New York City Weather in 1939

Historical record of New York City weather for the year 1939 based on NOAA data.

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1939 New York City Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	96 °F	May 31
Lowest temperature	6 °F	January 27
Highest daily low	77 °F	July 9
Lowest daily high	18 °F	January 26
Most daily precipitation	2.3 inches	August 19
Most daily snow	7.8 inches	January 13
Total annual precipitation	38.6 inches	-
Total annual snow	25.9 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in New York City in 1939?

The highest temperature recorded in New York City in 1939 was 96 °F which happened on May 31.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in New York City in 1939

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	96 °F	May 31
2	94 °F	Aug 9
2	94 °F	Aug 1
2	94 °F	Jul 10
2	94 °F	Jun 9
6	93 °F	Jul 25
6	93 °F	Jul 8
6	93 °F	Jun 17
9	92 °F	Aug 14
9	92 °F	May 7

What was the coldest temperature in New York City in 1939?

The lowest temperature recorded in New York City in 1939 was 6 °F which happened on Jan 27.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in New York City in 1939

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	6 °F	January 27
2	8 °F	January 26
3	10 °F	January 25
4	11 °F	January 23
5	13 °F	December 27
6	14 °F	December 28
6	14 °F	February 17
8	15 °F	February 16
9	16 °F	March 11
9	16 °F	February 23
9	16 °F	January 20

January 1939 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	44	34	0.00	0.0
January 2	53	38	0.00	0.0
January 3	38	31	0.00	0.0
January 4	35	30	0.00	0.0
January 5	45	33	0.13	0.0
January 6	55	43	1.04	0.0
January 7	53	40	0.00	0.0
January 8	47	38	0.00	0.0
January 9	51	35	0.00	0.0
January 10	54	44	0.10	0.0
January 11	51	38	0.00	0.0
January 12	39	28	0.00	0.0
January 13	30	26	0.78	7.8
January 14	26	24	0.11	1.0
January 15	36	21	0.00	0.0
January 16	35	28	0.00	0.0
January 17	36	29	0.00	0.0
January 18	29	24	0.00	0.0
January 19	29	21	0.03	0.4
January 20	28	16	0.00	0.0
January 21	30	23	0.02	0.3
January 22	42	18	0.07	0.0
January 23	26	11	0.00	0.0
January 24	37	24	0.01	0.0
January 25	37	10	0.00	0.0
January 26	18	8	0.00	0.0
January 27	25	6	0.00	0.0
January 28	34	20	0.00	0.0
January 29	41	33	0.25	0.0
January 30	37	29	1.19	0.0
January 31	30	19	0.07	0.8

February 1939 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	36	17	0.00	0.0
February 2	40	32	0.10	0.3
February 3	40	34	1.50	0.0
February 4	34	23	0.00	0.0
February 5	35	21	0.00	0.0
February 6	41	33	0.02	0.1
February 7	43	32	0.56	4.4
February 8	44	34	0.00	0.0
February 9	46	34	0.00	0.0
February 10	42	32	0.51	0.0
February 11	43	22	0.25	0.0
February 12	40	20	0.00	0.0
February 13	55	34	0.00	0.0
February 14	48	38	0.00	0.0
February 15	62	29	0.42	0.4
February 16	29	15	0.00	0.0
February 17	39	14	0.00	0.0
February 18	55	35	0.00	0.0
February 19	56	42	0.00	0.0
February 20	69	48	0.00	0.0
February 21	52	36	0.00	0.0
February 22	38	18	0.10	0.3
February 23	29	16	0.00	0.0
February 24	44	24	0.00	0.0
February 25	36	24	0.00	0.0
February 26	52	34	1.59	0.0
February 27	52	40	0.00	0.0
February 28	57	34	1.15	0.0

March 1939 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	48	36	0.00	0.0
March 2	38	31	0.00	0.0
March 3	45	29	0.00	0.0
March 4	50	37	0.08	0.0
March 5	49	44	0.30	0.0
March 6	61	39	0.36	0.0
March 7	42	25	0.00	0.0
March 8	37	20	0.00	0.0
March 9	49	32	0.12	1.8
March 10	41	23	0.00	0.0
March 11	32	16	0.40	2.7
March 12	34	30	0.89	0.4
March 13	39	30	0.19	2.1
March 14	44	35	0.00	0.0
March 15	52	32	0.74	0.0
March 16	50	33	0.19	0.0
March 17	41	30	0.00	0.0
March 18	37	27	0.00	0.0
March 19	33	19	0.00	0.0
March 20	46	33	0.00	0.0
March 21	39	26	0.00	0.0
March 22	41	27	0.00	0.0
March 23	49	25	0.00	0.0
March 24	72	39	0.00	0.0
March 25	60	41	0.00	0.0
March 26	58	39	0.00	0.0
March 27	73	39	0.33	0.0
March 28	40	35	0.45	0.0
March 29	45	31	0.00	0.0
March 30	48	38	0.73	0.0
March 31	51	44	0.00	0.0

April 1939 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	54	39	0.54
April 2	46	39	0.93
April 3	44	38	0.00
April 4	41	33	0.00
April 5	55	32	0.00
April 6	55	42	1.30
April 7	50	35	0.00
April 8	42	36	0.00
April 9	46	33	0.10
April 10	46	40	0.05
April 11	74	40	0.18
April 12	53	32	0.01
April 13	51	30	0.00
April 14	56	39	0.00
April 15	57	45	0.00
April 16	52	39	0.01
April 17	47	39	0.25
April 18	50	39	0.17
April 19	57	47	0.38
April 20	61	46	0.00
April 21	61	48	0.00
April 22	64	50	0.07
April 23	71	48	0.00
April 24	66	51	0.00
April 25	86	51	0.00
April 26	51	47	0.12
April 27	58	47	0.00
April 28	46	42	0.08
April 29	58	44	0.00
April 30	62	43	0.07

May 1939 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	64	45	0.00
May 2	61	46	0.00
May 3	56	49	0.00
May 4	72	49	0.00
May 5	79	57	0.00
May 6	89	60	0.00
May 7	92	57	0.00
May 8	72	52	0.00
May 9	74	60	0.54
May 10	78	60	0.00
May 11	76	58	0.00
May 12	66	49	0.00
May 13	52	46	0.15
May 14	63	43	0.00
May 15	63	45	0.00
May 16	60	44	0.00
May 17	73	45	0.00
May 18	75	56	0.00
May 19	82	53	0.00
May 20	90	64	0.00
May 21	75	59	0.04
May 22	66	54	0.10
May 23	64	53	0.00
May 24	71	53	0.00
May 25	80	53	0.00
May 26	76	62	0.00
May 27	76	59	0.00
May 28	90	71	0.00
May 29	90	72	0.00
May 30	89	68	0.00
May 31	96	73	0.06

June 1939 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	80	63	0.00
June 2	76	62	0.00
June 3	75	60	0.00
June 4	80	60	0.10
June 5	87	61	0.00
June 6	83	61	0.00
June 7	78	56	0.00
June 8	91	61	0.00
June 9	94	73	0.00
June 10	86	67	0.17
June 11	87	67	0.02
June 12	85	71	0.00
June 13	81	66	1.04
June 14	79	64	0.37
June 15	76	60	0.00
June 16	86	68	0.00
June 17	93	62	0.02
June 18	72	61	0.00
June 19	68	59	0.06
June 20	84	63	0.07
June 21	89	68	0.00
June 22	80	66	0.00
June 23	84	66	0.02
June 24	85	63	0.00
June 25	78	66	0.00
June 26	77	63	0.00
June 27	75	62	0.00
June 28	82	64	0.00
June 29	80	69	0.03
June 30	82	70	1.90

July 1939 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	85	67	0.00
July 2	82	66	0.00
July 3	81	61	0.00
July 4	85	65	0.00
July 5	86	73	0.00
July 6	83	71	0.04
July 7	89	72	0.00
July 8	93	76	0.00
July 9	90	77	0.00
July 10	94	73	0.00
July 11	84	64	0.00
July 12	87	66	0.00
July 13	76	64	0.00
July 14	88	70	0.10
July 15	85	65	0.00
July 16	80	62	0.00
July 17	85	62	0.00
July 18	85	64	0.00
July 19	84	65	0.00
July 20	83	66	0.00
July 21	80	65	0.00
July 22	74	62	0.00
July 23	89	59	0.00
July 24	89	70	0.00
July 25	93	71	0.00
July 26	88	71	0.00
July 27	84	73	0.25
July 28	84	73	0.03
July 29	82	74	0.57
July 30	82	73	0.00
July 31	89	72	0.00

August 1939 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	94	74	0.00
August 2	86	69	0.00
August 3	89	73	0.08
August 4	84	68	0.07
August 5	89	69	0.00
August 6	86	71	0.00
August 7	90	72	0.00
August 8	81	72	0.08
August 9	94	72	0.00
August 10	91	70	0.00
August 11	88	71	0.00
August 12	86	71	0.00
August 13	90	74	0.04
August 14	92	72	0.04
August 15	90	72	0.00
August 16	84	74	0.37
August 17	90	75	0.00
August 18	88	74	0.00
August 19	78	68	2.31
August 20	89	74	0.02
August 21	90	74	0.00
August 22	90	74	0.00
August 23	90	71	0.00
August 24	87	72	0.01
August 25	83	70	1.05
August 26	81	70	0.19
August 27	81	67	0.00
August 28	77	68	0.00
August 29	71	65	0.06
August 30	69	62	0.28
August 31	69	64	0.23

September 1939 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	80	63	0.00
September 2	82	67	0.00
September 3	81	67	0.00
September 4	81	70	0.00
September 5	79	63	0.22
September 6	74	56	0.00
September 7	79	56	0.15
September 8	88	67	0.61
September 9	82	62	0.00
September 10	79	65	0.04
September 11	74	60	0.00
September 12	69	55	0.00
September 13	75	58	0.00
September 14	79	59	0.00
September 15	85	61	0.00
September 16	88	68	0.00
September 17	79	65	0.00
September 18	67	53	0.00
September 19	70	53	0.00
September 20	75	58	0.28
September 21	69	61	0.00
September 22	74	53	0.00
September 23	79	58	0.00
September 24	76	60	0.00
September 25	79	64	0.00
September 26	74	55	0.00
September 27	67	48	0.26
September 28	76	56	0.00
September 29	68	60	0.00
September 30	80	67	0.34

October 1939 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	67	53	0.68
October 2	55	48	0.73
October 3	53	47	0.20
October 4	65	51	0.00
October 5	74	51	0.00
October 6	75	58	0.00
October 7	81	60	0.00
October 8	72	58	0.00
October 9	84	63	0.00
October 10	91	65	0.00
October 11	75	55	0.00
October 12	62	52	0.00
October 13	68	51	0.00
October 14	60	45	0.00
October 15	57	37	0.00
October 16	65	42	0.00
October 17	60	41	0.00
October 18	54	35	0.00
October 19	69	46	0.00
October 20	77	56	0.00
October 21	73	57	0.40
October 22	69	50	0.03
October 23	54	41	0.00
October 24	54	38	0.00
October 25	57	39	0.00
October 26	71	55	0.02
October 27	69	57	0.24
October 28	67	42	0.10
October 29	52	36	0.00
October 30	54	44	0.53
October 31	51	42	1.38

November 1939 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	54	40	0.00
November 2	58	44	0.00
November 3	51	37	0.00
November 4	48	33	0.00
November 5	47	39	1.40
November 6	48	40	0.00
November 7	55	40	0.00
November 8	58	42	0.00
November 9	43	36	0.00
November 10	62	35	0.00
November 11	56	46	0.00
November 12	51	34	0.00
November 13	43	31	0.00
November 14	41	29	0.00
November 15	52	30	0.00
November 16	66	41	0.00
November 17	56	46	0.00
November 18	67	45	0.00
November 19	54	37	0.00
November 20	39	30	0.00
November 21	38	35	0.00
November 22	43	36	0.00
November 23	47	34	0.00
November 24	41	33	0.00
November 25	36	32	0.00
November 26	45	31	0.00
November 27	51	37	0.00
November 28	52	36	0.00
November 29	51	39	0.00
November 30	56	43	0.00

December 1939 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	54	39	0.00	0.0
December 2	55	47	0.35	0.0
December 3	55	44	0.00	0.0
December 4	46	39	0.00	0.0
December 5	44	37	0.00	0.0
December 6	41	37	0.00	0.0
December 7	52	36	0.00	0.0
December 8	44	33	0.00	0.0
December 9	48	31	0.00	0.0
December 10	61	44	0.15	0.0
December 11	53	23	0.01	0.0
December 12	36	20	0.00	0.0
December 13	43	32	0.23	0.0
December 14	40	27	0.00	0.0
December 15	38	25	0.00	0.0
December 16	44	35	0.00	0.0
December 17	53	39	0.00	0.0
December 18	50	41	0.00	0.0
December 19	46	39	0.00	0.0
December 20	53	40	0.38	0.0
December 21	40	35	0.00	0.0
December 22	35	28	0.01	0.2
December 23	37	26	0.00	0.0
December 24	28	18	0.00	0.0
December 25	39	23	0.00	0.0
December 26	34	19	0.00	0.0
December 27	19	13	0.00	0.0
December 28	32	14	0.00	0.0
December 29	38	29	0.00	0.0
December 30	36	27	0.26	2.9
December 31	35	18	0.00	0.0

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