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Thanksgiving Day weather for Tucson Arizona
In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln declared the LAST Thursday in November as a day of Thanksgiving. In 1941, Congress passed a resolution decreeing that Thanksgiving should fall on the fourth Thursday of November.
Average High 70 F Record High 86 degrees F on Nov. 26, 1998 and Nov. 24, 1904
Average Low 41 F Record Low 23 F on Nov. 29, 1934
Average rainfall 0.02" Record Rainfall 0.46" on Nov. 23, 1944
Averages are for the period of record (1894-2011)
Thanksgiving Day year-by-year breakdown
Dates are for last Thursday in Nov. . Dates are for 4th Thursday in Nov.
Year Date High Low Rainfall Year Date High Low Rainfall
1894 Nov. 29 81 42 0 1942 Nov. 26 80 39 0
1895 Nov. 28 70 33 0 1943 Nov. 25 71 47 0
1896 Nov. 26 60 33 0 1944 Nov. 23 58 48 0.46"
1897 Nov. 25 77 37 0 1945 Nov. 22 76 34 0
1898 Nov. 24 66 31 0 1946 Nov. 28 80 54 0
1899 Nov. 30 74 35 0 1947 Nov. 27 75 38 0
1900 Nov. 29 66 43 0 1948 Nov. 25 67 37 0
1901 Nov. 28 82 54 0 1949 Nov. 24 78 45 0
1902 Nov. 27 70 34 0 1950 Nov. 23 83 50 0
1903 Nov. 26 82 44 0 1951 Nov. 22 66 45 0
1904 Nov. 24 86 42 0 1952 Nov. 27 62 33 0
1905 Nov. 30 61 37 0 1953 Nov. 26 84 45 0
1906 Nov. 29 66 33 0 1954 Nov. 25 81 47 0
1907 Nov. 28 72 40 0 1955 Nov. 24 67 34 0
1908 Nov. 26 70 31 0 1956 Nov. 22 68 48 0
1909 Nov. 25 85 43 0 1957 Nov. 28 65 35 0
1910 Nov. 24 84 40 0 1958 Nov. 27 70 49 Trace
1911 Nov. 30 59 30 0 1959 Nov. 26 70 41 0
1912 Nov. 28 79 47 0 1960 Nov. 24 77 43 0
1913 Nov. 27 71 39 0 1961 Nov. 23 67 35 0
1914 Nov. 26 71 39 0 1962 Nov. 22 76 45 0
1915 Nov. 25 msg msg msg 1963 Nov. 28 71 39 0
1916 Nov. 30 63 38 0 1964 Nov. 26 74 44 0
1917 Nov. 29 72 30 0 1965 Nov. 25 68 51 0.14"
1918 Nov. 28 48 39 0 1966 Nov. 24 66 48 0
1919 Nov. 27 67 47 0 1967 Nov. 23 64 47 0
1920 Nov. 25 69 40 0 1968 Nov. 28 59 34 0
1921 Nov. 24 82 37 0 1969 Nov. 27 67 48 0
1922 Nov. 30 58 41 0 1970 Nov. 26 73 49 0
1923 Nov. 29 65 28 0 1971 Nov. 25 72 43 0
1924 Nov. 27 80 34 0 1972 Nov. 23 66 44 0.03"
1925 Nov. 26 66 42 0 1973 Nov. 22 63 37 0
1926 Nov. 25 76 42 0 1974 Nov. 28 68 36 0
1927 Nov. 24 78 44 0.05" 1975 Nov. 27 72 43 0
1928 Nov. 29 59 29 0 1976 Nov. 25 73 49 0
1929 Nov. 28 75 32 0 1977 Nov. 24 73 42 0
1930 Nov. 27 76 41 0 1978 Nov. 23 59 52 0.35"
1931 Nov. 26 58 33 0 1979 Nov. 22 56 24 0
1932 Nov. 24 78 50 0 1980 Nov. 27 66 32 0
1933 Nov. 30 60 35 0.20" 1981 Nov. 26 66 34 0
1934 Nov. 29 59 23 0 1982 Nov. 25 60 47 0
1935 Nov. 28 66 32 0 1983 Nov. 24 64 33 0
1936 Nov. 26 74 48 0 1984 Nov. 22 68 51 Trace
1937 Nov. 25 74 37 0 1985 Nov. 28 68 42 0
1938 Nov. 24 63 38 0 1986 Nov. 27 71 35 0
1939 Nov. 30 64 35 Trace 1987 Nov. 26 60 32 0
1940 Nov. 28 72 46 0 1988 Nov. 24 71 41 0.37"
1941 Nov. 27 76 52 0 1989 Nov. 23 81 50 0
  1990 Nov. 22 72 38 0
1991 Nov. 28 72 43 0
1992 Nov. 26 62 31 0
1993 Nov. 25 66 39 0
1994 Nov. 24 76 49 0
1995 Nov. 23 80 46 0
1996 Nov. 28 69 46 0.02"
1997 Nov. 27 65 45 0.01"
1998 Nov. 26 86 44 0
1999 Nov. 25 67 29 0
2000 Nov. 23 61 40 0
2001 Nov. 22 79 50 0
2002 Nov. 28 64 51 Trace
2003 Nov. 27 65 39 0
2004 Nov. 25 67 37 0
2005 Nov. 24 77 46 0
2006 Nov. 23 81 49 0
2007 Nov. 22 80 57 Trace
2008 Nov. 27 66 52 0.26"
2009 Nov. 26 77 57 0
2010 Nov. 25 59 40 0
2011 Nov. 24 76 48 0.05"
2012 Nov. 22      
 
 

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