Philadelphia Weather in 1959

Historical record of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania weather for the year 1959 based on NOAA data.

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1959 Philadelphia Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	97 °F	June 30
Lowest temperature	9 °F	February 20
Highest daily low	76 °F	July 24
Lowest daily high	22 °F	January 5
Most daily precipitation	3.0 inches	June 2
Most daily snow	2.8 inches	December 7
Total annual precipitation	38.4 inches	-
Total annual snow	10.5 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Philadelphia in 1959?

The highest temperature recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1959 was 97 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Philadelphia in 1959

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	97 °F	Jun 30
1	97 °F	Jun 29
3	95 °F	Jun 10
4	94 °F	Aug 26
5	93 °F	Sep 9
5	93 °F	Aug 21
5	93 °F	Aug 16
5	93 °F	Aug 14
9	92 °F	Aug 28
9	92 °F	Aug 22
9	92 °F	Aug 17
9	92 °F	Jul 29
9	92 °F	Jul 24
9	92 °F	Jun 27
9	92 °F	Jun 9

What was the coldest temperature in Philadelphia in 1959?

The lowest temperature recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1959 was 9 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Philadelphia in 1959

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	9 °F	February 20
1	9 °F	February 2
3	11 °F	January 18
3	11 °F	January 6
5	12 °F	January 17
5	12 °F	January 5
7	13 °F	December 23
8	14 °F	February 19
8	14 °F	February 3
10	15 °F	January 28
10	15 °F	January 19

January 1959 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	49	25	0.55	0.0
January 2	52	33	0.26	0.0
January 3	47	28	0.00	0.0
January 4	47	22	0.00	0.0
January 5	22	12	0.00	0.0
January 6	25	11	0.00	0.0
January 7	33	18	0.00	0.0
January 8	35	21	0.00	0.0
January 9	33	20	0.00	0.0
January 10	30	21	0.00	0.0
January 11	37	25	0.00	0.0
January 12	41	25	0.00	0.0
January 13	43	29	0.00	0.0
January 14	40	23	0.02	0.0
January 15	48	33	0.00	0.0
January 16	51	16	0.05	0.4
January 17	24	12	0.00	0.0
January 18	23	11	0.00	0.0
January 19	37	15	0.00	0.0
January 20	38	30	0.31	0.0
January 21	62	36	0.01	0.0
January 22	63	25	0.40	0.0
January 23	32	22	0.00	0.0
January 24	37	21	0.00	0.0
January 25	55	33	0.07	0.0
January 26	41	24	0.11	1.1
January 27	33	20	0.24	1.8
January 28	34	15	0.00	0.0
January 29	38	22	0.00	0.0
January 30	57	36	0.01	0.0
January 31	40	25	0.00	0.0

February 1959 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
February 1	27	17	0.00
February 2	27	9	0.00
February 3	39	14	0.07
February 4	40	32	0.60
February 5	47	32	0.01
February 6	38	24	0.00
February 7	43	20	0.00
February 8	49	30	0.00
February 9	33	26	0.06
February 10	55	31	0.29
February 11	51	27	0.00
February 12	36	20	0.00
February 13	52	34	0.17
February 14	45	37	0.28
February 15	45	29	0.02
February 16	43	25	0.00
February 17	50	30	0.00
February 18	41	30	0.02
February 19	30	14	0.00
February 20	23	9	0.00
February 21	39	16	0.00
February 22	45	23	0.00
February 23	38	28	0.08
February 24	43	28	0.00
February 25	40	21	0.00
February 26	50	23	0.00
February 27	53	30	0.00
February 28	50	30	0.00

March 1959 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	51	33	0.00	0.0
March 2	46	36	0.00	0.0
March 3	53	29	0.05	0.0
March 4	51	35	0.03	0.0
March 5	50	29	0.05	0.0
March 6	65	38	1.26	0.0
March 7	43	30	0.00	0.0
March 8	44	27	0.00	0.0
March 9	55	35	0.00	0.0
March 10	44	32	0.06	0.0
March 11	40	28	0.02	0.2
March 12	37	28	0.73	1.2
March 13	39	27	0.00	0.0
March 14	50	31	0.01	0.1
March 15	59	35	0.01	0.0
March 16	52	37	0.00	0.0
March 17	50	29	0.00	0.0
March 18	39	28	0.00	0.0
March 19	58	27	0.00	0.0
March 20	70	35	0.00	0.0
March 21	70	37	0.23	0.0
March 22	37	25	0.00	0.0
March 23	48	23	0.00	0.0
March 24	70	34	0.00	0.0
March 25	74	42	0.00	0.0
March 26	57	43	0.02	0.0
March 27	43	34	0.47	0.0
March 28	39	27	0.00	0.0
March 29	46	23	0.00	0.0
March 30	41	35	0.61	0.0
March 31	60	40	0.00	0.0

April 1959 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	67	42	0.00
April 2	61	45	0.72
April 3	64	38	0.14
April 4	54	44	0.05
April 5	65	37	0.00
April 6	58	46	0.00
April 7	65	37	0.00
April 8	82	50	0.00
April 9	84	55	0.02
April 10	66	46	0.02
April 11	53	46	0.28
April 12	47	33	0.35
April 13	50	33	0.00
April 14	60	38	0.00
April 15	71	41	0.00
April 16	76	46	0.00
April 17	80	48	0.00
April 18	83	51	0.00
April 19	74	53	0.17
April 20	59	49	0.05
April 21	56	41	0.08
April 22	58	41	0.00
April 23	59	43	0.00
April 24	71	44	0.00
April 25	78	45	0.00
April 26	78	59	0.00
April 27	62	45	0.05
April 28	47	43	0.30
April 29	68	41	0.02
April 30	70	44	0.00

May 1959 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	67	51	0.05
May 2	66	48	0.00
May 3	78	52	0.00
May 4	74	50	0.00
May 5	72	47	0.00
May 6	81	50	0.00
May 7	88	56	0.00
May 8	71	51	0.00
May 9	68	42	0.00
May 10	75	47	0.00
May 11	83	60	0.00
May 12	90	62	0.02
May 13	73	59	0.56
May 14	65	49	0.07
May 15	58	44	0.03
May 16	61	40	0.00
May 17	66	42	0.00
May 18	75	55	0.00
May 19	82	60	0.00
May 20	87	67	0.00
May 21	85	66	0.00
May 22	89	71	0.00
May 23	82	58	0.00
May 24	70	57	0.00
May 25	74	49	0.00
May 26	76	54	0.00
May 27	86	66	0.00
May 28	91	67	0.00
May 29	90	72	0.07
May 30	90	67	0.00
May 31	82	58	0.00

June 1959 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	67	58	0.00
June 2	69	62	2.96
June 3	78	62	0.00
June 4	83	60	0.00
June 5	83	59	0.32
June 6	84	58	0.00
June 7	84	63	0.00
June 8	88	62	0.00
June 9	92	67	0.00
June 10	95	70	0.00
June 11	90	63	0.00
June 12	84	61	0.82
June 13	82	61	0.35
June 14	71	53	0.00
June 15	73	51	0.00
June 16	69	53	0.06
June 17	64	52	0.11
June 18	69	50	0.00
June 19	74	56	0.06
June 20	83	59	0.00
June 21	85	64	0.00
June 22	91	68	0.00
June 23	82	66	0.00
June 24	83	61	0.00
June 25	87	65	0.00
June 26	90	70	0.00
June 27	92	71	0.00
June 28	90	67	0.05
June 29	97	73	0.00
June 30	97	73	0.55

July 1959 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	83	69	0.00
July 2	85	68	0.00
July 3	83	62	0.00
July 4	85	60	0.00
July 5	84	61	0.00
July 6	82	65	0.00
July 7	84	61	0.00
July 8	87	57	0.00
July 9	88	64	0.00
July 10	77	68	0.08
July 11	88	66	0.00
July 12	78	70	0.16
July 13	84	68	0.00
July 14	73	66	1.99
July 15	74	67	1.24
July 16	77	66	0.00
July 17	82	65	0.00
July 18	84	68	0.00
July 19	90	72	0.55
July 20	83	72	1.16
July 21	85	73	0.00
July 22	86	73	0.00
July 23	89	73	0.00
July 24	92	76	0.00
July 25	84	65	0.00
July 26	85	62	0.00
July 27	86	71	0.00
July 28	90	67	0.00
July 29	92	71	0.00
July 30	89	73	0.42
July 31	84	71	1.88

August 1959 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	90	73	0.00
August 2	76	60	0.00
August 3	80	56	0.00
August 4	77	60	0.03
August 5	72	63	0.24
August 6	72	61	0.00
August 7	80	60	0.00
August 8	71	67	1.36
August 9	79	69	0.00
August 10	82	68	0.22
August 11	84	66	0.00
August 12	88	65	0.00
August 13	91	71	0.00
August 14	93	73	0.00
August 15	91	72	0.00
August 16	93	74	0.00
August 17	92	75	0.00
August 18	87	72	0.12
August 19	88	70	0.00
August 20	90	67	0.00
August 21	93	70	0.00
August 22	92	75	0.06
August 23	77	66	0.03
August 24	76	66	0.09
August 25	88	70	0.00
August 26	94	68	0.00
August 27	87	73	0.00
August 28	92	72	0.00
August 29	88	70	0.56
August 30	84	70	0.26
August 31	80	73	0.76

September 1959 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	84	74	0.10
September 2	85	73	0.99
September 3	89	71	0.15
September 4	86	70	0.00
September 5	87	67	0.00
September 6	86	64	0.00
September 7	86	63	0.00
September 8	86	68	0.00
September 9	93	70	0.00
September 10	86	73	0.00
September 11	76	60	0.00
September 12	74	51	0.00
September 13	77	53	0.00
September 14	75	56	0.00
September 15	79	58	0.00
September 16	64	50	0.00
September 17	63	44	0.00
September 18	66	42	0.00
September 19	68	43	0.00
September 20	72	48	0.00
September 21	79	53	0.00
September 22	86	60	0.00
September 23	88	61	0.00
September 24	88	65	0.00
September 25	79	63	0.00
September 26	78	59	0.00
September 27	81	61	0.00
September 28	86	70	0.09
September 29	84	71	0.00
September 30	83	68	0.00

October 1959 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	79	68	0.54
October 2	75	64	0.00
October 3	73	60	0.00
October 4	85	61	0.00
October 5	89	69	0.00
October 6	87	68	0.00
October 7	84	70	0.00
October 8	81	64	0.50
October 9	83	71	0.50
October 10	77	65	0.00
October 11	82	62	0.00
October 12	64	48	0.00
October 13	61	45	0.12
October 14	51	45	0.73
October 15	59	43	0.01
October 16	64	39	0.00
October 17	71	45	0.00
October 18	62	44	0.00
October 19	53	34	0.00
October 20	69	41	0.00
October 21	54	46	0.00
October 22	57	45	0.11
October 23	73	57	0.03
October 24	74	60	0.56
October 25	66	50	0.01
October 26	59	42	0.01
October 27	57	46	0.12
October 28	51	38	0.00
October 29	56	31	0.00
October 30	61	35	0.00
October 31	60	50	0.17

November 1959 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	63	48	0.04
November 2	54	39	0.03
November 3	49	31	0.00
November 4	64	48	0.00
November 5	78	60	0.00
November 6	75	46	0.71
November 7	46	37	0.72
November 8	45	37	0.00
November 9	52	32	0.00
November 10	53	33	0.00
November 11	57	32	0.00
November 12	58	38	0.00
November 13	60	35	0.00
November 14	72	52	0.41
November 15	52	41	0.00
November 16	47	40	0.00
November 17	52	26	0.24
November 18	32	21	0.00
November 19	43	26	0.00
November 20	46	27	0.00
November 21	48	33	0.00
November 22	52	36	0.00
November 23	55	36	0.10
November 24	60	48	0.83
November 25	56	33	0.10
November 26	42	30	0.00
November 27	66	40	0.00
November 28	64	37	0.11
November 29	37	29	0.00
November 30	40	25	0.00

December 1959 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	44	28	0.00	0.0
December 2	52	23	0.00	0.0
December 3	52	26	0.00	0.0
December 4	52	35	0.00	0.0
December 5	54	32	0.00	0.0
December 6	53	45	0.80	0.0
December 7	49	31	0.35	2.8
December 8	42	33	0.00	0.0
December 9	51	26	0.00	0.0
December 10	47	34	0.00	0.0
December 11	48	29	0.00	0.0
December 12	58	45	0.90	0.0
December 13	57	35	0.00	0.0
December 14	44	30	0.00	0.0
December 15	45	27	0.00	0.0
December 16	59	36	0.00	0.0
December 17	57	40	0.00	0.0
December 18	45	39	0.15	0.0
December 19	42	27	0.00	0.0
December 20	36	23	0.00	0.0
December 21	37	24	0.26	2.3
December 22	30	18	0.05	0.6
December 23	25	13	0.00	0.0
December 24	33	19	0.00	0.0
December 25	38	32	0.00	0.0
December 26	43	31	0.03	0.0
December 27	43	39	0.05	0.0
December 28	50	42	0.80	0.0
December 29	42	35	0.23	0.0
December 30	43	32	0.00	0.0
December 31	40	30	0.00	0.0

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