Amherst Weather in 1960

Historical record of Amherst, Massachusetts weather for the year 1960 based on NOAA data.

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1960 Amherst Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	89 °F	August 29
Lowest temperature	-11 °F	December 28
Highest daily low	75 °F	August 30
Lowest daily high	13 °F	December 13
Most daily precipitation	2.9 inches	September 12
Most daily snow	11.7 inches	December 12
Total annual precipitation	45.2 inches	-
Total annual snow	41.2 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Amherst in 1960?

The highest temperature recorded in Amherst, Massachusetts in 1960 was 89 °F which happened on August 29.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Amherst in 1960

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	89 °F	Aug 29
2	87 °F	Sep 8
2	87 °F	Jul 13
2	87 °F	Jul 12
2	87 °F	Jun 28
6	86 °F	Sep 1
6	86 °F	Jun 27
8	85 °F	Aug 27
8	85 °F	Jul 29
8	85 °F	Jun 30

What was the coldest temperature in Amherst in 1960?

The lowest temperature recorded in Amherst, Massachusetts in 1960 was -11 °F which happened on Dec 28.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Amherst in 1960

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-11 °F	December 28
2	-6 °F	December 24
2	-6 °F	December 23
4	-5 °F	December 20
4	-5 °F	December 15
6	-3 °F	December 29
7	-2 °F	December 18
8	0 °F	December 19
9	1 °F	December 14
10	4 °F	December 27
10	4 °F	December 11
10	4 °F	January 2

January 1960 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	35	9	0.00	0.0
January 2	38	4	0.00	0.0
January 3	50	35	n/a	0.0
January 4	37	28	0.00	0.0
January 5	34	22	0.00	0.0
January 6	33	19	0.00	0.0
January 7	35	24	0.00	0.0
January 8	44	26	0.00	0.0
January 9	26	10	0.00	0.0
January 10	14	8	n/a	0.7
January 11	25	11	0.02	0.2
January 12	31	7	0.00	0.0
January 13	27	17	0.15	1.7
January 14	39	8	0.01	0.1
January 15	32	17	0.02	0.0
January 16	33	23	0.00	0.0
January 17	35	n/a	0.00	0.0
January 18	29	17	0.11	0.9
January 19	36	23	0.29	2.4
January 20	29	21	0.00	0.0
January 21	28	22	0.03	0.3
January 22	32	24	0.00	0.0
January 23	35	23	0.00	0.0
January 24	33	11	0.00	0.0
January 25	33	9	0.00	0.0
January 26	35	15	0.00	0.0
January 27	32	17	0.00	0.0
January 28	32	27	0.54	2.6
January 29	40	27	0.00	0.0
January 30	37	18	0.00	0.0
January 31	30	11	0.00	0.0

February 1960 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	31	24	0.00	0.0
February 2	31	21	0.00	0.0
February 3	37	20	0.00	0.0
February 4	45	21	0.00	0.0
February 5	43	18	0.00	0.0
February 6	43	35	0.27	0.0
February 7	41	27	0.00	0.0
February 8	30	17	0.00	0.0
February 9	45	28	0.05	0.4
February 10	41	30	0.00	0.0
February 11	57	37	1.38	0.0
February 12	44	24	0.00	0.0
February 13	26	17	0.00	0.0
February 14	33	17	0.27	1.1
February 15	29	18	0.00	0.0
February 16	40	25	0.00	0.0
February 17	43	21	0.00	0.0
February 18	48	26	0.00	0.0
February 19	38	31	0.98	0.0
February 20	37	31	0.00	0.0
February 21	38	27	0.00	0.0
February 22	36	18	0.00	0.0
February 23	34	20	0.00	0.0
February 24	35	21	0.00	0.0
February 25	36	17	0.07	0.6
February 26	41	33	0.88	n/a
February 27	36	30	0.00	0.0
February 28	35	25	0.00	0.0
February 29	30	17	0.00	0.0

March 1960 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	26	15	0.00	0.0
March 2	28	13	0.00	0.0
March 3	21	15	0.29	2.6
March 4	26	21	0.77	6.6
March 5	34	26	0.03	0.3
March 6	34	22	0.00	0.0
March 7	33	14	0.00	0.0
March 8	28	17	0.04	0.4
March 9	29	14	0.00	0.0
March 10	27	11	0.00	0.0
March 11	24	6	0.00	0.0
March 12	36	9	0.00	0.0
March 13	39	24	0.01	0.1
March 14	37	20	0.00	0.0
March 15	37	25	0.00	0.0
March 16	41	18	0.00	0.0
March 17	35	30	0.24	1.4
March 18	45	29	0.00	0.0
March 19	39	29	0.06	0.4
March 20	43	25	0.00	0.0
March 21	36	23	0.00	0.0
March 22	30	20	0.00	0.0
March 23	34	n/a	0.00	0.0
March 24	42	21	0.00	0.0
March 25	27	12	0.03	0.3
March 26	33	8	0.00	0.0
March 27	49	26	0.00	0.0
March 28	57	35	0.00	0.0
March 29	49	28	0.00	0.0
March 30	56	37	0.48	0.0
March 31	58	46	1.37	0.0

April 1960 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	53	39	0.03
April 2	52	36	0.00
April 3	41	33	0.26
April 4	68	37	0.89
April 5	53	35	1.13
April 6	40	31	0.00
April 7	48	29	0.00
April 8	47	27	0.25
April 9	47	34	0.00
April 10	48	30	0.00
April 11	53	27	0.00
April 12	59	39	0.16
April 13	61	40	0.00
April 14	76	40	0.00
April 15	74	55	0.00
April 16	68	45	n/a
April 17	72	41	0.00
April 18	59	37	0.38
April 19	54	36	0.00
April 20	62	28	0.00
April 21	76	43	0.00
April 22	75	49	0.11
April 23	53	45	0.00
April 24	57	44	0.56
April 25	68	47	0.02
April 26	67	48	0.00
April 27	57	47	0.42
April 28	66	42	0.00
April 29	59	43	0.00
April 30	70	39	0.00

May 1960 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	44	39	0.33
May 2	59	35	0.00
May 3	75	34	0.00
May 4	79	42	0.00
May 5	80	44	0.00
May 6	80	47	0.00
May 7	77	46	0.00
May 8	71	57	0.00
May 9	65	53	n/a
May 10	65	46	n/a
May 11	63	53	0.23
May 12	73	54	0.17
May 13	66	58	0.00
May 14	62	52	0.00
May 15	63	50	0.16
May 16	70	57	0.00
May 17	75	48	0.00
May 18	63	54	0.39
May 19	81	49	0.00
May 20	78	47	0.00
May 21	74	51	0.00
May 22	62	46	0.00
May 23	62	51	0.16
May 24	59	53	n/a
May 25	67	53	n/a
May 26	77	52	0.00
May 27	81	47	0.00
May 28	80	49	0.00
May 29	78	44	0.01
May 30	76	55	0.02
May 31	68	56	0.75

June 1960 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	69	56	0.09
June 2	81	53	0.00
June 3	79	60	0.76
June 4	73	66	1.22
June 5	84	67	0.04
June 6	77	58	0.00
June 7	72	50	0.00
June 8	72	42	0.00
June 9	70	46	0.00
June 10	73	45	0.00
June 11	80	45	0.00
June 12	71	57	0.00
June 13	81	52	0.00
June 14	71	53	0.24
June 15	59	53	1.76
June 16	83	59	0.01
June 17	82	61	0.06
June 18	80	57	0.02
June 19	78	52	0.00
June 20	73	55	0.00
June 21	79	58	0.00
June 22	78	49	0.00
June 23	80	61	0.00
June 24	75	67	0.46
June 25	72	61	0.02
June 26	82	54	0.00
June 27	86	51	0.00
June 28	87	59	0.00
June 29	81	62	0.05
June 30	85	66	0.00

July 1960 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	81	58	0.78
July 2	81	63	0.09
July 3	80	63	0.74
July 4	74	56	0.01
July 5	74	50	0.00
July 6	73	48	0.00
July 7	80	50	0.00
July 8	80	49	0.00
July 9	83	61	0.03
July 10	82	54	0.00
July 11	82	61	0.00
July 12	87	59	0.00
July 13	87	64	0.39
July 14	69	61	1.58
July 15	78	57	0.00
July 16	81	51	0.00
July 17	84	57	0.00
July 18	83	64	0.00
July 19	80	65	0.00
July 20	80	57	0.70
July 21	77	51	0.00
July 22	81	54	0.00
July 23	84	67	0.00
July 24	78	59	0.00
July 25	81	53	0.00
July 26	83	54	0.00
July 27	72	64	0.98
July 28	83	66	0.03
July 29	85	67	0.00
July 30	74	66	1.51
July 31	77	57	0.00

August 1960 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	81	51	0.00
August 2	84	65	0.00
August 3	80	68	0.10
August 4	79	63	0.00
August 5	64	61	0.26
August 6	81	57	0.00
August 7	81	55	0.00
August 8	84	65	0.16
August 9	77	58	0.00
August 10	61	58	1.48
August 11	73	58	0.00
August 12	79	57	0.00
August 13	78	62	0.00
August 14	78	62	0.00
August 15	83	64	1.26
August 16	73	58	0.00
August 17	81	53	0.00
August 18	82	53	0.00
August 19	75	61	0.00
August 20	83	67	0.00
August 21	84	67	0.26
August 22	84	65	0.20
August 23	82	61	0.01
August 24	73	53	0.00
August 25	72	46	0.00
August 26	79	46	0.00
August 27	85	65	0.00
August 28	83	59	0.00
August 29	89	57	0.00
August 30	82	75	0.01
August 31	81	70	0.00

September 1960 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	86	70	0.00
September 2	76	52	0.00
September 3	71	44	0.00
September 4	66	47	0.02
September 5	74	50	0.00
September 6	74	43	0.00
September 7	82	49	0.00
September 8	87	59	0.00
September 9	83	67	0.00
September 10	74	54	0.19
September 11	58	51	0.78
September 12	63	54	2.88
September 13	74	55	0.07
September 14	69	48	0.00
September 15	73	41	0.00
September 16	66	47	0.00
September 17	78	40	0.00
September 18	70	52	0.04
September 19	62	52	0.15
September 20	57	51	1.76
September 21	70	53	0.00
September 22	68	54	0.00
September 23	71	46	0.00
September 24	73	51	0.00
September 25	69	47	0.00
September 26	74	41	0.00
September 27	73	45	0.00
September 28	68	49	0.00
September 29	70	56	0.10
September 30	75	n/a	0.76

October 1960 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	n/a	37	0.00
October 2	61	31	0.00
October 3	66	43	0.00
October 4	61	34	0.00
October 5	64	34	0.00
October 6	65	46	0.06
October 7	60	41	0.00
October 8	68	37	0.00
October 9	71	37	0.00
October 10	69	40	0.00
October 11	71	45	0.00
October 12	65	38	0.00
October 13	66	31	0.00
October 14	70	40	0.00
October 15	78	48	0.00
October 16	59	56	0.04
October 17	69	45	0.01
October 18	63	38	0.00
October 19	58	33	0.18
October 20	60	35	1.39
October 21	47	29	0.00
October 22	51	25	0.00
October 23	52	28	0.06
October 24	52	37	0.50
October 25	48	37	0.19
October 26	59	34	0.00
October 27	55	37	0.00
October 28	61	40	0.00
October 29	60	41	0.00
October 30	52	45	0.00
October 31	53	47	0.00

November 1960 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	55	49	1.74
November 2	59	45	0.00
November 3	53	41	0.00
November 4	52	41	0.00
November 5	50	40	0.00
November 6	44	27	0.00
November 7	39	23	0.00
November 8	44	17	0.00
November 9	52	36	0.03
November 10	55	39	0.38
November 11	48	29	0.00
November 12	50	24	0.00
November 13	50	27	0.00
November 14	55	32	0.00
November 15	60	39	0.01
November 16	63	53	0.00
November 17	57	41	0.00
November 18	54	36	0.00
November 19	51	32	0.00
November 20	50	26	0.00
November 21	55	31	0.00
November 22	62	37	0.00
November 23	52	31	0.02
November 24	47	23	0.00
November 25	50	24	0.00
November 26	55	25	0.00
November 27	57	37	0.00
November 28	47	37	0.01
November 29	54	37	0.82
November 30	45	29	0.12

December 1960 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	32	21	0.00	0.0
December 2	40	16	0.00	0.0
December 3	45	25	0.00	0.0
December 4	45	20	0.00	0.0
December 5	55	28	0.00	0.0
December 6	48	27	0.00	0.0
December 7	45	33	0.00	0.0
December 8	33	17	0.00	0.0
December 9	30	10	0.00	0.0
December 10	38	14	0.00	0.0
December 11	20	4	0.00	0.0
December 12	17	8	1.01	11.7
December 13	13	6	0.00	0.0
December 14	28	1	0.00	0.0
December 15	30	-5	0.00	0.0
December 16	35	28	0.41	0.0
December 17	33	8	0.00	0.0
December 18	30	-2	0.00	0.0
December 19	25	0	0.03	0.3
December 20	30	-5	0.00	0.0
December 21	32	19	0.97	2.7
December 22	26	5	0.00	0.0
December 23	20	-6	0.00	0.0
December 24	18	-6	0.00	0.0
December 25	37	17	0.00	0.0
December 26	42	12	0.00	0.0
December 27	39	4	0.00	0.0
December 28	19	-11	0.00	0.0
December 29	19	-3	0.29	3.4
December 30	37	11	0.00	0.0
December 31	38	6	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1893–2024	Amherst	location