MEMORIAL DAY
TRADITIONALLY, MEMORIAL DAY WAS OBSERVED MAY 30TH. SINCE THE MONDAY HOLIDAY BILL, IT IS OBSERVED ON THE LAST MONDAY IN MAY.
THE WARMEST MEMORIAL DAY OCCURRED MAY 29, 2006 WHEN A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 92 DEGREES WAS RECORDED. THE RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 36 DEGREES WAS SET MAY 30, 1961. NORMALLY, THE HIGH AVERAGES NEAR 71 DEGREES AND THE LOW TEMPERATURE AVERAGES AROUND 50.
THERE IS ROUGHLY A 35 PERCENT CHANCE OF HAVING PRECIPITATION OF A TRACE OR MORE. THE MOST RAIN RECEIVED ON MEMORIAL DAY WAS 0.51 INCHES ON MAY 31, 1942.
MEMORIAL DAY PERIOD OF RECORD: 71 YEARS (1941‑2012)
TEMPERATURE DATA
HIGHEST 92 DEGREES MAY 29, 2006
LOWEST 35 DEGREES MAY 25, 1992
LOWEST MAXIMUM 53 DEGREES MAY 28, 1984
HIGHEST MINIMUM 68 DEGREES MAY 27, 1991
AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE 72.23
AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE 50.7
HIGH TEMPERATURE BY 10 DEGREE RANGES
50S 60S 70S 80S 90S
6 24 25 14 3 NUMBER OF
8% 34% 35% 20% 4% OCCURRENCES
PRECIPITATION DATA
NUMBER OF TIMES WITH MEASURABLE PRECIP 20 OR 28%
NUMBER OF TIMES WITH TRACE OR MORE PRECIP 27 OR 38%
NUMBER OF TIMES WITH NO PRECIP 45 OR 63%
PRECIPITATION OF:
0.01 OR MORE 20 OCCURRENCES
0.50 OR MORE 1 OCCURRENCES
1.00 OR MORE OCCURRENCES
MAXIMUM PRECIPITATION........0.51 INCHES ON MAY 31, 1942
MEMORIAL DAY
YEAR HI LO PRECIP CHARACTER
1941 67 42 0.0 PARTLY CLOUDY
1942 86 60 .51 PARTLY CLOUDY
1943 75 51 0.0 CLOUDY
1944 89 60 0.0 SUNNY
1945 66 42 .02 CLOUDY
1946 62 54 0.0 SUNNY
1947 60 40 0.0 MOSTLY SUNNY
1948 71 46 0.0 MOSTLY SUNNY
1949 67 37 0.0 SUNNY
1950 73 49 0.0 MOSTLY SUNNY
1951 77 49 0.0 SUNNY
1952 67 42 0.0 SUNNY
1953 54 45 .21 CLOUDY
1954 74 51 0.0 SUNNY
1955 64 52 TR CLOUDY
1956 80 65 .09 CLOUDY
1957 73 52 0.0 MOSTLY CLOUDY
1958 74 48 0.0 PARTLY CLOUDY
1959 77 61 0.0 MOSTLY CLOUDY
1960 75 53 .23 CLOUDY
1961 60 36 0.0 PARTLY CLOUDY
1962 86 64 .34 CLOUDY, THUNDERSTORM
1963 67 51 0.0 CLOUDY
1964 66 40 0.0 SUNNY
1965 61 39 0.0 MOSTLY SUNNY
1966 58 38 TR CLOUDY
1967 66 37 0.0 SUNNY
1968 59 50 TR FOG, HAZE, CLOUDY
1969 79 52 0.0 HAZE, SUNNY
1970 83 60 0.0 SUNNY
1971 76 44 0.0 SUNNY
YEAR DATE HI LO PRECIP CHARACTER (MONDAY HOLIDAY BILL)
1972 MAY 29 87 50 0.0 SUNNY
1973 MAY 28 78 58 .23 FOG, THUNDERSTORM, CLOUDY
1974 MAY 27 60 43 0.0 CLOUDY
1975 MAY 26 71 49 TR CLOUDY
1976 MAY 31 71 60 .17 FOG, HAZE, MOSTLY CLOUDY
1977 MAY 30 75 46 0.0 SUNNY
1978 MAY 29 90 62 0.0 SUNNY
1979 MAY 28 59 46 .12 HEAVY FOG, CLOUDY
YEAR DATE HI LO PRECIP CHARACTER (MONDAY HOLIDAY BILL)
1980 MAY 26 67 49 0.0 SUNNY
1981 MAY 25 80 62 0.0 CLOUDY
1982 MAY 31 76 66 .03 FOG, HAZE, CLOUDY
1983 MAY 30 71 50 .10 FOG, CLOUDY
1984 MAY 28 53 46 .85 FOG, CLOUDY
1985 MAY 27 67 59 .25 HEAVY FOG, HAZE, CLOUDY
1986 MAY 26 81 51 0.0 SUNNY
1987 MAY 25 64 49 0.0 CLOUDY
1988 MAY 30 89 61 0.0 PARTLY CLOUDY
1989 MAY 29 77 46 0.0 SUNNY
1990 MAY 28 78 48 0.0 FOG, SUNNY
1991 MAY 27 76 68 .01 FOG, CLOUDY
1992 MAY 25 54 35 0.0 SUNNY
1993 MAY 31 69 51 .41 FOG, CLOUDY
1994 MAY 30 83 55 0.0 CLOUDY
1995 MAY 29 73 57 0.01 CLOUDY
1996 MAY 26 64 47 0.0 CLOUDY
1997 MAY 26 61 37 0.0 CLOUDY
1998 MAY 25 74 56 0.11 CLOUDY
1999 MAY 31 87 58 0.0 HAZE, PARTLY CLOUDY
2000 MAY 29 67 48 0.0 CLOUDY
2001 MAY 28 60 50 0.17 THUNDERSTORM, CLOUDY
2002 MAY 27 77 44 0.0 PARTLY CLOUDY
2003 MAY 26 65 48 0.0 CLOUDY
2004 MAY 31 61 53 0.40 CLOUDY
2005 MAY 30 70 44 0.0 PARTLY CLOUDY
2006 MAY 29 92 64 0.0 HAZE, MOSTLY CLOUDY
2007 MAY 28 75 51 0.0 PARTLY CLOUDY
2008 MAY 26 83 51 0.01 PARTLY CLOUDY
2009 MAY 25 63 44 0.0 MOSTLY SUNNY
2010 MAY 31 88 57 TR LIGHT RAIN
2011 MAY 30 81 64 TR LIGHT RAIN
2012 MAY 28 92 59 TR PARTLY CLOUDY