Historical St Patrick's Day Weather

Historical St. Patrick's Day Weather

	Louisville	Lexington	Bowling Green	Frankfort
Highest Temperature	79° in 1894	76° in 1989 and 1934	86° in 1894	79° in 1982 and 1945
Highest Average Temperature	68.5° in 1903	64.5° in 1903	70.5° in 1894	68.5° in 1945
Lowest Temperature	9° in 1900	4° in 1900	16° in 1900	10° in 1900
Lowest Average Temperature	20.5° in 1941	14.5° in 1900	27.5° in 1900	20.5° in 1900
Wettest	1.73" in 1898	1.16" in 1932	2.00" in 1919	2.30" in 1919
Snowiest	3.7" in 1970	7" in 1892	1.0" in 1958	0.3" in 1949
Deepest Snow Cover	1" in 2014	3" in 1960	2" in 1960	2" in 1937

Flooding in Milltown, IN March 21, 2008

Milltown, Indiana on March 21, 2008. Photo: Wade Bell

Note on the data presented here:
At Bowling Green and Frankfort data presented here may differ from data presented elsewhere. That is due primarily to "time shifting," which is when observers give their 24-hour reports at 7am. The high temperature, for example, may be given by the observer as 80 degrees on the 7am report on June 1, meaning that the 80 degree reading actually happened on the calendar day of May 31 (the previous afternoon). Unfortunately that high temperature may have gone into the climatological record as having happened on June 1, since that is the date of the report. Additionally, data may be time shifted for only a portion of a location's history.

An additional problem at Bowling Green is that there have been many observers over the years, occasionally simultaneously, and a difference can arise depending on which observer's data are used.

These issues are not present at Louisville and Lexington.