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 >

 

Memorial Day Weather
1931-2024 

 

YEAR DATE HIGH LOW PCPN HAIL THUNDER 
1931 MAY 30 72 F 54 F 0.04 NO NO
1932 MAY 30 85 F 65 F 0.00 NO NO
1933 MAY 30 88 F 66 F 0.00 NO NO
1934 MAY 30 97 F 71 F 0.00 NO NO
1935 MAY 30 91 F 63 F 0.00 NO NO
1936 MAY 30 79 F 57 F 0.00 NO   NO 1
1937 MAY 30 88 F 61 F 0.00 NO   NO 1
1938 MAY 30 97 F 69 F 0.00 NO   NO 1
1939 MAY 30 87 F 60 F 0.02 NO   ? 2
1940 MAY 30 91 F 58 F 0.00 NO   NO 1
1941 MAY 30 88 F 65 F 0.00 NO   NO 1
1942 MAY 30 91 F 67 F 0.00 NO NO
1943 MAY 30 93 F 60 F 0.00 NO   NO 1
1944 MAY 30 90 F 65 F T NO DSNT LTNG
1945 MAY 30 94 F 69 F 0.00 NO NO
1946 MAY 30 99 F 65 F 0.00 NO   NO 1
1947 MAY 30 84 F   46 F 4 0.00 NO   NO 1
1948 MAY 30 94 F 68 F 0.00 NO NO
1949 MAY 30 98 F 66 F 0.00 NO NO
1950 MAY 30 91 F 61 F 0.00 NO NO
1951 MAY 30 97 F 71 F 0.00 NO NO
1952 MAY 30 93 F 57 F T NO YES
1953 MAY 30 98 F 72 F 0.00 NO NO
1954 MAY 30 90 F 67 F 0.01 NO DSNT LTNG
1955 MAY 30 90 F 64 F 0.03 NO YES
1956 MAY 30 95 F 71 F 0.00 NO NO
1957 MAY 30 87 F 58 F 1.23 NO YES
1958 MAY 30 101 F 72 F 0.00 NO DSNT LTNG
1959 MAY 30 95 F 62 F 0.00 NO NO
1960 MAY 30 73 F 55 F 0.98 NO YES
1961 MAY 30 94 F 71 F 0.00 NO DSNT LTNG
1962 MAY 30 96 F 63 F 0.00 NO NO
1963 MAY 30 87 F 66 F 0.01 NO DSNT LTNG
1964 MAY 30  80 F 58 F 0.00 NO NO
1965 MAY 30 85 F 63 F 0.06 NO YES
1966 MAY 30 88 F 62 F 0.00 NO NO
1967 MAY 30 89 F 65 F T NO NO
1968 MAY 30 99 F 66 F 0.00 NO NO
1969 MAY 30 91 F 61 F 0.00 NO NO
1970 MAY 30 92 F 63 F 0.08 NO YES
1971 MAY 31 91 F 66 F 0.00 NO NO
1972 MAY 29 80 F 64 F 0.23 NO YES
1973 MAY 28 80 F 50 F 0.00 NO NO
1974 MAY 27 97 F 65 F 0.00 NO NO
1975 MAY 26 86 F 67 F 0.00 NO NO
1976 MAY 31 92 F 57 F 0.00 NO NO
1977 MAY 30 101 F 67 F T NO YES
1978 MAY 29 80 F 59 F 0.00 NO NO
1979 MAY 28 90 F 60 F 0.00 NO NO
1980 MAY 26 94 F 65 F 0.00 NO NO
1981 MAY 25 90 F 53 F 0.00 NO NO
1982 MAY 31 80 F 60 F 0.00 NO NO
1983 MAY 30 93 F 50 F 0.21 NO YES
1984 MAY 28 78 F 65 F T NO YES
1985 MAY 27 101 F 66 F 0.00 NO NO
1986 MAY 26 77 F 57 F 0.72 NO YES
1987 MAY 25 82 F 60 F T NO NO
1988 MAY 30 87 F 71 F 0.00 NO NO
1989 MAY 29 96 F 74 F 0.00 NO NO
1990 MAY 28 86 F 63 F 0.00 NO NO
1991 MAY 27 99 F 71 F 0.00 NO NO
1992 MAY 25 75 F 52 F 2.02 NO YES
1993 MAY 31 90 F 63 F 0.00 NO NO
1994 MAY 30 102 F  3 68 F 0.00 NO NO
1995 MAY 29   64 F 4  57 F 0.09 NO YES
1996 MAY 27 93 F 58 F 0.00 NO NO
1997 MAY 26 95 F 60 F 0.00 NO NO
1998 MAY 25 93 F 68 F 0.00 NO NO
1999 MAY 31 99 F 71 F 0.00 NO NO
2000 MAY 29 95 F 69 F 0.00 NO NO
2001 MAY 28 102 F 3 69 F 0.00 NO YES
2002 MAY 27 90 F 64 F 0.00 NO YES
2003 MAY 26 68 F 60 F 0.01 NO NO
2004 MAY 31 92 F 59 F 0.00 NO NO
2005 MAY 30 84 F 58 F 0.00 NO NO
2006 MAY 29 98 F 67 F 0.07 NO YES
2007 MAY 28 85 F 59 F 0.01 NO YES
2008 MAY 26 94 F 68 F T NO NO
2009 MAY 25 92 F 61 F 0.01 NO NO
2010 MAY 31 95 F 62 F 0.00 NO NO
2011 MAY 30 98 F 73 F 0.00 NO NO
2012 MAY 28 96 F 69 F 0.00 NO NO
2013 MAY 27 98 F 71 F T NO NO
2014 MAY 26 85 F 62 F 0.00 NO NO
2016 MAY 30 92 F 59 F 0.07 NO YES
2017 MAY 29 88 F 57 F 0.00 NO NO
2018 MAY 28 101 F 75 F 0.00 NO NO
2019 MAY 27 93 F 70 F 0.00 NO NO
2020 MAY 25 75 F 59 F T NO NO
2021 MAY 31 71 F 58 F 1.81 5 YES YES
2022 MAY 30 98 F 73 F 0.00 NO NO
2023 MAY 30 94 F 64 F 0.00 NO NO
2024 MAY 27 101 F 58 F 0.00 NO NO

 

Footnotes:

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