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Saint Patrick's Day

     PERIOD OF RECORD:   153 YEARS    (1871 - 2023)

 

Saint Patrick's Day is celebrated on March 17th. 

The highest temperature recorded on Saint Patrick's Day is 76F degrees in 1927. The lowest the mercury has ever fallen to on Saint Patrick's Day is 0F in 1885. Normally, the high temperature averages 44F degrees and the low 27F degrees on Saint Patrick's Day.

 

 

 

Temperature (F) Data

 

Highest

76 1927

Lowest

0 1885

Highest Minimum

47 2012

Lowest Maximum

7 1885

Average High

44  

Average Low

27  

 

 

 

     HIGH TEMPERATURE (F)  BY 10 DEGREE RANGES

(since 1940; 84 years)

 

  20s or lower 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s
Number of occurrences 12 23 28 14 4 3
Percentage 14% 27% 33% 17% 5% 4%

 

 

     

      Precipitation Data                                                Snow Data

        (since 1940; 84 years)                                                      (since 1940; 84 years)

 

Number of times 0.01" or greater:

38  

Number of times 0.1" or greater:

32

Number of times 0.10" or greater:

19  

Number of times 1.0" or greater:

16

Number of times 0.50" or greater:

3  

Number of times 3.0" or greater:

5

 

   

Number of times 6.0" or greater:

2

 

 

Precipitation Records

 

Greatest Snow
 

10.4" 1974

Greatest Precipitation
 

1.18" 1973

 

 

 

Almanac Data for Recent Saint Patrick Days

 

Year High Low Precip Snow
1980
53 44 T 0.0
1981
29 9 0.11 2.2
1982
39 33 0.19 0.0
1983
57 30 0.00 0.0
1984
24 16 0.10 1.5
         
1985 42 23 0.05 0.8
1986 43 27 T 0.0
1987 44 24 0.00 0.0
1988 40 23 0.00 0.0
1989 43 24 0.16 2.4
         
1990 56 40 0.59 0.0
1991 55 26 0.00 0.0
1992 40 25 0.05 0.7
1993 43 15 0.07 0.8
1994 27 14 0.03 1.2
         
1995 45 30 0.09 T
1996 44 21 0.00 0.0
1997 46 16 0.00 0.0
1998 44 16 0.00 0.0
1999 54 32 0.00 0.0
         
2000 29 23 0.03 0.5
2001 30 28 0.36 4.9
2002 41 22 0.01 0.1
2003 67 37 0.00 0.0
2004 28 22 0.12 1.8
         
2005 42 19 T T
2006 34 23 0.00 0.0
2007 31 21 0.45 8.3
2008 35 20 0.00 0.0
2009 58 31 0.00 0.0
         
2010 62 29 0.00 0.0
2011 63 34 0.00 0.0
2012 72 47 0.00 0.0
2013 31 19 0.02 1.5
2014 27 10 T T
         
2015 43 27 0.01 T
2016 57 39 0.03 0.0
2017 42 18 0.00 0.0
2018 43 16 0.00 0.0
2019 36 25 0.01 0.1
         
2020 46 36 0.01 0.0
2021 53 27 0.00 0.0
2022 71 33 0.00 0.0
2023 53 35 0.42 0.0
2024