NEW YEAR'S DAY
THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED ON NEW YEAR'S DAY WAS 60 DEGREES IN 1985. THE LOWEST THE MERCURY HAS EVER DROPPED TO IS -8 IN 1970. NORMALLY, THE HIGH TEMPERATURE AVERAGES 34 DEGREES AND THE LOW ABOUT 19.
THERE IS ALMOST AN 81 PERCENT CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION OF A TRACE OR MORE, THOUGH NOT NECESSARILY SNOW. THE MOST PRECIPITATION EVER ON NEW YEAR'S DAY FELL IN 1964 WHEN .78 INCHES WAS RECORDED. THE MOST SNOW FELL IN 1964 TOTALING 7.9 INCHES. REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BLOWING SNOW WERE NOT A PROBLEM HOWEVER AS WIND SPEEDS WERE RELATIVELY LOW.
NEW YEAR'S DAY PERIOD OF RECORD: 73 YEARS (1939-2012)
TEMPERATURE DATA
HIGHEST 60 IN 1985
LOWEST -8 IN 1970
LOWEST MAXIMUM 16 IN 1957
HIGHEST MINIMUM 42 IN 2011
AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE 34.8 DEGREES
AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE 19.4 DEGREES
HIGH TEMPERATURE BY 10 DEGREE RANGES
TEENS 20S 30S 40S 50S 60S
4 19 31 11 8 1
5% 26% 42% 15% 11% 1% NUMBER OF OCCURRENCES
PRECIPITATION DATA
NUMBER OF TIMES WITH MEASURABLE 45 OCCURRENCES OR 61%
NUMBER OF TIMES WITH TRACE OR MORE 61 OCCURRENCES OR 84%
NUMBER OF TIMES WITH NO PRECIP 13 OCCURRENCES OR 18%
SNOW: NUMBER OF TIMES WITH A TRACE OR MORE 50
NUMBER OF TIMES WITH OVER A TRACE 36
NUMBER OF TIMES WITH 1.0 INCH OR MORE 16
NUMBER OF TIMES WITH 5.0 INCHES OR MORE 3
MAXIMUM PRECIPITATION: .78 INCHES IN 1964
MAXIMUM SNOW: 7.9 INCHES IN 1964
NEW YEARS DAY
DATE HI LO PRECIP REMARKS
1939 41 17 0.06/0.5 CLOUDY
1940 22 15 0.12/1.2 CLOUDY
1941 33 23 0.0/0.0 CLEAR, SUNNY
1942 42 30 .07/0.2 CLOUDY
1943 34 14 TR/TR CLOUDY
1944 33 26 TR/TR CLOUDY
1945 35 20 .44/2.7 CLOUDY
1946 19 13 .01/0.1 CLOUDY
1947 27 10 .17/2.8 CLOUDY
1948 28 22 0.45/1.8 CLOUDY
1949 25 22 .24/2.9 CLOUDY
1950 45 34 0.07/0.0 CLOUDY
1951 37 19 0.0/0.0 MOSTLY CLOUDY
1952 53 36 0.02/0.0 CLOUDY
1953 35 27 TR/TR CLOUDY
1954 38 16 .08/1.1 CLOUDY
1955 46 23 .08/0.0 PARTLY CLOUDY
1956 25 5 .03/1.5 CLOUDY
1957 16 3 .01/0.2 CLOUDY
1958 41 19 .02/0.2 CLOUDY
1959 39 24 .25/TR CLOUDY
1960 32 13 0.0/0.0 CLOUDY
1961 33 23 .36/5.5 CLOUDY
1962 25 13 TR/TR PARTLY CLOUDY
1963 22 6 .01/0.6 CLOUDY
1964 26 -6 .78/7.9 CLOUDY
1965 28 18 0.0/0.0 CLOUDY
1966 55 31 TR/0.0 CLOUDY
1967 38 30 .04/TR FOG, CLOUDY
1968 23 2 TR/.3 BLOWING SNOW, MOSTLY CLOUDY
1969 23 3 .41/4.2 BLOWING SNOW, CLOUDY
1970 20 -8 0.0/0.0 CLOUDY
1971 24 5 TR/TR CLOUDY
1972 40 10 0.0/0.0 PARTLY CLOUDY
1973 48 30 TR/TR CLOUDY
1974 30 13 TR/.3 MOSTLY CLOUDY
1975 25 5 0.0/0.0 CLEAR
1976 34 18 TR/TR CLOUDY
1977 25 13 .16/5.2 CLOUDY
1978 32 22 .15/3.0 CLOUDY
1979 52 35 .32/0.0 FOG, CLOUDY
NEW YEARS DAY
DATE HI LO PRECIP REMARKS
1980 31 27 TR/0.0 FOG, CLOUDY
1981 25 11 .09/1.3 CLOUDY
1982 40 25 .10/TR CLOUDY
1983 37 30 TR/TR CLOUDY
1984 29 23 TR/TR CLOUDY
1985 60 31 0.69/TR CLOUDY
1986 30 23 0.03/0.6 MOSTLY CLOUDY
1987 37 26 0.0/0.0 CLOUDY
1988 37 16 TR/0.7 CLOUDY
1989 37 19 0.0/0.0 PARTLY CLOUDY
1990 35 25 0.03/0.8 CLOUDY
1991 32 17 TR/TR CLOUDY
1992 37 15 0.0/0.0 FOG, GLAZE, SUNNY
1993 33 18 0.03/0.9 BLOWING SNOW, CLOUDY
1994 45 28 0.03/0.0 CLOUDY
1995 40 35 0.07/0.0 FOG, CLOUDY
1996 35 24 0.12/1.9 FOG, CLOUDY
1997 32 1 0.09/0.4 FREEZING RAIN, CLOUDY
1998 40 9 TR/TR HAZE, OVERCAST CLOUDS
1999 17 1 0.03/1.5 BLOWING SNOW, AVG WIND SPEED 15MPH, BROKEN CLOUDS
2000 53 30 0.0/0.0 BROKEN CLOUDS
2001 21 12 0.03/1.2 OVERCAST CLOUDS
2002 27 15 0.02/0.5 SCATTERED CLOUDS
2003 35 23 0.07/0.7 OVERCAST
2004 37 30 0.0/0.0 OVERCAST
2005 56 30 0.0 OVERCAST
2006 36 29 0.01/0.1 OVERCAST
2007 51 41 0.15/0.0 OVERCAST
2008 38 25 0.34/3.4 OVERCAST
2009 19 7 0.03/0.9 LIGHT SNOW
2010 34 20 0.02/0.6 LIGHT SNOW
2011 56 42 0.16/MM RAIN
2012 51 33 0.06/MM RAIN, LIGHT SNOW