Athens Weather in 1961

Historical record of Athens, Georgia weather for the year 1961 based on NOAA data.

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1961 Athens Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	96 °F	August 1
Lowest temperature	11 °F	January 22
Highest daily low	72 °F	August 12
Lowest daily high	31 °F	February 3
Most daily precipitation	2.8 inches	December 12
Most daily snow	1.0 inches	January 26
Total annual precipitation	59.9 inches	-
Total annual snow	1.0 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Athens in 1961?

The highest temperature recorded in Athens, Georgia in 1961 was 96 °F which happened on August 1.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Athens in 1961

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	96 °F	Aug 1
2	94 °F	Aug 2
2	94 °F	Jul 31
2	94 °F	Jul 30
5	93 °F	Sep 4
5	93 °F	Aug 29
5	93 °F	Aug 3
8	92 °F	Sep 25
8	92 °F	Sep 24
8	92 °F	Sep 23
8	92 °F	Sep 3
8	92 °F	Aug 12
8	92 °F	Jul 29
8	92 °F	Jul 26
8	92 °F	Jul 5
8	92 °F	Jul 2
8	92 °F	Jun 12
8	92 °F	Jun 10
8	92 °F	Jun 8
8	92 °F	Jun 7
8	92 °F	Jun 6
8	92 °F	Jun 5

What was the coldest temperature in Athens in 1961?

The lowest temperature recorded in Athens, Georgia in 1961 was 11 °F which happened on Jan 22.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Athens in 1961

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	11 °F	January 22
2	16 °F	January 21
3	17 °F	January 28
4	19 °F	December 30
4	19 °F	December 29
6	21 °F	December 26
6	21 °F	January 11
6	21 °F	January 9
9	22 °F	January 27
9	22 °F	January 26

January 1961 Athens Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	57	35	0.00	0.0
January 2	54	30	0.00	0.0
January 3	46	27	0.00	0.0
January 4	52	24	0.00	0.0
January 5	54	28	0.00	0.0
January 6	60	30	0.00	0.0
January 7	59	35	0.00	0.0
January 8	53	29	0.00	0.0
January 9	51	21	0.00	0.0
January 10	52	24	0.00	0.0
January 11	60	21	0.00	0.0
January 12	67	33	0.00	0.0
January 13	51	37	0.39	0.0
January 14	51	43	0.36	0.0
January 15	55	42	0.40	0.0
January 16	46	37	0.03	0.0
January 17	56	33	0.00	0.0
January 18	64	37	0.00	0.0
January 19	51	33	0.53	0.0
January 20	39	26	0.00	0.0
January 21	31	16	0.00	0.0
January 22	37	11	0.00	0.0
January 23	56	26	0.00	0.0
January 24	61	31	0.00	0.0
January 25	38	23	0.01	0.0
January 26	33	22	0.53	1.0
January 27	34	22	0.00	0.0
January 28	39	17	0.00	0.0
January 29	49	24	0.00	0.0
January 30	55	23	0.00	0.0
January 31	57	27	0.00	0.0

February 1961 Athens Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
February 1	59	32	0.00
February 2	44	29	0.00
February 3	31	23	0.24
February 4	51	23	0.00
February 5	49	27	0.00
February 6	39	29	0.03
February 7	35	33	1.20
February 8	44	32	0.02
February 9	47	31	0.00
February 10	55	28	0.00
February 11	61	30	0.00
February 12	73	41	0.00
February 13	73	43	0.00
February 14	73	42	0.00
February 15	74	52	0.00
February 16	75	46	0.00
February 17	63	49	0.00
February 18	62	48	2.57
February 19	60	54	0.38
February 20	62	45	0.79
February 21	46	41	0.67
February 22	50	42	0.15
February 23	72	50	0.34
February 24	60	48	2.20
February 25	66	35	0.56
February 26	63	31	0.00
February 27	70	36	0.00
February 28	74	46	0.09

March 1961 Athens Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	57	44	0.14
March 2	60	34	0.00
March 3	68	35	0.00
March 4	79	45	0.05
March 5	79	58	0.00
March 6	77	60	0.95
March 7	76	61	0.99
March 8	74	43	0.48
March 9	44	37	0.00
March 10	59	31	0.00
March 11	65	33	0.00
March 12	71	46	0.00
March 13	66	50	0.37
March 14	60	45	0.00
March 15	72	37	0.00
March 16	74	48	0.00
March 17	59	39	0.00
March 18	47	34	0.18
March 19	68	36	0.00
March 20	63	47	0.30
March 21	54	43	0.70
March 22	62	41	0.00
March 23	66	39	0.00
March 24	56	39	0.00
March 25	69	32	0.00
March 26	75	38	0.00
March 27	73	45	0.00
March 28	70	51	0.05
March 29	77	51	0.00
March 30	70	47	0.05
March 31	62	56	2.72

April 1961 Athens Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	59	46	0.00
April 2	64	35	0.00
April 3	55	44	0.37
April 4	59	36	0.00
April 5	74	35	0.00
April 6	61	44	0.00
April 7	66	34	0.00
April 8	62	37	0.00
April 9	61	47	0.83
April 10	58	39	0.00
April 11	67	31	0.00
April 12	65	49	1.40
April 13	57	42	0.00
April 14	73	35	0.00
April 15	64	51	1.50
April 16	61	40	0.00
April 17	66	38	0.00
April 18	64	40	0.00
April 19	72	40	0.00
April 20	70	40	0.00
April 21	73	44	0.00
April 22	81	50	0.00
April 23	82	56	0.00
April 24	82	58	0.00
April 25	81	59	0.00
April 26	78	60	0.57
April 27	61	49	1.73
April 28	76	41	0.00
April 29	70	39	0.00
April 30	76	43	0.00

May 1961 Athens Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	64	53	0.36
May 2	73	50	0.00
May 3	75	44	0.00
May 4	78	46	0.00
May 5	65	55	0.00
May 6	76	55	0.00
May 7	85	60	0.00
May 8	85	61	0.00
May 9	70	56	1.05
May 10	62	53	0.87
May 11	70	57	0.30
May 12	69	55	0.35
May 13	79	55	0.00
May 14	84	56	0.00
May 15	85	60	0.00
May 16	81	59	0.00
May 17	81	57	0.00
May 18	73	59	0.00
May 19	84	60	0.00
May 20	82	61	0.00
May 21	83	61	0.00
May 22	69	57	0.32
May 23	74	55	0.00
May 24	78	51	0.00
May 25	78	58	0.00
May 26	71	48	0.13
May 27	70	40	0.00
May 28	76	46	0.00
May 29	81	51	0.00
May 30	86	56	0.00
May 31	86	56	0.00

June 1961 Athens Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	89	59	0.00
June 2	90	65	0.00
June 3	89	63	0.00
June 4	88	62	0.00
June 5	92	65	0.00
June 6	92	67	0.00
June 7	92	64	0.00
June 8	92	68	0.00
June 9	90	66	0.00
June 10	92	68	0.00
June 11	90	66	0.10
June 12	92	67	0.00
June 13	91	70	0.00
June 14	91	69	0.07
June 15	87	57	0.57
June 16	62	53	0.02
June 17	68	58	0.00
June 18	78	55	0.00
June 19	81	58	0.00
June 20	69	61	0.74
June 21	77	64	1.03
June 22	84	64	0.00
June 23	86	60	0.84
June 24	84	62	0.19
June 25	83	64	0.00
June 26	75	64	1.22
June 27	77	65	0.12
June 28	80	65	0.04
June 29	83	63	0.00
June 30	87	64	0.00

July 1961 Athens Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	91	65	0.00
July 2	92	68	0.00
July 3	88	70	0.00
July 4	89	66	0.00
July 5	92	65	0.00
July 6	90	68	0.00
July 7	86	69	0.75
July 8	87	68	0.00
July 9	84	65	0.00
July 10	82	62	0.00
July 11	78	61	0.38
July 12	85	62	1.27
July 13	85	65	0.91
July 14	87	63	0.00
July 15	89	69	0.14
July 16	90	67	0.15
July 17	88	68	0.65
July 18	84	68	0.68
July 19	89	69	0.15
July 20	90	68	0.00
July 21	90	67	0.00
July 22	90	68	1.86
July 23	91	69	0.01
July 24	90	70	0.00
July 25	90	70	0.00
July 26	92	70	0.00
July 27	90	68	0.00
July 28	91	67	0.00
July 29	92	70	0.00
July 30	94	71	0.00
July 31	94	72	0.00

August 1961 Athens Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	96	69	1.65
August 2	94	69	0.05
August 3	93	71	0.79
August 4	89	72	0.00
August 5	90	70	0.00
August 6	81	69	0.70
August 7	81	68	0.66
August 8	88	67	0.00
August 9	86	66	0.00
August 10	89	67	0.00
August 11	91	69	0.00
August 12	92	72	0.00
August 13	89	70	0.00
August 14	81	67	0.00
August 15	75	64	0.00
August 16	85	60	0.00
August 17	87	64	0.00
August 18	86	64	0.00
August 19	83	65	0.00
August 20	75	63	0.11
August 21	84	63	0.00
August 22	85	61	0.00
August 23	83	64	0.66
August 24	80	66	2.14
August 25	78	65	0.13
August 26	84	69	0.06
August 27	85	69	0.00
August 28	90	69	0.00
August 29	93	71	0.00
August 30	87	71	0.00
August 31	86	70	0.48

September 1961 Athens Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	88	69	0.01
September 2	89	70	0.00
September 3	92	68	0.00
September 4	93	70	0.00
September 5	90	68	1.10
September 6	86	69	0.07
September 7	87	70	0.00
September 8	87	69	0.00
September 9	87	67	0.00
September 10	84	67	0.00
September 11	88	69	0.00
September 12	88	69	0.00
September 13	87	65	0.00
September 14	79	64	0.48
September 15	79	56	0.00
September 16	72	51	0.00
September 17	73	52	0.00
September 18	70	52	0.00
September 19	68	58	0.07
September 20	82	65	0.02
September 21	84	57	0.00
September 22	89	62	0.00
September 23	92	66	0.00
September 24	92	68	0.00
September 25	92	65	0.00
September 26	90	67	0.00
September 27	87	61	0.00
September 28	84	60	0.00
September 29	81	59	0.00
September 30	80	57	0.00

October 1961 Athens Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	81	56	0.00
October 2	81	57	0.00
October 3	68	53	0.20
October 4	72	50	0.00
October 5	71	45	0.00
October 6	73	43	0.00
October 7	75	43	0.00
October 8	76	47	0.00
October 9	81	49	0.00
October 10	83	50	0.00
October 11	82	54	0.00
October 12	82	55	0.00
October 13	83	51	0.00
October 14	76	47	0.00
October 15	69	37	0.00
October 16	79	43	0.00
October 17	80	51	0.00
October 18	79	50	0.00
October 19	79	47	0.00
October 20	55	39	0.00
October 21	74	43	0.00
October 22	76	44	0.00
October 23	75	45	0.00
October 24	76	48	0.00
October 25	79	52	0.00
October 26	71	44	0.00
October 27	66	34	0.00
October 28	67	34	0.00
October 29	77	51	0.00
October 30	81	52	0.00
October 31	84	59	0.00

November 1961 Athens Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	85	63	0.00
November 2	86	59	0.00
November 3	82	63	0.00
November 4	82	63	0.00
November 5	81	59	0.00
November 6	78	64	0.00
November 7	79	49	0.00
November 8	63	39	0.00
November 9	64	31	0.00
November 10	70	38	0.00
November 11	70	47	0.00
November 12	76	51	0.04
November 13	67	55	0.14
November 14	69	62	0.96
November 15	68	62	0.22
November 16	73	57	0.00
November 17	68	42	0.00
November 18	53	39	0.00
November 19	48	37	0.00
November 20	57	34	0.00
November 21	53	31	0.00
November 22	54	31	0.00
November 23	61	51	1.37
November 24	66	42	0.00
November 25	65	37	0.00
November 26	64	38	0.00
November 27	70	47	0.00
November 28	56	37	0.00
November 29	55	32	0.00
November 30	58	27	0.00

December 1961 Athens Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	61	31	0.00
December 2	64	36	0.00
December 3	72	44	0.00
December 4	72	46	0.00
December 5	60	49	0.01
December 6	54	44	0.26
December 7	57	37	0.00
December 8	54	36	0.00
December 9	44	37	0.01
December 10	50	38	0.96
December 11	55	48	0.85
December 12	63	55	2.84
December 13	59	29	0.06
December 14	43	29	0.22
December 15	51	40	0.01
December 16	46	34	0.21
December 17	45	34	0.71
December 18	67	45	1.09
December 19	63	42	0.00
December 20	49	31	0.00
December 21	53	26	0.00
December 22	58	27	0.00
December 23	55	32	0.17
December 24	41	24	0.00
December 25	46	26	0.00
December 26	55	21	0.00
December 27	57	28	0.20
December 28	43	26	0.04
December 29	35	19	0.00
December 30	43	19	0.00
December 31	43	27	0.01

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Years	Station	Coordinates
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