Philadelphia Weather in 1968

Historical record of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania weather for the year 1968 based on NOAA data.

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1968 Philadelphia Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	97 °F	August 25
Lowest temperature	6 °F	February 21
Highest daily low	76 °F	August 4
Lowest daily high	18 °F	January 9
Most daily precipitation	3.1 inches	June 12
Most daily snow	2.6 inches	December 15
Total annual precipitation	35.5 inches	-
Total annual snow	8.9 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Philadelphia in 1968?

The highest temperature recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1968 was 97 °F which happened on August 25.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Philadelphia in 1968

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	97 °F	Aug 25
2	96 °F	Jul 1
3	95 °F	Jul 24
3	95 °F	Jul 17
5	94 °F	Aug 21
5	94 °F	Aug 20
5	94 °F	Aug 17
5	94 °F	Aug 8
5	94 °F	Aug 7
5	94 °F	Jul 18
5	94 °F	Jun 30

What was the coldest temperature in Philadelphia in 1968?

The lowest temperature recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1968 was 6 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Philadelphia in 1968

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	6 °F	February 21
1	6 °F	January 12
3	7 °F	January 9
3	7 °F	January 2
5	8 °F	February 22
5	8 °F	January 8
7	10 °F	December 11
7	10 °F	February 11
7	10 °F	January 11
10	11 °F	January 6

January 1968 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	34	15	0.00	0.0
January 2	26	7	0.00	0.0
January 3	34	25	0.07	0.0
January 4	37	19	0.08	0.1
January 5	20	12	0.00	0.0
January 6	33	11	0.10	1.0
January 7	31	13	0.03	0.1
January 8	18	8	0.00	0.0
January 9	18	7	0.00	0.0
January 10	27	18	0.00	0.0
January 11	22	10	0.00	0.0
January 12	26	6	0.00	0.0
January 13	35	15	0.00	0.0
January 14	44	33	2.27	0.0
January 15	36	27	0.02	0.2
January 16	28	17	0.00	0.0
January 17	33	21	0.00	0.0
January 18	44	23	0.00	0.0
January 19	51	26	0.00	0.0
January 20	49	30	0.00	0.0
January 21	51	30	0.00	0.0
January 22	45	30	0.00	0.0
January 23	39	32	0.23	0.0
January 24	35	22	0.00	0.1
January 25	26	22	0.00	0.0
January 26	40	17	0.00	0.0
January 27	50	27	0.00	0.0
January 28	47	33	0.01	0.0
January 29	47	38	0.04	0.0
January 30	49	39	0.05	0.0
January 31	47	33	0.00	0.0

February 1968 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	41	34	0.00	0.0
February 2	48	38	0.68	0.0
February 3	43	34	0.00	0.0
February 4	44	30	0.00	0.0
February 5	45	25	0.00	0.0
February 6	45	26	0.00	0.0
February 7	44	28	0.00	0.0
February 8	39	29	0.00	0.0
February 9	42	25	0.00	0.0
February 10	34	13	0.02	0.3
February 11	23	10	0.00	0.0
February 12	30	15	0.00	0.0
February 13	24	16	0.01	0.1
February 14	40	16	0.00	0.0
February 15	44	24	0.00	0.0
February 16	41	24	0.00	0.0
February 17	47	19	0.00	0.0
February 18	34	12	0.00	0.0
February 19	39	18	0.00	0.0
February 20	42	17	0.03	0.3
February 21	23	6	0.00	0.0
February 22	31	8	0.00	0.0
February 23	42	21	0.00	0.0
February 24	38	20	0.00	0.0
February 25	42	19	0.00	0.0
February 26	45	21	0.00	0.0
February 27	45	21	0.00	0.0
February 28	51	22	0.00	0.0
February 29	38	30	0.66	1.0

March 1968 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	37	29	0.12	0.5
March 2	41	28	0.00	0.0
March 3	35	16	0.00	0.1
March 4	50	20	0.00	0.0
March 5	50	34	0.00	0.0
March 6	46	33	0.00	0.0
March 7	41	26	0.00	0.0
March 8	55	25	0.00	0.0
March 9	54	35	0.02	0.0
March 10	48	36	0.06	0.0
March 11	50	39	0.00	0.0
March 12	41	32	1.97	1.5
March 13	42	26	0.44	0.1
March 14	39	21	0.00	0.0
March 15	47	27	0.00	0.0
March 16	58	38	0.01	0.0
March 17	53	46	0.75	0.0
March 18	51	45	1.13	0.0
March 19	60	43	0.00	0.0
March 20	64	40	0.00	0.0
March 21	64	41	0.00	0.0
March 22	64	45	0.00	0.0
March 23	62	34	0.48	0.0
March 24	48	33	0.00	0.0
March 25	52	30	0.00	0.0
March 26	59	33	0.00	0.0
March 27	73	38	0.00	0.0
March 28	77	43	0.00	0.0
March 29	78	45	0.00	0.0
March 30	68	46	0.00	0.0
March 31	73	43	0.00	0.0

April 1968 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	65	41	0.12
April 2	61	35	0.00
April 3	65	40	0.00
April 4	72	51	0.00
April 5	64	41	0.04
April 6	53	33	0.00
April 7	60	33	0.00
April 8	66	39	0.06
April 9	74	52	0.00
April 10	66	49	0.00
April 11	64	44	0.00
April 12	68	43	0.00
April 13	80	43	0.00
April 14	80	48	0.00
April 15	58	46	0.00
April 16	67	42	0.00
April 17	68	46	0.00
April 18	76	43	0.00
April 19	76	48	0.00
April 20	72	47	0.00
April 21	63	49	0.00
April 22	59	49	0.00
April 23	56	44	0.00
April 24	64	45	1.22
April 25	55	42	0.00
April 26	66	37	0.00
April 27	65	43	0.01
April 28	64	43	0.00
April 29	64	41	0.00
April 30	64	41	0.12

May 1968 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	62	40	0.05
May 2	66	41	0.00
May 3	82	52	0.04
May 4	70	59	0.00
May 5	68	49	0.40
May 6	62	44	0.02
May 7	67	38	0.00
May 8	71	43	0.00
May 9	77	48	0.00
May 10	77	58	0.02
May 11	68	53	0.62
May 12	76	54	0.49
May 13	59	47	0.00
May 14	67	45	0.00
May 15	67	50	0.06
May 16	69	55	0.23
May 17	79	59	0.00
May 18	73	55	0.00
May 19	73	52	0.12
May 20	62	49	0.00
May 21	69	46	0.00
May 22	72	46	0.00
May 23	63	49	0.74
May 24	59	52	0.03
May 25	75	47	0.00
May 26	77	48	0.00
May 27	60	49	0.10
May 28	60	49	1.55
May 29	74	58	0.54
May 30	76	55	0.16
May 31	70	56	0.00

June 1968 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	74	52	0.00
June 2	76	61	0.03
June 3	79	57	0.08
June 4	77	55	0.00
June 5	83	56	0.00
June 6	90	61	0.00
June 7	88	63	0.00
June 8	88	64	0.00
June 9	88	71	0.00
June 10	86	60	0.00
June 11	76	59	0.00
June 12	76	66	3.05
June 13	75	60	0.00
June 14	77	54	0.00
June 15	85	59	0.00
June 16	85	66	1.96
June 17	72	61	0.08
June 18	77	59	0.00
June 19	79	61	0.02
June 20	74	56	0.04
June 21	75	48	0.00
June 22	88	62	0.04
June 23	84	67	0.06
June 24	85	64	0.04
June 25	91	72	0.00
June 26	89	65	0.11
June 27	65	61	0.38
June 28	75	61	0.00
June 29	86	60	0.00
June 30	94	71	0.00

July 1968 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	96	73	0.00
July 2	93	71	0.33
July 3	82	68	0.09
July 4	74	66	0.00
July 5	81	65	0.00
July 6	80	62	0.18
July 7	81	55	0.00
July 8	87	63	0.00
July 9	84	67	0.00
July 10	84	68	0.00
July 11	80	66	0.00
July 12	85	64	0.00
July 13	88	68	0.00
July 14	85	71	0.00
July 15	87	72	0.00
July 16	93	73	0.00
July 17	95	74	0.00
July 18	94	75	0.00
July 19	91	73	0.28
July 20	86	69	0.00
July 21	86	66	0.00
July 22	88	66	0.00
July 23	92	74	0.00
July 24	95	73	1.12
July 25	82	73	0.00
July 26	85	68	0.00
July 27	85	64	0.00
July 28	89	69	0.00
July 29	82	61	0.00
July 30	84	59	0.00
July 31	84	64	0.00

August 1968 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	93	73	0.35
August 2	86	73	0.06
August 3	89	75	0.00
August 4	90	76	0.00
August 5	90	73	0.00
August 6	88	72	0.01
August 7	94	73	0.00
August 8	94	72	0.00
August 9	91	75	0.00
August 10	93	74	0.02
August 11	79	62	0.00
August 12	81	57	0.00
August 13	85	61	0.00
August 14	87	70	0.00
August 15	86	66	0.00
August 16	85	61	0.00
August 17	94	75	0.77
August 18	88	71	0.00
August 19	81	69	0.00
August 20	94	70	0.00
August 21	94	75	0.00
August 22	92	70	0.00
August 23	93	71	0.00
August 24	92	72	0.03
August 25	97	73	0.00
August 26	83	63	0.00
August 27	79	57	0.00
August 28	78	57	0.00
August 29	79	59	0.00
August 30	81	53	0.00
August 31	83	53	0.00

September 1968 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	75	57	0.00
September 2	86	66	0.12
September 3	85	63	0.00
September 4	90	63	0.00
September 5	80	68	0.00
September 6	75	71	0.26
September 7	84	62	0.00
September 8	83	60	0.00
September 9	82	60	0.00
September 10	81	67	0.06
September 11	79	60	0.00
September 12	74	50	0.00
September 13	79	48	0.00
September 14	79	48	0.00
September 15	79	55	0.00
September 16	78	51	0.00
September 17	79	52	0.00
September 18	83	49	0.00
September 19	80	52	0.00
September 20	84	52	0.00
September 21	82	56	0.00
September 22	88	57	0.00
September 23	89	61	0.00
September 24	88	64	0.00
September 25	90	65	0.00
September 26	81	66	0.00
September 27	78	57	0.00
September 28	79	53	0.00
September 29	71	48	0.00
September 30	76	46	0.00

October 1968 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	83	51	0.00
October 2	85	59	0.00
October 3	85	63	0.00
October 4	64	42	0.00
October 5	63	36	0.00
October 6	67	35	0.18
October 7	70	50	1.21
October 8	68	48	0.00
October 9	64	50	0.00
October 10	66	47	0.00
October 11	65	56	0.01
October 12	72	53	0.00
October 13	73	58	0.00
October 14	69	56	0.00
October 15	72	54	0.00
October 16	76	52	0.00
October 17	80	54	0.00
October 18	81	57	0.00
October 19	71	60	1.56
October 20	69	50	0.00
October 21	65	46	0.00
October 22	67	40	0.00
October 23	71	56	0.00
October 24	68	53	0.01
October 25	62	45	0.16
October 26	55	43	0.00
October 27	60	38	0.00
October 28	59	45	0.02
October 29	52	38	0.00
October 30	51	31	0.00
October 31	54	28	0.00

November 1968 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	64	30	0.00	0.0
November 2	75	50	0.00	0.0
November 3	62	47	0.05	0.0
November 4	51	46	0.09	0.0
November 5	58	50	0.00	0.0
November 6	55	47	0.00	0.0
November 7	52	47	0.52	0.0
November 8	51	40	0.09	0.0
November 9	49	37	0.18	0.0
November 10	41	38	1.00	0.0
November 11	50	35	0.01	0.0
November 12	42	33	1.27	0.4
November 13	42	33	0.00	0.0
November 14	47	30	0.00	0.0
November 15	55	42	0.00	0.0
November 16	54	44	0.00	0.0
November 17	44	42	0.00	0.0
November 18	60	43	0.58	0.0
November 19	45	35	0.00	0.0
November 20	42	30	0.00	0.0
November 21	40	26	0.00	0.0
November 22	55	35	0.00	0.0
November 23	53	29	0.00	0.0
November 24	63	34	0.14	0.0
November 25	50	39	0.00	0.0
November 26	50	32	0.00	0.0
November 27	54	39	0.00	0.0
November 28	63	44	0.17	0.0
November 29	65	45	0.07	0.0
November 30	45	33	0.00	0.0

December 1968 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	41	28	0.14	0.0
December 2	47	41	0.20	0.0
December 3	51	35	0.04	0.0
December 4	57	43	0.72	0.0
December 5	44	34	0.02	0.0
December 6	38	25	0.00	0.0
December 7	39	23	0.00	0.0
December 8	36	25	0.00	0.0
December 9	30	16	0.00	0.0
December 10	25	12	0.00	0.0
December 11	30	10	0.00	0.0
December 12	41	15	0.00	0.0
December 13	60	22	0.00	0.0
December 14	51	34	0.43	0.0
December 15	34	16	0.19	2.6
December 16	32	15	0.00	0.0
December 17	37	23	0.00	0.0
December 18	38	18	0.00	0.0
December 19	45	31	0.04	0.0
December 20	50	32	0.00	0.0
December 21	43	30	0.00	0.0
December 22	36	27	0.42	0.5
December 23	43	29	0.05	0.0
December 24	33	23	0.00	0.0
December 25	25	14	0.00	0.0
December 26	25	13	0.00	0.0
December 27	31	24	0.00	0.0
December 28	58	31	0.15	0.0
December 29	43	26	0.00	0.0
December 30	36	21	0.00	0.0
December 31	42	23	0.14	0.0

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1916–1940	Philadelphia Naval Yard	location
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