Philadelphia Weather in 1928

Historical record of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania weather for the year 1928 based on NOAA data.

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1928 Philadelphia Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	98 °F	August 4
Lowest temperature	11 °F	February 26
Highest daily low	77 °F	July 19
Lowest daily high	22 °F	January 29
Most daily precipitation	1.4 inches	August 18
Most daily snow	10.4 inches	January 29
Total annual precipitation	37.8 inches	-
Total annual snow	19.0 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Philadelphia in 1928?

The highest temperature recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1928 was 98 °F which happened on August 4.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Philadelphia in 1928

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	98 °F	Aug 4
2	96 °F	Aug 5
2	96 °F	Aug 3
4	95 °F	Aug 9
5	94 °F	Aug 30
5	94 °F	Aug 10
7	93 °F	Aug 2
7	93 °F	Jul 19
7	93 °F	Jul 9
10	92 °F	Aug 29
10	92 °F	Jul 20
10	92 °F	Jul 3

What was the coldest temperature in Philadelphia in 1928?

The lowest temperature recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1928 was 11 °F which happened on Feb 26.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Philadelphia in 1928

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	11 °F	February 26
2	12 °F	January 30
2	12 °F	January 2
4	14 °F	January 4
4	14 °F	January 3
6	15 °F	February 19
7	16 °F	January 31
7	16 °F	January 1
9	17 °F	January 29
10	18 °F	January 22
10	18 °F	January 21

January 1928 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	48	16	0.00	0.0
January 2	26	12	0.00	0.0
January 3	24	14	0.00	0.0
January 4	26	14	0.00	0.0
January 5	34	21	0.00	0.0
January 6	49	28	0.00	0.0
January 7	57	32	0.00	0.0
January 8	51	37	0.00	0.0
January 9	43	35	0.08	0.0
January 10	47	32	0.03	0.0
January 11	57	37	0.00	0.0
January 12	50	36	0.00	0.0
January 13	56	41	0.00	0.0
January 14	52	41	0.00	0.0
January 15	61	33	0.00	0.0
January 16	34	27	0.00	0.0
January 17	50	34	0.01	0.0
January 18	44	36	0.00	0.0
January 19	46	38	0.00	0.0
January 20	42	20	0.37	0.0
January 21	25	18	0.00	0.0
January 22	34	18	0.00	0.0
January 23	50	31	0.00	0.0
January 24	54	28	0.00	0.0
January 25	55	28	0.56	0.0
January 26	45	24	0.00	0.0
January 27	33	21	0.00	0.0
January 28	30	21	0.01	0.2
January 29	22	17	1.00	10.4
January 30	24	12	0.00	0.0
January 31	31	16	0.00	0.0

February 1928 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	38	25	0.03	0.4
February 2	33	19	0.00	0.0
February 3	37	22	0.00	0.0
February 4	50	27	0.00	0.0
February 5	44	29	0.22	0.0
February 6	30	21	0.00	0.0
February 7	35	24	0.00	0.0
February 8	46	35	1.07	0.0
February 9	46	38	0.16	0.0
February 10	38	30	0.00	0.0
February 11	39	30	0.00	0.2
February 12	38	27	0.00	0.0
February 13	39	24	0.00	0.0
February 14	54	31	0.00	0.0
February 15	50	40	0.66	0.0
February 16	45	37	0.00	0.0
February 17	46	36	0.00	0.0
February 18	39	24	0.37	0.0
February 19	30	15	0.46	0.0
February 20	44	27	0.00	0.0
February 21	30	19	0.00	0.0
February 22	43	22	0.00	0.0
February 23	57	40	1.06	0.0
February 24	48	31	0.00	0.0
February 25	31	20	0.00	0.0
February 26	26	11	0.00	0.0
February 27	46	25	0.00	0.0
February 28	42	29	0.00	0.0
February 29	52	27	0.00	0.0

March 1928 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	46	31	0.11	0.0
March 2	41	28	0.00	0.0
March 3	39	26	0.04	0.2
March 4	43	20	0.00	0.0
March 5	38	24	0.00	0.0
March 6	38	22	0.00	0.0
March 7	49	29	0.00	0.0
March 8	47	31	0.00	0.0
March 9	37	33	0.00	0.0
March 10	37	31	0.56	2.5
March 11	41	30	0.00	0.0
March 12	56	35	0.18	0.0
March 13	58	37	0.00	0.0
March 14	54	41	0.05	0.0
March 15	48	34	0.00	0.0
March 16	39	32	0.00	0.0
March 17	46	33	0.11	0.0
March 18	41	32	0.06	0.0
March 19	40	31	0.40	0.0
March 20	45	31	0.01	0.0
March 21	46	30	0.00	0.0
March 22	50	35	0.00	0.0
March 23	56	39	0.02	0.0
March 24	75	37	0.00	0.0
March 25	75	56	0.00	0.0
March 26	74	47	0.00	0.0
March 27	61	32	0.00	0.0
March 28	52	31	0.00	0.0
March 29	49	36	0.00	0.0
March 30	43	36	0.35	0.0
March 31	46	32	0.22	0.0

April 1928 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	49	33	0.00	0.0
April 2	55	33	0.00	0.0
April 3	58	32	0.00	0.0
April 4	72	40	0.00	0.0
April 5	79	50	0.00	0.0
April 6	82	50	0.00	0.0
April 7	75	52	0.00	0.0
April 8	60	42	0.13	0.0
April 9	50	39	0.00	0.0
April 10	45	35	0.00	0.0
April 11	43	36	0.00	0.0
April 12	60	33	0.98	1.0
April 13	65	45	0.00	0.0
April 14	64	50	0.00	0.0
April 15	54	34	0.14	0.0
April 16	49	30	0.00	0.0
April 17	44	34	0.00	0.0
April 18	55	32	0.01	0.0
April 19	83	45	0.00	0.0
April 20	56	40	0.00	0.0
April 21	54	38	0.00	0.0
April 22	46	42	0.72	0.0
April 23	45	41	0.40	0.0
April 24	63	41	1.33	0.0
April 25	52	44	0.01	0.0
April 26	56	37	0.00	0.0
April 27	48	38	0.00	0.0
April 28	48	40	1.05	0.0
April 29	63	38	0.08	0.0
April 30	70	50	0.00	0.0

May 1928 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	72	55	0.02
May 2	72	50	0.01
May 3	78	50	0.00
May 4	88	52	0.00
May 5	91	55	0.00
May 6	65	50	0.01
May 7	65	47	0.05
May 8	65	45	0.01
May 9	57	43	0.28
May 10	78	46	0.35
May 11	77	54	0.00
May 12	65	50	0.18
May 13	64	42	0.00
May 14	68	45	0.00
May 15	74	46	0.00
May 16	79	56	0.00
May 17	71	56	0.00
May 18	74	58	0.00
May 19	71	58	0.20
May 20	73	56	0.02
May 21	78	59	0.00
May 22	76	56	0.00
May 23	72	53	0.00
May 24	66	49	0.01
May 25	66	48	0.00
May 26	70	50	0.37
May 27	66	54	0.32
May 28	73	57	0.08
May 29	71	56	0.00
May 30	74	53	0.00
May 31	74	54	0.00

June 1928 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	79	56	0.00
June 2	84	65	0.05
June 3	75	60	0.00
June 4	68	60	0.00
June 5	74	60	0.46
June 6	83	58	0.86
June 7	70	61	0.01
June 8	78	59	0.00
June 9	82	63	0.03
June 10	73	60	0.76
June 11	68	54	0.00
June 12	78	57	0.08
June 13	81	64	0.00
June 14	91	66	0.00
June 15	79	64	1.18
June 16	77	57	0.00
June 17	80	58	0.00
June 18	79	59	0.00
June 19	82	65	0.11
June 20	75	64	0.18
June 21	67	60	0.01
June 22	66	59	1.21
June 23	68	58	0.28
June 24	82	59	0.08
June 25	82	70	0.01
June 26	85	68	0.12
June 27	80	67	0.00
June 28	84	65	0.00
June 29	81	66	0.01
June 30	84	67	0.51

July 1928 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	86	65	0.02
July 2	89	65	0.00
July 3	92	69	0.00
July 4	88	67	0.00
July 5	87	64	1.05
July 6	81	63	0.30
July 7	86	63	0.01
July 8	89	67	0.00
July 9	93	72	0.00
July 10	83	69	0.00
July 11	82	69	0.19
July 12	88	67	0.00
July 13	79	67	0.08
July 14	77	69	0.05
July 15	82	64	0.28
July 16	90	70	0.00
July 17	90	70	0.00
July 18	91	73	0.00
July 19	93	77	0.00
July 20	92	75	0.00
July 21	75	65	0.38
July 22	79	67	0.01
July 23	86	72	0.01
July 24	89	68	0.01
July 25	90	70	0.00
July 26	90	69	0.00
July 27	86	70	0.00
July 28	90	71	0.82
July 29	80	64	0.00
July 30	84	60	0.00
July 31	86	59	0.00

August 1928 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	83	70	0.00
August 2	93	70	0.06
August 3	96	73	0.00
August 4	98	76	0.00
August 5	96	76	0.00
August 6	87	69	0.00
August 7	84	68	0.00
August 8	90	70	0.00
August 9	95	73	0.00
August 10	94	72	0.00
August 11	80	71	0.08
August 12	71	60	0.80
August 13	85	61	0.10
August 14	89	63	0.00
August 15	90	64	0.00
August 16	86	67	0.00
August 17	79	65	1.12
August 18	87	72	1.40
August 19	83	70	0.00
August 20	86	63	0.00
August 21	84	63	0.00
August 22	76	63	0.12
August 23	82	63	0.00
August 24	85	68	0.00
August 25	88	72	0.02
August 26	81	73	0.06
August 27	88	72	0.13
August 28	90	72	0.16
August 29	92	74	0.00
August 30	94	74	0.00
August 31	80	66	1.13

September 1928 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	73	60	0.00
September 2	79	55	0.00
September 3	80	67	0.06
September 4	75	62	0.15
September 5	69	57	0.00
September 6	58	52	0.75
September 7	67	58	0.70
September 8	79	61	0.01
September 9	84	58	0.00
September 10	82	64	0.00
September 11	81	65	0.00
September 12	86	66	0.00
September 13	89	71	0.00
September 14	85	64	0.02
September 15	77	58	0.00
September 16	82	65	0.00
September 17	85	68	0.00
September 18	69	58	0.00
September 19	66	55	0.41
September 20	81	62	0.60
September 21	78	59	0.00
September 22	72	54	0.00
September 23	75	51	0.00
September 24	64	48	0.00
September 25	62	43	0.00
September 26	60	45	0.05
September 27	65	45	0.00
September 28	64	47	0.00
September 29	54	51	0.00
September 30	56	48	0.81

October 1928 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	68	43	0.01
October 2	65	43	0.00
October 3	75	50	0.02
October 4	77	54	0.01
October 5	79	56	0.00
October 6	76	55	0.07
October 7	75	52	0.00
October 8	72	47	0.00
October 9	79	56	0.00
October 10	70	54	0.00
October 11	76	48	0.00
October 12	85	56	0.00
October 13	87	61	0.00
October 14	66	49	0.00
October 15	63	44	0.00
October 16	77	60	0.00
October 17	82	68	0.00
October 18	81	67	0.00
October 19	80	63	1.09
October 20	65	49	0.04
October 21	65	45	0.00
October 22	61	45	0.00
October 23	75	58	0.07
October 24	59	46	0.01
October 25	57	43	0.00
October 26	52	38	0.00
October 27	48	33	0.02
October 28	59	45	0.00
October 29	49	33	0.00
October 30	50	32	0.00
October 31	57	33	0.00

November 1928 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	63	33	0.00
November 2	59	42	0.09
November 3	63	52	0.17
November 4	57	49	0.26
November 5	59	43	0.00
November 6	66	47	0.00
November 7	64	45	0.00
November 8	62	39	0.30
November 9	46	38	0.00
November 10	46	32	0.00
November 11	54	38	0.00
November 12	44	34	0.16
November 13	54	38	0.00
November 14	56	35	0.00
November 15	64	46	0.00
November 16	71	51	0.01
November 17	67	51	0.00
November 18	74	57	0.01
November 19	71	53	0.46
November 20	53	40	0.00
November 21	45	36	0.14
November 22	50	37	0.00
November 23	44	34	0.00
November 24	45	36	0.00
November 25	44	28	0.00
November 26	36	24	0.00
November 27	46	35	0.00
November 28	46	34	0.00
November 29	52	41	0.00
November 30	55	43	0.00

December 1928 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	53	40	0.00	0.0
December 2	52	38	0.00	0.0
December 3	49	32	0.00	0.0
December 4	54	40	0.00	0.0
December 5	51	31	0.12	0.0
December 6	39	26	0.08	0.0
December 7	36	26	0.00	0.0
December 8	35	27	0.11	0.9
December 9	34	25	0.39	3.2
December 10	40	23	0.00	0.0
December 11	48	29	0.00	0.0
December 12	48	39	0.00	0.0
December 13	53	32	0.00	0.0
December 14	43	33	0.09	0.0
December 15	52	40	0.47	0.0
December 16	52	42	0.00	0.0
December 17	59	35	0.00	0.0
December 18	59	34	0.40	0.0
December 19	46	29	0.00	0.0
December 20	43	34	0.00	0.0
December 21	38	24	0.00	0.0
December 22	31	19	0.00	0.0
December 23	39	22	0.00	0.0
December 24	45	25	0.00	0.0
December 25	49	29	0.00	0.0
December 26	46	32	0.00	0.0
December 27	42	28	0.00	0.0
December 28	48	35	0.32	0.0
December 29	44	32	0.00	0.0
December 30	37	29	0.00	0.0
December 31	49	26	0.00	0.0

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