2012 Goes into the Record Books as The Warmest Year in Syracuse
History.
| Year | Mean Temperature |
| 2012 | 52.6°F (51.7°F) ** |
| 1931 | 51.4°F |
| 1998 | 50.8°F |
| 1949 | 50.6°F |
| 2011 | 50.6°F (50.5°F) ** |
| 1936 | 50.4°F |
| 1921 | 50.4°F |
| 1953 | 50.4°F |
| 2002 | 50.4°F |
| 2006 | 50.3°F |
** My Station’s Mean Temperature’s.
Records have been kept in Syracuse since 1902. Notice that on this list of 10 years, five of the warmest years have occurred over the last 20 years.
One of the reasons we broke the record was the consistency of the warmth. Every month except April and November was above normal in temperature and most were well above normal.
There were also many extremes in our warmth in 2012. It was the warmest March on record in Syracuse as was the winter period (December 2011-February 2012). We broke 13 record highs during the year climaxing with 101°F on July 17th (98.3°F -my station). There were NO record lows set in 2012.
See Summary of Summer 2012