Ithaca Annual Climate Summary for 1995

Temperature

• The average temperature for 1995 was 46.4 degrees. This was 0.5 degrees warmer than normal.
• It was the warmest year since 1991.
• The year had six months with warmer than normal temperatures (including each the "summer months" - June, July, August) and six colder than normal months (including the last two months of the year).
• The coldest temperature of the year was -12 (minus twelve) degrees on January 19th.
• The hottest temperature was 97 degrees on July 14th.
• New daily maximum temperature records set in 1995:

		Date          New Record       Old Record
		Jan. 14       64 degrees       63 in 1932
		Jan. 16       56 degrees       55 in 1933
		Jul. 14       97 degrees       94 in 1954
		Jul. 15       95 degrees       92 in 1955
		Oct. 13       81 degrees       80 in 1954

• New daily minimum temperature records set in 1995:

		Date           New Record       Old Record
		Apr. 10       12 degrees        14 in 1950
		Sep. 19       31 degrees (tie)  31 in 1959
		

Precipitation

• Precipitation for the year totalled 29.10 inches, which was 6.30 inches below or 82% of normal.
• This was the 12th driest year since records began in 1880 and the driest year since 1969.
• The last year with below normal precipitation was 1991.
• January, October and November were the only months with above normal precipitation in 1995.
• The eight months of February through September had an accumulated precipitation deficit of 9.24 inches. This was second only to 1923 as the driest February-September period in 116 years of record.