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Valentine's Day

PERIOD OF RECORD: 154 YEARS (1871 - 2024)

Valentine's Day falls on the same date each February, with the 14th of the month set aside for this special day.

The highest temperature recorded on Valentine's Day is 57F degrees in 1946. The lowest the mercury has ever fallen to on Valentine's Day is -13F in 1943. Normally, the high temperature averages 33F degrees and the low 19F degrees on Valentine's Day.

Despite the presence of clouds, an arctic flow of very cold air sent the mercury in the thermometer tumbling down to a low of -12F on Valentine's Day of 2016. This was the coldest temperature on any day in Buffalo in 34 years.

Temperature (F) Data

Highest	57	1946
Lowest	-13	1943
Highest Minimum	40	1915
Lowest Maximum	5	1979
Average High	33
Average Low	19

HIGH TEMPERATURE (F) BY 10 DEGREE RANGES

(since 1944; 81 years)

	Single Digits	10s	20s	30s	40s	50s
Number of occurrences	1	8	27	25	16	4
Percentage	1%	10%	33%	31%	20%	5%

Single

Digits

10s

20s

30s

40s

50s

Number of occurrences

1

8

27

25

16

4

Percentage

1%

10%

33%

31%

20%

5%

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:	39
Number of times 0.10" or greater:	19	Number of times 1.0" or greater:	17
Number of times 0.50" or greater:	5	Number of times 3.0" or greater:	7
		Number of times 6.0" or greater:	1

Precipitation Records

Greatest Snow	12.0"	1960
Greatest Precipitation	1.35"	1950

Almanac Data for Recent Valentine Days

Year	High	Low	Precip	Snow
1980	31	17	0.05	1.0
1981	32	17	0.00	0.0
1982	31	20	0.06	0.8
1983	39	23	0.00	0.0
1984	56	38	0.26	0.0

1985	25	18	0.07	0.9
1986	23	15	0.05	0.7
1987	13	5	T	T
1988	46	14	T	T
1989	42	31	0.08	0.0

1990	34	22	0.08	0.9
1991	35	27	0.30	3.0
1992	33	29	T	T
1993	29	19	T	T
1994	18	8	T	T

1995	24	2	T	T
1996	25	17	0.06	1.0
1997	34	19	0.03	0.4
1998	25	15	T	T
1999	28	11	0.00	0.0

2000	28	24	0.51	5.3
2001	37	31	0.54	1.6
2002	37	20	0.00	0.0
2003	21	8	T	T
2004	28	15	0.04	1.0

2005	40	23	0.37	T
2006	39	28	0.14	1.5
2007	15	9	0.32	6.2
2008	32	17	T	T
2009	27	19	0.00	0.0

2010	28	23	0.03	0.8
2011	48	20	T	T
2012	35	29	0.10	0.2
2013	38	25	0.12	T
2014	27	21	T	0.1

2015	20	2	0.22	6.9
2016	11	-12	T	T
2017	41	23	0.01	0
2018	41	24	0.00	0
2019	44	23	T	0.1

2020	15	2	T	0.2
2021	24	16	T	T
2022	17	8	0.02	0.7
2023	52	27	0.00	0.0
2024	31	21	T	T