National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce

 

Lincoln's Birthday

     PERIOD OF RECORD:   154 YEARS    (1871 - 2024)

 

Lincoln's Birthday is celebrated in the state of New York on February 12th. 

The highest temperature ever recorded on Lincoln's Birthday is 63F degrees in 1999. The lowest the mercury has ever fallen to on Lincoln's Birthday is -10F in 1979. Normally, the high temperature averages 33F degrees and the low 19F degrees on Lincoln's Birthday.

 

 

 

Temperature (F) Data

 

Highest

63 1999

Lowest

-10 1979

Highest Minimum

42 1882

Lowest Maximum

-2 1914

Average High

33  

Average Low

19  

 

 

 

     HIGH TEMPERATURE (F)  BY 10 DEGREE RANGES

(since 1944; 81 years)

 

 

Single

Digits

Teens 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s
Number of occurrences 1 11 26 28 10 3 2
Percentage 1% 14% 32% 35% 12% 4% 2%

 

 

     

      Precipitation Data                                                Snow Data

        (since 1944; 81 years)                                                      (since 1944; 81 years)

 

Number of times 0.01" or greater:

48  

Number of times 0.1" or greater:

46

Number of times 0.10" or greater:

19  

Number of times 1.0" or greater:

15

Number of times 0.50" or greater:

2  

Number of times 3.0" or greater:

4

 

   

Number of times 6.0" or greater:

1

 

 

Precipitation Records

 

Greatest Snow
 

14.1" 1910

Greatest Precipitation
 

1.41" 1910

 

 

 

Almanac Data for Recent Lincoln Birthday's

 

Year High Low Precip Snow
1980
26 17 T T
1981
13 5 T T
1982
22 14 0.00 0.0
1983
25 13 T T
1984
56 33 T 0.0
         
1985 40 33 0.38 1.6
1986 21 8 0.03 0.6
1987 32 21 0.06 0.6
1988 35 14 0.13 1.6
1989 31 17 0.02 0.2
         
1990 34 20 T T
1991 25 12 0.01 0.4
1992 18 -6 T T
1993 33 20 0.23 0.8
1994 36 1 T T
         
1995 16 -1 0.09 2.6
1996 17 6 0.03 0.7
1997 28 13 0.14 1.7
1998 46 32 0.28 T
1999 63 29 0.20 0.6
         
2000 24 10 0.00 0.0
2001 39 12 0.00 0.0
2002 36 24 0.02 0.3
2003 21 10 0.25 4.8
2004 30 21 0.01 0.2
         
2005 34 24 0.20 2.5
2006 23 13 T T
2007 27 13 T T
2008 31 5 0.24 1.3
2009 51 32 0.88 2.7
         
2010 27 20 T 0.2
2011 29 14 0.08 3.0
2012 26 13 0.01 0.5
2013 33 31 0.01 0.3
2014 26 -3 0.00 0.0
         
2015 29 1 0.08 2.4
2016 23 12 0.19 4.9
2017 35 30 0.49 0.7
2018 28 14 T T
2019 39 22 0.68 1.3
         
2020 36 27 0.04 0.3
2021 21 10 T T
2022 38 17 T 0.3
2023 47 28 0.00 0.0
2024 37 29 0.00 0.0