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Winter is finally heading out of town, with the calendar turning to spring.

(Chris Morris, The Plain Dealer)

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Spring is here. The winter known for cold and snow is being tucked into the record books. But was the winter of 2013-14 really that cold and snowy?

Here are 10 facts and figures about the winter that was:

A daily look at the winter of 2013-14, which included more snow and sub-zero temperatures than normal.

1. When's it over?

The calendar officially turned to spring at 12:57 p.m. on Thursday, March 20. It started back on Dec. 21 at 12:11 p.m.

2. Welcome back sub-zero

Sub-zero days are not that unusual in Cleveland. We average about 3.5 a year. But when the temperature dipped to a season-low of 11 below-zero on Jan. 6, it ended a streak of 1,060 straight days of temperatures that stayed on the plus side. There hadn't been a sub-zero day since Feb. 11, 2011.

3. Sub-zero, again and again

We ended up with 10 days in which it was below zero, more than any other winter in Cleveland in 30 years. There were 12 sub-zero days in 1983-84. The record of 24 was set in 1976-77.

4. Warm start

Hard to believe now, after weeks of mostly cold weather, but it was 63 degrees on Dec. 22, the first full day of winter. And it returned to 63 degrees on March 11.

There ended up being only 10 days when the temperature reached at least 50 degrees. On the flip side, the lows were in the single digits or below 26 times. That's nearly 30 percent of the days.

5. Average

The average high of 33.6 degrees ranks just 42nd highest over the last half-century. And the average low of 16.9 degrees was the fourth lowest, but still well above the 50-year record low average of 12.4 degrees in 1977-78.

6. Snowy

Some 60.4 inches of snow fell at the weather service's official recording station at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, and no doubt more at other places throughout the area.

While that's a high amount for Cleveland, there have been six other winters in the last half-century with more snow, including 79.5 inches in 2004-05, 77.8 inches in 2002-03 and 63.2 inches in 2003-04. But this tally is just from the first day of winter until the start of spring.

7. More snow to come?

The record snow, including fall and spring snows, was set in 2004-05 with 117.9 inches. Including some snow that fell in November and December last year before the official start of winter, we stand at 77 inches this time. There's no telling where this year will end up. Spring snows are not that uncommon on the North Coast.

8. Snow days

There was at least a trace of snow two-out-of-three days this winter (62 in all), ranking this year third out of the last 50 in that regard. Back in 2002-03, there were 67 snow days.

9. Big change

While the 2013-14 didn't give us all-time records for snow and cold, it was a big change from the last couple of years.

Especially warm and with little snow was 2011-12. The average high that year was 45.1 (12 degrees higher than this winter) and the snow totaled just 31.5 inches (about half what fell this winter).

10. On the bright side

The National Naval Observatory says we'll have 12 hours and 9 minutes of daylight Thursday as winter switched to spring. The daylight hours will continue to grow to more than 15 hours in June. Back when winter started on Dec. 21, we had just 9 hours and 10 minutes of daylight.

Note: The Northeast Ohio Media Group calculated the averages and records based on daily weather data for Dec. 21 through March 19, to match the winter of 2013-14 through the last full day of winter.

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50 years of winter

Winter Ave. high Ave. low Snow 2013-2014 33.6 16.9 60.4 2012-2013 36.4 23.8 44.7 2011-2012 45.1 30.7 31.5 2010-2011 35.7 22.4 53.8 2009-2010 37.2 25.2 55.9 2008-2009 37.0 20.2 60.6 2007-2008 37.6 23.2 58.4 2006-2007 35.8 22.1 52.2 2005-2006 41.5 29.2 25.2 2004-2005 35.5 21.4 79.5 2003-2004 36.6 22.5 63.2 2002-2003 33.6 19.2 77.8 2001-2002 41.6 26.5 28.3 2000-2001 35.0 22.7 34.4 1999-2000 40.0 23.9 56.0 1998-1999 37.6 22.5 58.1 1997-1998 41.4 29.4 16.6 1996-1997 39.7 24.0 27.9 1995-1996 34.0 19.4 53.0 1994-1995 40.7 23.4 42.4 1993-1994 32.4 16.3 61.9 1992-1993 36.7 22.7 74.0 1991-1992 40.1 25.6 41.9 1990-1991 39.2 23.8 45.5 1989-1990 42.7 26.8 29.8 1988-1989 40.1 23.3 28.0 1987-1988 36.2 20.2 55.5 1986-1987 38.0 23.3 31.2 1985-1986 35.6 21.0 42.0 1984-1985 36.0 20.0 46.5 1983-1984 32.5 17.1 57.3 1982-1983 43.7 28.7 23.0 1981-1982 34.3 18.2 57.2 1980-1981 33.8 19.1 50.5 1979-1980 33.6 20.1 34.7 1978-1979 34.6 17.9 32.8 1977-1978 30.4 12.4 59.9 1976-1977 31.7 14.1 40.0 1975-1976 39.5 23.4 38.4 1974-1975 37.8 25.4 34.8 1973-1974 40.6 25.6 33.5 1972-1973 41.4 27.7 41.0 1971-1972 38.3 21.3 34.3 1970-1971 33.2 19.0 40.1 1969-1970 31.6 18.1 34.7 1968-1969 34.9 21.5 17.8 1967-1968 33.4 17.7 29.8 1966-1967 36.2 22.5 32.1 1965-1966 36.8 21.8 31.1 1964-1965 37.7 22.7 37.9

Source: Northeast Ohio Media Group analysis of data from National Climatic Data Center and National Weather Service.