Annual	Annual			Annual	Annual			Annual	Annual
	average	average			average	average			average	average
Year	precipitation	temperature		Year	precipitation	temperature		Year	precipitation	temperature
	inches	degrees F			inches	degrees F			inches	degrees F
1900	33.96	54.51		1934	27.91	55.57		1968	31.02	53.40
1901	30.07	53.58		1935	31.35	53.85		1969	33.33	53.61
1902	31.89	53.67		1936	30.47	54.03		1970	31.50	53.66
1903	31.24	52.70		1937	32.06	53.81		1971	31.81	53.83
1904	28.56	52.91		1938	30.93	55.15		1972	33.46	53.48
1905	34.08	52.96		1939	28.44	55.06		1973	36.21	54.48
1906	33.53	53.76		1940	32.25	53.68		1974	31.58	54.28
1907	32.37	53.43		1941	33.64	54.75		1975	34.33	53.80
1908	30.58	54.06		1942	32.93	54.03		1976	28.84	53.40
1909	32.53	53.47		1943	29.07	54.04		1977	32.19	54.44
1910	25.99	54.17		1944	31.93	54.10		1978	31.82	53.13
1911	30.77	54.10		1945	34.14	54.03		1979	34.59	53.19
1912	33.09	52.43		1946	32.39	55.02		1980	30.66	54.23
1913	31.59	53.71		1947	32.14	54.08		1981	30.99	54.93
1914	29.91	53.72		1948	32.70	53.91		1982	35.13	53.58
1915	33.60	53.60		1949	31.65	54.52		1983	37.69	54.05
1916	30.67	53.03		1950	31.43	53.69		1984	32.19	54.18
1917	25.98	52.10		1951	31.76	53.51		1985	32.10	53.52
1918	30.37	53.76		1952	28.51	54.46		1986	32.82	55.22
1919	34.29	53.60		1953	31.48	55.45		1987	31.34	55.15
1920	32.46	52.99		1954	29.01	55.08		1988	28.47	54.52
1921	29.37	55.62		1955	28.42	53.90		1989	30.78	53.82
1922	32.30	54.06		1956	26.44	54.25		1990	32.94	55.61
1923	31.84	53.56		1957	34.34	54.29		1991	35.44	55.24
1924	29.18	52.65		1958	33.31	53.83		1992	33.89	54.42
1925	28.43	54.35		1959	34.09	54.21		1993	33.57	53.52
1926	33.14	53.66		1960	30.95	53.56		1994	32.93	54.86
1927	32.40	54.19		1961	31.62	54.01		1995	33.96	54.75
1928	32.31	53.80		1962	29.11	53.88		1996	35.66	53.94
1929	32.41	53.09		1963	27.81	54.07		1997	33.04	54.28
1930	27.81	54.02		1964	31.83	53.81		1998	35.18	56.36
1931	29.66	55.45		1965	31.05	53.73		1999	29.93	55.98
1932	32.83	54.00		1966	30.01	53.54
1933	29.63	54.91		1967	30.91	53.80

Source:  U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Climatic Data
Center, Climate of 1999 Annual Review (DOC, NOAA, NCDC, Asheville, NC, 2000).

Notes:  U.S. national annual (Jan-Dec) precipitation (inches) and temperature (degrees F) are based on the
U.S. Historical Climate Network (HCN) data set. Data for 1999 are preliminary.

Last Updated on Monday, May 15, 2000