Powerful Pacific System Impacting the West; First Significant Snow for Portions of the East

Power Pacific system will continue to bring significant impacts for Pacific Northwest into northern California the remainder of the week. Dangerous coastal affects, heavy rain, flooding, strong winds, and higher elevation mountain snow continues. Meanwhile, a storm across the east is set to bring the first accumulating snow to many higher elevations of the Catskills into the central Appalachians. Read More >

Valentine Easter Sunday Climatology

Easter Sunday is a Christian holiday that shifts every year based on the vernal equinox and the phase of the moon. The date of Easter can vary from as early as March 22 to as late as April 25. Weather observations have been recorded every Easter Sunday at Valentine dating back to 1890. This study looks at Easter Sunday weather of the past. The date of Easter was calculated using information provided on the U.S. Naval Observatory website.

EASTER SUNDAY IN VALENTINE
PERIOD OF RECORD 127 YEARS: 1890-2016

TEMPERATURE DATA

Highest	84 degrees (April 19, 1908)
Lowest	-4 degrees (March 25, 1894)
Lowest Maximum	11 degrees (March 25, 1894)
Highest Minimum	51 degrees (April 21, 1946)
Average High	58.2 degrees
Average Low	30.5 degrees
Average Temperature Range	27.7 degrees
Largest Range between High and Low	57 degrees High 75, Low 18 (April 3, 1994)
Smallest Range between High and Low	3 degrees High 32, Low 29 (March 29, 1891)

High Temperature by 10 Degree Ranges

10s	20s	30s	40s	50s	60s	70s	80s
1	5	9	17	29	38	25	3
0.8%	3.9%	7.1%	13.4%	22.8%	29.9%	19.7%	2.4%

Low Temperature by 10 Degree Ranges

-0s	0s	10s	20s	30s	40s	50s
1	3	13	40	45	24	1
0.8%	2.4%	10.2%	31.5%	35.4%	18.9%	0.8%

PRECIPITATION DATA

Maximum Precipitation	0.56 inches (March 29, 1891)
Maximum Snowfall	5.6 inches (March 29, 1891)
Number of Times Precipitation	52 Occurrences or 40.9%
Number of Times Measurable Precipitation (more than a Trace)	25 Occurrences or 19.7%
Number of Times Snowfall	26 Occurrences or 20.5%
Number of Times Measurable Snowfall (more than a Trace)	5 Occurrences or 3.9%
Number of Times No Precipitation	75 Occurrences or 59.1%
Most Snow on Ground at Observation Time	5 inches (March 30, 1975)

SNOW DEPTH INFORMATION IN VALENTINE
PERIOD OF RECORD 117 YEARS: 1900-2016

Number of Years - 1 inch or more snow on Ground (117 years)	6 Years (5.1%)
Number of Years - 1 inch or more snow on Ground (last 25 years)	0 Years (0%)
Number of Years with trace or more snow on Ground (117 years)	18 Years (15.4%)
Number of Years with trace or more snow on Ground (last 25 years)	0 Years (0%)
Consecutive Years with 1 inch or more snow on Ground	1 Year (never had more than 1 year)
Consecutive Years without 1 inch or more snow on Ground	41 Years (1976 - present)

Snow Depth Occurences by Time of Year (7 day increments)

	Mar 22 thru Mar 28	Mar 29 thru Apr 4	Apr 5 thru Apr 11	Apr 12 thru Apr 18	Apr 19 thru Apr 25
Total dates	14	28	27	27	21
1 inch or more on ground	3 (21.4%)	2 (7.1%)	1 (3.7%)	0	0
Trace on ground	2 (14.3%)	6 (21.4%)	2 (7.4%)	2 (7.4%)	0
Trace or more on ground	5 (35.7%)	8 (28.6%)	3 (11.1%)	2 (7.4%)	0
No snow on ground	9 (64.3%)	20 (71.4%)	24 (88.9%)	25 (92.6%)	21 (100%)

DAILY WEATHER SUMMARIES PAST 5 EASTER SUNDAYS

Date	High	Low	Precip	Snow	Snow Depth	Remarks
Mar 27, 2016	61	13	0.00	0.0	0	Sunny
Apr 8, 2012	62	25	0.00	0.0	0	Sunny, breezy (peak gust 28 mph)
Mar 31, 2013	57	29	0.00	0.0	0	Mostly cloudy, breezy (peak gust 30 mph)
Apr 20, 2014	82	31	0.07	0.0	0	Partly cloudy, evening thunderstorm
Apr 5, 2015	72	25	0.00	0.0	0	Mostly sunny
Mar 27, 2016	61	13	0.00	0.0	0	Sunny