 54.0 (1966) 54.1 (1957) 54.2 (1951) 54.5 (1953) 55.6 (1962) SEP 44.7 (1949) 45.5 (1966) 46.4 (1955) 46.5 (1963) 46.5 (1953) OCT 34.4 (1952) 35.6 (1987) 36.2 (1966) 36.5 (1988) 36.5 (1964) NOV 25.1 (1996) 26.9 (1976) 27.1 (1951) 27.5 (1954) 28.5 (1955) DEC 14.3 (1958) 15.2 (1989) 16.1 (1960) 17.8 (2000) 18.2 (1962) YEAR 37.0 (1958) 37.9 (1963) 38.1 (1997) 38.3 (1966) 38.4 (1962) *WETTEST AND DRIEST MONTHS WETTEST 1 2 3 4 5 JAN 7.84 (1996) 6.13E (1979) 5.79 (1949) 5.48E (1978) 5.20 (1994) FEB 6.29 (1986) 5.26 (1998) 5.15E (1979) 5.07 (1994) 4.99 (1961) MAR 8.49 (1993) 7.70 (1963) 6.84 (1994) 6.43E (1955) 6.03 (1977) APR 7.92 (1964) 7.76 (1993) 6.80 (1998) 6.48 (1973) 6.48E (1948) MAY 8.63 (1968) 8.14 (2003) 8.00 (2011) 7.50 (1960) 7.09 (1975) JUN 9.43 (1972) 7.38 (1995) 7.22E (1951) 6.77 (1989) 6.28E (1974) JUL 8.75 (1989) 7.79 (2004) 6.92 (1996) 6.47 (1967) 6.14E (1978) AUG 7.08E (1978) 6.21 (1990) 6.02 (1955) 5.99 (1956) 5.79 (2008) SEP 9.87 (1996) 9.35 (2011) 9.02 (2004) 7.17 (1966) 7.10 (2003) OCT 9.22 (1976) 8.06 (1959) 6.68 (1954) 6.41 (1990) 6.12 (1995) NOV 10.72 (1985) 7.61 (1997) 6.36 (1972) 5.80 (1996) 4.88E (1986) DEC 6.31 (2009) 6.30 (1969) 5.89 (1990) 5.67 (2008) 5.67 (1972) YEAR 59.05 (1996) 53.17 (1972) 52.93 (2003) 51.09 (2011) 50.63E (1979) DRIEST 1 2 3 4 5 JAN 0.39E (1981) 0.45E (1955) 0.75 (1970) 1.11 (1963) 1.12 (1967) FEB 0.40 (2002) 0.50 (1968) 0.86 (1976) 0.93 (2001) 0.98 (1987) MAR 0.84 (2006) 0.95 (1966) 1.04 (1995) 1.45 (1990) 1.64 (2009) APR 0.84 (1971) 1.01 (1997) 1.15 (2012) 1.29 (2010) 1.33 (1968) MAY 0.29 (1964) 0.87 (2007) 1.04 (1965) 1.27 (1970) 1.44 (1977) JUN 0.68 (1966) 1.06 (1965) 1.16 (1991) 1.35* (1990) 1.38 (2010) JUL 0.67 (2011) 0.70E (1983) 0.87 (1952) 1.16 (1968) 1.23 (1966) AUG 0.73 (1957) 1.02 (2006) 1.19 (2010) 1.54 (1989) 1.58 (1998) SEP 0.08E (1985) 0.34 (2005) 0.66 (1994) 1.31E (1980) 1.34 (1951 & 1991) OCT 0.23 (1963) 0.52 (1994) 0.67 (1992) 0.73 (1953) 0.73 (1952) NOV 0.19 (1998) 0.31 (2012) 0.95 (1965) 1.04 (1990) 1.05E (1981) DEC 0.29 (1955) 0.48 (1971) 0.58 (1965) 0.73 (1998) 1.00 (1958 & 1980E) YEAR 29.81 (1963) 30.96 (1965) 31.67 (1991) 32.58E (1969) 33.22 (1966) E = Estimated based on interpolations using surrounding station data * = Police Barrack Data was substituted for my own data on those particular months *SNOWIEST MONTHS MONTH 1 2 3 4 5 JAN 41.7 (1996) 39.5 (1978) 30.3 (1994) 26.9 (1987) 24.5 (1966) FEB 42.5 (2010) 36.5 (2003) 31.0 (1961) 28.5 (1964) 25.2 (1979) MAR 29.0 (1999) 27.0 (1962) 25.8 (1993) 24.5 (1960) 22.0 (1970) APR 8.5 (1966) 5.5 (1987) 5.3 (1982) 5.0 (1959) 4.2 (1961) MAY Trace (1989) Trace (1963) JUN 0 JUL 0 AUG 0 SEP 0 OCT 7.0 (2011) 1.0 (1962) 0.5 (1972) 0.5 (1957) 0.2 (1960) NOV 18.3 (1995) 13.5 (1971) 11.0 (1955) 10.5 (1950) 10.0 (1967) DEC 34.0 (1969) 28.3 (2009) 25.0 (1992) 22.0 (1960) 21.5 (1962) SEASON 85.7 (1960-61) 81.8 (1995-96) 78.3 (2009-10) 77.1 (1993-94) 75.0 (1969-70) LEAST 12.2 (2001-02) 12.8 (1994-95) 15.5 (1972-73) 15.7 (1949-50) 15.8 (1954-55) CALYEAR 72.0 (1961) 71.3 (2003) 71.1 (1994) 69.8 (1996) 69.0 (1960 & 1978) LEAST 9.3 (2006) 17.0 (1954) 20.0 (1949) 21.3 (2000) 21.7 (2001) *WETTEST AND DRIEST SEASONS WETTEST 1 2 3 4 5 WINTER 15.22 (1978-79) 13.31 (1961-62) 13.24 (1993-94) 12.82 (1948-49) 12.64 (2009-10) SPRING 20.06 (2011) 18.69 (1993) 17.29 (1998) 16.15 (2008) 15.38 (1948) SUMMER 17.06 (1989) 16.45 (1978) 14.63 (1955) 14.60 (1996) 14.44 (1949) FALL 18.02 (1996) 17.01 (2011) 16.70 (1985) 16.13 (1976) 15.48 (2004) DRIEST 1 2 3 4 5 WINTER 3.80 (1962-63) 3.89 (1966-67) 4.18 (2001-02) 4.49 (1976-77) 4.76 (2000-01) SPRING 5.95 (1969) 7.07 (1971) 7.09 (1976) 7.32 (1986) 7.50 (2006) SUMMER 3.82 (1966) 4.76 (1965) 5.62 (1987) 5.83 (1952) 6.10 (1991) FALL 3.61 (1998) 4.17 (2001) 4.85 (1953) 5.24 (1994) 5.26 (1982) WARMEST AND COOLEST SEASONS WARMEST 1 2 3 4 5 WINTER 37.2 (1948-49) 36.9 (2001-02) 36.7 (1949-50) 36.4 (2011-12) 35.1 (1997-98, 1982-83) SPRING 57.4 (2012) 55.4 (2010) 55.4 (1991) 54.9 (1977) 54.0 (1985) SUMMER 75.6 (2010) 74.4 (2011) 74.2 (1995) 74.2 (1991) 73.9 (1987) FALL 56.7 (1971) 56.6 (1970) 56.5 (2005) 56.3 (1985) 56.3 (2004) COOLEST 1 2 3 4 5 WINTER 26.0 (1957-58) 26.3 (1962-63) 26.3 (1958-59) 26.7 (1976-77) 27.2 (1977-78) SPRING 46.4 (1997) 46.6 (1958) 47.7 (1960) 48.2 (1984) 48.7 (1949) SUMMER 67.1 (1958) 68.5 (1992) 68.7 (1997) 69.0 (1950) 69.2 (1963 & 1962) FALL 48.3 (1996) 49.7 (1997) 49.7 (1976) 49.7 (1957) 50.1 (1966) *TOP 20 WARMEST MONTHS (STANDARD DEVIATIONS ABOVE NORMAL) 1 3.191 Mar 2012 51.8 (+11.1) 2 2.549 Jan 1950 42.1 (+12.3) 3 2.419 Jul 2011 78.3 (+5.4) 4 2.405 May 1991 67.8 (+7.0) 5 2.339 May 2012 67.5 (+6.7) 6 2.332 Jun 2010 73.7 (+4.7) 7 2.284 Jul 2012 78.0 (+5.1) 7 2.182 Jul 2010 77.8 (+4.9) 8 2.124 Jun 1994 73.3 (+4.3) 9 2.112 Oct 1984 59.3 (+6.1) 10 2.084 Oct 1971 59.2 (+6.0) 11 2.082 Aug 1995 76.3 (+4.8) 12 1.987 Jan 1949 39.4 (+9.6) 13 1.984 Dec 1984 41.2 (+8.3) 14 1.955 Oct 2007 58.8 (+5.6) 15 1.942 Jul 1999 77.2 (+4.3) 16 1.919 Feb 1976 39.9 (+7.4) 17 1.913 Jan 2006 39.0 (+9.2) 18 1.891 Jul 1988 77.1 (+4.2) 19 1.874 Dec 2006 40.7 (+7.8) 20 1.873 Apr 1954 57.0 (+5.2) 20 1.867 Apr 1994 57.0 (+5.2) TOP 20 WARMEST MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE MONTHS (STANDARDIZED ANOMALIES, *=MONTHLY RECORD SET OR TIED) 1 2.886 Oct 1963 HI 87 75.0 (+10.1) 2 2.797 Jan 1950 HI 78* 52.5 (+14.7) 3 2.704 Mar 2012 HI 84 63.2 (+11.9) 4 2.531 Jun 1994 HI 99 86.9 (+5.8) 5 2.330 Feb 1976 HI 76* 52.4 (+10.7) 6 2.282 Jul 1999 HI 100 90.5 (+5.9) 7 2.176 Apr 1954 HI 90 71.6 (+7.7) 8 2.045 Apr 1994 HI 89 71.2 (+7.3) 9 2.025 Dec 2006 HI 72 50.2 (+9.6) 10 2.018 Aug 1983 HI 102* 87.9 (+4.8) 11 2.005 Dec 1984 HI 74 50.1 (+9.5) 12 1.991 Nov 1975 HI 77 59.6 (+7.5) 13 1.984 Jul 2011 HI 103 90.1 (+5.5) 14 1.974 Feb 1954 HI 76* 50.8 (+9.1) 15 1.971 Sep 1961 HI 95 82.0 (+6.1) 16 1.966 Mar 1976 HI 79 60.0 (+8.7) 17 1.936 Dec 1971 HI 69 49.8 (+9.2) 18 1.911 Jan 1949 HI 69 47.9 (+10.1) 19 1.884 Mar 1977 HI 84 59.6 (+8.3) 20 1.870 May 1965 HI 89 79.7 (+6.6) *=Broke or tied all-time monthly record TOP 20 COLDEST MONTHS (STANDARD DEVIATIONS BELOW NORMAL) 1 -3.614 Mar 1960 28.4 (-12.3) 2 -3.104 Sep 1949 56.3 (-7.9) 3 -3.007 Jun 1958 63.0 (-6.0) 4 -2.897 Nov 1996 33.5 (-9.2) 5 -2.858 Jun 1955 63.3 (-5.7) 6 -2.808 Feb 1958 21.7 (-10.7) 7 -2.627 Feb 1979 22.4 (-10.0) 8 -2.522 Dec 1989 22.2 (-10.7) 9 -2.483 Sep 1966 57.9 (-6.3) 10 -2.457 Dec 1958 22.5 (-10.4) 11 -2.400 Jan 1977 18.3 (-11.5) 12 -2.381 Apr 1975 45.3 (-6.5) 13 -2.306 Feb 1978 23.6 (-8.8) 14 -2.265 May 1997 54.3 (-6.5) 14 -2.248 Mar 1958 33.1 (-7.6) 16 -2.172 Oct 1957 47.0 (-6.2) 17 -2.101 Apr 1997 46.1 (-5.7) 18 -2.053 Apr 1961 46.2 (-5.6) 19 -1.980 Oct 1988 47.5 (-5.7) 20 -1.903 Nov 1976 36.7 (-6.0) TOP 20 COOLEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE MONTHS (STANDARDIZED ANOMALIES, *=MONTHLY RECORD SET OR TIED) 1 -3.742 Mar 1960 LO -2* 19.1 (-10.9) 2 -3.035 Jun 1955 LO 37 49.0 (-8.0) 3 -2.714 Dec 1958 LO 0 14.3 (-10.9) 4 -2.646 Feb 1979 LO -5 13.8 (-9.3) 5 -2.558 Apr 1997 LO 16* 32.7 (-7.1) 6 -2.551 Nov 1996 LO 11 25.1 (-8.3) 7 -2.547 May 1997 LO 28 40.9 (-7.7) 8 -2.536 Feb 1963 LO -3 14.1 (-9.0) 9 -2.526 Feb 1978 LO 1 14.2 (-8.9) 10 -2.490 Dec 1989 LO -5 15.2 (-10.0) 11 -2.387 Feb 1958 LO -8 14.7 (-8.4) 12 -2.288 Sep 1949 LO 31 44.7 (-7.9) 13 -2.256 Jan 1977 LO -9 11.1 (-10.6) 14 -2.257 Dec 1960 LO -8 16.1 (-9.1) 15 -2.204 Jun 1958 LO 36 51.2 (-5.8) 16 -2.065 Apr 1971 LO 21 34.1 (-5.7) 17 -2.041 Jun 1966 LO 33* 51.6 (-5.4) 18 -2.040 Sep 1966 LO 30 45.5 (-6.7) 19 -1.988 Nov 1976 LO 11 26.9 (-6.5) 20 -1.954 Jul 1954 LO 42 56.2 (-5.1) *=Broke or tied all-time monthly record *TOP 20 WETTEST MONTHS 1 10.72" NOV 1985 2 9.87" SEP 1996 3 9.43" JUN 1972 4 9.35" SEP 2011 5 9.22" OCT 1976 6 9.02" SEP 2004 7 8.75" JUL 1989 8 8.63" MAY 1968 9 8.49" MAR 1993 10 8.14" MAY 2003 11 8.06" OCT 1959 12 8.00" MAY 2011 13 7.92" APR 1964 14 7.84" JAN 1996 15 7.79" JUL 2004 16 7.76" APR 1993 17 7.70" MAR 1963 18 7.61" NOV 1997 19 7.50" MAY 1960 20 7.38" JUN 1995 TOP 20 DRIEST MONTHS 1 0.08" SEP 1985 2 0.19" NOV 1998 3 0.23" OCT 1963 4 0.29" MAY 1964 4 0.29" DEC 1955 6 0.31" NOV 2012 7 0.34" SEP 2005 8 0.39" JAN 1981 9 0.40" FEB 2002 10 0.45" JAN 1955 11 0.48" DEC 1971 12 0.50" FEB 1968 13 0.52" OCT 1994 14 0.58" DEC 1965 15 0.66" SEP 1994 16 0.67" JUL 2011 16 0.67" OCT 1992 18 0.68" JUN 1966 19 0.70" JUL 1983 20 0.73" DEC 1998 20 0.73" AUG 1957 20 0.73" OCT 1953 20 0.73" OCT 1952 *TOP 20 SNOWIEST MONTHS 1 42.5" FEB 2010 2 41.7" JAN 1996 3 39.5" JAN 1978 4 36.5" FEB 2003 5 34.0 DEC 1969 6 31.0" FEB 1961 7 30.3" JAN 1994 8 29.0" MAR 1999 9 28.5" FEB 1964 10 28.3" DEC 2009 11 27.0" MAR 1962 12 26.9" JAN 1987 13 25.8" MAR 1993 14 25.2" FEB 1979 15 25.0" DEC 1992 16 24.5" MAR 1960 17 24.3" JAN 1982 18 24.0" FEB 1986 19 24.0" FEB 1972 20 22.2" JAN 1985 *TOP 20 HEAVIEST RAIN DAYS - COMMENTS 1 5.20" 9/6/1996 HURRICANE FRAN 2 4.64" 10/15/1954 HURRICANE HAZEL 3 4.36" 9/8/2004 HURRICANE FRANCES 4 3.95" 11/4/1985 TROPICAL STORM JUAN 5 3.66" 9/11/2000 STATIONARY THUNDERSTORM 6 3.57" 4/16/1993 COLD FRONT TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS 7 3.52" 9/6/2011 TROPICAL STORM LEE 8 3.50" 11/8/1996 COLD FRONT CONVECTIVE HEAVY RAINS 9 3.48" 6/8/1955 MANY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS 10 3.33" 10/1/1959 HURRICANE GRACIE 11 3.14" 9/30/2010 TROPICAL STORM NICOLE 12 3.10" 7/30/2004 TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS 12 3.10" 5/8/1960 STEADY HEAVY RAINS 14 3.08" 11/27/1993 COLD FRONT STEADY HEAVY RAINS 15 3.07" 10/29/2012 "SUPERSTORM" HURRICANE SANDY 16 3.05" 8/31/1975 TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS 17 2.90" 7/15/1954 COLD FRONT TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS 18 2.87" 8/28/2008 TROPICAL STORM FAY 19 2.85" 10/29/1973 HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL 20 2.80" 12/10/1992 HEAVY WET SNOW FROM NOR'EASTER *TOP 20 SNOW STORMS (WITHIN 3 CALENDAR DAYS) 1) 30.0" Jan. 6-8, 1996 2) 28.0" Feb. 15-17, 2003 3) 26.5" Feb. 5-6, 2010 4) 25.0" Mar. 5-6, 1962 5) 23.5" Dec. 10-11, 1992 6) 21.0" Mar. 13-14, 1993 7) 20.0" Dec. 31, 1970-Jan. 1, 1971 8) 17.0" Feb. 11-12, 1983 9) 16.5" Dec. 18-19, 2009 10) 16.0" Dec. 26, 1969 10) 16.0" Dec. 28-29, 1967 10) 16.0" Feb. 8, 1961 13) 15.0" Dec. 11-12, 1960 14) 14.0" Jan. 20, 1978 14) 14.0" Feb. 18-19, 1964 16) 13.5" Jan. 22-23, 1987 16) 13.5" Jan. 12-13, 1964 18) 13.0" Mar. 14, 1999 18) 13.0" Feb. 10-11, 1986 18) 13.0" Feb. 19-20, 1972 18) 13.0" Jan. 22-24, 1966 *TOP 20 FLOODS IN PAST 100 YEARS (GAUGE HEIGHT AT WILLS CREEK) 1) 23.11' Jan. 19, 1996 2) 20.20' Mar. 17, 1936 3) 15.14' Oct. 15, 1942 4) 14.94' Aug. 13, 1984 5) 13.45' Apr. 26, 1937 6) 13.00' Mar. 29, 1924 7) 11.73' Apr. 16, 1993 8) 11.54' Sep. 6, 1996 9) 11.41' Mar. 29, 2005 10) 10.96' Mar. 11, 2011 11) 10.85' Mar. 13, 2010 12) 10.80' Feb. 14, 1984 13) 10.70' Oct. 16, 1954 14) 10.29' May 8, 1960 15) 10.26' Nov. 28, 1993 16) 10.06' Jun. 23, 1972 17) 9.90' Sep. 9, 2004 18) 9.79' Jun. 21, 1983 19) 9.74' Apr. 9, 1980 20) 9.57' Apr. 13, 1981 TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION RECORDS RECORDS FOR NUMBER OF MIN TEMPERATURES 0 (ZERO) OR BELOW ZERO: MAX 1 MAX 2 MAX 3 MAX 4 MAX 5 DEC 3 (1989) 3 (1958) 2 (1983) 2 (1960) 2 (1950) JAN 6 (1994) 6 (1968) 5 (1982) 5 (1961) 4 (1984) FEB 9 (1979) 4 (1958) 3 (1955) 2 (1996) 2 (1985, 1964 & 1963) MAR 1 (1960) - - - - SEASON 9 (78-79) 8 (60-61) 6 (93-94) 6 (83-84) 6 (1967-68) YEAR 9 (1979) 7 (1958) 6 (1994) 6 (1968) 6 (1961) RECORDS FOR NUMBER OF MAX TEMPERATURES 32 OR LOWER: MAX 1 MAX 2 MAX 3 MAX 4 MAX 5 NOV 5 (1950) 3 (2008) 3 (1996) 3 (1958) 3 (1951) DEC 22 (1989) 18 (2010) 15 (2000) 15 (1958) 14 (1995) JAN 22 (1977) 21 (2003) 20 (2009) 20 (2004) 17 (1997) FEB 18 (1958) 16 (1979) 14 (2007) 13 (2010) 12 (1996) MAR 10 (1960) 4 (1993) 3 (1996) 3 (1984) 2 (11 YEARS) MIN 1 MIN 2 MIN 3 MIN 4 MIN 5 DEC 0 (2006) 0 (1986) 0 (1982) 0 (1979) 0 (1974 & 1971) JAN 0 (2006) 0 (1953) 0 (1950) 1 (1993) 1 (1990 & 1949) FEB 0 (1998) 0 (1982) 0 (1952) 0 (1950) 0 (1949) SEASON 2 (49-50) 3 (82-83) 4 (74-75) 4 (52-53) 4 (48-49) YEAR 3 (2006) 3 (1949) 4 (1953) 6 (1991) 7 (1990, 1975 & 1952) RECORDS FOR NUMBER OF MIN TEMPERATURES 32 OR LOWER: MAX 1 MAX 2 MAX 3 MAX 4 MAX 5 SEP 4 (1963) 3 (1957) 2 (7 YEARS) OCT 14 (1988) 13 (1954) 13 (1952) 12 (1966) 12 (1957) NOV 25 (1996) 24 (1989) 23 (1995) 23 (1976) 23 (1954, 1953 & 1951) DEC 31 (2010) 31 (1969) 31 (1962) 30 (5 YEARS) JAN 31 (2011) 31 (2009) 31 (1984) 31 (1972) 31 (1979, 77, 76, 58, & 57) FEB 28 (2010) 28 (1993) 28 (1978) 28 (1958) 28 (2004 & 1988)* MAR 29 (1999) 28 (1984) 28 (1960) 28 (1959) 27 (1971 & 1958) APR 18 (1997) 15 (1982) 14 (1975) 13 (1989) 13 (1972) MAY 4 (2002) 4 (1981) 4 (1966) 3 (9 YEARS) SEASON 153 (57-58) 147 (96-97) 144 (88-89) 144 (81-82) 144 (80-81) YEAR 153 (1962) 149 (1997) 148 (1988) 146 (1958) 145 (1954) * = RANKED LOWER BECAUSE THEY WERE LEAP YEARS (29 POTENTIAL DAYS 32 OR LOWER) MIN 1 MIN 2 MIN 3 MIN 4 MIN 5 OCT 0 (2007) 0 (1984) 0 (1971) 1 (6 YEARS) NOV 3 (2009) 6 (2004) 7 (2006) 8 (1985) 9 (2007) DEC 17 (1984) 17 (1971) 17 (1965) 18 (2001) 18 (1956) JAN 15 (1950) 16 (2006) 17 (1949) 20 (2005) 21 (1974 & 1967) FEB 16 (1951) 19 (1998) 19 (1984) 19 (1981) 19 (1976 & 1949) MAR 10 (2010) 11 (1973) 14 (2009) 14 (1976) 15 (1995) APR 0 (2010) 1 (2011) 1 (2005) 2 (2008) 2 (2006 & 1980) SEASON 87 (04-05) 95 (09-10) 98 (06-07) 99 (07-08) 102 (05-06) YEAR 88 (2006) 99 (2009) 102 (2007) 102 (2005) 102 (2004) RECORDS FOR MAX TEMPERATURES 90 OR HIGHER: MAX 1 MAX 2 MAX 3 MAX 4 MAX 5 APR 4 (2009) 3 (1976) 2 (2010) 2 (1990) 1 (8 YEARS) MAY 7 (1962) 4 (2006) 4 (1991) 4 (1970) 4 (1964) JUN 15 (1952) 12 (1994) 12 (1964) 11 (1991) 11 (1959 & 1953) JUL 21 (2011) 21 (1999) 21 (1955) 20 (1988) 20 (1977) AUG 20 (1968) 18 (1988) 18 (1983) 16 (1980) 14 (5 YEARS) SEP 11 (1961) 9 (1965) 8 (1970) 6 (1985) 6 (1964 & 1959) OCT 2 (1951) 2 (1949) 1 (1959) 1 (1954) 1 (1953) YEAR 51 (1991) 51 (1983) 50 (1953) 49 (1988) 45 (1966) MIN 1 MIN 2 MIN 3 MIN 4 MIN 5 JUN 0 (1992) 0 (1985) 9 (1979) 0 (1960) 0 (1958) JUL 0 (2009) 0 (2004) 0 (2000) 0 (1958) 1 (1985 & 1967) AUG 0 (2008) 0 (2000) 0 (1996) 0 (1974) 0 (1971, 1967 & 1958) YEAR 0 (1858) 3 (2000) 5 (2004) 5 (1992) 7 (2001) *SOME INTERESTING/UNUSUAL TEMPERATURE OBSERVATIONS AND RECORDS (WITH OBS TIME ADJUSTMENTS): 1948 - JANUARY IS VERY COLD 22.1 F MEAN, WOULD REMAIN THE COLDEST JANUARY UNTIL 1977. 1948 - OCTOBER 19TH - EARLIEST MIN TEMPERATURE IN THE TEENS (LOW 19). EVERY DAY THIS MONTH HAD A SUB-FREEZING LOW TEMPERATURE. 1949 - THIS TIME JANUARY IS VERY MILD WITH A MEAN OF 39.4 AND FEBRUARY IS ALSO VERY MILD WITH A MEAN OF 39.0. WINTER 1948-49 REMAINS THE WARMEST WINTER ON RECORD WITH A MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 37.2 F. 1949 - BIG TURN-AROUND IN THE SPRING. AFTER A VERY MILD WINTER, SPRING WAS QUITE COOL WITH A MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 48.2 F AND IS STILL TIED FOR 4TH COOLEST. FEB. AND MAR. HAD THE SAME MEAN HIGH TEMPERATURE (50.1) - THIS IS VERY UNUSUAL. 1949 - LOWS OF 28 AND 29TH ON MAY 29TH AND 30TH, RESPECTIVELY. THE 29TH WAS THE LATEST FREEZE EVER AND ALSO THE LATEST EVER WITH LOWS IN THE 20S. THEN, RECORD LOWS OF 36 AND 34 WERE SET ON JUNE 8-9, RESPECTIVELY, WITH RARE SUMMER FROST. 1949 - SEPTEMBER 1949 REMAINS THE COOLEST SEPT. ON RECORD, MEAN TEMP WAS 56.3 F. 9 NIGHTS HAD LOWS IN THE 30S, INCLUDING 36 ON THE 2ND. 1950 - JANUARY 1950 IS THE WARMEST JANUARY EVER ON RECORD, SHATTERING THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S RECORD WITH A MEAN OF 42.1 F. THIS IS ALSO THE WARMEST WINTER MONTH EVER, AND HAD A MEAN HIGH OF 52.5 - MORE TYPICAL OF MARCH! SPEAKING OF MARCH, JAN. 1950 WAS WAY WARMER THAN MARCH (37.5) AND THE FOLLOWING NOVEMBER (39.4), BOTH OF WHICH ARE NORMALLY MUCH WARMER THAN JAN. RECORD JANUARY AND WINTER MAX TEMPERATURES OF 78 F WERE REACHED ON THE 25TH AND 26TH. NOTHING HAS EVEN COME CLOSE TO THESE RECORDS. IN ADDITION, A JANUARY RECORD LOW 15 DAYS HAD SUB-FREEZING MINS. 1950 - AFTER WHAT STILL STANDS AS THE 3RD MILDEST WINTER ON RECORD (36.7), SUMMER IS, BY CONTRAST, THE 4RD COOLEST ON RECORD (69.5). 38 ON JUNE 18TH IS LATEST TEMP IN 30S. 1950 - 22 F MAX ON NOV. 26TH - STILL TIED FOR COLDEST MAX TEMPERATURE EVER IN NOVEMBER. NOVEMBER 1950 HAD 5 SUB-FREEZING MAX TEMPERATURES, A RECORD THAT STILL STANDS. 1951 - A RECORD FOR THE LEAST NUMBER OF SUB-FREEZING MINS IN FEBRUARY WAS SET WITH 16. 1951 - EXTREME HEAT TO START THE SUMMER. A SIZZLING 102 F WAS RECORDED ON JUNE 2ND, THE EARLIEST 100+ DEGREE DAY AND REMAINS A RECORD FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH OF JUNE. 1951 - AUGUST AND DECEMBER BOTH SET RECORDS FOR GREATEST DIFFERENCES IN MONTHLY EXTREMES. AUGUST HAD A HIGH/LOW OF 98/39 (59 F) AND DECEMBER HAD A HIGH/LOW OF 68/-7 (75 F). 1951 - HIGH OF 80 ON NOVEMBER 14TH - LATEST DATE EVER WITH A MAX OF 80 OR HIGHER. 1952 - WARMEST JUNE MEAN MAX TEMPERATURE OF 84.9 F. THIS RECORD FINALLY FELL IN 1994. HOWEVER JUNE'S RECORD OF 15 DAYS 90 OR HIGHER STILL STANDS. 1952 - COOLEST MEAN MIN TEMPERATURE FOR OCTOBER (34.4 F), A RECORD THAT STILL STANDS. 1953 - ONLY YEAR EVER ON RECORD TO NEVER REACH THE SINGLE DIGITS - VERY UNUSUAL. 1953 - *INCREDIBLE* LATE SEASON HEAT WAVE. 12 CONSECUTIVE DAYS 90 OR ABOVE AND 3 DAYS REACHING 100 F FROM AUG. 25 TO SEP. 5. 7 CONSECUTIVE RECORD HIGHS SET FROM AUG. 29 TO SEP. 4, 100 ON SEPT. 3RD SET AN ALL-TIME RECORD HIGH FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER. MANY AREA STATIONS ACTUALLY REPORTED THEIR *ALL-TIME* RECORD HIGH...ON SEPTEMBER 3! ANOTHER EXTREMELY HOT READING AND RECORD HIGH OF 97 WAS SET ON SEPTEMBER 30TH. 1953 - THE ALL-TIME MAX TEMPERATURE FOR OCTOBER IS ALSO SET, 93 ON THE 1ST. 1953 - HIGHEST EVER ANNUAL MEAN MAX TEMPERATURE AT 65.4 F, A RECORD THAT STILL STANDS! 1954 - FEBRUARY STILL STANDS AS THE 5TH WARMEST WITH A MEAN OF 38.3 F. FEB. 16TH HAD AN ALL-TIME RECORD HIGH FOR FEBRUARY AT 76 F, A RECORD WHICH WAS TIED IN 1976 AND AGAIN IN 1985 - BUT THIS WAS THE EARLIEST OCCURRENCE OF THE RECORD. 1954 - APRIL STILL STANDS TIED (WITH 1994) AS THE WARMEST ON RECORD (57.0 F). 1954 - YO-YO PATTERN OF ABOVE/BELOW NORMAL TEMPS, WITH FEB. WITHIN 1 DEGREE OF MAR. AND APR. WITHIN 1 DEGREE OF MAY. 1954 - AN UNUSUALLY LARGE TEMPERATURE SWING IN MID-JULY. RECORDS OF 102 WERE SET ON THE 14TH AND 15TH, BUT TWO DAYS LATER (17TH) IT WAS 42! THIS 60-DEGREE SWING REMAINS TIED (WITH 1966) FOR THE GREATEST EVER EXTREME MAX/MIN DIFFERENTIAL FOR JULY. 1954 - RECORD LOW MEAN MIN TEMPERATURE IS ALSO SET IN JULY (56.2 F) AND STILL STANDS. 1955 - MARCH 27TH - LATEST EVER SUB-FREEZING MAX (30 F). 1955 - APRIL HAS THE 2ND WARMEST MEAN MAX TEMPERATURE (44.9 F). 1955 - SPRING 1955 REMAINS 4TH WARMEST ON RECORD (53.9 F). 1955 - JUNE HAS THE COOLEST MEAN MIN TEMPERATURE (49.0 F) AND IS 2ND COOLEST EVER (63.3). 1955 - BY CONTRAST, JULY WAS VERY HOT WITH A MEAN MAX TEMPERATURE OF 89.5 F. THIS WAS A RECORD THAT WASN'T BEATEN UNTIL JULY 1999. 21 DAYS REACHED 90+ IN BOTH '55 & '99. 1955 - SEPTEMBER 13TH - EARLIEST FREEZE ON RECORD - LOW OF 32 F. 1955 - 3RD NOVEMBER IN THE PAST 5 RANKING IN THE TOP 5 FOR COLDEST MEAN MIN TEMP. 1951 WAS COLDEST (27.1) AND 1954 2ND WITH 27.5 (NOV. 1955'S MEAN MIN WAS 28.5 F). 1956 - SEPTEMBER 21ST - EARLIEST SUB-30 READING (LOW 28). 1956 - DECEMBER 1956 WAS THE 4TH WARMEST ON RECORD (39.7 F). 1957 - OCTOBER IS AND STILL IS THE COOLEST OCTOBER ON RECORD (47.0 F). 1958 - A RECORD-SHATTERING COOL YEAR WITH A MEAN TEMPERATURE OF ONLY 46.9 F. NOTHING HAS EVEN COME CLOSE TO BREAKING THIS RECORD. SEE BELOW FOR MORE DETAILS. 1958 - WINTER 1957-58 IS THE COLDEST EVER WITH A MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 26.0 F. JANUARY'S MAX TEMPERATURE AVERAGE OF 30.3 IS 4TH COLDEST. 1958 - COLDEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD WITH A MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 21.7 F. FEBRUARY 17TH-18TH HAD HIGHS OF ONLY 9 F, THE COLDEST FEBRUARY HIGHS ON RECORD. IT WAS ALSO -7 FOR A LOW ON THE 17TH. THE 11TH HAD A LOW OF -8 AND THE 12TH -5. 18 SUB-FREEZING MAX TEMPERATURES ALSO SET A FEBRUARY RECORD. 1958 - MARCH - 2ND COLDEST ON RECORD WITH MEAN OF 33.1 F. SPRING 2ND COOLEST (46.6 F). 1958 - MAY 6TH-7TH - HIGHS OF 45 WERE THE COOLEST MAX TEMPERATURE READINGS EVER FOR MAY. 1958 - COOLEST JUNE ON RECORD, MEAN TEMP OF 63.0 F. 1958 - 2ND COOLEST AUGUST ON RECORD, MEAN OF 67.8 F. 1958 - SUMMER 1958 IS THE COOLEST SUMMER EVER ON RECORD 67.1 F WAS THE MEAN TEMPERATURE. 1958 - NOVEMBER 30TH LOW TEMPERATURE OF 6 F, STILL STANDS AS THE LOWEST NOV. TEMP. 1958 - DECEMBER IS ALSO 2ND COOLEST ON RECORD (22.5 F). MAX OF 17 ON THE 10TH IS THE EARLIEST SUB-20 MAX TEMPERATURE READING ON RECORD. IT WAS ALSO 14 ON THE 11TH. 1958 - ALL BUT THE FALL SEASON RANKED AS COOLEST OR 2ND COOLEST. 5 MONTHS IN 1958 ALSO STILL RANK AS EITHER COOLEST OR 2ND COOLEST ON RECORD. ALSO, EVERY SINGLE MONTH IN THE YEAR 1958 HAD BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES! 1958 STILL HOLDS A RECORD FOR THE MOST SUB-FREEZING MAX TEMPERATURES WITH 52. WOW!!! 1959 - WINTER OF 1958-59 IS ALSO QUITE COLD WITH A MEAN TEMP. OF 26.3 F, 3RD COLDEST. 1959 - LOW OF 67 ON OCTOBER 1ST - STILL STANDS AS A RECORD WARM MIN TEMP. FOR OCTOBER. 1960 - EXTREMELY COLD MARCH WITH A MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 28.4 F - COLDER THAN JAN OR FEB. IN TERMS OF STANDARDIZED ANOMALIES, MARCH 1960 STILL STANDS AS THE COLDEST MONTH EVER - 3.40 STANDARD DEVIATIONS BELOW NORMAL!!! 19 DAYS HAD LOWS IN THE TEENS OR LOWER, 6 DAYS IN SINGLE FIGURES, AND ONE BELOW ZERO - MARCH 11TH SET AN ALL-TIME RECORD LOW OF -2 FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH. 1960 - HUGE TEMPERATURE REVERSAL IN APRIL - AFTER A RECORD COLD MARCH, APRIL IS THE 4TH WARMEST ON RECORD WITH A MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 55.9 F. 1960 - DECEMBER IS THE 3RD COLDEST ON RECORD (24.9 F). RECORD LOW OF -8 ON THE 23RD AND A HIGH OF ONLY 11 ON THE 13TH. BRRR! 1961 - RECORD LOW FEBRUARY TEMPERATURE OF -9 F. ALSO FEBRUARY 1961 HAD THE GREATEST SINGLE-MONTH RANGE IN EXTREME MAX/MIN TEMPERATURE (82 F) AS THE HIGH REACHED A BALMY 73 F ON THE 24TH (A RECORD LATER BROKEN IN 1985). 1961 - SEPTEMBER HAS ITS WARMEST MAX TEMPERATURE EVER (82.0) AND OVERALL RANKED 3RD WARMEST (68.6 F) AND WAS WARMER THAN JUNE (67.4 F), WHICH IS UNUSUAL. 11 DAYS HAD HIGHS 90+, A RECORD FOR SEPTEMBER THAT STILL STANDS. 1962 - 5TH WARMEST MAY ON RECORD (64.8 F). 7 DAYS 90+, A MAY RECORD THAT STILL STANDS. 1962 - 5TH COOLEST JULY ON RECORD (69.8 F). ALSO 5TH COOLEST SUMMER EVER (69.2 F). 1962 ALSO SET A RECORD FOR MOST SUB-FREEZING MIN TEMPERATURES WITH 153 TOTAL. 1963 - WINTER OF 1962-63 TIES 1958-59 AS THE 2ND COLDEST EVER. LOWS OF -10 AND -12 WERE REACHED ON JAN. 24TH AND 29TH, RESPECTIVELY. THERE WERE ALSO TWO SUB-ZERO READINGS IN FEB. THAT STILL STAND AS RECORD (-3/-2 ON THE 16TH/22ND RESPECTIVELY). 1963 - SUMMER 1963 TIED 1962 FOR 5TH COOLEST (69.2 F). 1963 - MEAN MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE IN OCTOBER WAS 75.0 F. THIS SETS A RECORD HIGH THAT NOTHING HAS EVER COME ANYWHERE NEAR. OCTOBER STILL RANKS 5TH WARMEST (57.5 F). 1963 - COLDEST NEW YEAR'S EVE ON RECORD (-3 F). "LATE DECEMBER BACK IN '63..." 1963 - 2ND COLDEST YEAR FOR MEAN MINIMUM TEMPERATURES (37.9 F). 1964 - 4TH WARMEST DECEMBER (39.7 F) ON RECORD. 1965 - RECORD HIGH MAX TEMPERATURE IN MAY (79.7) AND 2ND WARMEST MAY OVERALL (66.1). 1965 - SEPTEMBER AGAIN WARMER THAN JUNE (68.2 VS. 67.5). 1965 - WARMEST NEW YEAR'S EVE ON RECORD (67 F) JUST 2 YEARS AFTER THE COLDEST. 1965 - ONLY 17 DAYS WITH SUB-FREEZING MINS IN DECEMBER, RECORD LATER TIED IN 1971 & 1984. 1966 - MAY 11TH - ALL-TIME RECORD LOW FOR MAY OF 26 F. RECORD LATER BROKEN IN 1980 (24). 1966 - JUNE 1-2 - UNUSUALLY COLD LOW TEMPERATURES (33 F - WITH FROST) SETTING THE ALL- TIME RECORD LOWS FOR JUNE. HOWEVER, JUNE 1966 ALSO TIED FOR 4TH WARMEST MEAN MAX TEMP (83.6 F), IN ADDITION TO BEING THE DRIEST JUNE EVER (0.68" - SEE BELOW). 1966 - JULY 21ST - YET ANOTHER ALL-TIME MONTHLY LOW OF 40 F IS SET. HOWEVER, IT ALSO HIT 100 ON JULY 3RD. IT ALSO HIT 98 ON THE 2ND AND 99 ON THE 4TH. ALL 3 ARE RECORDS. JULY ALSO HAD THE 4TH WARMEST MEAN MAX OF 89.0 F. 2ND MONTH IN A ROW WITH EXTREME MINS YET RANKED VERY HIGH FOR MAX TEMPERATURES. 1966 - 5TH COOLEST FALL ON RECORD (50.1 F). 1966 - 4TH COOLEST ANNUAL MEAN MIMIMUM TEMPERATURE (38.3 F). 1967 - 2ND COOLEST MAY ON RECORD, MEAN TEMP. OF 55.6 F. WAS THE COOLEST MAY UNTIL 1997. 1968 - SOME CHILLY READINGS IN JANUARY (-10 ON THE 2ND AND 12TH) WITH 6 DAYS 0 OR BELOW. JANUARY 1968 HAD THE 2ND COOLEST MEAN MINIMUM TEMPERATURE AT 14.1 F. 1968 - MILD MARCH - 3RD HIGHEST MEAN MAX (58.1) AND TIED FOR 5TH WARMEST OVERALL (44.7). 1968 - A STRING OF VERY WARM NIGHTS IN LATE AUGUST. ALL-TIME RECORD HIGH MIN TEMP. OF 77 WAS SET ON AUG. 21ST THEN IMMEDIATELY BROKEN WITH 78 ON THE 23RD, WHICH STILL STANDS AS 2ND WARMEST MIN TEMPERATURE READING. IT WAS ALSO 76 ON THE 24TH. THE 23RD ALSO HAD A RECORD HIGH OF 96 AND A MEAN TEMP OF 87, ONE OF THE WARMEST DAYS. AUGUST 1968 ALSO HAD 20 DAYS 90 OR HIGHER, A RECORD THAT STILL STANDS FOR AUGUST. 1969 - OCTOBER 24TH SETS A NEW OCTOBER RECORD LOW OF 18 F. THIS RECORD STILL STANDS. 1970 - WARMEST SEPTEMBER ON RECORD 68.8 F. ALSO, 1970 WAS THE WARMEST FALL TO DATE, WITH A MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 56.6 F. THIS RECORD, HOWEVER, WAS IMMEDIATELY BROKEN THE FOLLOWING FALL OF 1971. 1970 - IRONICALLY, NOV. 24TH TIES THE 1950 RECORD FOR LOWEST NOVEMBER MAX (22) BUT THIS RECORD WAS SET 2 DAYS EARLIER THAN IN 1950. 1970 - WARMEST FALL SO FAR 57.6 F. HOWEVER, THIS RECORD WAS BROKEN IMMEDIATELY IN 1971. 1971 - RECORD WARMTH OVER THE FINAL FOUR MONTHS AND THE WARMEST FALL EVER (56.7 F), ECLIPSING THE RECORD SET THE PREVIOUS YEAR. SEPTEMBER TIES FOR 4TH WARMEST WITH A MEAN OF 68.3, OCTOBER IS 2ND WARMEST (59.2) AND DECEMBER 3RD WARMEST (40.2). ALSO, THE LOW OF 61 ON NOV. 2ND IS STILL THE WARMEST EVER MIN TEMP FOR NOVEMBER. IT WAS ALSO THE FIRST OCTOBER WITH NO SUB-FREEZING TEMPS. THIS HAPPENED LATER IN OCTOBERS OF 1984 AND 2007. 1972 - JUNE TIES FOR 3RD COOLEST (65.5 F). SEPTEMBER IS A HALF-DEGREE WARMER (66.0 F). 1973 - MARCH IS THE WARMEST ON RECORD WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 47.2 F. 1973 - WARMEST YEAR TO DATE, STILL STANDS AS 5TH WARMEST (MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 53.3 F). 1974 - 5TH WARMEST JANUARY ON RECORD (37.6 F). 1975 - COOLEST APRIL ON RECORD, 45.3 F. 1975 - 4TH WARMEST OCTOBER ON RECORD, 58.1 F. 1975 - WARMEST NOVEMBER EVER, AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 48.0 F. VERY UNUSUAL FOR IT TO BE SO MUCH WARMER IN NOV. THAN APR. AND ALSO BOTH WERE ALL-TIME LOWS AND HIGHS. 1976 - RECORD WARM FEBRUARY WITH A MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 39.9 F. THE FEBRUARY RECORD HIGH (PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1954) WAS TIED ON LEAP DAY, FEB. 29TH. 1976 - MARCH IS ALSO VERY WARM - 2ND WARMEST WITH A MEAN OF 46.7 F. 1976 - ON THE FLIP SIDE, OCTOBER HAS THE 3RD COOLEST MEAN MAX TEMPERATURE, AND NOVEMBER RANKS 2ND COOLEST ON RECORD (36.7 F - COOLER THAN FEB. - VERY UNUSUAL!). 1977 - JANUARY 1977 IS THE COLDEST JANUARY AND MONTH EVER ON RECORD WITH A MEAN TEMP. OF 18.3 F. MEAN MIN TEMPERATURE WAS A CHILLY 11.1 F. THERE WERE 25 LOWS IN THE TEENS OR LOWER, 10 IN SINGLE FIGURES AND 3 BELOW ZERO. NEW YEAR'S DAY 1977 HAD ITS COLDEST MAX OF 17, AND JAN. 17TH HAD A MEAN TEMP. OF -0.5 F (MAX 8, MIN -9)! 22 DAYS FAILED TO REACH ABOVE FREEZING, A JANUARY RECORD AND A RECORD FOR ANY MONTH, LATER TIED WITH DECEMBER 1989. 1977 - WINTER 1976-77 IS THE 4TH COLDEST ON RECORD (26.7 F). 1977 - MAJOR REVERSAL IN THE TEMPERATURE PATTERN - SPRING IS THE WARMEST ON RECORD (54.9) WITH MARCH RANKING 3RD WARMEST ON RECORD (46.5 F). 1978 - FEBRUARY IS THE 3RD COLDEST ON RECORD (23.6 F). 1978 - AUGUST IS WARMEST TO DATE AND STILL RANKS 2ND WARMEST, MEAN TEMP. OF 75.4 F. 1979 - 2ND COLDEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD, MEAN OF 22.4 F AND WITH 9 SUB-ZERO LOWS, A RECORD FOR FEBRUARY AND FOR ANY MONTH. MEAN MIN 13.8 F IS THE COLDEST ON RECORD FOR FEB. 1979 - HUGE REVERSAL IN MARCH, WHICH TIED FOR 5TH WARMEST WITH A MEAN OF 44.7 F. 1979 - 4 CONSECUTIVE DAYS IN THE 80S FROM OCT. 20-23RD, 87 ON 22ND. THIS CAME AFTER A RECORD LOW HIGH TEMP. OF 49 ON THE 10TH. 1980 - MARCH 1ST - MAX OF ONLY 19, LOWEST MAX ON RECORD FOR MARCH. 1980 - MAY 10TH - ALL-TIME RECORD MAY LOW OF 24 F. 1980 - 2ND WARMEST SEPTEMBER ON RECORD, 68.7 F, JUST MISSING 1970'S MARK OF 68.8 F. 1981 - 5TH WARMEST APRIL ON RECORD (55.7 F). RECORDS OF 86 SET ON THE 3RD AND 4TH. 1982 - ALL-TIME RECORD LOW TO DATE -15 F ON JAN. 17TH. JANUARY IS 4TH COLDEST (23.6 F). 1982 - ALL-TIME AUGUST RECORD LOW OF 38 F ON THE 29TH. 1982 - WARMEST HALLOWEEN ON RECORD TIED WITH 1950 (82 F). A MAJOR INDIAN SUMMER AT THE BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER WITH AN ALL-TIME NOVEMBER MAX OF 86 ON NOV. 2ND. 1982 - ANOTHER ALL-TIME RECORD MONTHLY HIGH OF 76 WAS SET ON DECEMBER 4TH-5TH. DECEMBER 1982 WAS THE 5TH WARMEST ON RECORD (39.5 F). 1983 - WINTER OF 1982-83 IS 4TH WARMEST WITH A MEAN OF 35.1 F. 1983 - HOTTEST SUMMER TO DATE WITH A MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 73.5 F. HOWEVER, 5 UNUSUALLY HOT SUMMERS IN THE LATE '80S TO MID '90S BUMPED 1983 DOWN TO A TIE FOR 5TH HOTTEST. 1983 - HOTTEST AUGUST MEAN MAX TEMPERATURE OF 87.9 F. ALSO AN EXTREME RECORD LATE-SUMMER HEAT WAVE WITH RECORD HIGHS ON AUG. 19TH-22ND, WITH THE 20TH AND 22ND REACHING 102, THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED IN AUGUST. 1983 - AN EXTREMELY COLD CHRISTMAS WITH A LOW OF -10 AND A HIGH OF ONLY 5! BOTH READINGS THIS DEC. 25TH ARE ALL-TIME DECEMBER LOW MAX'S AND MINS. 1983 - DESPITE ENDING ON A COLD NOTE, THE YEAR 1983 SET A NEW RECORD WITH 51 DAYS 90 OR HIGHER. 1984 - AN EXTREME ROLLERCOASTER TEMPERATURE YEAR WITH ALL KINDS OF UPS AND DOWNS. NOTHING EVEN COMPARES. SEE BELOW. 1984 - RECORD LOWS OF -5, -8 AND -8 ON JAN. 20TH-22ND. THE 22ND RECORD -8 STILL STANDS. 1984 - FEBRUARY HAS THE HIGHEST FEB. MIN TEMPERATURE AVERAGE ON RECORD (29.7 F) AND IS THE 4TH WARMEST FEBRUARY OVERALL WITH A MEAN OF 38.9 F. 1984 - UNBELIEVABLY, MARCH IS 4.4 DEGREES COLDER THAN FEBRUARY! MARCH 1984 RANKED 3RD COLDEST ON RECORD, MEAN TEMPERATURE WAS 34.5 F. NOTHING HAS EVER COME CLOSE TO THIS. RECORD LOWS OF 1 AND 2 WERE SET ON MAR. 9TH AND 10TH. 1984 - SPRING OF 1984 TIES 1949 FOR 4TH COOLEST ON RECORD. 1984 - SEPTEMBER 28TH - HIGH OF ONLY 46, RECORD LOW MAX FOR SEPTEMBER AND THE EARLIEST MAX READING IN THE 40S. 1984 - OCTOBER IS THE WARMEST EVER ON RECORD, 59.3 F, JUST BEATING 1971'S RECORD OF 59.2. NO FREEZING TEMPERATURES FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER IN OCTOBER. 1984 - DECEMBER IS ALSO THE WARMEST EVER ON RECORD, WITH A MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 41.2 F. DECEMBER WAS ALSO WARMER THAN NOVEMBER (39.9 F), WHICH IS EXTREMELY RARE. RECORD HIGHS WERE SET ON THE 28TH-30TH, WITH 74 ON THE 29TH. THE FACT THAT THERE WERE TWO BACKWARDS PATTERNS LIKE THIS (FEB. WARMER THAN MARCH AND DECEMBER WARMER THAN NOV.) MADE 1984 A VERY UNUSUAL AND WILD TEMPERATURE YEAR. 1985 - IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE WARMEST DECEMBER ON RECORD, AN ALL-TIME EXTREME LOW TEMP. OF -16 WAS SET DURING A BRIEF BUT SEVERE ARCTIC OUTBREAK ON JAN. 21ST. HIGHS ON THE 21ST WERE WELL BELOW ZERO IN THE MOUNTAINS - ONE OF THE COLDEST DAYS EVER. 1985 - ON THE OTHER HAND, FEB. 24TH HAD A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 76, TYING THE FEBRUARY MAX RECORD SET ON TWO PREVIOUS OCCASIONS. 1985 - APRIL'S MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 56.0 F MAKES IT THE 3RD WARMEST ON RECORD. 1985 - NOVEMBER'S MEAN MIN OF 40.7 IS THE WARMEST ON RECORD. NOV. 1985 WAS THE 2ND WARMEST NOVEMBER ON RECORD WITH A MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 47.8 F. 1986 - MARCH'S MONTHLY RECORD HIGH OF 85 WAS TIED ON THE 30TH. THIS WAS AN 81-DEGREE DIFFERENTIAL (A MARCH RECORD) FROM THE LOW OF 4 F ON THE 7TH. 1986 - AUGUST 28TH - ALL-TIME AUGUST LOW TEMPERATURE OF 38 WAS TIED AND IS ALSO THE EARLIEST SEASONAL READING IN THE 30S. IT WAS THEN 39 ON THE 29TH AND 30TH. THREE CONSECUTIVE LOWS IS THE 30S IS ALMOST UNHEARD OF FOR AUGUST. 1987 - JUNE HAD THE 3RD HIGHEST MEAN MIN EVER (60.9). 1987 - JULY HAD THE WARMEST MEAN MIN FOR ANY MONTH ON RECORD, 65.8 F. THE MEAN OF 76.9 F ALSO MADE IT THE HOTTEST MONTH EVER TO DATE AND STILL STANDS AS THE 3RD HOTTEST. 1987 - HOTTEST SUMMER TO DATE (73.9 F). 1987 - 2ND COOLEST OCTOBER TO DATE AND 3RD COOLEST OVERALL. MEAN TEMPERATURE WAS 48.3 F. 1987 - NOVEMBER 11TH - ALONG WITH THE FAMOUS "VETERAN'S DAY SNOW STORM" THE EARLIEST MAX OF FREEZING OR BELOW WAS SET (HIGH WAS 32). 1988 - JULY 1988 WAS THE HOTTEST MONTH EVER, WITH A MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 77.1 F, BEATING THE RECORD SET JUST LAST YEAR. 7 DAILY RECORDS WERE SET, 3 DAYS WERE 100 OR HIGHER AND THE ALL-TIME RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 105 WAS SET ON THE 16TH. SIZZLING!!! 1988 - AUGUST WAS ALSO VERY HOT WITH 8 MORE DAILY RECORDS SET OR TIED, AFTER 7 IN JULY. EVERY DAY THROUGH THE 18TH WAS IN THE 90S PLUS. OVERALL 22 CONSECUTIVE DAYS FROM JULY 28TH-AUGUST 18TH WERE 90+, AN INCREDIBLE HOT STREAK. 38 DAYS IN JULY AND AUGUST WERE 90+, 5 100+. AUGUST 1988 WAS 3RD HOTTEST ON RECORD (75.3 F). WOW! 1988 - SUMMER 1988 IS THE 2ND HOTTEST TO DATE, LATER BUMPED TO A TIE FOR 5TH (73.5 F). 1988 - 2ND COOLEST OCTOBER ON RECORD WITH A MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 47.5 F. QUITE A REVERSAL AFTER SUCH A HOT SUMMER, AND A VERY SIMILAR PATTERN TO 1987. 1989 - ANOTHER 85-DEGREE READING IN MARCH, ON THE 28TH, AGAIN TIES THE MARCH RECORD. A LOW OF 63 ON THE SAME DATE SETS A NEW MARCH RECORD HIGH MIN TEMP. 1989 - BIG MID-OCTOBER TEMPERATURE TURNAROUND - 5 CONSECUTIVE DAYS IN THE 80S (12TH-16TH) FOLLOWED BY HIGHS ONLY IN THE 40S ON THE 19TH-21ST. 1989 - RECORD COLD DECEMBER WITH A MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 22.2 F. 16 DAILY RECORDS WERE SET, ALL IN THE EXTREME LOW (FOR BOTH MAX'S AND MINS) DEPARTMENT. 18 CONSECUTIVE DAYS FAILED TO REACH ABOVE FREEZING FROM THE 8TH-29TH. MINS REACHED -4 ON THE 19TH AND -5 ON THE 24TH - BOTH RECORDS. DECEMBER 1989 ALSO SET A DECEMBER RECORD AND TIED A RECORD FOR ANY MONTH, WITH JANUARY 1977, FOR MOST SUB-FREEZING MAX TEMPS, 22. 1990 - AFTER A RECORD COLD DECEMBER IN 1989, JANUARY 1990 HAD A DRAMATIC TEMPERATURE TURNAROUND. IT WAS THE WARMEST JANUARY SINCE 1950 AND RANKED 3RD WARMEST OVERALL (LATER BUMPED TO NO. 4 BY JAN. 2006). MEAN TEMPERATURE WAS 37.7 F. 1990 - FEBRUARY IS EVEN WARMER, 2ND WARMEST FEB. ON RECORD WITH A MEAN TEMP OF 39.5 F. 1990 - VERY EARLY SEASON HEAT WAVE. 5 CONSECUTIVE DAYS IN THE 80S FROM MARCH 12-16. ON THE 13TH AND 14TH IT WAS 85, AGAIN TYING THE ALL-TIME MARCH RECORD HIGH. IT HAS NEVER BEEN SO WARM SO EARLY IN THE SEASON. 1990 - MARCH IS ALSO QUITE WARM, AGAIN RANKING IN THE TOP 5 WARMEST AT NO. 4, WITH A MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 45.4 F. 1990 - THE FIRST 5 DAYS OF NOVEMBER ARE IN THE 70S. NOVEMBER HAD THE 2ND WARMEST MEAN MAX TEMPERATURE ON RECORD, 58.1 F. 1990 - WITH A MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 54.2, 1990 BECOMES THE WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD. 1991 - MAY IS THE WARMEST EVER ON RECORD WITH A MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 67.8 F. THE MEAN LOW TEMPERATURE OF 56.5 SHATTERS THE RECORD. 1991 - SPRING 1991 IS THE WARMEST EVER ON RECORD. MEAN TEMPERATURE WAS 55.4 F. 1991 - JUNE IS THE 3RD HOTTEST ON RECORD WITH A MEAN OF 71.4 F. 11 DAYS WERE IN THE 90S. 1991 - JULY WAS ALSO VERY HOT, 3RD HOTTEST EVER (UNTIL 1999, GOT BUMPED DOWN TO NO. 4). HIGH OF 101 ON THE 23RD WAS ONE OF MANY RECORDS THIS MONTH. 17 DAYS IN THE 90S+. 1991 - AFTER ANOTHER HOT MONTH IN AUGUST (14 DAYS IN THE 90S, 42ND OF THE SUMMER), THE SUMMER OF 1991 BECOMES THE HOTTEST SUMMER AND SEASON EVER, MEAN TEMP WAS 74.2 F. 1991 - YET MORE RECORD HEAT IN MID-SEPTEMBER. 96 ON THE 16TH WAS A RECORD AND ONE OF THE LATEST DATES FOR SUCH A HIGH READING. HOWEVER, LOW TEMPS WERE IN THE 30S BY THE 20TH, AFTER A HIGH OF 90 ON THE 18TH. BIG TURN-AROUND. 1991 - 51 DAYS 90+, TIES 1983 RECORD. 1991 WAS THE WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD, BEATING THE RECORD SET JUST LAST YEAR WITH A MEAN TEMP. OF 54.3 F. EVERY MONTH EXCEPT NOVEMBER HAD ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES - IT WAS UNREAL! 2006 LATER BROKE 1991'S RECORD. 1992 - JUNE TIES FOR 3RD COOLEST ON RECORD WITH A MEAN OF 65.5. HIGH OF 58 ON THE 21ST. 1992 - AUGUST IS THE COOLEST ON RECORD WITH A MEAN OF 67.5 F. THE SUMMER OF 1992 WAS A MAJOR CONTRAST FROM LAST SUMMER (THE HOTTEST EVER) AS IT WAS 2ND COOLEST EVER WITH A MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 68.5 F. 1993 - RECORD COLD FOLLOWING THE "SUPERSTORM" WITH A LOW OF 6 ON MARCH 18TH. 1993 - JULY 1993 WAS THE 4TH HOTTEST TO DATE WITH A MEAN OF 76.6 F. 1993 - AUGUST'S MEAN MAX OF 87.4 F WAS THE 2ND HOTTEST TO DATE. AUGUST ENDED WITH 8 CONSECUTIVE DAYS IN THE MID 90S. 1993 - SUMMER OF 1993 WAS 3RD HOTTEST TO DATE AND STILL RANKS 5TH WITH A MEAN OF 73.6 F. 1993 - YEAR'S COLDEST TEMP. OF 6 F MATCHED ON MARCH 18. UNUSUAL TO HAVE COLDEST TEMPS IN MARCH AND SO LATE IN THE SEASON. HOWEVER, JULY 1993 WAS THE 4TH HOTTEST JULY ON RECORD (76.6 F) AND THE SUMMER OF 1993 WAS ALSO THE 4TH HOTTEST EVER (73.6 F). 1994 - A VERY INTERESTING TEMPERATURE YEAR WITH MANY MAJOR UPS AND DOWNS, SEE BELOW. 1994 - ONE OF THE GREATEST ARCTIC OUTBREAKS IN RECENT HISTORY HITS AT MID-MONTH. 6 OF 7 DAYS FROM THE 15TH-21ST HAD SUB-ZERO LOWS, WITH THE ALL-TIME LOW OF -16 TIED ON THE 19TH, AND ALSO THE ALL-TIME LOW MAX TEMPERATURE OF ONLY 2. THE AVERAGE FOR THE DAY WAS -7, THE COLDEST DAY EVER. JANUARY 1994 WAS 3RD COLDEST EVER (23.4 F). SIX SUB-ZERO READINGS ALSO SET A NEW MONTHLY RECORD. 1994 - AFTER A VERY COLD, SNOWY WINTER, WE HAD A HUGE REVERSAL TO A RECORD WARM APRIL. A MEAN OF 57.0 F TIED 1954. 1994 - FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, MAY IS COOLER THAN APRIL! ITS MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 56.8 F TIED IT FOR 3RD COOLEST TO DATE (4TH COOLEST OVERALL). HUGE REVERSAL FROM APRIL! 1994 - NOW, IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THIS NEAR RECORD COOL MAY, WE HAVE ANOTHER HUGE REVERSAL TO THE HOTTEST JUNE EVER (73.3 F). THE MEAN MAX OF 86.9 F SHATTERED THE 1952 RECORD. THE YEAR'S HIGH OF 99 WAS REACHED ON JUNE 16TH (5 RECORDS SET IN 6 DAYS). 1994 - NOVEMBER'S MEAN MAX OF 58.1 IS 3RD WARMEST AND MEAN OVERALL TEMP OF 46.9 RANKS 5TH. 1994 - 1994 HAD THE GREATEST DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN EXTREME MAX AND MIN TEMPERATURES, 115 DEGREES (99/-16). 1995 - MARCH 7TH, 8TH & 9TH - RECORD HIGH 74 ON THE 7TH (LATER BROKEN IN 2000), SHARP COLD FRONT ON THE 8TH DROPS TEMPERATURES TO 19 ON THE 8TH AND THEN A RECORD LOW MAX OF 29 ON THE 9TH! THIS RECORD WAS BROKEN (26) THE FOLLOWING YEAR (1996). 4 DAYS LATER, BY THE 13TH, TEMPERATURES JUMPED UP INTO THE 70S AGAIN. 1995 - JULY 15TH - OFFICIALLY THE HOTTEST DAY EVER ON RECORD. HIGH OF 100 WAS THE YEAR'S HIGH (BUT NOT A HIGH FOR THE DATE, WHICH WAS 102 IN 1954) BUT THE LOW OF 77 WAS A RECORD HIGH MIN FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH OF JULY. THE MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR THE DAY WAS 88.5 F. JULY 1995 WAS 5TH HOTTEST TO DATE (76.0 F). VERY MILD LOW 75 F JULY 16TH. 1995 - AUGUST WAS THE HOTTEST EVER WITH A MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 76.3 F AND HAD THE HIGHEST MEAN MIN TEMPERATURE OF 65.5 F. THE SUMMER OF 1995 TIED 1991 AS THE HOTTEST SUMMER EVER WITH A MEAN OF 74.2 F. 1995 - NOVEMBER WAS THE 2ND COLDEST ON RECORD TO DATE WITH A MEAN OF 37.1 F. 1996 - MARCH 8TH HIGH OF ONLY 20 F. MARCH 1996 WAS THE 4TH COOLEST ON RECORD (35.7 F). 1996 - MAY - RECORD LOW OF 29 ON THE 14TH WITH A HARD KILLING FROST. HOWEVER, A HUGE AND VERY QUICK REBOUND WITH AN ALL-TIME RECORD HIGH FOR MAY, 96 F, ON THE 19TH. AFTER TWO RECORD LOWS ON THE 13TH AND 14TH, THE 19TH-21ST ALL SET RECORD HIGHS. THIS GOES DOWN AS ONE OF THE MOST DRAMATIC TEMPERATURE SWINGS OF ALL TIME. THE HIGH OF 96 TURNED OUT TO BE THE YEAR'S HIGH - FIRST TIME IT'S BEEN SET IN MAY. 1996 - SEPTEMBER TIES FOR 4TH COOLEST WITH A MEAN OF 61.1 F. 1996 - RECORD-SHATTERING COLD NOVEMBER WITH A MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 33.5 F. NOTHING HAS EVER COME CLOSE TO THIS. THE MIDDLE OF THE MONTH WAS ESPECIALLY COLD, WITH A HIGH OF 29 ON THE 15TH THE FIRST SUB-30 MAX FOR A SEASON. THE LOW WAS 11. 1996 - THE FALL OF 1996 WAS BY FAR THE COOLEST ON RECORD, MEAN TEMPERATURE WAS 48.3 F. 1996 - 2ND COLDEST YEAR ON RECORD (49.5 F) BUT IMMEDIATELY BUMPED TO 3RD AFTER COLD 1997. 1997 - JANUARY 1997 SET A NEW RECORD FOR EXTREME MONTHLY TEMPERATURE RANGE (71/-6, A 77 DEGREE DIFFERENCE). THE HIGH OF 71 ON THE 4TH WAS A RECORD (LOW OF -6 ON 17TH). 1997 - FEBRUARY 27TH - RECORD HIGH OF 74 F. 1997 - APRIL 10TH - LOW OF 16 F SETS A NEW ALL-TIME MONTHLY LOW FOR APRIL. IT WAS ALSO 17 ON THE 9TH. THIS WAS AFTER A VERY WARM 82 ON APRIL 4TH. APRIL 1997 WAS THE 2ND COOLEST ON RECORD, 46.1 F, AND HAD THE LOWEST MEAN APRIL MIN ON RECORD (32.7). 1997 - MAY WAS THE COOLEST EVER ON RECORD WITH A MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 54.3 F. THE MEAN MIN WAS 40.9 F, ALSO A RECORD LOW. SPRING 1997 WAS THE COOLEST ON RECORD (46.4 F). 1997 - SUMMER 1997 IS THE 3RD COOLEST ON RECORD, 68.7 F. 1997 - FALL 1997 TIES 1957 AND 1976 FOR 2ND COOLEST ON RECORD (49.7 F). 1997 - NOVEMBER 18TH - RECORD LOW OF 10, EARLIEST IT'S EVER REACHED 10 DEGREES. NOVEMBER RANKED 5TH COOLEST (37.5), COMPLETING A RUN OF THREE EXCEPTIONALLY COLD NOVEMBERS. 1997 - THE YEAR OF 1997 FINISHES 2ND COOLEST (49.2 F), BEATING 1996'S MARK OF 49.5 F. 1998 - ONE YEAR AFTER THE 2ND COOLEST YEAR ON RECORD, 1998 IS THE 4TH WARMEST EVER. 1998 - IRONICALLY, IN A WARM YEAR, 1998 HAD THE COLDEST NEW YEAR'S DAY (LOW WAS 1 F). 1998 - THE WINTER OF 1997-98 TIES 1982-83 FOR 4TH WARMEST (35.1 F). FEB. HAD A MEAN MIN OF 28.6, 3RD WARMEST ON RECORD. 1998 - RECORD LOW MAX'S OF 30 AND 29 ON THE 11TH AND 12TH, RESPECTIVELY. HOWEVER, A LATE- MONTH HEAT WAVE WITH 5 CONSECUTIVE DAYS IN THE 80S FROM THE 27TH-31ST, WITH THE ALL-TIME MARCH RECORD OF 85 TIED ON THE 31ST. IT WAS 90 IN CUMBERLAND! 1998 - MAY, LIKE FEBRUARY, ALSO HAS ITS 3RD HIGHEST MEAN MIN (52.9). 1998 - SEPTEMBER'S MEAN MAX OF 81.2 F RANKS IT 5TH, WITH MANY RECORDS BARELY MISSED AND AN UNUSUALLY HOT 94 ON THE 14TH. A RECORD OF 92 WAS SET ON THE 15TH. 1998 - DECEMBER'S ALL-TIME WARMEST MIN WAS SET ON THE 4TH (56 F). THEN THE ALL-TIME HIGH (77) WAS SET ON THE 6TH. DECEMBER'S MEAN MAX OF 48.9 F IS 4TH WARMEST ON RECORD. 1999 - MARCH IS THE 5TH COOLEST ON RECORD (36.3 F) IN ADDITION TO ITS RECORD 29" OF SNOW. 1999 - JULY 1999 IS THE HOTTEST JULY AND MONTH EVER (77.2 F). THERE WERE 21 DAYS 90 OR ABOVE, THE MOST EVER IN ANY MONTH. A RECORD 100 WAS SET ON JULY 31ST. 2000 - MARCH TIES FOR 5TH WARMEST (44.7 F). 3 CONSECUTIVE RECORDS MAR. 7-9 (80 ON 8TH). 2000 - COOLEST JULY ON RECORD (69.0 F), A COMPLETE REVERSAL FROM LAST JULY, WHICH WAS THE HOTTEST ON RECORD. THERE WERE NO 90-DEGREE DAYS FOR ONLY THE 2ND TIME IN JULY. AUGUST ALSO DIDN'T HAVE ANY 90-DEGREE DAYS. FIRST TIME SINCE 1958 THIS HAPPENED. 2000 - DECEMBER WAS THE 4TH COLDEST ON RECORD WITH A MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 25.2 F. 2001 - FEBRUARY HAD A HIGHER MEAN MAX THAN MARCH (46.9 VS. 46.0). THIS IS QUITE UNUSUAL. 2001 - COOLEST JULY ON RECORD (68.7 F) BEATING THE RECORD SET JUST LAST YEAR. 2001 - AFTER A RECORD HIGH OF 84 ON OCTOBER 24TH, AN ALL-TIME MONTHLY LOW MAX TEMPERATURE OF 37 F IS SET JUST 3 DAYS LATER ON THE 27TH! 2001 - NOVEMBER'S MEAN MAX TEMPERATURE OF 57.5 TIES FOR 4TH WARMEST ON RECORD. 2002 - JANUARY'S AVERAGE HIGH OF 46.5 TIES FOR 3RD WARMEST ON RECORD. JANUARY, AT THE TIME, WAS THE 5TH WARMEST (37.0 F) BEFORE THE VERY WARM JAN. OF 2006. 2002 - THE WINTER OF 2001-2002 WAS THE 2RD WARMEST EVER (36.9 F). 2002 - MAY 20-22 - 3 CONSECUTIVE SUB-FREEZING LOWS, ALL RECORDS - VERY UNUSUAL. FROST WAS OBSERVED ON 5 DAYS THIS MONTH (4TH AND 20TH-23RD). 2003 - 5TH COLDEST JANUARY ON RECORD (24.2 F). 3RD LOWEST MEAN MAX (29.7 F) AND ALSO A HIGH OF ONLY 44 FOR THE MONTH IS THE LOWEST EXTREME MAX FOR ANY MONTH ON RECORD. 2003 - FEBRUARY'S MEAN MAX OF 36.0 F RANKS IT 5TH COLDEST. 2003 - APRIL 7TH - ALONG WITH A MEAN ICE STORM, THE HIGH ONLY REACHED 34, THE COLDEST EVER MAX TEMPERATURE IN APRIL. 2003 - MAY SETS ITS NEW RECORD FOR COLDEST MEAN MAX AT ONLY 65.7 F. 2003 - JUNE 3RD - HIGH OF 55 SETS NEW RECORD LOW MAX FOR JUNE. JUNE 2003 TIED 1972 & 1992 FOR 3RD COOLEST, WITH THE 2ND COOLEST MEAN MAX TEMPERATURE (75.5) ON RECORD. 2003 - 2ND COOLEST ANNUAL MEAN MAX TEMPERATURE (59.3 F). 2004 - MAY RANKS AS 4TH WARMEST ON RECORD (65.5). 2004 - JULY'S MEAN MAX OF 81.4 F TIED FOR 5TH COOLEST. HIGH WAS ONLY 88 - ONLY THE 3RD JULY WITH NO 90-DEGREE DAYS. LOW WAS 55 - ONLY A 33 DEGREE SPREAD BETWEEN THE MONTH'S HIGH AND LOW TEMPERATURES, A RECORD LOW RANGE FOR EXTREME MAX/MIN TEMPS. 2004 - SEPTEMBER'S MEAN MIN OF 58.2 RANKS IT 2ND WARMEST. 2004 - NOVEMBER ALSO HAD THE 2ND MILDEST MEAN MIN (39.8) AND WAS 3RD WARMEST (47.6). 2005 - WARMEST NEW YEAR'S DAY ON RECORD - HIGH OF 68. 2005 - MAY TIED 1994 FOR THE 4TH COOLEST ON RECORD (56.8 F). 2005 - BIG TEMPERATURE REVERSAL IN JUNE, WHICH TIED FOR 4TH WARMEST WITH A MEAN OF 71.1. JUNE 2005 HAD THE WARMEST MIN TEMPERATURE ON RECORD FOR JUNE (61.1 F). 2005 - JULY'S MEAN MINIMUM OF 65.1 RANKS IT 3RD WARMEST. 2005 - AUGUST ALSO HAD THE 3RD WARMEST MEAN MIN TEMPERATURE ON RECORD, 64.5 F. THE SUMMER OF 2005 SET A NEW RECORD FOR WARMEST MINS (63.6). 2005 - OCTOBER ALSO RANKED 4TH WARMEST IN THE MIN TEMPERATURE DEPARTMENT (48.7 F). 2005 - NEW RECORD FOR WARMEST ANNUAL MEAN MIN (43.9). HOWEVER, THIS RECORD WAS QUICKLY BROKEN IN 2006 (44.4 F). 2006 - 2006 WAS AN EXCEPTIONALLY WARM YEAR AND BEAT OUT 1990 AND 1991 TO BECOME THE WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD WITH A MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 54.5 F. SEE BELOW FOR DETAILS. 2006 - JANUARY 2006 WAS THE 3RD WARMEST JANUARY ON RECORD WITH A MEAN OF 39.0 F. THE LOW THIS MONTH WAS ONLY 22 - THE WARMEST EXTREME MIN FOR ANY JANUARY ON RECORD. 2006 - MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND HEAT WAVE. 4 CONSECUTIVE RECORDS SET FROM MAY 28TH-31ST, WITH READINGS OF 94 ON THE 29TH AND 30TH. 2006 - AUGUST HAD THE 2ND HIGHEST MEAN MAX TEMPERATURE (87.5) ON RECORD AND OVERALL WAS THE 5TH HOTTEST AUGUST ON RECORD (75.0 F). JULY AND AUGUST WERE BOTH 75+ FOR ONLY THE 4TH TIME EVER. 2006 - 4TH WARMEST NOVEMBER ON RECORD (47.3 F). 2006 - 2ND WARMEST DECEMBER ON RECORD (40.7 F). RECORD HIGH OF 72 ON THE 1ST. DEC. 2006 SET A NEW RECORD FOR THE WARMEST MEAN MAX DECEMBER TEMPERATURE EVER (50.2 F). 2007 - DRAMATIC PATTERN CHANGE IN MID-JANUARY. FOLLOWING A NEAR-RECORD WARM DEC. 2006, FEBRUARY WAS THE 5TH COLDEST ON RECORD (27.1 F) AND HAD THE 4TH LOWEST MEAN MAX TEMPERATURE OF 34.3 F. 2007 - APRIL ALSO HAD A COOL AVERAGE MAX TEMPERATURE, 58.8 F RANKED IT 5TH COOLEST. THERE WERE 4 CONSECUTIVE DAYS FROM THE 5TH-8TH WITH MAX'S IN THE 30S. 2007 - SEPTEMBER RANKED 4TH WARMEST FOR MEAN MIN TEMPERATURE (57.0 F). 2007 - OCTOBER SET A NEW RECORD WARM MEAN MIN TEMPERATURE (50.7 F) AND OVERALL RANKED AS THE 3RD WARMEST OCTOBER ON RECORD WITH A MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 58.8 F. FOR ONLY THE SECOND TIME EVER, TEMPERATURES NEVER REACHED FREEZING. 2007 - TIES 2005 FOR 2ND WARMEST ANNUAL MIN TEMPERATURE ON RECORD (43.9 F). 2008 - APRIL HAD ITS RECORD WARMEST MEAN MIN OF 45.7 F. 2008 - ON THE OTHER HAND, MAY HAD THE 2ND COOLEST MEAN MAX TEMPERATURE OF 67.0 F. MAY 12TH WAS THE LATEST DATE WITH A MAX ONLY IN THE 40S (HIGH WAS 47). 2008 - JUNE RANKED 2ND WARMEST FOR MEAN MIN TEMPERATURES (61.0 F). 2008 - AUGUST ALSO RANKED 2ND COOLEST FOR MEAN MAX TEMPERATURE (78.5 F). THE HIGH OF 61 ON THE 28TH WAS THE COOLEST MAX READING EVER IN AUGUST. 2008 - 5TH WARMEST ANNUAL MEAN MIN TEMPERATURE (43.5 F). 2009 - JAN 16 LOW -1 SNAPS A RECORD LONG STREAK OF NO SUB-ZERO READINGS (-2 ON 1/22/00, NEARLY 9 YEARS. IT DID HIT 0 ON 1/25/2004). LOW OF -8 ON JAN. 17TH AND A MAX OF ONLY 7 - TIED FOR 3RD COLDEST MAX ON RECORD. COLDEST READING IN 15 YEARS SINCE IT HIT -13 ON JAN. 21, 1994. 2009 - MARCH 8TH - LOW OF 63 F. TIED MAR. 28, 1989 FOR THE WARMEST MIN TEMPERATURE READING IN MARCH BUT OBVIOUSLY THIS RECORD OCCURRED MUCH EARLIER AND WAS ALSO THE EARLIEST EVER MIN OF 60 OR HIGHER. MARCH 2009 HAD THE 2ND MILDEST LOW TEMP MEAN ON RECORD (34.1 F). 2009 - EXTREME HEAT WAVE IN LATE APRIL. 4 CONSECUTIVE DAYS IN THE 90S - FIRST TIME THIS HAS EVER HAPPENED IN APRIL. THE PREVIOUS ALL-TIME APRIL MAX OF 93 WAS TIED ON THE 25TH-26TH THEN BROKEN WITH A SIZZLING 96 ON THE 27TH. IT WAS ALSO 92 ON THE 28TH, ANOTHER RECORD HIGH. THE 96 READING TURNED OUT TO BE THE HOTTEST OF 2009, FIRST TIME EVER THAT A YEAR'S MAX TEMPERATURE WAS SET IN APRIL! 2009 - JULY - LOWEST JULY MEAN MAX TEMPERATURE ON RECORD (78.6 F) AND THE 4TH COOLEST JULY OVERALL (69.6 F) AND ALSO ONLY THE 4TH JULY EVER WITH NO 90-DEGREE DAYS. 2009 - OCTOBER 14TH-18TH - RECORD COLD HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR 5 CONSECUTIVE DAYS AND THE EARLIEST EVER MAX IN THE 30S ON THE 16TH WITH A HIGH OF 38. 2009 - OCTOEBER - 2ND LOWEST MEAN MAX ON RECORD (57.9 F). 2009 - NOVEMBER - BIG TEMPERATURE TURN-AROUND. 4TH WARMEST NOV. ON RECORD WITH A MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 47.4 F. MEAN MIN TEMPERATURE OF 39.9 F WAS 2ND WARMEST ON RECORD. ONLY 3 DAYS HAD SUB-FREEZING MINS, SHATTERING A NOVEMBER RECORD LOW. 2010 - IN ADDITION TO ITS RECORD-SETTING SNOWFALL OF 42.5", FEB. 2010 HAD THE 4TH LOWEST MEAN MAX TEMPERATURE ON RECORD (34.2 F), SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN FEB. 2007 (34.3 F). 2010 - MARCH IS THE 4TH WARMEST ON RECORD WITH A MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 46.2 F. A MEAN MIN OF 36.3 F RANKS 2ND WARMEST. HUGE REVERSAL FROM A COLD, RECORD SNOWY WINTER. A RECORD LOW 10 DAYS REACHED FREEZING OR LOWER. 2010 - RECORD WARM 1ST WEEK OF APRIL WITH 5 DAILY RECORDS SET AND A RECORD EARLY DATE FOR A YEAR'S FIRST 90-DEGREE DAY WITH 92 ON THE 6TH AND AGAIN ON THE 7TH. APRIL 2010 RANKED 3RD WARMEST APRIL ON RECORD (56.9 F) AND 19TH WARMEST MONTH EVER (STANDARD DEVIATIONS ABOVE NORMAL). THIS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWS THE 4TH WARMEST MARCH EVER. IN ADDITION, THIS WAS THE FIRST APRIL ON RECORD WITH NO SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES. 2010 - MAY 11TH - HIGH OF 45 TIES MAY 6-7, 1958 FOR COOLEST MAX TEMPERATURE EVER IN MAY. 2010 - MAY'S AVERAGE MIN TEMPERATURE OF 53.4 F IS 3RD WARMEST ON RECORD. 2010 - SPRING 2010 TIES 1991 AS THE *WARMEST SPRING EVER* ON RECORD WITH A MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 55.4 F. AMAZING TURNAROUND AFTER THE SNOWIEST SEASON ON RECORD. 2010 - JUNE IS THE WARMEST EVER ON RECORD WITH A MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 73.7 F, BREAKING 1994'S MARK OF 73.3 F. THE MIN TEMPERATURE (STANDARDIZED) ANOMALY BREAKS A RECORD FOR ANY MONTH, +2.814 AND AVERAGED 64.3 F, SHATTERING JUNE 2005'S RECORD OF 61.1. THE MONTHLY STANDARDIZED ANOMALY WAS +2.344, 3RD WARMEST MONTH ON RECORD! WOW! 2010 - THE RELENTLESS HEAT CONTINUES IN JULY, WHICH BECAME THE HOTTEST JULY AND MONTH EVER WITH A MEAN TEMP OF 77.8 F, BREAKING 1999'S RECORD OF 77.2 F. THE AVERAGE MAX WAS 89.1 F, 4TH WARMEST, AND THE AVERAGE MIN OF 66.5 WAS THE WARMEST FOR ANY MONTH. ALSO, AN ALL-TIME HIGH MIN TEMP OF 82 WAS SET ON THE 24TH. 2010 - AUGUST RANKS 5TH WARMEST ON RECORD WITH A MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 75.2 F. THE MEAN MIN OF 64.9 IS 3RD WARMEST. SUMMER 2010 IS THE HOTTEST SUMMER AND SEASON ON RECORD WITH A MEAN OF 75.6 F, SHATTERING THE RECORD 74.2 F SET IN 1991 AND AGAIN IN 1995. 2010 - HIGH OF 97 ON SEP. 2 IS THE HOTTEST SEPTEMBER READING SINCE 1954 (56 YEARS). 2010 - DECEMBER HAD THE 3RD LOWEST SUB-FREEZING MEAN MIN WITH HIGHS AVERAGING 32.0 F. 18 DAYS HAD SUB-FREEZING MAX TEMPERATURES, 2ND MOST AS DECEMBER 1989 HAD 22 SUCH DAYS. 2010 - THE YEAR 2010 BEATS 1998 FOR 4TH WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD, WITH A MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 53.6 F. ITS MEAN MIN OF 44.5 F ECLIPSES 2006'S MARK OF 44.4 FOR THE WARMEST EVER. 2011 - MAY'S MEAN MIN OF 53.9 F TIES IT FOR 2ND WARMEST ON RECORD, WITH MAY 2004. 2011 - JUNE'S MEAN MIN OF 61.2 F IS 2ND WARMEST ON RECORD. 2011 - JULY 2011 IS THE *HOTTEST MONTH ON RECORD* WITH A MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 78.3 F. THIS BREAKS THE RECORD SET JUST LAST YEAR IN 2010. THE MEAN MAX OF 90.1 IS 2ND HOTTEST ON RECORD BEHIND 1999 (90.5 F), AND THE MEAN MIN OF 66.5 TIES 2010 FOR WARMEST. ALSO, 21 DAYS WITH MAX TEMPS 90 OR HIGHER TIES MONTHLY RECORDS SET IN 1955 & 1999. 2011 - AUGUST'S MEAN MIN OF 64.4 F RANKS 5TH HIGHEST. THE SUMMER OF 2011 WAS THE 2ND HOTTEST SUMMER ON RECORD, FOLLOWING THE HOTTEST IN 2010 - MEAN TEMPERATURE 74.4 F. 2011 - SEPTEMBER'S MEAN MIN OF 58.9 F IS THE 2ND WARMEST ON RECORD. 2011 - A HIGH OF 35 ON OCTOBER 29TH SETS A NEW MONTHLY RECORD LOW MAX. OCTOBER HAD THE 5TH COOLEST MEAN MAX (59.0 F) ON RECORD. 2011 - 2011 WAS THE 4TH WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 53.7 F. 2011 HAD A MEAN MIN OF 44.7 F, WHICH BROKE LAST YEAR'S RECORD HIGH OF 44.5 F. 2011-2012: THE WINTER OF 2011-2012 IS THE 4TH MILDEST ON RECORD. FEBRUARY 2012'S MEAN MIN OF 30.1 F SETS A NEW RECORD HIGH FOR FEBRUARY. 2012 - MARCH 2012 IS THE WARMEST MARCH ON RECORD WITH A MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 51.8 F. THIS SHATTERS THE 1973 RECORD OF 47.2 F. BOTH MAX (63.2) AND MIN (40.4) TEMPS ALSO SET RECORDS. WITH RESPECT TO NORMAL, MARCH WAS THE *WARMEST MONTH EVER* AT 3.19 STANDARD DEVIATIONS ABOVE THE MEAN. ITS +11.1 DEGREE DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL RANKS 2ND ONLY TO JAN. 1950 (+12.3). 8 CONSECUTIVE DAYS FROM THE 18TH-25TH HAD RECORD HIGHS. ALSO, THE FIRST 3 MONTHS OF 2012 AVERAGED 7.0 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL, BEATING OUT 1990 (+6.9) FOR THE WARMEST FIRST 3 MONTHS OF A YEAR EVER. WOW!!! 2012 - MAY 2012 IS THE 2ND WARMEST MAY ON RECORD. 67.5 F JUST MISSES 1991'S RECORD- SHATTERING 67.8, AND THE MEAN MIN OF 57.6 BREAKS 1991'S RECORD HIGH OF 56.5. THE SPRING OF 2012 WAS THE *WARMEST* SPRING ON RECORD WITH A MEAN TEMP OF 57.4 F. THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 55.4 WAS SET IN 1991 AND TIED IN 2010. 2012 - JUNE 29TH HIGH OF 101 IS 2ND HOTTEST JUNE READING EVER (RECORD 102 JUNE 2, 1951). THIS WAS ALSO THE DAY OF THE 2012 "SUPER DERECHO." THE HEAT WAVE CONTINUED THROUGH MUCH OF JULY 2012, WHICH ENDED UP THE 2ND HOTTEST JULY AND MONTH EVER, WITH A MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 78.0 F, JUST 0.3 F SHORT OF LAST JULY'S (2011) RECORD OF 78.3 F. THE HOTTEST READING DURING THIS HEAT WAVE WAS 102 ON JULY 7TH, A RECORD FOR THE DATE. THE MEAN MIN OF 67.3 THIS JULY SET A RECORD FOR THE 3RD STRAIGHT YEAR. THIS WAS THE 3RD CONSECUTIVE EXTREMELY HOT JULY. THE LAST 3 JULY'S ARE THE 3 HOTTEST - 2010 HAD AN AVERAGE OF 77.8 F. PREVIOUS JULY RECORDS WERE IN 1999 (77.2) AND 1988 (77.1). THIS IS ALSO THE 4TH MONTH OF 2012 THAT HAS HAD RECORD HIGH MEAN MINS. WOW. 2012 - 12 CONSECUTIVE MONTHS WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS COMES TO AN END IN NOVEMBER. THE LAST BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURE MONTH WAS OCT. 2011. 1990-1991 HAD A VERY SIMILAR RECORD. 13 CONSECUTIVE MONTHS (OCT. 1990 - OCT. 1991) DURING THAT PERIOD WERE ABOVE NORMAL. 2012 - DECEMBER'S MEAN MIN OF 30.7 F IS THE 3RD WARMEST ON RECORD. 2012 - *THE YEAR 2012* IS THE *WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD* WITH A MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 55.0 F, BREAKING THE RECORD OF 54.5 F SET JUST 6 YEARS AGO IN 2006. THE MEAN MIN OF 45.5 F IS A RECORD HIGH, AND THE MEAN MAX OF 64.4 F BEATS 1998 FOR 5TH WARMEST ON RECORD. 2013 - MARCH'S MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 36.3 F TIES IT WITH 1999 FOR 5TH COLDEST MARCH. MEAN MAX OF 43.1 F IS THE 3RD COLDEST ON RECORD FOR MARCH. *SOME INTERESTING AND UNUSUAL PRECIPITATION AND OTHER OBSERVATIONS AND RECORDS: 1948 - WET YEAR 48.59" ESTIMATED PRECIP STOOD AS THE WETTEST YEAR UNTIL THE 1970S 1949-50 - VIRTUALLY NO SNOW *ALL WINTER* WITH A MEAGER 0.7" IN DEC-JAN-FEB COMBINED! 12.5" DID FALL IN MARCH. AT LEAST 1" OF SNOW ALSO FELL IN NOVEMBER 1949 AND APRIL 1950. ONLY A TRACE OF SNOW FELL DURING AN EXTREMELY MILD JANUARY. 1952 - JULY ONLY 0.87" PRECIP STILL STANDS AS 4TH DRIEST EVER 1953 - OCT. ONLY 0.73" VERY DRY AND WAS EXACTLY THE SAME AS LAST YEAR (0.73" OCT 1952) AND WAS THE 3RD CONSECUTIVE OCTOBER WITH LESS THAN 1 INCH OF PRECIP. 1954 - JULY 15TH 2.90" RAINFALL, 3.60" RECORDED IN CUMBERLAND. ONLY 0.59" OF RAIN FELL THE REST OF THE MONTH IN LAVALE. 1954 - OCTOBER 15TH - HURRICANE HAZEL RIPS THROUGH THE AREA WITH DEVASTATING WINDS IN MANY AREAS AND EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINS 4.64" FELL, MOST OF IT IN ONLY 6 HOURS, CAUSING SEVERE FLOODING AND SETTING AN ALL-TIME DAILY RAINFALL RECORD THAT STOOD FOR 42 YEARS UNTIL HURRICANE FRAN DUMPED 5.20" OF RAIN ON SEPTEMBER 6, 1996. 1954-1955 - 2ND LEAST SNOW WINTER SO FAR WITH ONLY 15.8" FOR THE SEASON. 1955 - JANUARY VERY DRY ONLY 0.45" RAINFALL. DECEMBER WAS ALSO EXTREMELY DRY WITH ONLY 0.29" RAINFALL, THE DRIEST DECEMBER ON RECORD. HOWEVER, THE SUMMER OF 1955 WAS THE 3RD WETTEST, WITH 3.48 INCHES OF RAINFALL ON JUNE 8 (A JUNE RECORD) AND TWO HURRICANES (CONNIE AND DIANE) DROPPING HEAVY RAINS A WEEK APART IN MID-AUGUST 1955 - NOVEMBER 10-11 ONE OF THE HEAVIEST EARLY SEASON SNOWFALLS WITH 8.0" TOTAL. 1956 - APRIL 24TH - ONE OF THE LATEST DATES EVER WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL, 5.0" FELL. 1956 - WETTEST YEAR OF THE 1950S AND 1960S WITH 45.71 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION. 1957 - RECORD DRY AUGUST WITH 0.73 INCHES OF RAINFALL 1958-1959 - ONLY 8.4" OF SNOW IN THE WINTER MONTHS (DEC-JAN-FEB). MARCH (9.5") AND APRIL (5.0") HAD A TOTAL OF 14.5". 1959 - 4.67" OF RAINFALL ON SEPT. 30 & 0CT. 1 FROM HURRICANE GRACIE. THEN ON OCT. 23RD- 24TH, ANOTHER 3.11" OF RAIN FELL FROM THUNDERSTORMS. 8.06" OF RAIN WAS RECORDED IN OCTOBER 1959 AND STILL STANDS AS THE 2ND WETTEST OCTOBER ON RECORD 1960 - MAY 8 - 3.10" OF RAINFALL STILL STANDS AS A MAY RECORD. 7.50" OF RAINFALL THIS MONTH, WETTEST MAY SO FAR 1960-1961 - 85.7" OF SNOWFALL THIS SEASON. 31 INCHES FELL IN FEBRUARY. THIS STILL STANDS AS THE GREATEST SNOW SEASON IN LAVALE HISTORY. HEAVIEST SNOW OF THE SEASON WAS 16" ON FEB. 8. 15" ALSO FELL FROM A BLIZZARD DEC. 11-12, 1960. 1961 - STILL RANKS 1ST IN CALENDAR YEAR SNOWFALL WITH 72.0". 1962 - MARCH 5-6 - "ASH WEDNESDAY STORM" DUMPS AN AMAZING 25" OF SNOW, THE GREATEST MARCH SNOWSTORM ON RECORD - EVEN GREATER THAN THE LATER 1993 "SUPERSTORM" WHICH DROPPED 21" OF SNOW. 1962-1963 - WINTER PRECIP TOTAL OF 3.80" IS DRIEST ON RECORD 1963 - RECORD WET MARCH WITH 7.70" AND WOULD STAND FOR 30 YEARS UNTIL BEING SHATTERED WITH 8.49 INCHES IN MARCH 1993. 1963 - MAY 1ST - TRACE OF SNOW 1963 - ON THE OTHER HAND, 1963 HAD THE DRIEST OCTOBER ON RECORD WITH ONLY 0.23 INCHES. 1963 - 1963 STILL STANDS AS THE DRIEST YEAR ON RECORD WITH 29.81" OF TOTAL PRECIPITATION. 1963-1964 - ANOTHER SNOWY WINTER, 63.8" TOTAL SNOWFALL 1964 - WETTEST APRIL ON RECORD 7.92 INCHES. THIS WAS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY THE DRIEST MAY ON RECORD WITH ONLY 0.29 INCHES. VERY UNUSUAL TO HAVE SUCH EXTREME OPPOSITE PRECIPITATION RECORDS SET IN BACK-TO-BACK MONTHS 1965 - ONLY 3.41" OF TOTAL RAINFALL IN MAY, JUNE AND JULY, IN ONE OF THE TYPICALLY WETTEST STRETCHES OF THE YEAR. ALSO LESS THAN AN INCH OF PRECIPITATION IN NOV. AND DEC. FIRST TIME THAT'S EVER HAPPENED (BUT NOT THE LAST - SEE 1998). 1965 STILL STANDS AS THE 2ND DRIEST YEAR ON RECORD WITH 30.96" OF PRECIPITATION. 1966 - DRIEST MARCH 0.95" A RECORD THAT WAS NOT BROKEN FOR 40 YEARS (MARCH 2006 HAD ONLY 0.84" OF PRECIP). 1966 - SNOWIEST APRIL ON RECORD WITH 8.5 INCHES. 8 INCHES FELL ON THE 13TH, AN UNUSUALLY LATE-SEASON WINTER STORM 1966 - JUNE WAS THE SECOND RECORD DRY MONTH THIS YEAR WITH ONLY 0.68" OF PRECIPITATION. THIS RECORD STILL HAS NOT BEEN BROKEN. THE ENTIRE SUMMER OF 1966 WAS THE DRIEST EVER WITH ONLY 3.82" RAINFALL. 1966 - AFTER A RECORD DRY SUMMER, WE HAVE A RECORD WET SEPTEMBER (TO DATE) WITH 7.17 INCHES. 1966-67 - 2ND DRIEST WINTER ON RECORD WITH ONLY 3.89 INCHES. ALSO, NO MEASURABLE SNOW FELL IN JANUARY (1967) FOR ONLY THE 2ND TIME EVER (OTHER WAS IN 1950). 1967 - SEPTEMBER 28-29 - 3.12" RAINFALL 1968 - FEBRUARY WAS THE DRIEST FEB. ON RECORD (0.50"), WHICH STOOD UNTIL 2002 (0.40"). 1968 - MAY WETTEST ON RECORD WITH A WHOPPING 8.63" OF TOTAL RAINFALL 1969 - JULY 5 - F2 TORNADO HITS FROSTBURG. TORNADO DAMAGE CONTINUED THROUGH LAVALE AND OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTY, INDICATING A POSSIBLE LONGER PATH. THIS WAS THE FIRST AND ONLY KNOWN TORNADO TO POSSIBLY TOUCH DOWN IN LAVALE. HOWEVER, THIS WAS NOT THE FIRST TIME ALLEGANY COUNTY WAS STRUCK BY TORNADOES - SEE 1977, 1998 & 2009. TORNADOES HAD ALSO HIT THE FROSTBURG AREA IN 1891 AND 1944. 1969 - RECORD WET AND SNOWY DECEMBER. 6.30" TOTAL PRECIPITATION AND 34.0" SNOWFALL. 10" OF SNOW ON DEC. 22 FOLLOWED BY 16" ON DEC. 26. 1969-70 HAD 72" SNOWFALL. 1970 - JULY 9-10: 3.33" RAINFALL FROM HEAVY LOCALIZED THUNDERSTORMS OVER LAVALE 1970 - SEPT. 26-28: 3.96" RAIN IN CUMBERLAND. A HEAVY THUNDERSTORM DROPPED 2.75" THERE ON THE 25TH BUT ONLY 0.85" RECORDED AT LAVALE. 1970-1971 - MASSIVE NEW YEAR'S SNOW STORM WITH 20" SNOW ON DEC. 31, 1970 & JAN. 1, 1971. CUMBERLAND REPORTED AN ALL-TIME 24-HOUR RECORD 22.5 INCHES FROM THIS STORM (LATER BROKEN WITH 24.0" ON FEB. 6, 2010). 1971 - DRIEST APRIL ON RECORD WITH 0.84 INCHES AND 2ND DRIEST DECEMBER WITH 0.48 INCHES 1972 - 24" SNOWFALL IN FEBRUARY - 2ND HIGHEST TOTAL TO DATE 1972 - WETTEST JUNE ON RECORD WITH 9.43 INCHES. 6.09" OF RAIN, MOSTLY DUE TO THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE AGNES, FELL FROM THE 18TH-23RD AND CAUSED MAJOR FLOODING. 1972 - NOVEMBER - WETTEST TO DATE WITH 6.36" OF PRECIPITATION. DECEMBER WAS ALSO WET WITH 5.67 INCHES. 1972 WAS THE WETTEST YEAR TO DATE WITH 53.17" AND STILL STANDS AS THE 2ND WETTEST YEAR EVER 1972/73 - ONLY 15.5" SNOWFALL THIS SEASON, LOWEST SEASON SNOW TOTAL TO DATE 1973 - APRIL 6.48" OF PRECIPITATION TIED FOR SECOND WETTEST TO DATE 1973 - OCTOBER 28-29 - 3.53" OF RAINFALL. HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL ON THE 29TH. 1974 - SNOW FLURRIES OBSERVED ON OCT. 3, EARLIEST SNOW FLAKES EVER OBSERVED IN LAVALE 1974 - DEC. 1-2 NEARLY 3.50" OF PRECIPITATION A RECORD FOR DEC. AT MANY LOCAL STATIONS. DECEMBER 1974 RANKED 3RD WETTEST ON RECORD TO DATE WITH 5.58" OF PRECIPITATION. 1975 - MAY WET MONTH WITH 7.09 INCHES, STILL STANDS AS 4TH WETTEST MAY ON RECORD. 1975 - AUGUST 31 - 3.05" OF RAINFALL, GREATEST AMOUNT TO FALL IN AN AUGUST DAY. 4 INCHES FELL FROM AUG. 31 - SEP 2. SEPTEMBER WAS ALSO WET WITH 6.49 INCHES AND 1975 WAS THE SECOND WETTEST YEAR TO DATE WITH 50.44 INCHES. 1976 - FEBRUARY - 2ND DRIEST FEB. (0.86") SO FAR IN ADDITION TO BEING THE WARMEST. ALSO THE WINTER OF 1975-76 HAD ONLY 6.6", SETTING A NEW LOW SEASON SNOWFALL RECORD. 1976 - OCTOBER - WETTEST OCTOBER ON RECORD WITH 9.22" OF PRECIPITATION. 4 DAYS HAD OVER AN INCH OF RAIN WITH 3.17" ON THE 8TH-9TH. 14.90" TOTAL PRECIP IN SEPT-OCT. 1977 - APRIL 5 - AN F1 TORNADO HIT THE FLINTSTONE AREA, A VERY RARE EVENT 1978 - JANUARY WAS THE SNOWIEST MONTH SO FAR WITH 39.5 INCHES. THE WINTER OF 1977-78 WAS VERY COLD AND SNOWY. 74.0 INCHES WAS THE 2ND HIGHEST SNOW TOTAL ON RECORD. 1978 - FLOODING RAINS FROM SLOW-MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ON AUG. 4 AND AUG. 6. 4.12" OF RAIN IN CUMBERLAND ON AUG. 4TH IN LESS THAN 2 HOURS AND ~3 INCHES IN LAVALE/FROSTBURG/ MT. SAVAGE AREAS ON AUG. 6TH IN 1-2 HOURS CAUSING MAJOR FLASH FLOODS IN THE AREA 1978 - HIGHEST CALENDAR YEAR SNOW ON RECORD, STILL RANKS 5TH, WITH 69.0" OF SNOWFALL. 1978-79 - WETTEST WINTER ON RECORD WITH AN ESTIMATE OF 15.22" OF PRECIPITATION. FEBRUARY HAD 25.2 INCHES OF SNOW, MUCH OF IT FALLING ON PRESIDENT'S DAY (19TH). 1981 - JANUARY WAS VERY DRY WITH ONLY 0.35" OF PRECIPITATION IN CUMBERLAND 1981-1982 - 57.8 INCHES OF SNOW - 4TH SNOWIEST SEASON TO DATE. 24.3" IN JANUARY (2ND) 1983 - FEB. 11TH 16-18" OF SNOW FROM INTENSE EAST COAST STORM THAT BROUGHT RECORD SNOWS TO MUCH OF MARYLAND. 17" SET A NEW FEBRUARY RECORD (LATER BROKEN FEB. 16, 2003). 1983 - DRIEST JULY ON RECORD WITH ONLY 0.70" RAINFALL 1984 - JUNE 30 - JULY 1 - 2.97" RAIN IN CUMBERLAND AND 3.11" IN FROSTBURG. 1984 ALSO HAD 2 MAJOR RIVER FLOOD EVENTS (FEB. 14, 10.80' AND AUG. 13, 14.94' AT WILLS CREEK NEAR CUMBERLAND). 1985 - SEPTEMBER WAS THE DRIEST MONTH EVER WITH ONLY .08" OF RAINFALL. HOWEVER, THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY THE 4TH WETTEST OCTOBER (5.90") AND THE WETTEST NOVEMBER AND WETTEST MONTH EVER WITH 10.72 INCHES OF RAINFALL. 3 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN FELL ON NOV. 4TH FROM TROPICAL STORM JUAN AND THE ENTIRE MONTH WAS EXTREMELY WET. 12.91 INCHES OF RAIN FELL AT FROSTBURG WITH OVER 18 INCHES IN NEARBY PARTS OF WV. THIS CAUSED TREMENDOUS FLOODING ON THE POTOMAC RIVER AND MUCH DEATH AND DESTRUCTIONS. OCT- NOV 1985 STILL STANDS AS THE WETTEST 2-MONTH PERIOD EVER WITH 16.13" OF PRECIP. 1986 - FEBRUARY WAS THE WETTEST ON RECORD WITH 6.29 INCHES. ALSO 24 INCHES OF SNOW FELL, TYING FOR 4TH SNOWIEST FEB. ON RECORD. 1986 - AUGUST WAS 2ND DRIEST WITH 1.64" RAINFALL. SEPTEMBER WAS ALSO IN THE TOP 5 DRIEST WITH UNDER AN ANCH OF RAINFALL REPORTED IN CUMBERLAND. 1987 - SOME HEAVY SNOW STORMS IN JANUARY MAKE IT THE 3TH SNOWIEST JANUARY TO DATE WITH 26.9". ALSO, DESPITE RECORD HEAT IN THE SUMMER, 1987 HAD AN UNUSUALLY HEAVY LATE SEASON SNOWFALL ON APRIL 4TH-6TH (OVER A FOOT IN SOME HIGHER ELEVATIONS) AND ALSO A HEAVY EARLY SEASON SNOWFALL, 7 INCHES ON NOV. 11TH WITH AGAIN VERY HIGH TOTALS IN THE MOUNTAINS. THE SUMMER OF 1987 WAS THE 3RD DRIEST EVER WITH 5.62" RAINFALL. 1988 - 6.96" OF RAIN AT CUMBERLAND, 3RD WETTEST MAY TO DATE 1989 - MARCH 6-7 - EXTREME ICE STORM. HALF-INCH OF GLAZE TOPPED BY 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SLEET AND EVEN THUNDER AND STRONG WINDS, TOPPED BY 2-4 INCHES OF SNOWFALL. ABOUT 3" OF PRECIPITATION FELL IN ADDITION TO THE 5-9 INCHES OF SNOW AND ICE. 2.63" OF PRECIP SET A NEW ALL-TIME MARCH DAILY RECORD PRECIP TOTAL THAT STILL STANDS. 1989 - MAY 7 - SLEET OBSERVED, THE LATEST EVER DATE OF FROZEN PRECIP IN LAVALE. WHILE THE WINTER (1988-89) WASN'T VERY SNOWY (25.9"), EVERY MONTH FROM OCT-MAY HAD AT LEAST A TRACE OF SNOW, FOR THE 1ST TIME ON RECORD. 1989 - MAY, JUNE AND JULY WERE EXTREMELY WET WITH AN INCREDIBLE 22.17 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE THREE-MONTH PERIOD. ALL 3 MONTHS HAD OVER 6 INCHES, WHICH HAS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE. JUNE AND JULY HAD A COMBINED 15.52" OF RAIN, THE 2ND HEAVIEST TOTAL FOR CONSECUTIVE MONTHS. 8.75" IN JULY IS THE WETTEST JULY ON RECORD. OVER 10 INCHES FELL IN FROSTBURG. THERE WERE MANY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS DURING JUNE AND JULY THAT CAUSED REPEATED FLASH FLOODING OVER ALLEGANY COUNTY. 1989 - AUGUST - 2ND DRIEST ON RECORD WITH 1.32" IN CUMBERLAND. HOWEVER, THE SUMMER OF 1989 IS STILL THE WETTEST SUMMER ON RECORD WITH 17.06 INCHES. 1989 RANKED 5TH WETTEST YEAR AT THE TIME (HOWEVER 1996, 2003 & 2004 LATER BUMPED IT DOWN TO #8) 1990 - UNUSUAL PRECIPITATION YEAR WITH SEVERAL VERY DRY AND SEVERAL VERY WET MONTHS. MARCH, APRIL, JUNE AND NOVEMBER WERE ALL AMONG THE TOP 5 DRIEST, WHILE MAY, JULY, AUGUST, OCTOBER AND DECEMBER WERE ALL AMONG THE TOP 5 WETTEST ON RECORD. AUGUST RANKED 2ND WITH 6.21", OCTOBER 4TH WITH 6.41" AND DECEMBER 2ND WITH 5.89". MAY WAS THE YEAR'S WETTEST MONTH WITH 6.88" AND RANKED 4TH WETTEST MAY TO DATE. 1991 - APRIL 9 - VIOLENT WIND STORM STRIKES THE AREA WITH 80 MPH WINDS, HAIL AND FUNNEL CLOUDS FROM MASSIVE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS & CAUSES WIDESPREAD SEVERE WIND DAMAGE. DOZENS OF TREES DOWN ON HENRY DRIVE ALONE, ENTIRE ROOF BLOWN OFF BON-TON, POWER OUT FOR OVER 36 HOURS. 11 TORNADOES TO OUR NORTH IN PA 1991 - THIRD DRIEST YEAR ON RECORD. 5TH DRIEST SUMMER ON RECORD (6.10 INCHES). JUNE & JULY BOTH RANKED IN TOP 5 DRIEST EVER AND HAD UNDER AN INCH OF RAIN IN CUMBERLAND 1991 - AUGUST 19 - VERY INTENSE EVENING THUNDERSTORM FORMED OUT OF NOWHERE AND DIRECTLY OVERHEAD AND QUICKLY BECAME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS, VERY CLOSE LIGHTNING AND BUCKETS OF RAIN. OVER 2 INCHES IN 45 MINUTES FLOODED OUR ENTIRE BASEMENT WITH OVER A FOOT OF WATER. HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THIS THUNDERSTORM, THE PERIOD OF JUNE THROUGH OCTOBER WOULD HAVE PROBABLY BEEN THE DRIEST 5-MONTH STRETCH SINCE THE HUGE DROUGHT YEAR OF 1930. 1991 - SEPTEMBER TIED FOR 3RD DRIEST WITH 1.34 INCHES. ALSO LESS THAN AN INCH FELL IN OCTOBER AND IT WAS THE 6TH DRIEST. 1992 - MORE SNOW IN MARCH (15.5") THAN THE ENTIRE REST OF THE SNOW SEASON COMBINED. 1992 - 6.92" OF RAIN IN CUMBERLAND MADE IT THE 2ND WETTEST JULY DURING THIS PERIOD OF RECORD. HOWEVER LESS FELL HERE IN LAVALE WITH 5.78 INCHES. 1992 - OCTOBER ONLY 0.67 INCHES OF RAIN 2ND DRIEST OCTOBER EVER 1992 - DECEMBER 10 - RECORD SNOW FROM NORTH-EASTER. 3.45" TOTAL PRECIPITATION, 23.5" OF SNOWFALL ON 10TH-11TH. 20" FELL ON THE 10TH, SETTING A NEW DECEMBER RECORD. UP TO 42 INCHES WAS REPORTED IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF GARRETT COUNTY, A NEW SINGLE-STORM RECORD. 25" TOTAL MONTHLY SNOWFALL, 2ND SNOWIEST DECEMBER TO DATE. 1993 - MARCH 4 - 2.39" OF RAIN AND 2.77" STORM TOTAL. OVER A FOOT OF SNOW IN MOUNTAINS. 1993 - MARCH 13 - 20.5" OF SNOW FROM EXTREMELY INTENSE EAST COAST BLIZZARD. THIS WAS A NEW RECORD FOR MARCH. ALSO A RECORD LOW BAROMETRIC READING OF 28.88". A TOTAL OF 21" SNOW FELL MAR. 13-14 IN WHAT BECAME KNOWN AS THE "SUPERSTORM" OF 1993. 1993 - MARCH WAS THE WETTEST IN HISTORY WITH 8.49 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION AND ALSO 2ND SNOWIEST ON RECORD WITH 25.8 INCHES. 1992-93 WAS THE 4TH SNOWIEST SEASON EVER WITH 70.7 INCHES OF SNOW AND TWO "100-YEAR" BLIZZARDS IN ONE SEASON. WOW!!! 1993 - APRIL 16TH - RECORD APRIL RAINFALL OF 3.57 INCHES FROM NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A COLD FRONT. SEVERE AND WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING ALL OVER THE COUNTY. APRIL 1993 WAS THE 2ND WETTEST APRIL ON RECORD WITH 7.76 INCHES. MARCH AND APRIL HAD 16.25", WHICH IS THE 2ND WETTEST TWO-MONTH PERIOD EVER, AND THE SPRING OF 1993 WAS THE WETTEST SPRING AND SEASON EVER WITH 18.69 INCHES. 1993 - NOVEMBER 27TH 3.08" OF RAINFALL SOME MINOR FLOODING NOT A RECORD HOWEVER. 1994 - 2ND SNOWIEST JANUARY TO DATE 30.3 INCHES. THE WINTER OF 1993-1994 WAS THE 3RD SNOWIEST WINTER ON RECORD WITH 77.1 INCHES. THE WINTER ALSO HAD THE 3RD HIGHEST PRECIP TOTAL. FIRST 3 MONTHS OF 1994 WERE THE WETTEST EVER, WITH ALL 3 MONTHS IN THE TOP 5 WETTEST AND HAD A COMBINED TOTAL OF 17.11 INCHES. MARCH WAS THE WETTEST OF THE 3 WITH 6.84" PRECIP AND 18.5" OF SNOW. THERE WERE MANY BIG SNOW AND ICE STORMS DURING THESE THREE MONTHS, WITH ONE OF THE WORST ICE STORMS EVER ON FEBRUARY 8-9. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SOLID ICE FELL, CAUSING NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES, SNARLING TRAVEL AND CLOSING SCHOOLS AND BUSINESSES FOR SEVERAL DAYS. 1994 - IN ADDITION TO BEING THE HOTTEST EVER, JUNE WAS ALSO THE 4TH DRIEST EVER WITH ONLY 1.47" OF RAIN ALL MONTH. THERE WERE MANY THUNDERSTORMS BUT NEARLY EVERY ONE OF THEM EITHER BROKE UP OR DISSIPATED AS THEY APPROACHED THIS STATION 1994 - SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER WERE THE DRIEST CONSECUTIVE SEP-OCT ON RECORD WITH UNDER AN INCH OF RAIN EACH MONTH. BOTH MONTHS WERE THE 2ND DRIEST ON RECORD. 0.66" FELL IN SEPTEMBER AND 0.52" FELL IN OCTOBER. 1994 - WITH ALL OF THE TEMPERATURE RECORDS BOTH HOT AND COLD AND NEAR-PRECIPITATION RECORDS BOTH WET AND DRY, 1994 WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST ROLLER-COASTER WEATHER YEARS IN HISTORY. ALSO, 1994 HAD NEAR-RECORD CALENDAR YEAR SNOWFALL OF 71.1". 1995 - MARCH WAS 2ND DRIEST EVER WITH ONLY 1.04" OF PRECIPITATION. 1995 - JUNE WAS THE 2ND WETTEST ON RECORD WITH 7.38 INCHES. VERY SEVERE FLASH FLOODS OCCURRED IN WESTERNPORT ON THE 27TH AND THE ROCKY GAP AREA ON THE 30TH DUE TO TORRENTIAL RAIN FROM SLOW-MOVING THUNDERSTORMS. AT THIS STATION THERE WERE 4 DAYS WITH AN INCH OR MORE OF RAIN. FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME THAT'S HAPPENED. 3 OF THE 4 DAYS WERE CONSECUTIVE (25TH, 26TH & 27TH) WHICH IS EXTREMELY RARE. SOME NEARBY LOCAL AREAS HAD OVER 10 INCHES OF RAINFALL THIS MONTH. 1995 - AUGUST 17-SEPTEMBER 11 - 26 CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH NO MEASURABLE RAINFALL - A RECORD LONG DRY STREAK 1995 - OCTOBER WAS THE 5TH WETTEST ON RECORD WITH 6.12 INCHES OF RAINFALL. 1995 - NOVEMBER WAS THE SNOWIEST ON RECORD WITH 18.3 INCHES OF TOTAL SNOWFALL. 8.5" FELL FROM AN EARLY SEASON NOR' EASTER ON THE 14TH-15TH. THEN ANOTHER 8.0" FELL IN ONLY 5 HOURS OVERNIGHT ON THE 28TH-29TH. 1995 - MORE YEARLY PRECIP HERE IN LAVALE (39.11") THAN FROSTBURG (39.00"). THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS EVER HAPPENED. 1996 - JANUARY 6TH-8TH - RECORD BLIZZARD WITH AN INCREDIBLE 30 INCHES OF SNOW IN A 30- HOUR PERIOD. 23.5" ON THE 7TH IS THE MOST EVER TO FALL IN A DAY. NEARLY 5 INCHES FELL IN ONE HOUR DURING THE EVENING. 1996 - JANUARY 19TH - 2.17" RAINFALL, HEAVIEST OBSERVED IN JANUARY AND COMBINED WITH A RAPID SNOWMELT TO CAUSE EXTREME WIDESPREAD FLOODING ALL OVER THE COUNTY AND MANY SURROUNDING COUNTIES. FLOOD DAMAGE WAS OVER $7 MILLION. OUR ENTIRE BASEMENT FLOODED WITH ICY COLD WATER, ONLY THE 2ND TIME IT'S FLOODED SINCE WE MOVED IN. THIS WAS THE WORST FLOOD SINCE 1936. ALSO THE TEMPERATURE LATER DROPPED TO 9 F, CAUSING A BIG ICY MESS WHEN ALL OF THE STANDING WATER FROZE IN A DAY OF TOTAL DESTRUCTION OVER A VERY LARGE AREA. 1996 - JANUARY WAS THE WETTEST JANUARY AND WINTER MONTH ON RECORD WITH 7.84" OF PRECIP- ITATION, SHATTERING THE OLD RECORD OF 6.13" IN 1979. 8.28" WAS RECORDED IN CUMBERLAND AND 8.46" IN FROSTBURG. 1996 - JANUARY WAS THE SNOWIEST JANUARY AND MONTH ON RECORD WITH 41.7 INCHES. THE WINTER OF 1995-96 WAS ALSO THE 2ND SNOWIEST ON RECORD WITH 81.8 INCHES. THIS WAS A DRAMATIC TURNAROUND AFTER THE 4TH LEAST SNOWY SEASON IN 1994-95 (12.8 INCHES). THIS NEAR-RECORD SNOWY WINTER WAS ALSO QUITE REMARKABLE SINCE IT IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED THE HOTTEST SUMMER EVER IN 1995. 1996 - JULY WAS THE 2ND WETTEST TO DATE WITH 6.92 INCHES OF RAINFALL. THE SUMMER OF 1996 WAS ALSO THE 4TH WETTEST ON RECORD WITH 14.60 INCHES. 1996 - SEPTEMBER 6TH - VERY HEAVY RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS FROM HURRICANE FRAN. 5.20" OF RAIN FELL IN LESS THAN 12 HOURS, SETTING A NEW DAILY RECORD. THIS DELUGE CAUSED THE SECOND WIDESPREAD SEVERE FLOOD OF 1996. 1996 - SEPTEMBER WAS THE WETTEST SEPTEMBER EVER AND THE 2ND WETTEST MONTH EVER WITH A WHOPPING 9.87 INCHES OF TOTAL RAINFALL. 1996 - NOVEMBER 8TH 3.50" OF RAINFALL. TOTAL NOVEMBER PRECIPITATION WAS 5.80 INCHES, MAKING IT THE 3RD WETTEST NOVEMBER ON RECORD. THE FALL OF 1996 WAS ALSO THE WETTEST EVER FALL ON RECORD WITH 18.02 INCHES. 1996 - WETTEST YEAR EVER ON RECORD - 59.05 INCHES, SHATTERING THE OLD RECORD OF 53.17" SET IN 1972. ALSO RANKS 3RD FOR CALENDAR YEAR SNOWFALL WITH 69.8". 1997 - APRIL - 2ND DRIEST ON RECORD WITH ONLY 1.01 INCHES OF PRECIP. 1997 - JUNE 18TH - WORST HAIL STORM IN RECENT HISTORY WITH GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL DENTING MY PARENTS' CARS BADLY AND HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS IN LAVALE, CAUSING MILLIONS OF $$ IN DAMAGE TO A LOCAL CAR DEALERSHIP. WINDS ALSO GUSTED 60+ MPH, DOWNING TREES AND POWER LINES IN THE AREA. OVER 1 INCH OF RAIN IN 30 MINUTES FROM THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. 1997 - NOVEMBER - VERY WET MONTH WITH OVER 5 INCHES IN THE FIRST 9 DAYS AND A TOTAL OF 7.61 INCHES, 2ND WETTEST NOVEMBER ON RECORD 1998 - FEBRUARY 5.26 INCHES, 2ND WETTEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD 1998 - APRIL 6.80 INCHES, 3RD WETTEST APRIL ON RECORD 1998 - MAY 5 - VERY INTENSE FREAK THUNDERSTORM EXPLODED DIRECTLY OVERHEAD IN A MATTER OF MINUTES AND IMMEDIATELY BEGAN DROPPING DIME-SIZED HAIL, WHICH LASTED 15 MINUTES AND ACCUMULATED AT LEAST AN INCH TURNING EVERYTHING WHITE. THE SUBSEQUENT CLOUDBURST, ACCOMPANIED BY EXTREMELY CLOSE AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING, DUMPED OVER IN INCH OF RAIN IN LESS THAN 15 MINUTES, 1.6" OF RAIN IN 30 MINUTES AND 2.4 INCHES IN AN HOUR WITH A GRAND TOTAL OF 2.73 INCHES. THIS IS THE MOST RAIN IN A DAY IN MAY SINCE 1960 BUT NEARLY ALL OF THIS FELL IN JUST OVER AN HOUR, SEVERELY FLOODING OUR ENTIRE BASEMENT WITH WELL OVER A FOOT OF WATER, CAUSING OVER $100 IN DAMAGE TO THE CARPET. HAD WE NOT BEEN AT HOME TO SCRAMBLE FURNATURE UPSTAIRS, THE ENTIRE BASEMENT WOULD HAVE BEEN DEVASTATED. THIS IS THE WORST OUR BASEMENT HAS EVER FLOODED SINCE MOVING INTO THE HOUSE IN 1987. I HAVE NEVER SEEN RAIN OR HAIL THIS INTENSE IN ALL MY YEARS OF WEATHER OBSERVING. 1998 - SPRING 1998 WAS THE 2ND WETTEST SPRING ON RECORD WITH 17.29 INCHES. 1998 - SPRING ENDS AND SUMMER BEGINS WITH AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM THAT DUMPED AN INCH OF RAIN IN ONLY 15 MINUTES AT MIDNIGHT ON MAY 31ST/JUNE 1ST FROM A LINE OF STRONG STORMS. 1.42" TOTAL RAIN FELL. THIS WAS THE SAME AREA OF STORMS THAT HAD BROUGHT A DEADLY F3 TORNADO TO SALISBURY PA JUST TO OUR NORTHWEST JUST A FEW HOURS PRIOR. 1998 - JUNE 2 - ANOTHER SEVERE HAIL STORM WITH HAIL ACCUMULATING 1+ INCHES DEEP IN THE BACKYARD. HAIL WAS UP TO HALF-DOLLAR SIZED (1.25 INCHES IN DIAMETER). THIS STORM WAS THE FIRST OF A SERIES OF VIOLENT SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAMMERED ALLEGANY COUNTY. THREE TORNADOES TOUCHED DOWN IN THE COUNTY THIS EVENING, THE FINAL ONE A VIOLENT F4 TWISTER THAT RAVAGED THE FROSTBURG AREA WITH 210+ MPH WINDS, DESTROYING DOZENS OF HOMES. THIS WAS THE FIRST EVER F4 TORNADO IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND (BUT NOT THE LAST - SEE LA PLATA TORNADO). ALSO ANOTHER 1.59" RAIN FELL, MAKING THE 3-DAY TOTAL 3.01" FROM THE UNPRECEDENTED SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAKS IN THE AREA. 1998 - WITH 5.77 INCHES, JUNE WAS THE 6TH CONSECUTIVE MONTH WITH ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL AND THE FIRST HALF OF 1998 IS THE WETTEST EVER WITH AN AMAZING 33.07 INCHES. 1998 - AUGUST - 3RD DRIEST ON RECORD WITH ONLY 1.58 INCHES OF RAINFALL. 1998 - EXTREME FALL DROUGHT. DRIEST FALL ON RECORD WITH ONLY 3.61" OF RAIFALL AND IS ALSO THE DRIEST SEASON EVER. NOVEMBER WAS THE DRIEST ON RECORD WITH ONLY 0.19 INCHES AND IS THE SECOND DRIEST MONTH EVER. DECEMBER WAS ALSO EXTREMELY DRY WITH ONLY 0.73 INCHES, 4TH DRIEST DECEMBER ON RECORD AND THE DRIEST FINAL TWO MONTHS OF A YEAR EVER. A PALTRY 9.56 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL DURING THE ENTIRE SECOND HALF OF 1998, THE DRIEST EVER SECOND HALF OF A YEAR, AND THIS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWS THE WETTEST FIRST HALF OF A YEAR EVER. UNBELIEVABLE!!! 1999 - SNOWIEST MARCH ON RECORD WITH 29". 13" OF HEAVY WET SNOW FELL ON MARCH 14TH. 1999 - MAY 7 - 2.13" DELUGE IN ONLY A HALF AN HOUR FROM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AT THE POLICE BARRACKS. LESS RAIN AT THIS STATION 1.36" BUT STILL HAD HAIL AND HIGH WINDS. MUCH FLOODING AND WIND DAMAGE, AND QUARTER-SIZED HAIL REPORTED. OUR CHURCH IN CUMBERLAND WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING - GOD STRIKES, LITERALLY! 2000 - JUNE 16TH - TRAINING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DROP 3 TO 4 INCHES ON THE EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTY CAUSING FLOODING. HOWEVER ZERO RAIN FELL AT THIS STATION. 2000 - JULY 31ST - RADAR ESTIMATED OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN JUST SE OF CUMBERLAND. SOME FLASH FLOODING IN THE CUMBERLAND AND WESTERNPORT AREAS. ONLY .32" HOWEVER AT THIS STATION. 2000 - AUGUST 6TH - 2.70" OF RAIN IN 7 HOURS FROM TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS. MOST RAIN IN AN AUGUST DAY SINCE 8/31/1975 WHEN 3.05 INCHES FELL. 3.19" AT FROSTBURG & PINTO AND 2.48" AT CUMBERLAND. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IN WESTERN ALLEGANY CO. 2000 - SEPTEMBER 11TH - TREMENDOUS THUNDERSTORM STALLS OVER LAVALE AND THE NORTH AND WEST SIDE OF CUMBERLAND, DUMPING A COPIOUS AMOUNT OF RAIN IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. 3.17" OF RAIN FELL IN ONLY 90 MINUTES AT THIS STATION AND 3.66" TOTAL. 4.80" FELL AT THE POLICE BARRACKS WITH OVER 5 INCHES WITHIN 2 HOURS OVER MUCH OF LAVALE AND NORTH/WEST CUMBERLAND. THIS INTENSE STORM OF COURSE CAUSED VERY SEVERE AND WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING ALL OVER LAVALE AND CUMBERLAND. I-68 WAS CLOSED FOR OVER 3 HOURS AFTER >3 FEET OF WATER RUSHED ACROSS THE INTERSTATE, AND THE STORM CAUSED NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES. 2000 - SEPTEMBER IS THE 2ND WETTEST ON RECORD WITH 8.14" AT THE POLICE BARRACKS AND 6.80" AT THIS STATION. 2000 - VERY DRY OCTOBER AFTER A NEAR-RECORD WET SEPTEMBER 0.78" FELL ALL MONTH. NOT A RECORD BUT RANKS AS THE 7TH DRIEST OCTOBER ON RECORD. SOME PARTS OF THE STATE FURTHER SOUTH AND EAST HAD ZERO RAINFALL THIS MONTH!!! 2000 - TOTAL ANNUAL PRECIP IN CUMBERLAND EXCEEDS THAT IN LAVALE. 37.21" VS 36.94". FIRST TIME IN MANY YEARS THIS HAS HAPPENED. 2001 - FEBRUARY IS THE 3RD DRIEST ON RECORD WITH 0.93" OF MONTHLY PRECIPITATION. 2000/01 - THE WINTER OF 2000-2001 IS THE 4TH DRIEST ON RECORD WITH 4.76 INCHES. 2001 - JUNE - 6TH WETTEST JUNE ON RECORD WITH 6.08" OF RAINFALL. FLASH FLOODS OCCURRED FROM TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS ON THE 6TH-7TH AND AGAIN ON THE 22ND. 2001 - SECOND DRIEST FALL ON RECORD WITH ONLY 4.17 INCHES. ALL OF THE FINAL FOUR MONTHS OF 2001 HAD LESS THAN 2 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS EVER HAPPENED. 2001 IS 6TH DRIEST YEAR WITH 33.79 INCHES. 2002 - FEBRUARY WAS THE DRIEST EVER ON RECORD WITH ONLY 0.40 INCHES. 2001/02 - THE WINTER OF 2001-2002 WAS THE 3RD DRIEST ON RECORD WITH ONLY 4.18 INCHES. IT ALSO SET A NEW RECORD FOR LEAST SNOWY SEASON WITH 12.2 INCHES ALL SEASON. 2002 - MAY 27 - MASSIVE AND STATIONARY THUNDERSTORM DROPS 4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN IN A 2-HOUR PERIOD JUST EAST OF CUMBERLAND ALONG I-68 AND BALTIMORE PIKE, CAUSING SEVERE FLASH FLOODING ON THIS MEMORIAL DAY EVENING. HOWEVER, NO RAIN FELL AT THIS STATION. ON MAY 29, WE FINALLY GOT HIT WITH A VERY LOCALIZED STORM THAT DROPPED 1.50" OF RAIN IN 40 MINUTES AND 1.76" IN AN HOUR, CAUSING MORE FLOODS. 2002 - SPRING - 14.58" OF PRECIP. NOT A RECORD BUT WAS IN THE TOP 10 WETTEST SPRINGS AND WAS A VERY DRAMATIC TURNAROUND AFTER A NEAR-RECORD DRY WINTER. 2002 - OCTOBER 5.90" OF PRECIP (AT THE POLICE BARRACKS) TIES IT FOR 6TH WETTEST. ALSO A HEAVY EARLY SEASON ICE STORM ON THE 29TH-30TH IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS, CAUSING WIDESPREAD SEVERE TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE 2003 - FEBRUARY IS THE SNOWIEST EVER WITH A WHOPPING 36.5 INCHES. 28 INCHES OF SNOW FELL DURING A SLOW-MOVING AND MASSIVE STORM FROM THE 15TH-17TH THAT PARALYZED THE ENTIRE MID-ATLANTIC REGION. 18 INCHES FELL ON FEBRUARY 16TH, A NEW FEB. RECORD. 25.5 INCHES FELL IN JUST OVER 24 HOURS FROM THE 16TH-17TH, RIVALING THE RECORD-SETTING JANUARY 1996 BLIZZARD. THIS WAS THE 2ND "PRESIDENT'S DAY BLIZZARD" IN RECENT HISTORY WITH THE OTHER IN 1979 BUT THIS ONE WAS STRONGER. 2002/03 - 67.3 INCHES OF SNOWFALL, THE 7TH SNOWIEST SEASON ON RECORD 2003 - MAY WAS THE 2ND WETTEST EVER WITH 8.14 INCHES OF RAINFALL. ALSO 23 DAYS HAD MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION, THE MOST I HAVE EVER SEEN IN A MONTH 2003 - MAY 23 - EXTREMELY DENSE FOG CAUSED A MASSIVE 90-VEHICLE PILE-UP ON I-68 ON TOP OF BIG SAVAGE MOUNTAIN. 2 PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND DOZENS WERE INJURED. 2003 - SEPTEMBER WAS THE 4TH WETTEST ON RECORD WITH 7.10 INCHES OF RAINFALL. FOUR DAYS HAD OVER 1 INCH OF RAIN. THE ONLY OTHER TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST DECADE WAS IN JUNE 1995, WHICH WAS ALSO A NEAR-RECORD WET MONTH. AN UNOFFICIAL REPORT OF 4 INCHES OF RAIN FELL ON THE 27TH OF SEPTEMBER FROM SEVERE STORMS THAT CAUSED FLOODING AND DROPPED QUARTER-SIZED HAIL IN LAVALE. 2003 - 2003 IS THE 3RD WETTEST YEAR EVER WITH 52.93 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION. AT CUMBERLAND IT WAS THE 2ND WETTEST WITH 53.19 INCHES RECORDED. 2003 - AFTER 20" OF SNOWFALL IN DECEMBER (6TH SNOWIEST), 2003 JUST BEATS OUT 1994 FOR 2ND SNOWIEST CALENDAR YEAR SNOWFALL WITH 71.3" OF TOTAL ANNUAL SNOWFALL. 2003-04 - ANOTHER GOOD SNOW YEAR - 60.5" SNOWFALL 2004 - JULY 30 - 3.10" OF RAIN FROM TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS, NEW DAILY JULY RECORD 2004 - JULY 2004 WAS THE 2ND WETTEST JULY ON RECORD WITH 7.79 INCHES OF RAINFALL. 2004 - SEPTEMBER 8TH-9TH - 4.64" OF RAINFALL, 4.36" ON THE 8TH FROM TROPICAL STORM FRANCES. THIS MAJOR DELUGE CAUSED SEVERE WIDESPREAD FLOODING OVER MUCH OF THE COUNTY, WITH 6.26" IN FROSTBURG. JUST OVER A WEEK LATER IVAN DUMPED 2.86" ADDITIONAL RAINFALL, CAUSING MORE SEVERE AND WIDESPREAD FLOODING, ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE COUNTY. SEPTEMBER 2004 WAS THE 2ND WETTEST SEPTEMBER ON RECORD WITH 9.02 INCHES OF RAINFALL. 11.61" FELL AT FROSTBURG, WETTEST SEPTEMBER ON RECORD THERE AND 2ND WETTEST MONTH EVER ON RECORD. 2004 - 2004 WAS THE 6TH WETTEST YEAR ON RECORD WITH 50.04 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION. 2005 - JULY 13 - A WICKED THUNDERSTORM HITS CUMBERLAND AND NEARBY AREAS WITH EXTREME CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND A CLOUDBURST DUMPING 2-3 INCHES WITHIN AN HOUR AND CAUSING FLASH FLOODING ALL OVER THE CITY. CUMBERLAND NWS OBSERVER TIM THOMAS'S WEATHER STATION WAS HIT BY LIGHTNING, AND LIGHTNING ALSO STRUCK TWO TRANSFORMERS AT A SUBSTATION, KNOCKING OUT POWER TO THOUSANDS OF CUSTOMERS. ALSO A LOT OF HAIL AND HIGH WIND WAS REPORTED FROM THIS VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORM. 2.20" RAIN FELL IN JUST OVER AN HOUR AT THIS STATION. 2005 - 5TH DRIEST AUGUST ON RECORD WITH 1.67" OF TOTAL RAINFALL 2005 - SEPTEMBER IS THE 2ND DRIEST EVER ON RECORD WITH ONLY 0.34" OF RAIN ALL MONTH. THIS COMES RIGHT ON THE HEELS OF THE 2ND WETTEST SEPTEMBER EVER IN 2004. 2005 - OCTOBER 24-25 - EARLY SEASON HEAVY SNOW WITH OVER A FOOT ON HIGHEST RIDGES. BIG TURNAROUND IN PRECIPITATION WITH 5.24 INCHES. 2006 - MARCH RANKS DRIEST ON RECORD WITH 0.84" OF PRECIPITATION. THE SPRING OF 2006 WAS THE 5TH DRIEST WITH 7.50" OF PRECIP. 2006 - AUGUST 2006 IS THE 2ND DRIEST AUGUST ON RECORD WITH 1.02" OF TOTAL RAINFALL 2006 - 2006 SET A NEW CALENDAR YEAR RECORD LOW SNOWFALL TOTAL OF ONLY 9.3 INCHES. 2007 - MAY 2ND DRIEST ON RECORD WITH 0.87 INCHES. 2007 - AUGUST 6TH WETTEST WITH 5.56 INCHES. HUGE TURNAROUND FROM LAST AUGUST, WHICH WAS THE 2ND DRIEST. DECEMBER WAS ALSO 6TH WETTEST WITH 5.14 INCHES. 2008 - LEAP DAY (FEB. 29TH) SNOW OF 2.5 INCHES (0.31" MELTED PRECIP). MOST PRECIP AND SNOW ON LEAP DAY IN RECENT HISTORY. OVER A FOOT OF SNOW IN NEARBY MTNS. 2008 - MAY 6.76" RAIN 6TH WETTEST ON RECORD. THE SPRING OF 2008 WAS THE 3RD WETTEST EVER WITH 16.15 INCHES. ALSO, BACK-TO-BACK MONTHS HAD BACK-TO-BACK DAYS WITH OVER 1 INCH OF RAINFALL (APR 20-21, 1.84" & 1.14", RESPECTIVELY, AND MAY 10-11, 1.25" & 1.53", RESPECTIVELY). THIS IS UNUSUAL AND HAS ONLY HAPPENED A COUPLE TIMES IN RECENT YEARS (OCT-NOV 1985 AND SEP-OCT 1976). 2008 - AUGUST - 5TH WETTEST ON RECORD WITH 5.79 INCHES. 3.52 INCHES IN 24 HOURS FROM REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM FAY (2.87" ON 28TH, 2ND HIGHEST AUG. TOTAL). 2008 - DECEMBER TIES 1972 FOR 3RD WETTEST ON RECORD WITH 5.67" OF PRECIPITATION. 2009 - FEB. 6TH DRIEST 1.02" THEN MARCH WAS 5TH DRIEST ON RECORD WITH 1.64" PRECIP. 2009 - MAY 3-4 OVER 3" OF RAIN IN CUMBERLAND AREA CAUSES FLOODING ON THE POTOMAC. 2009 - JULY 29TH AN EF1 TORNADO TOUCHES DOWN IN THE OLDTOWN AREA, CAUSING EXTENSIVE TREE, POWER LINE AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. PATH WIDTH WAS 100 YARDS WITH A LENGTH OF AT LEAST 5 MILES. HEAVY WIND DAMAGE WAS ALSO REPORTED IN LITTLE ORLEANS, WITH ANOTHER TORNADO REPORTED AT BELLE GROVE. VERY RARE EVENT AND FIRST TORNADOES IN ALLEGANY COUNTY SINCE THE 1998 F4 FROSTBURG TORNADO. 2009 - WETTEST DECEMBER ON RECORD 6.31" ECLIPSING THE PREVIOUS RECORD 6.30" IN 1969. ALSO 28.3" OF SNOW MADE DEC. 2009 THE 2ND SNOWIEST DECEMBER ON RECORD. 1969 STILL HOLDS THAT RECORD WITH 34.0" OF SNOW. 16.5" OF SNOW ON DEC. 19, 2009 IS THE 2ND HEAVIEST SNOW DAY EVER IN DECEMBER, RANKS AS 9TH GREATEST STORM. 2010 - FEB. 5TH-6TH A MASSIVE SNOW STORM OVER THE MID-ATLANTIC DUMPS 26.5" OF SNOW IN LESS THAN 27 HOURS, WITH 16 INCHES OF SNOW IN 6 HOURS, RIVALING THE RECORD BLIZZARD OF 1996 FOR PROLONGED EXCESSIVE SNOWFALL RATES (NEAR 3"/HOUR). IT IS THE 3RD GREATEST SNOW STORM IN RECENT HISTORY. 2.43" OF MELTED PRECIP. 25" OF SNOW AS OF 7AM ON THE 6TH IS A NEW FREE-FLOATING 24-HOUR SNOW RECORD. 2010 - ALL-TIME RECORD SNOWFALL FOR FEBRUARY AND IN FACT FOR ANY MONTH EVER WITH A WHOPPING 42.5" OF SNOWFALL. WINTER 2009-2010 (DEC-JAN-FEB) ALSO SET A NEW WINTER (THOUGH NOT YET A COLD/SNOW) SEASON RECORD WITH 78.0" OF SNOWFALL. IN ADDITION TO THE RECORD SNOWFALL, 12.64" OF PRECIP RANKS 2009-2010 AS THE 5TH "WETTEST" WINTER ON RECORD. 2010 - APRIL WAS THE 3RD DRIEST ON RECORD WITH 1.29" OF PRECIPITATION. 2010 - JUNE WAS THE 5TH DRIEST ON RECORD WITH 1.38" OF PRECIPITATION. 2010 - JULY 9TH 2.71" OF RAINFALL IS THE 3RD HEAVIEST ON RECORD FOR ANY DAY IN JULY. 2010 - AUGUST WAS THE 3RD DRIEST ON RECORD WITH ONLY 1.19" OF RAINFALL. 2010 - SEPTEMBER 30TH 3.14" OF RAIN, 4TH HEAVIEST RAIN DAY FOR MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2011 - MARCH 9-10 3.03" OF RAIN, WILLS CREEK CRESTED AT 10.96" (10TH HIGHEST LEVEL). 2011 - APR 28 - IN THE MIDST OF ONE OF THE WILDEST TORNADO OUTBREAKS IN US HISTORY, TWO EF-0 TORNADOES TOUCH DOWN IN EASTERN ALLEGANY CO. NEAR GREEN RIDGE. 2011 - MAY 17-18 4.32" OF RAIN, 1ST TIME WITH 2+" OF RAIN ON BACK-TO-BACK DAYS 2011 - MAY IS THE 3RD WETTEST ON RECORD WITH 8.00". 2011 - SPRING 2011 WAS THE WETTEST SPRING AND SEASON ON RECORD WITH 20.06" OF PRECIP BREAKING THE PREVIOUS SPRING (AND SEASON) RECORD OF 18.69" IN 1993. 2011 - IN A HUGE REVERSAL AFTER THE WETTEST SPRING AND SEASON ON RECORD, JULY IS THE DRIEST JULY AND SUMMER MONTH ON RECORD WITH ONLY 0.67" OF RAINFALL. 2011 - 2ND WETTEST SEPTEMBER AND 4TH WETTEST MONTH ON RECORD WITH 9.37" OF RAINFALL. 6.43" OF RAIN FELL FROM THE 4TH-9TH FROM THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM LEE. 2011 - 7.0" SNOW FELL ON OCTOBER 29TH, THE MOST SNOW TO FALL IN ANY DAY IN OCTOBER AND SHATTERING THE PREVIOUS MONTHLY RECORD OF 1.0" IN OCT. 1962. 2011 - THE FALL OF 2011 IS THE 2ND WETTEST ON RECORD WITH 17.01" OF PRECIPITATION. THE RECORD IS 18.02" IN FALL 1996. 2011 - 2011 IS THE 4TH WETTEST YEAR ON RECORD WITH 51.09" OF TOTAL PRECIPITATION. 2012 - APRIL 2012 IS THE 3RD DRIEST APRIL ON RECORD WITH 1.15" OF PRECIPITATION. 2012 - JUNE 1ST - ANOTHER TORNADO HITS THE BELLEGROVE AREA NEAR GREEN RIDGE. IT WAS RATED EF-1 WITH 90 MPH WINDS AND A 175-YARD PATH WIDTH. 2012 - JUNE 29TH - SUPER DERECHO HITS AREA, PRODUCING THE WORST WIND DAMAGE SINCE THE JUNE 2, 1998 F4 FROSTBURG TORNADO AND THE APRIL 9, 1991 DERECHO. POWER WAS KNOCKED OUT FOR SEVERAL DAYS TO OVER A WEEK IN SOME AREAS. GUSTS 75+ MPH. 2012 - OCTOBER 29TH-30TH - "SUPERSTORM SANDY" HAMMERS THE ENTIRE EASTERN U.S. THE STORM'S EVOLUTION WAS STRIKINGLY SIMILAR TO 1991'S "PERFECT STORM" AND CAUSED WIDESPREAD DEVASTATION RIVALING HURRICANE KATRINA IN 2005, ESPECIALLY IN THE NJ/NYC AREAS. LOCALLY, HEAVY RAIN (3.47" IN LAVALE) FELL, WITH SOME LOCALIZED SPOTS WITHIN A FEW MILES RECORDING OVER 7" OF PRECIPITATION, CAUSING FLOODING. WINDS GUSTED OVER 50 MPH, CAUSING DAMAGE AND KNOCKING OUT POWER TO MANY. THUNDER-SLEET AND THUNDER-SNOW WERE OBSERVED HERE AND IN THE NEARBY MOUNTAINS, WHICH WERE SLAMMED WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND UP TO 3 FEET OF SNOW AT THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS IN NEARBY WV. ALSO, A RECORD LOW BAROMETER OF 28.83" WAS RECORDED ON THE 30TH, BEATING THE MARCH 1993 SUPERSTORM RECORD OF 28.88" 2012 - NOVEMBER 2012 IS THE 2ND DRIEST NOV. ON RECORD WITH ONLY 0.31" PRECIPITATION. 2013 - MARCH 24-26 - 8.5" OF TOTAL SNOW, HEAVIEST SPRING SNOW STORM HERE SINCE 1928! *SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL SYSTEM IMPACTS (MOSTLY HEAVY RAIN/FLOODS) IN AREA 1948-2011: 1949 - AUG. 28-29 - HURRICANE "2" WHIPS THROUGH THE AREA STILL AS A TROPICAL STORM PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND 1.80" OF RAINFALL. 1952 - SEP. 1 - HURRICANE ABLE MOVES THROUGH THE MID-ATLANTIC WITH SOME HIGH WINDS AND 2.00" RAINFALL IN LAVALE. 1954 - OCT. 15 - HURRICANE HAZEL HAMMERS MUCH OF MARYLAND. THE STORM STRUCK THE CAROLINA COAST AS A STRONG CATEGORY 2 HURRICANE AND REFUSED TO DIE AS IT RACED NORTHWARD. IT REMAINED A CATEGORY 1 HURRICANE ALL THE WAY THROUGH MD AND PA, PASSING OVER WESTERN MARYLAND. IT PASSED JUST EAST OF THE AREA, SO WE WERE SPARED THE STRONGEST WINDS, BUT STILL HAD A LOT OF WIND DAMAGE. ALSO, VERY INTENSE RAIN FELL IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. 4.64" OF RAIN FELL AT LAVALE ON THE 15TH, CAUSING QUITE A BIT OF FLASH FLOODING IN THE AREA. 1955 - TWO TROPICAL SYSTEMS BRING HEAVY RAINS TO THE AREA WITHIN A WEEK. THE REMNANTS OF CONNIE DROP 1.99" RAIN ON AUG. 12-13. LESS THAN A WEEK LATER, THE REMNANTS OF DIANE DROP 2.33" OF RAIN ON AUG. 17-18. 4.87" OF RAIN FELL WITHIN THE WEEK OF AUG. 12-18. ALTHOUGH THE STORMS TOOK COMPLETELY DIFFERENT TRACKS, CONNIE TO THE NW AND DIANE TO THE NE, THE STORM TRACKS INTERSECTED JUST TO OUR EAST OVER NORTH CENTRAL MD AND SOUTH CENTRAL PA. EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN FELL TO OUR EAST OVER EASTERN/CENTRAL MD AND EASTERN PA WHERE DEVASTATING FLOODING OCCURRED AND SOME AREAS REPORTED OVER 20 INCHES OF RAIN! 1959 - SEP. 30 - OCT. 1 - HURRICANE GRACIE, WHICH SLAMMED THE SC COAST WITH VIOLENT WINDS AND TORNADOES THAT RESULTED IN 22 DEATHS, PASSED JUST TO OUR WEST. HIGH WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE COMMON ACROSS THE AREA. 4.67" OF RAIN FELL SEP. 30 - OCT 1. BIG MEADOWS VA REPORTED A WHOPPING 13.20" OF RAINFALL. 1960 - SEP. 10-12 - A FRONT COMBINED WITH TROPICAL STORM DONNA JUST OFF THE EAST COAST PRODUCED 2.33" OF RAINFALL. 1965 - SEP. 12-13 REMNANTS OF HURRICANE BETSY, A LONG-LIVED AND DEVASTATING CAT. 4 HURRICANE THAT HAMMERED LOUISIANA, DROPS 2.52" OF RAINFALL. 1968 - JUNE 26-28 REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM CANDY DROP 2.15" RAINFALL. 1972 - JUNE 18-23 HURRICANE AGNES, WHICH TOOK AN UNUSUAL TRACK OFF THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST BUT RE-CURVED BACK INLAND AROUND NEW YORK CITY, CAUSED DEVASTATING FLOODING OVER MUCH OF THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES. OVER A 6-DAY PERIOD, 6.09" OF RAIN FELL, ONE OF THE WETTEST WEEKS EVER AND THE MOST RAIN TO FALL FROM A TROPICAL SYSTEM. JUNE 1972 WAS OF COURSE THE WETTEST JUNE EVER WITH 9.43" 1975 - SEPT. 23-26 - HURRICANE ELOISE'S REMNANTS MOVING SLOWLY THROUGH THE MID- ATLANTIC BRING 3.02" OF RAINFALL IN A 4-DAY PERIOD. 1979 - AN UNUSUAL NUMBER OF TROPICAL STORMS, IN THE MIDST OF A VERY ACTIVE TROPICAL YEAR, AFFECT OUR AREA, WITH 4 STORMS TAKING PATHS VERY CLOSE TO OUR AREA. ON JULY 14 THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM BOB BRING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS (1.85" IN CUMBERLAND). ANOTHER STORM, CLAUDETTE, TOOK AN ALMOST IDENTICAL TRACK BUT WEAKENED AS IT MOVED THROUGH AROUND THE 29TH-30TH. THEN ON SEP. 5TH, HURRICANE DAVID BREEZED THROUGH WITH 1-3" OF RAIN (2.66" IN FROSTBURG) AND ANOTHER STORM FREDERIC WHIPPED THROUGH WITH ABOUT ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN ON SEP. 14TH. 1985 - NOV. 1-6: THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE JUAN, AN UNUSUALLY STRONG LATE SEASON TROPICAL STORM, INCH WEST OF THE AREA, FEEDING LOTS OF TROPICAL MOISTURE AGAINST THE EAST SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS. 3 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN ALLEGANY COUNTY...VARYING WIDELY FROM 3.21" AT CUMBERLAND TO 6.93" AT FROSTBURG. MOST OF THIS (5.57") FELL ON THE 4TH-5TH. AFTER A WET LATE OCTOBER THIS CAUSED DEVASTATING FLOODING IN THE AREA, ESPECIALLY OVER PARTS OF NEARBY WEST VIRGINIA AND VIRGINIA. MANY OTHER EXTRATROPICAL WEATHER EVENTS THIS MONTH MADE IT THE WETTEST MONTH EVER (10.72", WITH 12.91" AT FROSTBURG) IN MANY LOCATIONS. MANY STATIONS REPORTED OVER 10 INCHES. 1987 - SEPT. 6-9: TROPICAL DEPRESSION 9, THOUGH POORLY ORGANIZED, TRACKED UP THE EAST COAST BRINGING HEAVY RAINS TOTALING 3.68" IN CUMBERLAND AND 3.16" IN FROSTBURG. THIS RAINFALL WAS MUCH NEEDED AFTER A DRY SUMMER BUT ALSO CAUSED SOME FLOODING MAINLY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS, WHERE PARTS OF VA REPORTED OVER 10 INCHES OF RAINFALL. 1990 - OCT. 11-13: A SERIES OF TROPICAL SYSTEMS THAT HIT THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. MOVED UP OR JUST OFF THE COAST BRINGING HEAVY RAINS OF ABOUT 3 INCHES. THE HEAVIEST RAIN (OVER 2") FELL ON THE 11TH. ON THE 13TH SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN FELL JUST 50-70 MILES EAST OF HERE BUT ONLY ABOUT A HALF INCH OF ADDITIONAL RAIN FELL. STILL, OCT. 1990 WAS THE 4TH WETTEST ON RECORD. 1991 - AUGUST 18-19: AN UPPER LEVEL LOW COMBINED WITH HURRICANE BOB, WHICH TRACKED JUST OFF THE EAST COAST AND HAMMERED MUCH OF NEW ENGLAND, PRODUCED SCATTERED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA. ONE OF THESE STORMS PARKED ITSELF OVER THIS STATION, DUMPING OVER 2" OF RAIN IN 45 MINUTES, FLOODING THE BASEMENT. 1992 - AUG. 28 - REMNANTS OF INFAMOUS ANDREW TRACK JUST EAST OF THE AREA, PRODUCING A QUICK 1.22" OF RAINFALL AND MANY TORNADOES OVER EASTERN MD AND VA 1994 - AUG. 17 - TROPICAL STORM BERYL DUMPS 2.55" OF RAIN IN ABOUT 18 HOURS ON THE 17TH. OVERALL 2.67" RAIN FELL FROM THE STORM. 1995 - AUG. 5-6 - 2" OF RAINFALL FROM REMNANTS OF ERIN. SEPT. 16-17 1.34" FROM REMNANTS OF ISHMAEL. HEAVIEST TROPICAL EVENT IN A VERY BUSY SEASON WAS FROM HURRICANE OPAL WITH 2.02" ON OCT. 5 AND OVERALL 2.31" FROM THE STORM. 1996 - SEPT. 6 - HURRICANE FRAN BATTERS THE COAST OF NORTH CAROLINA THEN MOVES NORTH AND HAMMERS THE MOUNTAINS OF VIRGINIA AND WESTERN MARYLAND WITH FLOODING RAINS. AT THIS STATION 5.20" OF RAIN FELL IN A 12-HOUR PERIOD ON THE 6TH. 6.33" FELL AT FROSTBURG AND 4.63" AT CUMBERLAND. THIS REMAINS A STATION RECORD, AND CONTRIBUTED GREATLY TO A RECORD WET SEPTEMBER (9.87") AND A RECORD WET YEAR (59.05"). SEVERE FLOODING HIT THE AREA FOR THE 2ND TIME IN 1996. ANOTHER STORM, FAUSTO, FROM THE PACIFIC, BROUGHT LESSER AMOUNTS OF RAIN (1.64") ON THE 16TH-17TH, CONTRIBUTING TO THE RECORD RAINS. 1999 - SEPT. 4-6 - 1.92" FROM REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM DENNIS. ONLY 0.58" FROM FLOYD ON THE 16TH BUT WE WERE ON THE WESTERN EDGE OF A VERY SHARP PRECIP GRADIENT WITH RECORD RAINS FALLING TO OUR EAST. OVER 14" OF RAIN FELL IN PARTS OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY AREA! 2002 - SEPT. 26-27 - 1.82" OF RAIN FROM REMNANTS OF HURRICANE ISIDORE, WIND DAMAGE 2003 - SEPT. 18-19 - 2.36" OF RAIN FROM REMNANTS OF HURRICANE ISABEL. SOME HEAVIER AMOUNTS NEARBY WITH 3.74" AT FROSTBURG AND 4.10" AT BUFFALO MILLS PA WITH A LOT OF WIND DAMAGE IN SURROUNDING AREAS AND STORM SURGE FLOODING TO THE EAST. WE APPEARED TO BE IN THE "EYE" OF THE STORM (STILL A TROPICAL STORM AS IT PASSED THROUGH) SO WE GOT FAR LESS RAIN AND WIND THAN NEARBY AREAS. 2004 - SEPT. 8-9 - 4.64" OF RAINFALL (4.36" ON THE 8TH) FROM REMNANTS OF HURRICANE FRANCES, WHICH HAD RAVAGED FLORIDA. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OCCURRED IN THE COUNTY. THEN ON SEPT. 17-18 ANOTHER 2.86" FELL FROM IVAN, CAUSING MORE WIDESPREAD FLOODING IN THE COUNTY, PARTICULARY IN THE NORTHWEST PORTION. YET ANOTHER TROPICAL SYSTSEM JEANNE PASSED MOSTLY SOUTH & EAST OF OUR AREA WITH OVER 7 INCHES IN SOME PARTS OF NORTHEAST MD AND DE HERE ONLY 1.20" OF RAIN FELL BUT COMPLETED THE 2ND WETTEST SEPTEMBER ON RECORD WITH 9.02" OF RAIN AND NEARLY ALL OF IT WAS DUE TO THESE THREE TROPICAL SYSTEMS. NEARBY FROSTBURG HAD ITS WETTEST SEPTEMBER AND 2ND WETTEST MONTH WITH 11.61" RAIN. 2005 - JULY 7-8 - 1.92" OF RAIN FROM REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM CINDY. JULY 13 - A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM FUELED BY A HUMID AIRMASS AND THE REMNANTS OF DENNIS TO THE WEST TRIGGERED A MONSTER THUNDRSTORM OVER CUMBERLAND AND LAVALE THAT DUMPED 2-3" OF RAIN IN AN HOUR AND CAUSED MUCH FLASH FLOODING AND LIGHTNING DAMAGE. ON OCT. 7-8 2.45" RAIN FELL FROM A FRONT COMBINED WITH T.S. TAMMY'S MOISTURE, WITH AGAIN THE HEAVIEST RAIN TO OUR EAST. AT THE END OF OCTOBER, AN USUSUAL SITUATION SET UP WITH THE REMNANTS OF DEVASTATING HURRICANE WILMA, ANOTHER TROPICAL STORM (ALPHA) AND A DEVELOPING LOW OVER THE OHIO VALLEY TO PRODUCE AN USUSUALLY EARLY SEASON HEAVY RAIN/SNOW EVENT WITH OVER A FOOT OF SNOW AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS ON THE 24TH-25TH. 2005 WAS AN OFF-THE- CHARTS TROPICAL SEASON THAT INCLUDED THE DEVASTATING STORMS DENNIS, KATRINA, RITA, STAN AND WILMA, WENT THROUGH SIX LETTERS OF THE GREEK ALPHABET AND HAD TROPICAL STORMS DEVELOP AS LATE AS DEC. 30TH AND PERSIST WELL INTO JANUARY 2006! WOW!!! 2006 - SEPT. 1-2 REMNANTS OF ERNESTO MOVE UP THE EAST COAST AND DROP 2.20" RAIN. 2007 - AUG. 19-22 REMNANTS OF ERIN COMBINED WITH A QUASI-STATIONARY FRONT TO PRODUCE 2.98" OF RAIN OVER THE AREA. 2008 - AUG. 27-28 REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM FAY MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS, DUMPING 3.52" OF RAIN (2.87" ON THE 28TH). 2009 - OCT. 23-24 2.27" OF RAIN FROM A FRONT COMBINED WITH MOISTURE FROM PACIFIC TROPICAL SYSTEM RICK 2010 - SEPT. 30TH 3.14" OF RAINFALL IN 15 HOURS FROM TROPICAL STORM NICOLE. SOME EXTREME AMOUNTS 10+" RAIN FELL OVER PARTS THE EASTERN MID-ATLANTIC REGION. 2011 - AFTER A BRUSHING FROM HURRICANE IRENE (ONLY .06" RAIN) ON AUG. 27, REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM LEE STALLED OVER THE MID-ATLANTIC AND DUMPED 6.43" OF RAIN FROM SEPTEMBER 4TH-9TH, SETTING A NEW RECORD FOR MOST RAIN FROM A TROPICAL SYSTEM. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS AGNES WITH 6.09" IN 6 DAYS (SEE 1972 ABOVE). *COPIED FROM ABOVE* 2012 - OCTOBER 29TH-30TH - "SUPERSTORM SANDY" HAMMERS THE ENTIRE EASTERN U.S. THE STORM'S EVOLUTION WAS STRIKINGLY SIMILAR TO 1991'S "PERFECT STORM" AND CAUSED WIDESPREAD DEVASTATION RIVALING HURRICANE KATRINA IN 2005, ESPECIALLY IN THE NJ/NYC AREAS. LOCALLY, HEAVY RAIN (3.47" IN LAVALE) FELL, WITH SOME LOCALIZED SPOTS WITHIN A FEW MILES RECORDING OVER 7" OF PRECIPITATION, CAUSING FLOODING. WINDS GUSTED OVER 50 MPH, CAUSING DAMAGE AND KNOCKING OUT POWER TO MANY. THUNDER-SLEET AND THUNDER-SNOW WERE OBSERVED HERE AND IN THE NEARBY MOUNTAINS, WHICH WERE SLAMMED WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND UP TO 3 FEET OF SNOW AT THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS IN NEARBY WV. ALSO, A RECORD LOW BAROMETER OF 28.83" WAS RECORDED ON THE 30TH, BEATING THE MARCH 1993 SUPERSTORM RECORD OF 28.88" *SOME SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN THE CUMBERLAND AREA LATE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURIES* 1888 - MARCH 11-13 - THE "BLIZZARD OF 1888" STRIKES MUCH OF MARYLAND WITH RECORD SNOWS AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM WAS NICKNAMED "WHITE HURRICANE" 1889 - MAY 31 - JUNE 1 - THE SAME STORM THAT DEMOLISHED JOHNSTOWN AND KILLED 2,209 PEOPLE ALSO AFFECTED THE CUMBERLAND AREA WITH SERIOUS RIVER FLOODING 1890 - VERY WET YEAR IN CUMBERLAND WITH 52.42" STOOD AS THEIR WETTEST YEAR FOR 106 YEARS. FOUR MONTHS - MAY, AUG, SEP & OCT HAD AROUND 7 INCHES OF RAIN. 1996'S 54.83" FINALLY BROKE THIS RECORD, AND 2003'S 53.19" BUMPED 1890 DOWN TO 3RD. 1891 - NOVEMBER 23 - RARE LATE-SEASON F2 TORNADO MOVES NORTHEAST THROUGH THE HEART OF FROSTBURG, CAUSING SIGNFICANT DAMAGE. DAMAGE AND INJURY STATISTICS ARE UNKNOWN. 1892 - 4.64" OF RAIN IN CUMBERLAND ON JUNE 4. THIS IS THE HIGHEST DAILY AMOUNT ON RECORD, BARELY ECLIPSING FRAN'S 4.63" ON 9/6/1996. 5.32" TOTAL RAIN FELL ON JUNE 3-4 AND 10.06" RAIN FELL DURING THE MONTH (JUNE 1892) WETTEST JUNE EVER. 1899 - FEBRUARY 10 - LOW -12 IN CUMBERLAND, -22 IN FROSTBURG. THEN ON THE 12TH-13TH 16.5" SNOW FELL IN CUMBERLAND (FROSTBURG TOTAL UNKNOWN). 1904 - VERY DRY YEAR ONLY 19.96" PRECIP AT CUMBERLAND. ONLY 1930 (18.11") WAS DRIER. 1906 - WARM JAN/FEB FOLLOWED BY EXTREME COLD MARCH 7. LOW REACHED -8 IN CUMBERLAND, A RECORD COLD TEMPERATURE FOR MARCH 1907 - ANOTHER BIG EARLY SPRING TURN-AROUND. RECORD HIGH OF 90 IN CUMBERLAND MAR 28 THE EARLIEST 90 DEGREE READING EVER. HOWEVER, ON APRIL 2, THE LOW DIPPED TO A RATHER CHILLY 19. A LOT OF SNOW FELL IN THE MOUNTAINS IN APRIL 1907. 1911 - EXTREME DRYNESS IN JULY (ONLY 0.39") BUT IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY A VERY WET AUGUST 9.05" FELL 4.00" IN THE FINAL 3 DAYS AND 5.75" IN THE FINAL WEEK. 1912 - JAN. 13 -40 F/C LOW IN NEARBY OAKLAND, COLDEST TEMPERATURE EVER IN MD. 1915 - AUGUST 1915 IS THE WETTEST MONTH EVER IN CUMBERLAND WITH A WHOPPING 12.20 INCHES. 3.07" RAIN FELL ON THE 1ST-2ND AND ANOTHER 3.79" FELL ON THE 3RD-4TH SO 6.86" FELL IN ONLY 4 DAYS, CAUSING SEVERE FLOODS. AT THE END OF THE MONTH ANOTHER 3.16" FELL ON THE 28TH-30TH. SEVERAL TROPICAL SYSTEMS AFFECTED THE AREA AS WELL AS HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS. FROSTBURG ALSO WAS VERY WET 10.85" FELL THIS MONTH, 6.65" THE FIRST 4 DAYS. 1917-1918 - VERY COLD AND SNOWY WINTER. THE WINTER BEGAN EARLY AND ENDED LATE WITH 1" SNOW AS EARLY AS OCT. 24 AND 7" AS LATE AS APRIL 12TH AFTER 5" FELL ON APR 10TH. JANUARY WAS EXCEPTIONALLY COLD WITH A MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 20.7 AND A LOW OF -11 ON THE 21ST AND ALSO VERY SNOWY WITH A WHOPPING 37 INCHES. THESE STATS ARE ALL FOR CUMBERLAND. THE WINTER OF 1917-1918 HAD 62+ INCHES OF SNOW IN CUMBERLAND AND 101.5" IN FROSTBURG, WHERE TWO FEET (24 INCHES) OF SNOW FELL DURING THE BACK-TO-BACK STORMS ON APRIL 10-12. WOW! 1918-1919 - AFTER A RECORD COLD/SNOWY WINTER THE PREVIOUS YEAR, THIS WINTER IS MILD AND SNOW-LESS, WITH ONLY 7.7" SNOW IN CUMBERLAND AND 26" IN FROSTBURG. EVEN OAKLAND IN GARRETT CO. ONLY REPORTED 29.9", ITS RECORD LOW SEASON TOTAL. 1921 - MARCH 27TH - 90 F AT WESTERNPORT, EXTREMELY HOT FOR SO EARLY IN THE SEASON! 1923 - APR 1 - NO APRIL FOOLS IT'S VERY COLD OVER W. MD WITH A LOW OF 5 F IN FROST- BURG AND LOWS BELOW ZERO IN GARRETT COUNTY! ON MAY 9-10, 0.6" SNOW FELL IN FROSTBURG. VERY UNUSUAL EXTREME COLD AND LATE SNOW THIS SPRING 1924 - BIG SPRING FLOODS HITS CUMBERLAND, RIVALING SOME OF THE LATER MAJOR FLOODS IN THE 20TH CENTURY. AFTER A COLD, SNOWY WINTER, WARM TEMPERATURES, HEAVY RAINS AND SNOWMELT COMBINED FOR NEAR-RECORD FLOODING (AT THE TIME) ALONG THE POTOMAC RIVER AND WILLS CREEK IN LATE MARCH. THEN IN MID-MAY WITH 6.07" OF RAIN IN FROSTBURG FROM THE 8TH-12TH, CAUSING MORE FLOODING. 8.68" RAIN FELL IN FROSTBURG AND 7.34" IN CUMBERLAND IN MAY. JUNE WAS ALSO WET WITH AGAIN OVER 8 INCHES (8.04") IN FROSTBURG AND 5.74" IN CUMBERLAND. 1925 - WET OCTOBER 8.06" AT FROSTBURG WITH ALSO 5.7" SNOW, 0.2" ON THE 10TH-11TH. 1926 - FEB. 3-4 19" SNOW IN FROSTBURG AND 14" IN CUMBERLAND FROM STRONG NOR-EASTER. 1927 - FEB. 18-20 - HEAVY SNOW STORM 16.8" IN CUMBERLAND AND 18" IN FROSTBURG 1928 - EXTREME VERY LATE SEASON SNOW STORM HITS WESTERN MARYLAND. ON APRIL 27-28, 10" SNOW FELL IN CUMBERLAND AND AN AMAZING 25" IN FROSTBURG. ALMOST UNHEARD OF TO GET SUCH HEAVY SNOW SO LATE IN THE SEASON. THE SNOW WAS VERY WET AND HEAVY WITH 3.08" WATER EQUIVALENT IN CUMBERLAND AND 4.00" IN FROSTBURG. THE RAPID MELTDOWN BY MAY 1 CAUSED MAJOR RIVER FLOODING OF THE POTOMAC. 1929 - WET APRIL 8.43" IN FROSTBURG AND 6.97" IN CUMBERLAND. VERY DRY IN JULY ONLY 0.59" RAIN IN FROSTBURG AND 0.88" IN CUMBERLAND. HOWEVER VERY WET AGAIN IN OCTOBER WITH 8.14" IN FROSTBURG, 4.97" IN THE FIRST 4 DAYS FROM TROPICAL SYSTEMS. CUMBERLAND REPORTED 4.27" DURING THIS PERIOD. 1930 - EXTREME DROUGHT GRIPS THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. 1930 WAS AN INCREDIBLY DRY YEAR WITH A MERE 18.11" OF PRECIPITATION AT CUMBERLAND ALL YEAR, ONLY HALF NORMAL AND DRIEST ON RECORD. ONLY .03" OF RAIN IN CUMBERLAND IN OCTOBER, THE DRIEST MONTH EVER (AND ONLY .10" AT FROSTBURG). ALSO, AN EXTREME LATE SUMMER HEAT WAVE STRUCK THE AREA. FROM JULY 19-AUGUST 10, THERE WERE 9 DAYS 100 OR HIGHER IN CUMBERLAND IN A 23-DAY STRETCH (!) AND ALL BUT 3 OF THOSE 23 DAYS WERE IN THE 90S OR HIGHER. DURING THIS STRETCH, A MEAGER .07" RAIN FELL. 1931 - MAY 23 - TRACE OF SNOW IN FROSTBURG...VERY LATE TO BE SEEING SNOW FLAKES! 1932 - MARCH 27-28 16.7" SNOW AND 3.45" PRECIP IN FROSTBURG FROM NORTH-EASTER. 1936 - MAR 17 INFAMOUS ST. PATRICK'S DAY FLOOD THAT DEVASTATED MUCH OF CUMBERLAND WITH RECORD FLOOD LEVELS AND WAS THE WORST FLOOD OF THE ENTIRE 20TH CENTURY. AFTER A RELATIVELY COLD, SNOWY WINTER, HEAVY RAIN FELL IN MID-MARCH (2.85" IN CUMBERLAND AND NEARLY TWICE THAT, 5.59" IN FROSTBURG), CAUSING MUCH MELTING OF MOUNTAIN SNOW AND RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINS. FROSTBURG HAD ITS WETTEST MARCH EVER WITH 9.04 INCHES. THE DEVASTATING FLOODS PROMPTED FLOOD CONTROL IN CUMBERLAND AND LIKELY SAVED THE CITY FROM DISASTER WHEN ANOTHER FLOOD OF HISTORIC PROPORTIONS STRUCK IN JANUARY 1996. 1936 - JULY 10TH-11TH HOTTEST TEMPERATURES EVER RECORDED IN CUMBERLAND AND IN FACT THE ENTIRE STATE! A SIZZLING 108 ON THE 10TH AND 109 ON THE 11TH TIED FREDERICK FOR THE STATE RECORD! THIS WAS IN THE MIDST OF A STRETCH OF 5 CONSECUTIVE DAYS IN THE 100S AND 7 OF 8 DAYS REACHED 100 OR HIGHER! WOW! 1937 - APRIL 25-28 5.10" RAIN IN FROSTBURG AND 4.30" IN CUMBERLAND CAUSING MAJOR RIVER FLOODING. 3.60"/3.33" ON THE 26TH AT THE 2 STATIONS, RESPECTIVELY. 1938 - DRY YEAR IN FROSTBURG ONLY 29.67". SURPRISINGLY MORE RAIN FELL IN CUMBERLAND WITH JUST OVER 30 (30.04) INCHES. 1938 - NOV. 24-25 A FOOT (12") OF SNOW FALLS ON THANKSGIVING IN FROSTBURG. 1939 - NOV. 5-6 EARLY SEASON HEAVY MOUNTAIN SNOW 8.5" IN FROSTBURG. 1940 - OCT. 20 - ONE OF THE EARLIEST MEASURABLE SNOWS IN CUMBERLAND 2.0" FELL. 4.5 INCHES WERE RECORDED IN FROSTBURG. 1942 - OCT. 13-16 - EXTREMELY HEAVY MID-OCTOBER RAINS FROM A SLOW-MOVING TROPICAL SYSTEM THAT STALLED OVER VIRGINIA, PRODUCING MASSIVE FLOODING ALL OVER THAT STATE AS WELL AS MUCH OF MARYLAND. AN INCREDIBLE 8.39" RAIN FELL AT FROSTBURG, 7.40" ON THE 14TH-15TH, AND 6.47" FELL AT CUMBERLAND IN A FOUR- DAY PERIOD, CAUSING DISASTROUS FLOODING OF WILLS CREEK AND THE POTOMAC RIVER. 1943 - ANOTHER DRY YEAR 27.81" AT FROSTBURG AND 26.21" IN CUMBERLAND. 1944 - JUNE 23 - F1 TORNADO HITS FROSTBURG AREA, CAUSING $2,000 IN DAMAGE AND INJURING 2 PEOPLE DUE TO CONTACT WITH POWER LINES. THE STORM MOVED OUT OF GARRETT COUNTY, WHERE 3 PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND 26 INJURED. 1947 - FEB. 20-21 HEAVY SNOW STORM 16.2" IN FROSTBURG AND 14.2" IN CUMBERLAND *THIS PAGE WILL BE CONTINUOUSLY UPDATED AS NEW DATA AND RECORDS ACCUMULATE. *NOTE NOT ALL DATA ARE OFFICIAL, AND THEREFORE *CANNOT* BE USED FOR LEGAL PURPOSES* ONLINE SOURCES OF THIS INFORMATION ARE WIKIPEDIA, NCDC & NWS STERLING VA WEBSITES. Original data provided by: Cumberland Police Barracks, Nate, Steve & Sara Mullins, David Drewery, Charles Orlick and Scott Lohr (LaVale). Other data courtesy of Tim and Sean Thomas (Cumberland), Lee K. Close and Greg Latta (Frostburg), and any other area/regional weather observers involved in collecting data and observations.