2012 Was Warmest On Record Locally

January 5, 2013

Last year was the warmest on record in Pensacola, according to data released Friday by the National Weather Service.

The average temperature for 2012 in Pensacola was 70.7 degrees, which broke the record for the warmest year on record previously set in 1974 of 70.0 degrees.  2012 was 2.8 degrees above the normal temperature of 67.9 degrees.

The total rainfall in Pensacola for 2012 was 66.63 inches, which was just the 47th wettest on record. This was 1.36 inches above the normal annual rainfall of 65.27 inches. The wettest year on record occurred in 1953 when 92.37 inches was record.

Records date back to 1850 and normals are  based upon the 1981 to 2010 period, according to the National Weather Service.

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under News