Altoona Weather in 1972

Historical record of Altoona, Pennsylvania weather for the year 1972 based on NOAA data.

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1972 Altoona Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	93 °F	July 22
Lowest temperature	-5 °F	January 16
Highest daily low	75 °F	July 23
Lowest daily high	9 °F	January 16
Most daily precipitation	4.4 inches	June 22
Most daily snow	12.2 inches	February 19
Total annual precipitation	57.3 inches	-
Total annual snow	57.2 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Altoona in 1972?

The highest temperature recorded in Altoona, Pennsylvania in 1972 was 93 °F which happened 3 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Altoona in 1972

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	93 °F	Jul 22
1	93 °F	Jul 21
1	93 °F	Jul 20
4	92 °F	Jul 23
4	92 °F	Jul 19
6	91 °F	Jul 15
7	90 °F	Jul 14
8	89 °F	Aug 14
8	89 °F	Jul 24
8	89 °F	Jul 16
8	89 °F	Jul 11
8	89 °F	Jun 15

What was the coldest temperature in Altoona in 1972?

The lowest temperature recorded in Altoona, Pennsylvania in 1972 was -5 °F which happened on Jan 16.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Altoona in 1972

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-5 °F	January 16
2	-1 °F	January 15
3	1 °F	February 10
3	1 °F	February 8
5	5 °F	February 23
5	5 °F	February 9
5	5 °F	January 17
8	6 °F	February 7
8	6 °F	February 5
10	7 °F	February 21

January 1972 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	43	29	0.00	0.0
January 2	42	34	0.39	0.0
January 3	46	31	0.00	0.0
January 4	46	40	0.14	0.0
January 5	40	18	0.02	0.0
January 6	31	16	0.00	0.0
January 7	34	24	0.00	0.0
January 8	36	24	0.01	0.0
January 9	44	32	0.11	0.4
January 10	51	43	0.02	0.0
January 11	50	35	0.26	0.0
January 12	46	30	0.00	0.0
January 13	63	32	0.22	0.0
January 14	34	25	0.00	0.0
January 15	25	-1	0.00	0.0
January 16	9	-5	0.00	0.0
January 17	40	5	0.00	0.0
January 18	57	34	0.00	0.0
January 19	52	32	0.03	0.0
January 20	48	31	0.23	0.0
January 21	47	34	0.00	0.0
January 22	41	35	0.18	0.0
January 23	53	40	0.21	0.0
January 24	50	37	0.00	0.0
January 25	52	21	0.23	0.0
January 26	32	16	0.00	0.0
January 27	26	14	0.08	2.0
January 28	28	21	0.16	1.0
January 29	30	14	0.00	0.0
January 30	30	20	0.00	0.0
January 31	25	8	0.00	0.0

February 1972 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	35	24	0.00	n/a
February 2	31	29	0.08	0.8
February 3	35	29	0.88	9.6
February 4	30	9	0.01	0.1
February 5	17	6	0.00	0.0
February 6	35	12	0.12	1.2
February 7	35	6	0.01	0.1
February 8	17	1	0.00	0.0
February 9	22	5	0.00	0.0
February 10	23	1	0.00	0.0
February 11	31	11	0.00	0.0
February 12	41	16	0.00	0.0
February 13	40	32	1.11	3.5
February 14	36	30	0.01	0.0
February 15	50	32	0.00	0.0
February 16	35	22	0.00	0.0
February 17	28	14	0.10	1.0
February 18	33	28	0.40	4.0
February 19	32	18	1.43	12.2
February 20	19	10	0.03	0.3
February 21	49	7	0.01	0.0
February 22	48	11	0.01	0.0
February 23	27	5	0.05	0.5
February 24	42	27	0.05	0.5
February 25	42	34	0.06	0.0
February 26	39	25	0.12	0.0
February 27	38	18	0.00	0.0
February 28	48	34	0.00	0.0
February 29	63	48	0.00	0.0

March 1972 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	72	44	0.00	0.0
March 2	70	39	0.39	0.0
March 3	39	22	0.12	0.7
March 4	37	15	0.05	0.5
March 5	33	20	0.05	0.5
March 6	36	17	0.00	0.0
March 7	68	33	0.00	0.0
March 8	55	20	0.05	0.5
March 9	32	15	0.00	0.0
March 10	34	21	0.06	0.6
March 11	43	19	0.00	0.0
March 12	63	39	0.00	0.0
March 13	45	41	0.15	0.0
March 14	41	34	0.61	3.9
March 15	39	33	0.03	0.0
March 16	52	36	0.21	0.0
March 17	47	38	0.00	0.0
March 18	42	33	0.03	0.3
March 19	47	24	0.00	0.0
March 20	47	25	0.00	0.0
March 21	58	32	0.00	0.0
March 22	54	34	0.29	0.0
March 23	34	24	0.03	0.3
March 24	31	21	0.00	0.0
March 25	37	17	0.00	0.0
March 26	42	21	0.00	0.0
March 27	50	26	0.00	0.0
March 28	51	27	0.00	0.0
March 29	52	26	0.02	0.0
March 30	50	34	0.00	0.0
March 31	53	31	0.00	0.0

April 1972 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	60	32	0.23	0.0
April 2	42	30	0.08	0.8
April 3	45	29	0.00	0.0
April 4	41	30	0.47	0.0
April 5	52	30	0.00	0.0
April 6	67	36	0.00	0.0
April 7	50	21	0.49	0.0
April 8	34	20	0.03	0.3
April 9	44	21	0.00	0.0
April 10	60	32	0.00	0.0
April 11	67	47	0.02	0.0
April 12	65	42	0.00	0.0
April 13	74	47	0.87	0.0
April 14	68	51	0.00	0.0
April 15	70	50	0.99	0.0
April 16	66	54	1.29	0.0
April 17	68	50	0.14	0.0
April 18	80	45	0.00	0.0
April 19	85	60	0.00	0.0
April 20	67	40	0.17	0.0
April 21	61	32	0.00	0.0
April 22	50	41	0.56	0.0
April 23	67	44	0.06	0.0
April 24	54	44	0.02	0.0
April 25	54	39	0.00	0.0
April 26	60	32	0.00	0.0
April 27	60	37	0.00	0.0
April 28	65	37	0.00	0.0
April 29	70	40	0.00	0.0
April 30	68	50	0.07	0.0

May 1972 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	78	55	0.01
May 2	73	57	0.27
May 3	65	55	0.27
May 4	60	45	0.42
May 5	61	42	0.00
May 6	76	42	0.00
May 7	77	60	0.00
May 8	65	48	0.36
May 9	54	44	0.66
May 10	60	39	0.00
May 11	67	35	0.00
May 12	73	44	0.00
May 13	74	49	0.00
May 14	61	56	0.34
May 15	71	54	0.35
May 16	65	51	0.15
May 17	67	49	0.00
May 18	73	53	0.00
May 19	74	52	0.13
May 20	64	56	0.61
May 21	75	58	0.00
May 22	76	59	0.00
May 23	78	52	0.00
May 24	83	48	0.00
May 25	74	52	0.00
May 26	67	45	0.00
May 27	70	43	0.00
May 28	77	47	0.00
May 29	78	49	0.00
May 30	77	59	2.06
May 31	71	50	0.27

June 1972 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	54	46	0.02
June 2	70	47	0.50
June 3	81	59	0.18
June 4	78	58	0.51
June 5	74	56	0.00
June 6	69	53	0.00
June 7	73	53	0.00
June 8	80	49	0.00
June 9	79	60	0.01
June 10	60	42	0.00
June 11	64	38	0.00
June 12	76	45	0.00
June 13	68	60	0.74
June 14	85	65	0.00
June 15	89	69	0.57
June 16	74	65	0.62
June 17	75	55	0.00
June 18	76	64	0.06
June 19	84	66	0.00
June 20	77	70	0.17
June 21	72	61	3.11
June 22	61	48	4.39
June 23	53	48	1.24
June 24	61	52	0.33
June 25	64	56	0.01
June 26	68	55	0.00
June 27	75	50	0.00
June 28	80	55	0.00
June 29	69	62	0.53
June 30	73	58	0.00

July 1972 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	84	64	0.00
July 2	83	60	0.00
July 3	79	64	0.12
July 4	75	60	0.03
July 5	61	55	0.76
July 6	69	53	0.01
July 7	74	50	0.00
July 8	78	62	0.00
July 9	85	66	0.07
July 10	87	67	0.00
July 11	89	69	0.00
July 12	82	68	0.03
July 13	86	70	0.02
July 14	90	70	0.00
July 15	91	70	1.00
July 16	89	72	0.03
July 17	82	72	0.07
July 18	88	71	0.00
July 19	92	72	0.07
July 20	93	70	0.00
July 21	93	75	0.00
July 22	93	74	0.00
July 23	92	75	0.00
July 24	89	73	0.00
July 25	88	63	0.06
July 26	77	61	0.00
July 27	70	64	0.17
July 28	76	64	0.00
July 29	75	56	0.00
July 30	72	59	0.00
July 31	71	62	0.02

August 1972 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	84	60	0.00
August 2	85	67	0.00
August 3	83	70	0.28
August 4	76	58	0.00
August 5	78	52	0.00
August 6	82	57	0.12
August 7	86	69	0.38
August 8	79	66	0.00
August 9	81	61	0.00
August 10	74	55	0.00
August 11	79	50	0.00
August 12	83	65	0.22
August 13	87	65	0.00
August 14	89	64	0.00
August 15	80	63	0.00
August 16	75	56	0.00
August 17	69	65	0.93
August 18	88	66	0.00
August 19	82	65	0.00
August 20	82	59	0.00
August 21	84	55	0.00
August 22	86	60	0.00
August 23	87	69	0.00
August 24	87	68	0.00
August 25	84	65	0.09
August 26	81	63	0.30
August 27	79	64	0.00
August 28	75	61	0.00
August 29	82	57	0.00
August 30	80	53	0.00
August 31	81	53	0.00

September 1972 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	79	56	0.00
September 2	81	56	0.00
September 3	76	57	0.00
September 4	70	52	0.00
September 5	71	48	0.00
September 6	79	48	0.00
September 7	79	49	0.00
September 8	81	57	0.00
September 9	74	50	0.12
September 10	71	44	0.00
September 11	75	49	0.00
September 12	71	67	0.16
September 13	82	68	0.37
September 14	81	55	0.24
September 15	73	48	0.00
September 16	77	54	0.00
September 17	87	62	0.00
September 18	77	62	0.40
September 19	75	54	0.00
September 20	65	45	0.00
September 21	61	55	0.00
September 22	70	46	0.00
September 23	65	40	0.00
September 24	66	55	0.19
September 25	77	59	0.00
September 26	83	65	0.00
September 27	75	60	1.73
September 28	63	54	0.00
September 29	65	60	0.71
September 30	64	44	0.20

October 1972 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
October 1	60	40	0.00	0.0
October 2	70	42	0.00	0.0
October 3	71	43	0.00	0.0
October 4	66	49	0.00	0.0
October 5	61	58	0.17	0.0
October 6	63	58	1.35	0.0
October 7	59	46	0.04	0.0
October 8	66	45	0.00	0.0
October 9	53	38	0.00	0.0
October 10	55	29	0.00	0.0
October 11	60	38	0.00	0.0
October 12	64	51	0.08	0.0
October 13	55	43	0.00	0.0
October 14	68	46	0.00	0.0
October 15	51	36	0.01	0.0
October 16	58	39	0.00	0.0
October 17	60	37	0.00	0.0
October 18	37	30	0.55	0.6
October 19	39	29	0.05	0.5
October 20	45	21	0.00	0.0
October 21	46	30	0.00	0.0
October 22	58	43	0.00	0.0
October 23	56	44	0.42	0.0
October 24	58	47	0.00	0.0
October 25	47	39	0.03	0.0
October 26	54	40	0.00	0.0
October 27	59	30	0.00	0.0
October 28	54	47	0.13	0.0
October 29	60	48	0.09	0.0
October 30	53	35	0.00	0.0
October 31	44	30	0.00	0.0

November 1972 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	44	39	0.31	0.0
November 2	58	44	0.24	0.0
November 3	62	43	0.10	0.0
November 4	53	42	0.01	0.0
November 5	50	44	0.00	0.0
November 6	53	36	0.00	0.0
November 7	56	38	0.60	0.0
November 8	52	43	1.05	0.0
November 9	45	41	0.00	0.0
November 10	52	38	0.00	0.0
November 11	50	43	0.05	0.0
November 12	45	35	0.00	0.0
November 13	48	33	0.00	0.0
November 14	51	37	2.25	0.0
November 15	37	29	0.00	0.0
November 16	40	26	0.00	0.0
November 17	43	29	0.00	0.0
November 18	44	30	0.00	0.0
November 19	35	29	0.49	0.0
November 20	38	29	0.02	0.0
November 21	37	27	0.00	0.0
November 22	32	25	0.02	0.2
November 23	34	24	0.26	2.6
November 24	40	26	0.00	0.0
November 25	39	24	0.68	0.0
November 26	43	33	0.45	0.0
November 27	42	35	0.02	0.2
November 28	40	32	0.27	2.7
November 29	35	23	0.00	0.0
November 30	29	22	0.45	4.5

December 1972 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	43	27	0.00	0.0
December 2	49	37	0.00	0.0
December 3	50	43	0.00	0.0
December 4	43	36	0.34	0.0
December 5	59	37	0.04	0.0
December 6	60	28	0.80	0.0
December 7	29	19	0.00	0.0
December 8	34	24	1.26	0.0
December 9	41	34	0.07	0.0
December 10	47	28	0.21	0.0
December 11	30	25	0.00	0.0
December 12	36	25	0.43	0.0
December 13	49	31	0.00	0.0
December 14	35	26	0.00	0.0
December 15	36	30	0.52	0.0
December 16	34	15	0.02	0.0
December 17	20	15	0.03	0.3
December 18	39	16	0.00	0.0
December 19	41	39	0.00	0.0
December 20	46	37	0.03	0.0
December 21	42	37	0.47	0.0
December 22	43	39	0.67	0.0
December 23	46	39	0.03	0.0
December 24	45	41	0.00	0.0
December 25	42	39	0.00	0.0
December 26	42	34	0.03	0.0
December 27	35	32	0.00	0.0
December 28	39	32	0.00	0.0
December 29	37	29	0.00	0.0
December 30	46	34	0.00	0.0
December 31	58	43	0.04	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