Amherst Weather in 1970

Historical record of Amherst, Massachusetts weather for the year 1970 based on NOAA data.

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1970 Amherst Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	93 °F	August 17
Lowest temperature	-19 °F	January 23
Highest daily low	71 °F	August 1
Lowest daily high	16 °F	January 22
Most daily precipitation	2.3 inches	April 2
Most daily snow	7.0 inches	December 17
Total annual precipitation	39.1 inches	-
Total annual snow	54.2 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Amherst in 1970?

The highest temperature recorded in Amherst, Massachusetts in 1970 was 93 °F which happened 3 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Amherst in 1970

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	93 °F	Aug 17
1	93 °F	Aug 16
1	93 °F	Aug 15
4	92 °F	Aug 14
4	92 °F	Jul 26
6	91 °F	Sep 22
6	91 °F	Jul 30
6	91 °F	Jul 29
6	91 °F	Jul 28
10	90 °F	Sep 23
10	90 °F	Aug 13
10	90 °F	Jul 27
10	90 °F	Jul 25

What was the coldest temperature in Amherst in 1970?

The lowest temperature recorded in Amherst, Massachusetts in 1970 was -19 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Amherst in 1970

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-19 °F	January 23
1	-19 °F	January 20
3	-14 °F	January 2
3	-14 °F	January 1
5	-12 °F	January 9
5	-12 °F	January 8
5	-12 °F	January 5
8	-11 °F	January 19
9	-10 °F	January 3
10	-9 °F	January 24
10	-9 °F	January 22
10	-9 °F	January 6

January 1970 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	25	-14	0.00	0.0
January 2	24	-14	0.00	0.0
January 3	23	-10	0.00	0.0
January 4	22	-8	0.11	1.0
January 5	29	-12	0.00	0.0
January 6	29	-9	0.00	0.0
January 7	26	6	0.00	0.0
January 8	20	-12	0.00	0.0
January 9	19	-12	0.01	0.2
January 10	23	-3	0.00	0.0
January 11	26	-3	0.00	0.0
January 12	26	5	0.03	0.7
January 13	28	-5	0.02	0.3
January 14	26	-1	0.00	0.0
January 15	21	4	0.00	0.0
January 16	29	-3	0.00	0.0
January 17	37	12	0.00	0.0
January 18	37	25	0.09	0.7
January 19	28	-11	0.00	0.0
January 20	21	-19	0.00	0.0
January 21	16	6	0.02	0.3
January 22	16	-9	0.00	0.0
January 23	20	-19	0.00	0.0
January 24	24	-9	0.02	0.0
January 25	26	-3	0.00	0.0
January 26	32	20	0.23	0.8
January 27	36	5	0.00	0.0
January 28	40	8	0.00	0.0
January 29	43	33	0.13	0.0
January 30	43	28	0.00	0.0
January 31	30	0	0.00	0.0

February 1970 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	44	15	0.00	0.0
February 2	47	20	0.07	0.0
February 3	48	31	1.60	0.0
February 4	50	7	0.48	3.0
February 5	20	-2	0.00	0.0
February 6	36	18	0.07	0.7
February 7	43	8	0.00	0.0
February 8	46	9	0.00	0.0
February 9	43	26	0.00	0.0
February 10	44	32	0.13	0.0
February 11	47	35	0.81	0.0
February 12	39	19	0.00	0.0
February 13	39	15	0.00	0.0
February 14	24	3	0.00	0.0
February 15	27	10	0.28	3.0
February 16	30	15	0.07	1.0
February 17	40	-2	0.00	0.0
February 18	42	12	0.00	0.0
February 19	42	32	0.00	0.0
February 20	36	10	0.00	0.0
February 21	30	14	0.00	0.0
February 22	48	19	0.00	0.0
February 23	48	21	0.01	0.0
February 24	46	11	0.00	0.0
February 25	45	23	0.00	0.0
February 26	35	2	0.00	0.0
February 27	34	7	0.00	0.0
February 28	36	24	0.03	1.0

March 1970 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	40	15	0.00	0.0
March 2	40	28	0.17	2.0
March 3	41	23	0.00	0.0
March 4	41	17	0.00	0.0
March 5	39	30	0.23	0.3
March 6	43	32	0.00	0.0
March 7	45	21	0.00	0.0
March 8	43	24	0.01	0.1
March 9	31	16	0.00	0.0
March 10	38	13	0.00	0.0
March 11	39	11	0.00	0.0
March 12	48	20	0.00	0.0
March 13	46	30	0.35	3.5
March 14	38	28	0.06	0.6
March 15	39	19	0.04	0.4
March 16	37	10	0.00	0.0
March 17	42	15	0.00	0.0
March 18	45	19	0.00	0.0
March 19	53	30	0.00	0.0
March 20	56	20	0.00	0.0
March 21	49	31	0.46	1.0
March 22	53	25	0.00	0.0
March 23	45	33	0.34	0.0
March 24	48	31	0.00	0.0
March 25	51	29	0.00	0.0
March 26	53	29	0.16	0.0
March 27	45	35	1.20	0.0
March 28	50	23	0.00	0.0
March 29	50	28	0.20	2.0
March 30	42	15	0.25	3.0
March 31	40	27	0.05	0.5

April 1970 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	49	11	0.00	0.0
April 2	48	35	2.25	1.5
April 3	46	28	0.31	0.0
April 4	48	33	0.00	0.0
April 5	45	24	0.00	0.0
April 6	50	19	0.00	0.0
April 7	54	32	0.00	0.0
April 8	67	24	0.00	0.0
April 9	71	47	0.00	0.0
April 10	68	36	0.00	0.0
April 11	46	28	0.00	0.0
April 12	57	25	0.00	0.0
April 13	61	26	0.00	0.0
April 14	64	25	0.00	0.0
April 15	67	28	0.00	0.0
April 16	68	26	0.00	0.0
April 17	67	43	0.00	0.0
April 18	62	33	0.00	0.0
April 19	58	27	0.00	0.0
April 20	52	26	0.24	0.0
April 21	47	38	0.03	0.0
April 22	55	34	0.12	0.0
April 23	54	27	0.04	0.0
April 24	46	39	0.64	0.0
April 25	63	42	0.06	0.0
April 26	78	37	0.00	0.0
April 27	76	48	0.00	0.0
April 28	83	52	0.00	0.0
April 29	82	43	0.00	0.0
April 30	79	43	0.00	0.0

May 1970 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	77	49	0.00
May 2	78	56	0.00
May 3	75	48	0.23
May 4	63	40	0.00
May 5	73	41	0.00
May 6	73	42	0.27
May 7	56	29	0.00
May 8	72	38	0.00
May 9	84	54	0.00
May 10	87	49	0.00
May 11	84	60	0.01
May 12	85	51	0.00
May 13	83	58	0.01
May 14	80	53	0.03
May 15	64	40	0.00
May 16	65	50	0.00
May 17	65	55	1.25
May 18	63	49	1.10
May 19	62	47	0.79
May 20	81	46	0.00
May 21	81	48	0.00
May 22	82	55	0.00
May 23	82	58	0.06
May 24	76	44	0.00
May 25	72	45	0.28
May 26	69	49	0.02
May 27	69	52	0.11
May 28	72	37	0.00
May 29	72	37	0.00
May 30	72	37	0.00
May 31	82	46	0.00

June 1970 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	86	57	0.00
June 2	87	62	0.00
June 3	85	62	0.00
June 4	80	53	1.00
June 5	74	58	0.08
June 6	63	45	1.29
June 7	72	51	0.90
June 8	83	51	0.00
June 9	88	57	0.00
June 10	88	54	0.00
June 11	89	63	0.00
June 12	89	62	0.00
June 13	76	49	0.54
June 14	75	42	0.00
June 15	78	49	0.00
June 16	76	52	0.00
June 17	74	63	0.00
June 18	76	61	0.36
June 19	83	59	0.00
June 20	83	48	0.00
June 21	68	41	0.00
June 22	69	57	0.03
June 23	84	46	0.00
June 24	84	49	0.00
June 25	82	62	0.00
June 26	80	46	0.13
June 27	62	54	0.62
June 28	75	42	0.01
June 29	80	42	0.00
June 30	80	64	0.01

July 1970 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	83	57	0.08
July 2	83	63	0.05
July 3	77	62	0.00
July 4	81	65	0.70
July 5	80	60	0.01
July 6	82	52	0.00
July 7	85	50	0.00
July 8	85	54	0.00
July 9	84	51	0.00
July 10	84	56	0.01
July 11	79	66	0.35
July 12	84	61	0.06
July 13	83	50	0.36
July 14	80	54	0.00
July 15	77	64	0.00
July 16	82	70	0.06
July 17	83	59	0.19
July 18	86	54	0.00
July 19	86	59	0.03
July 20	84	65	0.00
July 21	82	57	0.00
July 22	81	49	0.00
July 23	87	51	0.00
July 24	88	54	0.00
July 25	90	55	0.00
July 26	92	64	0.00
July 27	90	60	0.12
July 28	91	64	0.00
July 29	91	66	0.15
July 30	91	68	0.00
July 31	88	69	0.00

August 1970 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	86	71	1.15
August 2	89	68	0.02
August 3	89	54	0.00
August 4	84	59	0.00
August 5	79	53	0.00
August 6	82	51	0.00
August 7	86	54	0.00
August 8	86	53	0.00
August 9	87	53	0.00
August 10	88	55	0.00
August 11	88	58	0.00
August 12	87	57	0.00
August 13	90	55	0.00
August 14	92	58	0.00
August 15	93	59	0.00
August 16	93	62	0.00
August 17	93	70	0.00
August 18	87	49	0.00
August 19	84	44	0.00
August 20	84	66	0.02
August 21	83	61	1.16
August 22	82	47	0.00
August 23	82	63	2.21
August 24	77	58	0.00
August 25	82	48	0.00
August 26	85	52	0.00
August 27	85	60	0.00
August 28	84	52	0.00
August 29	85	60	0.48
August 30	77	47	0.00
August 31	76	63	0.19

September 1970 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	71	41	0.00
September 2	73	37	0.00
September 3	72	39	0.00
September 4	84	60	0.61
September 5	83	61	0.00
September 6	80	51	0.00
September 7	70	46	0.00
September 8	70	51	0.00
September 9	67	55	0.07
September 10	74	60	0.04
September 11	74	51	0.06
September 12	76	38	0.00
September 13	78	40	0.00
September 14	77	49	0.12
September 15	54	49	0.84
September 16	76	49	0.16
September 17	76	43	0.00
September 18	71	52	0.47
September 19	73	50	0.17
September 20	74	44	0.00
September 21	80	50	0.00
September 22	91	52	0.00
September 23	90	65	0.00
September 24	88	58	0.00
September 25	86	65	0.00
September 26	86	63	0.09
September 27	83	58	0.38
September 28	64	39	0.04
September 29	63	39	0.00
September 30	60	35	0.00

October 1970 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	65	43	0.02
October 2	65	39	0.00
October 3	73	55	0.00
October 4	70	37	0.69
October 5	62	32	0.00
October 6	66	31	0.00
October 7	78	49	0.00
October 8	78	50	0.00
October 9	78	51	0.00
October 10	74	52	0.00
October 11	74	52	0.01
October 12	68	49	0.00
October 13	74	58	0.01
October 14	74	62	0.00
October 15	73	64	0.62
October 16	68	46	0.52
October 17	55	30	0.00
October 18	59	27	0.00
October 19	63	37	0.00
October 20	58	20	0.00
October 21	58	34	0.00
October 22	63	49	0.27
October 23	64	59	0.31
October 24	68	55	0.00
October 25	68	40	0.00
October 26	59	48	0.00
October 27	51	35	0.00
October 28	57	22	0.00
October 29	60	20	0.00
October 30	56	21	0.00
October 31	57	21	0.00

November 1970 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	62	32	0.00
November 2	62	30	0.04
November 3	66	33	0.00
November 4	60	45	0.01
November 5	54	41	0.72
November 6	51	32	0.00
November 7	63	28	0.00
November 8	65	33	0.00
November 9	56	22	0.00
November 10	50	31	0.15
November 11	55	46	0.05
November 12	57	42	0.00
November 13	53	45	0.01
November 14	57	43	0.32
November 15	55	41	0.54
November 16	44	38	0.13
November 17	48	24	0.00
November 18	46	20	0.00
November 19	46	38	0.22
November 20	54	43	0.07
November 21	54	41	0.52
November 22	50	25	0.00
November 23	55	35	0.23
November 24	37	17	0.00
November 25	37	13	0.00
November 26	39	16	0.00
November 27	48	30	0.00
November 28	45	30	0.00
November 29	44	34	0.03
November 30	49	35	0.23

December 1970 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	47	22	0.00	0.0
December 2	62	35	0.00	0.0
December 3	59	28	0.00	0.0
December 4	55	35	0.61	0.0
December 5	37	18	0.00	0.0
December 6	32	21	0.02	0.2
December 7	33	18	0.00	0.0
December 8	25	8	0.00	0.0
December 9	30	19	0.06	0.6
December 10	45	18	0.02	0.2
December 11	37	17	0.00	0.0
December 12	27	20	0.20	4.0
December 13	26	20	0.15	2.5
December 14	33	16	0.07	1.0
December 15	29	4	0.00	0.0
December 16	24	-4	0.00	0.0
December 17	34	19	0.59	7.0
December 18	35	22	0.01	0.1
December 19	39	8	0.00	0.0
December 20	45	29	0.00	0.0
December 21	33	19	0.00	0.0
December 22	29	5	0.14	4.0
December 23	21	10	0.11	1.0
December 24	30	12	0.39	6.0
December 25	29	1	0.00	0.0
December 26	30	0	0.00	0.0
December 27	28	7	0.00	0.0
December 28	27	5	0.00	0.0
December 29	26	-2	0.00	0.0
December 30	24	10	0.00	0.0
December 31	32	-5	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1893–2024	Amherst	location