Boston Weather in 1938

Historical record of Boston, Massachusetts weather for the year 1938 based on NOAA data.

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1938 Boston Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	94 °F	August 16
Lowest temperature	3 °F	January 19
Highest daily low	76 °F	August 5
Lowest daily high	16 °F	January 18
Most daily precipitation	2.3 inches	July 21
Most daily snow	11.0 inches	January 13
Total annual precipitation	49.2 inches	-
Total annual snow	50.1 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Boston in 1938?

The highest temperature recorded in Boston, Massachusetts in 1938 was 94 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Boston in 1938

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	94 °F	Aug 16
1	94 °F	Aug 15
3	93 °F	Jun 21
4	92 °F	Aug 5
4	92 °F	Aug 3
6	90 °F	Aug 7
6	90 °F	Aug 4
6	90 °F	Aug 2
6	90 °F	Jul 31
6	90 °F	Jul 10

What was the coldest temperature in Boston in 1938?

The lowest temperature recorded in Boston, Massachusetts in 1938 was 3 °F which happened on Jan 19.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Boston in 1938

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	3 °F	January 19
2	5 °F	January 18
3	7 °F	March 1
4	8 °F	March 4
4	8 °F	February 28
6	9 °F	March 3
6	9 °F	January 16
8	10 °F	February 16
8	10 °F	February 11
8	10 °F	January 28
8	10 °F	January 12

January 1938 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	37	12	1.40	8.0
January 2	38	26	0.50	0.0
January 3	37	27	0.00	0.0
January 4	38	26	0.00	0.0
January 5	43	29	0.00	0.0
January 6	41	26	0.00	0.0
January 7	57	34	0.36	0.0
January 8	40	27	0.00	0.0
January 9	28	20	0.00	0.0
January 10	27	18	0.00	0.0
January 11	22	14	0.00	0.0
January 12	30	10	0.03	0.4
January 13	30	24	0.81	11.0
January 14	33	24	0.00	0.0
January 15	24	11	0.00	0.0
January 16	30	9	0.00	0.0
January 17	30	14	0.45	6.0
January 18	16	5	0.00	0.0
January 19	25	3	0.00	0.0
January 20	32	20	0.00	0.0
January 21	38	23	0.07	0.8
January 22	33	29	0.22	n/a
January 23	36	29	0.04	0.5
January 24	42	23	0.00	4.0
January 25	55	42	0.81	0.0
January 26	42	23	0.00	0.0
January 27	27	16	0.00	0.0
January 28	22	10	0.00	0.0
January 29	30	15	0.00	0.0
January 30	53	29	0.00	0.0
January 31	55	26	0.22	0.3

February 1938 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	26	15	0.00	0.0
February 2	29	13	0.00	0.0
February 3	48	27	0.59	0.0
February 4	45	33	0.00	0.0
February 5	38	24	0.00	0.0
February 6	53	36	0.27	0.0
February 7	50	24	0.07	0.0
February 8	35	19	0.00	0.0
February 9	47	31	0.01	0.0
February 10	47	16	0.00	0.0
February 11	27	10	0.00	0.0
February 12	36	18	0.00	0.0
February 13	38	33	0.14	0.0
February 14	43	34	0.12	0.0
February 15	34	17	0.00	0.0
February 16	26	10	0.00	0.0
February 17	33	15	0.03	0.0
February 18	49	32	0.07	0.0
February 19	40	33	0.03	0.0
February 20	33	25	0.34	5.0
February 21	30	18	0.00	0.0
February 22	37	21	0.04	0.0
February 23	41	31	0.05	0.9
February 24	38	34	0.02	0.0
February 25	34	25	0.32	2.3
February 26	35	20	0.00	0.6
February 27	37	25	0.01	0.0
February 28	35	8	0.11	1.2

March 1938 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	39	7	0.00	0.0
March 2	56	39	0.00	0.0
March 3	47	9	0.00	0.0
March 4	28	8	0.00	0.0
March 5	44	25	0.31	0.3
March 6	47	28	0.10	0.0
March 7	42	25	0.00	0.0
March 8	39	26	0.00	0.0
March 9	38	23	0.00	0.0
March 10	34	25	0.00	0.0
March 11	40	22	0.00	0.0
March 12	39	33	0.06	0.0
March 13	53	33	0.00	0.0
March 14	50	32	0.00	0.0
March 15	36	26	0.00	0.0
March 16	40	26	0.69	0.0
March 17	39	35	0.69	0.0
March 18	37	32	0.01	0.0
March 19	59	36	0.00	0.0
March 20	58	40	0.01	0.1
March 21	66	50	0.00	0.0
March 22	61	44	0.00	0.0
March 23	78	42	0.00	0.0
March 24	66	39	0.00	0.0
March 25	48	34	0.00	0.0
March 26	45	38	0.41	0.0
March 27	47	33	0.00	0.0
March 28	46	30	0.00	0.0
March 29	60	39	0.00	0.0
March 30	40	39	0.05	0.0
March 31	44	39	0.09	0.0

April 1938 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	68	43	0.09	0.0
April 2	50	37	0.03	0.0
April 3	46	35	0.00	0.0
April 4	47	32	0.01	0.0
April 5	43	29	0.00	0.0
April 6	43	25	0.00	0.0
April 7	40	32	0.00	0.0
April 8	42	30	0.85	0.9
April 9	38	35	0.67	0.0
April 10	42	30	0.00	0.0
April 11	48	28	0.00	0.0
April 12	69	44	0.00	0.0
April 13	50	39	0.00	0.0
April 14	79	45	0.00	0.0
April 15	77	46	0.43	0.0
April 16	51	43	0.00	0.0
April 17	56	40	0.00	0.0
April 18	63	48	0.60	0.0
April 19	74	53	0.00	0.0
April 20	81	50	0.00	0.0
April 21	61	48	0.00	0.0
April 22	52	44	0.06	0.0
April 23	58	42	0.00	0.0
April 24	54	40	0.00	0.0
April 25	49	42	0.00	0.0
April 26	65	40	0.00	0.0
April 27	77	48	0.00	0.0
April 28	89	56	0.00	0.0
April 29	56	42	0.27	0.0
April 30	49	41	0.21	0.0

May 1938 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
May 1	68	43	0.00	0.0
May 2	72	53	0.00	0.0
May 3	68	49	0.00	0.0
May 4	61	44	0.00	0.0
May 5	62	41	0.00	0.0
May 6	60	45	0.02	0.0
May 7	66	43	0.03	0.0
May 8	68	49	0.01	0.9
May 9	68	47	0.00	0.0
May 10	65	50	0.10	0.0
May 11	66	48	0.00	0.0
May 12	51	42	0.43	0.0
May 13	61	42	0.00	0.0
May 14	66	47	0.36	0.0
May 15	58	45	1.57	0.0
May 16	58	46	0.01	0.0
May 17	69	48	0.00	0.0
May 18	56	48	0.00	0.0
May 19	69	47	0.00	0.0
May 20	62	52	0.04	0.0
May 21	74	55	0.00	0.0
May 22	62	48	0.26	0.0
May 23	60	51	0.00	0.0
May 24	81	56	0.19	0.0
May 25	64	50	0.00	0.0
May 26	60	49	0.29	0.0
May 27	60	54	1.10	0.0
May 28	63	51	0.00	0.0
May 29	57	50	0.01	0.0
May 30	56	47	0.00	0.0
May 31	65	41	0.00	0.0

June 1938 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	77	48	0.00
June 2	74	49	0.00
June 3	73	60	0.00
June 4	67	55	0.57
June 5	79	55	0.03
June 6	77	57	0.00
June 7	84	61	0.00
June 8	68	56	0.02
June 9	80	58	0.00
June 10	75	57	0.00
June 11	70	59	0.37
June 12	88	64	0.65
June 13	67	57	0.41
June 14	73	56	0.00
June 15	67	53	0.00
June 16	61	54	0.01
June 17	77	55	0.00
June 18	85	59	0.00
June 19	82	62	0.13
June 20	80	60	0.00
June 21	93	66	0.00
June 22	84	64	0.00
June 23	88	70	0.00
June 24	88	70	0.00
June 25	89	69	0.00
June 26	79	57	1.10
June 27	57	55	1.73
June 28	58	55	1.26
June 29	70	54	0.02
June 30	74	56	0.00

July 1938 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	71	58	0.21
July 2	79	62	0.08
July 3	69	56	0.00
July 4	69	54	0.00
July 5	84	57	0.01
July 6	78	63	0.05
July 7	77	59	0.00
July 8	83	64	0.00
July 9	87	68	0.00
July 10	90	67	0.09
July 11	78	62	0.70
July 12	68	62	0.42
July 13	79	62	0.00
July 14	81	65	0.05
July 15	86	70	0.00
July 16	85	64	0.00
July 17	89	67	0.00
July 18	75	66	0.92
July 19	66	63	0.40
July 20	71	63	0.88
July 21	75	67	2.33
July 22	81	68	0.83
July 23	78	69	1.76
July 24	72	68	0.55
July 25	82	65	0.00
July 26	83	68	0.00
July 27	86	68	0.11
July 28	75	65	0.00
July 29	85	62	0.07
July 30	87	71	0.00
July 31	90	67	0.00

August 1938 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	84	70	0.02
August 2	90	73	0.01
August 3	92	75	0.00
August 4	90	74	0.00
August 5	92	76	0.00
August 6	83	71	0.15
August 7	90	73	0.00
August 8	79	64	0.35
August 9	83	62	0.00
August 10	77	62	0.00
August 11	66	57	0.21
August 12	75	60	0.00
August 13	83	61	0.00
August 14	88	65	0.00
August 15	94	73	0.00
August 16	94	70	1.67
August 17	77	68	0.33
August 18	79	65	0.10
August 19	76	66	0.01
August 20	86	63	0.00
August 21	86	67	0.00
August 22	84	62	0.00
August 23	86	66	0.00
August 24	73	64	0.13
August 25	77	61	0.00
August 26	76	60	0.00
August 27	83	61	0.32
August 28	72	59	0.00
August 29	73	56	0.00
August 30	75	58	0.01
August 31	78	60	0.00

September 1938 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	82	60	0.01
September 2	65	56	0.00
September 3	74	54	0.00
September 4	81	61	0.00
September 5	72	55	0.00
September 6	69	50	0.00
September 7	69	53	0.19
September 8	66	51	0.00
September 9	62	45	0.00
September 10	65	47	0.00
September 11	73	51	0.00
September 12	71	53	0.27
September 13	79	61	0.08
September 14	70	58	0.00
September 15	75	59	0.36
September 16	72	53	0.00
September 17	60	53	0.56
September 18	58	56	1.19
September 19	65	57	0.67
September 20	78	62	1.50
September 21	75	60	0.10
September 22	70	54	0.00
September 23	65	56	0.00
September 24	81	55	0.00
September 25	67	48	0.00
September 26	74	47	0.00
September 27	73	55	0.19
September 28	71	53	0.00
September 29	72	53	0.00
September 30	54	49	0.31

October 1938 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	62	48	0.01
October 2	57	43	0.00
October 3	57	44	0.00
October 4	61	46	0.00
October 5	72	46	0.00
October 6	55	46	0.00
October 7	52	38	0.00
October 8	60	39	0.00
October 9	63	47	0.00
October 10	64	46	0.00
October 11	78	49	0.00
October 12	83	56	0.00
October 13	79	57	0.00
October 14	62	57	0.06
October 15	65	52	0.00
October 16	n/a	52	0.00
October 17	87	57	0.00
October 18	61	50	0.00
October 19	72	53	0.00
October 20	73	55	0.05
October 21	60	49	0.04
October 22	58	44	0.00
October 23	64	50	0.00
October 24	64	53	1.10
October 25	55	45	0.00
October 26	65	43	0.00
October 27	64	52	0.12
October 28	56	52	0.39
October 29	57	51	0.01
October 30	52	46	0.02
October 31	46	40	0.02

November 1938 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	59	35	0.00	0.0
November 2	60	45	0.00	0.0
November 3	55	48	0.00	0.0
November 4	69	47	0.00	0.0
November 5	72	51	0.00	0.0
November 6	73	62	0.00	0.0
November 7	77	61	0.00	0.0
November 8	74	58	0.05	0.0
November 9	64	43	0.15	0.0
November 10	60	40	0.00	0.0
November 11	56	41	0.00	0.0
November 12	65	48	0.00	0.0
November 13	61	50	0.10	0.0
November 14	58	36	0.00	0.0
November 15	44	33	0.00	0.0
November 16	42	32	0.00	0.0
November 17	54	38	0.13	0.0
November 18	65	38	0.00	0.0
November 19	66	41	1.24	0.0
November 20	45	38	0.03	0.0
November 21	50	37	0.00	0.0
November 22	60	41	0.00	0.0
November 23	54	34	0.10	0.0
November 24	34	24	0.27	0.3
November 25	25	13	0.27	4.7
November 26	31	12	0.00	0.0
November 27	29	23	0.52	n/a
November 28	37	21	0.00	0.0
November 29	42	25	0.00	0.0
November 30	48	38	0.00	0.0

December 1938 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	43	17	0.00	0.0
December 2	26	13	0.00	0.0
December 3	41	17	0.00	0.0
December 4	57	41	0.06	0.0
December 5	52	32	0.48	0.0
December 6	57	42	0.84	0.0
December 7	49	41	0.00	0.0
December 8	51	37	0.10	0.0
December 9	47	43	0.18	0.0
December 10	50	42	0.60	0.0
December 11	45	39	0.01	0.0
December 12	44	35	0.00	0.0
December 13	40	31	0.00	0.0
December 14	44	29	0.00	0.0
December 15	30	21	0.00	0.0
December 16	35	17	0.00	0.0
December 17	43	32	0.00	0.0
December 18	39	34	0.02	0.0
December 19	36	32	0.07	0.0
December 20	35	29	0.00	0.0
December 21	32	26	0.00	0.0
December 22	31	21	0.00	0.0
December 23	28	19	0.00	0.0
December 24	35	28	0.06	0.9
December 25	40	28	0.00	0.0
December 26	33	22	0.00	0.0
December 27	53	29	0.32	0.4
December 28	29	17	0.00	0.0
December 29	32	14	0.00	0.0
December 30	34	18	0.02	0.1
December 31	30	18	0.04	0.5

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1936–2024	Boston Logan International Airport	location
1893–1935	Boston City	location