NEW YEAR

NEW YEAR'S DAY

THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED ON NEW YEAR'S DAY WAS 63 DEGREES IN 1985. THE LOWEST THE MERCURY HAS EVER DROPPED TO IS ZERO IN 1918 AND 1970. NORMALLY, THE HIGH TEMPERATURE AVERAGES 34 DEGREES AND THE LOW ABOUT 20.

THERE IS ALMOST A 90 PERCENT CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION OF A TRACE OR MORE, THOUGH NOT NECESSARILY SNOW. THE MOST PRECIPITATION EVER ON NEW YEAR'S DAY FELL IN 1932 WHEN 1.40 INCHES WAS RECORDED. THE MOST SNOW FELL IN 1964 TOTALING 8.1 INCHES BETWEEN 2PM AND 8PM. REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BLOWING SNOW WERE NOT A PROBLEM HOWEVER AS WIND SPEEDS WERE RELATIVELY LOW.

A SEVERE WINTER STORM BEGAN ON NEW YEAR'S DAY IN 1945 AND BEFORE IT WAS OVER ON THE 2ND, 15.0 INCHES OF SNOW HAD FALLEN. THE SNOW COMBINED WITH WINDS OF GALE FORCE RESULTED IN ANOTHER CRIPPLING OF BOTH CITY AND INTER CITY TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION BY BUSES AND STREET CARS. RAILWAY SCHEDULES WERE NOT ABANDONED BUT ALL PASSENGER TRAINS WERE SEVERAL HOURS LATE. THE STORM WAS GENERAL THROUGHOUT WESTERN NEW YORK AND MANY HIGHWAYS WERE IMPASSABLE. AIR TRAVEL WAS CANCELED. SCHOOLS IN THE CITY AND COUNTY CLOSED.

NEW YEAR'S DAY PERIOD OF RECORD: 122 YEARS (1890‑2012)

TEMPERATURE DATA

HIGHEST 63 IN 1985

LOWEST 0 IN 1918 AND 1970

LOWEST MAXIMUM 11 IN 1918

HIGHEST MINIMUM 39 IN 2007

AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE 34.5

AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE 20.8

HIGH TEMPERATURE BY 10 DEGREE RANGES

TEENS 20S 30S 40S 50S 60S

10 31 49 18 14 1 NUMBER OF OCCURRENCES

8% 25% 40% 15% 11% 1%

PRECIPITATION DATA

NUMBER OF TIMES WITH MEASURABLE 78 OCCURRENCES OR 64%

NUMBER OF TIMES WITH TRACE OR MORE 104 OCCURRENCES OR 85%

NUMBER OF TIMES WITH NO PRECIP 17 OCCURRENCES OR 14%

SNOW: NUMBER OF TIMES WITH A TRACE OR MORE 85

NUMBER OF TIMES WITH OVER A TRACE 58

NUMBER OF TIMES WITH 1.0 INCH OR MORE 16

NUMBER OF TIMES WITH 5.0 INCHES OR MORE 1

MAXIMUM PRECIPITATION: 1.40 INCHES IN 1932

MAXIMUM SNOW: 8.1 INCHES IN 1964

NEW YEARS DAY

DATE HI LO PRECIP REMARKS

1890 50 31 0.31 PARTLY CLOUDY

1891 47 36 0.22 CLOUDY

1892 54 33 TR CLOUDY

1893 42 26 0.70/TR CLOUDY

1894 30 21 0.05/0.7 PARTLY CLOUDY

1895 26 18 0.12/1.5 PARTLY CLOUDY

1896 27 21 TR /TR CLOUDY

1897 50 26 0.01 PARTLY CLOUDY

1898 17 9 0.12/1.2 PARTLY CLOUDY

1899 16 2 0.02/0.2 PARTLY CLOUDY

1900 20 11 0.03/0.3 PARTLY CLOUDY

1901 27 13 0.04/0.4 PARTLY CLOUDY

1902 23 6 0.06/0.6 PARTLY CLOUDY

1903 37 30 0.00 CLEAR

1904 27 9 0.04/0.4 CLOUDY

1905 41 35 0.00 CLOUDY

1906 30 36 TR /TR CLOUDY, MORNING FLURRIES

1907 37 30 TR /TR CLOUDY, BREEZY, LATE EVENING FLURRIES

1908 36 25 0.00 CLOUDY

1909 24 18 TR /TR PARTLY CLOUDY, AFTERNOON FLURRIES

1910 41 23 TR PARTLY CLOUDY, EVENING SHOWERS

1911 44 29 0.01 CLOUDY, NOONTIME SHOWERS

1912 29 26 0.01/0.2 PARTLY CLOUDY, EARLY MORNING SNOW FLURRIES

1913 39 32 0.00 CLEAR

1914 28 18 TR /TR CLOUDY, MORNING FLURRIES, AFTERNOON CLEARING

1915 33 13 0.02/0.3 PARTLY CLOUDY, INCREASING CLOUDS, EVENING FLURRIES

1916 40 36 0.63 CLOUDY, RAIN BEGINNING EARLY MORNING

1917 34 21 0.05/0.3 SNOW BEGINNING IN THE MORNING CHANGING TO RAIN

1918 11 0 TR /TR CLEAR, EARLY MORNING FLURRY

1919 56 34 0.18 CLOUDY, AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS

1920 36 4 0.02/0.2 CLOUDY, MORNING SNOW FLURRIES

1921 53 32 0.03 CLOUDY, EARLY MORNING SHOWERS

1922 29 8 0.09/0.9 CLOUDY, BREEZY

1923 44 30 0.10/TR CLOUDY, EARLY MORNING FLURRIES

1924 29 13 TR /TR MORNING FLURRIES, CLEAR THROUGH THE DAY

1925 16 10 TR /TR CLOUDY, MORNING FLURRIES

1926 34 25 TR /TR PARTLY CLOUDY, LATE NIGHT FLURRIES, VERY WINDY

1927 30 13 0.02/0.2 CLOUDY, FLURRIES ALL DAY

1928 24 10 0.17/1.7 CLOUDY, SNOW TILL EARLY AFTERNOON

1929 44 25 0.05/0.1 CLOUDY, MORNING SNOW

1930 55 32 0.02 CLOUDY, SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY

1931 26 17 0.03/0.3 CLOUDY, FLURRIES TILL EARLY AFTERNOON

1932 36 28 1.40/2.0 RAIN FROZE AS IT FELL IN THE EARLY MORNING

NEW YEARS DAY

DATE HI LO PRECIP REMARKS

1933 29 9 TR /TR CLOUDY, MORNING FLURRIES

1934 47 15 0.30/0.3 BREEZY, RAIN TILL EARLY AFTERNOON, LATE EVENING SNOW

1935 37 20 0.10/0.6 WINDY AND SNOWY

1936 34 25 0.00 CLEAR

1937 38 28 0.00 PARTLY CLOUDY

1938 36 28 0.03/0.2 CLOUDY

1939 42 16 0.05/0.6 CLOUDY, EVENING FLURRIES

1940 24 17 0.02/0.2 CLOUDY

1941 24 17 0.00 CLEAR

1942 45 32 0.19/TR CLOUDY, EARLY MORNING FLURRIES, AFTERNOON RAIN

1943 33 13 0.03/0.1 CLOUDY

1944 36 26 0.01/TR CLOUDY, FREEZING DRIZZLE

1945 38 20 0.42/3.4 CLOUDY, SNOW

1946 19 15 0.06/1.8 CLOUDY, WINDY

1947 30 10 0.21/2.3 CLOUDY, EVENING SNOW

1948 29 21 0.70/2.3 SNOW AND SLEET

1949 27 23 0.29/4.4 CLOUDY, SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW

1950 47 37 0.07 CLOUDY

1951 39 21 TR /TR PARTLY CLOUDY

1952 56 35 TR CLOUDY, WINDY

1953 35 25 TR /TR CLOUDY, LATE MORNING/EARLY AFTERNOON FLURRIES

1954 38 19 0.07/0.9 CLOUDY, MORNING FLURRIES

1955 50 28 0.26 PARTLY CLOUDY, EVENING RAIN

1956 27 12 0.01/0.2 MOSTLY CLOUDY, MORNING FLURRIES

1957 19 7 0.04/1.2 PARTLY CLOUDY, MORNING SNOW

1958 42 19 0.11/0.2 CLOUDY

1959 41 30 0.21 CLOUDY, SHOWERS ALL DAY

1960 37 17 0.00 PARTLY CLOUDY

1961 28 17 0.30/0.3 CLOUDY, SNOW

1962 26 8 TR /TR PARTLY CLOUDY, NOONTIME FLURRIES

1963 19 5 TR /TR PARTLY CLOUDY, MORNING FLURRIES

1964 27 8 0.88/8.1 CLOUDY, SNOW

1965 29 23 0.00 CLOUDY

1966 50 29 0.01 CLOUDY, EARLY MORNING SHOWERS

1967 34 30 0.07/0.7 CLOUDY, FLURRIES ALL DAY

1968 18 2 0.04/0.8 PARTLY CLOUDY, EARLY MORNING FLURRIES

1969 17 2 0.03/0.4 CLOUDY, EARLY MORNING AND LATE NIGHT SNOW

1970 21 0 0.00 PARTLY CLOUDY

1971 28 17 0.00 PARTLY CLOUDY

1972 40 25 0.01/0.1 PARTLY CLOUDY, EARLY MORNING FLURRIES

1973 38 27 TR /TR CLOUDY, AFTERNOON FLURRIES

1974 28 14 0.04/0.4 CLOUDY, MORNING FLURRIES

NEW YEARS DAY

DATE HI LO PRECIP REMARKS

1975 34 28 0.11/2.1 CLOUDY, LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON SNOW

1976 32 19 TR /TR PARTLY CLOUDY, LATE MORNING FLURRIES

1977 23 12 0.11/2.2 CLOUDY, SNOW TILL EARLY AFTERNOON

1978 32 16 0.27/3.1 CLOUDY, AFTERNOON AND EVENING SNOW

1979 55 33 0.63 CLOUDY, RAINY

1980 33 30 0.00 CLOUDY

1981 27 12 0.09/1.5 CLOUDY, AFTERNOON AND EVENING SNOW

1982 41 22 0.13 CLOUDY, MORNING RAIN

1983 39 30 0.01/0.1 CLOUDY, LATE MORNING SNOW FLURRIES

1984 30 22 TR /TR CLOUDY, LATE NIGHT FLURRIES

1985 63 32 0.66/TR CLOUDY, MORNING RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN

1986 29 20 0.03/0.3 CLOUDY, WINDY WITH LIGHT SNOW

1987 36 27 TR /TR CLOUDY, AFTERNOON FLURRIES

1988 35 17 0.02/0.2 CLOUDY, OCCASIONAL FLURRIES

1989 38 19 0.00 M. SUNNY, INCREASING CLOUDS LATE IN THE DAY

1990 32 24 TR /TR CLOUDY, MORNING FLURRIES

1991 34 18 TR /TR MORNING FLURRIES THEN AFTERNOON SUNSHINE

1992 35 18 0.00 MORNING SUN THEN BECOMING CLOUDY

1993 34 19 TR /TR CLOUDY, FLURRIES ALL DAY

1994 44 28 0.18/0.1 CLOUDY, AFTERNOON RAIN AND SNOW CHANGING TO RAIN

1995 38 35 0.19/TR CLOUDY, MORNING SHOWERS

1996 33 21 0.05/0.5 CLOUDY, LIGHT SNOW

1997 36 7 0.06/0.3 CLOUDY, EVENING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW

1998 39 11 0.01/0.4 MOSTLY CLOUDY, EARLY MORNING SNOW

1999 18 2 0.01/0.3 EARLY MORNING SNOW THEN AFTERNOON SUNSHINE

2000 50 31 0.00 MOSTLY SUNNY

2001 23 14 0.01/0.4 MORNING SNOW THEN PARTLY SUNNY

2002 25 15 TR /0.1 M. CLOUDY. SNOW SHOWERS THRU EARLY AFTERNOON

2003 33 22 0.07/0.3 CLOUDING UP, EVENING FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW

2004 35 30 0.00 PARTLY SUNNY

2005 50 32 0.00 PARTLY SUNNY

2006 36 32 TR CLOUDY, EARLY AFTERNOON DRIZZLE

2007 52 39 0.13 CLOUDY, RAIN

2008 35 23 0.35 CLOUDY, LIGHT FLURRIES

2009 26 1 TR/TR LIGHT SNOW

2010 33 19 0.02/0.7 LIGHT SNOW, FOG

2011 56 37 0.50/0.0 RAIN

2012 49 33 0.10/MM LIGHT RAIN, SNOW