Last week we learned that our winter snowfall has been pathetic enough to rank us second-to-last on a list of 25 U.S. cities and the snow they received this winter. Today we learn why.
WJLA reports that this winter is likely to go down as the third-warmest since records started being kept. Since winter started, we’ve averaged 43.4°, above the usual 38° but below 1890’s 44.3° and 1932’s 44.6°. Over the last three months we’ve been between four and five degrees above average temperatures.
Other highlights:
- 70 days, out all 91 days this winter, were above average. That’s about 75%!
- Out of these 91 winter days, 18 were 60° or higher.
- The highest temperature this winter was set on Feb. 1st with a high of 72°.
- The highest temperature in January was 68° (Jan. 7th) and in December the highest temperature was 63° (Dec. 15th).
- The lowest temperature recorded all winter was 17° (Jan. 4th).
And what a way to celebrate the end of the meteorological winter—it’s supposed to be in the mid-60s today.
Martin Austermuhle