Philadelphia Weather in 1939

Historical record of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania weather for the year 1939 based on NOAA data.

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1939 Philadelphia Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	97 °F	June 17
Lowest temperature	13 °F	February 16
Highest daily low	75 °F	August 21
Lowest daily high	17 °F	January 26
Most daily precipitation	3.6 inches	August 19
Most daily snow	3.0 inches	January 13
Total annual precipitation	48.6 inches	-
Total annual snow	16.8 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Philadelphia in 1939?

The highest temperature recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1939 was 97 °F which happened on June 17.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Philadelphia in 1939

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	97 °F	Jun 17
2	95 °F	Sep 8
2	95 °F	Jul 25
2	95 °F	May 31
5	94 °F	Aug 13
5	94 °F	Aug 9
7	93 °F	Aug 1
7	93 °F	Jun 11
9	92 °F	Aug 17
9	92 °F	Jul 8
9	92 °F	Jun 9

What was the coldest temperature in Philadelphia in 1939?

The lowest temperature recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1939 was 13 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Philadelphia in 1939

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	13 °F	February 16
1	13 °F	January 26
3	14 °F	January 27
4	16 °F	February 17
4	16 °F	January 25
6	17 °F	February 23
6	17 °F	January 23
6	17 °F	January 20
9	18 °F	December 27
9	18 °F	January 28

January 1939 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	45	35	0.00	0.0
January 2	52	39	0.00	0.0
January 3	48	34	0.00	0.0
January 4	38	32	0.00	0.0
January 5	42	35	0.00	0.0
January 6	55	38	0.70	0.0
January 7	51	38	0.00	0.0
January 8	50	36	0.00	0.0
January 9	52	30	0.00	0.0
January 10	55	44	0.09	0.0
January 11	47	38	0.00	0.0
January 12	41	31	0.00	0.0
January 13	32	25	1.10	3.0
January 14	32	25	0.29	2.9
January 15	36	19	0.00	0.0
January 16	34	20	0.00	0.0
January 17	40	30	0.00	0.0
January 18	31	22	0.20	2.0
January 19	31	20	0.03	0.3
January 20	30	17	0.00	0.0
January 21	34	23	0.02	0.2
January 22	44	20	0.02	0.0
January 23	27	17	0.00	0.0
January 24	37	19	0.02	0.0
January 25	37	16	0.00	0.0
January 26	17	13	0.02	0.2
January 27	25	14	0.00	0.0
January 28	35	18	0.00	0.0
January 29	40	32	0.70	0.0
January 30	35	33	1.15	0.0
January 31	33	21	0.53	1.9

February 1939 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	37	21	0.00	0.0
February 2	37	32	0.90	0.0
February 3	40	35	1.00	0.0
February 4	36	26	0.00	0.0
February 5	35	27	0.00	0.0
February 6	43	29	0.08	0.0
February 7	46	34	0.12	0.0
February 8	48	32	0.00	0.0
February 9	48	33	0.03	0.0
February 10	42	34	0.43	0.0
February 11	42	38	0.46	0.0
February 12	41	24	0.00	0.0
February 13	55	32	0.00	0.0
February 14	54	33	0.00	0.0
February 15	66	34	0.70	0.0
February 16	35	13	0.00	0.0
February 17	41	16	0.00	0.0
February 18	61	33	0.00	0.0
February 19	66	32	0.00	0.0
February 20	70	54	0.00	0.0
February 21	54	40	0.03	0.0
February 22	41	21	0.04	0.4
February 23	27	17	0.00	0.0
February 24	43	22	0.00	0.0
February 25	39	28	0.00	0.0
February 26	57	35	1.04	0.0
February 27	54	39	0.00	0.0
February 28	57	38	1.10	0.0

March 1939 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	56	37	0.00	0.0
March 2	40	30	0.00	0.0
March 3	46	26	0.00	0.0
March 4	48	32	0.03	0.0
March 5	55	43	0.51	0.0
March 6	60	44	0.18	0.0
March 7	46	31	0.00	0.0
March 8	38	23	0.00	0.0
March 9	62	32	0.00	0.0
March 10	46	31	0.00	0.0
March 11	34	21	0.07	0.6
March 12	38	32	0.65	0.0
March 13	42	31	0.15	0.0
March 14	48	35	0.00	0.0
March 15	55	30	0.60	0.0
March 16	48	33	0.00	0.0
March 17	41	31	0.00	0.0
March 18	38	27	0.00	0.0
March 19	35	22	0.00	0.0
March 20	50	31	0.03	0.0
March 21	42	28	0.00	0.0
March 22	41	26	0.22	2.2
March 23	51	29	0.00	0.0
March 24	71	37	0.00	0.0
March 25	81	43	0.44	0.0
March 26	62	41	0.00	0.0
March 27	69	42	0.25	0.0
March 28	43	38	0.27	0.0
March 29	49	31	0.00	0.0
March 30	51	36	0.91	0.0
March 31	49	42	0.00	0.0

April 1939 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	57	37	0.61
April 2	50	41	0.16
April 3	46	39	0.00
April 4	45	35	0.00
April 5	54	33	0.00
April 6	56	41	2.05
April 7	48	37	0.00
April 8	44	34	0.00
April 9	49	34	0.02
April 10	68	39	0.18
April 11	77	47	0.06
April 12	52	31	0.00
April 13	54	30	0.00
April 14	52	36	0.00
April 15	61	47	0.02
April 16	50	39	0.22
April 17	45	38	0.53
April 18	52	40	0.32
April 19	62	47	0.86
April 20	58	44	0.00
April 21	66	40	0.00
April 22	60	48	0.07
April 23	68	43	0.00
April 24	79	48	0.00
April 25	86	58	0.00
April 26	68	51	1.64
April 27	69	51	0.00
April 28	55	43	0.00
April 29	55	43	0.00
April 30	55	43	0.09

May 1939 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	61	49	0.00
May 2	60	39	0.00
May 3	58	47	0.00
May 4	71	51	0.00
May 5	78	58	0.00
May 6	86	62	0.00
May 7	91	61	0.00
May 8	84	64	0.00
May 9	81	61	1.18
May 10	79	61	0.00
May 11	77	60	0.00
May 12	66	50	0.00
May 13	55	42	0.03
May 14	62	41	0.00
May 15	63	42	0.00
May 16	60	44	0.00
May 17	72	43	0.00
May 18	69	55	0.00
May 19	84	51	0.00
May 20	85	64	0.00
May 21	84	64	0.28
May 22	85	59	1.50
May 23	77	62	0.00
May 24	73	54	0.00
May 25	77	52	0.00
May 26	82	57	0.00
May 27	87	58	0.00
May 28	89	71	0.00
May 29	90	70	0.00
May 30	90	70	0.00
May 31	95	70	0.00

June 1939 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	78	55	0.28
June 2	73	55	0.25
June 3	79	57	0.00
June 4	76	60	0.06
June 5	84	59	0.00
June 6	88	59	0.00
June 7	78	59	0.00
June 8	91	60	0.00
June 9	92	73	0.00
June 10	86	68	0.12
June 11	93	67	0.37
June 12	83	69	0.00
June 13	82	67	0.62
June 14	77	65	0.21
June 15	80	60	0.00
June 16	91	68	0.00
June 17	97	60	0.00
June 18	65	60	0.36
June 19	n/a	61	0.58
June 20	87	n/a	1.10
June 21	85	70	0.00
June 22	82	63	0.00
June 23	86	66	0.05
June 24	82	62	0.00
June 25	79	67	0.00
June 26	78	64	0.00
June 27	80	62	0.00
June 28	78	62	0.00
June 29	77	64	0.30
June 30	86	71	1.39

July 1939 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	82	67	0.00
July 2	82	65	0.00
July 3	82	59	0.00
July 4	89	64	0.00
July 5	82	70	0.00
July 6	86	70	0.00
July 7	90	71	0.00
July 8	92	74	0.10
July 9	85	74	0.24
July 10	90	73	0.00
July 11	80	62	0.00
July 12	87	64	0.00
July 13	78	65	0.02
July 14	89	68	0.32
July 15	80	64	0.00
July 16	77	61	0.00
July 17	83	64	0.00
July 18	78	66	0.00
July 19	85	72	0.00
July 20	81	63	0.00
July 21	78	61	0.00
July 22	77	64	0.00
July 23	84	55	0.00
July 24	89	68	0.00
July 25	95	71	0.00
July 26	90	71	0.30
July 27	83	70	0.57
July 28	86	70	0.00
July 29	84	72	0.53
July 30	87	74	1.25
July 31	86	73	0.00

August 1939 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	93	73	0.00
August 2	89	73	0.00
August 3	91	72	0.53
August 4	82	71	0.00
August 5	87	69	0.00
August 6	87	65	0.00
August 7	89	70	0.00
August 8	84	70	0.38
August 9	94	73	0.00
August 10	87	75	0.00
August 11	87	68	0.00
August 12	87	69	0.00
August 13	94	73	0.00
August 14	88	72	0.44
August 15	89	73	0.00
August 16	90	74	0.00
August 17	92	73	0.12
August 18	89	72	0.00
August 19	76	72	3.57
August 20	91	70	0.00
August 21	90	75	0.00
August 22	86	73	0.00
August 23	88	67	0.00
August 24	89	71	0.12
August 25	77	72	0.04
August 26	80	72	0.00
August 27	81	68	0.00
August 28	76	69	0.00
August 29	72	61	0.40
August 30	69	58	1.45
August 31	75	64	0.00

September 1939 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	84	61	0.00
September 2	83	66	0.00
September 3	83	68	0.00
September 4	84	68	0.06
September 5	79	63	0.20
September 6	73	55	0.00
September 7	73	63	0.06
September 8	95	65	0.00
September 9	80	66	0.00
September 10	81	67	0.00
September 11	73	61	0.00
September 12	69	56	0.00
September 13	75	57	0.24
September 14	80	57	0.00
September 15	83	58	0.00
September 16	86	64	0.00
September 17	82	59	0.00
September 18	68	52	0.00
September 19	73	50	0.00
September 20	78	57	0.00
September 21	71	59	0.00
September 22	74	51	0.00
September 23	80	55	0.00
September 24	85	61	0.00
September 25	82	61	0.00
September 26	80	56	0.00
September 27	65	54	0.00
September 28	75	59	0.00
September 29	73	60	0.00
September 30	85	68	0.70

October 1939 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	68	55	0.54
October 2	55	48	1.08
October 3	54	47	0.02
October 4	60	53	0.00
October 5	70	52	0.00
October 6	77	59	0.00
October 7	81	57	0.00
October 8	76	56	0.00
October 9	87	64	0.00
October 10	90	62	0.00
October 11	74	55	0.00
October 12	62	51	0.00
October 13	65	48	0.00
October 14	59	45	0.00
October 15	56	40	0.00
October 16	63	38	0.00
October 17	62	41	0.00
October 18	52	36	0.00
October 19	70	38	0.00
October 20	70	55	0.00
October 21	77	48	0.25
October 22	67	53	0.00
October 23	57	47	0.00
October 24	53	42	0.00
October 25	57	44	0.00
October 26	76	54	0.00
October 27	72	55	0.07
October 28	66	41	0.28
October 29	50	37	0.00
October 30	56	38	0.46
October 31	53	46	1.35

November 1939 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	57	42	0.00
November 2	58	42	0.00
November 3	50	36	0.00
November 4	49	32	0.00
November 5	47	40	0.72
November 6	52	41	0.00
November 7	56	39	0.00
November 8	59	43	0.00
November 9	49	37	0.00
November 10	62	33	0.00
November 11	57	42	0.00
November 12	51	34	0.00
November 13	47	39	0.00
November 14	45	35	0.00
November 15	51	33	0.00
November 16	68	36	0.00
November 17	63	41	0.00
November 18	69	37	0.00
November 19	55	41	0.00
November 20	40	33	0.00
November 21	39	34	0.00
November 22	40	34	0.25
November 23	47	36	0.00
November 24	43	33	0.00
November 25	38	35	0.00
November 26	46	33	0.00
November 27	55	37	0.00
November 28	55	37	0.00
November 29	54	37	0.00
November 30	50	39	0.00

December 1939 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	48	33	0.01	0.0
December 2	55	45	0.27	0.0
December 3	50	42	0.05	0.0
December 4	46	37	0.00	0.0
December 5	43	36	0.00	0.0
December 6	43	35	0.00	0.0
December 7	55	35	0.00	0.0
December 8	51	38	0.00	0.0
December 9	51	33	0.00	0.0
December 10	63	46	0.03	0.0
December 11	51	25	0.00	0.0
December 12	40	23	0.00	0.0
December 13	46	32	0.32	0.0
December 14	44	33	0.00	0.0
December 15	40	29	0.00	0.0
December 16	46	34	0.00	0.0
December 17	55	38	0.00	0.0
December 18	57	41	0.00	0.0
December 19	49	35	0.00	0.0
December 20	57	40	0.33	0.0
December 21	39	32	0.00	0.0
December 22	38	33	0.00	0.0
December 23	40	29	0.00	0.0
December 24	31	23	0.00	0.0
December 25	39	26	0.00	0.0
December 26	41	28	0.00	0.0
December 27	28	18	0.15	2.0
December 28	33	22	0.00	0.0
December 29	36	29	0.03	0.3
December 30	36	26	0.08	0.8
December 31	33	20	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