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Valentine's Day

PERIOD OF RECORD: 154 YEARS (1871 - 2024)

Valentine's Day falls on the same date each February, with the 14th of the month set aside for this special day.

The highest temperature ever recorded on Valentine's Day is 56F degrees in 1984. The lowest the mercury has ever fallen to on Valentine's Day is -14F in 1979. Normally, the high temperature averages 35F degrees and the low 19F degrees on Valentine's Day.

Temperature (F) Data

Highest	56	1984
Lowest	-14	1979
Highest Minimum	42	1984
Lowest Maximum	6	1979
Average High	35
Average Low	19

HIGH TEMPERATURE (F) BY 10 DEGREE RANGES

(since 1940; 85 years)

	Single Digits	10s	20s	30s	40s	50s
Number of occurrences	2	8	23	31	17	4
Percentage	2%	9%	27%	36%	20%	5%

Single

Digits

10s

20s

30s

40s

50s

Number of occurrences

Percentage

27%

36%

20%

Precipitation Data Snow Data

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

Number of times 0.01" or greater:	51	Number of times 0.1" or greater:	53
Number of times 0.10" or greater:	21	Number of times 1.0" or greater:	22
Number of times 0.50" or greater:	5	Number of times 3.0" or greater:	8
		Number of times 6.0" or greater:	3

Precipitation Records

Greatest Snow	18.4"	1998
Greatest Precipitation	1.75"	1950

Almanac Data for Recent Valentine Days

Year	High	Low	Precip	Snow
1980	31	16	0.09	1.1
1981	38	16	0.00	0
1982	29	16	0.02	0.4
1983	45	17	0.00	0
1984	56	42	0.56	0

1985	29	21	0.14	2.2
1986	24	10	0.03	0.6
1987	12	2	0.01	0.2
1988	36	13	T	0.3
1989	41	30	0.01	0

1990	36	22	0.06	0.3
1991	36	29	0.23	2.6
1992	34	30	0.02	0.2
1993	26	14	T	T
1994	20	3	0.01	0.3

1995	22	6	T	T
1996	25	17	0.03	0.9
1997	37	19	0.03	0.3
1998	22	9	0.08	2.8
1999	30	9	T	T

2000	31	26	0.29	4.9
2001	43	27	0.41	1.7
2002	39	18	0.00	0
2003	21	7	0.03	0.7
2004	30	15	0.11	1.6

2005	42	19	0.13	0
2006	38	26	0.05	1.6
2007	18	11	0.47	17.8
2008	36	18	T	T
2009	32	20	0.00	0.0

2010	30	25	T	0.1
2011	48	22	0.02	T
2012	36	26	0.03	T
2013	42	23	0.08	T
2014	32	23	0.01	0.2

2015	24	7	0.05	1.5
2016	8	-12	T	T
2017	44	16	T	T
2018	45	28	0	0
2019	42	24	T	0.1

2020	16	3	0.01	0.5
2021	25	14	T	0.1
2022	15	5	0.05	0.6
2023	51	26	0.00	0.0
2024	32	21	0.01	0.1