ELECTION DAY
SINCE 1845, BY ACT OF CONGRESS, THE FIRST TUESDAY AFTER THE FIRST MONDAY IN NOVEMBER IS THE DATE FOR CHOOSING THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS. STATE ELECTIONS ARE ALSO GENERALLY HELD ON THIS DAY. WOMEN WERE FIRST ALLOWED TO VOTE IN 1920.
THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED IN ROCHESTER ON ELECTION DAY WAS ON NOVEMBER 3, 1959 WHEN SUNNY SKIES WERE ACCOMPANIED BY A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 83 DEGREES. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED WAS ON ELECTION DAY OF 1951 WHEN ON THE MORNING OF NOVEMBER 6TH THE TEMPERATURE DROPPED TO 13 DEGREES.
NORMALLY, THE HIGH TEMPERATURE AVERAGES NEAR 54 DEGREES WHILE THE LOW AVERAGES AROUND 37 DEGREES.
THERE IS ROUGHLY A 67 PERCENT CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION OF A TRACE OR MORE.
ELECTION DAY PERIOD OF RECORD: 71 YEARS (1940‑2011)
TEMPERATURE DATA
HIGHEST 83 DEGREES ON NOV 3, 1959
LOWEST 13 DEGREES ON NOV 6, 1951
LOWEST MAXIMUM 32 DEGREES ON NOV 6, 1951
HIGHEST MINIMUM 56 DEGREES ON NOV 2, 1982 AND NOV 3, 1987
AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE 53.5 DEGREES
AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE 36.8 DEGREES
HIGH TEMPERATURE BY 10 DEGREE RANGES
30S 40S 50S 60S 70S 80S
5 26 20 15 5 1 ‑NUMBER OF OCCURRENCES
7% 37% 28% 21% 7% 1% ‑PROBABILITY OF HIGH TEMP IN RANGE
PRECIPITATION DATA
NUMBER OF TIMES WITH MEASURABLE 37 OCCURRENCES OR 52%
NUMBER OF TIMES WITH A TRACE OR MORE 47 OCCURRENCES OR 66%
NUMBER OF TIMES WITH NO PRECIPITATION 25 OCCURRENCES OR 35%
NUMBER OF TIMES WITH PRECIPITATION OF: 0.01 INCH OR MORE 37
0.50 INCH OR MORE 4
1.00 INCH OR MORE 1
SNOWFALL: NUMBER OF TIMES WITH A TRACE OR MORE 10
NUMBER OF TIMES WITH MEASURABLE 4
MAXIMUM PRECIPITATION: 1.77 INCHES ON NOV. 5, 1985
MAXIMUM SNOWFALL: 0.3 INCHES ON NOV 6, 1951
ELECTION DAY
DATE HI LO PRECIP REMARKS
NOV 5 1940 67 47 .49 CLOUDY
NOV 4 1941 57 39 0.0 CLOUDY
NOV 3 1942 46 35 .02 PARTLY CLOUDY
NOV 2 1943 54 42 .14 CLOUDY
NOV 7 1944 47 27 .04 CLOUDY
NOV 6 1945 70 32 0.0 SUNNY, CLEAR
NOV 5 1946 47 34 .02 PARTLY CLOUDY
NOV 4 1947 51 43 .67 CLOUDY
NOV 2 1948 58 45 0.0 CLOUDY
NOV 8 1949 60 38 0.0 CLOUDY
NOV 7 1950 58 41 0.0 CLOUDY
NOV 6 1951 32 13 0.12/0.3 CLOUDY
NOV 4 1952 47 28 0.0 PARTLY CLOUDY
NOV 3 1953 65 43 0.0 CLOUDY
NOV 2 1954 40 31 .54/.1 CLOUDY
NOV 8 1955 38 32 .01/0.1 CLOUDY
NOV 6 1956 68 37 0.0 SUNNY
NOV 5 1957 45 38 .01 CLOUDY
NOV 4 1958 60 39 0.0 PARTLY CLOUDY
NOV 3 1959 83 48 .15 PARTLY CLOUDY
NOV 8 1960 48 24 TR/TR CLOUDY
NOV 7 1961 46 40 TR CLOUDY
NOV 6 1962 40 26 TR/TR PARTLY CLOUDY
NOV 5 1963 54 43 .14 CLOUDY
NOV 3 1964 67 37 0.0 SUNNY
NOV 2 1965 41 21 0.0 CLOUDY
NOV 8 1966 58 49 .18 CLOUDY
NOV 7 1967 39 26 0.0 CLOUDY
NOV 5 1968 57 36 0.0 FOG, CLOUDY
NOV 4 1969 56 50 0.0 CLOUDY
NOV 3 1970 53 46 0.0 FOG, CLOUDY
NOV 2 1971 79 47 .02 MOSTLY CLOUDY
NOV 7 1972 61 38 .29 MOSTLY CLOUDY
NOV 6 1973 37 30 TR/.2 CLOUDY
NOV 5 1974 49 40 .18 THUNDERSTORM, FOG, CLOUDY
NOV 4 1975 72 36 0.0 MOSTLY SUNNY
NOV 2 1976 48 25 TR CLOUDY
NOV 8 1977 56 48 .05 CLOUDY
NOV 7 1978 48 35 .05 FOG, CLOUDY
NOV 6 1979 54 40 .03 CLOUDY
NOV 4 1980 62 46 .11 FOG, CLOUDY
NOV 3 1981 56 33 0.0 SUNNY
NOV 2 1982 75 56 .06 FOG, PARTLY CLOUDY
NOV 8 1983 63 35 0.0 FOG, PARTLY CLOUDY
NOV 6 1984 44 34 TR/TR CLOUDY
ELECTION DAY
DATE HI LO PRECIP REMARKS
NOV 5 1985 48 45 1.77 CLOUDY
NOV 4 1986 45 26 0.02 CLOUDY
NOV 3 1987 67 56 0.06 FOG, CLOUDY
NOV 8 1988 44 38 0.16 CLOUDY
NOV 7 1989 46 32 0.40 CLOUDY
NOV 6 1990 53 35 0.02 CLOUDY
NOV 5 1991 39 24 0.0 PARTLY CLOUDY
NOV 3 1992 65 46 0.32 FOG, SUNNY
NOV 2 1993 42 24 0.0 PARTLY CLOUDY
NOV 8 1994 63 48 TR MOSTLY CLOUDY
NOV 7 1995 43 34 0.39 CLOUDY
NOV 5 1996 53 32 TR PARTLY CLOUDY
NOV 4 1997 47 36 0.03 OVERCAST
NOV 3 1998 43 35 TR/TR OVERCAST
NOV 2 1999 66 43 0.65 CLOUDY IN MORNING, THEN PARTLY CLOUDY
NOV 7 2000 54 27 0.0 PARTLY CLOUDY
NOV 6 2001 50 32 0.0 PARTLY CLOUDY
NOV 5 2002 44 35 0.19/TR OVERCAST
NOV 4 2003 49 43 0.01 FOG, OVERCAST
NOV 2 2004 60 43 0.24 OVERCAST
NOV 8 2005 54 36 0.0 OVERCAST TO BROKEN
NOV 7 2006 58 40 0.09 OVERCAST
NOV 6 2007 43 35 0.29/TR OVERCAST
NOV 4 2008 71 46 0.0 CLEAR, SUNNY
NOV 3 2009 50 35 .04 RAIN
NOV 2 2010 48 29 0.0 MOSTLY CLOUDY
NOV 8 2011 68 42 T/MM LIGHT RAIN, FOG