Ghost of Christmases Past; The Whitest of Christmases and Other Christmases Past

[wxhstn74]

http://weatherhistorian.blogspot.com/2013/12/ghost-of-christmases-past-whitest-of.html

[michsnowfreak]

Top 10 Wettest Christmases - calendar day precipitation Christmas Day since 1874

01.) 1.16" - 1945 (ice storm)

02.) 0.99" - 1957 (rain)

03.) 0.97" - 2009 (rain)

04.) 0.76" - 1915 (primarily snow, a touch of rain)

05.) 0.65" - 1982 (rain, some thunder)

06.) 0.62" - 1901 (wet snow)

06.) 0.62" - 2005 (rain, ended as snow)

08.) 0.54" - 1951 (snow)

09.) 0.53" - 1965 (rain, ended as snow)

10.) 0.43" - 1973 (rain)

 

Top 10 Snowiest Christmases - calendar snowfall Christmas Day since 1874

01.) 7.9" - 1915

02.) 6.2" - 1951

03.) 5.5" - 1901

04.) 5.4" - 1909

05.) 4.0" - 1892

06.) 3.7" - 2002

07.) 3.6" - 1925

08.) 3.3" - 1902

09.) 3.2" - 1935

10.) 2.2" - 1944

 

Top 10 Obs-time Snow Depths Christmas Day - since 1892 (ok that turned out to be more than 10 due to tie)

01.) 13" - 1951

02.) 12" - 1929

03.) 8" - 1914

03.) 7" - 1902

03.) 7" - 1915

03.) 7" - 1973

03.) 7" - 1981

03.) 7" - 2008

09.) 6" - 1909

.......6" - 1910

.......6" - 1916

.......6" - 1974

.......6" - 2000

.......6" - 2002

.......6" - 2004

 

Top 10 coldest Christmas LOW temps - since 1874

01.) -10F - 1983

02.) -8F - 1924

02.) -8F - 1980

04.) -4F - 2004

05.) -2F - 1985

06.) 1F - 1914

07.) 2F - 2000

08.) 3F - 1984

08.) 3F - 1990

10.) 4F - 1878

 

Top 10 coldest HIGH temps on Christmas Day - since 1874

01.) 4F - 1983

02.) 9F - 1924

03.) 12F - 1985

04.) 15F - 1878

05.) 17F - 1899

05.) 17F - 1914

05.) 17F - 1980

05.) 17F - 1884

09.) 18F - 1892

09.) 18F - 2004

 

Top 10 Warmest HIGH temps Christmas Day - 1874

01.) 64F - 1982

02.) 60F - 1893

03.) 59F - 1895

04.) 56F - 1932

05.) 54F - 1889

06.) 52F - 1891

06.) 52F - 1940

08.) 50F - 1888

08.) 50F - 1987

10.) 49F - 1936

 

Notable Christmas Events in Detroit's records

chronological order

1871 -- 4.2 inches of snow fell on December 22nd, so a White Christmas in Detroit's early records, before continuous snowfall data began

 

1882 -- 6.1 inches of snow on December 23rd is just in time.

 

1884 -- 4.2 inches of snow falls on Christmas Eve.

 

1886 -- A very snowy Christmastime. 6.5 inches falls on December 24th, then 6.4 inches on December 25th, then 2.5 inches on December 26th!

 

1889 -- 61 degrees on Christmas Eve accompanied by thunderstorms! Not to mention, December 1889 is the only December on record to have NOT ONE SINGLE FLAKE OF SNOW recorded in Detroit!

 

1895 -- Just a little too late! Very warm Christmas weather, near 60 degrees, but a cold front slammed through late Christmas night and 6.5 inches of snow fell on December 26th!

 

1901 -- A Norman Rockwell Christmas scene with "moist snow" falling late Christmas Eve into Christmas Day, with 0.62" liquid, and depth of snow 5.5". Snow "adhered" to everything. Unfortunately, a high of 41 degrees melted some snow.

 

1915 -- Perfect. Snow began around sunset Christmas Eve and continued into Christmas day, totaling 8 inches. Some rain mixed in at the end, but did little to mar the scene.

 

1929 -- The 7 p.m. snow depth is 12", the 2nd deepest amount of snow on Christmas day in Detroit's records (behind 1951). This is thanks to a 13.8-inch storm on December 18th and 19th.

 

1931 -- Warm with thunderstorms reported in parts of Michigan!

 

1931 to 1933 -- Three consecutive Christmas Eve's topped 50 degrees, though only one (1932) topped 50 on Christmas Day.

 

1945 -- Late on Christmas Eve and into Christmas morning a raging ice storm occurred, with rain freezing on the cold ground. Christmas morning the temp warmed and the ice began melting (and the falling rain stayed plain liquid) but the landscape was already a dangerous crystal wonderland. This is also the wettest December 25th on record for Detroit (1.16").

 

1951 -- After a deep snowcover to begin with, a storm falls Christmas day, heaviest in the morning, dropping 6.2 inches, and bringing the snow depth at 7 p.m. to 13 inches, for the deepest White Christmas in Detroit's records (Note, had they used 7am depth like we have since the mid-1950s, the depth would not have qualified it as the deepest White Christmas, that would have gone to 1929).

 

1957 -- A VERY rainy Christmas week. 0.94" fell on December 18th, 0.18" on December 19th, 1.00" on December 20th, and 0.99" on Christmas Day. No snow.

 

1964 -- After six straight White Christmases, a very warm and wet one.

 

1965 -- A very heavy rainstorm set in Christmas Eve, flooding some basements. After parts of the Detroit area got up to 4 inches of rain, (3.75" at Metro Airport, 2.50" at City Airport), the rain turned to snow on Christmas day, and though only dropping 0.5" on Detroit City Airport (1.0" at DTW), up to 2 inches fell in suburbs, and 50 mph winds blew and drifted the snow causing whiteouts. WHAT A STORM!!!

 

1973 -- YUCK! The day started out with a nice (but heavy) 7-inch snowcover. But rain and temps in the 40s melted it to a 2-inch deep slush by evening.

 

1974 -- Though it was 40 degrees on Christmas Eve, the snow depth was still 6 inches, from the mammoth 19.3-inch storm of the 1st (and              falls after that)

 

1975 -- Though the snow depth was 2 inches, a storm hit us on the 26th, dropping 6.3 inches. Just ONE day too late!

 

1979 -- A very rainy and warm Christmas.

 

1980 -- After a fresh 3-inch snowfall Christmas Eve, bitter cold set in, with 8 degrees below zero on Christmas morn.

 

1982 -- A record 64 degrees in Detroit, accompanied by thunderstorms. This still, 30+ years later, has people talking. *note, this was very similar to Christmas Eve 1889. But no one is here to remember that!

 

1983 -- Mother Nature payback. The COLDEST Christmas one year after the WARMEST Christmas! After a low of 10 below, the high only hit 4   above!

 

1990 -- Fresh from a 5-inch fall on the 23rd, the 1990s starts with the only White Christmas of 1-inch or more of the decade (although the ground was dusted in 1993, 1995, and 1996, all less than an inch).

 

2000 -- First time a blanket of snow officially covered the ground on Christmas day in Detroit since 1990 (see 1990 above). Although Detroit's snow depth was "only" 6 inches, the snow depth at the National Weather Service in White Lake (50 miles northwest of Detroit) was 15 inches, with 18 inches in Flint. The snow depth here in Wyandotte was 9 inches.

 

 

2002 -- The PICTURE-PERFECT Christmas snowstorm. Snow began around 10:30 p.m. Christmas Eve, becoming heavy at times, and ended early afternoon Christmas Day. Snowfall totaled 6.4" at DTW, with 6.8" here in Wyandotte, and the highest report was 9.0" in Jackson. Brisk winds caused pretty good blowing and drifting as well.

 

2003 -- For second year in a row, a perfectly timed snowfall. Snow started in the northern suburbs Christmas eve then spread south. Up to 4" fell near Saginaw in a snowband before the main storm even arrived. The main storm dropped 4-6" well north of Detroit with 1.4" at DTW and 2.4" in Wyandotte However, before the storm a 2-hour snow squall from 730p.m.-930p.m. Dec. 24th gave Wyandotte 0.9" with 0.3" in Detroit. So total 20-hour Christmas snowfall was 3.3" in Wyandotte with 1.7" at Detroit and widespread 4-6 inches north of Detroit. The snow plastered the west side of trees.

 

2004 -- Third time’s a charm! A major snowstorm spread into southeast Michigan late evening of the 22^nd and continued through the morning of the 23^rd. Snowfall totals ranged from 6 to 10 inches. Wyandotte ended up with 8.5”, and DTW had 8.9”. Accompanying the storm were 30 mph wind gusts so there was quite a bit of drifting as well. Below zero weather arrived for Christmas morning.

 

2008 -- Chistmas Eve rain and temps into the 40s put a dent in what was a foot snowpack, but Christmas morning still dawned with a nice, albeit now glacier, snowpack of 7" at DTW and 8" in Wyandotte.

 

2012 -- Though we just squeezed out a White Christmas with just under an inch of snow Christmas Eve night, a snowstorm on the 26th dropped 6.2" at DTW and 6.3" at Wyandotte, just a day late!

[michsnowfreak]

bump

 

To add a little something....a few oddities about Christmases throughout the years at Detroit......

 

~5 of the top 8 warmest Christmases on record came from 1888-1895! But, but but....I thought there used to ALWAYS be snow on Christmas?

 

~1880, 1977, and 2013....all were NOT White Christmases. Yes, I said NOT. Three winters that are infamous for the severity here, and going back to 1906, the winter of 2013-14 is the MOST snowcovered winter on record, with 1977-78. All 3 of these DID have a T on the ground, so its better than nothing lol.

 

~The 1940s were noted for being a trainwreck for snowlovers here, but we pulled off 4 consecutive White Christmases (1944-47).

 

~1951 is the "deepest" White Christmas on record. What a sight it must have been. The payment for this? The next 6 Christmases (1952-57) were all bare!

 

~1965 saw a torrential 3-4" rainstorm hit the area Christmas Eve/Day, no doubt flooding basements.... but the storm did end as 0.5" of snow with 50 mph winds, nice touch I suppose

 

~1973 Christmas breakfast had a 7" snow depth, and that snow was all but gone 24 hours later after a rainy, mild Christmas. Can you say BAD timing?

 

~Spring-like thunderstorms were noted in 1889 & 1982

 

~The record high on Christmas was set in 1982 (64F), and the record low in 1983 (-10F)!

 

~1991-99 saw 9 consecutive bare Christmases!!! (there was a T depth in 93, 95, 96)...then beginning in 2000, 5 of the next 6 Christmases were white

[BuffaloWeather]

MSF you should totally put together a Detriot Climatology book with pictures and all. I bet if would sell pretty good. 

[Ottawa Blizzard]

The best Christmas Eve I can remember is that of 1996. Left Toronto when light drizzle was falling. Once west of Mississauga, an all-out lake effect blizzard started. Kitchener, where we spent Christmas, was buried in a foot of snow by Christmas morning!

[michsnowfreak]

MSF you should totally put together a Detriot Climatology book with pictures and all. I bet if would sell pretty good. 

I should some day lol.

 

Here are the official White Christmases (snow depth 1"+ at obs time) by decade

 

1892- 2"

1896- 5"

1897- 5"

 

1901- 5"

1902- 7"

1903- 3"

1904- 1"

1906- 2"

1907- 3"

1909- 6"

 

1910- 6"

1914- 8"

1915- 7"

1916- 6"

1919- 1"

 

1921- 2"

1922- 2"

1923- 1"

1924- 4"

1925- 5"

1929- 12"

 

1930- 3"

1934- 3"

1935- 3"

1937- 1"

1938- 1"

 

1942- 1"

1944- 5"

1945- 2"

1946- 1"

1947- 2"

 

1951- 13"

1958- 2"

1959- 1"

 

1960- 3"

1961- 1"

1962- 2"

1963- 3"

1966- 4"

1969- 3"

 

1973- 7"

1974- 6"

1975- 2"

1978- 1"

 

1980- 3"

1981- 7"

1983- 2"

1984- 1"

1985- 3"

1989- 2"

 

1990- 5"

 

2000- 6"

2002- 6"

2003- 1"

2004- 6"

2005- 1"

2008- 7"

 

2010- 5"

2012- 1"

[BuffaloWeather]

MSF I think the BUF NWS decided to 1 up you after they saw all these nice fancy stats.

 

http://www.erh.noaa.gov/buf/climate/bufholidays/BUFFALO/Christmas.htm

 

I thought the most interesting stat was this one.

 

IT HAS SNOWED ON 89 OF THE PAST 127 CHRISTMAS DAYS. It snows on 70% of Christmases here.

[michsnowfreak]

MSF I think the BUF NWS decided to 1 up you after they saw all these nice fancy stats.

http://www.erh.noaa.gov/buf/climate/bufholidays/BUFFALO/Christmas.htm

I thought the most interesting stat was this one.

IT HAS SNOWED ON 89 OF THE PAST 127 CHRISTMAS DAYS. It snows on 70% of Christmases here.

Very nice work. I had all the dates I just didnt post them lol.

In Detroit, it had snowed on 73 of the past 140 Christmases, or 52% of the time.

67 Christmases had no snow fall

28 Christmases had a trace of snowfall

45 Christmases had measurable (0.1"+) snowfall

17 Christmases had 1.0"+ snowfall

9 Christmases had 3.0"+ snowfall

3 Christmases had 6.0"+ snowfall, the most being 7.9" on Christmas Day 1915

As said, the deepest White Christmas was 1951, when 6.2" fell AND 13" was on the ground. Yet the 3 Christmases before and the 6 Christmases after were NOT white! (4 of the 9 did have a T depth).

The most consecutive Christmases when snow fell was 10 in a row, from 1898-1907

The most consecutive Christmases when no snow fell was 8 in a row, from 1936-1943

There has never been more than 3 consecutive Christmases with 0 snow depth, but there has never been more than 6 official White Christmases (1"+) in a row.

Dec. 25    High    Low    Precip    Snow    Snw Depth    Peak Gust    Sky Cover
1874     34    16    ----    ----   
1875     48    31    ----    ----
1876     20    10    0.05”   0.5”
1877     42    39    0.18”   ----
1878     15     4    0.01”   0.8”
1879     27    10    0.08”   ----
1880     29    26    0.02"   0.2"     
1881     46    36    ----    ----   
1882     40    34    ----    ----
1883     35    28    ----    ----
1884     17     6    ----    ----
1885     31    23    0.01”   ----
1886     22    11    0.03”   0.4”
1887     27    17    0.01"   0.1"    
1888     50    39    0.06"   ----  
1889     54    41    ----    ---- 
1890     24    16    ----    ----
1891     52    38      T     ----
1892     18     8    0.21"   2.1"     2"
1893     60    40    0.01"   ----    ----
1894     32    25    0.02"   0.2"     T
1895     59    45    ----    ----    ----
1896     27    14      T       T      5"
1897     30    13    ----    ----     5"
1898     29    24      T       T     ----
1899     17    11      T       T      T
1900     25    19    0.03"   0.3"     T
1901     41    25    0.62"   6.2"     5"
1902     24    11    0.33"   3.3"     7"
1903     33    10    0.03"   0.3"     3"
1904     27    19      T       T      1"
1905     31    22    0.04"   0.4"     T
1906     23    13      T       T      2"    
1907     38    28    0.30"   3.0      3"
1908     36    31    0.01"   ----    ----
1909     31    21    0.36"   3.9"     6"
1910     21    13    0.05"   0.5"     6"
1911     38    31      T     ----    ----
1912     38    26    ----    ----     T
1913     32    28    ----    ----     T
1914     17     1    ----    ----     8"
1915     33    20    0.76"   7.9"     7"
1916     32    23    ----    ----     6"
1917     30    17    ----    ----    ----
1918     36    20    0.04"     T     ---- 
1919     26    12    ----    ----     1"
1920     24    17      T       T      T
1921     21    14    ----    ----     2"
1922     36    31    ----    ----     2"
1923     38    30    0.10"   1.0"     1"
1924      9    -8      T       T      4"  
1925     27    13    0.17"   3.6"     5"
1926     28    22    ----    ----    ----
1927     28    25      T       T     ----
1928     37    32    ----    ----     T
1929     33    25    0.03"   1.3"    12"
1930     36    24    ----    ----     3"
1931     37    23    ----    ----    ----
1932     56    36    ----    ----    ----
1933     26    16      T       T     ----
1934     34    25    0.02"   1.4"     3"
1935     22    14    0.27"   3.2"     3"
1936     49    38      T     ----    ----
1937     35    28      T     ----     1"
1938     31    20    ----    ----     1"
1939     33    27    ----    ----    ----
1940     52    32    ----    ----    ----
1941     36    32      T     ----    ----
1942     35    31    ----    ----     1"
1943     43    24    ----    ----     T
1944     30    11    0.24"   2.2"     5"
1945     39    28    1.16"   0.2"     2"
1946     35    17    0.01"   0.2"     1"
1947     25    19    0.02"   0.2"     2"
1948     22     8    ----    ----     T 
1949     43    28    ----    ----    ----
1950     19    13    ----    ----     T 
1951     26    18    0.54"   6.2"    13"
1952     35    28      T       T     ----
1953     36    29    ----    ----     T 
1954     39    29    ----    ----    ----
1955     41    25    ----    ----    ----
1956     33    25    0.03"   0.3"     T        22 mph
1957     43    30    0.99"   ----    ----      35 mph
1958     25     7    0.01"   0.3"     2"       16 mph
1959     38    34    ----    ----     1"        N/A
1960     40    16    ----    ----     3"       32 mph
1961     33    22      T       T      1"       28 mph
1962     29    16    0.04"   0.5"     2"       31 mph
1963     38    30      T       T      3"       22 mph
1964     42    36    0.02"   ----    ----      26 mph
1965     38    25    0.53"   0.5"     T        51 mph     Cloudy
1966     25    18      T       T      4"       29 mph     Mostly Sunny
1967     35    18    0.20"   1.3"     T        26 mph     Cloudy
1968     18    10    ----    ----     T       24 mph     Part Cloudy
1969     25    18      T       T      3"      16 mph     Cloudy
1970     27    14    0.01"   0.4"     T        33 mph     Cloudy
1971     36    23    0.08"   ----    ----      15 mph     Cloudy
1972     36    33    ----    ----    ----      18 mph     Cloudy
1973     45    34    0.43"   ----     7"       35 mph     Cloudy
1974     33    25    0.04"   0.4"     6"       35 mph     Partly Sunny
1975     31    25    0.02"   0.2"     2"       20 mph     Cloudy
1976     35    23      T       T      T        23 mph     Part Cloudy
1977     33     8    0.01"   0.2"     T        39 mph     Partly Sunny
1978     34    15      T       T      1"       33 mph     Part Cloudy
1979     46    30    0.35"     T     ----      41 mph     Cloudy     
1980     17    -8      T       T       3"      21 mph     Sunny
1981     30    12    ----    ----     7"      18 mph     Sunny
1982     64    50    0.65"   ----    ----      37 mph     Cloudy
1983      4   -10      T       T      2"       31 mph     Mostly Sunny
1984     20     3      T       T      1"       37 mph     Mostly Sunny
1985     12    -2      T       T      3"       28 mph     Sunny
1986     37    33    ----    ----    ----      21 mph     Cloudy
1987     50    36    ----    ----    ----      25 mph     Cloudy
1988     36    21    0.01"   0.1"    ----      36 mph     Part Cloudy
1989     27    12    0.09"   1.8"     2"       30 mph     Cloudy
1990     23     3      T       T      5"       36 mph     Part Cloudy
1991     40    24    ----    ----    ----      13 mph     Sunny
1992     35    20      T       T     ----      43 mph     Part Cloudy
1993     20     9    0.03"   0.3"     T        35 mph     Cloudy
1994     47    29    ----    ----    ----      18 mph     Sunny
1995     29    17    0.08"   0.8"     T        N/A        Cloudy
1996     22    14      T       T      T        N/A        Most Cloudy
1997     39    33    0.36"     T     ----      N/A        Cloudy
1998     30    12    ----    ----    ----      N/A        Sunny
1999     28    13    ----    ----    ----      38 mph     Sunny
2000     19     2    ----    ----     6"       14 mph     Sunny
2001     25    18    0.02"   0.3"     T        21 mph     Cloudy
2002     32    27    0.11"   3.7"     6"       26 mph     Cloudy
2003     32    29    0.14"   1.4"     1"       25 mph     Cloudy
2004     18    -4      T       T      6"       14 mph     Cloudy 
2005     36    33    0.62"   0.5"     1"       18 mph     Cloudy 
2006     42    32    0.15"   ----    ----      20 mph     Cloudy
2007     31    22    ----    ----     T        16 mph     Cloudy
2008     28    17      T     0.1"     7"       30 mph     Part Sunny
2009     42    32    0.97"   ----     T        32 mph     Cloudy
2010     30    25      T       T      5"       23 mph     Cloudy
2011     47    32    ----    ----    ----      35 mph     Most Cloudy
2012     33    22    ----    ----     1"       17 mph     Cloudy
2013     25    11    0.01”   0.2”     T        26 mph     Cloudy

[BuffaloWeather]

 

Very nice work. I had all the dates I just didnt post them lol.

 

In Detroit, it had snowed on 73 of the past 140 Christmases, or 52% of the time.

 

67 Christmases had no snow fall

28 Christmases had a trace of snowfall

45 Christmases had measurable (0.1"+) snowfall

17 Christmases had 1.0"+ snowfall

9 Christmases had 3.0"+ snowfall

3 Christmases had 6.0"+ snowfall, the most being 7.9" on Christmas Day 1915

 

As said, the deepest White Christmas was 1951, when 6.2" fell AND 13" was on the ground. Yet the 3 Christmases before and the 6 Christmases after were NOT white! (4 of the 9 did have a T depth).

 

The most consecutive Christmases when snow fell was 10 in a row, from 1898-1907

The most consecutive Christmases when no snow fell was 8 in a row, from 1936-1943

 

There has never been more than 3 consecutive Christmases with 0 snow depth, but there has never been more than 6 official White Christmases (1"+) in a row.

Dec. 25    High    Low    Precip    Snow    Snw Depth    Peak Gust    Sky Cover
1874     34    16    ----    ----    
1875     48    31    ----    ----
1876     20    10    0.05”   0.5”
1877     42    39    0.18”   ----
1878     15     4    0.01”   0.8”
1879     27    10    0.08”   ----
1880     29    26    0.02"   0.2"      
1881     46    36    ----    ----    
1882     40    34    ----    ----
1883     35    28    ----    ----
1884     17     6    ----    ----
1885     31    23    0.01”   ----
1886     22    11    0.03”   0.4”
1887     27    17    0.01"   0.1"     
1888     50    39    0.06"   ----  
1889     54    41    ----    ---- 
1890     24    16    ----    ----
1891     52    38      T     ----
1892     18     8    0.21"   2.1"     2"
1893     60    40    0.01"   ----    ----
1894     32    25    0.02"   0.2"     T
1895     59    45    ----    ----    ----
1896     27    14      T       T      5"
1897     30    13    ----    ----     5"
1898     29    24      T       T     ----
1899     17    11      T       T      T
1900     25    19    0.03"   0.3"     T
1901     41    25    0.62"   6.2"     5"
1902     24    11    0.33"   3.3"     7"
1903     33    10    0.03"   0.3"     3"
1904     27    19      T       T      1"
1905     31    22    0.04"   0.4"     T
1906     23    13      T       T      2"     
1907     38    28    0.30"   3.0      3"
1908     36    31    0.01"   ----    ----
1909     31    21    0.36"   3.9"     6"
1910     21    13    0.05"   0.5"     6"
1911     38    31      T     ----    ----
1912     38    26    ----    ----     T
1913     32    28    ----    ----     T
1914     17     1    ----    ----     8"
1915     33    20    0.76"   6.4"     7"
1916     32    23    ----    ----     6"
1917     30    17    ----    ----    ----
1918     36    20    0.04"     T     ---- 
1919     26    12    ----    ----     1"
1920     24    17      T       T      T
1921     21    14    ----    ----     2"
1922     36    31    ----    ----     2"
1923     38    30    0.10"   1.0"     1"
1924      9    -8      T       T      4"   
1925     27    13    0.17"   3.6"     5"
1926     28    22    ----    ----    ----
1927     28    25      T       T     ----
1928     37    32    ----    ----     T
1929     33    25    0.03"   1.3"    12"
1930     36    24    ----    ----     3"
1931     37    23    ----    ----    ----
1932     56    36    ----    ----    ----
1933     26    16      T       T     ----
1934     34    25    0.02"   1.4"     3"
1935     22    14    0.27"   3.2"     3"
1936     49    38      T     ----    ----
1937     35    28      T     ----     1"
1938     31    20    ----    ----     1"
1939     33    27    ----    ----    ----
1940     52    32    ----    ----    ----
1941     36    32      T     ----    ----
1942     35    31    ----    ----     1"
1943     43    24    ----    ----     T
1944     30    11    0.24"   2.2"     5"
1945     39    28    1.16"   0.2"     2"
1946     35    17    0.01"   0.2"     1"
1947     25    19    0.02"   0.2"     2"
1948     22     8    ----    ----     T  
1949     43    28    ----    ----    ----
1950     19    13    ----    ----     T  
1951     26    18    0.54"   6.2"    13"
1952     35    28      T       T     ----
1953     36    29    ----    ----     T 
1954     39    29    ----    ----    ----
1955     41    25    ----    ----    ----
1956     33    25    0.03"   0.3"     T        22 mph
1957     43    30    0.99"   ----    ----      35 mph
1958     25     7    0.01"   0.3"     2"       16 mph
1959     38    34    ----    ----     1"        N/A
1960     40    16    ----    ----     3"       32 mph
1961     33    22      T       T      1"       28 mph
1962     29    16    0.04"   0.5"     2"       31 mph
1963     38    30      T       T      3"       22 mph
1964     42    36    0.02"   ----    ----      26 mph
1965     38    25    0.53"   0.5"     T        51 mph     Cloudy
1966     25    18      T       T      4"       29 mph     Mostly Sunny
1967     35    18    0.20"   1.3"     T        26 mph     Cloudy
1968     18    10    ----    ----     T       24 mph     Part Cloudy
1969     25    18      T       T      3"      16 mph     Cloudy
1970     27    14    0.01"   0.4"     T        33 mph     Cloudy
1971     36    23    0.08"   ----    ----      15 mph     Cloudy
1972     36    33    ----    ----    ----      18 mph     Cloudy
1973     45    34    0.43"   ----     7"       35 mph     Cloudy
1974     33    25    0.04"   0.4"     6"       35 mph     Partly Sunny
1975     31    25    0.02"   0.2"     2"       20 mph     Cloudy
1976     35    23      T       T      T        23 mph     Part Cloudy
1977     33     8    0.01"   0.2"     T        39 mph     Partly Sunny
1978     34    15      T       T      1"       33 mph     Part Cloudy
1979     46    30    0.35"     T     ----      41 mph     Cloudy      
1980     17    -8      T       T       3"      21 mph     Sunny
1981     30    12    ----    ----     7"      18 mph     Sunny
1982     64    50    0.65"   ----    ----      37 mph     Cloudy
1983      4   -10      T       T      2"       31 mph     Mostly Sunny
1984     20     3      T       T      1"       37 mph     Mostly Sunny
1985     12    -2      T       T      3"       28 mph     Sunny
1986     37    33    ----    ----    ----      21 mph     Cloudy
1987     50    36    ----    ----    ----      25 mph     Cloudy
1988     36    21    0.01"   0.1"    ----      36 mph     Part Cloudy
1989     27    12    0.09"   1.8"     2"       30 mph     Cloudy
1990     23     3      T       T      5"       36 mph     Part Cloudy
1991     40    24    ----    ----    ----      13 mph     Sunny
1992     35    20      T       T     ----      43 mph     Part Cloudy
1993     20     9    0.03"   0.3"     T        35 mph     Cloudy
1994     47    29    ----    ----    ----      18 mph     Sunny
1995     29    17    0.08"   0.8"     T        N/A        Cloudy
1996    22    14      T       T      T         N/A        Most Cloudy
1997     39    33    0.36"     T     ----      N/A        Cloudy
1998     30    12    ----    ----    ----      N/A        Sunny
1999     28    13    ----    ----    ----      38 mph     Sunny
2000     19     2    ----    ----     6"       14 mph     Sunny
2001     25    18    0.02"   0.3"     T        21 mph     Cloudy
2002     32    27    0.11"   3.7"     6"       26 mph     Cloudy
2003     32    29    0.14"   1.4"     1"       25 mph     Cloudy
2004     18    -4      T       T      6"       14 mph     Cloudy 
2005     36    33    0.62"   0.5"     1"       18 mph     Cloudy  
2006     42    32    0.15"   ----    ----      20 mph     Cloudy
2007     31    22    ----    ----     T        16 mph     Cloudy
2008     28    17      T     0.1"     7"       30 mph     Part Sunny
2009     42    32    0.97"   ----     T        32 mph     Cloudy
2010     30    25      T       T      5"       23 mph     Cloudy
2011     47    32    ----    ----    ----      35 mph     Most Cloudy
2012     33    22    ----    ----     1"       17 mph     Cloudy
2013     25    11    0.01”   0.2”     T        26 mph     Cloudy