WEATHER

February one of the coldest, snowiest on record

Henry Molski
hmolski@enquirer.com
  • Monthly average%3A 5th coldest February on record
  • Subzero days%3A 4th most in month of February
  • Snowfall%3A 5th most for the month of February
Fraser Cunningham arrives home in Madeira with a frozen beard, which his wife dubbed his "chinsulation." The beard icicles are formed from the water vapors produced by breathing.

At long last, February is over and the final weather measurements have been compiled.

Cincinnati's February 2015 was one of the coldest on record, with an average temperature of 23 degrees. It came with four subzero temperature days and 18.6 inches of snow.

The average temperature of 23 degrees was 11.5 degrees below a normal February average of 34.5 degrees in Cincinnati.

This makes February 2015 the fourth coldest on record. The past month was the coldest February since 2007 when Cincinnati averaged 22.7 degrees for the month.

The coldest February on record for the city was in 1978 when the average temperature was just 18.2 degrees.

Cincinnati also suffered through four days of subzero temperatures -- the fifth most subzero days in the city's history.

That's the most subzero days since 1979, when the city saw an all-time record seven days below zero.

To go along with the freezing month, Cincinnati also received 18.6 inches of snow in February -- an huge jump (12.1 inches) over the monthly February average of 6.5 inches.

February's snowfall ranks as the fifth most in the city's history and the most since a record 26.1 inches fell in 2010.

Data provided by the National Weather Service in Wilmington.