Altoona Weather in 1942

Historical record of Altoona, Pennsylvania weather for the year 1942 based on NOAA data.

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1942 Altoona Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	94 °F	May 1
Lowest temperature	-13 °F	January 8
Highest daily low	72 °F	July 20
Lowest daily high	10 °F	January 8
Most daily precipitation	1.9 inches	April 9
Most daily snow	14.2 inches	March 3
Total annual precipitation	47.2 inches	-
Total annual snow	72.5 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Altoona in 1942?

The highest temperature recorded in Altoona, Pennsylvania in 1942 was 94 °F which happened on May 1.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Altoona in 1942

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	94 °F	May 1
2	93 °F	Jul 17
3	92 °F	Jul 19
4	91 °F	Sep 15
4	91 °F	Jul 13
6	90 °F	Jul 18
7	89 °F	Aug 16
8	88 °F	Aug 15
8	88 °F	Aug 2
8	88 °F	May 2
8	88 °F	Apr 30

What was the coldest temperature in Altoona in 1942?

The lowest temperature recorded in Altoona, Pennsylvania in 1942 was -13 °F which happened on Jan 8.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Altoona in 1942

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-13 °F	January 8
2	-12 °F	December 21
3	-9 °F	January 9
4	-7 °F	January 6
5	-6 °F	February 3
6	-1 °F	January 7
7	0 °F	January 11
8	1 °F	February 9
9	2 °F	February 20
10	3 °F	December 20

January 1942 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	36	27	0.34	3.2
January 2	45	24	0.29	0.0
January 3	30	21	0.00	0.0
January 4	30	23	0.61	6.4
January 5	26	7	0.00	0.0
January 6	16	-7	0.00	0.0
January 7	14	-1	0.00	0.0
January 8	10	-13	0.00	0.0
January 9	20	-9	0.00	0.0
January 10	17	7	0.02	0.2
January 11	21	0	0.00	0.0
January 12	38	9	0.00	0.0
January 13	39	23	0.00	0.0
January 14	48	11	0.00	0.0
January 15	42	23	0.00	0.0
January 16	36	20	0.00	0.0
January 17	40	7	0.00	0.0
January 18	57	27	0.00	0.0
January 19	49	40	0.30	0.0
January 20	44	29	0.00	0.0
January 21	33	28	0.00	0.0
January 22	37	25	0.00	0.0
January 23	50	30	0.00	0.0
January 24	53	37	0.00	0.0
January 25	46	32	0.00	0.0
January 26	37	31	0.07	0.0
January 27	48	32	0.00	0.0
January 28	43	31	0.00	0.0
January 29	35	11	0.00	0.0
January 30	34	16	0.00	0.0
January 31	33	26	0.31	0.0

February 1942 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	33	22	0.05	0.6
February 2	23	11	0.00	0.0
February 3	21	-6	0.00	0.0
February 4	38	5	0.00	0.0
February 5	34	22	0.93	8.5
February 6	37	31	0.17	0.0
February 7	36	32	0.64	2.0
February 8	35	15	0.34	2.5
February 9	29	1	0.00	0.0
February 10	26	16	0.00	0.0
February 11	32	19	0.06	0.8
February 12	29	10	0.00	0.0
February 13	28	9	0.00	0.0
February 14	34	16	0.00	0.0
February 15	44	28	0.00	0.0
February 16	40	31	0.21	0.0
February 17	45	29	0.41	0.0
February 18	37	20	0.00	0.0
February 19	31	4	0.10	1.2
February 20	21	2	0.00	0.0
February 21	21	8	0.00	0.0
February 22	27	9	0.00	0.0
February 23	31	16	0.00	0.0
February 24	38	6	0.00	0.0
February 25	29	19	0.00	0.0
February 26	34	22	0.00	0.0
February 27	33	23	0.21	2.4
February 28	33	21	0.00	0.0

March 1942 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	38	27	0.00	0.0
March 2	36	18	0.00	0.0
March 3	35	28	1.58	14.2
March 4	38	27	0.00	0.0
March 5	50	26	0.00	0.0
March 6	46	30	0.00	0.0
March 7	56	26	0.00	0.0
March 8	60	30	0.00	0.0
March 9	54	28	0.41	0.0
March 10	42	28	0.00	0.0
March 11	48	25	0.03	0.0
March 12	43	34	0.27	0.0
March 13	45	22	0.00	0.0
March 14	43	34	0.22	0.0
March 15	49	36	0.00	0.0
March 16	47	35	0.46	0.0
March 17	70	38	0.17	0.0
March 18	64	35	0.00	0.0
March 19	44	30	0.00	0.0
March 20	59	26	0.00	0.0
March 21	51	36	0.19	0.0
March 22	47	33	0.33	0.0
March 23	41	26	0.37	1.5
March 24	46	20	0.00	0.0
March 25	59	27	0.00	0.0
March 26	57	24	0.00	0.0
March 27	58	32	0.00	0.0
March 28	55	35	0.32	0.0
March 29	41	26	0.54	4.8
March 30	47	23	0.00	0.0
March 31	44	31	0.00	0.0

April 1942 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	46	30	0.14
April 2	63	35	0.00
April 3	61	45	0.06
April 4	63	44	0.09
April 5	77	39	0.14
April 6	80	47	0.00
April 7	78	51	0.00
April 8	67	42	0.16
April 9	48	31	1.94
April 10	35	30	0.44
April 11	41	31	0.33
April 12	44	27	0.00
April 13	51	25	0.00
April 14	64	28	0.00
April 15	72	37	0.00
April 16	79	49	0.00
April 17	76	45	0.00
April 18	67	34	0.00
April 19	48	33	0.00
April 20	47	35	0.00
April 21	56	36	0.00
April 22	71	34	0.00
April 23	74	38	0.00
April 24	82	41	0.00
April 25	85	47	0.00
April 26	86	52	0.00
April 27	79	53	0.00
April 28	73	46	0.00
April 29	81	50	0.00
April 30	88	53	0.00

May 1942 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
May 1	94	55	0.00	0.0
May 2	88	56	0.04	0.0
May 3	86	57	0.46	0.0
May 4	82	59	0.86	n/a
May 5	82	39	0.00	0.0
May 6	63	36	0.14	0.0
May 7	62	49	0.44	0.0
May 8	54	44	0.04	0.0
May 9	69	46	0.00	0.0
May 10	68	48	0.00	0.0
May 11	70	32	0.00	0.0
May 12	78	46	0.08	0.0
May 13	84	50	0.11	0.0
May 14	80	52	0.00	0.0
May 15	74	61	0.06	0.0
May 16	68	57	0.94	0.0
May 17	69	45	0.00	0.0
May 18	76	40	0.00	0.0
May 19	72	54	0.67	0.0
May 20	69	58	0.09	0.0
May 21	67	53	0.39	0.0
May 22	70	56	0.89	0.0
May 23	66	48	0.00	0.0
May 24	67	45	0.00	0.0
May 25	62	47	0.00	0.0
May 26	75	40	0.00	0.0
May 27	72	53	0.00	0.0
May 28	76	47	0.00	0.0
May 29	84	54	0.00	0.0
May 30	85	58	0.00	0.0
May 31	86	62	0.17	0.0

June 1942 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	81	59	0.59
June 2	64	58	0.19
June 3	82	58	0.81
June 4	83	60	0.63
June 5	81	61	0.00
June 6	82	51	0.00
June 7	87	63	0.27
June 8	73	61	0.16
June 9	75	62	0.00
June 10	79	66	0.00
June 11	84	67	0.46
June 12	87	63	0.00
June 13	84	65	0.00
June 14	78	55	0.14
June 15	73	48	0.00
June 16	71	46	0.04
June 17	67	57	0.06
June 18	78	51	0.00
June 19	84	58	0.00
June 20	86	63	0.00
June 21	82	64	0.39
June 22	76	59	0.07
June 23	74	57	0.11
June 24	72	45	0.00
June 25	75	50	0.00
June 26	73	52	0.63
June 27	65	58	0.19
June 28	74	59	0.00
June 29	80	55	0.00
June 30	84	58	0.00

July 1942 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	77	62	1.21
July 2	81	63	0.00
July 3	82	52	0.00
July 4	84	55	0.00
July 5	81	62	0.08
July 6	77	67	0.24
July 7	74	46	0.00
July 8	78	50	0.00
July 9	79	51	0.00
July 10	75	49	0.24
July 11	83	64	0.28
July 12	85	55	0.00
July 13	91	57	0.00
July 14	87	68	0.00
July 15	84	54	0.00
July 16	79	48	0.00
July 17	93	63	0.07
July 18	90	72	0.89
July 19	92	71	0.00
July 20	87	72	0.41
July 21	81	57	0.00
July 22	79	54	0.07
July 23	80	61	0.00
July 24	82	59	0.00
July 25	78	56	0.00
July 26	75	61	0.00
July 27	77	66	0.21
July 28	86	65	0.00
July 29	83	66	0.44
July 30	84	64	0.08
July 31	85	62	0.12

August 1942 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	86	67	0.42
August 2	88	68	0.12
August 3	83	65	0.00
August 4	79	55	0.00
August 5	77	52	0.00
August 6	76	51	0.00
August 7	73	56	0.00
August 8	68	59	1.28
August 9	70	58	0.27
August 10	77	61	0.00
August 11	82	58	0.00
August 12	76	57	0.00
August 13	74	64	0.09
August 14	84	63	0.11
August 15	88	60	0.00
August 16	89	63	0.00
August 17	77	64	0.43
August 18	79	52	0.00
August 19	82	52	0.00
August 20	85	57	0.00
August 21	83	64	0.00
August 22	85	66	0.09
August 23	78	59	0.27
August 24	68	48	0.11
August 25	69	36	0.00
August 26	72	42	0.00
August 27	76	46	0.00
August 28	82	52	0.08
August 29	83	65	0.00
August 30	77	62	0.08
August 31	78	50	0.00

September 1942 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	80	48	0.00
September 2	80	55	0.00
September 3	86	61	0.00
September 4	78	63	0.00
September 5	78	44	0.00
September 6	76	48	0.00
September 7	68	58	0.00
September 8	71	62	0.83
September 9	87	66	0.27
September 10	82	65	0.08
September 11	75	60	0.00
September 12	81	58	0.00
September 13	79	54	0.00
September 14	84	47	0.00
September 15	91	63	0.00
September 16	87	65	0.00
September 17	81	63	0.19
September 18	79	65	0.09
September 19	87	64	0.00
September 20	78	54	0.59
September 21	68	35	0.00
September 22	71	39	0.00
September 23	66	41	0.00
September 24	62	46	0.04
September 25	64	30	0.00
September 26	62	42	0.22
September 27	63	46	1.44
September 28	53	35	0.00
September 29	56	28	0.00
September 30	63	30	0.00

October 1942 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	75	31	0.00
October 2	69	45	0.00
October 3	62	48	0.00
October 4	58	53	0.15
October 5	73	55	0.04
October 6	63	45	0.07
October 7	74	38	0.00
October 8	74	41	0.00
October 9	74	49	0.00
October 10	72	48	0.00
October 11	75	46	0.00
October 12	67	43	0.00
October 13	61	48	0.08
October 14	59	51	0.79
October 15	61	54	1.71
October 16	63	59	0.42
October 17	65	55	0.31
October 18	62	48	0.04
October 19	63	37	0.00
October 20	68	36	0.00
October 21	60	42	0.09
October 22	63	41	0.05
October 23	60	n/a	0.00
October 24	57	34	0.00
October 25	61	37	0.00
October 26	54	36	0.54
October 27	39	22	0.00
October 28	57	22	0.00
October 29	61	34	0.00
October 30	68	40	0.00
October 31	70	46	0.00

November 1942 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	64	41	0.44	0.0
November 2	56	32	0.05	0.0
November 3	45	35	0.17	0.0
November 4	46	29	0.00	0.0
November 5	48	27	0.00	0.0
November 6	52	43	0.03	0.0
November 7	52	34	0.00	0.0
November 8	49	41	0.08	0.0
November 9	48	32	0.00	0.0
November 10	60	44	0.27	0.0
November 11	45	27	0.00	0.0
November 12	42	28	0.00	0.0
November 13	49	22	0.04	0.0
November 14	28	16	0.03	0.0
November 15	49	17	0.00	0.0
November 16	65	28	0.00	0.0
November 17	68	34	0.00	0.0
November 18	64	48	0.22	0.0
November 19	66	38	0.00	0.0
November 20	72	50	0.00	0.0
November 21	67	43	0.06	0.0
November 22	44	25	0.00	0.0
November 23	38	33	0.04	0.0
November 24	42	34	0.43	0.0
November 25	43	38	0.26	0.0
November 26	48	29	0.07	0.0
November 27	40	21	0.00	0.0
November 28	37	19	0.00	0.0
November 29	34	25	0.37	1.5
November 30	39	31	0.08	0.0

December 1942 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	36	28	0.11	0.0
December 2	34	6	0.73	6.5
December 3	17	4	0.00	0.0
December 4	25	11	0.00	0.0
December 5	32	17	0.00	0.0
December 6	36	22	0.05	0.5
December 7	32	26	0.00	0.0
December 8	33	8	0.00	0.0
December 9	35	26	0.05	0.0
December 10	37	22	0.00	0.0
December 11	40	32	0.00	0.0
December 12	37	29	0.00	0.0
December 13	31	14	0.10	1.5
December 14	22	7	0.00	0.0
December 15	35	20	0.00	0.0
December 16	33	17	0.02	0.2
December 17	28	12	0.03	3.0
December 18	34	20	0.11	8.0
December 19	26	13	0.00	0.0
December 20	15	3	0.02	2.0
December 21	22	-12	0.00	0.0
December 22	26	6	0.26	0.0
December 23	38	24	0.19	0.0
December 24	41	35	0.00	0.0
December 25	38	30	0.09	0.0
December 26	35	31	0.12	0.0
December 27	34	27	0.09	0.0
December 28	37	31	0.81	0.0
December 29	36	33	1.03	0.0
December 30	37	31	1.53	0.0
December 31	32	25	0.14	1.0

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Weather Station Details

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