Twin Cities Winter Warmth, 1999 - 2000

For a third consecutive winter, temperatures were very mild across Minnesota. Twin Cities data show that the period November 1999 through March 2000, was the warmest November - March interval in the modern record. Looking at data collected prior to the modern record (1891-present), we see that 1999-2000 ranks only behind 1877-1878 as the warmest November - March period in post-settlement history.

March of 2000 ranked third in the modern record, and it was the warmest March in over 50 years. For the "meteorological winter", December through February, temperatures were the eighth warmest since 1891.

Twin Cities March and Winter Temperature Summary
March November through March December through February
Five Warmest Year
45.0 degrees F. 1910
42.4 1946
41.1 2000
40.2 1973
39.8 1945
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30.3 110 - year
average
coldest - 17.1 1899
pioneer  - 44.8 1878
Five Warmest Year
30.4 degrees F. 1999-2000
29.9 1930-1931
28.9 1986-1987
28.0 1941-1942
27.6 tie 1997-1998
27.6 tie 1982-1983
22.7 109 - year
average
coldest - 16.0 1935-1936
pioneer  - 32.9 1877-1878
Five Warmest Year
27.0 degrees F. 1930-1931
26.0 1997-1998
25.8 1986-1987
24.1 1982-1983
23.7 1991-1992
23.1 (eight) 1999-2000
16.7 109 - year
average
coldest - 7.2 1935-1936
pioneer  - 29.0 1877-1878

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