Historical Valentine's Day Weather

Historical Valentine's Day Weather

	Louisville	Lexington	Bowling Green	Frankfort
Highest Temperature	69° in 1949 and 1921	70° in 1918 and 1911	76° in 1921	72° in 1962
Highest Average Temperature	60° in 1954	63° in 1990	65.5° in 1990	60° in 1949
Lowest Temperature	0° in 1905	-7° in 1905	-6° in 1899	-5° in 1899
Lowest Average Temperature	10.5° in 1943	7° in 1905	10° in 1899	10° in 1905 and 1899
Wettest	1.39" in 1949	2.28" in 1908	2.93" in 1989	2.64" in 1989
Snowiest	4.6" in 1970	5.0" in 1970	6.4" in 1986	6.5" in 1940
Deepest Snow Cover	8" in 1940	7" in 1960	7" in 1960	8" in 1910

A snowy day in Gamaliel February 4, 2007

Near Gamaliel, Kentucky on February 4, 2007. Photo: George Stewart

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.