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A pot of gold forecast for St. Patrick's Day

It may only be the luck of the Irish, but the prediction demands a warm, sunny day with pleasant 60-degree temperatures for the subway regions and the southern regions. In the central areas, 50s and sunshine will take place, while North Minnesota is more cloudy cover and continuing snow from a temporary system.

The temperatures in the entire state vary considerably, at the north of 30s, in the central regions and in the middle of the 60s in the south.

Heights for Monday

National Weather Service

The St. Paul's St. Patrick's Day Parade may be a bit airy, with southwestern winds on 10 to 20 miles per hour and move in the east of the northeast until Monday.

Wind speed and towards Monday

Wind speed and towards Monday

Noaa about the College of Dupage Weather

No rainbow in the forecast for Monday, but with these temperatures some will surely find a little luck in the form of vitamin D!

History of St. Patrick's Day forecasts

If we look back on 1939, you can have an insight into the view of this Irish holiday over the years. The average high for March 17 is 42 degrees with an average low of 25 degrees.

Our four-leaf clarified price for the warmest St. Patrick's Day will go with a record high of 80 degrees until 2012. In the meantime, the coldest temperature in 1941 was recorded with a cool high of only 8 degrees.

In the following years the record consider the warmest temperatures:

  • 2012 – 80 degrees

  • 1966-71 degrees

  • 1968 – 68 degrees

  • 2003 – 60 degrees

  • 1995-60 degrees

When we reach our forecast high of 65, 2025 will become the 5 most important St. Patrick's days that are produced.

Climatologically, 24 percent of the recorded years have experienced a precipitation of 0.01 inches or more. In the meantime, 19 percent of the years have a snowfall of 0.1 inches or more.

The following years were the most moist:

  • 1965 – 11.2 inch snow, 0.89 inches precipitation

  • 1989 – 3.1 inch snow, 0.30 inches precipitation

  • 1946 – 0.24 inches

  • 1977 – 3.6 inch snow, 0.21 inches precipitation

  • 2008 – 0.9 inch snow, 0.14 inches

Regardless of whether you celebrate the luck of the Irish or just enjoy the weather, it looks like we have a pleasant St. Patrick's day with mild temperatures and a lot of sunshine. Just don't forget your green and enjoy the day – maybe be the luck of the Irish!