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COLUMBUS DAY IS
TRADITIONALLY OBSERVED ON OCTOBER 12TH BUT SINCE THE MONDAY HOLIDAY BILL, MORE
COMMONLY OBSERVED ON THE SECOND MONDAY IN OCTOBER. COLUMBUS DAY COMMEMORATES
THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA BY COLUMBUS IN 1492. QUITE LIKELY, THE FIRST
CELEBRATION OF COLUMBUS DAY WAS THAT ORGANIZED IN 1792 BY THE SOCIETY OF ST.
TAMMANY, OR COLUMBIAN ORDER, MORE WIDELY KNOWN AS TAMMANY HALL. THE
HIGHEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED IN BUFFALO ON COLUMBUS DAY WAS ON OCTOBER 13,
1969. THOUGH THE SKIES WERE CLOUDY, THE HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE DAY WAS 82
DEGREES. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED WAS 31 DEGREES ON OCTOBER 12,
1936, OCTOBER 11, 1993 AND OCTOBER 8, 2001. NORMALLY, THE HIGH TEMPERATURE
AVERAGES ABOUT 61 DEGREES WHILE THE LOW AVERAGES 45 DEGREES. THERE IS ROUGHLY A
50 PERCENT CHANCE OF HAVING PRECIPITATION OF A TRACE OR MORE ON COLUMBUS DAY.
STEADY RAIN ON OCTOBER 12, 1946 DROPPED 1.55 INCHES ON BUFFALO...THE MOST
PRECIPITATION EVER RECORDED ON COLUMBUS DAY. THERE WAS A TRACE OF SNOW
RECORDED ON FIVE OF THE PAST COLUMBUS DAYS. THERE WERE TWO WINDSTORMS OF
SIGNIFICANCE ON PAST 119 COLUMBUS DAYS. IN 1917, STRONG WINDS DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND NIGHT TORE DOWN TREES, SNAPPED TROLLEY WIRES, AND LASHED HEAVY
WAVES ON LAKE ERIE. THERE WAS NO FERRY SERVICE ON THE NIAGARA RIVER AT NIGHT
DUE TO THE WEATHER CONDITIONS. IN 1936, HIGH WINDS ON BOTH THE 11TH
AND 12TH OF OCTOBER CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE WHICH INCLUDED DOWNED WIRES AND BROKEN
WINDOWS. NIAGARA COUNTY APPLE GROWERS REPORTED LOSSES TO THEIR CROPS DUE TO THE
HIGH WINDS.
| TEMPERATURE DATA |
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| HIGHEST |
82 ON OCT. 13, 1969 |
| LOWEST |
31 ON OCT. 12, 1936, OCT. 11,
1993, AND OCT. 8, 2001 |
| LOWEST MAXIMUM |
44 ON OCT. 12, 1906, AND OCT.
9 2000 |
| HIGHEST MINIMUM |
65 ON OCT. 12, 1938 |
| AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE |
60.7 |
| AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE |
44.9 |
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HIGH TEMPERATURE BY 10 DEGREE RANGES
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| 40S |
50s |
60S |
70S |
80S |
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| 11 |
47 |
36 |
23 |
2 |
NUMBER OF OCCURRENCES |
| 10% |
40% |
30% |
19% |
2% |
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| PRECIPITATION DATA |
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| MAXIMUM PRECIPITATION |
1.55 INCHES ON OCT. 12, 1946 |
| MAXIMUM SNOW |
TRACE IN 1906, 1909, 1917,
1932, 1936 |
| NUMBER OF TIMES WITH MEASURABLE
PRECIPITATION |
43 OCCURRENCES OR 37% |
| NUMBER OF TIMES WITH TRACE OR
MORE PRECIPITATION |
57 OCCURRENCES OR 49% |
| NUMBER OF TIMES WITH NO
PRECIPITATION |
62 OCCURRENCES OR 52% |
| PRECIPITATION OF 0.01 INCH OR MORE |
43 |
| PRECIPITATION OF 0.50 INCH OR MORE |
6 |
| PRECIPITATION OF 1.00 INCH OR MORE |
4 |
WEATHER FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS
| YEAR |
HIGH |
LOW |
PRECIP |
SNOW |
REMARKS |
| OCT. 11, 1999 |
62 |
44 |
0.00 |
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PARTLY SUNNY |
| OCT. 9, 2000 |
44 |
34 |
TRACE |
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MOSTLY CLOUDY |
| OCT. 8, 2001 |
49 |
31 |
0.00 |
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SUNNY |
| OCT. 14, 2002 |
77 |
60 |
0.00 |
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MOSTLY SUNNY |
| OCT. 13, 2003 |
62 |
43 |
0.00 |
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MOSTLY SUNNY |
| OCT. 11, 2004 |
50 |
37 |
0.00 |
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CLOUDY |
| OCT. 10, 2005 |
55 |
49 |
0.01 |
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CLOUDY |
| OCT. 9, 2006 |
69 |
51 |
0.00 |
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MOSTLY SUNNY |
| OCT. 8, 2007 |
79 |
65 |
0.00 |
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MOSTLY SUNNY |
| OCT. 13, 2008 |
73 |
52 |
0.00 |
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PARTLY SUNNY |
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