Philadelphia Weather in 1987

Historical record of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania weather for the year 1987 based on NOAA data.

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1987 Philadelphia Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	97 °F	August 4
Lowest temperature	4 °F	January 28
Highest daily low	78 °F	July 25
Lowest daily high	20 °F	January 24
Most daily precipitation	1.7 inches	July 2
Most daily snow	8.8 inches	January 22
Total annual precipitation	33.4 inches	-
Total annual snow	28.2 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Philadelphia in 1987?

The highest temperature recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1987 was 97 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Philadelphia in 1987

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	97 °F	Aug 4
1	97 °F	Jul 21
3	95 °F	Jul 25
3	95 °F	Jul 24
3	95 °F	Jul 11
6	94 °F	Aug 17
6	94 °F	Aug 5
6	94 °F	Aug 3
6	94 °F	Jul 23
6	94 °F	Jul 22
6	94 °F	Jul 20
6	94 °F	Jul 12
6	94 °F	Jul 9
6	94 °F	Jun 20
6	94 °F	Jun 15
6	94 °F	May 30

What was the coldest temperature in Philadelphia in 1987?

The lowest temperature recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1987 was 4 °F which happened on Jan 28.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Philadelphia in 1987

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	4 °F	January 28
2	7 °F	January 27
3	9 °F	February 16
3	9 °F	February 15
3	9 °F	January 24
6	10 °F	January 25
7	13 °F	December 30
7	13 °F	January 23
9	14 °F	December 31
10	16 °F	February 10
10	16 °F	January 26

January 1987 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	38	27	0.54	0.5
January 2	38	33	0.66	0.2
January 3	42	29	0.00	0.0
January 4	39	24	0.00	0.0
January 5	40	25	0.00	0.0
January 6	42	24	0.00	0.0
January 7	46	30	0.00	0.0
January 8	41	28	0.00	0.0
January 9	40	32	0.00	0.0
January 10	45	32	0.25	0.0
January 11	40	34	0.00	0.0
January 12	41	32	0.00	0.0
January 13	47	29	0.00	0.0
January 14	54	27	0.00	0.0
January 15	57	44	0.01	0.0
January 16	52	32	0.00	0.0
January 17	36	23	0.00	0.0
January 18	38	26	0.71	0.4
January 19	38	33	0.90	0.8
January 20	36	33	0.00	0.0
January 21	40	30	0.00	0.0
January 22	32	27	1.03	8.8
January 23	34	13	0.00	0.0
January 24	20	9	0.00	0.0
January 25	21	10	0.07	0.7
January 26	26	16	0.30	3.4
January 27	25	7	0.00	0.0
January 28	32	4	0.00	0.0
January 29	39	17	0.00	0.0
January 30	37	28	0.11	0.4
January 31	35	28	0.00	0.0

February 1987 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	36	25	0.00	0.0
February 2	47	32	0.02	0.0
February 3	49	27	0.00	0.0
February 4	43	29	0.00	0.0
February 5	37	26	0.00	0.0
February 6	47	24	0.00	0.0
February 7	48	27	0.00	0.0
February 8	47	26	0.00	0.0
February 9	37	22	0.25	2.9
February 10	39	16	0.00	0.0
February 11	43	26	0.00	0.0
February 12	36	26	0.04	0.4
February 13	34	26	0.00	0.0
February 14	29	18	0.00	0.0
February 15	27	9	0.00	0.0
February 16	33	9	0.00	0.0
February 17	40	22	0.00	0.0
February 18	42	29	0.00	0.0
February 19	41	20	0.00	0.0
February 20	41	21	0.00	0.0
February 21	46	27	0.00	0.0
February 22	50	23	0.03	0.3
February 23	41	31	0.65	6.5
February 24	42	27	0.00	0.0
February 25	41	24	0.00	0.0
February 26	42	26	0.00	0.0
February 27	40	28	0.00	0.0
February 28	47	25	0.18	0.0

March 1987 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	62	40	0.31
March 2	51	34	0.00
March 3	51	32	0.00
March 4	37	28	0.00
March 5	44	26	0.00
March 6	53	26	0.00
March 7	72	34	0.00
March 8	75	40	0.00
March 9	67	33	0.00
March 10	36	23	0.00
March 11	38	19	0.00
March 12	39	32	0.00
March 13	47	33	0.00
March 14	48	29	0.00
March 15	47	30	0.00
March 16	47	30	0.00
March 17	52	30	0.00
March 18	59	32	0.00
March 19	58	30	0.00
March 20	57	33	0.02
March 21	50	33	0.00
March 22	58	40	0.02
March 23	67	39	0.00
March 24	70	35	0.00
March 25	70	37	0.00
March 26	67	47	0.00
March 27	73	43	0.00
March 28	68	50	0.19
March 29	70	45	0.00
March 30	65	50	0.33
March 31	65	35	0.29

April 1987 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	47	29	0.00
April 2	63	37	0.00
April 3	59	40	0.03
April 4	62	45	1.24
April 5	51	33	0.66
April 6	45	33	0.13
April 7	57	41	0.00
April 8	64	42	0.00
April 9	62	41	0.00
April 10	71	40	0.00
April 11	75	42	0.01
April 12	70	42	0.00
April 13	56	46	0.00
April 14	68	39	0.00
April 15	54	47	0.00
April 16	49	45	0.12
April 17	61	47	0.37
April 18	63	53	0.00
April 19	75	58	0.00
April 20	74	58	0.00
April 21	77	60	0.00
April 22	77	49	0.00
April 23	57	47	0.00
April 24	61	49	0.88
April 25	58	42	0.10
April 26	64	40	0.00
April 27	64	39	0.00
April 28	57	43	0.09
April 29	69	39	0.00
April 30	64	45	0.00

May 1987 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	67	38	0.00
May 2	66	51	0.16
May 3	70	50	0.45
May 4	50	46	0.87
May 5	58	46	0.00
May 6	73	42	0.00
May 7	79	48	0.00
May 8	69	47	0.03
May 9	77	41	0.00
May 10	87	51	0.00
May 11	87	59	0.00
May 12	85	60	0.06
May 13	67	51	0.00
May 14	71	48	0.00
May 15	74	55	0.33
May 16	70	48	0.00
May 17	83	53	0.00
May 18	91	57	0.02
May 19	57	48	0.64
May 20	53	49	0.43
May 21	78	52	0.00
May 22	80	56	0.00
May 23	81	64	0.04
May 24	79	60	0.00
May 25	69	55	0.00
May 26	66	56	0.00
May 27	65	54	0.12
May 28	83	60	0.00
May 29	93	66	0.00
May 30	94	68	0.00
May 31	90	70	0.00

June 1987 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	89	70	0.00
June 2	86	69	0.13
June 3	71	64	0.00
June 4	76	64	0.64
June 5	80	62	0.00
June 6	77	60	0.00
June 7	83	58	0.00
June 8	90	68	0.00
June 9	81	65	0.11
June 10	76	55	0.00
June 11	78	50	0.00
June 12	78	64	0.01
June 13	87	66	0.09
June 14	89	62	0.00
June 15	94	72	0.00
June 16	87	71	0.00
June 17	84	64	0.00
June 18	86	58	0.00
June 19	89	65	0.00
June 20	94	71	0.00
June 21	86	73	0.36
June 22	89	72	0.06
June 23	89	65	0.00
June 24	83	61	0.00
June 25	92	62	0.00
June 26	81	64	0.00
June 27	84	68	0.60
June 28	80	58	0.00
June 29	88	64	0.00
June 30	92	72	0.01

July 1987 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	91	71	0.26
July 2	83	71	1.73
July 3	88	74	0.06
July 4	88	74	0.00
July 5	87	69	0.00
July 6	84	66	0.00
July 7	80	66	0.07
July 8	91	70	0.21
July 9	94	75	0.30
July 10	86	74	0.00
July 11	95	76	0.00
July 12	94	72	1.06
July 13	91	70	0.00
July 14	89	65	1.08
July 15	78	60	0.00
July 16	79	62	0.00
July 17	83	58	0.00
July 18	89	62	0.00
July 19	93	70	0.00
July 20	94	70	0.00
July 21	97	72	0.00
July 22	94	76	0.00
July 23	94	72	0.00
July 24	95	75	0.00
July 25	95	78	0.00
July 26	93	73	0.05
July 27	89	69	0.00
July 28	88	71	0.00
July 29	85	66	0.00
July 30	90	65	0.00
July 31	88	71	0.00

August 1987 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	88	68	0.00
August 2	89	70	0.00
August 3	94	77	0.00
August 4	97	75	0.00
August 5	94	71	0.65
August 6	78	67	0.07
August 7	85	64	0.00
August 8	89	71	0.00
August 9	91	75	1.17
August 10	88	67	0.00
August 11	87	62	0.00
August 12	84	62	0.00
August 13	83	60	0.00
August 14	84	61	0.00
August 15	89	69	0.00
August 16	91	68	0.00
August 17	94	75	0.00
August 18	92	75	0.00
August 19	89	69	0.00
August 20	87	68	0.00
August 21	86	61	0.00
August 22	81	70	0.26
August 23	78	60	0.00
August 24	75	57	0.00
August 25	77	53	0.00
August 26	81	58	0.03
August 27	76	63	0.26
August 28	74	64	0.00
August 29	79	62	0.77
August 30	80	56	0.00
August 31	80	57	0.51

September 1987 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	77	56	0.06
September 2	81	53	0.00
September 3	78	59	0.00
September 4	77	54	0.00
September 5	79	55	0.00
September 6	74	63	0.08
September 7	84	71	0.02
September 8	78	71	0.20
September 9	85	68	0.00
September 10	84	67	0.00
September 11	86	65	0.00
September 12	74	68	0.08
September 13	80	70	1.00
September 14	84	66	0.00
September 15	83	59	0.01
September 16	83	65	0.00
September 17	81	69	0.14
September 18	80	61	0.68
September 19	63	58	0.02
September 20	66	58	0.01
September 21	73	59	0.18
September 22	76	55	0.16
September 23	73	52	0.00
September 24	76	57	0.00
September 25	68	50	0.00
September 26	74	45	0.00
September 27	77	54	0.00
September 28	82	57	0.00
September 29	80	56	0.00
September 30	75	55	0.14

October 1987 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	65	49	0.00
October 2	73	46	0.00
October 3	63	43	0.99
October 4	57	42	0.05
October 5	69	41	0.00
October 6	74	45	0.00
October 7	67	46	0.15
October 8	59	40	0.00
October 9	59	38	0.00
October 10	67	49	0.00
October 11	56	45	0.01
October 12	54	40	0.00
October 13	58	37	0.00
October 14	62	38	0.00
October 15	69	35	0.00
October 16	74	44	0.00
October 17	71	45	0.00
October 18	68	47	0.00
October 19	70	45	0.00
October 20	70	52	0.00
October 21	59	38	0.02
October 22	57	37	0.00
October 23	61	42	0.00
October 24	69	40	0.00
October 25	60	41	0.00
October 26	59	34	0.00
October 27	64	34	1.40
October 28	59	41	0.00
October 29	58	34	0.00
October 30	59	33	0.00
October 31	63	43	0.00

November 1987 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	64	38	0.00	0.0
November 2	60	50	0.00	0.0
November 3	64	48	0.00	0.0
November 4	74	50	0.00	0.0
November 5	68	43	0.00	0.0
November 6	49	33	0.00	0.0
November 7	60	34	0.00	0.0
November 8	66	42	0.00	0.0
November 9	67	53	0.00	0.0
November 10	58	36	0.90	0.0
November 11	37	30	0.34	1.3
November 12	46	30	0.00	0.0
November 13	58	34	0.00	0.0
November 14	66	35	0.00	0.0
November 15	60	37	0.00	0.0
November 16	64	35	0.00	0.0
November 17	72	45	0.00	0.0
November 18	68	47	0.04	0.0
November 19	53	37	0.00	0.0
November 20	50	34	0.00	0.0
November 21	34	21	0.01	0.1
November 22	38	20	0.00	0.0
November 23	54	25	0.00	0.0
November 24	63	40	0.00	0.0
November 25	61	41	0.00	0.0
November 26	65	42	0.00	0.0
November 27	43	39	0.00	0.0
November 28	48	40	0.03	0.0
November 29	61	47	0.54	0.0
November 30	61	42	0.22	0.0

December 1987 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	52	36	0.00	0.0
December 2	45	30	0.00	0.0
December 3	44	28	0.04	0.0
December 4	47	36	0.00	0.0
December 5	41	31	0.00	0.0
December 6	44	30	0.00	0.0
December 7	48	26	0.00	0.0
December 8	49	32	0.00	0.0
December 9	62	33	0.00	0.0
December 10	57	47	0.10	0.0
December 11	52	38	0.13	0.0
December 12	56	38	0.00	0.0
December 13	47	31	0.00	0.0
December 14	47	33	0.00	0.0
December 15	56	36	0.69	0.0
December 16	44	34	0.00	0.0
December 17	42	32	0.00	0.0
December 18	39	27	0.00	0.0
December 19	48	29	0.00	0.0
December 20	54	36	0.27	0.0
December 21	49	33	0.00	0.0
December 22	47	33	0.02	0.0
December 23	48	35	0.03	0.0
December 24	53	29	0.00	0.0
December 25	57	43	0.11	0.0
December 26	53	33	0.12	0.0
December 27	42	27	0.00	0.0
December 28	39	31	0.09	0.7
December 29	32	17	0.08	0.8
December 30	23	13	0.00	0.0
December 31	42	14	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