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Ground Hog's Day
PERIOD OF RECORD: 154 YEARS (1871 - 2024)
Ground Hog's Day is celebrated on the 2nd day of February. According to folklore, if the ground hog sees its shadow, winter will persist for 6 more weeks. If the ground hog does not see its shadow, then Spring will come early.
The highest temperature ever recorded on Ground Hog's Day is 57F degrees in 1973. The lowest the mercury has ever fallen to on Ground Hog's Day is -20F in 1961. Normally, the high temperature averages 32F degrees and the low 18F degrees on Ground Hog's Day.
The greatest snowfall on Ground Hog's Day came in 2015 when a synoptic storm dropped a foot of snow across Western New York on the 1st - 2nd, with 8.2 inches falling on the 2nd.
Temperature (F) Data
Highest |
57 | 1973 |
Lowest |
-20 | 1961 |
Highest Minimum |
39 | 1973 |
Lowest Maximum |
5 | 1881 |
Average High |
32 | |
Average Low |
18 |
HIGH TEMPERATURE (F) BY 10 DEGREE RANGES
(since 1944; 81 years)
Single Digits |
Teens | 20s | 30s | 40s | 50s | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of occurrences | 2 | 11 | 23 | 28 | 14 | 3 |
Percentage | 2% | 14% | 28% | 35% | 17% | 4% |
Precipitation Data Snow Data
(since 1944; 81 years) (since 1944; 81 years)
Number of times 0.01" or greater: |
48 |
Number of times 0.1" or greater: |
40 | |
Number of times 0.10" or greater: |
22 |
Number of times 1.0" or greater: |
16 | |
Number of times 0.50" or greater: |
3 |
Number of times 3.0" or greater: |
6 | |
|
Number of times 6.0" or greater: |
4 |
Precipitation Records
Greatest Snow |
8.2" | 2015 |
Greatest Precipitation |
0.81" | 1990 |
Almanac Data for Recent Ground Hog Day's
Year | High | Low | Precip | Snow |
1980
|
15 | 4 | 0.03 | 0.3 |
1981
|
40 | 16 | 0.18 | 0.7 |
1982
|
36 | 9 | 0.00 | 0 |
1983
|
54 | 29 | 0.51 | 0.0 |
1984
|
47 | 16 | 0.00 | 0.0 |
1985 | 20 | 8 | 0.05 | 1.2 |
1986 | 40 | 26 | 0.04 | T |
1987 | 37 | 32 | T | T |
1988 | 33 | 23 | 0.21 | 0.5 |
1989 | 27 | 18 | 0.04 | 0.1 |
1990 | 40 | 17 | 0.81 | 7.1 |
1991 | 44 | 27 | 0.00 | 0.0 |
1992 | 29 | 14 | T | T |
1993 | 25 | 5 | T | T |
1994 | 26 | 5 | T | T |
1995 | 29 | 11 | T | T |
1996 | 13 | 3 | T | 0.1 |
1997 | 37 | 30 | 0.07 | T |
1998 | 46 | 32 | 0.00 | 0.0 |
1999 | 44 | 36 | 0.18 | 0.0 |
2000 | 22 | 11 | T | 0.1 |
2001 | 33 | 18 | 0.18 | 1.7 |
2002 | 30 | 22 | T | T |
2003 | 35 | 31 | 0.01 | T |
2004 | 37 | 6 | 0.00 | 0.0 |
2005 | 36 | 8 | 0.00 | 0.0 |
2006 | 49 | 36 | 0.06 | 0.0 |
2007 | 28 | 14 | 0.11 | 1.4 |
2008 | 33 | 30 | 0.02 | 0.2 |
2009 | 32 | 21 | 0.00 | 0.0 |
2010 | 29 | 11 | 0.02 | 0.2 |
2011 | 26 | 15 | 0.41 | 6.7 |
2012 | 36 | 31 | T | T |
2013 | 19 | 13 | 0.27 | 7.8 |
2014 | 37 | 24 | 0.20 | 0.5 |
2015 | 15 | 3 | 0.42 | 8.2 |
2016 | 44 | 30 | 0.04 | 0.0 |
2017 | 31 | 19 | T | T |
2018 | 19 | 9 | 0.03 | 2.0 |
2019 | 38 | 3 | 0.00 | 0.0 |
2020 | 36 | 31 | 0.26 | 1.4 |
2021 | 31 | 18 | 0.19 | 1.4 |
2022 | 46 | 32 | 0.43 | 0.9 |
2023 | 35 | 18 | T | T |
2024 | 37 | 33 | 0.02 | T |