Snow cover averaged 1.19% below the baseline since 1967 for the first quarter.
For average temperature the first quarter ranked 95th warmest out of 121 years, 5.6% above the baseline.
For minimum temperature it ranked 96th, 6.7% above the baseline.
For heating degree days it ranked 75th, just 2.3% colder than the average. By contrast 1Q2014 was 6.8% colder than the average, and the 18th coldest by this measure since 1895.
For cooling degree days, a measure of uncomfortable warmth, 1Q2015 ranked tied for 12th warmest winter at 40% above the baseline. 1Q2012 was the warmest in the series at 136% above the baseline.
Better to blame the languid GDP on the heat than the cold.
