On this day in 1997, the high temperature soared to a calendar day record of 73 degrees. It was the first of two straight days with a record high above 70 and the middle of a four-day streak with highs of at least 60.
Here are other notables for the day:
- Average high: 45
- Average low: 31
- Record high: 73 (1997)
- Record low: minus-3 (1877)
- Record precipitation: 2.28 inches (1886)
- Record snowfall: 2.1 inches (1980)
