Philadelphia Weather in 1949

Historical record of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania weather for the year 1949 based on NOAA data.

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1949 Philadelphia Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	99 °F	July 5
Lowest temperature	14 °F	February 12
Highest daily low	77 °F	July 21
Lowest daily high	30 °F	January 30
Most daily precipitation	1.5 inches	August 4
Most daily snow	3.9 inches	February 10
Total annual precipitation	40.5 inches	-
Total annual snow	11.7 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Philadelphia in 1949?

The highest temperature recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1949 was 99 °F which happened on July 5.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Philadelphia in 1949

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	99 °F	Jul 5
2	98 °F	Aug 10
3	97 °F	Aug 11
3	97 °F	Jul 30
3	97 °F	Jul 28
3	97 °F	Jul 27
3	97 °F	Jul 4
8	96 °F	Jul 29
8	96 °F	Jun 26
10	95 °F	Aug 9
10	95 °F	Jul 25
10	95 °F	Jul 3
10	95 °F	Jun 21

What was the coldest temperature in Philadelphia in 1949?

The lowest temperature recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1949 was 14 °F which happened on Feb 12.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Philadelphia in 1949

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	14 °F	February 12
2	16 °F	February 3
3	18 °F	December 17
3	18 °F	March 20
5	19 °F	December 16
5	19 °F	March 19
5	19 °F	January 30
8	20 °F	March 1
8	20 °F	February 11
10	21 °F	January 31

January 1949 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	36	30	0.01	0.2
January 2	42	30	0.00	0.0
January 3	42	27	0.00	0.0
January 4	41	28	0.00	0.0
January 5	56	38	1.15	0.0
January 6	58	37	0.19	0.0
January 7	53	35	0.00	0.0
January 8	60	34	0.00	0.0
January 9	53	37	0.00	0.0
January 10	49	42	0.00	0.0
January 11	47	36	0.00	0.0
January 12	38	31	0.02	0.2
January 13	44	34	0.00	0.0
January 14	45	31	0.00	0.0
January 15	41	24	0.00	0.0
January 16	55	28	0.00	0.0
January 17	55	39	0.00	0.0
January 18	48	36	0.00	0.0
January 19	63	41	0.04	0.0
January 20	41	30	0.00	0.0
January 21	53	29	1.04	0.0
January 22	53	35	0.34	0.0
January 23	42	29	0.37	0.0
January 24	48	37	0.13	0.0
January 25	50	34	0.11	0.0
January 26	45	31	0.70	0.0
January 27	43	34	0.35	0.0
January 28	52	35	0.79	0.0
January 29	48	30	0.00	0.0
January 30	30	19	0.00	0.0
January 31	36	21	0.82	3.0

February 1949 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	36	26	0.00	0.0
February 2	33	22	0.00	0.0
February 3	36	16	0.00	0.0
February 4	43	32	0.44	0.0
February 5	42	31	0.00	0.0
February 6	42	25	0.00	0.0
February 7	49	32	0.31	0.0
February 8	50	27	0.00	0.0
February 9	63	32	0.00	0.0
February 10	42	28	0.24	3.9
February 11	34	20	0.00	0.0
February 12	39	14	0.00	0.0
February 13	54	36	0.00	0.0
February 14	62	49	0.01	0.0
February 15	74	47	0.14	0.0
February 16	57	39	0.52	0.0
February 17	41	30	0.00	0.0
February 18	50	25	0.00	0.0
February 19	55	37	0.25	0.0
February 20	62	40	0.42	0.0
February 21	44	32	0.00	0.0
February 22	48	37	0.59	0.0
February 23	50	37	0.00	0.0
February 24	55	32	0.00	0.0
February 25	57	38	0.01	0.0
February 26	46	29	0.00	0.0
February 27	42	23	0.00	0.0
February 28	35	22	0.62	3.5

March 1949 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	37	20	0.01	0.1
March 2	39	25	0.00	0.0
March 3	41	29	0.00	0.0
March 4	46	25	0.00	0.0
March 5	65	36	0.00	0.0
March 6	64	43	0.00	0.0
March 7	43	26	0.00	0.0
March 8	55	23	0.00	0.0
March 9	58	31	0.00	0.0
March 10	46	40	0.03	0.0
March 11	42	35	0.50	0.0
March 12	39	31	0.00	0.0
March 13	49	31	0.00	0.0
March 14	53	29	0.00	0.0
March 15	43	28	0.00	0.0
March 16	39	22	0.00	0.0
March 17	48	32	0.00	0.0
March 18	38	25	0.63	0.8
March 19	31	19	0.00	0.0
March 20	40	18	0.00	0.0
March 21	62	30	0.00	0.0
March 22	68	46	0.06	0.0
March 23	71	50	0.93	0.0
March 24	64	41	0.00	0.0
March 25	59	45	0.20	0.0
March 26	66	48	0.01	0.0
March 27	79	55	0.00	0.0
March 28	68	51	0.00	0.0
March 29	71	46	0.00	0.0
March 30	79	48	0.00	0.0
March 31	52	38	0.40	0.0

April 1949 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	44	36	0.26
April 2	59	34	0.00
April 3	57	37	0.00
April 4	58	42	0.00
April 5	57	36	0.26
April 6	56	46	0.38
April 7	62	43	0.00
April 8	56	43	0.00
April 9	60	38	0.00
April 10	61	38	0.00
April 11	60	42	0.00
April 12	70	38	0.00
April 13	64	50	0.16
April 14	76	54	0.01
April 15	84	54	0.00
April 16	55	39	0.00
April 17	56	34	0.00
April 18	54	45	0.70
April 19	56	42	0.01
April 20	65	40	0.00
April 21	75	45	0.00
April 22	68	53	0.42
April 23	72	52	0.02
April 24	60	46	0.08
April 25	63	40	0.00
April 26	80	48	0.00
April 27	75	58	0.05
April 28	64	46	0.00
April 29	63	40	0.00
April 30	75	41	0.00

May 1949 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	76	56	0.20
May 2	74	62	0.73
May 3	79	61	0.35
May 4	86	55	0.00
May 5	86	59	0.08
May 6	88	65	0.11
May 7	86	59	0.13
May 8	77	54	0.00
May 9	74	48	0.06
May 10	59	53	0.66
May 11	56	49	0.00
May 12	73	45	0.00
May 13	72	46	0.00
May 14	81	51	0.30
May 15	69	55	0.00
May 16	75	53	0.00
May 17	80	59	0.00
May 18	85	59	0.00
May 19	88	65	0.00
May 20	80	51	1.18
May 21	70	46	0.00
May 22	75	52	1.26
May 23	78	63	0.04
May 24	82	59	0.65
May 25	66	53	0.00
May 26	64	51	0.12
May 27	66	48	0.00
May 28	64	49	0.04
May 29	66	45	0.00
May 30	72	44	0.00
May 31	79	52	0.00

June 1949 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	80	55	0.00
June 2	80	53	0.00
June 3	80	51	0.00
June 4	84	56	0.00
June 5	86	67	0.00
June 6	88	64	0.00
June 7	83	61	0.00
June 8	74	52	0.00
June 9	75	52	0.00
June 10	77	54	0.00
June 11	83	65	0.00
June 12	91	63	0.00
June 13	87	68	0.00
June 14	87	67	0.00
June 15	86	65	0.00
June 16	86	67	0.00
June 17	86	70	0.06
June 18	80	70	0.04
June 19	85	70	0.00
June 20	87	68	0.00
June 21	95	72	0.00
June 22	91	70	0.00
June 23	89	67	0.00
June 24	92	61	0.00
June 25	93	73	0.01
June 26	96	75	0.00
June 27	89	76	0.00
June 28	77	65	0.00
June 29	87	61	0.00
June 30	83	62	0.00

July 1949 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	83	62	0.09
July 2	91	70	0.00
July 3	95	69	0.00
July 4	97	75	0.00
July 5	99	77	0.00
July 6	93	72	0.38
July 7	76	63	0.04
July 8	86	62	0.00
July 9	83	62	0.00
July 10	76	66	0.23
July 11	89	69	0.00
July 12	87	69	1.40
July 13	83	71	0.50
July 14	90	69	0.00
July 15	91	71	0.19
July 16	84	69	0.00
July 17	84	72	1.18
July 18	90	76	0.00
July 19	91	75	0.00
July 20	92	75	0.00
July 21	92	77	0.03
July 22	93	75	0.00
July 23	89	72	0.00
July 24	88	64	0.00
July 25	95	69	0.00
July 26	92	73	0.00
July 27	97	74	0.00
July 28	97	73	0.11
July 29	96	76	0.00
July 30	97	75	0.10
July 31	85	72	0.00

August 1949 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	86	66	0.00
August 2	86	69	0.00
August 3	90	73	0.01
August 4	83	74	1.50
August 5	84	72	0.05
August 6	88	68	0.00
August 7	92	66	0.00
August 8	92	69	0.00
August 9	95	73	0.00
August 10	98	73	0.00
August 11	97	76	0.00
August 12	91	73	0.07
August 13	84	72	0.63
August 14	79	66	0.00
August 15	82	62	0.00
August 16	84	63	0.00
August 17	84	65	0.00
August 18	79	64	0.56
August 19	79	59	0.00
August 20	75	52	0.00
August 21	81	54	0.00
August 22	85	57	0.00
August 23	79	61	0.00
August 24	87	72	0.13
August 25	81	61	0.00
August 26	85	57	0.00
August 27	93	68	0.00
August 28	93	74	0.39
August 29	84	70	0.67
August 30	87	65	0.00
August 31	80	68	0.52

September 1949 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	81	60	0.00
September 2	77	53	0.00
September 3	79	56	0.00
September 4	82	59	0.00
September 5	87	65	0.00
September 6	80	60	0.00
September 7	72	56	0.28
September 8	76	59	0.10
September 9	67	53	0.00
September 10	74	50	0.00
September 11	75	49	0.00
September 12	73	58	0.00
September 13	75	64	0.83
September 14	81	70	0.50
September 15	81	64	0.08
September 16	72	58	0.22
September 17	80	53	0.00
September 18	86	58	0.12
September 19	83	68	0.05
September 20	71	54	0.00
September 21	71	49	0.00
September 22	78	59	0.92
September 23	66	52	0.21
September 24	65	47	0.00
September 25	67	44	0.00
September 26	72	45	0.00
September 27	73	51	0.09
September 28	78	62	0.03
September 29	66	54	0.67
September 30	68	52	0.00

October 1949 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	75	51	0.00
October 2	71	49	0.00
October 3	70	46	0.00
October 4	76	55	0.00
October 5	78	63	0.00
October 6	65	60	0.00
October 7	70	62	0.20
October 8	78	65	0.00
October 9	83	58	0.00
October 10	85	65	0.00
October 11	86	64	0.00
October 12	83	65	0.00
October 13	66	54	0.00
October 14	67	54	0.01
October 15	69	58	0.00
October 16	68	53	0.00
October 17	62	49	0.00
October 18	61	54	0.03
October 19	64	59	0.00
October 20	73	51	0.00
October 21	82	45	0.00
October 22	74	55	0.04
October 23	69	47	0.00
October 24	63	46	0.00
October 25	58	48	0.48
October 26	65	48	0.53
October 27	56	38	0.00
October 28	60	33	0.33
October 29	66	50	0.16
October 30	64	58	0.23
October 31	69	53	0.73

November 1949 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	53	41	0.33
November 2	61	41	0.01
November 3	64	40	0.00
November 4	53	38	0.00
November 5	49	38	0.00
November 6	50	30	0.00
November 7	61	41	0.00
November 8	71	44	0.00
November 9	66	46	0.00
November 10	69	37	0.00
November 11	74	40	0.00
November 12	62	49	0.00
November 13	65	49	0.20
November 14	64	48	0.00
November 15	61	46	0.00
November 16	54	37	0.00
November 17	50	37	0.00
November 18	44	33	0.00
November 19	48	32	0.00
November 20	62	43	0.00
November 21	50	33	0.00
November 22	35	27	0.00
November 23	50	26	0.00
November 24	53	32	0.02
November 25	52	35	0.16
November 26	35	23	0.00
November 27	41	23	0.00
November 28	42	24	0.05
November 29	52	36	0.31
November 30	54	32	0.00

December 1949 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	46	31	0.00
December 2	44	32	0.09
December 3	39	27	0.00
December 4	45	23	0.05
December 5	42	31	0.00
December 6	40	28	0.00
December 7	56	31	0.14
December 8	39	28	0.00
December 9	35	23	0.00
December 10	39	22	0.14
December 11	43	35	0.19
December 12	59	42	0.50
December 13	62	37	0.38
December 14	37	30	0.00
December 15	35	25	0.00
December 16	33	19	0.00
December 17	42	18	0.00
December 18	48	36	0.18
December 19	56	43	0.16
December 20	50	34	0.00
December 21	56	30	0.00
December 22	62	39	0.00
December 23	61	35	0.28
December 24	39	28	0.00
December 25	44	27	0.00
December 26	62	38	0.48
December 27	64	55	0.44
December 28	56	34	0.00
December 29	49	30	0.00
December 30	35	24	0.00
December 31	41	23	0.00

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