National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce

A Significant Spring Storm Impacting the Central U.S. This Week

A significant late-season winter storm will bring an expanding area of heavy snow, sleet, and freezing rain to the Northern Plains and Upper Midwest. Further south, severe thunderstorms are expected from the southern Plains into the southern Great Lakes. A multi-day excessive rain and flooding event will impact the Ozarks into the Ohio Valley through Saturday. Read More >

July 4th Weather
1930-2024  

Average High:  95 F   Low 72 F

YEAR HIGH LOW PCPN HAIL THUNDER 
1930 93 F 70 F 0.00 NO NO
1931 95 F 68 F 0.00 NO NO
1932 94 F 67 F 0.00 NO NO
1933 99 F 67 F 0.00 NO NO
1934 103 F 68 F 0.00 NO NO
1935 95 F 65 F 0.00 NO NO
1936 94 F 68 F 0.00 NO   NO 1
1937 95 F 71 F 0.02 NO    ?*
1938 93 F 64 F 0.00 NO   NO 1
1939 99 F 75 F 0.00 NO   NO 1
1940 86 F 60 F 0.00 NO   NO 1
1941 90 F 66 F 0.00 NO   NO 1
1942 93 F 65 F 0.00 NO   NO 1
1943 92 F 72 F 0.13 NO    ? 2
1944 91 F 69 F 0.00 NO NO
1945 83 F 68 F 0.00 NO DSNT LTNG
1946 95 F 66 F 0.00 NO   NO 1
1947 100 F 67 F 0.00 NO NO
1948 90 F 64 F 0.00 NO NO
1949 95 F 68 F 0.00 NO NO
1950 94 F 69 F 0.00 NO NO
1951 98 F 74 F 0.00 NO NO
1952 96 F 73 F 0.00 NO NO
1953 101 F 75 F 0.00 NO NO
1954 91 F 67 F 0.00 NO NO
1955 92 F 72 F 0.00 NO NO
1956 98 F 65 F   0.86 5 NO YES
1957 100 F 69 F 0.00 NO NO
1958 97 F 72 F T NO YES
1959 97 F 68 F T NO DSNT LTNG
1960 96 F 72 F 0.02 NO YES
1961 93 F 63 F 0.00 NO NO
1962 94 F 69 F 0.00 NO DSNT LTNG
1963 93 F 67 F 0.00 NO NO
1964 103 F 74 F 0.00 NO NO
1965 96 F 69 F 0.00 NO NO
1966 97 F 74 F 0.00 NO NO
1967 93 F 68 F 0.00 NO NO
1968 82 F 67 F T NO NO
1969 100 F 70 F 0.00 NO NO
1970 99 F 68 F 0.00 NO NO
1971 103 F 69 F 0.00 NO NO
1972 76 F    60 F 4 0.52 NO YES
1973 94 F 67 F 0.00 NO NO
1974 91 F 73 F 0.00 NO NO
1975 88 F 66 F 0.17 NO NO
1976 90 F 67 F T NO YES
1977 95 F 71 F 0.00 NO NO
1978 95 F 70 F 0.00 NO NO
1979 97 F 72 F 0.00 NO NO
1980 96 F 71 F 0.00 NO NO
1981 100 F 69 F 0.11 NO YES
1982 94 F 69 F 0.00 NO NO
1983  106 F  75 F 0.00 NO NO
1984 95 F 69 F 0.00 NO NO
1985 97 F 63 F 0.00 NO NO
1986 94 F 68 F 0.00 NO NO
1987 101 F 72 F 0.00 NO NO
1988 92 F 68 F 0.00 NO NO
1989 95 F 70 F 0.00 NO NO
1990 99 F 70 F 0.00 NO NO
1991 93 F 65 F 0.00 NO NO
1992 93 F 64 F 0.00 NO NO
1993 98 F 74 F T NO NO
1994 99 F 75 F 0.00 NO NO
1995 94 F 65 F 0.00 NO NO
1996 97 F 66 F 0.00 NO NO
1997 87 F 69 F 0.00 NO NO
1998 97 F 73 F 0.00 NO NO
1999 90 F 71 F 0.00 NO NO
2000 95 F 74 F 0.00 NO NO
2001 93 F 69 F 0.00 NO NO
2002 92 F 68 F 0.00 NO NO
2003 93 F 70 F 0.00 NO NO
2004 96 F 73 F 0.00 NO NO
2005 103 F 74 F 0.00 NO YES
2006 95 F 68 F 0.02 NO NO
2007 89 F 66 F 0.00 NO NO
2008 89 F 67 F 0.00 NO NO
2009 98 F 74 F 0.28 NO YES
2010 81 F 72 F 0.27 NO NO
2011 99 F 69 F 0.00 NO NO
2012 96 F 76 F T NO  YES
2013 90 F 68 F T NO NO
2014 95 F 68 F 0.00 NO NO
2015 90 F 70 F 0.00 NO NO
2016 108 F 3 81 F 0.00 NO NO
2017 99 F 69 F 0.07 NO  YES
2018 101 F 79 F 0.00 NO  NO
2019 95 F 68 F 0.01 NO YES
2020 100 F 73 F 0.00 NO  NO
2021 90 F 70 F 0.00 NO  NO
2022 97 F 74 F 0.00 NO  NO
2023 95 F 72 F 0.00 NO NO
2024 102 F 69 F 0.37 NO YES

Footnotes:

  1. official record is lost- odds are high no thunderstorm occurred
  2. official record is not available
  3. record high for date
  4. record cold for date  
  5. record precipitation for date