Happy St. Patrick's Day! Hopefully you're wearing your green today so you don't get pinched! Lucky enough for us, we won't have any green on radar today, but previous St. Patrick's Days cannot say the same. This time of the year in Kentuckiana we can expect a wide range of weather, and when we look at the most historic weather St. Patrick's Days, that's very apparent.Â
Highest Temperature:Â Our average high temperature right now is around 58 degrees for our high temperature, but way back in 1894, Louisville climbed up to 79 and nearly broke 80!
Coldest Temperature:Â On the flip side, March can also be very cold in our area at times and this was definitely true back in 1900 when we dropped all the way to 9 degrees!
Wettest: Obviously everyone knows we associate St. Patrick's Day with green. Meteorologists associate green with rain on radar. Back in 1898, there would've been a lot of green on radar because Louisville recorded 1.73" of rain on that day alone!
Snowiest:Â Snow isn't unheard of in March in our area and some of you may remember this one. Back in 1970, Louisville saw 3.7" of snow fall on St. Patrick's Day! I guess don't eat the "green" snow?
We'll be in the mid 50s for high temperatures today, so we aren't going to any extremes for St. Patrick's Day today, so get out and celebrate the holiday!
