Thunderstorms and Heavy Rainfall in the Mid-Atlantic and Southern New England; Fire Weather Concerns in the West

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Flag Day

PERIOD OF RECORD: 110 YEARS (1916 - 2025)

Flag Day is celebrated on June 14th. In 1916 President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation to declare June 14th as Flag Day.

The highest temperature ever recorded on Flag Day is 93F degrees in 1988. The lowest the mercury has ever fallen to on a Flag Day celebration is 41F in 2020. The high temperature averages 78F degrees and the low 57F degrees on Flag Day.

Temperature (F) Data

Highest	93	1988
Lowest	41	2020
Highest Minimum	72	1949
Lowest Maximum	58	1933
Average High	78
Average Low	57

HIGH TEMPERATURE (F) BY 10 DEGREE RANGES

(since 1940; 86 years)

	60s	70s	80s	90s
Number of occurrences	19	37	24	6
Percentage	22%	43%	28%	7%

Precipitation Data

(since 1940; 86 years)

Number of times 0.01" or greater:	33
Number of times 0.10" or greater:	16
Number of times 0.50" or greater:	4

Precipitation Records

Greatest Precipitation

1.51"

2002

Almanac Data for Recent Flag Days

Year	High	Low	Precip
1980	84	57	0.05
1981	83	66	0.04
1982	76	51	0.00
1983	89	61	0.00
1984	75	58	0.01

1985	63	44	0.00
1986	77	48	T
1987	87	59	0.00
1988	93	62	0.00
1989	62	51	0.15

1990	89	68	0.00
1991	79	48	0.00
1992	81	58	0.00
1993	85	58	0.00
1994	81	63	0.04

1995	75	53	0.00
1996	81	61	0.01
1997	68	49	0.00
1998	72	58	T
1999	75	58	0.20

2000	88	62	0.01
2001	92	60	0.00
2002	66	60	1.51
2003	74	61	T
2004	82	65	0.16

2005	83	70	0.01
2006	76	55	0.00
2007	77	62	0.00
2008	74	64	0.15
2009	75	50	0.00

2010	77	59	T
2011	65	51	0.02
2012	74	50	0.00
2013	74	52	0.00
2014	68	54	0.00

2015	81	60	0.50
2016	71	44	0.00
2017	75	54	0.00
2018	76	57	0.00
2019	72	54	0.08

2020	66	41	0.00
2021	74	56	0.20
2022	77	57	0.00
2023	59	55	0.16
2024	78	62	0.00

2025	68	56	0.03
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