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Lincoln's Birthday

PERIOD OF RECORD: 154 YEARS (1871 - 2024)

Lincoln's Birthday is celebrated in the state of New York on February 12th.

The highest temperature ever recorded on Lincoln's Birthday is 64F degrees in 1965. The lowest the mercury has ever fallen to on Lincoln's Birthday is -15F in 1979. Normally, the high temperature averages 34F degrees and the low 19F degrees on Lincoln's Birthday.

Temperature (F) Data

Highest	64	1965
Lowest	-15	1979
Highest Minimum	41	1882
Lowest Maximum	-2	1914
Average High	34
Average Low	19

HIGH TEMPERATURE (F) BY 10 DEGREE RANGES

(since 1940; 85 years)

	Teens	20s	30s	40s	50s	60s
Number of occurrences	15	21	32	12	3	2
Percentage	18%	25%	38%	14%	4%	2%

Precipitation Data Snow Data

(since 1940; 85 years) (since 1940; 85 years)

Number of times 0.01" or greater:	44	Number of times 0.1" or greater:	53
Number of times 0.10" or greater:	18	Number of times 1.0" or greater:	19
Number of times 0.50" or greater:	1	Number of times 3.0" or greater:	7
		Number of times 6.0" or greater:	1

Precipitation Records

Greatest Snow	16.0"	1959
Greatest Precipitation	1.00"	1871

Almanac Data for Recent Lincoln Birthday's

Year	High	Low	Precip	Snow
1980	27	18	0.05	1.7
1981	14	5	T	T
1982	23	13	T	T
1983	25	5	0.01	0.2
1984	52	33	0.00	0.0

1985	38	34	0.07	0.7
1986	21	7	T	T
1987	31	18	0.01	0.3
1988	34	14	0.34	3.0
1989	30	20	0.06	1.2

1990	33	20	T	T
1991	24	7	T	T
1992	17	1	0.01	0.1
1993	28	19	0.20	3.2
1994	33	-7	T	T

1995	19	2	T	0.2
1996	18	4	0.10	3.1
1997	31	15	0.06	0.6
1998	44	32	0.16	T
1999	60	28	0.01	0.1

2000	24	7	T	T
2001	36	7	0.00	0.0
2002	38	17	0.02	0.2
2003	21	11	0.20	3.5
2004	31	19	0.02	0.2

2005	35	28	0.13	1.9
2006	27	15	T	0.1
2007	27	13	0.02	0.5
2008	29	8	0.25	2.1
2009	53	33	0.39	0.4

2010	30	19	0.01	0.5
2011	32	17	0.03	1.0
2012	26	15	0.44	10.3
2013	36	31	0.02	0.9
2014	25	-5	T	T

2015	31	4	0.10	2.9
2016	27	9	0.06	1.4
2017	36	30	0.43	1.5
2018	33	24	T	0.1
2019	37	23	0.82	3.4

2020	39	24	0.02	0.1
2021	17	10	T	0.5
2022	39	16	T	0.4
2023	48	25	0	0
2024	38	31	0	0