Labor Day history…. 2016 warmer than many

Dave Mazza

9 years ago

Columbus (WCMH) – We hit a high of 87 for Labor Day. I thought it would be interesting to see how Labor Day weather played out in Columbus. Labor Day started in 1894, with alternating days, it was a lot of fun looking through 123 years of data, but there it is, all below.Here are some highlights (for Columbus):

Warmest, 9/6/54 at 99 degrees, also the warmest for the month in 1954, and the warmest ever for September 6th
99 degrees also was the 2nd warmest temperature ever for September in Columbus
Labor Day was the warmest day of the month 10 times over 123 years
Wettest, 9/1/2003 at 2.36″, a record for the month in 2003, also the wettest September 1st ever too
In total, 48 of 123 Labor Day’s saw at least a trace of rain
When it does rain on Labor day, we pick up on average about 0.22″ of rain
We have had 9 Labor Day lows in the 70s
We have had 6 Labor Day lows in the 40s
Our coldest temperature on Labor Day was 45

September	Year	high	low	rain
3	1894	92	62		R-Month
2	1895	78	54
7	1896	71	49
6	1897	86	54
5	1898	88	69	0.01
4	1899	82	60
3	1900	84	70	0.01
2	1901	78	57	0
1	1902	81	67	0.2
7	1903	88	54
5	1904	78	58
4	1905	64	55
3	1906	80	63	0
2	1907	82	64	0.02
7	1908	74	53
6	1909	67	49
5	1910	88	68	0.86	R-Month
4	1911	81	58
2	1912	92	71
1	1913	91	66
7	1914	75	58
6	1915	75	61
4	1916	86	55
3	1917	78	64	0.09
2	1918	79	58	0.05
1	1919	71	51
6	1920	77	60
5	1921	83	67
4	1922	87	68
3	1923	76	68	0.18
1	1924	87	70	0.48	R-Month
7	1925	82	69
6	1926	73	61	0.11
5	1927	93	57
3	1928	71	55	0.03
2	1929	90	63
1	1930	87	69	0
7	1931	78	56
5	1932	83	65
4	1933	88	71	0
3	1934	84	64
2	1935	72	56	0.01
7	1936	86	68
6	1937	76	53
5	1938	85	61
4	1939	88	66	0.39
2	1940	73	58
1	1941	84	68	0
7	1942	87	65	0.12
6	1943	84	67	0.42	W-Month
4	1944	90	67	0.01	R-Month
3	1945	80	52
2	1946	73	53
1	1947	85	62	0.14
6	1948	82	67	0.11
5	1949	83	66	0.48
4	1950	70	52
3	1951	76	60
1	1952	92	65	0.58
7	1953	77	53
6	1954	99	64		R-Month
5	1955	90	60
3	1956	82	51
2	1957	93	66	0.63
1	1958	72	53
7	1959	93	69
5	1960	88	66	0
4	1961	90	71
3	1962	81	62	0
2	1963	78	49
7	1964	92	54
6	1965	75	61
5	1966	78	55	0.04
4	1967	77	49
2	1968	76	57	0.16
1	1969	88	61		R-Month
7	1970	86	66
6	1971	87	66	0.22	R-Month
4	1972	69	55
3	1973	92	68
2	1974	71	60	0.06
1	1975	74	64	0.04
6	1976	71	45
5	1977	86	65	1.14	W-Month
4	1978	76	57
3	1979	84	64
1	1980	88	72
7	1981	76	60	0
6	1982	78	51
5	1983	89	71	0
3	1984	75	60	0.11
2	1985	86	63
1	1986	79	55
7	1987	81	64
5	1988	65	46	0.03
4	1989	78	57
3	1990	83	62
2	1991	87	51
7	1992	85	65	0.01	R-Month
6	1993	82	58	0
5	1994	76	53
4	1995	86	59
2	1996	84	61
1	1997	86	65
7	1998	84	61	0.24
6	1999	85	68	0.15
4	2000	74	60	0.49
3	2001	84	57
2	2002	90	65
1	2003	78	64	2.36	W-Month
6	2004	87	67		R-Month
5	2005	81	59
4	2006	73	55
3	2007	88	59
1	2008	87	60
7	2009	78	66	0.3
6	2010	84	52
5	2011	69	60
3	2012	82	71	0.14
2	2013	85	68	0
1	2014	87	73	0.15
7	2015	90	67		R-Month
5	2016	87	57

123	123	81.8	60.9	48
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