Boston Weather in 1942

Historical record of Boston, Massachusetts weather for the year 1942 based on NOAA data.

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1942 Boston Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	93 °F	July 14
Lowest temperature	-11 °F	December 20
Highest daily low	74 °F	August 22
Lowest daily high	8 °F	December 20
Most daily precipitation	1.8 inches	January 19
Most daily snow	4.5 inches	January 4
Total annual precipitation	42.5 inches	-
Total annual snow	30.5 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Boston in 1942?

The highest temperature recorded in Boston, Massachusetts in 1942 was 93 °F which happened on July 14.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Boston in 1942

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	93 °F	Jul 14
2	92 °F	Aug 21
3	91 °F	Sep 2
3	91 °F	Aug 22
3	91 °F	Jul 20
3	91 °F	Jun 13
7	89 °F	Jul 19
7	89 °F	Jun 11
9	88 °F	Sep 3
9	88 °F	Aug 23
9	88 °F	Jul 25
9	88 °F	Jul 13
9	88 °F	Jul 6
9	88 °F	Jul 4
9	88 °F	Jun 12
9	88 °F	Jun 10
9	88 °F	May 30

What was the coldest temperature in Boston in 1942?

The lowest temperature recorded in Boston, Massachusetts in 1942 was -11 °F which happened on Dec 20.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Boston in 1942

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-11 °F	December 20
2	-7 °F	December 19
3	-5 °F	December 21
4	-3 °F	December 17
5	1 °F	February 3
5	1 °F	January 8
7	2 °F	December 16
8	3 °F	January 11
9	4 °F	January 17
9	4 °F	January 16

January 1942 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	40	34	0.05	0.0
January 2	60	36	0.40	0.0
January 3	39	32	0.00	0.0
January 4	36	25	0.76	4.5
January 5	34	24	0.00	0.0
January 6	24	11	0.00	0.0
January 7	18	10	0.00	0.0
January 8	10	1	0.00	n/a
January 9	24	7	0.00	0.0
January 10	24	5	0.21	3.0
January 11	26	3	0.00	0.0
January 12	34	15	0.00	0.0
January 13	35	12	0.00	0.0
January 14	42	12	0.00	0.0
January 15	42	27	0.00	0.0
January 16	32	4	0.00	0.0
January 17	33	4	0.00	0.0
January 18	52	32	0.00	0.0
January 19	49	37	1.81	0.0
January 20	46	35	0.00	0.0
January 21	39	30	0.00	0.0
January 22	38	24	0.00	0.0
January 23	46	27	0.00	0.0
January 24	51	34	0.00	0.0
January 25	34	29	0.00	0.0
January 26	34	28	0.00	0.0
January 27	44	26	0.03	0.7
January 28	38	29	0.00	0.0
January 29	29	13	0.00	0.0
January 30	31	10	0.00	0.0
January 31	44	26	0.43	0.0

February 1942 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	46	26	0.00	0.0
February 2	25	8	0.00	0.0
February 3	16	1	0.00	0.0
February 4	28	8	0.00	0.0
February 5	32	21	0.41	4.1
February 6	37	32	0.82	1.4
February 7	40	31	1.39	0.0
February 8	39	22	0.10	0.0
February 9	30	16	0.00	0.0
February 10	34	17	0.00	0.0
February 11	31	17	0.00	0.0
February 12	28	15	0.00	0.0
February 13	28	12	0.00	0.0
February 14	35	21	0.00	0.0
February 15	40	28	0.00	0.0
February 16	37	26	0.21	0.0
February 17	48	34	0.49	0.0
February 18	44	31	0.00	0.0
February 19	33	15	0.00	0.1
February 20	22	10	0.00	0.0
February 21	20	10	0.00	0.0
February 22	32	18	0.00	0.0
February 23	38	21	0.00	0.0
February 24	38	19	0.00	0.0
February 25	40	24	0.00	0.0
February 26	38	24	0.00	0.0
February 27	40	26	0.00	0.0
February 28	42	31	0.03	0.6

March 1942 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	48	35	0.00	0.0
March 2	48	35	0.00	0.0
March 3	47	34	1.40	0.0
March 4	45	38	0.00	0.0
March 5	53	34	0.00	0.0
March 6	41	34	0.55	1.0
March 7	49	32	0.00	0.0
March 8	65	39	0.00	0.0
March 9	61	40	1.33	0.0
March 10	44	33	0.00	0.0
March 11	53	33	0.00	0.0
March 12	48	35	0.15	0.0
March 13	52	33	0.00	0.0
March 14	38	32	0.73	3.8
March 15	37	31	0.31	1.1
March 16	42	33	0.15	0.0
March 17	41	34	1.48	0.0
March 18	53	37	0.00	0.0
March 19	47	35	0.00	0.0
March 20	51	33	0.00	0.0
March 21	42	32	0.06	0.0
March 22	50	38	0.50	0.0
March 23	43	34	0.00	0.0
March 24	46	32	0.00	0.0
March 25	47	33	0.00	0.0
March 26	47	38	0.00	0.0
March 27	50	36	0.00	0.0
March 28	42	33	0.00	0.0
March 29	44	30	0.00	0.0
March 30	40	32	0.34	1.9
March 31	51	36	0.00	0.0

April 1942 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	50	37	0.01	0.0
April 2	62	40	0.00	0.0
April 3	63	42	0.00	0.0
April 4	46	37	0.07	0.0
April 5	60	35	0.00	0.0
April 6	72	47	0.00	0.0
April 7	58	39	0.01	0.0
April 8	56	39	0.05	0.0
April 9	46	37	0.00	0.0
April 10	40	32	0.52	1.5
April 11	37	32	0.26	0.0
April 12	47	34	0.00	0.0
April 13	52	35	0.00	0.0
April 14	59	37	0.00	0.0
April 15	71	47	0.16	0.0
April 16	50	42	0.15	0.0
April 17	70	42	0.00	0.0
April 18	60	44	0.16	0.0
April 19	53	40	0.00	0.0
April 20	46	40	0.06	0.0
April 21	49	40	0.14	0.0
April 22	61	40	0.00	0.0
April 23	63	47	0.00	0.0
April 24	69	50	0.00	0.0
April 25	75	52	0.00	0.0
April 26	65	45	0.00	0.0
April 27	48	39	0.00	0.0
April 28	63	38	0.00	0.0
April 29	79	40	0.00	0.0
April 30	86	59	0.00	0.0

May 1942 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	69	53	0.00
May 2	74	50	0.00
May 3	85	53	0.00
May 4	85	60	0.05
May 5	71	50	0.00
May 6	63	45	0.22
May 7	50	44	0.67
May 8	55	44	0.00
May 9	59	47	0.00
May 10	67	48	0.00
May 11	67	44	0.00
May 12	67	48	0.07
May 13	85	49	0.06
May 14	54	48	0.00
May 15	58	47	0.00
May 16	72	51	0.00
May 17	70	57	0.21
May 18	58	53	0.18
May 19	70	54	0.00
May 20	76	56	0.00
May 21	66	54	0.30
May 22	63	54	0.00
May 23	70	55	0.07
May 24	77	60	0.00
May 25	71	56	0.00
May 26	66	53	0.00
May 27	77	54	0.00
May 28	69	52	0.00
May 29	83	55	0.00
May 30	88	65	0.00
May 31	68	54	0.28

June 1942 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	65	54	0.00
June 2	62	54	0.00
June 3	55	51	0.04
June 4	64	53	0.04
June 5	78	58	0.02
June 6	76	57	0.00
June 7	79	63	1.02
June 8	72	59	0.16
June 9	78	58	0.00
June 10	88	60	0.00
June 11	89	66	0.00
June 12	88	73	0.00
June 13	91	72	0.00
June 14	83	63	0.04
June 15	67	59	0.25
June 16	66	52	0.01
June 17	57	49	0.21
June 18	65	48	0.17
June 19	84	59	1.54
June 20	81	61	0.27
June 21	67	61	0.10
June 22	83	63	0.00
June 23	76	61	0.34
June 24	78	59	0.00
June 25	74	58	0.02
June 26	80	60	0.00
June 27	77	63	0.00
June 28	78	61	0.01
June 29	78	63	0.00
June 30	84	64	0.00

July 1942 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	84	66	0.00
July 2	72	64	0.69
July 3	73	61	0.83
July 4	88	61	0.00
July 5	87	69	0.00
July 6	88	63	0.31
July 7	76	61	0.00
July 8	80	62	0.00
July 9	74	59	0.00
July 10	72	58	0.00
July 11	66	60	0.13
July 12	83	58	0.00
July 13	88	65	0.00
July 14	93	71	0.06
July 15	79	65	0.00
July 16	79	60	0.00
July 17	72	63	0.00
July 18	71	63	0.10
July 19	89	62	0.00
July 20	91	70	0.04
July 21	79	63	0.00
July 22	74	61	0.00
July 23	75	62	0.00
July 24	86	65	0.00
July 25	88	71	0.00
July 26	76	65	0.00
July 27	68	65	0.66
July 28	76	66	0.09
July 29	75	67	1.11
July 30	68	61	0.05
July 31	74	59	0.07

August 1942 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	87	64	0.00
August 2	80	65	0.00
August 3	85	67	0.00
August 4	81	62	0.00
August 5	76	59	0.00
August 6	72	57	0.00
August 7	78	60	0.00
August 8	75	61	0.00
August 9	66	64	0.69
August 10	71	60	0.00
August 11	87	68	0.00
August 12	79	68	0.00
August 13	72	66	0.42
August 14	78	67	0.65
August 15	85	71	0.00
August 16	87	73	0.00
August 17	87	72	0.29
August 18	81	70	0.02
August 19	84	64	0.00
August 20	85	67	0.00
August 21	92	71	0.00
August 22	91	74	0.00
August 23	88	68	0.00
August 24	72	56	0.01
August 25	69	51	0.00
August 26	67	50	0.00
August 27	67	52	0.00
August 28	75	58	0.00
August 29	70	60	0.01
August 30	68	56	0.00
August 31	75	53	0.00

September 1942 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	83	61	0.00
September 2	91	66	0.00
September 3	88	64	0.00
September 4	65	60	0.03
September 5	78	60	0.00
September 6	70	52	0.00
September 7	75	54	0.00
September 8	73	62	0.02
September 9	62	57	1.10
September 10	71	58	0.02
September 11	62	59	0.01
September 12	67	60	0.01
September 13	80	63	0.00
September 14	78	58	0.00
September 15	87	62	0.01
September 16	87	67	0.00
September 17	83	66	0.00
September 18	74	64	0.00
September 19	74	63	0.00
September 20	74	56	0.28
September 21	56	51	0.01
September 22	67	51	0.00
September 23	66	53	0.00
September 24	74	54	0.00
September 25	69	54	0.00
September 26	64	52	0.00
September 27	78	58	0.27
September 28	58	44	0.20
September 29	53	39	0.00
September 30	58	39	0.00

October 1942 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	66	46	0.00
October 2	57	46	0.00
October 3	59	40	0.00
October 4	63	43	0.02
October 5	69	55	0.15
October 6	69	52	0.32
October 7	70	48	0.00
October 8	73	50	0.00
October 9	82	55	0.00
October 10	65	53	0.00
October 11	72	48	0.00
October 12	57	47	0.00
October 13	59	45	0.00
October 14	60	45	0.00
October 15	66	54	0.00
October 16	59	51	0.00
October 17	59	51	0.01
October 18	57	45	1.11
October 19	60	46	0.00
October 20	55	42	0.00
October 21	65	44	0.69
October 22	70	59	0.38
October 23	71	56	0.00
October 24	62	52	0.02
October 25	55	50	0.01
October 26	61	49	0.07
October 27	52	40	0.00
October 28	55	36	0.00
October 29	62	40	0.00
October 30	67	48	0.00
October 31	72	56	0.00

November 1942 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	71	46	0.35
November 2	60	42	0.00
November 3	56	37	0.58
November 4	46	35	0.00
November 5	50	33	0.00
November 6	62	45	0.00
November 7	51	42	0.00
November 8	48	37	0.00
November 9	49	36	0.00
November 10	64	41	0.64
November 11	52	34	0.00
November 12	43	31	0.00
November 13	53	32	0.09
November 14	32	23	0.00
November 15	38	20	0.00
November 16	59	37	0.00
November 17	66	41	0.00
November 18	59	50	0.36
November 19	56	44	0.00
November 20	70	45	0.00
November 21	58	28	0.54
November 22	37	26	0.00
November 23	41	26	0.00
November 24	45	36	0.64
November 25	48	42	0.98
November 26	45	43	0.02
November 27	45	32	0.24
November 28	36	31	0.00
November 29	46	30	0.25
November 30	45	34	0.00

December 1942 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	44	29	0.39	0.0
December 2	59	26	1.00	0.0
December 3	35	24	0.00	0.0
December 4	36	23	0.00	0.0
December 5	37	27	0.00	0.0
December 6	40	32	0.00	0.0
December 7	39	31	0.00	0.0
December 8	37	27	0.00	0.0
December 9	33	24	0.00	0.0
December 10	41	26	0.00	0.0
December 11	45	38	0.00	0.0
December 12	47	34	0.00	0.0
December 13	34	22	0.48	3.8
December 14	27	13	0.00	0.0
December 15	33	25	0.00	0.0
December 16	32	2	0.07	0.7
December 17	20	-3	0.05	0.8
December 18	24	14	0.10	1.5
December 19	15	-7	0.00	0.0
December 20	8	-11	0.00	0.0
December 21	13	-5	0.00	0.0
December 22	39	7	0.08	0.0
December 23	43	36	0.00	0.0
December 24	40	36	0.00	0.0
December 25	46	35	0.00	0.0
December 26	35	22	0.00	0.0
December 27	29	20	0.02	0.0
December 28	37	29	0.72	0.0
December 29	36	33	0.24	0.0
December 30	50	36	1.57	0.0
December 31	43	29	0.00	0.0

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