Preliminary data from the National Climatic Data Center indicates that the first six months of 2012 were the warmest and driest January through June period across Delaware since records began in 1895.

Spring (MAM) of 2012 was the warmest across Delaware since records began in 1895.

Preliminary data from the National Climatic Data Center indicate that the first four months of 2012 have been the warmest and driest such period since 1895 across Delaware.

Preliminary data from the National Climatic Data Center confirm what most Delawareans already knew, that the winter season (DJF) of 2011-12 across Delaware was very warm and somewhat dry.

Preliminary data indicate that 2011 was a very warm and unusually wet year across Delaware. The 2011 mean annual temperature of 58.2 degrees Fahrenheit was 2.5 degrees above the 1981-2010 normal, making it the warmest year since records began in 1895.

An unusual late October snowstorm blanketed the northeast United States with up to 20” of snow from the 28th through the 30th.