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Thanksgiving
PERIOD OF RECORD: 154 YEARS (1871 - 2024)
Thanksgiving occurs on the fourth Thursday in November. Prior to 1942 Thanksgiving was routinely celebrated on the last Thursday of November. The highest temperature recorded on Thanksgiving is 69F degrees on November 26th 1896. The lowest the mercury has fallen to on Thanksgiving is 7F on November 22nd 2018. The high temperature averages 45F degrees, and the low 31F degrees on Thanksgiving.
An early season frigid airmass dropped across the Great Lakes for Thanksgiving of 2018. The temperature under clear skies dropped to 7F degrees before midnight, this after only registering a high of 19F during the day.
Temperature (F) Data
Highest |
69 | 1896 |
Lowest |
7 | 2018 |
Average High |
45 | |
Average Low |
31 |
Precipitation Records
Greatest Precipitation |
0.88" | 1968 |
Almanac Data for Recent Thanksgivings
Year | Date | High | Low | Precip | Snow |
1980
|
27th | 37 | 27 | 0.20 | 0.5 |
1981
|
26th | 44 | 26 | 0.10 | 0.0 |
1982
|
25th | 38 | 23 | 0.00 | 0.0 |
1983
|
24th | 56 | 38 | 0.02 | 0.0 |
1984
|
22nd | 36 | 18 | 0.00 | 0.0 |
1985 | 28th | 35 | 30 | 0.50 | 4.9 |
1986 | 27th | 45 | 31 | T | 0.0 |
1987 | 26th | 47 | 34 | 0.02 | 0.0 |
1988 | 24th | 42 | 25 | 0.00 | 0.0 |
1989 | 23rd | 27 | 13 | T | T |
1990 | 22nd | 59 | 44 | 0.37 | 0.0 |
1991 | 28th | 46 | 32 | 0.33 | 0.4 |
1992 | 26th | 57 | 40 | T | 0.0 |
1993 | 25th | 30 | 21 | T | T |
1994 | 24th | 44 | 21 | T | T |
1995 | 23rd | 37 | 29 | 0.03 | 0.3 |
1996 | 28th | 27 | 11 | 0.05 | 0.7 |
1997 | 27th | 42 | 30 | T | T |
1998 | 26th | 47 | 39 | 0.15 | 0.0 |
1999 | 25th | 46 | 38 | 0.05 | 0.0 |
2000 | 23rd | 23 | 14 | 0.06 | 1.3 |
2001 | 22nd | 52 | 34 | 0.00 | 0.0 |
2002 | 28th | 33 | 16 | 0.02 | 0.2 |
2003 | 27th | 49 | 27 | 0.36 | 0.0 |
2004 | 25th | 45 | 28 | 0.02 | T |
2005 | 24th | 34 | 15 | 0.03 | 1.0 |
2006 | 23rd | 50 | 24 | 0.00 | 0.0 |
2007 | 22nd | 40 | 28 | 0.58 | 0.8 |
2008 | 27th | 37 | 34 | T | T |
2009 | 26th | 54 | 39 | 0.03 | 0.0 |
2010 | 25th | 40 | 29 | 0.07 | 0.00 |
2011 | 24th | 51 | 28 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
2012 | 22nd | 61 | 31 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
2013 | 28th | 28 | 14 | 0.03 | 1.4 |
2014 | 27th | 33 | 28 | 0.05 | 0.4 |
2015 | 26th | 61 | 44 | 0.00 | 0.0 |
2016 | 24th | 42 | 32 | 0.16 | T |
2017 | 23rd | 38 | 29 | 0.00 | 0.0 |
2018 | 22nd | 19 | 7 | T | 0.3 |
2019 | 28th | 41 | 30 | 0.07 | T |
2020 | 26th | 55 | 46 | 0.05 | 0.0 |
2021 | 25th | 48 | 40 | 0.03 | 0.0 |
2022 | 24th | 55 | 25 | 0.00 | 0.0 |
2023 | 23rd | 45 | 39 | 0.00 | 0.0 |
2024 | 28th | 40 | 36 | 0.24 | 0.0 |