{"id":514,"date":"2017-03-01T14:20:51","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T20:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dfwweather.org\/wxblog\/?p=514"},"modified":"2017-03-02T12:40:41","modified_gmt":"2017-03-02T18:40:41","slug":"its-official-2016-2017-hottest-winter-on-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dfwweather.org\/wxblog\/?p=514","title":{"rendered":"IT’S OFFICIAL – 2016-2017 HOTTEST WINTER ON RECORD FOR DFW"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now that meteorological winter has ended (December through February), it is official that 2016-2017 is the hottest winter on record\u00a0for DFW\u00a0with an average temperature of 53.8\u00b0F.<\/p>\n

February 2017 is also the hottest February on record for DFW with an average temperature of 60.6\u00b0F some 10.7\u00b0F above normal.<\/p>\n

In addition, the winter of 2016-2017 also set a record of 80\u00b0F+ degree days in a given winter with 14 days of\u00a0temperatures at or above 80\u00b0F.<\/p>\n

Technically, we can still experience freezing temperatures through mid April, but so far 2016-2017 has the lowest number of recorded freezes in a cold season with only 11 days. Freezes are actually measured from October through April. This is 3 days fewer than the lowest prior record of 14 freezes set in several winters.<\/p>\n

Below are the top five years of the above records:<\/p>\n

Top 5 Hottest Winters:<\/p>\n

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  1. 2016-2017 – 53.8\u00b0F<\/li>\n
  2. 1999-2000 – 53.1\u00b0F<\/li>\n
  3. 1906-1907 – 52.9\u00b0F<\/li>\n
  4. 1951-1952 – 52.8\u00b0F<\/li>\n
  5. 1931-1932 – 52.0\u00b0F<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Top 5 Hottest Februarys:<\/p>\n

      \n
    1. 2017 – 60.6\u00b0F<\/li>\n
    2. 1976 – 58.4\u00b0F<\/li>\n
    3. 1930 – 57.6\u00b0F<\/li>\n
    4. 2000 – 57.3\u00b0F<\/li>\n
    5. 1932 – 56.8\u00b0F<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Top 5 Winters with the Most\u00a080+ Degree Days<\/p>\n

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      1. 2016-2017 – 14 days<\/li>\n
      2. 2005-2006 – 10 days<\/li>\n
      3. 1908-1909 – 10 days<\/li>\n
      4. 1995-1996 – 9 days<\/li>\n
      5. 1951-1952 – 8 days<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Top 5 Fewest 32-Degree Days in a Cold Season:<\/p>\n

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        1. 2016-2017 – 11 freezes*<\/li>\n
        2. 2011-2012 – 14 freezes<\/li>\n
        3. 1999-2000 – 14 freezes<\/li>\n
        4. 1931-32 – 14 freezes<\/li>\n
        5. 1930-1931 -14 freezes<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          *Could still change as we can technically still reach freezing until about mid-April.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          Now that meteorological winter has ended (December through February), it is official that 2016-2017 is the hottest winter on record\u00a0for DFW\u00a0with an average temperature of 53.8\u00b0F. February 2017 is also the hottest February on record for DFW with an average temperature of 60.6\u00b0F some 10.7\u00b0F above normal. In addition, the winter of 2016-2017 also set […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dfwweather.org\/wxblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dfwweather.org\/wxblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dfwweather.org\/wxblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfwweather.org\/wxblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfwweather.org\/wxblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=514"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfwweather.org\/wxblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":519,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfwweather.org\/wxblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514\/revisions\/519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dfwweather.org\/wxblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfwweather.org\/wxblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfwweather.org\/wxblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}