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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 ever recorded on Valentine's Day is 56F degrees in 1984. The lowest the mercury has ever fallen to on Valentine's Day is -14F in 1979. Normally, the high temperature averages 35F degrees and the low 19F degrees on Valentine's Day.

 

 

 

Temperature (F) Data

 

Highest

56 1984

Lowest

-14 1979

Highest Minimum

42 1984

Lowest Maximum

6 1979

Average High

35  

Average Low

19  

 

 

 

     HIGH TEMPERATURE (F)  BY 10 DEGREE RANGES

(since 1940; 85 years)

 

 

Single

Digits

10s 20s 30s 40s 50s
Number of occurrences 2 8 23 31 17 4
Percentage 2% 9% 27% 36% 20% 5%

 

 

     

      Precipitation Data                                                Snow Data

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

 

Number of times 0.01" or greater:

51  

Number of times 0.1" or greater:

53

Number of times 0.10" or greater:

21  

Number of times 1.0" or greater:

22

Number of times 0.50" or greater:

5  

Number of times 3.0" or greater:

8

 

   

Number of times 6.0" or greater:

3

 

 

Precipitation Records

 

Greatest Snow
 

18.4" 1998

Greatest Precipitation
 

1.75" 1950

 

 

 

Almanac Data for Recent Valentine Days

 

Year High Low Precip Snow
1980
31 16 0.09 1.1
1981
38 16 0.00 0
1982
29 16 0.02 0.4
1983
45 17 0.00 0
1984
56 42 0.56 0
         
1985 29 21 0.14 2.2
1986 24 10 0.03 0.6
1987 12 2 0.01 0.2
1988 36 13 T 0.3
1989 41 30 0.01 0
         
1990 36 22 0.06 0.3
1991 36 29 0.23 2.6
1992 34 30 0.02 0.2
1993 26 14 T T
1994 20 3 0.01 0.3
         
1995 22 6 T T
1996 25 17 0.03 0.9
1997 37 19 0.03 0.3
1998 22 9 0.08 2.8
1999 30 9 T T
         
2000 31 26 0.29 4.9
2001 43 27 0.41 1.7
2002 39 18 0.00 0
2003 21 7 0.03 0.7
2004 30 15 0.11 1.6
         
2005 42 19 0.13 0
2006 38 26 0.05 1.6
2007 18 11 0.47 17.8
2008 36 18 T T
2009 32 20 0.00 0.0
         
2010 30 25 T 0.1
2011 48 22 0.02 T
2012 36 26 0.03 T
2013 42 23 0.08 T
2014 32 23 0.01 0.2
         
2015 24 7 0.05 1.5
2016 8 -12 T T
2017 44 16 T T
2018 45 28 0 0
2019 42 24 T 0.1
         
2020 16 3 0.01 0.5
2021 25 14 T 0.1
2022 15 5 0.05 0.6
2023 51 26 0.00 0.0
2024 32 21 0.01 0.1