ST. PATRICK'S DAY
THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED IN ROCHESTER ON ST. PATRICK'S DAY WAS 70 DEGREES IN 1945. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS RECORDED IN 1956 WHEN THE MERCURY DIPPED TO 6 DEGREES. NORMALLY, THE HIGH AVERAGES AROUND 38 DEGREES AND THE LOW NEAR 24.
THERE HAS BEEN PRECIPITATION OF A TRACE OR MORE ON 51 OF THE PAST 68 ST. PATRICK'S DAYS. IT HAS SNOWED ON 41 OF THE PAST 68 YEARS.
ST. PATRICK'S DAY MARCH 17 PERIOD OF RECORD: 71YEARS (1941‑2012)
TEMPERATURE DATA
HIGHEST 70 DEGREES IN 1945
LOWEST 6 DEGREES IN 1956
LOWEST MAXIMUM 18 DEGREES IN 1967
HIGHEST MINIMUM 44 DEGREES IN 1980
AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE 40.6 DEGREES
AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE 24.7 DEGREES
HIGH TEMPERATURE BY 10 DEGREE RANGES
TEENS 20S 30S 40S 50S 60S 70S
1 10 20 25 9 4 1 NUMBER OF
1% 14% 28% 35% 13% 6% 1% OCCURRENCES
PRECIPITATION DATA
NUMBER OF TIMES WITH MEASURABLE 34 OCCURRENCES OR 48%
NUMBER OF TIMES WITH A TRACE OR MORE 51 OCCURRENCES OR 72%
NUMBER OF TIMES WITH NO PRECIP 19OCCURRENCES OR 27%
SNOWFALL: NUMBER OF TIMES WITH A TRACE OR MORE 41
NUMBER OF TIMES WITH OVER A TRACE 28
NUMBER OF TIMES WITH 1.0 INCH OR MORE 15
NUMBER OF TIMES WITH 5.0 INCHES OR MORE 4
MAXIMUM PRECIPITATION: 1.18 INCHES IN 1973
MAXIMUM SNOWFALL: 10.4 INCHES IN 1974
*2012 HAS NO DATA*
ST. PATRICK'S DAY
YEAR HI LO PRECIP REMARKS
1941 25 7 .02/0.3 PARTLY CLOUDY
1942 57 30 .38/0.0 PARTLY CLOUDY
1943 56 34 .01/0.0 CLEAR
1944 45 31 .01/0.1 CLOUDY
1945 70 43 .15/0.0 CLOUDY
1946 54 40 TR/0.0 PARTLY CLOUDY
1947 30 19 TR/0.1 MOSTLY CLOUDY
1948 36 26 TR/TR CLOUDY
1949 33 14 TR/TR CLEAR
1950 33 11 0.32/2.7 CLOUDY
1951 34 29 TR/.1 CLOUDY
1952 31 23 TR/TR CLOUDY
1953 46 31 TR/TR CLOUDY
1954 40 26 0.0/0.0 CLEAR
1955 25 19 .02/2.2 CLOUDY
1956 21 6 .04/1.8 PARTLY CLOUDY
1957 37 28 TR/0.2 CLOUDY
1958 36 28 TR/TR CLOUDY
1959 33 15 .27/5.1 CLOUDY
1960 41 29 .14/2.3 CLOUDY
1961 20 10 TR/TR MOSTLY SUNNY
1962 40 27 TR/0.1 CLOUDY
1963 61 38 .26/0.0 CLOUDY
1964 45 26 .08/0.8 CLOUDY
1965 36 24 .33/2.3 HEAVY FOG, HAZE, BLOWING SNOW, CLOUDY
1966 39 25 0.0/0.0 MOSTLY SUNNY
1967 18 11 .33/5.7 CLOUDY, BLOWING SNOW
1968 40 35 .01/0.0 HEAVY FOG, CLOUDY
1969 52 28 0.0/0.0 PARTLY CLOUDY
1970 39 16 TR/TR CLEAR
1971 30 23 .06/.4 CLOUDY
1972 41 35 TR/TR FOG, CLOUDY
1973 41 30 1.18/.2 HEAVY FOG, CLOUDY
1974 30 23 .81/10.4 CLOUDY
1975 41 25 0.0/0.0 HEAVY FOG, MOSTLY CLEAR
1976 25 14 TR/.2 BLOWING SNOW, CLOUDY
1977 40 29 TR/TR PARTLY SUNNY
1978 32 17 0.0/0.0 CLEAR
1979 44 31 0.0/0.0 HAZE, CLOUDY
1980 53 44 TR/0.0 CLOUDY
1981 29 9 .11/2.2 BLOWING SNOW, CLOUDY
1982 39 33 .19/0.0 HEAVY FOG, THUNDERSTORM, CLOUDY
1983 57 30 0.0/0.0 SUNNY
1984 24 16 0.10/1.5 CLOUDY
ST. PATRICK'S DAY
YEAR HI LO PRECIP REMARKS
1985 42 23 0.05/0.8 MOSTLY CLOUDY
1986 43 27 TR/0.0 FOG, CLOUDY
1987 44 24 0.0/0.0 SUNNY
1988 40 23 0.0/0.0 SUNNY
1989 43 24 0.16/2.4 FOG, THUNDERSTORM, GLAZE, CLOUDY
1990 56 40 0.59/0.0 FOG, CLOUDY
1991 55 26 0.0/0.0 SUNNY
1992 40 25 0.05/0.7 FOG, CLOUDY
1993 43 15 0.07/0.8 FOG, CLOUDY
1994 27 14 0.03/1.2 FOG, CLOUDY
1995 45 30 0.09/TR CLOUDY
1996 44 21 0.0/0.0 SUNNY
1997 46 16 0.0/0.0 CLOUDY
1998 44 16 0.0/0.0 PARTLY CLOUDY
1999 54 32 0.0/0.0 PARTLY CLOUDY
2000 29 23 0.03/0.5 CLOUDY
2001 30 28 0.36/4.9 CLOUDY, DRIZZLE SNOW
2002 41 22 0.01/0.1 CLOUDY
2003 67 37 0.0/0.0 CLOUDY
2004 28 22 0.12/1.8 CLOUDY, BLOWING SNOW
2005 42 19 TR/TR MOSTLY CLOUDY
2006 34 23 0.0/0.0 PARTLY CLOUDY
2007 31 21 0.45/8.3 CLOUDY
2008 35 20 0.0/0.0 PARTLY CLOUDY
2009 58 31 0.0/0.0 FOG
2010 62 29 0.0/0.0 CLEAR
2011 63 34 0.0/0.0 FOG
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