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Martin Luther King Jr. Day

     PERIOD OF RECORD:   39 YEARS    (1986 - 2024)

 

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, 1999. The lowest the mercury has fallen to on Martin Luther King Jr. Day is -7F on January 17, 2011. Normally, the high temperature averages 33F 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 10.4 inches of snow to the Rochester airport.

 

 

Temperature (F) Data

 

Highest

45 1999

Lowest

-7 2011

Average High

33  

Average Low

18  

 

 

 

 

Precipitation Records

 

Greatest Snow
 

10.4" 2022

Greatest Precipitation
 

1.15" 2022

 

 

 

Almanac Data for Recent Martin Luther King Jr. Holidays

 

Year

Date High Low Precip Snow
1986 20th 42 30 0.71 0.4
1987 19th 31 22 0.25 6.0
1988 18th 42 34 0.13 0.0
1989 16th 37 29 0.03 0.8
           
1990 15th 43 33 T 0.0
1991 21st 17 5 0.09 3.4
1992 20th 23 11 0.09 1.8
1993 18th 20 7 0.01 0.4
1994 17th 29 8 0.05 2.4
           
1995 16th 43 36 0.10 0.0
1996 15th 32 5 0.04 1.0
1997 20th 31 19 0.09 0.9
1998 19th 33 15 T T
1999 18th 45 32 0.41 0.6
           
2000 17th 9 2 0.03 0.9
2001 15th 43 33 0.06 T
2002 21st 36 27 0.14 1.5
2003 20th 20 12 0.21 3.8
2004 19th 18 13 0.18 4.5
           
2005 17th 19 8 0.19 4.7
2006 16th 22 8 T 0.2
2007 15th 35 28 0.80 0.2
2008 21st 22 10 T T
2009 19th 24 3 T 0.2
           
2010 18th 37 31 0.02 0.0
2011 17th 26 -7 T 0.1
2012 16th 40 2 0.24 0.0
2013 21st 21 14 T 0.1
2014 20th 31 11 0.10 1.5
           
2015 19th 35 23 0.01 0.2
2016 18th 21 13 0.12 4.0
2017 16th 42 18 0.00 0.0
2018 15th 22 2 0.04 0.6
2019 21st 11 -2 0.06 1.7
           
2020 20th 21 5 T 0.6
2021 18th 33 29 0.07 1.1
2022 17th 31 21 1.15 10.4
2023 16th 36 19 0.00 0.0
2024 15th 22 9 T T