Altoona Weather in 1970

Historical record of Altoona, Pennsylvania weather for the year 1970 based on NOAA data.

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1970 Altoona Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	91 °F	September 24
Lowest temperature	-3 °F	January 9
Highest daily low	72 °F	September 23
Lowest daily high	3 °F	January 8
Most daily precipitation	1.8 inches	August 19
Most daily snow	13.5 inches	March 29
Total annual precipitation	49.8 inches	-
Total annual snow	61.0 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Altoona in 1970?

The highest temperature recorded in Altoona, Pennsylvania in 1970 was 91 °F which happened on September 24.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Altoona in 1970

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	91 °F	Sep 24
2	90 °F	Sep 25
2	90 °F	Sep 23
2	90 °F	Sep 15
2	90 °F	Jul 31
6	89 °F	Sep 22
6	89 °F	Jul 15
6	89 °F	Jul 2
9	88 °F	Sep 16
9	88 °F	Aug 30
9	88 °F	Aug 1
9	88 °F	Jul 3

What was the coldest temperature in Altoona in 1970?

The lowest temperature recorded in Altoona, Pennsylvania in 1970 was -3 °F which happened on Jan 9.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Altoona in 1970

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-3 °F	January 9
2	-2 °F	January 8
3	-1 °F	February 14
4	2 °F	February 4
5	3 °F	January 22
5	3 °F	January 21
5	3 °F	January 7
8	4 °F	February 26
8	4 °F	January 20
8	4 °F	January 15

January 1970 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	25	19	0.00	0.0
January 2	29	23	0.01	0.0
January 3	29	16	0.02	0.2
January 4	22	12	0.00	0.0
January 5	36	22	0.00	0.0
January 6	34	25	0.12	1.5
January 7	25	3	0.15	1.5
January 8	3	-2	0.00	0.0
January 9	6	-3	0.00	0.0
January 10	17	5	0.00	0.0
January 11	24	5	0.08	1.0
January 12	29	20	0.08	1.6
January 13	26	21	0.00	0.0
January 14	25	12	0.00	0.0
January 15	25	4	0.00	0.0
January 16	45	10	0.00	0.0
January 17	45	40	0.00	0.0
January 18	42	15	0.00	0.0
January 19	17	9	0.01	0.1
January 20	16	4	0.05	0.5
January 21	9	3	0.00	0.0
January 22	15	3	0.00	0.0
January 23	24	7	0.00	0.0
January 24	24	6	0.08	0.8
January 25	50	21	0.01	0.0
January 26	50	33	0.00	0.0
January 27	36	32	0.00	0.0
January 28	44	29	0.00	0.0
January 29	51	37	0.30	0.0
January 30	37	19	0.02	0.0
January 31	41	21	0.00	0.0

February 1970 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	50	36	0.00	0.0
February 2	49	39	0.55	0.0
February 3	44	7	0.08	0.2
February 4	17	2	0.00	0.0
February 5	30	15	0.00	0.0
February 6	36	26	0.00	0.0
February 7	37	17	0.00	0.0
February 8	34	32	0.06	0.4
February 9	36	32	0.48	4.1
February 10	35	32	0.74	5.0
February 11	32	28	0.06	0.0
February 12	28	26	0.00	0.0
February 13	26	7	0.01	0.1
February 14	16	-1	0.16	1.6
February 15	31	15	0.19	1.9
February 16	31	15	0.00	0.0
February 17	35	13	0.00	0.0
February 18	51	22	0.00	0.0
February 19	50	23	0.00	0.0
February 20	24	20	0.00	0.0
February 21	31	20	0.00	0.0
February 22	52	31	0.00	0.0
February 23	39	27	0.00	0.0
February 24	49	30	0.00	0.0
February 25	44	9	0.01	0.0
February 26	25	4	0.00	0.0
February 27	40	22	0.02	0.0
February 28	35	23	0.00	0.0

March 1970 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	43	20	0.00	0.0
March 2	54	37	0.00	0.0
March 3	40	32	0.13	0.0
March 4	36	32	0.56	0.0
March 5	42	33	0.00	0.0
March 6	42	32	0.00	0.0
March 7	46	32	0.01	0.0
March 8	44	31	0.00	0.0
March 9	36	31	0.00	0.0
March 10	37	21	0.00	0.0
March 11	45	26	0.00	0.0
March 12	35	28	0.74	2.4
March 13	37	28	0.09	1.0
March 14	30	22	0.00	0.0
March 15	30	20	0.00	0.0
March 16	30	15	0.00	0.0
March 17	40	20	0.00	0.0
March 18	37	34	0.42	3.0
March 19	39	33	0.04	0.0
March 20	42	36	0.50	0.0
March 21	41	34	0.00	0.0
March 22	37	33	0.19	1.9
March 23	40	34	0.02	0.0
March 24	42	35	0.00	0.0
March 25	51	35	0.00	0.0
March 26	61	38	0.12	0.0
March 27	46	34	0.00	0.0
March 28	60	30	0.00	0.0
March 29	40	19	1.35	13.5
March 30	36	12	0.00	0.0
March 31	50	32	0.16	1.0

April 1970 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	44	35	0.65	0.0
April 2	55	37	1.04	0.0
April 3	52	35	0.00	0.0
April 4	49	35	0.00	0.0
April 5	50	29	0.00	0.0
April 6	40	35	0.18	1.8
April 7	42	35	0.00	0.0
April 8	70	34	0.00	0.0
April 9	70	50	0.00	0.0
April 10	51	33	0.00	0.0
April 11	53	29	0.00	0.0
April 12	60	32	0.00	0.0
April 13	59	36	0.00	0.0
April 14	48	41	1.73	0.0
April 15	67	41	0.05	0.0
April 16	71	42	0.00	0.0
April 17	75	51	0.00	0.0
April 18	65	43	0.00	0.0
April 19	46	41	0.08	0.0
April 20	66	42	0.35	0.0
April 21	69	49	0.03	0.0
April 22	72	48	0.00	0.0
April 23	63	50	0.16	0.0
April 24	73	48	0.57	0.0
April 25	72	47	0.00	0.0
April 26	74	51	0.00	0.0
April 27	78	56	0.00	0.0
April 28	78	56	0.00	0.0
April 29	83	60	0.67	0.0
April 30	85	66	0.00	0.0

May 1970 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	86	66	0.00
May 2	75	50	0.06
May 3	61	48	0.00
May 4	67	47	0.00
May 5	74	44	0.11
May 6	50	36	0.00
May 7	62	31	0.00
May 8	83	55	0.00
May 9	87	70	0.00
May 10	87	65	0.00
May 11	85	63	0.00
May 12	83	64	0.42
May 13	83	64	0.10
May 14	73	63	0.00
May 15	64	58	0.23
May 16	68	59	0.84
May 17	63	47	0.23
May 18	71	45	0.00
May 19	82	57	0.00
May 20	84	65	0.00
May 21	84	55	0.00
May 22	87	62	0.00
May 23	85	65	0.07
May 24	77	61	0.26
May 25	75	62	1.35
May 26	76	61	0.31
May 27	61	46	0.00
May 28	71	42	0.00
May 29	75	51	0.00
May 30	73	55	0.00
May 31	83	57	0.00

June 1970 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	84	66	0.00
June 2	87	68	0.43
June 3	83	65	0.22
June 4	66	58	0.18
June 5	78	64	0.09
June 6	72	57	0.47
June 7	76	51	0.00
June 8	87	60	0.09
June 9	86	63	0.00
June 10	84	62	0.00
June 11	86	61	0.00
June 12	84	65	0.13
June 13	76	60	0.00
June 14	73	50	0.22
June 15	65	59	0.49
June 16	74	61	0.88
June 17	84	66	0.00
June 18	85	65	1.00
June 19	78	57	0.00
June 20	71	49	0.00
June 21	65	53	1.09
June 22	72	59	0.01
June 23	77	54	0.00
June 24	82	57	0.00
June 25	76	67	0.00
June 26	77	63	1.18
June 27	66	55	0.00
June 28	73	50	0.00
June 29	76	54	0.01
June 30	85	71	0.00

July 1970 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	87	64	0.00
July 2	89	70	0.04
July 3	88	64	0.07
July 4	82	65	0.04
July 5	69	56	0.00
July 6	78	58	0.00
July 7	80	56	0.00
July 8	84	59	0.36
July 9	70	64	1.21
July 10	78	62	0.09
July 11	78	63	0.00
July 12	81	63	0.00
July 13	81	55	0.00
July 14	81	68	0.00
July 15	89	70	0.17
July 16	75	59	0.44
July 17	80	57	0.00
July 18	83	60	0.00
July 19	84	64	0.13
July 20	77	60	0.12
July 21	73	54	0.00
July 22	74	57	0.00
July 23	68	64	0.23
July 24	82	66	0.41
July 25	84	68	0.00
July 26	85	64	0.00
July 27	86	67	0.00
July 28	86	67	0.72
July 29	86	69	0.87
July 30	80	68	0.25
July 31	90	70	0.02

August 1970 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	88	71	0.04
August 2	82	66	0.01
August 3	84	63	0.24
August 4	74	57	0.00
August 5	75	60	0.00
August 6	78	63	0.00
August 7	80	62	0.00
August 8	82	58	0.00
August 9	79	64	0.00
August 10	78	62	0.00
August 11	82	58	0.00
August 12	85	62	0.00
August 13	83	62	0.00
August 14	83	65	0.00
August 15	86	60	0.00
August 16	87	65	0.00
August 17	83	63	0.00
August 18	83	57	0.00
August 19	84	63	1.84
August 20	79	65	0.07
August 21	76	59	0.05
August 22	78	52	0.62
August 23	84	69	1.08
August 24	79	64	0.00
August 25	82	59	0.00
August 26	83	58	0.00
August 27	87	63	0.00
August 28	87	71	0.00
August 29	85	71	0.00
August 30	88	67	0.27
August 31	78	60	1.34

September 1970 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	72	54	0.00
September 2	76	48	0.00
September 3	82	54	0.14
September 4	85	71	0.00
September 5	80	62	0.00
September 6	76	57	0.00
September 7	78	53	0.00
September 8	80	57	0.00
September 9	85	67	0.08
September 10	82	63	0.17
September 11	73	54	0.00
September 12	73	50	0.00
September 13	82	54	0.00
September 14	83	66	0.00
September 15	90	65	0.00
September 16	88	66	0.00
September 17	79	58	0.00
September 18	79	65	0.28
September 19	73	55	0.00
September 20	76	49	0.00
September 21	87	64	0.00
September 22	89	72	0.00
September 23	90	72	0.00
September 24	91	67	0.00
September 25	90	70	0.16
September 26	87	66	0.49
September 27	72	45	0.55
September 28	58	44	0.00
September 29	55	40	0.00
September 30	65	47	0.00

October 1970 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	61	40	0.00
October 2	72	45	0.09
October 3	69	47	0.00
October 4	59	38	0.00
October 5	67	40	0.00
October 6	75	45	0.00
October 7	78	49	0.00
October 8	72	53	0.00
October 9	70	56	0.00
October 10	70	62	0.15
October 11	71	65	0.32
October 12	72	64	0.00
October 13	80	62	0.00
October 14	76	64	0.55
October 15	71	52	0.00
October 16	52	37	0.00
October 17	50	33	0.00
October 18	63	45	0.00
October 19	65	42	0.00
October 20	56	50	0.00
October 21	58	54	1.12
October 22	64	55	0.06
October 23	63	48	0.00
October 24	58	44	0.00
October 25	63	53	0.00
October 26	60	53	0.00
October 27	53	47	0.00
October 28	53	45	0.00
October 29	50	45	0.11
October 30	51	47	0.71
October 31	53	50	0.37

November 1970 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	56	49	0.02
November 2	59	49	0.00
November 3	52	40	0.98
November 4	46	39	0.00
November 5	46	39	0.03
November 6	53	38	0.00
November 7	62	42	0.00
November 8	60	37	0.00
November 9	54	41	0.00
November 10	54	50	0.10
November 11	59	53	0.47
November 12	62	54	1.71
November 13	56	48	1.30
November 14	48	43	0.32
November 15	50	37	0.17
November 16	37	32	0.00
November 17	40	31	0.00
November 18	42	29	0.00
November 19	52	32	0.00
November 20	52	40	0.28
November 21	47	36	0.00
November 22	56	36	0.00
November 23	47	15	0.00
November 24	25	14	0.00
November 25	26	15	0.00
November 26	38	25	0.00
November 27	48	36	0.00
November 28	56	44	0.04
November 29	50	42	0.59
November 30	53	35	0.00

December 1970 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	47	34	0.00	0.0
December 2	62	39	0.00	0.0
December 3	54	38	0.23	0.0
December 4	55	29	0.08	0.1
December 5	39	29	0.00	0.0
December 6	36	20	0.01	0.1
December 7	28	18	0.01	0.1
December 8	39	18	0.00	0.0
December 9	50	36	0.00	0.0
December 10	50	29	0.00	0.0
December 11	38	29	0.28	0.0
December 12	35	33	0.85	0.0
December 13	39	33	0.08	0.0
December 14	37	31	0.00	0.0
December 15	33	25	0.00	0.0
December 16	35	25	0.55	5.5
December 17	39	32	0.11	0.5
December 18	35	31	0.00	0.0
December 19	56	29	0.00	0.0
December 20	37	25	0.00	0.0
December 21	31	24	0.32	3.2
December 22	41	29	0.36	0.0
December 23	39	29	0.65	0.0
December 24	38	22	0.00	0.0
December 25	31	21	0.03	0.3
December 26	26	13	0.00	0.0
December 27	28	16	0.10	1.0
December 28	22	17	0.01	0.1
December 29	26	18	0.00	0.0
December 30	25	15	0.00	0.0
December 31	26	14	0.44	5.0

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Weather Station Details

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