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Martin Luther King Jr. Day

PERIOD OF RECORD: 40 YEARS (1986 - 2025)

Observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day began in 1986, and is celebrated on the third Monday of January. Martin Luther King Jr. Day can fall between January 15th and January 21st.

The highest temperature ever recorded on Martin Luther King Jr. Day is 45F degrees, on January 18 in the years 1988 and 1999. The lowest the mercury has ever fallen to on Martin Luther King Jr. Day is -4F on January 21, 2019. Normally, the high temperature averages 32F degrees and the low 18F degrees on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

On January 17, 2022 a coastal storm system took an unusual track well inland, bringing a record 17.6 inches of snow to the Buffalo airport. Incredibly between midnight and 1 A.M. 4.6" of snow fell.

Temperature (F) Data

Highest	45	1988 1999
Lowest	-4	2019
Average High	32
Average Low	18

Precipitation Records

Greatest Snow	17.6"	2022
Greatest Precipitation	1.10"	2022

Almanac Data for Recent Martin Luther King Jr. Holidays

Year	Date	High	Low	Precip	Snow
1986	20th	39	30	0.70	0.3
1987	19th	29	21	0.48	4.8
1988	18th	45	35	0.40	T
1989	16th	36	29	0.03	0.2

1990	15th	41	34	0.02	0.0
1991	21st	19	6	0.03	0.8
1992	20th	21	11	0.24	4.5
1993	18th	25	12	0.00	0.0
1994	17th	28	10	0.47	7.1

1995	16th	40	33	0.18	T
1996	15th	27	7	T	0.1
1997	20th	30	23	0.07	1.0
1998	19th	30	23	0.03	1.1
1999	18th	45	31	0.47	2.1

2000	17th	7	0	T	T
2001	15th	42	33	0.09	0.2
2002	21st	35	26	0.16	1.7
2003	20th	21	9	0.08	2.4
2004	19th	17	12	0.05	2.4

2005	17th	18	8	0.07	2.2
2006	16th	24	12	0.00	0.0
2007	15th	34	27	1.05	0.2
2008	21st	21	8	0.10	3.0
2009	19th	19	12	0.03	0.9

2010	18th	36	27	T	0.0
2011	17th	26	1	T	T
2012	16th	42	8	0.19	0.0
2013	21st	20	11	0.04	0.9
2014	20th	31	11	0.08	1.4

2015	19th	33	22	T	T
2016	18th	18	12	T	0.1
2017	16th	37	19	T	0.0
2018	15th	22	3	0.05	0.9
2019	21st	8	-4	0.01	0.1

2020	20th	22	11	T	T
2021	18th	34	30	0.07	0.8
2022	17th	29	24	1.10	17.6
2023	16th	41	17	0.00	0.0
2024	15th	19	8	0.06	3.2

2025	20th	19	7	0.07	1.3
2026	19th
2027	18th
2028	17th
2029	15th