Clinton area weather observer Jim Blaess says the overall temperature was just under 40 (37.9) degrees which was about a half degree above February 1998 (37.3 degrees) to set the record.
A 73 degree high on the 22nd was the warmest temperature in February –breaking the record of 71 set on February 15th 1921.
It was also set a record for the date breaking the old mark of 65 set in 1922.
Blaess reports other record highs were set on February 17th with 69 breaking the record of 63 set in 1981 – on the 18th the high of 65 broke the record of 61 set in 1981 – the high of 68 on the 18th tied the record for the date – with the high of 68 on the 20th breaking the record of 64 set in 1983.
With high in the 60’s on the 28th – Blaess said there were seven days with high of 60 or above and that tied for the most days in February with 1930
There were no days with zero of below and Blaess says the normal is 3 days. He says the lowest temperature was 11 degrees on the 4th.
Precipitation for the month was about one-point-three inches (1.29 inches ) which Blaess says was below the average of about one-point-six (1.63) inches.
That included one inch of snow according the weather observer. Blaess says that is the least snow in February since no snow in 1998 and tied for the 12th least snowiest February since 1888.
The normal February snowfall in the Clinton area is seven-point-six inches.
During the meteorological winter of December – January – and February it was the 13th warmest in the records.
Blaess says there was 16.2 inches of snow over the period with over 14 inches (14.4 inches) recorded in December. He says the normal snowfall during the meteorological winter is nearly 26 inches (25.7)
Blaess recorded seven days with zero or below temperatures and the normal is 11.
For March, Blaess says the average precipitation is about 2-and-a-quarter inches (2.24) and that includes about three inches of snow.
The average high temperature on March 1st in 41 and average low is 24 and those averages are 57 and 35 by March 31st.
