Altoona Weather in 1938

Historical record of Altoona, Pennsylvania weather for the year 1938 based on NOAA data.

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1938 Altoona Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	93 °F	August 16
Lowest temperature	0 °F	January 9
Highest daily low	70 °F	August 16
Lowest daily high	14 °F	January 28
Most daily precipitation	1.0 inches	January 25
Most daily snow	9.0 inches	November 24
Total annual precipitation	30.7 inches	-
Total annual snow	36.0 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Altoona in 1938?

The highest temperature recorded in Altoona, Pennsylvania in 1938 was 93 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Altoona in 1938

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	93 °F	Aug 16
1	93 °F	Aug 15
3	92 °F	Aug 17
4	91 °F	Aug 20
5	90 °F	Aug 4
6	89 °F	Aug 14
6	89 °F	Aug 6
6	89 °F	Jul 11
6	89 °F	Jul 8
10	88 °F	Aug 30
10	88 °F	Aug 21
10	88 °F	Aug 7
10	88 °F	Aug 3
10	88 °F	Aug 2
10	88 °F	Jun 25
10	88 °F	Jun 24

What was the coldest temperature in Altoona in 1938?

The lowest temperature recorded in Altoona, Pennsylvania in 1938 was 0 °F which happened on Jan 9.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Altoona in 1938

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	0 °F	January 9
2	3 °F	December 29
2	3 °F	January 28
4	5 °F	March 4
4	5 °F	February 28
6	7 °F	November 26
6	7 °F	January 26
8	8 °F	December 28
9	10 °F	December 16
9	10 °F	February 1
9	10 °F	January 27
9	10 °F	January 18
9	10 °F	January 10

January 1938 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	36	34	0.83	0.0
January 2	34	26	0.00	0.0
January 3	34	24	0.00	0.0
January 4	32	22	0.00	0.0
January 5	39	28	0.00	0.0
January 6	47	24	0.00	0.0
January 7	43	25	0.13	0.0
January 8	25	20	0.10	1.0
January 9	20	0	0.00	0.0
January 10	24	10	0.00	0.0
January 11	27	23	0.20	2.0
January 12	30	26	0.15	1.5
January 13	29	25	0.05	0.5
January 14	29	19	0.00	0.0
January 15	25	15	0.00	0.0
January 16	33	19	0.00	0.0
January 17	32	29	0.05	0.5
January 18	30	10	0.00	0.0
January 19	20	13	0.00	0.0
January 20	38	13	0.00	0.0
January 21	31	25	0.08	0.0
January 22	36	29	0.30	0.0
January 23	36	33	0.00	0.0
January 24	43	29	0.12	0.0
January 25	50	24	0.95	0.5
January 26	24	7	0.00	0.0
January 27	14	10	0.05	0.5
January 28	14	3	0.00	0.0
January 29	38	12	0.00	0.0
January 30	48	30	0.00	0.0
January 31	40	23	0.05	0.0

February 1938 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	23	10	0.00	0.0
February 2	30	17	0.00	0.0
February 3	38	29	0.17	0.0
February 4	48	31	0.00	0.0
February 5	45	23	0.00	0.0
February 6	49	n/a	0.40	0.0
February 7	53	32	0.60	0.0
February 8	54	24	0.00	0.0
February 9	56	33	0.00	0.0
February 10	53	33	0.28	0.0
February 11	35	20	0.05	0.5
February 12	30	23	0.00	0.0
February 13	62	30	0.09	0.0
February 14	58	37	0.00	0.0
February 15	41	19	0.00	0.0
February 16	35	14	0.00	0.0
February 17	40	19	0.00	0.0
February 18	61	35	0.09	0.0
February 19	54	34	0.17	0.0
February 20	34	30	0.31	0.5
February 21	36	13	0.00	0.0
February 22	34	23	0.00	0.0
February 23	34	32	0.02	0.0
February 24	34	27	0.00	0.0
February 25	27	17	0.00	0.0
February 26	30	18	0.05	0.5
February 27	34	28	0.15	1.5
February 28	33	5	0.00	0.0

March 1938 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	40	11	0.00	0.0
March 2	50	37	0.00	0.0
March 3	43	21	0.00	0.0
March 4	23	5	0.00	0.0
March 5	40	23	0.22	0.0
March 6	50	26	0.27	0.0
March 7	36	26	0.00	0.0
March 8	38	31	0.00	0.0
March 9	40	24	0.00	0.0
March 10	36	24	0.30	3.0
March 11	40	20	0.00	0.0
March 12	51	25	0.00	0.0
March 13	51	35	0.25	0.0
March 14	49	34	0.72	0.0
March 15	34	32	0.27	0.0
March 16	38	32	0.47	0.0
March 17	43	37	0.16	0.0
March 18	43	39	0.00	0.0
March 19	71	37	0.00	0.0
March 20	65	47	0.00	0.0
March 21	75	45	0.00	0.0
March 22	81	43	0.00	0.0
March 23	73	54	0.00	0.0
March 24	67	36	0.00	0.0
March 25	52	24	0.00	0.0
March 26	54	39	0.25	0.0
March 27	50	29	0.00	0.0
March 28	58	22	0.00	0.0
March 29	53	31	0.00	0.0
March 30	63	37	0.26	0.0
March 31	63	54	0.34	0.0

April 1938 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	63	42	0.08	0.0
April 2	51	n/a	0.00	0.0
April 3	37	25	0.00	0.0
April 4	44	30	0.00	0.0
April 5	43	22	0.00	0.0
April 6	39	27	0.00	0.0
April 7	30	20	0.05	0.0
April 8	33	29	0.78	2.0
April 9	33	30	0.32	1.0
April 10	37	24	0.00	0.0
April 11	61	23	0.00	0.0
April 12	66	38	0.00	0.0
April 13	73	41	0.00	0.0
April 14	79	49	0.00	0.0
April 15	72	53	0.00	0.0
April 16	70	49	0.00	0.0
April 17	53	47	0.00	0.0
April 18	67	48	0.39	0.0
April 19	73	49	0.37	0.0
April 20	77	52	0.00	0.0
April 21	69	41	0.00	0.0
April 22	62	48	0.04	0.0
April 23	58	26	0.00	0.0
April 24	62	32	0.00	0.0
April 25	74	41	0.00	0.0
April 26	76	41	0.00	0.0
April 27	86	46	0.00	0.0
April 28	85	56	0.00	0.0
April 29	79	48	0.20	0.0
April 30	54	38	0.21	0.0

May 1938 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	68	34	0.00
May 2	80	46	0.00
May 3	83	46	0.00
May 4	85	54	0.59
May 5	85	55	0.00
May 6	77	53	0.00
May 7	75	48	0.00
May 8	73	45	0.00
May 9	64	48	0.33
May 10	59	43	0.18
May 11	58	41	0.00
May 12	51	28	0.00
May 13	60	29	0.00
May 14	55	33	0.86
May 15	51	42	0.14
May 16	67	47	0.00
May 17	72	44	0.00
May 18	64	49	0.52
May 19	59	51	0.46
May 20	79	57	0.13
May 21	74	54	0.03
May 22	74	51	0.15
May 23	72	48	0.04
May 24	69	58	0.83
May 25	65	32	0.00
May 26	61	45	0.03
May 27	74	54	0.00
May 28	78	49	0.00
May 29	73	51	0.00
May 30	66	47	0.00
May 31	67	45	0.00

June 1938 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	74	39	0.00
June 2	70	46	0.28
June 3	74	54	0.08
June 4	77	47	0.00
June 5	67	47	0.00
June 6	81	48	0.00
June 7	84	55	0.15
June 8	72	51	0.12
June 9	75	44	0.00
June 10	70	49	0.14
June 11	86	64	0.12
June 12	84	62	0.39
June 13	68	50	0.09
June 14	75	46	0.00
June 15	78	50	0.00
June 16	71	52	0.00
June 17	77	55	0.00
June 18	85	54	0.00
June 19	78	52	0.00
June 20	79	49	0.00
June 21	86	56	0.00
June 22	84	62	0.00
June 23	83	60	0.00
June 24	88	62	0.00
June 25	88	63	0.00
June 26	78	61	0.82
June 27	61	56	0.78
June 28	73	55	0.00
June 29	76	41	0.00
June 30	74	47	0.00

July 1938 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	69	59	0.19
July 2	82	64	0.12
July 3	78	50	0.00
July 4	75	45	0.00
July 5	80	47	0.00
July 6	83	54	0.00
July 7	85	55	0.00
July 8	89	60	0.00
July 9	84	64	0.41
July 10	86	65	0.00
July 11	89	61	0.00
July 12	83	63	0.60
July 13	84	57	0.00
July 14	83	63	0.00
July 15	80	64	0.00
July 16	81	51	0.00
July 17	86	55	0.00
July 18	80	61	0.68
July 19	81	61	0.00
July 20	85	64	0.00
July 21	85	61	0.12
July 22	83	61	0.00
July 23	77	64	0.16
July 24	82	61	0.00
July 25	81	61	0.00
July 26	84	60	0.07
July 27	86	62	0.17
July 28	81	65	0.05
July 29	81	65	0.03
July 30	82	55	0.00
July 31	82	63	0.00

August 1938 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	85	65	0.14
August 2	88	67	0.00
August 3	88	63	0.00
August 4	90	66	0.00
August 5	86	65	0.15
August 6	89	66	0.00
August 7	88	64	0.00
August 8	86	65	0.13
August 9	86	62	0.42
August 10	85	62	0.11
August 11	82	66	0.12
August 12	76	58	0.00
August 13	83	54	0.00
August 14	89	58	0.00
August 15	93	65	0.00
August 16	93	70	0.00
August 17	92	66	0.00
August 18	80	62	0.00
August 19	86	55	0.00
August 20	91	57	0.00
August 21	88	59	0.00
August 22	86	65	0.00
August 23	85	54	0.00
August 24	79	65	0.00
August 25	76	50	0.00
August 26	81	49	0.00
August 27	84	55	0.00
August 28	82	51	0.00
August 29	85	52	0.00
August 30	88	51	0.00
August 31	86	56	0.09

September 1938 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	79	62	0.00
September 2	74	49	0.00
September 3	80	46	0.00
September 4	86	55	0.22
September 5	80	53	0.00
September 6	73	47	0.00
September 7	86	50	0.83
September 8	73	48	0.06
September 9	71	47	0.00
September 10	68	52	0.00
September 11	62	53	0.40
September 12	66	56	0.42
September 13	81	61	0.16
September 14	67	53	0.25
September 15	76	63	0.05
September 16	64	52	0.00
September 17	54	43	0.22
September 18	58	49	0.03
September 19	68	57	0.00
September 20	61	50	0.18
September 21	61	40	0.00
September 22	61	46	0.00
September 23	74	49	0.35
September 24	80	53	0.00
September 25	70	37	0.00
September 26	73	38	0.00
September 27	77	52	0.00
September 28	77	40	0.00
September 29	70	47	0.00
September 30	61	49	0.00

October 1938 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	62	41	0.00
October 2	63	30	0.00
October 3	61	32	0.00
October 4	64	33	0.00
October 5	73	49	0.00
October 6	61	n/a	0.22
October 7	58	27	0.00
October 8	68	29	0.00
October 9	62	46	0.00
October 10	67	37	0.00
October 11	82	53	0.00
October 12	81	52	0.00
October 13	71	45	0.00
October 14	74	46	0.10
October 15	71	42	0.00
October 16	80	46	0.00
October 17	84	49	0.00
October 18	84	47	0.00
October 19	85	49	0.00
October 20	70	45	0.21
October 21	57	40	0.02
October 22	65	36	0.00
October 23	62	39	0.00
October 24	57	45	0.00
October 25	58	37	0.00
October 26	75	36	0.00
October 27	60	41	0.06
October 28	47	39	0.00
October 29	65	40	0.00
October 30	62	32	0.00
October 31	61	27	0.00

November 1938 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	68	30	0.00	0.0
November 2	70	36	0.00	0.0
November 3	67	35	0.00	0.0
November 4	64	48	0.00	0.0
November 5	62	n/a	0.21	0.0
November 6	71	45	0.00	0.0
November 7	76	56	0.00	0.0
November 8	70	37	0.15	0.0
November 9	47	27	0.03	0.0
November 10	54	22	0.00	0.0
November 11	68	29	0.00	0.0
November 12	70	45	0.00	0.0
November 13	68	47	0.19	0.0
November 14	48	33	0.00	0.0
November 15	51	28	0.00	0.0
November 16	41	18	0.00	0.0
November 17	60	33	0.00	0.0
November 18	62	37	0.03	0.0
November 19	58	40	0.81	0.0
November 20	52	32	0.00	0.0
November 21	58	31	0.00	0.0
November 22	60	30	0.00	0.0
November 23	46	28	0.00	0.0
November 24	28	18	0.90	9.0
November 25	26	11	0.20	2.0
November 26	24	7	0.00	0.0
November 27	n/a	n/a	0.10	1.0
November 28	n/a	n/a	0.00	0.0
November 29	n/a	n/a	0.00	0.0
November 30	47	33	0.00	0.0

December 1938 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	40	29	0.00	0.0
December 2	30	20	0.00	0.0
December 3	35	23	0.00	0.0
December 4	56	34	0.33	0.0
December 5	45	32	0.13	0.0
December 6	47	30	0.00	0.0
December 7	45	34	0.00	0.0
December 8	48	30	0.00	0.0
December 9	42	30	0.06	0.0
December 10	43	35	0.40	0.0
December 11	45	31	0.00	0.0
December 12	42	29	0.14	0.0
December 13	30	20	0.00	0.0
December 14	40	19	0.00	0.0
December 15	32	17	0.00	0.0
December 16	30	10	0.00	0.0
December 17	38	22	0.00	0.0
December 18	40	21	0.00	0.0
December 19	30	15	0.00	0.0
December 20	34	13	0.00	0.0
December 21	33	24	0.20	2.0
December 22	30	n/a	0.00	0.0
December 23	26	15	0.20	2.0
December 24	35	25	0.00	0.0
December 25	31	28	0.10	1.0
December 26	30	12	0.25	2.5
December 27	37	16	0.10	1.0
December 28	20	8	0.00	0.0
December 29	28	3	0.00	0.0
December 30	30	15	0.00	0.0
December 31	38	11	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1949–2024	Altoona-Blair County Airport	location
1893–1948	Altoona Horseshoe Curve	location