Poughkeepsie Weather in 1938

Historical record of Poughkeepsie, New York weather for the year 1938 based on NOAA data.

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1938 Poughkeepsie Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	97 °F	August 3
Lowest temperature	-8 °F	January 19
Highest daily low	72 °F	August 4
Lowest daily high	9 °F	January 18
Most daily precipitation	3.4 inches	September 21
Most daily snow	6.0 inches	November 25
Total annual precipitation	48.0 inches	-
Total annual snow	33.5 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Poughkeepsie in 1938?

The highest temperature recorded in Poughkeepsie, New York in 1938 was 97 °F which happened on August 3.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Poughkeepsie in 1938

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	97 °F	Aug 3
2	94 °F	Aug 15
3	93 °F	Aug 5
4	92 °F	Aug 16
4	92 °F	Aug 4
4	92 °F	Jul 17
4	92 °F	Jul 8
4	92 °F	Jun 25
4	92 °F	Jun 21
4	92 °F	Apr 28

What was the coldest temperature in Poughkeepsie in 1938?

The lowest temperature recorded in Poughkeepsie, New York in 1938 was -8 °F which happened on Jan 19.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Poughkeepsie in 1938

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-8 °F	January 19
2	-2 °F	March 4
2	-2 °F	January 18
4	2 °F	March 3
5	6 °F	November 26
6	8 °F	January 21
6	8 °F	January 17
6	8 °F	January 15
9	9 °F	December 2
9	9 °F	November 28
9	9 °F	November 25
9	9 °F	February 28
9	9 °F	January 28
9	9 °F	January 16

January 1938 Poughkeepsie Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	32	10	0.81	1.0
January 2	39	26	0.00	0.0
January 3	36	19	0.00	0.0
January 4	32	12	0.00	0.0
January 5	40	22	0.00	0.0
January 6	36	16	0.00	0.0
January 7	41	31	0.89	0.0
January 8	33	24	0.00	0.0
January 9	28	12	0.00	0.0
January 10	26	14	0.00	0.0
January 11	22	16	0.00	0.0
January 12	22	14	0.13	2.5
January 13	37	22	0.00	0.0
January 14	34	10	0.00	0.0
January 15	26	8	0.00	0.0
January 16	28	9	0.02	0.5
January 17	26	8	0.16	2.5
January 18	9	-2	0.00	0.0
January 19	15	-8	0.00	0.0
January 20	30	10	0.00	0.0
January 21	28	8	0.12	0.0
January 22	34	26	0.08	0.0
January 23	46	25	0.00	0.0
January 24	47	18	0.05	0.0
January 25	58	35	0.49	0.0
January 26	36	18	0.00	0.0
January 27	29	13	0.00	0.0
January 28	22	9	0.00	0.0
January 29	32	14	0.00	0.0
January 30	55	24	0.00	0.0
January 31	53	24	0.20	1.5

February 1938 Poughkeepsie Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	25	13	0.00	0.0
February 2	31	10	0.00	0.0
February 3	41	26	0.16	0.0
February 4	45	29	0.00	0.0
February 5	42	23	0.00	0.0
February 6	52	34	0.52	0.0
February 7	51	29	0.00	0.0
February 8	40	22	0.00	0.0
February 9	44	31	0.03	0.0
February 10	50	22	0.00	0.0
February 11	24	11	0.00	0.0
February 12	34	20	0.00	0.0
February 13	38	32	0.32	0.0
February 14	50	32	0.00	0.0
February 15	35	16	0.00	0.0
February 16	31	12	0.00	0.0
February 17	40	16	0.00	0.0
February 18	48	33	0.00	0.0
February 19	44	30	0.09	0.0
February 20	32	20	0.41	5.0
February 21	32	15	0.00	0.0
February 22	36	10	0.01	0.0
February 23	41	32	0.00	0.0
February 24	38	28	0.00	0.0
February 25	37	21	0.00	0.0
February 26	36	14	0.00	0.0
February 27	38	30	0.01	0.0
February 28	34	9	0.00	0.0

March 1938 Poughkeepsie Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	43	10	0.00	0.0
March 2	52	38	0.00	0.0
March 3	46	2	0.00	0.0
March 4	31	-2	0.00	0.0
March 5	37	25	0.67	2.0
March 6	46	27	0.00	0.0
March 7	42	23	0.00	0.0
March 8	40	25	0.00	0.0
March 9	40	23	0.00	0.0
March 10	38	22	0.00	0.0
March 11	48	16	0.02	0.0
March 12	50	30	0.00	0.0
March 13	58	33	0.00	0.0
March 14	49	26	0.02	0.0
March 15	50	18	0.00	0.0
March 16	37	30	0.35	0.0
March 17	40	35	0.11	0.0
March 18	54	34	0.00	0.0
March 19	62	34	0.00	0.0
March 20	61	38	0.00	0.0
March 21	74	44	0.00	0.0
March 22	82	35	0.00	0.0
March 23	82	44	0.00	0.0
March 24	64	39	0.00	0.0
March 25	58	30	0.00	0.0
March 26	48	40	0.00	0.0
March 27	51	35	0.00	0.0
March 28	59	29	0.00	0.0
March 29	70	36	0.00	0.0
March 30	55	39	0.13	0.0
March 31	48	42	0.31	0.0

April 1938 Poughkeepsie Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	67	40	0.02	0.0
April 2	48	32	0.00	0.0
April 3	46	32	0.00	0.0
April 4	50	30	0.00	0.0
April 5	44	28	0.00	0.0
April 6	33	22	0.26	4.0
April 7	47	27	0.11	0.0
April 8	38	30	0.56	0.0
April 9	39	33	0.42	0.0
April 10	46	30	0.00	0.0
April 11	59	24	0.00	0.0
April 12	70	35	0.00	0.0
April 13	75	40	0.00	0.0
April 14	83	46	0.00	0.0
April 15	84	51	0.00	0.0
April 16	72	46	0.00	0.0
April 17	60	36	0.00	0.0
April 18	59	50	0.34	0.0
April 19	72	51	0.00	0.0
April 20	87	48	0.23	0.0
April 21	75	48	0.00	0.0
April 22	67	44	0.10	0.0
April 23	61	34	0.00	0.0
April 24	69	37	0.00	0.0
April 25	69	39	0.00	0.0
April 26	72	40	0.00	0.0
April 27	81	n/a	0.00	0.0
April 28	92	56	0.00	0.0
April 29	82	55	0.02	0.0
April 30	64	46	0.00	0.0

May 1938 Poughkeepsie Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	72	45	0.00
May 2	77	53	0.00
May 3	73	50	0.00
May 4	76	44	0.00
May 5	79	47	0.00
May 6	75	56	0.00
May 7	72	n/a	0.00
May 8	64	48	0.00
May 9	62	45	0.00
May 10	66	48	0.04
May 11	n/a	44	0.00
May 12	62	42	0.00
May 13	62	40	0.00
May 14	68	36	0.82
May 15	50	44	1.53
May 16	70	46	0.00
May 17	77	50	0.00
May 18	78	44	0.00
May 19	67	42	0.00
May 20	64	55	0.00
May 21	72	54	0.00
May 22	77	53	0.50
May 23	71	55	0.02
May 24	74	48	1.17
May 25	74	47	0.14
May 26	69	42	0.11
May 27	72	55	0.06
May 28	80	56	0.00
May 29	72	53	0.00
May 30	69	45	0.00
May 31	74	39	0.00

June 1938 Poughkeepsie Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	80	44	0.00
June 2	81	48	0.00
June 3	78	58	0.08
June 4	71	53	0.11
June 5	78	57	0.00
June 6	80	49	0.00
June 7	91	58	0.25
June 8	78	55	0.39
June 9	80	52	0.00
June 10	80	49	0.00
June 11	82	62	1.43
June 12	89	62	0.56
June 13	77	60	0.07
June 14	80	58	0.06
June 15	82	54	0.00
June 16	78	58	0.00
June 17	80	59	0.00
June 18	88	62	0.03
June 19	84	61	0.00
June 20	88	61	0.00
June 21	92	61	0.00
June 22	86	61	0.00
June 23	88	68	0.02
June 24	84	64	0.00
June 25	92	68	0.00
June 26	76	n/a	1.50
June 27	58	55	1.37
June 28	70	55	0.08
June 29	78	50	0.00
June 30	82	50	0.00

July 1938 Poughkeepsie Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	79	60	0.11
July 2	83	59	0.03
July 3	82	55	0.00
July 4	76	52	0.00
July 5	86	52	0.00
July 6	84	58	0.00
July 7	87	54	0.00
July 8	92	62	0.00
July 9	90	68	0.64
July 10	90	66	0.00
July 11	91	65	0.11
July 12	86	67	0.05
July 13	88	66	0.00
July 14	85	65	0.00
July 15	87	68	0.00
July 16	86	60	0.00
July 17	92	62	0.00
July 18	72	67	0.28
July 19	79	68	0.70
July 20	87	69	0.02
July 21	76	66	2.70
July 22	76	66	1.25
July 23	76	69	1.06
July 24	81	67	0.00
July 25	84	65	0.00
July 26	87	68	0.00
July 27	88	69	0.07
July 28	86	68	0.00
July 29	90	70	0.06
July 30	88	67	0.00
July 31	90	66	0.00

August 1938 Poughkeepsie Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	90	70	0.84
August 2	91	69	0.00
August 3	97	69	0.00
August 4	92	72	0.00
August 5	93	69	0.00
August 6	88	67	0.05
August 7	89	69	0.24
August 8	83	66	1.28
August 9	87	64	0.00
August 10	83	66	0.47
August 11	88	66	1.50
August 12	86	60	0.00
August 13	85	58	0.00
August 14	89	61	0.00
August 15	94	68	0.00
August 16	92	71	0.15
August 17	87	68	0.00
August 18	79	66	1.28
August 19	82	60	0.00
August 20	90	59	0.00
August 21	89	62	0.00
August 22	88	64	0.00
August 23	87	56	0.00
August 24	77	60	0.00
August 25	78	53	0.00
August 26	78	55	0.00
August 27	85	57	0.00
August 28	80	56	0.00
August 29	84	52	0.00
August 30	86	55	0.00
August 31	84	60	0.16

September 1938 Poughkeepsie Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	78	58	0.18
September 2	74	52	0.00
September 3	76	46	0.00
September 4	80	62	0.03
September 5	76	46	0.00
September 6	73	43	0.00
September 7	74	50	0.42
September 8	68	49	0.00
September 9	64	44	0.00
September 10	72	40	0.00
September 11	76	43	0.00
September 12	70	51	0.00
September 13	82	58	0.25
September 14	78	56	0.00
September 15	82	58	0.90
September 16	66	n/a	0.00
September 17	68	50	0.20
September 18	63	61	0.11
September 19	65	62	1.84
September 20	66	58	1.97
September 21	60	52	3.37
September 22	66	48	0.50
September 23	67	49	0.00
September 24	81	48	0.00
September 25	68	43	0.00
September 26	75	38	0.00
September 27	74	52	0.08
September 28	74	44	0.00
September 29	68	49	0.00
September 30	54	46	0.00

October 1938 Poughkeepsie Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	63	39	0.00
October 2	62	35	0.00
October 3	64	39	0.00
October 4	68	34	0.00
October 5	72	34	0.00
October 6	64	43	0.00
October 7	56	35	0.00
October 8	68	30	0.00
October 9	64	42	0.00
October 10	68	36	0.00
October 11	76	37	0.00
October 12	84	49	0.00
October 13	76	52	0.00
October 14	76	55	0.00
October 15	76	52	0.00
October 16	79	46	0.00
October 17	88	48	0.00
October 18	73	50	0.00
October 19	76	48	0.00
October 20	66	49	1.05
October 21	62	42	0.00
October 22	63	40	0.00
October 23	63	42	0.00
October 24	62	46	0.37
October 25	60	40	0.00
October 26	70	35	0.00
October 27	56	42	0.09
October 28	56	48	0.00
October 29	63	47	0.32
October 30	54	42	0.00
October 31	56	34	0.00

November 1938 Poughkeepsie Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	60	29	0.00	0.0
November 2	63	32	0.00	0.0
November 3	58	41	0.00	0.0
November 4	68	49	0.00	0.0
November 5	76	56	0.05	0.0
November 6	68	60	0.08	0.0
November 7	74	56	0.00	0.0
November 8	72	49	0.10	0.0
November 9	56	35	0.05	0.0
November 10	58	29	0.00	0.0
November 11	64	34	0.00	0.0
November 12	68	42	0.00	0.0
November 13	62	46	0.06	0.0
November 14	50	35	0.00	0.0
November 15	48	31	0.02	0.0
November 16	42	28	0.00	0.0
November 17	55	36	0.00	0.0
November 18	50	36	0.45	0.0
November 19	62	37	0.47	0.0
November 20	52	33	0.00	0.0
November 21	53	29	0.00	0.0
November 22	57	30	0.01	0.0
November 23	46	27	0.02	0.0
November 24	28	16	0.56	4.0
November 25	29	9	0.27	6.0
November 26	23	6	0.00	0.0
November 27	28	12	0.10	1.0
November 28	31	9	0.00	0.0
November 29	40	22	0.00	0.0
November 30	46	26	0.00	0.0

December 1938 Poughkeepsie Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	40	18	0.00	0.0
December 2	26	9	0.00	0.0
December 3	48	11	0.00	0.0
December 4	63	30	0.07	0.0
December 5	52	29	0.80	0.0
December 6	56	41	0.57	0.0
December 7	48	32	0.00	0.0
December 8	45	29	0.00	0.0
December 9	45	41	0.46	0.0
December 10	47	40	0.25	0.0
December 11	42	32	0.00	0.0
December 12	46	33	0.00	0.0
December 13	40	28	0.00	0.0
December 14	40	26	0.00	0.0
December 15	31	17	0.00	0.0
December 16	32	16	0.00	0.0
December 17	43	30	0.00	0.0
December 18	34	32	0.04	0.0
December 19	35	26	0.00	0.0
December 20	36	21	0.00	0.0
December 21	28	20	0.02	0.0
December 22	32	19	0.00	0.0
December 23	24	17	0.04	1.0
December 24	32	24	0.08	0.0
December 25	38	22	0.00	0.0
December 26	33	20	0.08	1.5
December 27	45	20	0.10	1.0
December 28	26	18	0.00	0.0
December 29	28	12	0.00	0.0
December 30	31	15	0.00	0.0
December 31	34	14	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1949–2024	Poughkeepsie Dutchess County Airport	location
1893–1948	Poughkeepsie	location