2017 Weather in Review

The highest temperature recorded at Leslie Park Golf Course during 2017 was 91.9 degrees on September 22nd. It was one of six days that got above the 90 degree mark. The lowest temperature was just - 11.7 degrees on December 28th. Four other days had lows below zero, all of them coming in the last week of December. Thirty-seven days never got above the freezing mark in 2017, while 104 days dipped below 32 degrees at some point.

For the year, the golf course received 36.01 inches of rain, which is almost 7 inches more than 2016. The most rain in a single day was 2.07 inches on July 7th. October took the gold for most rain during the year with 5.58 inches, April took Silver with 4.29 inches, followed closely by July with 4.13 inches. There were 115 days with at least a trace of rain, while seven days had over an inch in a 24 hour period.

The average wind speed for the year was 2.6 mph. The highest sustained wind speed was 41.0 mph on March 8th.

2016 Weather Summary

The highest temperature recorded at Leslie Park Golf Course during 2016 was 93.0 degrees on July 23rd. The lowest temperature was just - 4.2 degrees on February 28th. This is nearly 15 degrees warmer than the lowest temperature of 2015.  There were 10 days where the high temperature reached 90 degrees. 2015 had just one day above 90. 2016 had 38 days where the high temperature did not get above freezing. For comparison, there were 67 days in 2014 and 50 days in 2015 that did not reach freezing. The low temperature reached below 32 degrees on 116 days. Two days had low temperatures below zero. Last year saw 16 days below zero while 2014 had 20 days with negative temperatures.

For the year, the golf course received 29.47 inches of rain. The most rain in a single day was 1.93 inches on August 16. August edged out July by just one hundredth of an inch of rain for the monthly record (4.07 vs 4.06 inches.) There were 108 days with at least a trace of rain, while three days had over an inch in a 24 hour period.

The average wind speed for the year was 2.7 mph. The highest sustained wind speed was 39.0 mph on February 20th.

2015 Yearly Weather Summary

The highest temperature recorded at Leslie Park Golf Course during 2015 was 90.0 degrees on August 2nd. The lowest temperature was just - 20 degrees on February 8th. There was just one day where the high temperature reached 90 degrees. On the other hand, the year had 50 days where the high temperature did not get above freezing. For comparison, there were 67 days in 2014 that did not reach freezing. The low temperature reached below 32 degrees on 112 days. Sixteen days had low temperatures below zero. Last year saw 20 days below zero while 2010-2013 combined had just nine days with negative temperatures.

For the year, the golf course received 30.24 inches of rain. The most rain in a single day was 1.98 inches on June 23rd. June was also the month with the most rain at 7.27 inches. There were 106 days with at least a trace of rain, while six days had over an inch in a 24 hour period.

The average wind speed for the year was 2.8 mph. The highest sustained wind speed was 37.0 mph on March 25th.

2014 Yearly Weather Summary

The highest temperature recorded at Leslie Park Golf Course during 2014 was 92.2 degrees on September 5th. The lowest temperature was just - 12.6 degrees on January 6th. There was just one day where the high temperature was above 90 degrees. On the other hand, on 67 days, the high temperature did not get above freezing. The low temperature reached below 32 degrees on 126 days for the year, or nearly 35% of the time. Twenty days had low temperatures below zero. The previous four years combined had just nine days with negative temperatures.

For the year, the golf course received 33.37 inches of rain. The most rain in a single day was 2.28 inches on June 18th. June was also the month with the most rain at 5.33 inches. There were 109 days with at least a trace of rain, while six days had over an inch in a 24 hour period.

The average wind speed for the year was 2.6 mph. The highest sustained wind speed was 44.0 mph on July 1st.

2013 Yearly Weather Summary

The highest temperature recorded at Leslie Park Golf Course during 2013 was 92.5 degrees on July 19th. The lowest temperature was just - 1.2 degrees on January 22nd. There were six days where the high temperature was above 90 degrees. On 52 days, the high temperature did not get above freezing. The low temperature reached below 32 degrees on 134 days for the year, or nearly 37% of the time. Two days had low temperature below zero. The average temperature for the year was 48.8 degrees.

For the year, the golf course received 30.58 inches of rain. The most rain in a single day was 1.97 inches on August 12th. April was the month with the most rain at 5.41 inches. There were 122 days with at least a trace of rain, while six days had over an inch in a 24 hour period.

The average wind speed for the year was 3.3 mph. The highest sustained wind speed was 43.0 mph on November 17th.

December and 2012 Yearly Weather Summary

December 2012 had a high temperature of 61.5 degrees on the 4th. The lowest temperature recorded was 8.5 degrees(Dec 28th.) The average temperature was 35.5. December had 5 days which did not get above freezing. There were 19 days where the low temperature for the day was below 32 degrees.

There was 2.16 inches of rain during the moth. The highest daily rainfall was 1.00 inches (Dec 20th.) Twelve days had more than a trace of rain, while 5 days had at least a tenth of an inch.

The highest windspeed recorded was 37.0 mph (Dec 21st.) The average windspeed was 3.6 mph.

For the entire year of 2012, Leslie Park received 21.35 inches of rain. The maximum daily rain for the year was 1.18 inches on August 10th. For comparison, 2011 had nearly 42 inches of rain with 3 rain events of over 2 inches.

The highest temperature for 2012 was 100.6 on July 6th.  The lowest temperature recorded was 0.6 degrees on January 6th.

The highest sustained windspeed recorded was 37 mph on three separate occasions: March 3rd, April 16th and December 21st.