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.

December 2017 Weather Summary

December 2017 had an average temperature of 26.5 degrees, down another 15 degrees from November. The high temperature was 59.8 (December 5th) and the lowest recorded temperature was minus 11.7, Dec 28.) Twenty-nine of the 31 days had low temperatures below freezing (only the 18th and 19th stayed above 32 degrees)  while 15 days never got above 32 degrees. Four days had lows below zero.

We got  just 0.36 inches of rain at Leslie Park's weather station during December. Some of the precipitation came in the form of snow, which the weather station does not record well.. The rain fell on 6 different days, with the largest amount coming on the 16th (0.14 inches.)  That brings the total for 2017 to 36.01 inches.