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Easter Sunday

     PERIOD OF RECORD:   154 YEARS    (1871 - 2024)

 

Easter Sunday can fall between March 22nd and April 25th. The highest temperature ever recorded on Easter Sunday was on April 18th, 1976 when the thermometer reached 81 degrees. The coldest it has been on an Easter Sunday was 5 degrees reached on April 1, 1923.

Normal temperatures will range through the various dates that Easter can occur. Early in the calendar, Easters normally are 44F for the high, and 28F for the low. Later Easters typically are warmer, with normal highs of 59F and lows of 40F.

The wettest Easter occurred on Sunday, April 3rd 1988 when 0.91 inches of rain fell. The snowiest Easter was back in 1994 when on April 3rd, 1.3 inches of snow fell.

On Easter, April 7th, 1912 a wind storm drove ice on Lake Erie into the entrance of the Inner Harbor and up the Buffalo River. These winds also sent two large steamers into the shallow water.

On Easter, April 14th, 1974 a severe thunderstorm swept across Chautauqua County. This storm produced a small tornado that touched down near French Creek and created minor damage.

 

Snow on Easter Sunday

 

March 28 1880 T
April 5 1885 T
April 2 1893 T
April 2 1899 T
April 3 1904 T
March 31 1907 T
April 16 1911 T
April 1 1923 T
April 9 1939 T
April 9 1950 T
March 25 1951 T
April 2 1961 1.0
April 18 1965 0.4
March 29 1970 T
April 2 1972 T
March 30 1975 0.7
April 11 1982 1.0
April 3 1994 1.3
April 7 1996 0.1
March 30 1997 0.9
April 8 2007 T
April 8 2012 T
April 5 2015 T
April 1 2018 T
April 17 2022 0.7
March 31 2024 T

 

 

 

Almanac Data for Recent Easter Sunday's

 

Year

Month Date High Low Precip Snow
1980 April 6th 59 34 0.00 0.0
1981 April 18th 48 31 0.11 0.0
1982 April 11th 38 31 0.11 1.0
1983 April 3rd 50 38 0.08 0.0
1984 April 22nd 55 33 T 0.0
             
1985 April 7th 45 33 0.00 0.0
1986 March 30th 64 36 0.00 0.0
1987 April 19th 77 48 0.00 0.0
1988 April 3rd 70 56 0.91 0.0
1989 March 26th 61 39 0.00 0.0
             
1990 April 15th 53 40 T 0.0
1991 March 31st 48 24 0.00 0.0
1992 April 19th 76 40 0.00 0.0
1993 April 11th 48 33 0.00 0.0
1994 April 3rd 59 30 0.48 1.3
             
1995 April 16th 49 30 0.00 0.0
1996 April 7th 36 28 T 0.1
1997 March 30th 40 31 0.30 0.9
1998 April 12th 61 31 0.00 0.0
1999 April 4th 58 35 0.09 0.0
             
2000 April 23rd 55 40 0.01 0.0
2001 April 15th 54 38 0.00 0.0
2002 March 31st 51 33 0.00 0.0
2003 April 20th 79 53 T 0.0
2004 April 11th 46 29 0.00 0.0
             
2005 March 27th 50 29 T 0.0
2006 April 16th 56 37 0.00 0.0
2007 April 8th 31 23 T T
2008 March 23rd 34 19 0.00 0.0
2009 April 12th 42 27 0.00 0.0
             
2010 April 4th 63 41 0.00 0.0
2011 April 24th 55 44 T 0.0
2012 April 8th 56 33 T T
2013 March 31st 58 39 0.08 0.0
2014 April 20th 71 36 0.00 0.0
             
2015 April 5th 36 30 0.03 T
2016 March 27th 70 30 0.00 0.0
2017 April 16th 73 48 T 0.0
2018 April 1st 43 28 0.03 T
2019 April 21st 49 40 T 0.0
             
2020 April 12th 66 37 T 0.0
2021 April 4th 56 37 0.00 0.0
2022 April 17th 43 30 0.05 0.7
2023 April 9th 55 29 0.00 0.0
2024 March 31st 47 37 T T