Philadelphia Weather in 1962

Historical record of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania weather for the year 1962 based on NOAA data.

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1962 Philadelphia Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	96 °F	May 19
Lowest temperature	3 °F	December 31
Highest daily low	72 °F	August 7
Lowest daily high	15 °F	December 31
Most daily precipitation	2.6 inches	June 24
Most daily snow	6.8 inches	March 6
Total annual precipitation	42.6 inches	-
Total annual snow	30.3 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Philadelphia in 1962?

The highest temperature recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1962 was 96 °F which happened on May 19.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Philadelphia in 1962

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	96 °F	May 19
2	94 °F	May 20
2	94 °F	May 18
4	91 °F	Aug 20
4	91 °F	Jun 18
6	90 °F	Aug 8
6	90 °F	Aug 6
6	90 °F	Jul 13
6	90 °F	Jul 8
6	90 °F	Jun 19

What was the coldest temperature in Philadelphia in 1962?

The lowest temperature recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1962 was 3 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Philadelphia in 1962

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	3 °F	December 31
1	3 °F	February 11
3	4 °F	December 30
4	9 °F	February 10
4	9 °F	January 31
4	9 °F	January 12
7	10 °F	March 4
7	10 °F	January 11
9	11 °F	December 15
9	11 °F	December 14
9	11 °F	February 13
9	11 °F	February 7

January 1962 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	35	26	0.00	0.0
January 2	31	21	0.00	0.0
January 3	35	17	0.00	0.0
January 4	49	28	0.00	0.0
January 5	34	25	0.00	0.0
January 6	57	32	2.00	0.0
January 7	57	40	0.08	0.0
January 8	46	28	0.03	0.0
January 9	30	24	0.00	0.0
January 10	24	12	0.01	0.2
January 11	23	10	0.00	0.0
January 12	25	9	0.00	0.0
January 13	34	16	0.00	0.0
January 14	42	12	0.00	0.0
January 15	57	34	0.53	0.0
January 16	40	22	0.00	0.0
January 17	36	23	0.00	0.0
January 18	27	16	0.00	0.0
January 19	30	18	0.02	0.2
January 20	34	22	0.00	0.0
January 21	38	17	0.00	0.0
January 22	49	37	0.01	0.0
January 23	49	23	0.01	0.0
January 24	33	16	0.05	0.5
January 25	51	26	0.00	0.0
January 26	47	26	0.17	0.0
January 27	46	27	0.00	0.0
January 28	28	21	0.00	0.0
January 29	29	18	0.00	0.0
January 30	46	16	0.04	0.2
January 31	25	9	0.00	0.0

February 1962 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	30	22	0.04	0.4
February 2	25	16	0.04	0.5
February 3	33	24	0.02	0.4
February 4	49	28	0.00	0.0
February 5	54	33	0.04	0.0
February 6	41	18	0.00	0.0
February 7	24	11	0.00	0.0
February 8	38	19	0.00	0.0
February 9	37	22	0.43	4.0
February 10	34	9	0.00	0.0
February 11	21	3	0.00	0.0
February 12	31	14	0.00	0.0
February 13	34	11	0.00	0.0
February 14	39	27	0.42	4.4
February 15	37	25	0.00	0.0
February 16	33	21	0.02	0.2
February 17	42	26	0.00	0.0
February 18	36	24	0.00	0.0
February 19	35	30	0.52	0.5
February 20	37	28	0.00	0.0
February 21	33	23	0.22	2.1
February 22	39	32	0.12	0.0
February 23	44	35	0.00	0.0
February 24	46	26	0.33	0.0
February 25	35	22	0.00	0.0
February 26	52	32	0.85	0.0
February 27	43	37	0.33	0.0
February 28	41	37	0.13	0.0

March 1962 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	39	16	0.00	0.0
March 2	29	12	0.00	0.0
March 3	34	13	0.00	0.0
March 4	38	10	0.00	0.0
March 5	39	20	0.00	0.0
March 6	36	32	0.74	6.8
March 7	37	30	0.00	0.0
March 8	38	27	0.00	0.0
March 9	40	26	0.05	0.2
March 10	47	32	0.02	0.2
March 11	47	28	0.09	0.0
March 12	56	38	1.54	0.0
March 13	51	36	0.00	0.0
March 14	47	34	0.00	0.0
March 15	50	33	0.00	0.0
March 16	45	29	0.00	0.0
March 17	46	31	0.00	0.0
March 18	50	29	0.00	0.0
March 19	54	26	0.00	0.0
March 20	53	38	0.00	0.0
March 21	47	38	1.14	0.0
March 22	54	36	0.00	0.0
March 23	55	36	0.00	0.0
March 24	55	33	0.00	0.0
March 25	60	32	0.00	0.0
March 26	59	32	0.00	0.0
March 27	60	37	0.00	0.0
March 28	63	33	0.00	0.0
March 29	74	37	0.00	0.0
March 30	77	50	0.00	0.0
March 31	74	55	0.33	0.0

April 1962 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	65	43	1.12
April 2	50	35	0.00
April 3	46	34	0.00
April 4	53	28	0.00
April 5	62	39	0.00
April 6	61	39	0.01
April 7	64	54	1.16
April 8	59	47	0.07
April 9	62	40	0.06
April 10	64	37	0.00
April 11	52	42	0.22
April 12	46	40	0.61
April 13	46	39	0.15
April 14	52	39	0.00
April 15	43	35	0.05
April 16	45	33	0.00
April 17	49	27	0.00
April 18	59	35	0.00
April 19	62	37	0.00
April 20	58	37	0.10
April 21	69	40	0.00
April 22	82	43	0.00
April 23	71	47	0.00
April 24	66	37	0.00
April 25	81	42	0.00
April 26	87	47	0.00
April 27	86	55	0.00
April 28	83	59	0.00
April 29	84	64	0.00
April 30	64	51	0.14

May 1962 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	51	47	0.00
May 2	49	46	0.12
May 3	71	46	0.00
May 4	78	47	0.00
May 5	81	45	0.00
May 6	82	48	0.01
May 7	70	53	0.00
May 8	53	47	0.06
May 9	63	46	0.00
May 10	68	37	0.00
May 11	55	40	0.15
May 12	69	37	0.00
May 13	67	48	0.00
May 14	74	48	0.00
May 15	86	57	0.00
May 16	71	52	0.00
May 17	75	52	0.00
May 18	94	56	0.00
May 19	96	61	0.00
May 20	94	68	0.00
May 21	88	65	0.02
May 22	79	58	0.00
May 23	81	55	0.11
May 24	83	62	1.36
May 25	80	61	0.00
May 26	84	65	0.00
May 27	75	56	0.00
May 28	66	52	0.00
May 29	76	57	0.00
May 30	81	65	0.02
May 31	87	68	0.00

June 1962 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	87	63	0.00
June 2	84	63	0.00
June 3	77	58	0.00
June 4	80	56	0.00
June 5	71	64	0.23
June 6	82	64	0.00
June 7	80	60	0.00
June 8	88	58	0.00
June 9	87	58	0.00
June 10	87	62	0.00
June 11	87	69	0.40
June 12	74	61	2.34
June 13	62	59	0.59
June 14	66	59	0.00
June 15	73	54	0.06
June 16	88	57	0.00
June 17	89	60	0.00
June 18	91	67	0.00
June 19	90	70	0.02
June 20	74	68	0.10
June 21	80	65	0.00
June 22	80	64	0.00
June 23	85	65	1.01
June 24	83	69	2.61
June 25	85	66	0.00
June 26	86	64	0.04
June 27	81	63	0.00
June 28	80	57	0.00
June 29	80	57	0.00
June 30	84	60	0.00

July 1962 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	87	61	0.00
July 2	81	64	0.00
July 3	78	58	0.00
July 4	80	53	0.00
July 5	81	60	0.00
July 6	81	57	0.00
July 7	87	65	0.00
July 8	90	70	0.00
July 9	89	69	0.00
July 10	85	58	0.00
July 11	86	59	0.00
July 12	85	68	0.00
July 13	90	66	0.00
July 14	77	61	0.09
July 15	87	62	0.00
July 16	74	67	0.00
July 17	73	60	0.00
July 18	72	59	0.58
July 19	85	58	0.00
July 20	89	61	0.00
July 21	89	72	0.00
July 22	87	68	0.49
July 23	83	62	0.57
July 24	79	61	0.00
July 25	76	59	0.00
July 26	84	60	0.00
July 27	78	53	0.00
July 28	84	53	0.00
July 29	77	62	0.29
July 30	76	64	0.27
July 31	82	62	0.01

August 1962 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	85	68	0.00
August 2	83	63	0.00
August 3	85	59	0.00
August 4	82	67	0.00
August 5	87	66	0.00
August 6	90	70	0.17
August 7	85	72	1.40
August 8	90	66	0.00
August 9	77	63	2.21
August 10	64	59	0.08
August 11	71	56	0.00
August 12	78	53	0.00
August 13	81	56	0.00
August 14	83	65	0.00
August 15	80	55	0.00
August 16	85	62	0.02
August 17	85	67	0.20
August 18	77	60	0.00
August 19	83	55	0.00
August 20	91	68	0.15
August 21	83	68	0.18
August 22	80	64	0.00
August 23	76	60	0.00
August 24	78	55	0.00
August 25	80	54	0.00
August 26	82	58	0.00
August 27	84	67	0.61
August 28	73	67	1.56
August 29	83	66	0.00
August 30	87	60	0.00
August 31	87	60	0.00

September 1962 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	89	68	0.00
September 2	76	62	0.12
September 3	76	59	0.00
September 4	74	55	0.06
September 5	66	60	0.22
September 6	66	48	0.00
September 7	68	47	0.00
September 8	73	45	0.00
September 9	76	50	0.00
September 10	84	66	0.00
September 11	79	58	0.00
September 12	81	54	0.00
September 13	86	57	0.00
September 14	85	63	0.00
September 15	79	57	0.00
September 16	75	58	0.00
September 17	67	62	0.77
September 18	73	51	0.00
September 19	72	51	0.09
September 20	64	47	0.00
September 21	62	41	0.00
September 22	68	39	0.00
September 23	68	53	0.00
September 24	69	47	0.00
September 25	69	50	0.00
September 26	69	51	0.04
September 27	62	59	1.27
September 28	68	53	0.20
September 29	66	47	0.00
September 30	70	44	0.00

October 1962 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	74	44	0.00
October 2	74	49	0.00
October 3	73	50	0.00
October 4	71	62	0.23
October 5	69	62	0.03
October 6	73	60	0.00
October 7	71	50	0.00
October 8	67	47	0.00
October 9	69	56	0.23
October 10	73	56	0.02
October 11	79	50	0.00
October 12	85	55	0.00
October 13	69	44	0.00
October 14	70	41	0.00
October 15	73	47	0.00
October 16	76	53	0.00
October 17	74	50	0.00
October 18	66	40	0.00
October 19	69	39	0.00
October 20	71	42	0.00
October 21	75	52	0.00
October 22	64	39	0.00
October 23	64	45	0.02
October 24	54	36	0.00
October 25	47	25	0.04
October 26	43	33	0.25
October 27	51	32	0.00
October 28	67	40	0.00
October 29	59	31	0.02
October 30	61	27	0.10
October 31	52	47	0.01

November 1962 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	57	41	0.00
November 2	53	28	0.00
November 3	46	36	1.35
November 4	47	30	0.00
November 5	47	28	0.00
November 6	46	26	0.00
November 7	53	20	0.00
November 8	60	34	0.00
November 9	59	40	0.06
November 10	63	45	1.03
November 11	55	40	0.00
November 12	52	29	0.00
November 13	45	29	0.00
November 14	49	33	0.00
November 15	53	26	0.00
November 16	59	30	0.02
November 17	50	43	0.00
November 18	44	34	0.97
November 19	40	26	0.00
November 20	42	31	0.05
November 21	51	38	0.38
November 22	52	37	0.74
November 23	46	30	0.00
November 24	52	28	0.00
November 25	43	26	0.00
November 26	46	33	0.00
November 27	50	36	0.00
November 28	55	39	0.00
November 29	61	38	0.00
November 30	62	30	0.00

December 1962 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	66	25	0.00	0.0
December 2	61	37	0.00	0.0
December 3	53	38	0.00	0.0
December 4	54	30	0.00	0.0
December 5	50	45	0.01	0.0
December 6	47	34	0.94	0.0
December 7	40	31	0.05	0.4
December 8	44	27	0.00	0.0
December 9	37	28	0.11	1.1
December 10	29	21	0.00	0.0
December 11	29	18	0.00	0.0
December 12	25	15	0.00	0.0
December 13	23	13	0.00	0.0
December 14	29	11	0.00	0.0
December 15	29	11	0.00	0.0
December 16	37	25	0.00	0.0
December 17	40	18	0.00	0.0
December 18	49	38	0.00	0.0
December 19	43	30	0.00	0.0
December 20	43	23	0.00	0.0
December 21	31	17	0.22	2.7
December 22	38	31	0.25	0.0
December 23	38	21	0.00	0.0
December 24	32	22	0.00	0.0
December 25	33	25	0.17	1.5
December 26	43	29	0.00	0.0
December 27	32	22	0.00	0.0
December 28	37	17	0.00	0.0
December 29	34	17	0.36	3.8
December 30	33	4	0.00	0.0
December 31	15	3	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