Philadelphia Weather in 1948

Historical record of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania weather for the year 1948 based on NOAA data.

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1948 Philadelphia Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	100 °F	August 26
Lowest temperature	3 °F	January 31
Highest daily low	76 °F	August 29
Lowest daily high	19 °F	February 9
Most daily precipitation	2.3 inches	December 30
Most daily snow	7.4 inches	December 19
Total annual precipitation	49.1 inches	-
Total annual snow	31.9 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Philadelphia in 1948?

The highest temperature recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1948 was 100 °F which happened on August 26.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Philadelphia in 1948

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	100 °F	Aug 26
2	99 °F	Aug 28
3	98 °F	Aug 27
4	97 °F	Jun 29
5	95 °F	Aug 29
5	95 °F	Aug 25
5	95 °F	Jun 24
8	93 °F	Jul 5
9	92 °F	Aug 30
9	92 °F	Jul 30
9	92 °F	Jul 21
9	92 °F	Jun 28

What was the coldest temperature in Philadelphia in 1948?

The lowest temperature recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1948 was 3 °F which happened on Jan 31.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Philadelphia in 1948

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	3 °F	January 31
2	6 °F	February 9
3	7 °F	January 19
4	8 °F	January 30
4	8 °F	January 24
4	8 °F	January 15
7	9 °F	February 10
7	9 °F	January 26
9	10 °F	February 7
9	10 °F	February 1
9	10 °F	January 28

January 1948 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	37	32	1.60	0.0
January 2	38	31	0.21	0.0
January 3	36	25	0.00	0.0
January 4	37	23	0.23	0.8
January 5	38	33	0.03	0.0
January 6	34	30	0.03	0.3
January 7	34	26	0.00	0.0
January 8	37	22	0.00	0.0
January 9	49	29	0.00	0.0
January 10	40	24	0.00	0.0
January 11	35	22	0.00	0.0
January 12	39	19	0.30	0.0
January 13	36	32	1.29	1.8
January 14	34	17	0.00	0.0
January 15	23	8	0.00	0.0
January 16	38	14	0.00	0.0
January 17	36	27	0.09	0.9
January 18	28	12	0.11	0.8
January 19	23	7	0.00	0.0
January 20	38	11	0.09	1.3
January 21	38	31	0.31	0.2
January 22	37	22	0.05	0.3
January 23	24	12	0.02	0.2
January 24	20	8	0.31	3.2
January 25	25	12	0.01	0.1
January 26	28	9	0.00	0.0
January 27	30	19	0.00	0.0
January 28	23	10	0.00	0.0
January 29	32	14	0.00	0.0
January 30	26	8	0.00	0.0
January 31	23	3	0.00	0.0

February 1948 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	29	10	0.00	0.0
February 2	37	20	0.00	0.0
February 3	35	22	0.00	0.0
February 4	24	17	0.67	7.3
February 5	30	15	0.10	0.8
February 6	34	20	0.06	0.7
February 7	32	10	0.06	0.8
February 8	35	15	0.00	0.0
February 9	19	6	0.00	0.0
February 10	24	9	0.00	0.0
February 11	33	16	0.12	0.0
February 12	43	31	0.08	0.0
February 13	39	28	0.09	0.0
February 14	52	34	0.61	0.0
February 15	38	25	0.00	0.0
February 16	49	24	0.00	0.0
February 17	58	36	0.00	0.0
February 18	61	33	0.00	0.0
February 19	68	36	0.00	0.0
February 20	54	25	0.00	0.0
February 21	34	20	0.00	0.0
February 22	31	25	0.27	3.2
February 23	32	20	0.00	0.0
February 24	40	17	0.00	0.0
February 25	50	32	0.01	0.0
February 26	47	36	0.16	0.0
February 27	54	31	0.00	0.0
February 28	40	36	0.61	0.0
February 29	45	27	0.00	0.0

March 1948 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	37	21	0.00	0.0
March 2	38	30	0.79	0.0
March 3	48	33	0.02	0.0
March 4	36	19	0.16	1.4
March 5	30	11	0.00	0.0
March 6	41	13	0.00	0.0
March 7	40	30	0.34	0.0
March 8	45	32	0.00	0.0
March 9	47	29	0.28	0.0
March 10	51	38	0.20	0.0
March 11	38	24	0.34	0.0
March 12	34	17	0.00	0.0
March 13	38	20	0.00	0.0
March 14	48	24	0.00	0.0
March 15	65	36	0.00	0.0
March 16	68	57	0.16	0.0
March 17	57	37	0.00	0.0
March 18	58	31	0.00	0.0
March 19	62	31	0.21	0.0
March 20	75	51	0.00	0.0
March 21	85	52	0.00	0.0
March 22	80	59	0.00	0.0
March 23	63	40	0.41	0.0
March 24	67	40	0.17	0.0
March 25	60	36	0.00	0.0
March 26	70	32	0.32	0.0
March 27	71	49	0.30	0.0
March 28	49	30	0.00	0.0
March 29	49	26	0.00	0.0
March 30	69	36	0.00	0.0
March 31	70	44	0.06	0.0

April 1948 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	66	58	1.48
April 2	59	40	0.06
April 3	51	37	0.00
April 4	61	32	0.00
April 5	73	42	0.00
April 6	69	53	0.02
April 7	65	46	0.00
April 8	56	45	0.01
April 9	55	37	0.00
April 10	56	32	0.00
April 11	62	35	0.37
April 12	71	59	0.07
April 13	59	38	1.40
April 14	43	39	0.33
April 15	57	42	0.02
April 16	65	36	0.01
April 17	55	39	0.00
April 18	60	35	0.00
April 19	67	36	0.00
April 20	80	49	0.00
April 21	70	49	0.00
April 22	60	41	0.00
April 23	68	38	0.00
April 24	65	46	0.02
April 25	70	44	0.07
April 26	68	44	0.00
April 27	61	43	0.05
April 28	50	39	0.01
April 29	56	36	0.00
April 30	68	42	0.00

May 1948 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	70	45	0.00
May 2	72	46	0.04
May 3	53	48	0.54
May 4	69	43	0.03
May 5	55	48	1.80
May 6	68	49	0.00
May 7	53	46	0.85
May 8	61	44	0.00
May 9	78	40	0.00
May 10	85	60	0.00
May 11	90	58	0.00
May 12	87	64	0.01
May 13	68	51	1.40
May 14	63	50	0.00
May 15	72	50	0.00
May 16	70	52	0.61
May 17	79	59	0.11
May 18	67	55	0.00
May 19	68	50	0.00
May 20	68	48	0.05
May 21	81	51	0.18
May 22	64	45	0.00
May 23	78	50	0.00
May 24	79	53	0.00
May 25	66	59	0.17
May 26	66	60	0.00
May 27	78	59	0.00
May 28	83	58	0.00
May 29	81	60	0.14
May 30	72	64	1.40
May 31	68	63	0.07

June 1948 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	78	62	0.00
June 2	82	60	0.00
June 3	70	53	0.25
June 4	81	56	0.00
June 5	76	57	0.01
June 6	78	48	0.00
June 7	80	60	0.34
June 8	83	62	0.02
June 9	73	59	0.00
June 10	78	55	0.00
June 11	83	59	0.00
June 12	85	63	0.27
June 13	76	60	0.01
June 14	81	57	0.01
June 15	81	60	0.20
June 16	70	54	0.59
June 17	78	54	0.00
June 18	70	60	0.08
June 19	83	62	1.32
June 20	77	60	0.08
June 21	84	60	0.00
June 22	72	61	0.00
June 23	77	62	0.00
June 24	95	65	0.34
June 25	89	70	0.00
June 26	89	69	0.00
June 27	89	68	0.09
June 28	92	72	0.07
June 29	97	71	0.00
June 30	90	71	1.26

July 1948 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	86	69	0.00
July 2	81	61	0.00
July 3	85	65	0.00
July 4	91	65	0.00
July 5	93	71	0.00
July 6	90	67	0.35
July 7	72	61	0.01
July 8	83	58	0.00
July 9	86	59	0.00
July 10	85	64	0.00
July 11	89	67	0.00
July 12	91	69	0.00
July 13	90	72	0.35
July 14	81	70	0.13
July 15	82	64	0.00
July 16	84	59	0.00
July 17	74	65	0.15
July 18	88	71	0.00
July 19	86	70	0.00
July 20	86	68	0.00
July 21	92	70	0.00
July 22	83	70	0.08
July 23	86	68	0.47
July 24	82	67	0.00
July 25	85	61	0.00
July 26	88	63	0.00
July 27	88	72	0.36
July 28	89	74	0.00
July 29	90	71	0.00
July 30	92	70	0.00
July 31	84	72	0.00

August 1948 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	73	68	1.25
August 2	84	68	0.00
August 3	80	71	1.11
August 4	72	68	0.26
August 5	76	61	0.81
August 6	77	60	0.00
August 7	78	60	0.00
August 8	81	58	0.00
August 9	82	60	0.00
August 10	81	60	0.00
August 11	82	60	0.05
August 12	80	69	0.20
August 13	85	66	0.00
August 14	81	62	0.00
August 15	86	61	0.00
August 16	85	62	0.00
August 17	80	62	0.00
August 18	81	63	0.35
August 19	82	64	0.00
August 20	77	66	1.87
August 21	83	63	0.00
August 22	81	66	0.04
August 23	86	66	0.01
August 24	88	64	0.00
August 25	95	71	0.00
August 26	100	74	0.00
August 27	98	72	0.00
August 28	99	72	0.00
August 29	95	76	0.00
August 30	92	69	0.00
August 31	80	61	0.00

September 1948 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	76	52	0.00
September 2	78	52	0.00
September 3	82	55	0.00
September 4	78	60	0.00
September 5	86	64	0.12
September 6	84	62	0.00
September 7	84	67	0.00
September 8	86	66	0.00
September 9	89	68	0.55
September 10	71	61	0.73
September 11	79	58	0.00
September 12	86	62	0.00
September 13	90	66	0.00
September 14	81	58	0.00
September 15	74	54	0.00
September 16	72	55	0.00
September 17	76	50	0.00
September 18	86	64	0.31
September 19	84	67	0.00
September 20	83	67	0.04
September 21	74	55	0.00
September 22	69	47	0.00
September 23	69	47	0.00
September 24	63	53	0.00
September 25	67	46	0.00
September 26	74	46	0.00
September 27	78	47	0.00
September 28	79	49	0.00
September 29	82	52	0.00
September 30	73	60	0.34

October 1948 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	78	61	0.00
October 2	77	60	0.00
October 3	63	47	0.00
October 4	60	43	0.00
October 5	55	50	0.52
October 6	68	50	0.00
October 7	69	56	0.00
October 8	65	54	0.12
October 9	64	47	0.00
October 10	73	51	0.00
October 11	66	59	0.00
October 12	68	51	0.00
October 13	64	48	0.09
October 14	58	44	0.01
October 15	63	45	0.00
October 16	67	39	0.00
October 17	76	49	0.00
October 18	56	37	0.17
October 19	53	31	0.00
October 20	56	43	0.00
October 21	53	35	0.00
October 22	56	36	0.00
October 23	61	48	0.13
October 24	57	49	0.38
October 25	60	49	0.11
October 26	70	47	0.00
October 27	69	46	0.00
October 28	62	42	0.00
October 29	70	42	0.00
October 30	65	44	0.00
October 31	61	39	0.00

November 1948 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	65	50	0.00
November 2	58	48	0.00
November 3	60	46	0.02
November 4	73	60	0.39
November 5	67	58	0.02
November 6	79	56	0.25
November 7	64	45	0.92
November 8	63	38	0.00
November 9	64	43	0.00
November 10	68	50	0.24
November 11	55	40	0.00
November 12	60	37	0.00
November 13	60	45	0.13
November 14	51	39	0.00
November 15	57	36	0.00
November 16	56	38	0.00
November 17	63	44	0.12
November 18	65	37	0.00
November 19	67	34	0.12
November 20	73	48	0.21
November 21	56	43	0.00
November 22	50	42	0.25
November 23	52	44	0.00
November 24	54	41	0.03
November 25	52	36	0.18
November 26	57	30	0.00
November 27	61	42	0.63
November 28	45	37	0.58
November 29	40	34	0.70
November 30	47	31	0.00

December 1948 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	52	32	0.00	0.0
December 2	47	29	0.00	0.0
December 3	50	37	0.26	0.0
December 4	61	44	0.08	0.0
December 5	58	38	0.00	0.0
December 6	60	42	0.01	0.0
December 7	59	33	0.00	0.0
December 8	59	33	0.00	0.0
December 9	42	32	0.00	0.0
December 10	41	36	0.00	0.0
December 11	41	26	0.00	0.0
December 12	54	33	0.02	0.0
December 13	61	40	0.02	0.0
December 14	52	36	0.00	0.0
December 15	36	31	0.96	0.2
December 16	41	35	0.28	0.0
December 17	47	33	0.00	0.0
December 18	37	30	0.00	0.0
December 19	31	26	0.92	7.4
December 20	33	20	0.00	0.0
December 21	45	19	0.00	0.0
December 22	45	25	0.00	0.0
December 23	37	30	0.00	0.0
December 24	30	22	0.00	0.0
December 25	30	13	0.00	0.0
December 26	24	13	0.00	0.0
December 27	36	12	0.00	0.0
December 28	40	19	0.00	0.0
December 29	55	31	0.32	0.0
December 30	55	40	2.30	0.0
December 31	40	29	0.09	0.2

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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