COLUMBUS DAY

COLUMBUS DAY

COLUMBUS DAY IS TRADITIONALLY OBSERVED ON OCTOBER 12TH BUT SINCE THE MONDAY HOLIDAY BILL, MORE COMMONLY OBSERVED ON THE SECOND MONDAY IN OCTOBER. COLUMBUS DAY COMMEMORATES THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA BY COLUMBUS IN 1492. QUITE LIKELY, THE FIRST CELEBRATION OF COLUMBUS DAY WAS THAT ORGANIZED IN 1792 BY THE SOCIETY OF ST. TAMMANY, OR COLUMBIAN ORDER, MORE WIDELY KNOWN AS TAMMANY HALL.

THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED IN BUFFALO ON COLUMBUS DAY WAS ON OCTOBER 13, 1969. THOUGH THE SKIES WERE CLOUDY, THE HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE DAY WAS 82 DEGREES. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED WAS 31 DEGREES ON OCTOBER 12, 1936, OCTOBER 11, 1993 AND OCTOBER 8, 2001. NORMALLY, THE HIGH TEMPERATURE AVERAGES ABOUT 61 DEGREES WHILE THE LOW AVERAGES 45 DEGREES.

THERE IS ROUGHLY A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF HAVING PRECIPITATION OF A TRACE OR MORE ON COLUMBUS DAY. STEADY RAIN ON OCTOBER 12, 1946 DROPPED 1.55 INCHES ON BUFFALO...THE MOST PRECIPITATION EVER RECORDED ON COLUMBUS DAY.

THERE WAS A TRACE OF SNOW RECORDED ON FIVE OF THE PAST COLUMBUS DAYS.

THERE WERE TWO WINDSTORMS OF SIGNIFICANCE ON PAST 119 COLUMBUS DAYS. IN 1917, STRONG WINDS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND NIGHT TORE DOWN TREES, SNAPPED TROLLEY WIRES, AND LASHED HEAVY WAVES ON LAKE ERIE. THERE WAS NO FERRY SERVICE ON THE NIAGARA RIVER AT NIGHT DUE TO THE WEATHER CONDITIONS.

IN 1936, HIGH WINDS ON BOTH THE 11TH AND 12TH OF OCTOBER CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE WHICH INCLUDED DOWNED WIRES AND BROKEN WINDOWS. NIAGARA COUNTY APPLE GROWERS REPORTED LOSSES TO THEIR CROPS DUE TO THE HIGH WINDS.

COLUMBUS DAY PERIOD OF RECORD: 121 YEARS (1890‑2011)

TEMPERATURE DATA

HIGHEST 82 DEGREES ON OCT. 13, 1969

LOWEST 30 DEGREES ON OCT. 12, 1964, OCT. 14, 1991

LOWEST MAXIMUM 44 DEGREES ON OCT. 12, 1906 AND OCT. 9, 2000

HIGHEST MINIMUM 65 DEGREES ON OCT. 12, 1938

AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE 59.2 DEGREES

AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE 46.5 DEGREES

HIGH TEMPERATURE BY 10 DEGREE RANGES

30S 40S 50S 60S 70S 80S

3 17 44 34 22 3 ‑NUMBER OF OCCURRENCES

3% 14% 34% 29% 18% 2% ‑PROBABILITY OF HIGH TEMPERATURE

IN THAT RANGE

PRECIPITATION DATA

NUMBER OF TIMES WITH MEASURABLE 45 OCCURRENCES OR 38%

NUMBER OF TIMES WITH A TRACE OR MORE 59 OCCURRENCES OR 50%

NUMBER OF TIMES WITH NO PRECIPITATION 64 OCCURRENCES OR 54%

NUMBER OF DAYS WITH PRECIPITATION OF: 0.01 INCH OR MORE 45

0.50 INCH OR MORE 6

1.00 INCH OR MORE 4

THERE WAS A TRACE OF SNOW ON FIVE OCCASIONS:

1906, 1909, 1917, 1932, 1936

MAXIMUM PRECIPITATION: 1.55 INCHES ON OCT. 12, 1946

COLUMBUS DAY

Text Box: OCTOBER 12TH THROUGH
MONDAY HOLIDAY BILL THEN SECOND MONDAY IN OCTOBER

DATE HI LO PRECIP REMARKS

1890 52 44 0.08 CLOUDY

1891 52 32 0.00 CLEAR

1892 69 45 0.00 CLEAR

1893 81 61 0.00 CLEAR

1894 56 43 0.02 CLOUDY

1895 50 46 0.53 CLOUDY

1896 49 44 0.37 CLOUDY

1897 70 54 0.37 PARTLY CLOUDY

1898 57 47 TR CLOUDY

1899 71 60 TR PARTLY CLOUDY

1900 70 51 0.00 PARTLY CLOUDY

1901 76 64 0.00 CLOUDY

1902 62 54 0.00 CLOUDY

1903 56 46 0.00 PARTLY CLOUDY

1904 49 42 0.07 CLOUDY

1905 50 39 0.06 PARTLY CLOUDY, RAIN IN THE EARLY MORNING

1906 44 33 TR/TR CLOUDY, EARLY AFTERNOON FLURRIES

1907 50 40 TR PARTLY CLOUDY, AFTERNOON SHOWERS

1908 50 36 0.00 CLEAR

1909 53 38 TR/TR CLOUDY, SNOW FLURRIES, BREEZY

1910 62 39 0.00 PARTLY CLOUDY

1911 63 51 0.00 PARTLY CLOUDY

1912 72 50 0.05 CLOUDY, LATE MORNING SHOWERS, BREEZY

1913 52 45 0.13 PARTLY CLOUDY, BREEZY, EVENING SHOWERS

1914 60 49 0.00 CLOUDY

1915 65 54 0.00 CLOUDY, BREEZY

1916 61 46 0.00 CLEAR

1917 50 34 0.64/TR RAIN ALL DAY, WINDY‑‑PEAK GUST 72 MPH AT 728PM

1918 64 57 0.17 CLOUDY, MORNING RAIN

1919 54 42 0.00 PARTLY CLOUDY

1920 67 52 0.01 CLOUDY, LATE NIGHT SHOWER

1921 49 38 0.34 CLOUDY, RAIN ENDING LATE MORNING

1922 57 38 TR PARTLY CLOUDY, NOONTIME SHOWERS

1923 70 53 0.00 CLEAR

1924 63 46 0.00 CLEAR

1925 52 40 TR CLOUDY, BREEZY, EARLY MORNING SHOWERS

1926 64 45 0.00 PARTLY CLOUDY

1927 67 49 0.43 CLOUDY, RAIN FROM LATE MORNING

1928 73 63 TR PARTLY CLOUDY, AFTERNOON HALO OBSERVED

1929 68 51 0.13 CLOUDY, EARLY MORNING AND EVENING SHOWERS

1930 78 56 0.00 CLEAR

1931 52 39 0.00 CLEAR, BAROMETER READING OF 30.66 AT 9AM

1932 45 36 0.11/TR CLOUDY, FLURRIES AND RAIN

1933 63 43 0.00 PARTLY CLOUDY, WINDY

COLUMBUS DAY

DATE HI LO PRECIP REMARKS

1934 51 38 0.00 CLOUDY

1935 56 39 0.00 CLEAR

1936 55 31 TR/TR PARTLY CLOUDY, EARLY MORNING FLURRIES

1937 58 39 0.01 CLOUDY, WINDY

1938 76 65 0.00 CLEAR

1939 57 46 0.06 PARTLY CLOUDY, THUNDERSTORMS

1940 64 57 0.00 PARTLY CLOUDY, BREEZY

1941 61 48 0.00 PARTLY CLOUDY

1942 58 45 0.00 CLEAR

1943 78 45 0.00 CLEAR

1944 61 43 0.00 PARTLY CLOUDY

1945 54 45 0.32 CLOUDY, THUNDERSTORMS

1946 64 42 1.55 CLOUDY, BREEZY, RAIN

1947 77 52 0.00 CLEAR

1948 55 46 0.12 CLOUDY, MORNING SHOWERS

1949 75 46 0.47 MOSTLY CLOUDY, MORNING RAIN

1950 56 48 0.10 CLOUDY, SHOWERS ALL DAY

1951 56 38 0.00 PARTLY CLOUDY

1952 63 41 0.00 CLEAR

1953 57 42 0.00 PARTLY CLOUDY

1954 78 65 1.13 CLOUDY, THUNDERSTORMS

1955 74 53 0.00 PARTLY CLOUDY

1956 66 38 0.00 PARTLY CLOUDY

1957 54 33 0.00 CLEAR

1958 52 35 0.01 PARTLY CLOUDY

1959 50 41 0.00 PARTLY CLOUDY

1960 64 40 0.00 CLEAR

1961 74 55 0.00 CLEAR

1962 70 46 0.00 PARTLY CLOUDY

1963 59 38 0.00 PARTLY CLOUDY

1964 56 30 0.00 PARTLY CLOUDY, BREEZY

1965 51 39 0.32 PARTLY CLOUDY, LATE MORNING THUNDERSHOWERS

1966 49 41 0.01 CLOUDY, EARLY MORNING SHOWERS

1967 53 42 0.00 CLOUDY

YEAR DATE HI LO PRECIP REMARKS

1968 OCT 14 75 49 0.00 CLEAR

1969 OCT 13 82 52 0.04 CLOUDY, LATE NIGHT SHOWERS

1970 OCT 12 70 58 0.33 CLOUDY, AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS

1971 OCT 11 60 46 0.03 P. CLOUDY, MORNING & AFTERNOON SHOWERS

1972 OCT 9 49 35 0.00 PARTLY CLOUDY

1973 OCT 8 70 53 0.03 PARTLY CLOUDY, MORNING SHOWERS

1974 OCT 7 61 40 0.09 CLOUDY, MORNING RAIN

COLUMBUS DAY

YEAR DATE HI LO PRECIP REMARKS

1975 OCT 13 68 46 0.25 PARTLY CLOUDY, NOONTIME THUNDERSTORM

1976 OCT 11 55 36 0.00 CLEAR

1977 OCT 10 57 44 TR PARTLY CLOUDY, EARLY MORNING SHOWER

1978 OCT 9 56 35 0.00 PARTLY CLOUDY

1979 OCT 8 51 37 0.09 CLOUDY, EVENING SHOWERS

1980 OCT 13 47 38 TR CLOUDY, MORNING SHOWER

1981 OCT 12 57 33 0.00 CLEAR

1982 OCT 11 65 50 0.38 CLOUDY, EARLY MORNING RAIN

1983 OCT 10 63 35 0.00 PARTLY SUNNY

1984 OCT 8 62 54 0.02 CLOUDY, LATE MORNING SHOWERS

1985 OCT 14 59. 51 0.05 CLOUDY, EARLY AFTERNOON RAIN SHOWERS

1986 OCT 13 63 56 1.01 CLOUDY, RAIN ALL MORNING

1987 OCT 12 52 39 0.01 CLOUDY, LATE NIGHT SHOWER

1988 OCT 10 53 44 1.19 RAIN ALL DAY, EVENING THUNDERSTORMS

1989 OCT 9 48 36 0.00 MOSTLY CLOUDY

1990 OCT 8 66 49 0.10 CLOUDY, RAIN AND DRIZZLE ALL DAY

1991 OCT 14 59 30 TR MORNING SUN, AFTERNOON CLOUDINESS

1992 OCT 12 60 46 0.05 MOSTLY CLOUDY, LATE NIGHT SHOWERS

1993 OCT 11 56 31 0.00 MOSTLY SUNNY

1994 OCT 10 54 41 0.00 MOSTLY SUNNY

1995 OCT 9 64 47 0.00 PARTLY SUNNY

1996 OCT 14 63 39 0.00 MOSTLY SUNNY

1997 OCT 13 79 55 0.00 SUNNY

1998 OCT 12 67 44 0.00 MOSTLY SUNNY

1999 OCT 11 62 44 0.00 PARTLY SUNNY

2000 OCT 9 44 34 TR MOSTLY CLOUDY

2001 OCT 8 49 31 0.00 SUNNY

2002 OCT 14 77 60 0.00 MOSTLY SUNNY

2003 OCT 13 62 43 0.00 MOSTLY SUNNY

2004 OCT 11 50 37 0.00 CLOUDY

2005 OCT 10 55 49 0.01 CLOUDY

2006 OCT 9 69 51 0.00 MOSTLY CLEAR

2007 OCT 8 79 65 0.00 MOSTLY SUNNY

2008 OCT 13 73 52 0.00 PARTLY SUNNY

2009 OCT 12 48 32 0.01 LIGHT RAIN

2010 OCT 11 62 51 0.30 THUNDERSTORM, RAIN, FOG

2011 OCT 10 80 51 0.00 PARTY CLOUDY