Poughkeepsie Weather in 1961

Historical record of Poughkeepsie, New York weather for the year 1961 based on NOAA data.

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1961 Poughkeepsie Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	94 °F	September 12
Lowest temperature	-30 °F	January 21
Highest daily low	72 °F	September 2
Lowest daily high	9 °F	January 20
Most daily precipitation	1.6 inches	April 24
Most daily snow	11.0 inches	January 20
Total annual precipitation	36.7 inches	-
Total annual snow	27.5 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Poughkeepsie in 1961?

The highest temperature recorded in Poughkeepsie, New York in 1961 was 94 °F which happened on September 12.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Poughkeepsie in 1961

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	94 °F	Sep 12
2	93 °F	Sep 1
2	93 °F	Jul 2
4	92 °F	Sep 11
4	92 °F	Sep 3
4	92 °F	Sep 2
4	92 °F	Aug 31
8	91 °F	Jul 22
8	91 °F	Jun 13
10	90 °F	Sep 10
10	90 °F	Sep 5
10	90 °F	Sep 4
10	90 °F	Aug 9
10	90 °F	Jul 31
10	90 °F	Jul 30
10	90 °F	Jul 23
10	90 °F	Jul 21
10	90 °F	Jul 12
10	90 °F	Jun 12

What was the coldest temperature in Poughkeepsie in 1961?

The lowest temperature recorded in Poughkeepsie, New York in 1961 was -30 °F which happened on Jan 21.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Poughkeepsie in 1961

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-30 °F	January 21
2	-29 °F	January 22
3	-22 °F	February 2
4	-16 °F	January 23
5	-15 °F	February 3
5	-15 °F	January 30
5	-15 °F	January 24
8	-11 °F	January 20
9	-10 °F	January 25
10	-9 °F	January 26

January 1961 Poughkeepsie Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	39	19	0.85	1.5
January 2	33	12	0.00	0.0
January 3	32	11	0.00	0.0
January 4	29	7	0.00	0.0
January 5	29	9	0.00	0.0
January 6	43	18	0.00	0.0
January 7	50	27	0.00	0.0
January 8	40	22	0.00	0.0
January 9	27	9	0.00	0.0
January 10	28	4	0.00	0.0
January 11	42	8	0.00	0.0
January 12	36	13	0.00	0.0
January 13	41	9	0.00	0.0
January 14	45	22	0.00	0.0
January 15	37	24	0.29	n/a
January 16	30	20	0.20	n/a
January 17	40	8	0.00	0.0
January 18	40	6	0.00	0.0
January 19	16	-1	0.12	3.0
January 20	9	-11	0.80	11.0
January 21	20	-30	0.00	0.0
January 22	17	-29	0.00	0.0
January 23	21	-16	0.01	n/a
January 24	19	-15	0.02	n/a
January 25	18	-10	0.00	0.0
January 26	17	-9	0.06	n/a
January 27	22	-6	0.00	n/a
January 28	22	-1	0.00	0.0
January 29	29	-6	0.00	0.0
January 30	23	-15	0.00	0.0
January 31	28	5	0.00	0.0

February 1961 Poughkeepsie Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	11	-8	0.00	0.0
February 2	17	-22	0.00	0.0
February 3	15	-15	0.21	n/a
February 4	30	15	1.38	n/a
February 5	29	-6	0.00	0.0
February 6	34	-8	0.00	0.0
February 7	35	-7	0.00	0.0
February 8	37	-8	0.00	0.0
February 9	47	0	0.00	0.0
February 10	41	19	0.00	0.0
February 11	31	5	0.00	0.0
February 12	34	5	0.01	n/a
February 13	35	11	0.00	0.0
February 14	45	32	0.23	0.0
February 15	41	25	0.00	0.0
February 16	33	8	0.10	n/a
February 17	39	3	0.01	0.0
February 18	49	35	0.32	0.0
February 19	55	34	0.00	0.0
February 20	41	27	0.00	0.0
February 21	43	19	0.00	0.0
February 22	49	34	0.19	0.0
February 23	43	36	0.09	0.0
February 24	57	35	0.00	0.0
February 25	57	33	0.89	n/a
February 26	51	28	0.00	n/a
February 27	57	27	0.00	0.0
February 28	40	24	0.04	n/a

March 1961 Poughkeepsie Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	37	22	0.24	n/a
March 2	49	23	0.00	0.0
March 3	61	26	0.00	0.0
March 4	47	29	0.01	0.0
March 5	54	36	0.13	0.0
March 6	45	34	0.41	0.0
March 7	53	34	0.20	0.0
March 8	35	27	0.35	n/a
March 9	37	27	0.24	n/a
March 10	32	18	0.00	0.0
March 11	35	14	0.00	0.0
March 12	46	30	0.00	0.0
March 13	40	22	0.17	n/a
March 14	36	31	0.49	n/a
March 15	47	29	0.01	0.0
March 16	40	20	0.00	0.0
March 17	30	13	0.00	0.0
March 18	42	9	0.00	0.0
March 19	35	26	0.49	n/a
March 20	44	18	0.00	0.0
March 21	44	17	0.00	0.0
March 22	50	20	0.00	0.0
March 23	43	34	0.11	n/a
March 24	48	35	0.06	0.0
March 25	48	28	0.03	0.0
March 26	55	20	0.00	0.0
March 27	66	30	0.00	0.0
March 28	74	42	0.12	0.0
March 29	56	33	0.02	0.0
March 30	44	28	0.00	0.0
March 31	49	18	0.00	n/a

April 1961 Poughkeepsie Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	42	34	0.14	0.0
April 2	43	31	n/a	n/a
April 3	45	30	0.00	0.0
April 4	51	24	0.00	0.0
April 5	55	28	0.00	0.0
April 6	51	35	0.03	0.0
April 7	49	33	0.00	0.0
April 8	51	32	0.00	0.0
April 9	54	23	0.00	0.0
April 10	41	34	0.63	0.0
April 11	49	37	0.00	0.0
April 12	56	35	0.03	0.0
April 13	40	33	0.55	0.0
April 14	51	34	0.00	0.0
April 15	64	29	0.00	0.0
April 16	46	40	0.40	0.0
April 17	53	29	0.00	0.0
April 18	49	37	0.20	0.0
April 19	45	29	0.12	0.0
April 20	60	24	0.00	0.0
April 21	67	28	0.00	0.0
April 22	69	52	0.22	0.0
April 23	70	46	0.00	0.0
April 24	59	42	1.58	0.0
April 25	69	49	0.34	0.0
April 26	71	47	0.00	0.0
April 27	66	39	0.00	0.0
April 28	63	41	0.02	0.0
April 29	50	41	0.48	0.0
April 30	57	31	0.00	0.0

May 1961 Poughkeepsie Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	56	30	0.08
May 2	54	34	0.27
May 3	56	33	0.00
May 4	60	36	0.00
May 5	64	32	0.00
May 6	68	30	0.32
May 7	62	48	0.10
May 8	70	56	0.00
May 9	74	54	0.64
May 10	64	55	0.04
May 11	70	45	0.00
May 12	64	52	0.22
May 13	75	56	0.00
May 14	86	58	0.00
May 15	81	57	0.00
May 16	74	53	0.53
May 17	65	40	0.00
May 18	67	43	0.00
May 19	55	48	0.00
May 20	62	43	0.00
May 21	72	44	0.05
May 22	63	48	0.01
May 23	64	36	0.00
May 24	75	36	0.00
May 25	82	50	0.00
May 26	72	43	0.38
May 27	44	40	1.29
May 28	77	42	0.00
May 29	78	46	0.17
May 30	60	38	0.00
May 31	76	35	0.00

June 1961 Poughkeepsie Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	75	59	0.00
June 2	85	66	0.01
June 3	71	51	0.00
June 4	77	42	0.00
June 5	84	52	0.00
June 6	89	62	0.00
June 7	77	55	0.00
June 8	79	56	0.00
June 9	76	64	0.45
June 10	83	62	1.45
June 11	85	57	0.00
June 12	90	65	0.00
June 13	91	64	0.00
June 14	79	50	0.09
June 15	65	46	0.00
June 16	72	41	0.00
June 17	78	43	0.00
June 18	80	49	0.00
June 19	83	56	0.00
June 20	85	62	0.00
June 21	71	63	0.35
June 22	73	64	0.09
June 23	84	59	0.00
June 24	75	52	0.01
June 25	75	50	0.56
June 26	76	54	0.00
June 27	80	58	0.13
June 28	84	56	0.00
June 29	87	58	0.00
June 30	88	70	0.00

July 1961 Poughkeepsie Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	88	55	0.00
July 2	93	57	0.15
July 3	87	63	0.03
July 4	75	55	0.00
July 5	79	49	0.00
July 6	79	50	0.00
July 7	79	51	0.00
July 8	77	58	0.05
July 9	81	54	0.00
July 10	78	55	0.00
July 11	87	53	0.00
July 12	90	65	0.00
July 13	75	64	0.00
July 14	79	67	0.47
July 15	67	65	0.82
July 16	84	66	0.02
July 17	88	65	0.27
July 18	88	65	0.00
July 19	88	63	0.00
July 20	79	65	0.08
July 21	90	62	0.00
July 22	91	65	0.00
July 23	90	65	0.00
July 24	88	71	0.84
July 25	89	70	0.13
July 26	85	66	0.00
July 27	86	67	0.00
July 28	89	63	0.00
July 29	76	64	0.10
July 30	90	62	0.00
July 31	90	66	0.00

August 1961 Poughkeepsie Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	82	56	0.00
August 2	70	54	0.02
August 3	72	61	0.20
August 4	84	60	0.00
August 5	83	64	0.00
August 6	80	60	0.00
August 7	85	65	0.00
August 8	87	58	0.00
August 9	90	60	0.00
August 10	89	66	0.00
August 11	83	67	0.13
August 12	88	60	0.00
August 13	74	49	0.00
August 14	78	44	0.00
August 15	86	51	0.00
August 16	86	62	0.00
August 17	78	52	0.00
August 18	86	51	0.00
August 19	86	52	0.00
August 20	81	60	0.09
August 21	70	61	0.31
August 22	83	62	0.00
August 23	71	65	0.24
August 24	83	67	0.00
August 25	86	71	0.09
August 26	80	70	0.69
August 27	88	69	0.00
August 28	88	66	0.00
August 29	86	64	0.22
August 30	84	57	0.00
August 31	92	65	0.00

September 1961 Poughkeepsie Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	93	64	0.00
September 2	92	72	0.07
September 3	92	71	0.00
September 4	90	69	0.00
September 5	90	68	0.00
September 6	87	67	0.13
September 7	79	70	0.00
September 8	80	66	0.05
September 9	87	n/a	0.00
September 10	90	63	0.00
September 11	92	64	0.00
September 12	94	69	0.00
September 13	88	65	0.00
September 14	85	69	0.22
September 15	75	56	0.98
September 16	73	42	0.00
September 17	69	44	0.00
September 18	73	35	0.00
September 19	71	46	0.00
September 20	77	58	0.15
September 21	70	61	0.92
September 22	83	60	0.00
September 23	88	55	0.00
September 24	87	63	0.00
September 25	79	64	0.00
September 26	76	59	0.00
September 27	74	48	0.00
September 28	75	45	0.00
September 29	65	37	0.00
September 30	70	34	0.00

October 1961 Poughkeepsie Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	73	45	0.00
October 2	68	54	0.02
October 3	62	50	0.60
October 4	55	39	0.04
October 5	65	32	0.00
October 6	76	46	0.00
October 7	79	44	0.00
October 8	68	51	0.00
October 9	82	49	0.00
October 10	80	44	0.00
October 11	76	50	0.00
October 12	76	54	0.00
October 13	78	52	0.00
October 14	63	42	0.84
October 15	52	35	0.00
October 16	53	32	0.00
October 17	65	34	0.00
October 18	78	40	0.00
October 19	77	42	0.00
October 20	70	41	0.00
October 21	59	49	0.00
October 22	56	39	0.00
October 23	58	31	0.00
October 24	61	33	0.00
October 25	68	30	0.00
October 26	61	40	0.00
October 27	56	28	0.00
October 28	60	23	0.00
October 29	73	47	0.00
October 30	74	53	0.04
October 31	71	54	0.00

November 1961 Poughkeepsie Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	57	29	0.00	0.0
November 2	54	22	0.00	0.0
November 3	71	47	0.00	0.0
November 4	69	57	0.04	0.0
November 5	70	57	0.00	0.0
November 6	59	50	1.18	0.0
November 7	56	33	0.70	0.0
November 8	50	28	0.00	0.0
November 9	44	29	0.00	0.0
November 10	40	21	0.00	0.0
November 11	47	20	0.00	0.0
November 12	58	25	0.06	0.0
November 13	60	49	0.02	0.0
November 14	60	52	0.74	0.0
November 15	54	29	0.00	0.0
November 16	52	24	0.46	0.0
November 17	59	38	0.00	0.0
November 18	45	32	0.00	0.0
November 19	42	21	0.00	0.0
November 20	33	22	0.50	n/a
November 21	39	25	0.00	0.0
November 22	42	27	0.00	0.0
November 23	48	23	0.00	0.0
November 24	46	43	0.38	0.0
November 25	51	27	0.00	0.0
November 26	50	25	0.00	0.0
November 27	48	24	0.04	0.0
November 28	34	27	0.00	0.0
November 29	39	29	0.00	0.0
November 30	45	25	0.00	0.0

December 1961 Poughkeepsie Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	44	19	0.00	0.0
December 2	39	25	0.00	0.0
December 3	47	24	0.00	0.0
December 4	48	19	0.12	0.0
December 5	54	36	0.04	0.0
December 6	48	29	0.00	0.0
December 7	46	24	0.00	0.0
December 8	37	28	0.00	0.0
December 9	33	17	0.00	0.0
December 10	35	26	0.15	2.0
December 11	45	29	0.00	0.0
December 12	39	35	0.20	0.0
December 13	43	26	0.00	0.0
December 14	34	18	0.00	0.0
December 15	30	11	0.00	0.0
December 16	28	3	0.00	0.0
December 17	29	15	0.37	2.0
December 18	37	28	0.83	0.0
December 19	36	33	0.28	0.0
December 20	40	34	0.00	0.0
December 21	38	29	0.00	0.0
December 22	38	19	0.00	0.0
December 23	32	13	0.11	2.0
December 24	27	24	0.23	2.0
December 25	38	16	0.00	0.0
December 26	36	18	0.00	0.0
December 27	44	30	0.00	0.0
December 28	36	21	0.36	4.0
December 29	27	1	0.00	0.0
December 30	23	6	0.00	0.0
December 31	29	5	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