National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

    Much like this past week, Memorial Day weather can be highly variable across the Upper Midwest. Historically, high temperatures for the holiday have ranged from a scorching 98° in 1934, to a chilly 49° in 1992. The average high temperature for the Twin Cities on Memorial Day is about 74 degrees, while the average low is around 53°. The record low of 37° was set back in 1947. Last Memorial Day was not that far away from that record, with a low of 44° in the wake of severe storms the previous day.  For precipitation, the record value of 3.48 inches occurred in 1942.

    Further information can be found below (note: Memorial Day was observed on May 30th until 1971, when it began to be observed on the last Monday in May).

 

Year            Day          Max       Min    Precipitation

1900          May 30          80          58          0.00

1901          May 30          69          49          0.00

1902          May 30          77          58          0.00

1903          May 30          64          44          0.00

1904          May 30          72          50          Trace

1905          May 30          76          49          0.00

1906          May 30          76          47          0.02

1907          May 30          64          52          Trace

1908          May 30          56          45          0.07

1909          May 30          80          59          0.20

1910          May 30          67          43          0.00

1911          May 30          76          56          0.03

1912          May 30          75          55          0.00

1913          May 30          82          56          0.00

1914          May 30          82          55          0.00

1915          May 30          69          46          0.00

1916          May 30          73          52          0.00

1917          May 30          59          48          1.80

1918          May 30          85          58          0.40

1919          May 30          88          63          0.00

1920          May 30          83          60          0.00

1921          May 30          83          56          0.05

1922          May 30          54          45          0.12

1923          May 30          81          64          0.00

1924          May 30          69          45          0.00

1925          May 30          91          60          0.00

1926          May 30          88          61          0.00

1927          May 30          66          49          0.00

1928          May 30          68          48          0.00

1929          May 30          78          59          0.00

1930          May 30          71          45          0.00

1931          May 30          64          48          0.00

1932          May 30          72          58          0.00

1933          May 30          74          52          Trace

1934          May 30          98*         66         0.00

1935          May 30          70          55          0.00

1936          May 30          82          60          0.00

1937          May 30          87          69          0.18

1938          May 30          85          63          0.00

1939          May 30          95          69          0.00

1940          May 30          81          48          0.00

1941          May 30          65          53          0.34 

1942          May 30          73          58          3.48*

1943          May 30          79          64          1.53

1944          May 30          88          69          0.00

1945          May 30          77          46          0.00

1946          May 30          79          57          0.00

1947          May 30          67          37*        0.00

1948          May 30          74          48          0.00

1949          May 30          83          61          0.02

1950          May 30          76          52          Trace

1951          May 30          70          54          0.02

1952          May 30          59          47          0.30

1953          May 30          87          65          0.00

1954          May 30          76          51          0.00

1955          May 30          77          46          0.00

1956          May 30          78          60          0.41

1957          May 30          82          55          0.00

1958          May 30          76          63          0.02

1959          May 30          72          58          0.45

1960          May 30          77          49          Trace

1961          May 30          78          46          0.00

1962          May 30          70          55          0.17

1963          May 30          80          50          0.00

1964          May 30          67          45          0.00

1965          May 30          69          38          0.00

1966          May 30          70          43          0.00

1967          May 30          75          53          0.00

1968          May 30          69          46          0.00

1969          May 30          84          57          0.00

1970          May 30          74          61          0.04

1971          May 31          70          56          0.14

1972          May 29          66          48          0.59

1973          May 28          75          52          0.00

1974          May 27          71          53          Trace

1975          May 26          68          54          0.00

1976          May 31          73          58          0.00

1977          May 30          80          60          1.09

1978          May 29          79          62          0.14

1979          May 28          83          48          0.00

1980          May 26          86          66          0.00

1981          May 25             60          50         Trace 

1982          May 31          66          49          0.00

1983          May 30          58          48          0.19 

1984          May 28          62          42          0.00

1985          May 27          70          49          0.00

1986          May 26          74          54          0.00

1987          May 25          64          54          0.10

1988          May 30          91          69          0.00

1989          May 29          63          47          0.58

1990          May 28          81          50          0.00

1991          May 27          84          61          0.36

1992          May 25          49*        41          0.35

1993          May 31          60          39          0.00

1994          May 30          91          57          Trace

1995          May 29          76          43          0.00

1996          May 27          61          49          Trace

1997          May 26          67          45          0.00

1998          May 25          74          43          Trace

1999          May 31          67          53          Trace

2000          May 29          65          49          Trace

2001          May 28          74          48          0.00

2002          May 27          77          55          0.04

2003          May 26          76          49          0.00

2004          May 31          68          53          0.13

2005          May 30          76          49          0.00

2006          May 29          94          74          Trace

2007          May 28          82          57          0.00

2008          May 26          65          44          0.00

 

 *denotes record value

 

 

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