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 64F degrees in 1965. The lowest the mercury has ever fallen to on Lincoln's Birthday is -15F in 1979. Normally, the high temperature averages 34F degrees and the low 19F degrees on Lincoln's Birthday.

 

 

 

Temperature (F) Data

 

Highest

64 1965

Lowest

-15 1979

Highest Minimum

41 1882

Lowest Maximum

-2 1914

Average High

34  

Average Low

19  

 

 

 

     HIGH TEMPERATURE (F)  BY 10 DEGREE RANGES

(since 1940; 85 years)

 

  Teens 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s
Number of occurrences 15 21 32 12 3 2
Percentage 18% 25% 38% 14% 4% 2%

 

 

     

      Precipitation Data                                                Snow Data

        (since 1940; 85 years)                                                      (since 1940; 85 years)

 

Number of times 0.01" or greater:

44  

Number of times 0.1" or greater:

53

Number of times 0.10" or greater:

18  

Number of times 1.0" or greater:

19

Number of times 0.50" or greater:

1  

Number of times 3.0" or greater:

7

 

   

Number of times 6.0" or greater:

1

 

 

Precipitation Records

 

Greatest Snow
 

16.0" 1959

Greatest Precipitation
 

1.00" 1871

 

 

 

Almanac Data for Recent Lincoln Birthday's

 

Year High Low Precip Snow
1980
27 18 0.05 1.7
1981
14 5 T T
1982
23 13 T T
1983
25 5 0.01 0.2
1984
52 33 0.00 0.0
         
1985 38 34 0.07 0.7
1986 21 7 T T
1987 31 18 0.01 0.3
1988 34 14 0.34 3.0
1989 30 20 0.06 1.2
         
1990 33 20 T T
1991 24 7 T T
1992 17 1 0.01 0.1
1993 28 19 0.20 3.2
1994 33 -7 T T
         
1995 19 2 T 0.2
1996 18 4 0.10 3.1
1997 31 15 0.06 0.6
1998 44 32 0.16 T
1999 60 28 0.01 0.1
         
2000 24 7 T T
2001 36 7 0.00 0.0
2002 38 17 0.02 0.2
2003 21 11 0.20 3.5
2004 31 19 0.02 0.2
         
2005 35 28 0.13 1.9
2006 27 15 T 0.1
2007 27 13 0.02 0.5
2008 29 8 0.25 2.1
2009 53 33 0.39 0.4
         
2010 30 19 0.01 0.5
2011 32 17 0.03 1.0
2012 26 15 0.44 10.3
2013 36 31 0.02 0.9
2014 25 -5 T T
         
2015 31 4 0.10 2.9
2016 27 9 0.06 1.4
2017 36 30 0.43 1.5
2018 33 24 T 0.1
2019 37 23 0.82 3.4
         
2020 39 24 0.02 0.1
2021 17 10 T 0.5
2022 39 16 T 0.4
2023 48 25 0 0
2024 38 31 0 0