LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY
LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY IS THE DAY SET ASIDE TO COMMEMORATE OUR 16TH PRESIDENT. IN BUFFALO, THE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR FEBRUARY 12 WAS REACHED IN 1999 WITH A READING OF 63 DEGREES. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED WAS MINUS 10 IN 1927. NORMALLY, THE HIGH TEMPERATURE AVERAGES AROUND 30 DEGREES AND THE LOW ABOUT 17.
THERE'S AN 80 PERCENT CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION OF A TRACE OR MORE.
IN 1910, HEAVY SNOW BEGAN IN THE MORNING, THE SNOW CONTINUING ALL DAY. BY MIDNIGHT, 14.1 INCHES OF SNOW HAD FALLEN‑‑THE MOST SNOW EVER ON LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY. THE MELTED SNOW YIELDED 1.41 INCHES OF WATER SETTING THE RECORD FOR THE MOST PRECIPITATION FOR THE DATE.
A SNOWSTORM OCCURRED IN 1894. THE SNOW BEGAN IN THE MORNING OF THE 12TH. THE STORM HAD ALL THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A WESTERN BLIZZARD. THE SNOW WAS LIGHT AND FEATHERY AND WAS DRIFTED CONSIDERABLY BY THE HIGH EASTERLY WIND. SNOW BANKS WERE FOUR TO FIVE FEET DEEP. TRAINS WERE BEHIND TIMES AND STREET CAR SCHEDULES WERE SUSPENDED EXCEPT ON MAIN AND NIAGARA. THE STORM CONTINUED SEVERE ON THE 13TH. ALL TRAINS WERE LATE AND TROLLEY CARS ALSO EXPERIENCED CONSIDERABLE TROUBLE. A TOTAL OF 8 INCHES FELL ON THE 12TH WITH A TWO DAY TOTAL OF 19.8 INCHES.
LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY FEBRUARY 12 PERIOD OF RECORD: 120 YEARS (1892‑2012)
TEMPERATURE DATA
HIGHEST 63 DEGREES IN 1999
LOWEST ‑10 DEGREES IN 1927
LOWEST MAXIMUM ‑2 IN 1914
HIGHEST MINIMUM 39 IN 1951
AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE 30.8 DEGREES
AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE 17.9 DEGREES
HIGH TEMPERATURE BY 10 DEGREE RANGES
MINUS
SINGLE SINGLE
DIGITS DIGITS TEENS 20S 30S 40S 50S 60S
# OF
2 2 21 33 35 22 4 2 OCCURRENCES
2% 2% 18% 28% 29% 18% 3% 2%
PRECIPITATION DATA
NUMBER OF TIMES WITH MEASURABLE PRECIP 76 OCCURRENCES OR 62%
NUMBER OF TIMES WITH A TRACE OR MORE PRECIP 100 OCCURRENCES OR 83%
NUMBER OF TIMES WITH NO PRECIP 21 OCCURRENCES OR 18%
SNOWFALL: NUMBER OF TIMES WITH A TRACE OR MORE 87
NUMBER OF TIMES WITH OVER A TRACE 64
NUMBER OF TIMES WITH 1.0 INCH OR MORE 17
NUMBER OF TIMES WITH 5.0 INCHES OR MORE 5
MAXIMUM PRECIPITATION: 1.41 INCHES IN 1910
MAXIMUM SNOWFALL: 14.1 INCHES IN 1910
LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY
YEAR HI LO PRECIP REMARKS
1892 13 8 0.04/0.4 PARTLY CLOUDY
1893 33 14 0.00 PARTLY CLOUDY
1894 19 15 0.72/8.0 CLOUDY
1895 15 6 TR / TR PARTLY CLOUDY
1896 23 16 TR / TR CLOUDY
1897 25 17 0.51/5.1 CLOUDY
1898 49 32 0.64/ TR CLOUDY
1899 5 ‑4 0.03/0.3 PARTLY CLOUDY
1900 46 38 0.02 CLOUDY
1901 21 11 0.07/0.7 CLOUDY
1902 22 12 0.03/0.3 CLOUDY
1903 38 34 0.09 CLOUDY
1904 12 7 0.03/0.3 CLOUDY
1905 33 12 0.53/7.5 CLOUDY, SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES
1906 47 25 0.00 PARTLY CLOUDY
1907 13 ‑4 0.02/0.2 CLOUDY, MORNING AND LATE NIGHT FLURRIES
1908 49 26 0.03 CLOUDY, LATE NIGHT SHOWERS
1909 44 22 TR / TR PARTLY CLOUDY, EARLY MORNING FLURRIES
1910 22 14 1.41/14.1 CLOUDY, SNOW ALL DAY, HEAVY IN THE MORNING
1911 33 29 0.02/0.3 CLOUDY, MORNING FLURRIES
1912 18 6 0.00 CLEAR
1913 36 16 0.36/2.4 CLOUDY, RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW
1914 ‑2 ‑9 TR / TR PARTLY CLOUDY, LATE NIGHT FLURRIES
1915 45 31 0.01 CLOUDY, LATE MORNING SHOWERS
1916 19 13 0.04/0.4 CLOUDY, FLURRIES ALL DAY
1917 ‑1 ‑8 0.00 CLEAR, WINDY, VERY COLD
1918 48 30 0.31 CLOUDY, RAIN THROUGHOUT THE DAY
1919 38 28 0.03/0.3 AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS
1920 44 23 0.02/0.2 CLOUDY, LATE NIGHT FLURRIES
1921 31 18 0.00 PARTLY CLOUDY
1922 28 15 0.10/0.6 CLOUDY, BREEZY, EVENING SLEET AND SNOW
1923 36 13 0.07/0.3 CLOUDY, EVENING FLURRIES
1924 30 13 0.22/2.5 CLOUDY, SNOW ALL DAY
1925 28 20 0.08/0.8 PARTLY CLOUDY, SNOW TILL EARLY AFTERNOON
1926 30 9 TR / TR PARTLY CLOUDY, MORNING FLURRIES
1927 32 19 TR / TR PARTLY CLOUDY, MORNING FLURRIES
1928 26 15 0.01/0.1 VARIABLE CLOUDS, FLURRIES THROUGH AFTERNOON
1929 16 7 0.01/0.1 P CLOUDY, LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING FLURRIES
1930 46 29 0.24 CLOUDY, RAIN FROM LATE MORNING
1931 38 29 0.09/0.9 CLOUDY, EARLY MORNING SNOW
1932 53 37 0.03 EARLY MORNING RAIN THEN CLEARING
1933 24 6 0.02/0.2 LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON FLURRIES
LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY
YEAR HI LO PRECIP REMARKS
1934 32 22 0.20/1.9 CLOUDY, SNOWY AND WINDY
1935 29 13 0.00 INCREASING CLOUDS THROUGHOUT THE DAY
1936 15 9 0.08/0.9 CLOUDY, SNOW BEGINNING AROUND NOON
1937 43 31 0.00 CLEAR
1938 40 29 TR / TR CLOUDY, LATE MORNING FLURRIES
1939 36 14 0.00 PARTLY CLOUDY
1940 43 29 TR PARTLY CLOUDY, LATE EVENING SHOWERS
1941 43 26 0.00 CLEAR
1942 18 10 0.00 CLEAR
1943 22 12 0.01/0.2 CLOUDY
1944 18 9 0.42/6.8 CLOUDY, SNOWY AND BREEZY
1945 26 23 0.04/0.8 PARTLY CLOUDY, MORNING SNOW
1946 42 27 0.00 PARTLY CLOUDY
1947 32 17 0.00 PARTLY CLOUDY
1948 33 18 0.04/0.4 CLOUDY, MORNING FLURRIES
1949 52 17 TR PARTLY CLOUDY, LATE NIGHT SHOWERS
1950 38 25 0.00 MOSTLY CLOUDY
1951 43 39 0.12 CLOUDY
1952 26 13 0.01/0.1 CLOUDY, BREEZY
1953 40 29 0.06/ TR CLOUDY
1954 14 1 TR /0.1 MOSTLY SUNNY
1955 12 7 0.08/0.6 PARTLY CLOUDY
1956 35 30 0.15/0.9 CLOUDY, FLURRIES ALL DAY
1957 38 12 TR / TR PARTLY CLOUDY, LATE NIGHT FLURRIES
1958 12 3 0.03/0.3 PARTLY CLOUDY
1959 45 8 0.00 PARTLY CLOUDY
1960 25 18 0.03/0.8 CLOUDY, WINDY
1961 31 14 0.00 PARTLY CLOUDY
1962 26 8 0.03/0.9 MAINLY CLEAR
1963 22 16 0.05/1.0 CLOUDY
1964 34 11 0.00 PARTLY CLOUDY
1965 60 27 0.32 CLOUDY, EARLY MORNING RAIN
1966 38 29 0.00 PARTLY CLOUDY
1967 8 ‑2 0.01/0.2 PARTLY CLOUDY, COLD, MORNING FLURRIES
1968 14 5 0.04/0.4 PARTLY CLOUDY, FLURRIES ALL DAY
1969 27 18 0.03/0.8 CLOUDY, FLURRIES ALL DAY
1970 19 9 0.06/1.6 PARTLY CLOUDY, LATE EVENING SNOW
1971 38 33 0.14/ TR CLOUDY, RAIN MIXING WITH SNOW AT NIGHT
1972 44 15 0.00 PARTLY CLOUDY
1973 20 ‑2 TR /0.1 PARTLY CLOUDY, MORNING FLURRIES
1974 35 24 0.04/0.5 CLOUDY, FLURRIES ALL DAY
LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY
YEAR HI LO PRECIP REMARKS
1975 27 18 0.04/0.4 CLOUDY, LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON FLURRIES
1976 47 23 TR / TR CLOUDY, EARLY MORNING AND EVENING FLURRIES
1977 43 34 0.18 CLOUDY
1978 23 17 0.02/0.2 CLOUDY, FLURRIES ALL DAY
1979 10 ‑10 TR / TR CLOUDY, LATE NIGHT FLURRIES
1980 26 17 TR / TR CLOUDY, LIGHT FLURRIES ALL DAY
1981 13 5 TR / TR PARTLY CLOUDY, COLD, AFTERNOON FLURRIES
1982 22 14 0.00 CLOUDY
1983 25 13 TR / TR PARTLY CLOUDY, MORNING FLURRIES
1984 56 33 TR MORNING CLOUDS, AFTERNOON SUNSHINE
1985 40 33 0.38/1.6 MORNING FLURRIES, EVENING SHOWERS
1986 21 8 0.03/0.6 PARTLY CLOUDY, INTERMITTENT SNOW
1987 32 21 0.06/0.6 MOSTLY CLOUDY, EVENING SNOW
1988 35 14 0.13/1.6 CLOUDY, SNOW THROUGHOUT THE DAY
1989 31 17 0.02/0.2 PARTLY SUNNY, MORNING SNOW
1990 34 20 TR / TR PARTLY SUNNY, MORNING FLURRY
1991 25 12 0.01/0.4 MORNING LIGHT SNOW, THEN CLOUDY WITH FLURRIES
1992 18 ‑6 TR / TR COLD AND SUNNY
1993 33 20 0.23/0.8 CLOUDY, SNOW, LATE MORNING FREEZING RAIN/SLEET
1994 36 1 TR / TR VARIABLE CLOUDINESS, MORNING FLURRIES
1995 16 -1 0.09/2.6 WINDY, CLOUDING UP, SNOW BEGINNING AFTER NOON
1996 17 6 0.03/0.7 MOSTLY CLOUDY, FLURRIES THROUGHOUT THE DAY
1997 28 13 0.14/1.7 WINDY, LIGHT SNOW THROUGHOUT THE DAY
1998 46 32 0.28/TR CLOUDY, MORNING RAIN, AFTERNOON FLURRIES
1999 63 29 0.20/0.06 WINDY, RECORD SET AT MIDNIGHT THEN TURNING COLDER
2000 24 10 0.00 MOSTLY SUNNY
2001 39 12 0.00 SUNNY IN THE MORNING, CLOUDY BY AFTERNOON
2002 36 24 0.02/0.3 CLOUDY, AFTERNOON RAIN AND SNOW
2003 21 10 0.25/4.8 MOSTLY CLOUDY. SNOW THROUGH EARLY MORNING
2004 30 21 0.01/0.2 CLOUDY, LIGHT SNOW THROUGHOUT THE DAY
2005 34 24 0.20/2.5 WINDY, MOSTLY CLOUDY, SNOW
2006 23 13 TR/TR MOSTLY SUNNY
2007 27 13 TR/TR MOSTLY SUNNY
2008 31 5 0.25/1.3 CLOUDY
2009 51 32 0.88/2.7 RAIN,SNOW
2010 27 20 T/0.2 LIGHT SNOW
2011 29 14 0.08/MM SNOW, FOG
2012 26 13 0.01/MM SNOW