LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY
LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY IS THE DAY SET ASIDE TO COMMEMORATE OUR 16TH PRESIDENT. IN ROCHESTER, THE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR FEBRUARY 12 WAS REACHED IN 1965 WITH A READING OF 64 DEGREES. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED WAS MINUS 15 IN 1979. NORMALLY, THE HIGH TEMPERATURE AVERAGES AROUND 30 DEGREES AND THE LOW ABOUT 14.
THERE'S AN 85 PERCENT CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION OF A TRACE OR MORE.
IN 1944, A SNOW STORM DROPPED 4.6 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE ROCHESTER AIRPORT AND .52 INCH OF PRECIPITATION. BOTH OF THESE AMOUNTS HOLD THE RECORD ON LINCOLN’S BIRTHDAY.
LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY FEBRUARY 12 PERIOD OF RECORD: 71 YEARS (1941‑2012)
TEMPERATURE DATA
HIGHEST 64 DEGREES IN 1965
LOWEST ‑15 DEGREES IN 1979
LOWEST MAXIMUM 11 IN 1967
HIGHEST MINIMUM 39 IN 1951
AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE 30.5 DEGREES
AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE 14.7 DEGREES
HIGH TEMPERATURE BY 10 DEGREE RANGES
MINUS
SINGLE SINGLE
DIGITS DIGITS TEENS 20S 30S 40S 50S 60S
0 0 15 19 24 10 2 2 # OF
0% 0% 21% 27% 33% 14% 3% 3% OCCURRENCES
PRECIPITATION DATA
NUMBER OF TIMES WITH MEASURABLE PRECIP 37 OCCURRENCES OR 52%
NUMBER OF TIMES WITH A TRACE OR MORE PRECIP 62 OCCURRENCES OR 87%
NUMBER OF TIMES WITH NO PRECIP 10 OCCURRENCES OR 14%
SNOWFALL: NUMBER OF TIMES WITH A TRACE OR MORE 58
NUMBER OF TIMES WITH OVER A TRACE 43
NUMBER OF TIMES WITH 1.0 INCH OR MORE 13
NUMBER OF TIMES WITH 5.0 INCHES OR MORE 0
MAXIMUM PRECIPITATION: .52 INCHES IN 1944
MAXIMUM SNOWFALL: 4.6 INCHES IN 1944
LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY
YEAR HI LO PRECIP REMARKS
1941 50 14 0.0/0.0 PARTLY CLOUDY
1942 18 1 0.0/0.0 CLEAR
1943 25 12 .01/0.1 CLOUDY
1944 19 9 .52/4.6 CLOUDY
1945 32 13 TR/TR CLOUDY
1946 41 25 TR/TR CLOUDY
1947 30 15 TR/.2 SUNNY
1948 32 11 0.03/0.3 MOSTLY CLOUDY
1949 48 9 TR/0.0 PARTLY SUNNY
1950 35 26 0.0/0.0 CLOUDY
1951 43 39 TR/0.0 CLOUDY
1952 24 15 TR/TR PARTLY CLOUDY
1953 37 29 .06/.2 CLOUDY
1954 12 3 TR/.3 MOSTLY CLOUDY
1955 13 6 .02/0.4 CLOUDY
1956 37 31 .07/0.5 CLOUDY
1957 35 9 .06/0.6 MOSTLY CLOUDY
1958 13 2 TR/0.2 MOSTLY CLOUDY
1959 40 -2 0.0/0.0 PARTLY CLOUDY
1960 27 15 TR/0.8 CLOUDY
1961 30 15 TR/TR MOSTLY CLOUDY
1962 26 8 0.0/0.0 SUNNY
1963 23 18 .12/2.1 CLOUDY
1964 35 13 0.0/0.0 CLOUDY
1965 64 28 .29/0.0 FOG, CLOUDY
1966 41 30 0.0/0.0 HAZE, PARTLY CLOUDY
1967 11 -7 .02/.9 BLOWING SNOW, PARTLY CLOUDY
1968 16 7 TR/.8 HAZE, BLOWING SNOW, MOSTLY CLOUDY
1969 31 23 .05/1.1 CLOUDY
1970 19 11 .04/1.1 HAZE, BLOWING SNOW, MOSTLY CLOUDY
1971 42 36 .13/TR FOG, CLOUDY
1972 44 11 TR/.3 CLOUDY
1973 19 4 TR/.3 MOSTLY CLOUDY
1974 39 17 TR/.3 HAZE, CLOUDY
1975 14 0 TR/.1 CLOUDY
1976 46 23 0.0/0.0 CLOUDY
1977 43 35 .12/0.0 CLOUDY
1978 27 23 .06/1.2 HAZE, CLOUDY
1979 13 -15 TR/.4 CLOUDY
1980 27 18 .05/1.7 CLOUDY
1981 14 5 TR/TR MOSTLY CLOUDY
1982 23 13 TR/TR CLOUDY
1983 25 5 .01/.2 FOG, CLOUDY
1984 52 33 0.0/0.0 HEAVY FOG, HAZE, CLOUDY
LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY
YEAR HI LO PRECIP REMARKS
1985 38 34 0.07/0.7 FOG, ICE PELLETS, CLOUDY
1986 21 7 TR/TR MOSTLY SUNNY
1987 31 18 0.01/0.3 BLOWING SNOW, CLOUDY
1988 34 14 0.34/3.0 BLOWING SNOW, CLOUDY
1989 30 20 0.06/1.2 BLOWING SNOW, CLOUDY
1990 33 20 TR/TR CLOUDY
1991 24 7 TR/TR CLOUDY
1992 17 1 0.01/0.1 SUNNY
1993 28 19 0.20/3.2 FOG, ICE PELLETS, CLOUDY
1994 33 -7 TR/TR FOG, GLAZE, CLOUDY
1995 19 2 TR/0.2 CLOUDY
1996 18 4 0.10/3.1 FOG, BLOWING SNOW, CLOUDY
1997 31 15 0.06/0.6 CLOUDY
1998 44 32 0.16/TR OVERCAST
1999 60 28 0.01/0.1 CLOUDY
2000 24 7 TR/TR MOSTLY CLOUDY
2001 36 7 0.0/0.0 PARTLY SUNNY
2002 38 17 0.02/0.2 CLOUDY
2003 21 11 0.20/3.5 CLOUDY
2004 31 19 0.02/0.2 CLOUDY
2005 35 28 0.13/1.9 CLOUDY
2006 27 15 TR/0.1 MOSTLY CLOUDY
2007 27 13 0.02/0.5 MOSTLY CLOUDY
2008 29 8 0.25/2.1 CLOUDY
2009 53 33 0.39/0.4 RAIN, SNOW
2010 30 19 0.01/0.5 LIGHT SNOW
2011 32 17 0.03/MM SNOW
2012 26 15 0.15/MM SNOW