Amherst Weather in 1996

Historical record of Amherst, Massachusetts weather for the year 1996 based on NOAA data.

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1996 Amherst Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	92 °F	May 21
Lowest temperature	-16 °F	January 7
Highest daily low	72 °F	July 15
Lowest daily high	13 °F	January 8
Most daily precipitation	2.3 inches	July 14
Most daily snow	7.5 inches	February 17
Total annual precipitation	56.7 inches	-
Total annual snow	70.2 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Amherst in 1996?

The highest temperature recorded in Amherst, Massachusetts in 1996 was 92 °F which happened on May 21.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Amherst in 1996

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	92 °F	May 21
2	90 °F	Aug 7
3	89 °F	Aug 24
3	89 °F	Jul 19
5	88 °F	Sep 4
5	88 °F	Aug 23
5	88 °F	Aug 8
5	88 °F	Aug 6
5	88 °F	May 22
10	87 °F	Sep 7
10	87 °F	Aug 27
10	87 °F	Jul 18
10	87 °F	Jul 15
10	87 °F	Jul 3
10	87 °F	Jul 2
10	87 °F	Jun 9

What was the coldest temperature in Amherst in 1996?

The lowest temperature recorded in Amherst, Massachusetts in 1996 was -16 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Amherst in 1996

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-16 °F	January 7
1	-16 °F	January 6
3	-15 °F	February 5
4	-14 °F	February 6
5	-12 °F	January 5
6	-11 °F	March 10
7	-7 °F	January 11
8	-5 °F	February 7
9	-4 °F	January 10
9	-4 °F	January 9

January 1996 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	43	23	0.00	0.0
January 2	38	22	0.00	0.1
January 3	27	14	0.40	5.1
January 4	18	11	0.69	3.2
January 5	21	-12	0.00	0.0
January 6	15	-16	0.00	0.0
January 7	19	-16	0.00	0.0
January 8	13	2	0.91	4.0
January 9	18	-4	0.51	5.0
January 10	30	-4	0.12	2.1
January 11	30	-7	0.00	0.0
January 12	30	n/a	0.00	0.0
January 13	30	8	0.62	6.3
January 14	36	23	0.00	0.0
January 15	40	29	0.00	0.0
January 16	n/a	-2	0.00	0.0
January 17	27	3	0.00	0.0
January 18	45	27	0.02	0.0
January 19	55	n/a	0.23	0.0
January 20	59	18	1.05	0.0
January 21	30	15	0.00	0.0
January 22	26	16	0.03	0.1
January 23	39	26	0.00	0.0
January 24	39	32	0.00	0.0
January 25	52	27	1.02	0.0
January 26	28	12	0.00	0.0
January 27	45	11	0.14	0.0
January 28	54	23	0.86	0.0
January 29	29	12	0.00	0.0
January 30	29	14	0.08	1.0
January 31	44	22	0.00	0.0

February 1996 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	26	4	0.01	0.3
February 2	22	-1	0.00	0.0
February 3	30	7	0.18	2.7
February 4	20	-1	0.00	0.0
February 5	15	-15	0.00	0.0
February 6	18	-14	0.00	0.0
February 7	26	-5	0.00	0.0
February 8	33	6	0.03	0.5
February 9	36	31	0.14	0.0
February 10	45	32	0.00	0.0
February 11	40	32	0.90	0.0
February 12	46	22	0.01	0.0
February 13	23	1	0.00	0.0
February 14	16	n/a	0.00	0.0
February 15	24	12	0.15	1.8
February 16	32	4	0.00	0.0
February 17	24	8	0.40	7.5
February 18	29	3	0.00	0.0
February 19	31	11	0.00	0.0
February 20	29	22	0.00	0.0
February 21	45	28	0.22	0.0
February 22	43	36	0.76	0.0
February 23	51	35	0.11	0.0
February 24	52	33	0.13	0.0
February 25	47	17	0.90	0.0
February 26	51	34	0.00	0.0
February 27	51	23	0.00	0.0
February 28	55	26	0.07	0.0
February 29	49	24	0.00	0.0

March 1996 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	29	13	0.00	0.0
March 2	35	11	0.00	0.0
March 3	30	24	0.32	4.5
March 4	32	9	0.10	1.0
March 5	30	7	0.10	1.5
March 6	31	18	0.33	0.5
March 7	31	24	0.13	1.1
March 8	25	21	0.50	4.7
March 9	28	-2	0.06	2.6
March 10	22	-11	0.00	0.0
March 11	39	-1	0.00	0.0
March 12	48	5	0.00	0.0
March 13	50	9	0.00	0.0
March 14	59	24	0.00	0.0
March 15	60	30	0.00	0.0
March 16	47	28	0.34	0.0
March 17	40	15	0.00	0.0
March 18	53	22	0.00	0.0
March 19	55	24	0.00	0.0
March 20	56	28	0.18	0.0
March 21	46	35	0.12	0.0
March 22	47	32	0.01	0.0
March 23	42	24	0.00	0.0
March 24	37	16	0.00	0.0
March 25	49	27	0.00	0.0
March 26	65	23	0.00	0.0
March 27	55	25	0.00	0.0
March 28	38	14	0.00	0.0
March 29	44	27	0.00	0.0
March 30	50	26	0.00	0.0
March 31	52	26	0.00	0.0

April 1996 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	60	27	0.00	0.0
April 2	58	34	0.69	0.0
April 3	49	26	0.00	0.0
April 4	50	21	0.00	0.0
April 5	52	36	0.00	0.0
April 6	52	29	0.00	0.0
April 7	52	26	0.00	0.0
April 8	42	32	0.45	1.5
April 9	45	23	0.05	0.0
April 10	41	27	0.65	2.4
April 11	41	34	0.03	0.5
April 12	59	29	0.00	0.0
April 13	59	39	0.00	n/a
April 14	49	35	0.98	n/a
April 15	49	29	0.09	0.0
April 16	60	n/a	0.57	0.0
April 17	45	38	2.29	0.0
April 18	47	37	0.00	0.0
April 19	60	33	0.00	0.0
April 20	69	42	0.00	0.0
April 21	75	39	0.00	0.0
April 22	75	38	0.00	0.0
April 23	76	n/a	0.28	0.0
April 24	83	43	0.34	0.0
April 25	52	32	0.00	0.0
April 26	68	n/a	0.00	0.0
April 27	70	43	0.23	0.0
April 28	54	28	0.00	0.0
April 29	61	37	0.00	0.0
April 30	45	39	1.65	0.0

May 1996 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	67	42	0.16
May 2	67	45	0.00
May 3	66	34	0.00
May 4	52	38	0.29
May 5	53	42	0.35
May 6	67	46	0.08
May 7	49	28	0.28
May 8	65	32	0.00
May 9	69	46	0.00
May 10	67	49	0.25
May 11	62	49	0.22
May 12	75	46	1.05
May 13	48	32	0.03
May 14	53	27	0.00
May 15	61	32	0.00
May 16	70	37	0.00
May 17	53	46	0.50
May 18	69	48	0.00
May 19	63	53	0.15
May 20	84	54	0.00
May 21	92	59	0.00
May 22	88	49	0.18
May 23	78	47	0.00
May 24	77	57	0.00
May 25	69	37	0.00
May 26	66	37	0.00
May 27	71	44	0.00
May 28	69	47	0.00
May 29	69	50	0.00
May 30	69	43	0.03
May 31	58	37	0.05

June 1996 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	76	41	0.00
June 2	83	46	0.00
June 3	77	43	0.00
June 4	65	48	0.83
June 5	77	61	0.06
June 6	79	48	0.00
June 7	80	57	0.00
June 8	82	n/a	0.13
June 9	87	62	1.42
June 10	75	62	0.02
June 11	73	62	0.10
June 12	83	68	0.00
June 13	83	69	0.00
June 14	81	60	0.80
June 15	85	60	0.00
June 16	86	54	0.00
June 17	80	n/a	0.00
June 18	84	63	0.36
June 19	77	56	0.00
June 20	73	57	0.61
June 21	66	57	0.05
June 22	81	59	0.05
June 23	73	52	0.01
June 24	79	52	0.00
June 25	76	58	0.00
June 26	81	48	0.00
June 27	75	46	0.00
June 28	77	53	0.00
June 29	79	53	0.00
June 30	75	58	0.06

July 1996 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	65	61	0.00
July 2	87	57	0.00
July 3	87	60	0.04
July 4	75	61	1.58
July 5	76	59	0.02
July 6	81	55	0.00
July 7	86	59	0.00
July 8	82	64	0.00
July 9	85	66	0.25
July 10	85	56	0.43
July 11	75	51	0.00
July 12	80	53	0.00
July 13	81	57	0.25
July 14	82	64	2.30
July 15	87	72	0.00
July 16	76	65	0.46
July 17	85	64	0.00
July 18	87	58	0.00
July 19	89	65	0.00
July 20	84	62	0.25
July 21	73	52	0.00
July 22	81	52	0.00
July 23	82	54	0.00
July 24	67	52	0.25
July 25	78	64	0.00
July 26	75	65	0.26
July 27	79	53	0.62
July 28	80	59	0.00
July 29	82	55	0.00
July 30	80	58	0.15
July 31	75	61	0.08

August 1996 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	67	62	0.01
August 2	69	62	0.00
August 3	83	62	0.00
August 4	82	59	0.00
August 5	85	62	0.00
August 6	88	63	0.00
August 7	90	65	0.00
August 8	88	67	0.00
August 9	85	66	0.00
August 10	85	61	0.00
August 11	85	55	0.00
August 12	79	57	0.00
August 13	75	58	0.01
August 14	73	54	0.01
August 15	84	56	0.00
August 16	75	60	0.00
August 17	77	59	0.00
August 18	83	57	0.00
August 19	85	58	0.00
August 20	84	60	0.00
August 21	83	63	0.21
August 22	83	61	0.00
August 23	88	59	0.00
August 24	89	67	0.19
August 25	82	58	0.24
August 26	83	56	0.00
August 27	87	59	0.00
August 28	82	61	0.03
August 29	74	57	0.00
August 30	80	50	0.00
August 31	78	46	0.00

September 1996 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	82	49	0.00
September 2	84	n/a	0.00
September 3	83	55	0.00
September 4	88	57	0.00
September 5	85	60	0.00
September 6	85	65	0.00
September 7	87	64	0.00
September 8	72	58	0.43
September 9	65	58	0.02
September 10	77	61	0.05
September 11	81	55	0.00
September 12	75	57	0.00
September 13	74	58	0.00
September 14	62	56	0.31
September 15	74	48	0.00
September 16	73	52	0.00
September 17	70	56	0.10
September 18	58	52	1.50
September 19	62	44	0.84
September 20	71	41	0.00
September 21	75	42	0.00
September 22	76	44	0.00
September 23	62	50	1.19
September 24	62	37	0.00
September 25	60	37	0.15
September 26	63	38	0.00
September 27	65	39	0.00
September 28	63	41	0.00
September 29	72	47	1.42
September 30	70	42	0.00

October 1996 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	67	41	0.00
October 2	70	41	0.00
October 3	68	n/a	0.02
October 4	57	28	0.00
October 5	54	27	0.00
October 6	55	30	0.00
October 7	60	32	0.00
October 8	67	n/a	0.00
October 9	58	51	1.68
October 10	61	43	0.27
October 11	59	41	0.22
October 12	56	26	0.00
October 13	58	30	0.00
October 14	65	42	0.01
October 15	68	33	0.00
October 16	53	31	0.00
October 17	74	36	0.00
October 18	75	40	0.00
October 19	55	41	0.00
October 20	54	46	1.29
October 21	53	44	0.22
October 22	60	46	0.04
October 23	58	38	0.03
October 24	65	41	0.20
October 25	65	41	0.00
October 26	65	32	0.00
October 27	67	33	0.00
October 28	68	36	0.00
October 29	60	41	0.10
October 30	55	33	0.00
October 31	53	41	0.03

November 1996 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	n/a	28	0.00	0.0
November 2	48	25	0.00	0.0
November 3	47	25	0.00	0.0
November 4	44	28	0.00	0.0
November 5	53	35	0.00	0.0
November 6	58	33	0.00	0.0
November 7	52	41	0.05	0.0
November 8	64	n/a	0.30	0.0
November 9	63	60	1.63	0.0
November 10	60	35	0.10	0.0
November 11	50	26	0.00	0.0
November 12	43	24	0.00	n/a
November 13	42	18	0.00	n/a
November 14	39	16	0.00	0.0
November 15	35	16	0.00	0.0
November 16	34	14	0.00	0.0
November 17	43	17	0.00	0.0
November 18	55	24	0.00	0.0
November 19	44	26	0.00	0.0
November 20	38	27	0.29	0.0
November 21	42	25	0.00	0.0
November 22	40	24	0.00	0.0
November 23	42	22	0.00	0.0
November 24	48	21	0.00	0.0
November 25	35	28	0.06	0.1
November 26	42	n/a	0.55	0.0
November 27	38	27	0.61	0.1
November 28	30	13	0.00	0.0
November 29	29	11	0.00	0.0
November 30	38	17	0.00	0.0

December 1996 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	45	24	0.15	0.0
December 2	57	42	1.57	0.0
December 3	48	26	0.02	0.0
December 4	45	29	0.00	0.0
December 5	38	27	0.01	0.0
December 6	43	31	0.10	0.0
December 7	35	28	0.70	2.5
December 8	36	32	1.16	6.0
December 9	43	19	0.00	0.0
December 10	42	14	0.00	0.0
December 11	42	13	0.00	0.0
December 12	44	29	0.18	0.0
December 13	38	34	0.30	0.0
December 14	39	34	0.00	0.0
December 15	38	33	0.10	0.0
December 16	39	34	0.00	0.0
December 17	39	34	0.17	0.0
December 18	n/a	37	0.51	0.0
December 19	50	38	0.11	0.0
December 20	39	22	0.33	0.0
December 21	27	17	0.00	0.0
December 22	33	15	0.00	0.0
December 23	35	27	0.00	0.0
December 24	n/a	32	0.11	0.0
December 25	56	29	0.45	0.0
December 26	31	19	0.00	0.0
December 27	34	20	0.00	0.0
December 28	42	25	0.00	0.0
December 29	n/a	26	0.02	0.0
December 30	50	38	0.10	0.0
December 31	38	21	0.00	1.5

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Weather Station Details

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1893–2024	Amherst	location