...Thanksgiving Day Climatology...
Thanksgiving Day Climatology
Thanksgiving Day over the past 37 years has varied widely in weather conditions. Families have enjoyed turkey and football with temperatures ranging from a daily high of 72 (1981) degrees to a low of 7 degrees (1975) and have braved as much as 0.30 inches of rain (1982) and 0.3 inches of snow (1993).
Overall, during the past 37 years the average high has been around 50 degrees and the average low was 30. That sounds like tolerable weather, as during this time period, it has rained only 21%.
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Thanksgiving Day over the past 37 years has varied widely in weather conditions. Families have enjoyed turkey and football with temperatures ranging from a daily high of 72 (1981) degrees to a low of 7 degrees (1975) and have braved as much as 0.30 inches of rain (1982) and 0.3 inches of snow (1993).
Overall, during the past 37 years the average high has been around 50 degrees and the average low was 30. That sounds like tolerable weather, as during this time period, it has rained only 21%.
| YEAR | HIGH | LOW | PRECIP |
| 1970 | 71 | 43 | 0 |
| 71 | 52 | 29 | 0 |
| 72 | 43 | 25 | 0 |
| 73 | 71 | 48 | 0 |
| 74 | 58 | 28 | 0 |
| 1975 | 38 | 7 | 0 |
| 76 | 64 | 42 | 0.11 |
| 77 | 41 | 29 | 0 |
| 78 | 59 | 37 | 0.01 |
| 79 | 41 | 31 | 0 |
| 1980 | 32 | 29 | 0.09 |
| 81 | 72 | 33 | 0.16 |
| 82 | 40 | 23 | 0.3 |
| 83 | 49 | 25 | 0 |
| 84 | 52 | 27 | 0 |
| 1985 | 30 | 26 | 0 |
| 86 | 38 | 32 | 0 |
| 87 | 40 | 38 | 0.15 |
| 88 | 67 | 37 | 0 |
| 89 | 44 | 21 | 0 |
| 1990 | 54 | 38 | 0 |
| 91 | 70 | 54 | 0 |
| 92 | 34 | 28 | 0 |
| 93 | 26 | 20 | 0.23 |
| 94 | 55 | 26 | 0 |
| 1995 | 48 | 26 | 0 |
| 96 | 44 | 21 | 0 |
| 97 | 59 | 33 | 0 |
| 98 | 68 | 32 | 0 |
| 99 | 48 | 28 | 0 |
| 2000 | 49 | 33 | 0.16 |
| 2001 | 59 | 34 | 0 |
| 2002 | 50 | 22 | 0 |
| 2003 | 47 | 32 | T |
| 2004 | 51 | 26 | 0 |
| 2005 | 52 | 27 | 0 |
| 2006 | 68 | 41 | 0 |
| Avg | 50.4 | 30.2 | 0.0 |
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