Amherst Weather in 1961

Historical record of Amherst, Massachusetts weather for the year 1961 based on NOAA data.

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1961 Amherst Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	92 °F	July 21
Lowest temperature	-30 °F	January 22
Highest daily low	73 °F	July 25
Lowest daily high	9 °F	February 1
Most daily precipitation	3.7 inches	June 10
Most daily snow	12.1 inches	January 20
Total annual precipitation	36.6 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Amherst in 1961?

The highest temperature recorded in Amherst, Massachusetts in 1961 was 92 °F which happened on July 21.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Amherst in 1961

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	92 °F	Jul 21
2	91 °F	Sep 12
2	91 °F	Sep 5
2	91 °F	Sep 1
2	91 °F	Jul 2
6	90 °F	Sep 11
6	90 °F	Sep 4
6	90 °F	Aug 9
6	90 °F	Jul 25
6	90 °F	Jun 13

What was the coldest temperature in Amherst in 1961?

The lowest temperature recorded in Amherst, Massachusetts in 1961 was -30 °F which happened on Jan 22.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Amherst in 1961

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-30 °F	January 22
2	-27 °F	February 2
2	-27 °F	January 23
2	-27 °F	January 21
5	-25 °F	January 24
6	-18 °F	January 25
7	-17 °F	February 1
8	-16 °F	January 30
9	-15 °F	January 29
9	-15 °F	January 28

January 1961 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	35	12	0.51	2.0
January 2	33	8	0.00	0.0
January 3	22	3	0.00	0.0
January 4	27	2	0.00	0.0
January 5	27	-1	0.00	0.0
January 6	37	14	0.00	0.0
January 7	46	20	0.00	0.0
January 8	40	20	0.00	0.0
January 9	28	15	0.00	0.0
January 10	28	3	0.00	0.0
January 11	37	-3	0.00	0.0
January 12	33	8	0.00	0.0
January 13	39	2	0.00	0.0
January 14	43	32	0.00	0.0
January 15	34	23	0.00	0.0
January 16	28	22	0.85	9.0
January 17	38	8	0.00	0.0
January 18	38	-2	0.00	0.0
January 19	14	-7	0.00	0.0
January 20	11	4	1.07	12.1
January 21	21	-27	0.00	0.0
January 22	12	-30	0.00	0.0
January 23	12	-27	0.00	0.0
January 24	12	-25	0.00	0.0
January 25	15	-18	0.00	0.0
January 26	17	-14	0.02	0.2
January 27	18	-10	0.07	0.9
January 28	21	-15	0.00	0.0
January 29	25	-15	0.00	0.0
January 30	19	-16	0.00	0.0
January 31	22	0	0.00	0.0

February 1961 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	9	-17	0.00	0.0
February 2	14	-27	0.00	0.0
February 3	20	-7	0.00	0.0
February 4	27	19	1.07	11.7
February 5	32	-1	0.00	0.0
February 6	32	-3	0.00	0.0
February 7	35	-6	0.00	0.0
February 8	35	-9	0.00	0.0
February 9	46	1	0.00	0.0
February 10	40	24	0.00	0.0
February 11	31	13	0.01	0.1
February 12	33	6	0.00	0.0
February 13	31	-4	0.00	0.0
February 14	43	28	0.19	0.3
February 15	39	19	0.00	0.0
February 16	33	8	0.00	0.0
February 17	36	0	0.01	0.0
February 18	40	34	0.03	0.0
February 19	51	33	0.31	0.0
February 20	38	25	0.00	0.0
February 21	39	13	0.00	0.0
February 22	51	15	0.00	0.0
February 23	39	34	0.07	0.0
February 24	53	34	0.00	0.0
February 25	39	32	1.09	0.0
February 26	44	34	0.38	0.0
February 27	51	31	0.00	0.0
February 28	36	26	0.00	0.0

March 1961 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	34	18	0.21	1.8
March 2	42	26	0.00	0.0
March 3	54	26	0.00	0.0
March 4	41	28	0.09	0.0
March 5	40	35	0.07	0.0
March 6	37	36	0.49	0.0
March 7	45	34	0.00	0.0
March 8	33	26	0.24	0.8
March 9	35	26	0.78	3.8
March 10	26	19	0.00	0.0
March 11	33	13	0.00	0.0
March 12	40	27	0.00	0.0
March 13	43	19	0.00	0.0
March 14	36	31	0.83	5.9
March 15	45	29	0.00	0.0
March 16	38	18	0.00	0.0
March 17	36	12	0.00	0.0
March 18	40	8	0.00	0.0
March 19	35	21	0.05	0.4
March 20	40	16	0.00	0.0
March 21	41	15	0.00	0.0
March 22	48	14	0.00	0.0
March 23	50	25	0.00	0.0
March 24	43	33	0.01	0.1
March 25	46	33	0.00	0.0
March 26	52	30	0.00	0.0
March 27	64	30	0.00	0.0
March 28	70	35	0.00	0.0
March 29	52	34	0.23	0.0
March 30	40	31	0.00	0.0
March 31	52	27	0.00	0.0

April 1961 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	38	33	0.68	n/a
April 2	43	32	0.02	n/a
April 3	43	29	0.00	n/a
April 4	51	26	0.00	n/a
April 5	53	27	0.00	n/a
April 6	48	31	0.03	n/a
April 7	47	33	0.00	n/a
April 8	49	33	0.00	n/a
April 9	55	26	0.00	n/a
April 10	41	34	0.69	n/a
April 11	44	35	0.00	n/a
April 12	54	37	0.00	n/a
April 13	42	34	0.51	n/a
April 14	45	34	0.00	n/a
April 15	59	29	0.00	n/a
April 16	42	36	1.30	n/a
April 17	52	34	0.04	n/a
April 18	48	33	0.00	n/a
April 19	44	32	0.00	n/a
April 20	61	27	0.00	n/a
April 21	69	27	0.00	n/a
April 22	59	45	0.02	n/a
April 23	67	45	0.52	n/a
April 24	53	42	0.03	n/a
April 25	60	48	0.11	n/a
April 26	65	49	0.13	n/a
April 27	62	39	0.00	n/a
April 28	64	40	0.00	n/a
April 29	44	40	0.64	n/a
April 30	55	36	0.00	n/a

May 1961 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	61	30	0.00
May 2	45	32	0.75
May 3	51	29	0.00
May 4	62	30	0.00
May 5	61	33	0.00
May 6	65	30	0.00
May 7	53	46	0.48
May 8	69	51	0.00
May 9	62	51	0.23
May 10	62	47	0.13
May 11	70	43	0.00
May 12	59	51	0.22
May 13	74	58	0.00
May 14	85	63	0.00
May 15	83	56	0.00
May 16	66	52	0.09
May 17	67	43	0.00
May 18	63	38	0.00
May 19	56	46	0.00
May 20	62	40	0.00
May 21	71	39	0.00
May 22	66	41	0.14
May 23	63	38	0.00
May 24	69	44	0.00
May 25	82	52	0.00
May 26	63	46	0.38
May 27	50	42	0.54
May 28	75	42	0.00
May 29	73	47	0.24
May 30	59	34	0.00
May 31	74	30	0.00

June 1961 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	72	57	0.05
June 2	83	62	0.02
June 3	75	49	0.00
June 4	75	43	0.00
June 5	86	54	0.00
June 6	87	56	0.00
June 7	75	50	0.00
June 8	76	55	0.29
June 9	75	64	0.49
June 10	78	60	3.72
June 11	80	58	0.00
June 12	85	67	0.00
June 13	90	66	0.00
June 14	78	51	0.00
June 15	66	42	0.00
June 16	70	38	0.00
June 17	79	43	0.00
June 18	80	47	0.00
June 19	81	52	0.00
June 20	83	59	0.00
June 21	69	61	0.15
June 22	72	61	1.31
June 23	81	63	0.00
June 24	72	60	0.01
June 25	75	51	0.00
June 26	71	53	0.00
June 27	76	54	0.00
June 28	81	51	0.00
June 29	88	59	0.00
June 30	87	63	0.01

July 1961 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	82	52	0.00
July 2	91	51	0.01
July 3	82	64	0.02
July 4	76	55	0.00
July 5	75	43	0.00
July 6	78	51	0.00
July 7	79	54	0.00
July 8	76	57	0.00
July 9	77	60	0.23
July 10	77	51	0.00
July 11	83	48	0.00
July 12	89	58	0.00
July 13	86	61	0.30
July 14	71	65	0.00
July 15	69	62	0.20
July 16	70	59	0.50
July 17	80	60	0.42
July 18	85	62	0.00
July 19	84	59	0.00
July 20	80	65	0.00
July 21	92	64	0.01
July 22	88	61	0.00
July 23	88	61	0.00
July 24	86	73	0.20
July 25	90	73	0.48
July 26	83	64	0.00
July 27	84	56	0.00
July 28	85	66	0.00
July 29	85	60	0.00
July 30	87	69	0.00
July 31	86	67	0.45

August 1961 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	77	61	0.00
August 2	68	49	0.10
August 3	68	58	0.56
August 4	78	59	0.00
August 5	80	59	0.00
August 6	80	60	0.00
August 7	85	66	0.00
August 8	89	55	0.00
August 9	90	57	0.00
August 10	89	59	0.02
August 11	88	63	0.01
August 12	86	65	0.00
August 13	73	53	0.00
August 14	73	41	0.00
August 15	83	45	0.00
August 16	84	61	0.00
August 17	78	44	0.00
August 18	83	44	0.00
August 19	86	49	0.00
August 20	82	56	0.00
August 21	71	61	0.46
August 22	77	62	0.10
August 23	67	58	0.30
August 24	76	62	0.28
August 25	86	66	0.00
August 26	84	70	0.85
August 27	85	70	0.13
August 28	82	57	0.00
August 29	80	60	0.05
August 30	82	57	0.00
August 31	84	62	0.00

September 1961 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	91	62	0.00
September 2	84	68	0.04
September 3	80	68	0.02
September 4	90	68	0.00
September 5	91	65	0.00
September 6	85	60	0.00
September 7	75	56	0.00
September 8	80	63	0.00
September 9	87	63	0.00
September 10	89	57	0.00
September 11	90	59	0.00
September 12	91	63	0.00
September 13	76	66	0.00
September 14	85	68	0.00
September 15	76	54	0.53
September 16	70	40	0.00
September 17	66	38	0.00
September 18	72	34	0.00
September 19	75	39	0.00
September 20	80	45	0.00
September 21	66	58	1.30
September 22	83	60	0.00
September 23	87	55	0.00
September 24	85	61	0.00
September 25	76	66	0.10
September 26	83	56	0.03
September 27	75	46	0.00
September 28	73	43	0.00
September 29	64	38	0.00
September 30	70	34	0.00

October 1961 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	72	40	0.00
October 2	66	49	0.00
October 3	63	50	0.93
October 4	56	35	0.13
October 5	63	30	0.00
October 6	77	40	0.00
October 7	77	46	0.00
October 8	69	52	0.00
October 9	78	49	0.00
October 10	79	43	0.00
October 11	65	53	0.00
October 12	70	52	0.00
October 13	73	58	0.00
October 14	63	n/a	1.15
October 15	n/a	30	0.05
October 16	54	27	0.00
October 17	69	27	0.00
October 18	78	37	0.00
October 19	73	42	0.00
October 20	68	45	0.00
October 21	60	50	0.00
October 22	55	40	0.00
October 23	53	34	0.00
October 24	58	32	0.00
October 25	65	28	0.00
October 26	64	41	0.07
October 27	52	29	0.00
October 28	59	22	0.00
October 29	71	30	0.00
October 30	69	56	0.00
October 31	65	50	0.00

November 1961 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	57	30	0.00	0.0
November 2	51	22	0.00	0.0
November 3	64	37	0.00	0.0
November 4	67	52	0.00	0.0
November 5	70	60	0.25	0.0
November 6	66	52	0.65	0.0
November 7	57	34	1.16	0.0
November 8	49	27	0.00	0.0
November 9	41	27	0.00	0.0
November 10	38	22	0.00	0.0
November 11	43	22	0.00	0.0
November 12	49	21	0.00	0.0
November 13	58	40	0.05	0.0
November 14	58	50	0.23	0.0
November 15	54	31	0.00	0.0
November 16	49	26	0.07	0.0
November 17	60	37	0.28	0.0
November 18	48	33	0.00	0.0
November 19	42	24	0.00	0.0
November 20	43	21	0.00	0.0
November 21	39	22	0.53	6.5
November 22	40	30	0.00	0.0
November 23	42	36	0.00	0.0
November 24	43	39	n/a	0.0
November 25	50	37	0.00	0.0
November 26	53	30	0.00	0.0
November 27	44	23	0.02	0.0
November 28	31	24	0.00	0.0
November 29	32	23	0.00	0.0
November 30	41	21	0.00	0.0

December 1961 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	44	17	0.00	0.0
December 2	43	23	0.00	0.0
December 3	44	24	0.00	0.0
December 4	47	18	0.12	0.0
December 5	56	37	0.12	0.0
December 6	45	25	0.00	0.0
December 7	46	27	0.00	0.0
December 8	35	25	0.00	0.0
December 9	37	20	0.00	0.0
December 10	32	28	0.25	0.0
December 11	43	26	0.00	0.0
December 12	38	32	0.18	0.0
December 13	40	27	0.03	0.0
December 14	40	19	0.00	0.0
December 15	33	9	0.00	0.0
December 16	28	2	0.00	0.0
December 17	25	13	n/a	n/a
December 18	34	25	n/a	n/a
December 19	39	31	n/a	n/a
December 20	35	26	n/a	n/a
December 21	32	15	n/a	n/a
December 22	34	8	n/a	n/a
December 23	32	1	n/a	n/a
December 24	23	13	n/a	n/a
December 25	31	21	n/a	n/a
December 26	35	14	n/a	n/a
December 27	42	20	n/a	n/a
December 28	33	25	n/a	n/a
December 29	30	7	n/a	n/a
December 30	23	3	n/a	n/a
December 31	29	-4	n/a	n/a

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1893–2024	Amherst	location