Philadelphia Weather in 1953

Historical record of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania weather for the year 1953 based on NOAA data.

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1953 Philadelphia Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	101 °F	August 31
Lowest temperature	14 °F	December 18
Highest daily low	77 °F	July 30
Lowest daily high	29 °F	December 18
Most daily precipitation	2.0 inches	July 23
Most daily snow	7.1 inches	March 8
Total annual precipitation	48.1 inches	-
Total annual snow	23.0 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Philadelphia in 1953?

The highest temperature recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1953 was 101 °F which happened on August 31.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Philadelphia in 1953

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	101 °F	Aug 31
2	100 °F	Sep 3
2	100 °F	Sep 2
2	100 °F	Aug 30
5	99 °F	Jul 18
6	98 °F	Aug 29
6	98 °F	Aug 28
6	98 °F	Jul 19
9	97 °F	Sep 1
9	97 °F	Jul 2

What was the coldest temperature in Philadelphia in 1953?

The lowest temperature recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1953 was 14 °F which happened on Dec 18.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Philadelphia in 1953

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	14 °F	December 18
2	17 °F	March 9
2	17 °F	February 2
4	18 °F	December 17
5	19 °F	December 19
6	20 °F	March 8
6	20 °F	February 1
8	21 °F	December 24
9	22 °F	February 5
10	23 °F	March 11
10	23 °F	March 2
10	23 °F	February 18
10	23 °F	January 30
10	23 °F	January 17

January 1953 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	42	28	0.00	0.0
January 2	44	28	0.15	0.0
January 3	43	35	0.17	0.0
January 4	42	30	0.00	0.0
January 5	37	30	0.01	0.0
January 6	35	28	0.09	1.0
January 7	35	29	0.12	1.0
January 8	40	29	0.77	3.1
January 9	40	33	0.96	0.0
January 10	40	35	0.21	0.0
January 11	40	37	0.09	0.0
January 12	38	30	0.02	0.0
January 13	46	30	0.00	0.0
January 14	53	31	0.00	0.0
January 15	58	35	0.00	0.0
January 16	60	32	0.00	0.0
January 17	39	23	0.00	0.0
January 18	46	36	0.36	0.0
January 19	48	33	0.00	0.0
January 20	48	36	0.00	0.0
January 21	42	35	0.26	0.0
January 22	47	33	0.00	0.0
January 23	53	29	0.00	0.0
January 24	58	41	1.61	0.0
January 25	42	31	0.06	0.0
January 26	35	26	0.00	0.0
January 27	42	24	0.00	0.0
January 28	55	33	0.13	0.0
January 29	40	27	0.00	0.0
January 30	41	23	0.00	0.0
January 31	57	38	0.00	0.0

February 1953 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	52	20	0.04	0.0
February 2	29	17	0.00	0.0
February 3	42	27	0.00	0.0
February 4	39	28	0.00	0.0
February 5	45	22	0.00	0.0
February 6	51	26	0.00	0.0
February 7	51	41	0.38	0.0
February 8	47	37	0.00	0.0
February 9	46	34	0.00	0.0
February 10	43	30	0.00	0.0
February 11	34	25	0.20	2.0
February 12	45	31	0.05	0.0
February 13	43	31	0.00	0.0
February 14	48	28	0.00	0.0
February 15	50	33	1.09	0.0
February 16	44	32	0.00	0.0
February 17	42	27	0.00	0.0
February 18	38	23	0.00	0.0
February 19	55	30	0.00	0.0
February 20	60	31	0.00	0.0
February 21	70	41	0.68	0.0
February 22	41	32	0.00	0.0
February 23	48	27	0.00	0.0
February 24	56	30	0.00	0.0
February 25	52	39	0.00	0.0
February 26	56	39	0.00	0.0
February 27	55	39	0.00	0.0
February 28	42	30	0.00	0.0

March 1953 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	37	25	0.00	0.0
March 2	31	23	0.00	0.0
March 3	47	31	0.55	0.0
March 4	55	43	0.90	0.0
March 5	46	35	0.00	0.0
March 6	54	30	0.00	0.0
March 7	43	29	0.00	0.0
March 8	32	20	0.51	7.1
March 9	38	17	0.00	0.0
March 10	44	29	0.00	0.0
March 11	48	23	0.00	0.0
March 12	51	38	0.48	0.0
March 13	68	50	1.12	0.0
March 14	68	47	0.00	0.0
March 15	60	45	1.16	0.0
March 16	57	44	0.00	0.0
March 17	57	41	0.00	0.0
March 18	51	36	0.48	0.0
March 19	60	45	0.28	0.0
March 20	51	38	0.00	0.0
March 21	58	34	0.00	0.0
March 22	63	33	0.00	0.0
March 23	69	42	0.00	0.0
March 24	64	50	0.28	0.0
March 25	55	43	0.41	0.0
March 26	50	42	0.00	0.0
March 27	50	42	0.00	0.0
March 28	61	45	0.01	0.0
March 29	58	44	0.09	0.0
March 30	56	42	0.00	0.0
March 31	64	45	0.00	0.0

April 1953 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	59	44	0.20
April 2	59	47	0.01
April 3	64	41	0.00
April 4	67	41	0.22
April 5	62	46	0.00
April 6	62	38	0.19
April 7	55	47	0.87
April 8	59	47	0.00
April 9	60	46	0.00
April 10	62	49	0.31
April 11	65	48	0.00
April 12	60	44	0.41
April 13	49	40	0.52
April 14	50	38	0.00
April 15	60	37	0.00
April 16	60	45	0.75
April 17	63	40	0.00
April 18	57	44	0.65
April 19	53	39	0.00
April 20	50	34	0.00
April 21	50	35	0.00
April 22	68	35	0.00
April 23	77	57	0.00
April 24	68	51	0.00
April 25	86	52	0.00
April 26	79	56	0.56
April 27	60	46	0.01
April 28	60	47	0.00
April 29	64	47	0.00
April 30	65	47	0.11

May 1953 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	77	50	0.28
May 2	52	47	0.00
May 3	70	47	0.00
May 4	79	48	0.00
May 5	77	59	0.44
May 6	72	61	0.25
May 7	73	62	0.05
May 8	78	57	0.16
May 9	73	53	0.00
May 10	86	53	0.00
May 11	90	56	0.00
May 12	85	58	0.00
May 13	86	64	0.33
May 14	78	65	0.01
May 15	80	65	0.21
May 16	74	61	0.47
May 17	83	61	0.25
May 18	85	65	0.00
May 19	70	62	0.01
May 20	79	58	0.11
May 21	71	57	0.05
May 22	79	58	0.70
May 23	77	59	0.13
May 24	74	52	0.00
May 25	74	54	0.32
May 26	65	57	1.32
May 27	70	52	0.00
May 28	67	49	0.00
May 29	70	46	0.00
May 30	60	51	0.50
May 31	59	50	0.26

June 1953 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	65	49	0.45
June 2	79	49	0.00
June 3	79	56	0.00
June 4	85	62	0.00
June 5	90	66	0.00
June 6	94	67	1.16
June 7	83	67	1.20
June 8	80	65	0.00
June 9	90	67	0.02
June 10	79	63	0.00
June 11	78	61	0.00
June 12	73	54	0.05
June 13	65	57	1.57
June 14	68	54	0.01
June 15	77	52	0.00
June 16	82	56	0.00
June 17	80	57	0.00
June 18	82	58	0.00
June 19	90	64	0.00
June 20	95	69	0.00
June 21	96	73	0.00
June 22	91	69	0.03
June 23	90	66	0.00
June 24	82	60	0.00
June 25	84	63	0.00
June 26	94	68	0.00
June 27	93	72	0.00
June 28	87	70	0.48
June 29	92	72	0.00
June 30	93	68	0.00

July 1953 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	95	72	0.00
July 2	97	73	0.11
July 3	90	68	0.27
July 4	86	61	0.00
July 5	87	63	0.00
July 6	87	70	0.10
July 7	88	71	0.00
July 8	85	68	1.15
July 9	82	65	0.00
July 10	79	61	0.00
July 11	84	59	0.00
July 12	83	60	0.00
July 13	86	64	0.00
July 14	84	65	0.00
July 15	93	63	0.00
July 16	94	70	0.00
July 17	96	72	0.00
July 18	99	75	0.00
July 19	98	71	0.23
July 20	89	72	0.03
July 21	94	70	0.00
July 22	85	72	0.05
July 23	84	70	2.04
July 24	83	65	0.00
July 25	83	56	0.00
July 26	85	58	0.00
July 27	90	67	0.00
July 28	88	70	0.00
July 29	90	66	0.00
July 30	89	77	0.00
July 31	89	72	0.00

August 1953 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	86	64	0.00
August 2	77	60	0.47
August 3	80	57	0.00
August 4	75	64	0.00
August 5	89	68	0.01
August 6	80	63	0.00
August 7	82	63	0.00
August 8	81	67	0.17
August 9	81	67	0.58
August 10	81	63	0.00
August 11	87	65	0.00
August 12	88	65	0.00
August 13	87	66	0.00
August 14	73	69	0.64
August 15	91	67	0.00
August 16	88	64	0.00
August 17	78	66	0.60
August 18	79	60	0.00
August 19	80	57	0.00
August 20	80	60	0.00
August 21	78	59	0.00
August 22	82	58	0.00
August 23	87	63	0.00
August 24	90	65	0.00
August 25	92	66	0.00
August 26	93	68	0.00
August 27	96	72	0.00
August 28	98	72	0.00
August 29	98	72	0.00
August 30	100	68	0.00
August 31	101	73	0.00

September 1953 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	97	74	0.00
September 2	100	75	0.00
September 3	100	76	0.00
September 4	92	76	0.00
September 5	90	70	0.20
September 6	81	66	0.01
September 7	80	65	0.11
September 8	78	62	0.00
September 9	77	54	0.00
September 10	79	53	0.00
September 11	79	54	0.00
September 12	80	59	0.43
September 13	66	51	0.47
September 14	69	47	0.00
September 15	82	54	0.01
September 16	82	61	0.00
September 17	74	54	0.00
September 18	73	49	0.00
September 19	79	55	0.00
September 20	83	60	0.17
September 21	81	55	0.30
September 22	68	52	0.04
September 23	66	46	0.00
September 24	69	44	0.00
September 25	75	47	0.00
September 26	79	61	0.00
September 27	75	63	0.00
September 28	77	60	0.00
September 29	87	52	0.00
September 30	87	61	0.00

October 1953 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	81	59	0.00
October 2	78	51	0.00
October 3	81	50	0.00
October 4	78	52	0.00
October 5	75	57	0.00
October 6	65	49	0.56
October 7	58	41	0.00
October 8	61	35	0.00
October 9	67	39	0.00
October 10	69	42	0.00
October 11	70	44	0.00
October 12	71	50	0.00
October 13	63	43	0.00
October 14	68	38	0.00
October 15	72	44	0.00
October 16	78	50	0.00
October 17	78	49	0.00
October 18	81	45	0.00
October 19	77	51	0.00
October 20	78	52	0.00
October 21	73	55	0.00
October 22	65	50	0.00
October 23	75	56	0.00
October 24	67	47	0.00
October 25	67	50	0.05
October 26	69	48	0.00
October 27	66	47	0.02
October 28	70	59	2.03
October 29	60	51	1.72
October 30	65	48	0.00
October 31	67	47	0.00

November 1953 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	70	44	0.00	0.0
November 2	71	46	0.00	0.0
November 3	74	47	0.00	0.0
November 4	59	41	0.00	0.0
November 5	46	36	0.00	0.0
November 6	36	29	0.48	5.4
November 7	38	30	0.27	3.4
November 8	47	30	0.00	0.0
November 9	54	32	0.00	0.0
November 10	49	40	0.00	0.0
November 11	55	34	0.00	0.0
November 12	54	36	0.00	0.0
November 13	54	35	0.00	0.0
November 14	45	34	0.00	0.0
November 15	60	36	0.00	0.0
November 16	67	41	0.00	0.0
November 17	71	37	0.00	0.0
November 18	70	38	0.00	0.0
November 19	67	36	0.00	0.0
November 20	70	36	0.00	0.0
November 21	64	39	0.00	0.0
November 22	71	53	0.02	0.0
November 23	67	44	0.82	0.0
November 24	57	38	0.00	0.0
November 25	51	38	0.30	0.0
November 26	49	33	0.00	0.0
November 27	41	31	0.04	0.0
November 28	41	33	0.00	0.0
November 29	45	27	0.00	0.0
November 30	49	37	0.00	0.0

December 1953 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	44	34	0.00
December 2	49	34	0.00
December 3	56	29	0.00
December 4	60	36	0.10
December 5	60	39	0.57
December 6	66	33	0.52
December 7	66	39	0.22
December 8	57	35	0.00
December 9	60	35	0.02
December 10	62	38	0.55
December 11	50	33	0.00
December 12	46	41	0.60
December 13	48	37	0.11
December 14	56	40	1.52
December 15	45	32	0.00
December 16	39	27	0.00
December 17	30	18	0.00
December 18	29	14	0.00
December 19	35	19	0.00
December 20	44	29	0.00
December 21	47	31	0.03
December 22	48	43	0.03
December 23	49	27	0.00
December 24	31	21	0.00
December 25	44	26	0.00
December 26	45	28	0.00
December 27	43	29	0.00
December 28	42	29	0.01
December 29	43	30	0.00
December 30	49	30	0.00
December 31	39	26	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