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4th warmest winters on record in Philly


famartin

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Through yesterday, Winter 2011-12 ranked as 5th warmest on record to date (counting only the period December 1-February 16). The rankings are as follows:

Rank   AveT  Winter
 1	44.1  1931-1932
 2	42.3  1889-1890
 3	41.0  2001-2002
 4	40.3  1949-1950
 5	40.2  2011-2012
 6	39.7  1932-1933
 7	39.5  1997-1998,  1936-1937
 9	39.0  1912-1913
10	38.8  1990-1991,  1879-1880,  1918-1919

5th!!!

Down to the home stretch now...

Here are the 10 final warmest (December 1-February 28):

Rank  AveT  Winter
 1	43.4  1931-1932
 2	42.3  1889-1890
 3	41.3  2001-2002
 4	40.4  1997-1998
 5	40.0  1932-1933
 6	39.5  1879-1880
 7	39.2  1912-1913
 8	39.1  1936-1937
 9	39.0  1990-1991
10	38.8  1949-1950,  1948-1949,  1918-1919

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I did a little research on that all-time warmest winter of 1931-32 and found some other interesting things. Out of the 8" of snow that winter, only 1" of it actually fell in meteorological winter.

Sources:

http://www.fi.edu/weather/data2/index.html

http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/weather/Cold-compared-with-1931-32.html

11/27/1931: 1.2”

12/9/1931: T

1/10/1932: 0.7”

2/2/1932: T

2/4/1932: T

2/17/1932: 0.3”

2/24/1932: T

2/28/1932: T

3/6/1932: 0.2”

3/7/1932: 0.4”

3/14/1932: 0.3”

3/15/1932: T

3/17/1932: 0.2”

3/18/1932: T

3/21/1932: 4.7”

3/28/1932: T

3/29/1932: T

4/13/1932: T

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Here's what happened the ensuing March(es) of the ten warmest winters

1932...39.4F (coldest month)...5.8" snow (snowiest month)

1890...38.8F (coldest month)...5.8" snow (snowiest month again)

2002...45.5F...Trace snow

1998...45.5F (again).....0.1" snow :whistle:

1933...41.4F...0.7" snow

1880...39.8F (no snow records taken)

1991...46.1F...0.7" snow

1913...47.6F....Trace of snow

1937...38.7F...7.8" snow (snowiest month of season)

1949...43.9F...0.9" snow

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Here's what happened the ensuing March(es) of the ten warmest winters

1932...39.4F (coldest month)...5.8" snow (snowiest month)

1890...38.8F (coldest month)...5.8" snow (snowiest month again)

2002...45.5F...Trace snow

1998...45.5F (again).....0.1" snow :whistle:

1933...41.4F...0.7" snow

1880...39.8F (no snow records taken)

1991...46.1F...0.7" snow

1913...47.6F....Trace of snow

1937...38.7F...7.8" snow (snowiest month of season)

1949...43.9F...0.9" snow

Looking forward to summer, 2002 was an absolute scorcher in Philly - almost 60 90 days and 6 over 100. So i looked at the tropics, 12 named, 4 hurricanes. A very late season, most of the action was in Sept. I don't think any of the stroms were memorable up this way (but I wasn't here).

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