Valentine Easter Sunday Climatology

Valentine Easter Sunday Climatology

Easter Sunday is a Christian holiday that shifts every year based on the vernal equinox and the phase of the moon. The date of Easter can vary from as early as March 22 to as late as April 25. Weather observations have been recorded every Easter Sunday at Valentine dating back to 1890. This study looks at Easter Sunday weather of the past. The date of Easter was calculated using information provided on the U.S. Naval Observatory website.

EASTER SUNDAY IN VALENTINE
PERIOD OF RECORD 123 YEARS: 1890-2012

TEMPERATURE DATA

Highest	84 degrees (April 19, 1908)
Lowest	-4 degrees (March 25, 1894)
Lowest Maximum	11 degrees (March 25, 1894)
Highest Minimum	51 degrees (April 21, 1946)
Average High	57.8 degrees
Average Low	30.7 degrees
Average Temperature Range	27.2 degrees
Largest Range between High and Low	57 degrees High 75, Low 18 (April 3, 1994)
Smallest Range between High and Low	3 degrees High 32, Low 29 (March 29, 1891)

High Temperature by 10 Degree Ranges

10s	20s	30s	40s	50s	60s	70s	80s
1	5	9	17	28	37	24	2
0.8%	4.1%	7.3%	13.8%	22.8%	30.1%	19.5%	1.6%

Low Temperature by 10 Degree Ranges

-0s	0s	10s	20s	30s	40s	50s
1	3	12	38	44	24	1
0.8%	2.4%	9.8%	30.9%	35.8%	19.5%	0.8%

PRECIPITATION DATA

Maximum Precipitation	0.56 inches (March 29, 1891)
Maximum Snowfall	5.6 inches (March 29, 1891)
Number of Times Precipitation	51 Occurrences or 41.5%
Number of Times Measurable Precipitation (more than a Trace)	24 Occurrences or 19.5%
Number of Times Snowfall	26 Occurrences or 21.1%
Number of Times Measurable Snowfall (more than a Trace)	5 Occurrences or 4.1%
Number of Times No Precipitation	72 Occurrences or 58.5%
Most Snow on Ground at Observation Time	5 inches (March 30, 1975)

SNOW DEPTH INFORMATION IN VALENTINE
PERIOD OF RECORD 113 YEARS: 1900-2012

Number of Years - 1 inch or more snow on Ground (112 years)	6 Years (5.3%)
Number of Years - 1 inch or more snow on Ground (last 25 years)	0 Years (0%)
Number of Years with trace or more snow on Ground (112 years)	18 Years (15.9%)
Number of Years with trace or more snow on Ground (last 25 years)	0 Years (0%)
Consecutive Years with 1 inch or more snow on Ground	1 Year (never had more than 1 year)
Consecutive Years without 1 inch or more snow on Ground	36 Years (1976 - present)

Snow Depth Occurences by Time of Year (7 day increments)

	Mar 22 thru Mar 28	Mar 29 thru Apr 4	Apr 5 thru Apr 11	Apr 12 thru Apr 18	Apr 19 thru Apr 25
Total dates	13	27	26	27	19
1 inch or more on ground	3 (23.1%)	2 (7.4%)	1 (3.8%)	0	0
Trace on ground	2 (15.4%)	6 (22.2%)	2 (7.7%)	2 (7.4%)	0
Trace or more on ground	5 (38.5%)	8 (29.6%)	3 (11.5%)	2 (7.4%)	0
No snow on ground	8 (61.5%)	19 (70.4%)	23 (88.5%)	25 (92.6%)	20 (100%)

DAILY WEATHER SUMMARIES PAST 5 EASTER SUNDAYS

Date	High	Low	Precip	Snow	Snow Depth	Remarks
Mar 23, 2008	42	17	0.00	0.0	0	Cloudy morning, then mostly sunny
Apr 12, 2009	49	42	0.28	0.0	0	Cloudy and rainy
Apr 4, 2010	56	27	0.00	0.0	0	Partly cloudy
Apr 24, 2011	59	27	0.00	0.0	0	Mostly cloudy
Apr 8, 2012	62	25	0.00	0.0	0	Sunny, breezy (peak gust 28 mph)

YEAR BY YEAR WEATHER FOR PAST EASTER SUNDAYS
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ALSO VISIT NORTH PLATTE EASTER SUNDAY CLIMATOLOGY

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Page composition by
Matthew Masek
Updated 2013

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