Philadelphia Weather in 1946

Historical record of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania weather for the year 1946 based on NOAA data.

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1946 Philadelphia Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	96 °F	July 20
Lowest temperature	10 °F	January 23
Highest daily low	73 °F	July 20
Lowest daily high	25 °F	January 16
Most daily precipitation	3.0 inches	July 22
Most daily snow	3.3 inches	February 19
Total annual precipitation	38.1 inches	-
Total annual snow	5.1 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Philadelphia in 1946?

The highest temperature recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1946 was 96 °F which happened on July 20.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Philadelphia in 1946

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	96 °F	Jul 20
2	94 °F	Jul 7
3	92 °F	Jun 26
3	92 °F	Jun 25
5	91 °F	Jul 19
5	91 °F	Jul 18
5	91 °F	Jul 14
5	91 °F	Jun 27
5	91 °F	Jun 8
10	90 °F	Aug 5
10	90 °F	Jul 21
10	90 °F	Jul 10
10	90 °F	Jul 8
10	90 °F	Jun 28

What was the coldest temperature in Philadelphia in 1946?

The lowest temperature recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1946 was 10 °F which happened on Jan 23.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Philadelphia in 1946

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	10 °F	January 23
2	11 °F	January 20
3	12 °F	February 4
4	13 °F	January 22
5	14 °F	December 3
5	14 °F	December 2
5	14 °F	January 24
5	14 °F	January 16
9	16 °F	February 16
9	16 °F	January 19
9	16 °F	January 15

January 1946 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	34	24	0.00	0.0
January 2	30	19	0.00	0.0
January 3	39	22	0.00	0.0
January 4	41	25	0.00	0.0
January 5	52	29	0.00	0.0
January 6	65	50	0.02	0.0
January 7	62	55	0.04	0.0
January 8	56	43	0.00	0.0
January 9	50	39	0.34	0.0
January 10	52	38	0.00	0.0
January 11	41	30	0.02	0.0
January 12	51	35	0.22	0.0
January 13	46	26	0.00	0.0
January 14	35	20	0.00	0.0
January 15	40	16	0.00	0.0
January 16	25	14	0.00	0.0
January 17	35	22	0.00	0.0
January 18	40	23	0.00	0.0
January 19	40	16	0.00	0.0
January 20	27	11	0.21	1.8
January 21	34	27	0.09	0.0
January 22	33	13	0.00	0.0
January 23	30	10	0.00	0.0
January 24	38	14	0.01	0.0
January 25	40	29	0.00	0.0
January 26	44	26	0.00	0.0
January 27	30	18	0.00	0.0
January 28	38	17	0.00	0.0
January 29	43	26	0.00	0.0
January 30	46	30	0.20	0.0
January 31	53	35	0.24	0.0

February 1946 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	38	29	0.00	0.0
February 2	45	27	0.00	0.0
February 3	31	19	0.00	0.0
February 4	33	12	0.00	0.0
February 5	33	20	0.00	0.0
February 6	52	31	0.30	0.0
February 7	40	31	0.00	0.0
February 8	43	26	0.00	0.0
February 9	41	33	0.14	0.0
February 10	40	33	0.00	0.0
February 11	41	26	0.00	0.0
February 12	44	24	0.00	0.0
February 13	48	28	0.00	0.0
February 14	67	33	0.01	0.0
February 15	33	18	0.00	0.0
February 16	39	16	0.00	0.0
February 17	57	31	0.00	0.0
February 18	41	26	0.00	0.0
February 19	37	22	0.69	3.3
February 20	41	32	0.23	0.0
February 21	32	22	0.00	0.0
February 22	40	22	0.00	0.0
February 23	43	29	0.00	0.0
February 24	39	31	0.01	0.0
February 25	34	27	0.00	0.0
February 26	48	26	0.00	0.0
February 27	70	32	0.36	0.0
February 28	43	32	0.03	0.0

March 1946 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	52	26	0.00
March 2	48	29	0.04
March 3	52	36	0.00
March 4	70	35	0.00
March 5	75	42	0.00
March 6	59	39	0.00
March 7	71	55	0.07
March 8	59	45	0.10
March 9	61	39	0.14
March 10	49	32	0.00
March 11	44	31	0.00
March 12	54	25	0.00
March 13	68	35	0.00
March 14	74	43	0.01
March 15	68	46	0.66
March 16	58	43	0.00
March 17	50	42	0.01
March 18	44	39	0.98
March 19	50	38	0.00
March 20	59	36	0.00
March 21	66	34	0.00
March 22	70	33	0.00
March 23	58	37	0.00
March 24	55	35	0.24
March 25	61	43	0.00
March 26	66	47	0.26
March 27	71	49	0.00
March 28	77	46	0.00
March 29	74	46	0.01
March 30	62	46	0.42
March 31	55	38	0.00

April 1946 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	52	37	0.01
April 2	79	46	0.12
April 3	61	46	0.00
April 4	57	45	0.03
April 5	53	37	0.00
April 6	63	36	0.00
April 7	55	34	0.00
April 8	45	34	0.25
April 9	60	40	0.00
April 10	53	36	0.00
April 11	56	34	0.00
April 12	48	39	0.07
April 13	56	36	0.00
April 14	63	34	0.00
April 15	79	48	0.00
April 16	61	45	0.02
April 17	61	40	0.00
April 18	65	38	0.00
April 19	66	46	0.00
April 20	71	44	0.00
April 21	63	41	0.00
April 22	77	44	0.00
April 23	82	44	0.00
April 24	76	57	0.00
April 25	65	52	0.61
April 26	61	40	0.09
April 27	50	40	0.02
April 28	60	34	0.00
April 29	63	47	0.21
April 30	70	43	0.00

May 1946 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	74	52	0.00
May 2	76	56	0.00
May 3	62	47	0.00
May 4	48	44	0.09
May 5	67	47	0.06
May 6	74	53	0.00
May 7	67	50	0.04
May 8	60	47	0.04
May 9	70	46	0.00
May 10	72	53	0.00
May 11	77	58	0.01
May 12	79	60	1.31
May 13	74	55	0.00
May 14	69	52	1.42
May 15	68	55	0.02
May 16	79	61	0.18
May 17	81	62	0.25
May 18	62	55	0.61
May 19	76	55	0.00
May 20	81	61	0.00
May 21	74	66	0.21
May 22	75	58	0.00
May 23	78	58	0.00
May 24	78	56	0.00
May 25	86	61	0.00
May 26	82	68	0.00
May 27	70	65	1.32
May 28	65	53	0.29
May 29	60	50	0.00
May 30	84	50	0.00
May 31	84	63	0.00

June 1946 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	87	53	1.52
June 2	56	50	1.50
June 3	73	51	0.00
June 4	71	55	0.11
June 5	70	51	0.00
June 6	72	49	0.00
June 7	86	55	0.00
June 8	91	64	0.00
June 9	85	58	0.00
June 10	72	51	0.00
June 11	87	59	1.13
June 12	81	67	1.11
June 13	83	69	0.01
June 14	70	55	0.42
June 15	72	55	0.00
June 16	79	52	0.00
June 17	80	57	0.00
June 18	89	66	0.32
June 19	66	53	0.14
June 20	62	53	0.12
June 21	76	62	0.04
June 22	78	61	0.00
June 23	82	56	0.00
June 24	89	59	0.00
June 25	92	62	0.00
June 26	92	69	0.00
June 27	91	69	0.00
June 28	90	70	0.01
June 29	81	69	0.00
June 30	82	69	0.26

July 1946 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	86	70	0.00
July 2	82	70	0.05
July 3	80	64	0.00
July 4	83	60	0.00
July 5	82	59	0.00
July 6	84	67	0.00
July 7	94	68	0.00
July 8	90	69	0.00
July 9	83	69	0.00
July 10	90	70	0.00
July 11	86	72	0.00
July 12	79	70	0.45
July 13	88	70	0.00
July 14	91	66	0.00
July 15	78	60	0.04
July 16	78	55	0.00
July 17	88	56	0.00
July 18	91	58	0.00
July 19	91	68	0.00
July 20	96	73	0.35
July 21	90	68	0.88
July 22	86	70	2.98
July 23	74	68	1.62
July 24	88	70	0.00
July 25	82	69	0.00
July 26	81	64	0.00
July 27	82	59	0.00
July 28	84	57	0.00
July 29	85	61	0.00
July 30	86	63	0.00
July 31	84	62	0.00

August 1946 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	73	63	0.04
August 2	74	63	0.00
August 3	83	64	0.00
August 4	88	67	0.00
August 5	90	70	0.00
August 6	83	65	0.87
August 7	69	63	0.75
August 8	86	63	0.00
August 9	89	64	0.00
August 10	83	71	0.08
August 11	78	64	0.00
August 12	82	59	0.00
August 13	80	62	0.02
August 14	79	61	0.00
August 15	80	60	0.00
August 16	75	64	0.29
August 17	89	70	0.11
August 18	77	70	0.32
August 19	78	66	0.11
August 20	82	64	0.00
August 21	81	62	0.00
August 22	84	63	0.02
August 23	76	60	0.12
August 24	75	56	0.00
August 25	76	54	0.00
August 26	75	55	0.10
August 27	78	56	0.00
August 28	83	56	0.00
August 29	79	58	0.42
August 30	70	53	0.01
August 31	74	50	0.00

September 1946 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	81	50	0.00
September 2	82	60	0.00
September 3	75	57	0.00
September 4	75	52	0.00
September 5	74	60	0.00
September 6	78	61	0.00
September 7	85	62	0.00
September 8	88	68	0.00
September 9	88	67	0.00
September 10	89	68	0.00
September 11	82	63	0.00
September 12	76	58	0.00
September 13	67	53	0.00
September 14	70	47	0.00
September 15	78	49	0.00
September 16	80	50	0.00
September 17	85	54	0.00
September 18	87	57	0.00
September 19	88	55	0.00
September 20	82	58	0.00
September 21	79	66	0.60
September 22	84	62	0.00
September 23	81	64	0.03
September 24	79	70	1.44
September 25	83	62	0.00
September 26	81	57	0.00
September 27	84	56	0.00
September 28	80	62	0.00
September 29	73	63	0.00
September 30	69	47	0.76

October 1946 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	57	44	0.00
October 2	66	47	0.00
October 3	74	41	0.00
October 4	81	48	0.00
October 5	79	52	0.00
October 6	86	50	0.00
October 7	84	54	0.00
October 8	74	55	0.00
October 9	60	51	0.18
October 10	61	53	0.18
October 11	74	57	0.04
October 12	74	50	0.25
October 13	62	44	0.00
October 14	63	40	0.00
October 15	67	41	0.00
October 16	69	42	0.00
October 17	74	52	0.00
October 18	70	56	0.08
October 19	65	46	0.00
October 20	55	42	0.01
October 21	63	46	0.00
October 22	67	40	0.00
October 23	69	40	0.00
October 24	74	41	0.00
October 25	73	43	0.00
October 26	67	60	0.34
October 27	74	61	0.00
October 28	75	58	0.12
October 29	75	59	0.04
October 30	81	60	0.00
October 31	82	60	0.00

November 1946 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	64	57	0.00
November 2	71	56	0.00
November 3	64	59	0.00
November 4	74	55	0.00
November 5	55	40	0.00
November 6	60	38	0.00
November 7	57	39	0.09
November 8	68	50	0.07
November 9	57	43	0.00
November 10	60	36	0.00
November 11	69	50	0.18
November 12	61	40	0.00
November 13	51	33	0.00
November 14	55	36	0.00
November 15	49	33	0.00
November 16	55	26	0.00
November 17	54	40	0.48
November 18	47	34	0.00
November 19	52	33	0.00
November 20	58	29	0.00
November 21	63	32	0.00
November 22	60	39	0.93
November 23	39	30	0.00
November 24	50	25	0.00
November 25	65	39	0.00
November 26	70	55	0.20
November 27	63	44	0.06
November 28	50	38	0.00
November 29	54	36	0.00
November 30	55	33	0.00

December 1946 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	58	36	0.00
December 2	36	14	0.00
December 3	32	14	0.00
December 4	46	22	0.00
December 5	52	24	0.00
December 6	48	37	0.00
December 7	53	33	0.00
December 8	53	29	0.00
December 9	65	40	0.00
December 10	68	43	0.00
December 11	58	36	0.00
December 12	62	36	0.17
December 13	64	35	0.00
December 14	43	29	0.00
December 15	38	28	0.00
December 16	39	24	0.00
December 17	53	33	0.01
December 18	43	29	0.00
December 19	32	21	0.00
December 20	41	24	0.97
December 21	43	35	0.72
December 22	44	32	0.00
December 23	46	30	0.00
December 24	51	36	0.00
December 25	43	29	0.00
December 26	49	23	0.00
December 27	32	18	0.00
December 28	60	31	0.13
December 29	42	31	0.33
December 30	42	20	0.00
December 31	31	19	0.00

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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