Philadelphia Weather in 1961

Historical record of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania weather for the year 1961 based on NOAA data.

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1961 Philadelphia Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	93 °F	July 22
Lowest temperature	-4 °F	February 2
Highest daily low	75 °F	September 5
Lowest daily high	15 °F	January 25
Most daily precipitation	1.9 inches	April 13
Most daily snow	7.4 inches	January 19
Total annual precipitation	41.1 inches	-
Total annual snow	40.0 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Philadelphia in 1961?

The highest temperature recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1961 was 93 °F which happened on July 22.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Philadelphia in 1961

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	93 °F	Jul 22
2	92 °F	Sep 5
2	92 °F	Jul 23
2	92 °F	Jul 2
2	92 °F	Jun 30
6	91 °F	Sep 4
6	91 °F	Sep 3
6	91 °F	Aug 9
6	91 °F	Jul 21
10	90 °F	Sep 2
10	90 °F	Jul 25
10	90 °F	Jun 13

What was the coldest temperature in Philadelphia in 1961?

The lowest temperature recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1961 was -4 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Philadelphia in 1961

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-4 °F	February 2
1	-4 °F	January 21
3	1 °F	January 22
4	3 °F	January 28
4	3 °F	January 24
4	3 °F	January 23
7	4 °F	January 26
7	4 °F	January 25
9	5 °F	February 3
9	5 °F	February 1

January 1961 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	46	33	1.15	0.0
January 2	35	22	0.00	0.0
January 3	35	25	0.00	0.0
January 4	30	22	0.00	0.0
January 5	34	20	0.00	0.0
January 6	48	21	0.00	0.0
January 7	53	32	0.00	0.0
January 8	41	26	0.00	0.0
January 9	28	22	0.00	0.0
January 10	35	15	0.00	0.0
January 11	43	24	0.00	0.0
January 12	44	25	0.00	0.0
January 13	48	19	0.00	0.0
January 14	48	36	0.00	0.0
January 15	44	31	0.52	2.2
January 16	32	29	0.00	0.0
January 17	41	25	0.00	0.0
January 18	45	28	0.00	0.0
January 19	30	17	0.71	7.4
January 20	20	8	0.39	5.8
January 21	20	-4	0.00	0.0
January 22	17	1	0.00	0.0
January 23	22	3	0.07	1.0
January 24	28	3	0.08	0.7
January 25	15	4	0.00	0.0
January 26	19	4	0.24	2.6
January 27	20	8	0.00	0.0
January 28	19	3	0.00	0.0
January 29	26	8	0.00	0.0
January 30	24	9	0.00	0.0
January 31	29	10	0.00	0.0

February 1961 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	26	5	0.01	0.1
February 2	16	-4	0.00	0.0
February 3	33	5	0.43	4.4
February 4	36	28	1.14	5.9
February 5	37	12	0.00	0.0
February 6	38	8	0.00	0.0
February 7	36	12	0.00	0.0
February 8	35	23	0.07	0.3
February 9	43	31	0.00	0.0
February 10	40	32	0.00	0.0
February 11	35	22	0.01	0.1
February 12	32	23	0.07	1.0
February 13	35	29	0.00	0.0
February 14	44	32	0.00	0.0
February 15	42	30	0.00	0.0
February 16	38	29	0.01	0.0
February 17	39	24	0.00	0.0
February 18	53	35	0.24	0.0
February 19	61	39	0.00	0.0
February 20	41	32	0.00	0.0
February 21	38	34	0.00	0.0
February 22	42	35	0.35	0.0
February 23	47	37	0.21	0.0
February 24	67	34	0.00	0.0
February 25	62	42	0.38	0.0
February 26	51	34	0.00	0.0
February 27	61	34	0.00	0.0
February 28	46	33	0.21	0.0

March 1961 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	38	28	0.21	0.0
March 2	51	33	0.00	0.0
March 3	60	35	0.00	0.0
March 4	61	39	0.23	0.0
March 5	68	41	0.00	0.0
March 6	57	41	0.34	0.0
March 7	64	41	0.00	0.0
March 8	45	34	1.13	0.0
March 9	42	31	0.00	0.0
March 10	36	27	0.00	0.0
March 11	46	22	0.00	0.0
March 12	60	26	0.00	0.0
March 13	42	35	0.07	0.0
March 14	41	37	0.88	0.0
March 15	51	39	0.00	0.0
March 16	47	30	0.00	0.0
March 17	37	25	0.00	0.0
March 18	44	22	0.22	0.0
March 19	39	34	0.59	0.0
March 20	53	35	0.00	0.0
March 21	50	32	0.00	0.0
March 22	47	34	0.16	0.1
March 23	41	36	0.46	0.0
March 24	53	38	0.00	0.0
March 25	51	41	0.00	0.0
March 26	61	32	0.00	0.0
March 27	71	39	0.00	0.0
March 28	79	45	0.22	0.0
March 29	63	47	0.00	0.0
March 30	55	39	0.00	0.0
March 31	48	33	0.66	0.0

April 1961 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	47	38	0.03
April 2	47	36	0.00
April 3	55	35	0.00
April 4	52	32	0.00
April 5	56	36	0.00
April 6	57	42	0.01
April 7	57	36	0.00
April 8	54	36	0.00
April 9	55	33	0.10
April 10	50	39	1.46
April 11	54	42	0.00
April 12	53	35	0.23
April 13	44	36	1.88
April 14	59	38	0.00
April 15	67	42	0.04
April 16	67	44	0.24
April 17	59	37	0.00
April 18	51	40	0.03
April 19	54	39	0.00
April 20	58	36	0.00
April 21	64	34	0.00
April 22	72	52	0.12
April 23	70	51	0.00
April 24	80	54	0.00
April 25	84	49	0.24
April 26	70	50	0.19
April 27	59	44	0.00
April 28	63	45	0.23
April 29	59	44	0.02
April 30	59	38	0.00

May 1961 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	58	44	0.20
May 2	60	41	0.05
May 3	60	41	0.00
May 4	62	37	0.00
May 5	66	43	0.00
May 6	58	42	0.33
May 7	68	50	0.33
May 8	76	59	0.00
May 9	84	56	0.30
May 10	67	59	0.00
May 11	61	52	0.26
May 12	66	51	0.05
May 13	70	57	0.00
May 14	77	59	0.00
May 15	77	59	0.00
May 16	77	62	0.46
May 17	70	49	0.00
May 18	68	47	0.00
May 19	60	48	0.03
May 20	68	50	0.00
May 21	70	50	0.04
May 22	65	47	0.00
May 23	67	41	0.00
May 24	73	44	0.00
May 25	80	55	0.00
May 26	78	43	1.17
May 27	55	42	0.09
May 28	73	41	0.00
May 29	70	53	0.07
May 30	65	41	0.00
May 31	74	43	0.00

June 1961 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	78	59	0.00
June 2	86	68	0.00
June 3	73	59	0.10
June 4	75	48	0.00
June 5	80	54	0.00
June 6	81	62	0.00
June 7	77	59	0.00
June 8	82	57	0.00
June 9	80	68	0.52
June 10	82	69	0.23
June 11	86	63	0.00
June 12	89	65	0.00
June 13	90	72	0.00
June 14	86	56	0.74
June 15	68	55	0.00
June 16	71	53	0.00
June 17	75	48	0.00
June 18	79	52	0.00
June 19	82	60	0.00
June 20	83	57	0.00
June 21	72	66	0.45
June 22	81	68	0.22
June 23	85	59	0.00
June 24	77	61	0.09
June 25	80	59	0.16
June 26	79	59	0.02
June 27	66	57	0.42
June 28	78	54	0.00
June 29	88	58	0.00
June 30	92	66	0.00

July 1961 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	88	69	0.04
July 2	92	68	0.00
July 3	84	69	0.03
July 4	75	64	0.00
July 5	79	60	0.00
July 6	77	53	0.00
July 7	80	58	0.00
July 8	82	62	0.00
July 9	82	59	0.00
July 10	82	54	0.00
July 11	85	56	0.00
July 12	84	64	0.00
July 13	79	67	1.44
July 14	86	68	0.21
July 15	81	71	0.75
July 16	82	70	0.25
July 17	86	69	0.32
July 18	86	66	0.00
July 19	88	70	0.00
July 20	85	71	0.00
July 21	91	68	0.00
July 22	93	70	0.00
July 23	92	73	0.00
July 24	88	71	1.39
July 25	90	71	0.03
July 26	87	71	0.00
July 27	86	68	0.00
July 28	86	64	0.00
July 29	81	71	1.50
July 30	88	67	0.00
July 31	89	68	0.00

August 1961 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	81	64	0.00
August 2	76	60	0.00
August 3	79	69	0.02
August 4	81	68	0.00
August 5	80	65	0.00
August 6	82	64	0.07
August 7	86	63	0.00
August 8	86	64	0.00
August 9	91	68	0.00
August 10	88	69	0.00
August 11	84	73	0.40
August 12	86	70	0.18
August 13	76	59	0.00
August 14	78	51	0.00
August 15	82	55	0.00
August 16	87	65	0.00
August 17	79	60	0.00
August 18	81	52	0.00
August 19	80	52	0.00
August 20	76	61	0.90
August 21	81	65	0.55
August 22	81	63	0.00
August 23	72	68	0.92
August 24	83	69	0.00
August 25	83	72	0.22
August 26	82	73	0.16
August 27	86	72	0.00
August 28	88	67	0.00
August 29	88	71	0.00
August 30	84	64	0.00
August 31	88	65	0.00

September 1961 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	89	66	0.00
September 2	90	70	0.59
September 3	91	68	0.00
September 4	91	68	0.00
September 5	92	75	0.00
September 6	89	73	0.00
September 7	81	69	0.00
September 8	80	67	0.00
September 9	83	69	0.00
September 10	85	68	0.00
September 11	88	73	0.00
September 12	89	71	0.00
September 13	89	71	0.00
September 14	82	69	0.56
September 15	74	56	0.30
September 16	70	47	0.00
September 17	70	52	0.00
September 18	71	50	0.00
September 19	66	62	0.00
September 20	73	64	0.35
September 21	82	66	0.61
September 22	86	65	0.00
September 23	88	63	0.00
September 24	86	64	0.00
September 25	84	66	0.00
September 26	74	50	0.00
September 27	73	47	0.00
September 28	77	52	0.00
September 29	64	42	0.00
September 30	70	39	0.00

October 1961 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	74	46	0.00
October 2	66	56	0.40
October 3	63	50	0.34
October 4	59	37	0.05
October 5	64	31	0.00
October 6	75	42	0.00
October 7	77	45	0.00
October 8	74	53	0.00
October 9	79	55	0.00
October 10	79	50	0.00
October 11	78	52	0.00
October 12	73	56	0.00
October 13	76	52	0.00
October 14	63	42	0.54
October 15	55	39	0.00
October 16	55	38	0.00
October 17	66	34	0.00
October 18	74	46	0.00
October 19	73	42	0.00
October 20	71	49	0.00
October 21	59	49	0.45
October 22	58	47	0.04
October 23	53	39	0.00
October 24	60	35	0.00
October 25	68	35	0.00
October 26	60	43	0.01
October 27	57	36	0.00
October 28	57	30	0.00
October 29	67	43	0.00
October 30	73	49	0.00
October 31	75	50	0.00

November 1961 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	64	42	0.00	0.0
November 2	61	36	0.00	0.0
November 3	75	55	0.00	0.0
November 4	75	62	0.03	0.0
November 5	80	56	0.01	0.0
November 6	66	51	0.00	0.0
November 7	57	36	0.34	0.0
November 8	53	30	0.00	0.0
November 9	44	28	0.00	0.0
November 10	42	23	0.00	0.0
November 11	47	21	0.00	0.0
November 12	62	29	0.00	0.0
November 13	61	51	0.00	0.0
November 14	60	56	0.31	0.0
November 15	59	34	0.00	0.0
November 16	56	35	0.37	0.0
November 17	57	38	0.07	0.0
November 18	47	31	0.00	0.0
November 19	40	24	0.00	0.0
November 20	38	31	0.35	3.2
November 21	44	29	0.00	0.0
November 22	46	27	0.00	0.0
November 23	57	30	0.00	0.0
November 24	55	43	0.56	0.0
November 25	54	38	0.00	0.0
November 26	58	29	0.00	0.0
November 27	51	32	0.00	0.0
November 28	38	27	0.00	0.0
November 29	42	24	0.00	0.0
November 30	49	25	0.00	0.0

December 1961 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	48	27	0.00	0.0
December 2	52	27	0.00	0.0
December 3	51	29	0.00	0.0
December 4	48	22	0.00	0.0
December 5	55	30	0.03	0.0
December 6	43	25	0.00	0.0
December 7	47	25	0.00	0.0
December 8	36	21	0.00	0.0
December 9	31	18	0.20	2.0
December 10	32	27	0.18	0.0
December 11	45	27	0.02	0.0
December 12	44	36	0.62	0.0
December 13	41	23	0.01	0.0
December 14	33	17	0.00	0.0
December 15	32	17	0.00	0.0
December 16	27	13	0.05	0.0
December 17	35	25	0.31	0.0
December 18	39	33	0.82	0.0
December 19	40	37	0.00	0.0
December 20	45	33	0.00	0.0
December 21	38	26	0.00	0.0
December 22	36	24	0.00	0.0
December 23	34	17	0.33	2.9
December 24	31	24	0.03	0.3
December 25	34	21	0.00	0.0
December 26	33	17	0.00	0.0
December 27	46	17	0.00	0.0
December 28	38	24	0.18	0.0
December 29	25	14	0.00	0.0
December 30	26	14	0.00	0.0
December 31	34	10	0.00	0.0

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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