Second Warmest Winter at Boston

Preliminary National Weather Service data indicate that the average temperature of 37.2° for winter 2011-12 at Boston was the second warmest since records began in 1872. This winter was just 0.6° below the record in 2001-02. Each of the 3 winter months averaged at least 5° above the long-term climatology. Only 3 days in February were colder than average. Including the trace which fell through the afternoon today, the total snowfall so far this season of 7.8" is less than 23% of normal. The previous top 10 warmest winters at Boston:

2002 37.8
1933 36.6
1932 35.4
1991 35.4
1913 35.2
1937 35.2
1949 35.1
1953 35.1
1975 34.9
1997 34.8