4th Warmest Winter at Philadelphia

Preliminary data from the National Weather Service indicate that the winter of 2011-12, ending today, was the 4th warmest at Philadelphia since official climate records began in 1872. The average temperature of 40.7° was 0.3° warmer than the previous 4th warmest winter in 1997-98. As was the case in New York, the 12th of February was the only day this month with below-average temperatures.

The previous 10 warmest winters at Philadelphia were:

1932 43.3
1890 42.3
2002 41.3
1998 40.4
1933 39.9
1880 39.7
1991 39.1
1913 39.0
1937 38.9
1949 38.8