VETERAN'S DAY
ARMISTICE DAY...NOVEMBER 11...WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1926 TO COMMEMORATE THE SIGNING IN 1918 OF THE ARMISTICE ENDING WWI. ON JUNE 1, 1954, THE NAME WAS CHANGED TO VETERAN'S DAY TO HONOR ALL MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE SERVED AMERICA IN ITS ARMED FORCES.
THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED IN ROCHESTER ON VETERAN'S DAY WAS IN 1964 WHEN A HIGH OF 70 DEGREES WAS REACHED. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED WAS 20 DEGREES IN 1957. NORMALLY, THE HIGH TEMPERATURE AVERAGES AROUND 48 DEGREES WHILE THE LOW AVERAGES NEAR 34 DEGREES.
THERE IS ROUGHLY A 79 PERCENT CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION OF A TRACE OR MORE.
STEADY RAIN IN 1983 DROPPED .66 INCHES ON BUFFALO...THE MOST PRECIPITATION EVER RECORDED ON A VETERAN'S DAY. THE MOST SNOW THAT FELL ON VETERAN'S DAY OCCURRED IN 1991 WHEN 5.3 INCHES WAS RECORDED.
IN 1990, A THUNDERSTORM BLEW OVER THE RICHESTER AREA WITH 5-SEC WIND SPEEDS AT 47MPH. THIS CAUSED BLOWING SNOW AND LOW VISIBILITY. ALSO ON THIS DAY THERE WAS 3.2 INCHES OF SNOW DROPPED IN THE ROCHESTER AREA.
VETERAN'S DAY NOVEMBER 11 PERIOD OF RECORD: 71 YEARS (1940‑2011)
TEMPERATURE DATA
HIGHEST 70 DEGREES IN 1964
LOWEST 20 DEGREES IN 1957
LOWEST MAXIMUM 34 IN 1943 AND 1980
HIGHEST MINIMUM 49 IN 1970
AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE 48.3 DEGREES
AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE 33.8 DEGREES
HIGH TEMPERATURE BY 10 DEGREE RANGES
30S 40S 50S 60S 70S
13 31 18 9 1 ‑NUMBER OF OCCURRENCES
18% 44% 25% 13% 1% ‑PROBABILITY OF HIGH TEMP RANGE
PRECIPITATION DATA
NUMBER OF TIMES WITH MEASURABLE 35 OCCURRENCES OR 50%
NUMBER OF TIMES WITH A TRACE OR MORE 56 OCCURRENCES OR 79%
NUMBER OF TIMES WITH NO PRECIPITATION 15 OCCURRENCES OR 21%
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH PRECIPITATION OF: 0.01 INCH OR MORE 35
0.50 INCH OR MORE 2
SNOWFALL: NUMBER OF TIMES WITH A TRACE OR MORE 18
NUMBER OF TIMES WITH OVER A TRACE 11
NUMBER OF TIMES WITH OVER 1.0 INCH 5
NUMBER OF TIMES WITH OVER 5.0 INCHES 1
MAXIMUM PRECIPITATION: .66 INCH IN 1983
MAXIMUM SNOWFALL: 5.2 INCHES IN 1991
VETERAN'S DAY
YEAR HI LO PRECIP CHARACTER
1940 65 46 .24 CLOUDY
1941 38 34 .01 CLOUDY
1942 38 29 .12/1.8 CLOUDY
1943 34 25 .39/3.3 CLOUDY
1944 41 35 .16 CLOUDY
1945 45 24 .09/TR CLOUDY
1946 55 47 .04 CLOUDY
1947 53 40 .18 CLOUDY
1948 51 32 0.0 PARTLY SUNNY
1949 57 41 0.42 CLOUDY
1950 40 28 TR/TR CLOUDY
1951 48 29 0.0 PARTLY SUNNY
1952 42 29 0.0 CLOUDY
1953 46 31 TR CLOUDY
1954 61 29 TR SUNNY
1955 47 36 .01 CLOUDY
1956 49 24 .01 CLOUDY
1957 40 20 0.0 MOSTLY SUNNY
1958 52 32 0.0 MOSTLY SUNNY
1959 68 48 TR MOSTLY CLOUDY
1960 43 30 TR/TR CLOUDY, MIX PRECIP
1961 50 24 0.0 SUNNY
1962 43 32 .08 CLOUDY
1963 54 38 .06 PARTLY SUNNY
1964 70 43 TR PARTLY SUNNY
1965 46 29 0.0 CLOUDY
1966 47 43 TR CLOUDY
1967 61 40 .07 CLOUDY
1968 45 37 0.0 CLOUDY
1969 54 44 TR MOSTLY CLOUDY
1970 55 49 .20 HEAVY FOG, CLOUDY
1971 36 32 TR/TR CLOUDY
1972 49 38 .05 FOG, CLOUDY
1973 42 35 TR CLOUDY
1974 61 33 0.0 FOG, CLOUDY
1975 47 34 .02 CLOUDY
1976 35 28 TR/TR CLOUDY
1977 42 34 .10/.4 FOG, CLOUDY
1978 60 35 TR FOG, HAZE, CLOUDY
1979 45 32 TR FOG, CLOUDY
1980 34 32 0.0 CLOUDY
1981 47 34 TR CLOUDY
1982 56 43 .20 CLOUDY
1983 49 31 .66/.9 CLOUDY
1984 55 42 0.26 FOG, CLOUDY
VETERAN'S DAY
YEAR HI LO PRECIP CHARACTER
1985 37 34 0.02 FOG, CLOUDY
1986 36 29 0.28/2.5 FOG, CLOUDY
1987 36 23 0.0 CLOUDY
1988 46 36 TR CLOUDY
1989 51 39 0.02 CLOUDY
1990 40 32 0.23/3.2 FOG, THUNDERSTORM, BLOWING SNOW, CLOUDY, PEAK GUST 47MPH
1991 38 32 0.67/5.2 CLOUDY
1992 53 40 0.03 FOG, CLOUDY
1993 54 38 TR HAZE, MOSTLY CLOUDY
1994 46 30 0.0 PARTLY SUNNY
1995 62 33 0.43/TR CLOUDY
1996 39 29 0.01/0.1 MOSTLY CLOUDY
1997 42 24 0.02 CLOUDY
1998 54 38 0.09 MOSTLY CLOUDY
1999 39 28 TR PARTLY SUNNY
2000 44 41 TR CLOUDY
2001 39 30 0.0 MOSTLY SUNNY
2002 67 46 0.01 38MPH 5-SEC WIND SPEED, MOSTLY CLOUDY
2003 54 27 0.18 DRIZZLE, MOSTLY CLOUDY
2004 56 33 TR MOSTLY CLOUDY
2005 46 33 TR/TR CLOUDY
2006 61 40 0.41 MOSTLY CLOUDY
2007 48 25 TR HEAVY FOG, MOSTLY CLOUDY
2008 43 36 0.0 FOG, CLOUDY
2009 48 29 0.0/0.0 FOG
2010 57 28 0.0/0.0 SUNNY
2011 43 30 0.04/MM LIGHT RAIN, LIGHT SNOW