A chart at the bottom of this story shows
weather details by the month in 2020
Although 2020 will be remembered as a hot year politically, and by many as a year to forget socially, weather-wise, the year appeared rather ho-hum.
2020 wasn’t really record-setting:
not too hot,
not too cold,
not too much rain,
nor too much snow.
Here’s the 2020 weather summary, provided by Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.
• The average maximum temperature was 61.8 degrees
• The average minimum temperature was 41.9 degrees
• The average temperature was 52.4 degrees
The 70-plus year normal temperature yearly average is 50.1 degrees
• The high temperature reading was 95 degrees
On July 6
• The low temperature reading was 6 degrees
On Feb. 13 and 14
• Precipitation total was 35.64 inches
Normal annual precipitation 37.05 inches
• Snow total was 29.0 inches
Here are some of the annual records since 2009
Hottest year: 2016 at 62.9 average high degrees
Coldest year: 2014 at 38.3 average low degrees
Highest recorded temperature: 102 degrees in 2102
Lowest recorded temperature: minus 19 in 2014
Wettest year (rain): 54.86 inches in 2011
Driest year (rain): 29.05 inches in 2016
