FREQUENTLY ASKED CLIMATE QUESTIONS
Temperature Records
Highest Recorded Temperature: 116 on June 27, 1994
Lowest Recorded Temperature: -11 on Feb. 2, 1985 and Feb 8, 1933
First killing frost (32 F)
Earliest: Oct. 19th, 1989
Average: Nov 13th
Latest: Dec 7th, 1998
Last killing frost (32 F)
Earliest:
February 26, 2004
Average: Mar 29th
Latest: Apr 20th ,1933
Longest Growing Season: 276 Days 2004 - Feb 26th to
Nov 30th
Shortest Growing Season: 191 Days 1989 - Apr 11th to Oct
19th
Average Growing Season: 228.5 Days
Wind Records
Fastest observed 1 minute wind speed: 67 mph from 250 degrees - WSW Feb 9,
1960
Peak observed gust:
93 mph from 360 degrees - N Jun 27, 2007
Pressure Records
Lowest: 29.09 inches (sea level) on Feb. 9, 1960
Highest: 31.039 inches (sea level) on Dec 24th, 1983
Snowfall Records
Earliest snowfall: (Trace) on Oct. 28th 1980
(Measureable) on Oct. 30th, 1993 - .6"
Latest snowfall: (Measureable) on Apr. 7th, 2007
- 1 .5"
(Trace) on Apr. 13th 1980
Drought Update
10 of last 13 years below normal precipitation
Average annual precipitation for MAF: 14.80 inches
1951 driest year on record - 4.24 in
1998 2nd driest year on record - 5.14 in
1986 wettest year on record - 32.13 in