Philadelphia Weather in 1988

Historical record of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania weather for the year 1988 based on NOAA data.

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1988 Philadelphia Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	102 °F	July 17
Lowest temperature	3 °F	January 11
Highest daily low	78 °F	August 15
Lowest daily high	21 °F	January 6
Most daily precipitation	3.5 inches	July 21
Most daily snow	3.8 inches	January 8
Total annual precipitation	38.4 inches	-
Total annual snow	12.5 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Philadelphia in 1988?

The highest temperature recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1988 was 102 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Philadelphia in 1988

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	102 °F	Jul 17
1	102 °F	Jul 16
3	100 °F	Jul 11
3	100 °F	Jul 10
3	100 °F	Jun 22
6	98 °F	Aug 15
6	98 °F	Jul 30
8	97 °F	Jul 8
8	97 °F	Jul 7
8	97 °F	Jul 6
8	97 °F	Jun 21
8	97 °F	Jun 15

What was the coldest temperature in Philadelphia in 1988?

The lowest temperature recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1988 was 3 °F which happened on Jan 11.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Philadelphia in 1988

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	3 °F	January 11
2	7 °F	January 7
3	8 °F	December 12
3	8 °F	February 7
3	8 °F	January 15
3	8 °F	January 6
7	9 °F	January 14
8	10 °F	January 16
8	10 °F	January 5
10	11 °F	December 13
10	11 °F	January 12

January 1988 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	48	35	0.01	0.0
January 2	35	19	0.00	0.0
January 3	32	17	0.19	1.5
January 4	40	23	0.14	1.3
January 5	23	10	0.00	0.0
January 6	21	8	0.00	0.0
January 7	22	7	0.01	0.1
January 8	28	18	0.38	3.8
January 9	30	18	0.00	0.0
January 10	29	12	0.00	0.0
January 11	30	3	0.00	0.0
January 12	34	11	0.00	0.0
January 13	43	22	0.03	0.0
January 14	22	9	0.00	0.0
January 15	24	8	0.00	0.0
January 16	34	10	0.00	0.0
January 17	41	21	0.00	0.0
January 18	40	32	0.44	0.0
January 19	46	27	0.02	0.0
January 20	46	36	0.70	0.0
January 21	50	34	0.00	0.0
January 22	37	25	0.00	0.0
January 23	40	22	0.00	0.0
January 24	49	21	0.00	0.0
January 25	41	31	0.72	3.0
January 26	34	15	0.08	0.9
January 27	27	12	0.00	0.0
January 28	26	12	0.00	0.0
January 29	32	13	0.00	0.0
January 30	45	22	0.00	0.0
January 31	59	29	0.00	0.0

February 1988 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	65	38	0.00	0.0
February 2	61	36	0.55	0.0
February 3	37	33	0.01	0.0
February 4	42	23	0.54	0.0
February 5	33	20	0.00	0.0
February 6	24	12	0.00	0.0
February 7	26	8	0.00	0.0
February 8	40	23	0.00	0.0
February 9	41	21	0.00	0.0
February 10	46	26	0.00	0.0
February 11	42	26	0.36	1.2
February 12	41	25	1.35	0.3
February 13	27	19	0.00	0.0
February 14	36	20	0.00	0.0
February 15	53	28	0.31	0.0
February 16	48	30	0.11	0.0
February 17	49	26	0.00	0.0
February 18	52	31	0.00	0.0
February 19	47	28	0.72	0.0
February 20	47	39	0.09	0.0
February 21	41	19	0.00	0.0
February 22	48	19	0.00	0.0
February 23	61	39	0.04	0.0
February 24	40	26	0.00	0.0
February 25	37	23	0.00	0.0
February 26	38	21	0.00	0.0
February 27	47	32	0.03	0.0
February 28	41	28	0.00	0.0
February 29	50	26	0.00	0.0

March 1988 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	48	25	0.00
March 2	58	24	0.00
March 3	54	42	0.03
March 4	47	34	0.76
March 5	46	26	0.00
March 6	51	26	0.00
March 7	60	31	0.00
March 8	56	33	0.00
March 9	67	33	0.00
March 10	55	35	0.00
March 11	54	26	0.00
March 12	64	36	0.00
March 13	64	39	0.04
March 14	45	33	0.00
March 15	39	29	0.00
March 16	48	28	0.00
March 17	50	31	0.00
March 18	47	30	0.01
March 19	48	33	0.00
March 20	45	31	0.00
March 21	40	23	0.00
March 22	45	19	0.00
March 23	57	30	0.00
March 24	76	40	0.00
March 25	77	49	0.00
March 26	62	51	1.40
March 27	54	40	0.00
March 28	60	39	0.00
March 29	68	42	0.00
March 30	71	39	0.00
March 31	70	45	0.00

April 1988 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	62	46	0.02
April 2	67	48	0.00
April 3	66	49	0.00
April 4	73	59	0.07
April 5	74	48	0.00
April 6	65	44	0.00
April 7	47	43	1.13
April 8	54	42	0.01
April 9	61	42	0.00
April 10	61	40	0.00
April 11	64	40	0.00
April 12	56	40	0.00
April 13	54	37	0.00
April 14	57	38	0.00
April 15	61	38	0.10
April 16	50	38	0.00
April 17	67	37	0.00
April 18	63	45	0.18
April 19	50	35	0.00
April 20	58	35	0.00
April 21	60	42	0.00
April 22	60	32	0.00
April 23	55	37	0.17
April 24	58	45	0.00
April 25	64	39	0.00
April 26	67	39	0.00
April 27	73	44	1.14
April 28	61	44	0.00
April 29	57	42	0.08
April 30	62	44	0.02

May 1988 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	65	46	0.00
May 2	62	46	0.01
May 3	63	44	0.00
May 4	62	49	0.09
May 5	65	52	0.29
May 6	59	55	0.47
May 7	79	50	0.00
May 8	71	44	0.00
May 9	71	43	0.01
May 10	78	49	0.13
May 11	75	57	0.08
May 12	74	50	0.00
May 13	81	52	0.00
May 14	71	52	0.00
May 15	77	48	0.00
May 16	77	56	0.00
May 17	75	61	0.03
May 18	63	58	0.45
May 19	62	56	0.94
May 20	68	59	0.05
May 21	76	58	0.00
May 22	81	58	0.24
May 23	86	59	0.54
May 24	84	63	0.29
May 25	65	49	0.05
May 26	70	46	0.00
May 27	78	50	0.00
May 28	81	57	0.00
May 29	89	57	0.00
May 30	91	61	0.00
May 31	92	67	0.00

June 1988 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	89	61	0.22
June 2	70	52	0.00
June 3	66	50	0.03
June 4	69	47	0.02
June 5	83	52	0.00
June 6	83	64	0.00
June 7	85	66	0.07
June 8	70	59	0.00
June 9	64	51	0.22
June 10	70	47	0.00
June 11	78	49	0.00
June 12	88	58	0.00
June 13	93	60	0.00
June 14	96	63	0.00
June 15	97	68	0.00
June 16	92	68	0.00
June 17	80	68	0.00
June 18	88	68	0.00
June 19	90	63	0.00
June 20	94	68	0.00
June 21	97	74	0.00
June 22	100	70	0.00
June 23	95	67	0.00
June 24	83	60	0.00
June 25	84	58	0.00
June 26	91	64	0.01
June 27	82	59	0.00
June 28	87	58	0.00
June 29	86	66	0.00
June 30	78	52	0.00

July 1988 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	77	52	0.00
July 2	83	56	0.00
July 3	89	58	0.00
July 4	92	64	0.00
July 5	94	66	0.00
July 6	97	66	0.00
July 7	97	69	0.00
July 8	97	70	0.00
July 9	84	73	0.11
July 10	100	70	0.00
July 11	100	75	0.04
July 12	82	73	0.06
July 13	94	72	0.00
July 14	96	71	0.00
July 15	96	74	0.00
July 16	102	72	0.00
July 17	102	73	0.99
July 18	95	73	0.00
July 19	92	75	0.00
July 20	90	73	0.17
July 21	90	73	3.45
July 22	83	73	0.02
July 23	85	73	0.93
July 24	88	72	0.00
July 25	91	68	0.00
July 26	90	69	1.97
July 27	86	68	0.28
July 28	86	71	0.05
July 29	94	72	0.00
July 30	98	75	0.00
July 31	91	73	0.00

August 1988 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	93	74	0.00
August 2	94	74	0.00
August 3	93	75	0.00
August 4	92	75	0.00
August 5	92	75	0.00
August 6	92	73	0.00
August 7	91	73	0.07
August 8	91	71	0.00
August 9	93	70	0.00
August 10	93	76	0.00
August 11	93	76	0.00
August 12	93	78	0.00
August 13	94	78	0.00
August 14	95	78	0.00
August 15	98	78	0.00
August 16	89	69	0.00
August 17	94	65	0.78
August 18	86	70	0.00
August 19	72	62	0.12
August 20	68	62	0.28
August 21	83	60	0.00
August 22	78	54	0.00
August 23	76	56	0.13
August 24	84	66	1.58
August 25	85	63	0.01
August 26	88	67	0.00
August 27	89	70	0.00
August 28	84	70	0.00
August 29	78	65	0.19
August 30	75	62	0.00
August 31	81	59	0.00

September 1988 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	82	58	0.00
September 2	81	59	0.00
September 3	79	59	0.00
September 4	76	62	1.38
September 5	78	59	0.60
September 6	68	48	0.00
September 7	73	53	0.00
September 8	78	51	0.00
September 9	82	65	0.00
September 10	83	62	0.00
September 11	75	56	0.00
September 12	75	54	0.00
September 13	85	63	0.31
September 14	75	56	0.00
September 15	71	54	0.00
September 16	71	49	0.00
September 17	69	53	0.15
September 18	74	63	0.00
September 19	83	61	0.00
September 20	83	68	0.00
September 21	79	63	0.00
September 22	73	60	0.00
September 23	85	63	0.02
September 24	70	57	0.09
September 25	64	53	0.07
September 26	75	53	0.00
September 27	77	53	0.00
September 28	82	56	0.00
September 29	67	53	0.00
September 30	72	53	0.00

October 1988 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	78	58	0.00
October 2	79	59	0.37
October 3	66	58	0.04
October 4	65	52	0.00
October 5	64	47	0.03
October 6	60	40	0.00
October 7	53	41	0.00
October 8	56	38	0.01
October 9	62	35	0.00
October 10	68	45	0.00
October 11	65	45	0.00
October 12	56	37	0.00
October 13	52	32	0.00
October 14	59	30	0.00
October 15	72	40	0.00
October 16	75	46	0.00
October 17	75	50	0.00
October 18	68	51	0.01
October 19	62	43	0.02
October 20	58	39	0.00
October 21	54	40	1.37
October 22	56	44	0.23
October 23	59	44	0.00
October 24	63	46	0.08
October 25	57	41	0.00
October 26	55	36	0.00
October 27	54	31	0.00
October 28	63	36	0.00
October 29	55	35	0.00
October 30	51	35	0.00
October 31	50	28	0.00

November 1988 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	48	41	0.73
November 2	54	40	0.00
November 3	57	37	0.00
November 4	66	40	0.00
November 5	67	53	0.23
November 6	66	50	0.00
November 7	55	42	0.00
November 8	58	37	0.00
November 9	57	40	0.00
November 10	63	38	0.05
November 11	56	37	0.00
November 12	53	33	0.00
November 13	59	38	0.31
November 14	64	36	0.00
November 15	63	41	0.00
November 16	68	41	0.05
November 17	64	38	0.65
November 18	54	32	0.00
November 19	49	36	0.22
November 20	64	42	1.15
November 21	58	39	0.00
November 22	49	28	0.00
November 23	52	28	0.00
November 24	48	32	0.00
November 25	56	28	0.00
November 26	61	31	0.00
November 27	66	43	1.14
November 28	62	37	0.64
November 29	48	33	0.00
November 30	51	33	0.00

December 1988 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	49	30	0.00	0.0
December 2	44	29	0.00	0.0
December 3	57	34	0.00	0.0
December 4	50	28	0.00	0.0
December 5	44	27	0.00	0.0
December 6	55	27	0.00	0.0
December 7	62	32	0.00	0.0
December 8	48	29	0.00	0.0
December 9	35	24	0.03	0.3
December 10	35	20	0.00	0.0
December 11	32	15	0.01	0.1
December 12	23	8	0.00	0.0
December 13	32	11	0.00	0.0
December 14	43	23	0.00	0.0
December 15	52	29	0.00	0.0
December 16	30	20	0.00	0.0
December 17	31	20	0.00	0.0
December 18	34	17	0.00	0.0
December 19	48	25	0.00	0.0
December 20	60	26	0.00	0.0
December 21	51	39	0.19	0.0
December 22	46	27	0.00	0.0
December 23	42	27	0.20	0.0
December 24	57	37	0.39	0.0
December 25	52	34	0.00	0.0
December 26	41	29	0.00	0.0
December 27	45	30	0.00	0.0
December 28	64	34	0.18	0.0
December 29	39	26	0.00	0.0
December 30	34	27	0.00	0.0
December 31	49	27	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