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Saint Patrick's Day

PERIOD OF RECORD: 155 YEARS (1871 - 2025)

Saint Patrick's Day is celebrated on March 17th.

The highest temperature recorded on Saint Patrick's Day is 76F degrees in 1927. The lowest the mercury has ever fallen to on Saint Patrick's Day is 0F in 1885. Normally, the high temperature averages 44F degrees and the low 27F degrees on Saint Patrick's Day.

Temperature (F) Data

Highest	76	1927
Lowest	0	1885
Highest Minimum	47	2012
Lowest Maximum	7	1885
Average High	44
Average Low	27

HIGH TEMPERATURE (F) BY 10 DEGREE RANGES

(since 1940; 86 years)

	20s or lower	30s	40s	50s	60s	70s
Number of occurrences	12	23	30	14	4	3
Percentage	14%	27%	35%	16%	5%	3%

Precipitation Data Snow Data

(since 1940; 86 years) (since 1940; 86 years)

Number of times 0.01" or greater:	40	Number of times 0.1" or greater:	32
Number of times 0.10" or greater:	19	Number of times 1.0" or greater:	16
Number of times 0.50" or greater:	3	Number of times 3.0" or greater:	5
		Number of times 6.0" or greater:	2

Precipitation Records

Greatest Snow	10.4"	1974
Greatest Precipitation	1.18"	1973

Almanac Data for Recent Saint Patrick Days

Year	High	Low	Precip	Snow
1980	53	44	T	0.0
1981	29	9	0.11	2.2
1982	39	33	0.19	0.0
1983	57	30	0.00	0.0
1984	24	16	0.10	1.5

1985	42	23	0.05	0.8
1986	43	27	T	0.0
1987	44	24	0.00	0.0
1988	40	23	0.00	0.0
1989	43	24	0.16	2.4

1990	56	40	0.59	0.0
1991	55	26	0.00	0.0
1992	40	25	0.05	0.7
1993	43	15	0.07	0.8
1994	27	14	0.03	1.2

1995	45	30	0.09	T
1996	44	21	0.00	0.0
1997	46	16	0.00	0.0
1998	44	16	0.00	0.0
1999	54	32	0.00	0.0

2000	29	23	0.03	0.5
2001	30	28	0.36	4.9
2002	41	22	0.01	0.1
2003	67	37	0.00	0.0
2004	28	22	0.12	1.8

2005	42	19	T	T
2006	34	23	0.00	0.0
2007	31	21	0.45	8.3
2008	35	20	0.00	0.0
2009	58	31	0.00	0.0

2010	62	29	0.00	0.0
2011	63	34	0.00	0.0
2012	72	47	0.00	0.0
2013	31	19	0.02	1.5
2014	27	10	T	T

2015	43	27	0.01	T
2016	57	39	0.03	0.0
2017	42	18	0.00	0.0
2018	43	16	0.00	0.0
2019	36	25	0.01	0.1

2020	46	36	0.01	0.0
2021	53	27	0.00	0.0
2022	71	33	0.00	0.0
2023	53	35	0.42	0.0
2024	47	35	0.01	T

2025	45	28	0.01	T
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