Philadelphia Weather in 1938

Historical record of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania weather for the year 1938 based on NOAA data.

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1938 Philadelphia Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	96 °F	August 15
Lowest temperature	12 °F	January 19
Highest daily low	78 °F	August 16
Lowest daily high	26 °F	January 28
Most daily precipitation	2.6 inches	September 19
Most daily snow	4.0 inches	February 20
Total annual precipitation	43.9 inches	-
Total annual snow	19.4 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Philadelphia in 1938?

The highest temperature recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1938 was 96 °F which happened on August 15.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Philadelphia in 1938

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	96 °F	Aug 15
2	95 °F	Aug 16
2	95 °F	Jul 11
4	94 °F	Aug 3
4	94 °F	Jul 10
6	92 °F	Jul 29
6	92 °F	Jul 28
6	92 °F	Jul 17
6	92 °F	Jul 8
6	92 °F	Jun 12
6	92 °F	Jun 7

What was the coldest temperature in Philadelphia in 1938?

The lowest temperature recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1938 was 12 °F which happened on Jan 19.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Philadelphia in 1938

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	12 °F	January 19
2	14 °F	March 4
3	15 °F	January 18
4	17 °F	February 28
5	18 °F	November 26
5	18 °F	March 1
5	18 °F	January 28
8	19 °F	November 25
8	19 °F	February 16
10	20 °F	December 29
10	20 °F	January 27

January 1938 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	44	34	0.26	0.0
January 2	43	34	0.01	0.0
January 3	39	29	0.00	0.0
January 4	47	29	0.00	0.0
January 5	55	31	0.00	0.0
January 6	50	30	0.05	0.0
January 7	37	28	0.65	0.0
January 8	37	28	0.00	0.0
January 9	30	21	0.00	0.0
January 10	34	21	0.01	0.0
January 11	30	28	0.25	2.0
January 12	36	27	0.06	0.0
January 13	40	33	0.01	0.0
January 14	36	30	0.00	0.0
January 15	34	24	0.00	0.0
January 16	37	22	0.00	0.0
January 17	37	28	0.02	0.0
January 18	28	15	0.00	0.0
January 19	28	12	0.00	0.0
January 20	42	25	0.00	0.0
January 21	36	26	0.28	0.0
January 22	37	33	0.03	0.0
January 23	50	32	0.00	0.0
January 24	55	32	0.40	0.0
January 25	57	35	0.34	0.0
January 26	35	22	0.00	0.0
January 27	27	20	0.00	0.0
January 28	26	18	0.00	0.0
January 29	36	21	0.00	0.0
January 30	56	29	0.00	0.0
January 31	56	n/a	0.39	0.0

February 1938 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	n/a	23	0.00	0.0
February 2	40	22	0.00	0.0
February 3	53	33	0.04	0.0
February 4	50	31	0.02	0.0
February 5	46	31	0.00	0.0
February 6	63	37	0.04	0.0
February 7	57	37	0.03	0.0
February 8	47	32	0.00	0.0
February 9	50	33	0.02	0.0
February 10	55	36	0.01	0.0
February 11	36	25	0.01	0.0
February 12	41	28	0.02	0.0
February 13	47	39	0.00	0.0
February 14	63	37	0.00	0.0
February 15	37	24	0.00	0.0
February 16	35	19	0.00	0.0
February 17	40	23	0.00	0.0
February 18	64	35	0.00	0.0
February 19	55	38	0.18	0.0
February 20	39	30	1.22	4.0
February 21	35	24	0.00	0.0
February 22	40	25	0.01	0.0
February 23	42	37	0.58	0.0
February 24	40	34	0.00	0.0
February 25	34	27	0.00	0.0
February 26	36	23	0.00	0.0
February 27	41	32	0.01	0.0
February 28	38	17	0.00	0.0

March 1938 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	52	18	0.00	0.0
March 2	55	37	0.00	0.0
March 3	49	24	0.05	0.0
March 4	32	14	0.00	0.0
March 5	56	30	0.17	0.0
March 6	57	34	0.03	0.0
March 7	46	33	0.00	0.0
March 8	49	36	0.00	0.0
March 9	46	33	0.00	0.0
March 10	36	28	0.17	1.7
March 11	43	23	0.00	0.0
March 12	51	36	0.00	0.0
March 13	58	41	0.24	0.0
March 14	57	39	0.31	0.0
March 15	47	33	0.11	0.0
March 16	48	36	0.08	0.0
March 17	46	39	0.22	0.0
March 18	58	38	0.00	0.0
March 19	63	41	0.00	0.0
March 20	64	47	0.00	0.0
March 21	76	53	0.00	0.0
March 22	79	45	0.00	0.0
March 23	77	49	0.00	0.0
March 24	64	42	0.01	0.0
March 25	55	38	0.00	0.0
March 26	57	40	0.01	0.0
March 27	55	38	0.00	0.0
March 28	57	34	0.00	0.0
March 29	61	40	0.00	0.0
March 30	52	44	0.22	0.0
March 31	54	46	0.00	0.0

April 1938 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	65	52	0.00
April 2	53	41	0.01
April 3	49	37	0.00
April 4	54	37	0.00
April 5	49	37	0.00
April 6	38	31	0.00
April 7	38	32	0.02
April 8	41	38	1.05
April 9	58	39	0.01
April 10	48	38	0.00
April 11	60	34	0.00
April 12	71	44	0.00
April 13	76	45	0.00
April 14	82	51	0.00
April 15	84	54	0.00
April 16	65	43	0.00
April 17	62	41	0.00
April 18	72	57	0.67
April 19	74	57	0.00
April 20	85	53	0.00
April 21	74	55	0.00
April 22	68	50	0.06
April 23	59	46	0.00
April 24	63	41	0.00
April 25	69	42	0.00
April 26	71	45	0.00
April 27	78	47	0.00
April 28	86	58	0.00
April 29	80	58	0.00
April 30	67	51	0.06

May 1938 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	67	50	0.00
May 2	82	55	0.00
May 3	80	53	0.00
May 4	73	55	0.00
May 5	78	53	0.00
May 6	83	58	0.00
May 7	81	52	0.00
May 8	70	53	0.00
May 9	64	52	0.10
May 10	64	53	0.28
May 11	67	51	0.00
May 12	60	43	0.22
May 13	64	43	0.00
May 14	59	48	0.78
May 15	56	48	0.27
May 16	72	52	0.02
May 17	76	55	0.00
May 18	68	56	0.00
May 19	71	53	0.00
May 20	72	57	0.00
May 21	78	64	0.00
May 22	76	60	0.26
May 23	74	55	0.00
May 24	79	60	0.16
May 25	67	50	0.00
May 26	59	51	0.64
May 27	66	57	0.27
May 28	79	57	0.00
May 29	64	52	0.00
May 30	63	48	0.00
May 31	67	47	0.00

June 1938 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	74	44	0.00
June 2	77	50	0.00
June 3	75	64	0.00
June 4	72	62	0.04
June 5	78	59	0.00
June 6	82	57	0.00
June 7	92	64	0.60
June 8	78	65	0.00
June 9	80	63	0.00
June 10	82	59	0.00
June 11	88	65	0.80
June 12	92	68	0.13
June 13	76	60	0.00
June 14	79	61	0.01
June 15	74	59	0.00
June 16	77	57	0.00
June 17	77	58	0.00
June 18	86	66	0.00
June 19	83	70	0.00
June 20	81	65	0.00
June 21	87	65	0.00
June 22	77	66	0.10
June 23	83	67	0.38
June 24	90	67	0.00
June 25	90	71	0.00
June 26	90	65	1.50
June 27	65	61	2.36
June 28	62	60	0.13
June 29	77	58	0.00
June 30	78	60	0.00

July 1938 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	80	62	0.10
July 2	83	67	0.05
July 3	77	61	0.00
July 4	78	59	0.00
July 5	84	62	0.00
July 6	88	65	0.00
July 7	88	65	0.00
July 8	92	65	0.00
July 9	90	70	0.00
July 10	94	73	0.00
July 11	95	75	0.05
July 12	87	70	0.53
July 13	90	72	0.00
July 14	87	74	0.21
July 15	88	67	0.30
July 16	87	69	0.00
July 17	92	70	0.00
July 18	89	74	0.10
July 19	87	72	0.00
July 20	84	72	1.57
July 21	83	70	1.02
July 22	79	72	0.03
July 23	81	69	1.05
July 24	77	66	0.19
July 25	84	67	0.19
July 26	79	69	0.09
July 27	89	69	0.00
July 28	92	73	0.00
July 29	92	73	0.00
July 30	88	72	0.00
July 31	90	74	0.00

August 1938 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	91	74	0.13
August 2	90	74	0.12
August 3	94	74	0.00
August 4	89	76	0.00
August 5	90	77	0.00
August 6	89	77	0.00
August 7	88	73	0.00
August 8	84	73	0.03
August 9	89	72	0.00
August 10	87	71	0.05
August 11	89	73	0.00
August 12	80	68	0.00
August 13	86	73	0.00
August 14	90	70	0.00
August 15	96	78	0.00
August 16	95	78	0.00
August 17	91	76	1.42
August 18	80	72	0.02
August 19	85	65	0.00
August 20	87	66	0.00
August 21	87	65	0.00
August 22	89	68	0.12
August 23	86	68	0.00
August 24	81	73	0.00
August 25	78	62	0.00
August 26	81	60	0.00
August 27	88	66	0.01
August 28	82	65	0.00
August 29	82	63	0.00
August 30	86	63	0.00
August 31	86	67	0.72

September 1938 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	81	69	0.02
September 2	72	63	0.00
September 3	78	57	0.00
September 4	86	65	0.00
September 5	78	65	0.00
September 6	76	56	0.00
September 7	82	62	0.08
September 8	71	61	0.00
September 9	67	52	0.00
September 10	70	50	0.00
September 11	70	56	0.00
September 12	76	65	0.00
September 13	82	67	0.01
September 14	81	60	0.12
September 15	85	72	0.00
September 16	73	65	0.00
September 17	65	55	0.20
September 18	69	60	0.16
September 19	72	65	2.57
September 20	70	60	2.55
September 21	60	54	1.80
September 22	66	50	0.00
September 23	78	56	0.00
September 24	83	57	0.00
September 25	68	50	0.00
September 26	74	57	0.00
September 27	80	53	1.72
September 28	73	54	0.00
September 29	69	58	0.10
September 30	60	52	0.07

October 1938 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	65	49	0.00
October 2	61	45	0.00
October 3	62	47	0.00
October 4	66	44	0.00
October 5	71	46	0.00
October 6	58	47	0.60
October 7	56	43	0.00
October 8	65	40	0.00
October 9	65	52	0.00
October 10	68	46	0.00
October 11	75	50	0.00
October 12	75	55	0.00
October 13	73	50	0.00
October 14	72	57	0.00
October 15	68	56	0.00
October 16	78	52	0.00
October 17	88	54	0.00
October 18	76	56	0.00
October 19	76	57	0.00
October 20	78	54	0.42
October 21	58	46	0.00
October 22	67	45	0.00
October 23	68	48	0.00
October 24	64	48	0.76
October 25	60	46	0.00
October 26	69	42	0.00
October 27	64	49	0.00
October 28	57	49	0.21
October 29	64	55	0.17
October 30	62	48	0.00
October 31	58	41	0.00

November 1938 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	63	41	0.00	0.0
November 2	71	40	0.00	0.0
November 3	62	45	0.00	0.0
November 4	70	46	0.09	0.0
November 5	72	61	0.01	0.0
November 6	74	64	0.10	0.0
November 7	76	61	0.00	0.0
November 8	73	45	0.32	0.0
November 9	54	39	0.00	0.0
November 10	59	38	0.00	0.0
November 11	63	42	0.00	0.0
November 12	70	46	0.00	0.0
November 13	69	52	0.24	0.0
November 14	52	42	0.00	0.0
November 15	52	38	0.00	0.0
November 16	44	34	0.00	0.0
November 17	54	37	0.06	0.0
November 18	71	42	0.00	0.0
November 19	67	44	2.12	0.0
November 20	54	42	0.00	0.0
November 21	56	40	0.00	0.0
November 22	58	40	0.00	0.0
November 23	47	36	0.16	0.0
November 24	36	25	0.35	3.5
November 25	30	19	0.25	2.0
November 26	31	18	0.20	3.0
November 27	36	23	0.30	3.0
November 28	33	21	0.00	0.0
November 29	43	23	0.00	0.0
November 30	50	29	0.00	0.0

December 1938 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	42	29	0.00	0.0
December 2	31	21	0.00	0.0
December 3	54	28	0.40	0.0
December 4	51	38	0.27	0.0
December 5	58	39	1.00	0.0
December 6	54	42	0.00	0.0
December 7	52	36	0.00	0.0
December 8	56	32	0.00	0.0
December 9	51	46	0.00	0.0
December 10	49	38	0.00	0.0
December 11	46	36	0.00	0.0
December 12	49	36	0.04	0.0
December 13	42	31	0.00	0.0
December 14	46	29	0.00	0.0
December 15	37	26	0.00	0.0
December 16	36	21	0.00	0.0
December 17	44	34	0.00	0.0
December 18	41	37	0.00	0.0
December 19	39	36	0.00	0.0
December 20	40	29	0.00	0.0
December 21	41	30	0.00	0.0
December 22	37	24	0.00	0.0
December 23	30	24	0.01	0.1
December 24	39	30	0.00	0.0
December 25	43	32	0.00	0.0
December 26	45	27	0.50	0.0
December 27	53	26	0.34	0.0
December 28	28	21	0.00	0.0
December 29	36	20	0.01	0.1
December 30	37	26	0.00	0.0
December 31	37	27	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1941–2024	Philadelphia International Airport	location
1916–1940	Philadelphia Naval Yard	location
1894–1915	Drexel University	location