This winter has been really warm in Minneapolis. December and the beginning of January started out extremely above average with hardly any snow. In the past two weeks it's cooled down quite a bit. We've been hit with some serious cold weather with daily high temperatures not getting above 10°F. Even with these cold days we're still in the running for the warmest meteorological winter on record.
Top ten warmest winters in Minneapolis/St. Paul
I pulled the top ten warmest December, January and February months based on the average temperature for each of the months from the ACIS tool. The meteorological winter is defined by December, January and February. You can see that we are barely holding holding onto the #2 spot. This week is suppose to get above average again, so with 43 days to go there is a good chance that we end up with the warmest winter in MPLS / STP history.
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Rank
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Average temperature
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Dates
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Missing Days
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|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 28.9 | 1877-12-01 through 1878-02-28 | 0 |
| 2 | 28.7 | 2023-12-01 through 2024-02-29 | 43 |
| 3 | 26.8 | 2001-12-01 through 2002-02-28 | 0 |
| 4 | 26.8 | 1930-12-01 through 1931-02-28 | 0 |
| 5 | 26.2 | 2011-12-01 through 2012-02-29 | 0 |
| 6 | 26.0 | 1881-12-01 through 1882-02-28 | 0 |
| 7 | 25.8 | 1997-12-01 through 1998-02-28 | 0 |
| 8 | 25.7 | 1986-12-01 through 1987-02-28 | 0 |
| 9 | 24.2 | 2015-12-01 through 2016-02-29 | 0 |
| 10 | 24.1 | 2016-12-01 through 2017-02-28 | 0 |