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A storm system will shift from eastern Texas into the lower Mississippi Valley today with additional threats of severe thunderstorms and heavy to excessive rainfall which may bring flooding. In the northern U.S., a storm will bring heavy snow and gusty winds over parts of the northern Rockies, northern Plains, and Upper Midwest today into Wednesday. Read More >

Valentine Memorial Day Climatology

Memorial Day occurs on May 30 every year, however since 1971, following the National Holiday Act passed by congress, the holiday has been observed on the last Monday of May. The date Memorial Day is observed can vary from as early as May 25 to as late as May 31. Before 1971 the holiday was always observed on May 30, and was called Decoration Day. Weather observations have been taken on this holiday at Valentine dating back to 1890. This study compares the weather reported on the observed day of Memorial (Decoration) Day.

MEMORIAL DAY IN VALENTINE
PERIOD OF RECORD 127 YEARS: 1890-2016

TEMPERATURE DATA

Highest	98 degrees (May 30, 1934)
Lowest	32 degrees (May 30, 1947)
Lowest Maximum	46 degrees (May 27, 1996)
Highest Minimum	73 degrees (May 30, 1934)
Average High	73.4 degrees
Average Low	49.8 degrees
30 Year Normal High	74 to 75 degrees
30 Year Normal Low	47 to 49 degrees
Average Temperature Range	23.6 degrees
Largest Range between High and Low	43 degrees (4 times) High 75, Low 32 (May 30, 1947) High 88, Low 45 (May 30, 1965) High 76, Low 33 (May 31, 1993) High 84, Low 41 (May 27, 2002)
Smallest Range between High and Low	3 degrees High 46, Low 43 (May 27, 1996)

High Temperature by 10 Degree Ranges

40s	50s	60s	70s	80s	90s
1	17	27	37	41	4
0.8%	13.4%	21.3%	29.1%	32.3%	3.1%

Low Temperature by 10 Degree Ranges

30s	40s	50s	60s	70s
11	46	60	9	1
8.7%	36.2%	47.2%	7.1%	0.8%

PRECIPITATION DATA

Maximum Precipitation	1.45 inches (May 25, 2015)
Maximum Snowfall	None reported
Number of Times Precipitation	74 Occurrences or 58.3%
Number of Times Measurable Precipitation (more than a Trace)	58 Occurrences or 45.7%
Number of Times Snowfall	No snowfall occurrences
Number of Times No Precipitation	53 Occurrences or 41.7%

DAILY WEATHER SUMMARIES PAST 5 MEMORIAL DAYS

Date	High	Low	Precip	Snow	Remarks
May 28, 2012	73	48	0.00	0.0	Sunny, windy (peak gust 49 mph)
May 27, 2013	82	54	0.46	0.0	Morning fog, mostly cloudy, evening thunderstorms
May 26, 2014	83	52	0.00	0.0	Partly cloudy
May 25, 2015	62	54	1.45	0.0	Cloudy, morning fog, afternoon thunderstorms
May 30, 2016	83	54	0.63	0.0	Mostly sunny early, afternoon & evening thunderstorms

YEAR BY YEAR WEATHER FOR PAST MEMORIAL DAYS
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VALENTINE RECORDS FOR POTENTIAL MEMORIAL DAYS
(RECORDS SET ON CELEBRATED MEMORIAL DAYS HIGHLIGHTED)

Date	High	Low	Low Max	High Min	Precip	Snow
May 25	97/1985	32/1910	48/1904	64/1926	4.00/1920	None
May 26	98/1969	28/1992	44/1918	63/1931	1.41/1955	None
May 27	98/1969	30/1907	46/1996	68/1969	1.97/1995	None
May 28	99/1934	29/1947	37/1947	67/2010	2.19/1978	4.0/1947
May 29	102/1934	26/1947	53/1967	64/1988,37,34	3.76/1949	None
May 30	98/1934	32/1947	51/1967	73/1934	1.39/1938	None
May 31	95/1984	31/1964	48/1967	62/1944,23	1.08/1945	None

ALSO VISIT NORTH PLATTE MEMORIAL DAY CLIMATOLOGY

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