VALENTINE

VALENTINE'S DAY

THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED ON VALENTINES DAY WAS 57 DEGREES IN 1946. THE LOWEST OCCURRED IN 1943 WHEN THE MERCURY DIPPED TO MINUS 13. NORMALLY, THE HIGH TEMPERATURE AVERAGES AROUND 33 DEGREES AND THE LOW NEAR 19.

THE MOST PRECIPITATION ON VALENTINES DAY WAS 1.35 INCHES IN 1950. THE MOST SNOW FELL IN 1960 WHEN 12.0 INCHES WAS RECORDED.

IN 1876, WHIRLWINDS PASSED OVER THE EASTERN PART OF THE CITY ABOUT 8:30AM. IT CARRIED OFF THE ROOF OF THE SLAUGHTER HOUSE AND TRANSPORTED A PORTION OF THE ROOF...WEIGHING ABOUT A TON...FOR ABOUT 1000 FEET.

A SNOWSTORM IN 1940 DUMPED 6.5 INCHES OF SNOW ON BUFFALO. OWING TO THE RATHER STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS (25 TO 30 MPH THROUGHOUT THE DAY) THE POWDER DRIFTED SOMEWHAT. LOCAL TRAFFIC OF ALL KINDS WAS SLOWED DOWN, BUT NOT NEARLY TO THE EXTENT THAT SOMETIMES OCCURS IN SEVERE SOUTHWEST STORMS IN THIS REGION.

IN 1946, GALE FORCE WINDS PREVAILED FROM 5:30AM TO ABOUT NOON. SOME BUILDINGS WERE UNROOFED, WINDOWS SHATTERED, POLES AND TREES FELLED, AND SOME HOUSES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN THE GALE. WIND DRIVEN ICE IN LAKE ERIE TORE A 200 FOOT BREAK IN THE BIRD ISLAND PIER. SAFETY ROPES WERE STRETCHED IN DOWNTOWN AREAS OF BUFFALO TO AID PEDESTRIANS.

VALENTINE'S DAY FEBRUARY 14 PERIOD OF RECORD: 122 YEARS (1890‑2012)

TEMPERATURE DATA

HIGHEST 57 DEGREES IN 1946

LOWEST ‑13 DEGREES IN 1943

LOWEST MAXIMUM 5 DEGREES IN 1979

HIGHEST MINIMUM 40 DEGREES IN 1915

AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE 32.4

AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE 19.6

HIGH TEMPERATURE BY 10 DEGREE RANGES

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DIGITS TEENS 20S 30S 40S 50S

1 13 38 38 26 7 NUMBER OF OCCURRENCES

1% 11% 31% 31% 21% 6%

PRECIPITATION DATA

NUMBER OF TIMES WITH MEASURABLE 79 OCCURRENCES OR 65%

NUMBER OF TIMES WITH A TRACE OR MORE 105 OCCURRENCES OR 86%

NUMBER OF TIMES WITH NO PRECIP 16 OCCURRENCES OR 13%

SNOWFALL: NUMBER OF TIMES WITH A TRACE OR MORE 95

NUMBER OF TIMES WITH OVER A TRACE 67

NUMBER OF TIMES WITH 1.0 INCH OR MORE 29

NUMBER OF TIMES WITH 5.0 INCHES OR MORE 5

MAXIMUM PRECIPITATION: 1.35 INCHES IN 1950

MAXIMUM SNOWFALL: 12.0 INCHES IN 1960

3850/2210
VALENTINE'S Day

YEAR HI LO PRECIP REMARKS

1890 48 35 0.90 CLOUDY

1891 24 16 0.05/0.5 PARTLY CLOUDY

1892 41 13 0.40 CLOUDY

1893 47 28 TR CLOUDY

1894 24 12 TR / TR PARTLY CLOUDY

1895 24 16 TR / TR CLOUDY

1896 27 16 0.11/1.1 PARTLY CLOUDY

1897 41 21 0.12/1.0 PARTLY CLOUDY

1898 36 27 0.12/1.0 CLOUDY

1899 17 1 TR / TR PARTLY CLOUDY

1900 23 18 TR / TR PARTLY CLOUDY

1901 19 4 0.00 PARTLY CLOUDY

1902 18 6 0.02/0.2 PARTLY CLOUDY

1903 25 18 0.01/0.1 CLOUDY

1904 32 19 0.03/0.3 CLOUDY

1905 12 ‑8 0.11/1.1 CLOUDY, BLUSTERY

1906 46 10 0.40/1.8 RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW LATE MORNING

1907 50 15 0.04/0.2 EARLY MORNING RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW TILL NOON

1908 50 36 0.42 SHOWERS ALL DAY, AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORM

1909 28 20 0.54/3.0 CLOUDY, HEAVY FALL OF SLEET THROUGHOUT THE DAY

1910 31 15 0.08/0.8 GENERALLY CLOUDY DAY WITH SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON

1911 28 23 1.32/7.4 CLOUDY, SNOW AND SLEET ALL DAY

1912 27 13 0.00 PARTLY CLOUDY

1913 36 27 0.00 PARTLY CLOUDY, LUNAR HALO OBSERVED

1914 18 9 0.11/1.4 PARTLY CLOUDY, LIGHT SNOW THROUGHOUT THE DAY

1915 48 40 0.02 CLOUDY, EVENING SHOWERS

1916 13 5 TR / TR P CLOUDY, MORNING FLURRIES, AFTERNOON CLEARING

1917 19 9 0.12/1.2 CLOUDY, MORNING SNOW

1918 52 33 0.04 CLOUDY, NIGHTTIME SHOWERS, THUNDER HEARD

1919 48 35 0.29 CLOUDY, RAIN ENDING LATE MORNING

1920 36 18 0.44/2.0 CLOUDY, LIGHT SNOW FROM LATE MORNING

1921 35 25 TR / TR CLOUDY, NOONTIME FLURRIES

1922 24 15 TR / TR PARTLY CLOUDY, MORNING FLURRIES

1923 32 4 TR / TR PARTLY CLOUDY, WINDY

1924 33 12 0.03/0.3 CLOUDY, FLURRIES THROUGHOUT THE DAY

1925 35 19 0.00 CLEAR

1926 35 29 0.00 CLEAR

1927 38 24 0.45/2.8 CLOUDY, MORNING SNOW CHANGING TO RAIN

1928 44 36 0.44 CLOUDY, RAIN FROM LATE MORNING

1929 27 19 0.04/0.4 CLOUDY, FLURRIES ALL DAY

1930 26 17 0.01/0.1 VARIABLE CLOUDS, FLURRIES THROUGH AFTERNOON

1931 26 11 TR / TR CLOUDY, WINDY, LATE MORNING SNOW FLURRIES

VALENTINE'S DAY

YEAR HI LO PRECIP REMARKS

1932 26 19 TR / TR CLOUDY

1933 37 31 0.05/0.5 CLOUDY, RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW AT NIGHT

1934 31 ‑4 TR / TR CLOUDY, EARLY MORNING FLURRIES

1935 42 34 0.19 CLOUDY, SHOWERS FROM EARLY MORNING

1936 40 30 0.03 CLOUDY, EARLY MORNING RAIN

1937 50 25 0.11/0.3 CLOUDY

1938 44 13 0.04/0.3 CLOUDY, AFTERNOON FLURRIES

1939 45 30 0.00 PARTLY CLOUDY

1940 22 19 0.65/6.5 CLOUDY, SNOWY AND WINDY

1941 44 30 0.06 CLOUDY

1942 31 21 TR / TR CLOUDY, LATE NIGHT FLURRIES

1943 16 ‑13 0.20/2.7 CLOUDY, RECORD COLD

1944 33 14 0.29/3.3 CLOUDY, AFTERNOON AND EVENING SNOW

1945 33 21 0.18/1.8 CLOUDY, MORNING SNOW

1946 57 24 0.10/ TR **SEE NOTES

1947 43 30 0.00 CLOUDY

1948 47 15 0.66/0.8 CLOUDY, SNOW, BLOWING SNOW

1949 38 33 0.03 CLOUDY, MORNING DRIZZLE

1950 42 29 1.35/ TR CLOUDY, LOCAL FLOODING

1951 25 14 0.06/0.7 PARTLY CLOUDY, FLURRIES TILL EARLY AFTERNOON

1952 22 8 0.00 CLEAR

1953 45 26 TR / TR MOSTLY SUNNY, EARLY MORNING FLURRY

1954 54 27 0.00 PARTLY CLOUDY

1955 29 12 0.25/2.6 PARTLY CLOUDY, FLURRIES BEGINNING LATE MORNING

1956 45 25 0.01/0.1 MOSTLY CLOUDY

1957 39 32 0.04/ TR CLOUDY, SHOWERS AND A FEW FLURRIES

1958 20 5 TR / TR PARTLY CLOUDY, MORNING FLURRIES

1959 47 28 0.39 CLOUDY, EVENING RAIN

1960 19 13 0.89/12.0 CLOUDY SNOW

1961 40 33 0.02/ TR CLOUDY, SHOWERS, FLURRIES ALL DAY

1962 32 22 0.24/3.3 CLOUDY, WINDY

1963 25 17 0.02/0.8 CLOUDY, FLURRIES ALL DAY

1964 32 24 0.04/0.7 CLOUDY, FLURRIES ALL DAY

1965 29 16 0.00 PARTLY CLOUDY

1966 33 23 0.01/0.1 CLOUDY, FLURRIES

1967 49 29 0.01/0.2 PARTLY CLOUDY, EARLY MORNING FLURRIES

1968 25 19 0.01/0.2 CLOUDY, WINDY, COLD, SCATTERED FLURRIES

1969 16 8 0.05/1.8 PARTLY CLOUDY, SNOW UNTIL NOON

1970 21 1 0.00 PARTLY CLOUDY, COLD

1971 20 6 0.03/0.6 PARTLY CLOUDY, MORNING FLURRIES

1972 35 30 0.06 /TR CLOUDY

1973 41 15 0.08/1.0 CLOUDY, LATE NIGHT FLURRIES

VALENTINE'S DAY

YEAR HI LO PRECIP REMARKS

1974 22 7 TR / TR CLOUDY, EARLY MORNING FLURRIES

1975 28 20 0.02/0.2 CLOUDY, FLURRIES ALL DAY

1976 33 22 0.00 PARTLY CLOUDY

1977 32 22 0.01/0.2 CLOUDY, FLURRIES ALL DAY

1978 24 8 TR / TR PARTLY CLOUDY, MORNING FLURRIES

1979 5 ‑6 0.07/1.3 CLOUDY, COLD, SNOWY

1980 31 17 0.05/1.0 CLOUDY, MORNING SNOW

1981 32 17 0.00 PARTLY CLOUDY

1982 31 20 0.06/0.8 CLOUDY, MORNING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW

1983 39 23 0.00 SUNNY

1984 56 38 0.26 CLOUDY, LATE MORNING RAIN

1985 25 18 0.07/0.9 FLURRIES THROUGHOUT THE DAY

1986 23 15 0.05/0.7 BREEZY, LIGHT SNOW THROUGHOUT THE DAY

1987 13 5 TR / TR CLOUDY AND COLD, FLURRIES ALL DAY

1988 46 14 TR / TR MORNING FLURRIES THEN MOSTLY SUNNY

1989 42 31 0.08 MORNING RAIN OTHERWISE MOSTLY CLOUDY

1990 34 22 0.08/0.9 CLOUDY, MORNING SNOW

1991 35 27 0.30/3.0 CLOUDY, SNOW THROUGHOUT THE DAY

1992 33 29 TR / TR CLOUDY, FLURRIES THROUGHOUT THE DAY

1993 29 19 TR / TR MIX OF SUN AND CLOUDS; LATE EVENING FLURRIES

1994 18 8 TR / TR MOSTLY SUNNY

1995 24 2 TR / TR VARIABLE CLOUDS, AFTERNOON FLURRIES

1996 25 17 0.06/1.0 CLOUDY, LIGHT SNOW THROUGHOUT THE DAY

1997 34 19 0.01/0.4 MORNING DRIZZLE AND SNOW OTHERWISE CLOUDY

1998 25 15 TR/ TR PARTLY SUNNY, MORNING FLURRIES

1999 28 11 0.00 MOSTLY SUNNY

2000 28 24 0.51/5.1 SNOW, MIXED WITH SLEET AT TIMES

2001 37 31 0.54/1.6 CLOUDY, AFTERNOON RAIN CHANGING TO EVENING SNOW

2002 37 20 0.00 MORNING CLOUDS THEN SUNSHINE

2003 21 8 TR / TR PARTLY SUNNY. EARLY AFTERNOON FLURRIES

2004 28 15 0.04/1.0 CLOUDY, AFTERNOON AND EVENING SNOW

2005 40 23 0.37/TR CLOUDY, WINDY

2006 39 28 0.14/1.5 WINDY, SNOW, CLOUDY

2007 15 9 0.32/6.2 CLOUDY, SNOW

2008 32 17 TR/TR MOSTLY SUNNY

2009 27 19 0.0/0.0 MOSTLY CLOUDY

2010 28 23 0.03/0.08 LIGHT SNOW, FOG, BLOWING SNOW

2011 48 20 TR/MM SNOW, RAIN

2012 35 29 0.10/MM RAIN, LIGHT SNOW, FOG