Raleigh Weather in 1961

Historical record of Raleigh, North Carolina weather for the year 1961 based on NOAA data.

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1961 Raleigh Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	94 °F	July 31
Lowest temperature	7 °F	January 22
Highest daily low	73 °F	August 28
Lowest daily high	24 °F	January 26
Most daily precipitation	1.9 inches	August 20
Most daily snow	1.2 inches	February 3
Total annual precipitation	41.1 inches	-
Total annual snow	3.8 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Raleigh in 1961?

The highest temperature recorded in Raleigh, North Carolina in 1961 was 94 °F which happened on July 31.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Raleigh in 1961

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	94 °F	Jul 31
2	93 °F	Jul 26
2	93 °F	Jul 23
2	93 °F	Jul 22
2	93 °F	Jun 8
6	92 °F	Sep 4
6	92 °F	Sep 3
6	92 °F	Aug 12
6	92 °F	Aug 3
6	92 °F	Aug 1
6	92 °F	Jul 30
6	92 °F	Jul 29
6	92 °F	Jul 25
6	92 °F	Jul 24
6	92 °F	Jun 12
6	92 °F	Jun 2

What was the coldest temperature in Raleigh in 1961?

The lowest temperature recorded in Raleigh, North Carolina in 1961 was 7 °F which happened on Jan 22.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Raleigh in 1961

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	7 °F	January 22
2	15 °F	December 30
2	15 °F	January 26
2	15 °F	January 25
5	16 °F	January 28
6	17 °F	January 27
6	17 °F	January 10
8	18 °F	December 31
8	18 °F	December 29
8	18 °F	December 26
8	18 °F	February 3
8	18 °F	January 30

January 1961 Raleigh Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	55	31	0.46	0.0
January 2	54	27	0.00	0.0
January 3	43	25	0.00	0.0
January 4	48	22	0.00	0.0
January 5	56	25	0.00	0.0
January 6	60	32	0.00	0.0
January 7	60	33	0.00	0.0
January 8	49	30	0.00	0.0
January 9	41	22	0.00	0.0
January 10	46	17	0.00	0.0
January 11	57	23	0.00	0.0
January 12	61	27	0.00	0.0
January 13	60	26	0.00	0.0
January 14	58	44	1.50	0.0
January 15	57	45	0.09	0.0
January 16	46	38	0.03	0.0
January 17	57	35	0.00	0.0
January 18	56	31	0.00	0.0
January 19	53	31	0.19	0.0
January 20	35	20	0.00	0.0
January 21	30	20	0.05	1.2
January 22	33	7	0.00	0.0
January 23	51	21	0.00	0.0
January 24	58	20	0.00	0.0
January 25	29	15	0.00	0.0
January 26	24	15	0.56	1.1
January 27	32	17	0.00	0.0
January 28	35	16	0.00	0.0
January 29	43	24	0.00	0.0
January 30	41	18	0.00	0.0
January 31	53	22	0.00	0.0

February 1961 Raleigh Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	59	28	0.00	0.0
February 2	35	19	0.00	0.0
February 3	27	18	0.60	1.2
February 4	45	22	0.00	0.0
February 5	43	22	0.00	0.0
February 6	41	22	0.00	0.0
February 7	37	31	0.90	0.0
February 8	39	31	0.70	0.3
February 9	45	25	0.00	0.0
February 10	52	28	0.00	0.0
February 11	55	25	0.00	0.0
February 12	69	35	0.00	0.0
February 13	53	35	0.00	0.0
February 14	72	34	0.00	0.0
February 15	60	42	0.04	0.0
February 16	66	33	0.00	0.0
February 17	64	29	0.00	0.0
February 18	73	56	0.30	0.0
February 19	69	56	0.05	0.0
February 20	59	39	0.35	0.0
February 21	42	36	1.19	0.0
February 22	49	39	0.01	0.0
February 23	67	48	1.07	0.0
February 24	71	45	0.17	0.0
February 25	68	36	0.34	0.0
February 26	66	36	0.00	0.0
February 27	72	33	0.00	0.0
February 28	69	41	0.03	0.0

March 1961 Raleigh Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	45	36	0.15
March 2	58	34	0.00
March 3	66	37	0.00
March 4	79	44	0.00
March 5	82	62	0.00
March 6	80	64	0.00
March 7	79	62	0.00
March 8	71	48	0.60
March 9	56	35	0.00
March 10	50	31	0.00
March 11	66	27	0.00
March 12	75	40	0.00
March 13	74	53	0.04
March 14	72	46	0.02
March 15	72	42	0.00
March 16	60	33	0.00
March 17	47	28	0.00
March 18	40	31	0.12
March 19	68	34	0.10
March 20	60	39	0.00
March 21	47	39	1.51
March 22	41	37	0.04
March 23	60	36	0.00
March 24	50	42	0.61
March 25	63	39	0.00
March 26	70	32	0.00
March 27	76	45	0.00
March 28	77	54	0.00
March 29	77	47	0.00
March 30	66	45	0.00
March 31	57	42	1.18

April 1961 Raleigh Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	60	36	0.07
April 2	61	34	0.00
April 3	61	31	0.05
April 4	52	38	0.02
April 5	69	32	0.00
April 6	62	46	0.00
April 7	61	32	0.00
April 8	60	33	0.00
April 9	58	42	0.51
April 10	64	44	0.00
April 11	65	34	0.00
April 12	60	44	0.54
April 13	59	41	0.00
April 14	68	35	0.00
April 15	65	49	0.00
April 16	64	46	0.44
April 17	64	37	0.00
April 18	56	38	0.00
April 19	56	33	0.00
April 20	62	33	0.00
April 21	67	36	0.00
April 22	80	52	0.00
April 23	85	56	0.00
April 24	87	61	0.00
April 25	86	64	0.00
April 26	82	55	0.00
April 27	56	44	0.48
April 28	73	41	0.12
April 29	62	40	0.00
April 30	69	33	0.00

May 1961 Raleigh Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	77	55	0.24
May 2	69	46	0.14
May 3	71	40	0.00
May 4	67	46	0.00
May 5	62	47	0.00
May 6	70	51	0.02
May 7	84	62	0.00
May 8	86	64	0.00
May 9	84	63	0.15
May 10	74	61	1.19
May 11	80	64	0.42
May 12	77	59	0.07
May 13	74	57	0.02
May 14	80	52	0.00
May 15	83	59	0.00
May 16	83	65	0.00
May 17	77	55	0.00
May 18	74	48	0.00
May 19	82	57	0.00
May 20	75	52	0.00
May 21	76	51	0.01
May 22	78	46	0.03
May 23	69	51	0.10
May 24	77	46	0.00
May 25	81	51	0.00
May 26	81	47	0.55
May 27	61	41	0.00
May 28	74	37	0.00
May 29	78	51	0.00
May 30	73	54	0.00
May 31	80	44	0.00

June 1961 Raleigh Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	85	60	0.00
June 2	92	67	0.00
June 3	91	66	0.01
June 4	84	61	0.02
June 5	87	58	0.00
June 6	88	66	0.02
June 7	90	65	0.00
June 8	93	66	0.35
June 9	87	69	0.10
June 10	89	69	0.00
June 11	88	69	0.00
June 12	92	65	0.00
June 13	91	68	0.00
June 14	91	66	0.45
June 15	76	54	0.15
June 16	70	53	0.07
June 17	74	50	0.00
June 18	78	47	0.00
June 19	83	50	0.00
June 20	83	54	0.05
June 21	72	65	1.18
June 22	84	69	0.05
June 23	85	65	0.00
June 24	81	64	0.00
June 25	81	63	0.72
June 26	76	66	0.62
June 27	70	64	0.26
June 28	69	63	0.00
June 29	80	64	0.00
June 30	88	60	0.00

July 1961 Raleigh Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	91	66	0.00
July 2	91	67	0.00
July 3	90	65	0.62
July 4	87	66	0.00
July 5	87	65	0.00
July 6	88	68	0.42
July 7	72	68	0.20
July 8	82	64	0.01
July 9	79	58	0.00
July 10	81	54	0.00
July 11	80	54	0.00
July 12	84	66	0.20
July 13	90	68	0.15
July 14	89	69	0.00
July 15	91	68	0.13
July 16	91	68	0.38
July 17	90	72	0.00
July 18	86	67	0.01
July 19	84	67	0.00
July 20	91	70	0.10
July 21	90	70	0.05
July 22	93	71	0.00
July 23	93	68	0.00
July 24	92	70	0.73
July 25	92	70	0.00
July 26	93	68	0.01
July 27	88	70	0.09
July 28	90	69	0.00
July 29	92	70	0.00
July 30	92	70	0.00
July 31	94	71	0.00

August 1961 Raleigh Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	92	73	0.00
August 2	90	70	0.00
August 3	92	73	0.00
August 4	77	70	1.52
August 5	84	70	0.03
August 6	87	68	0.05
August 7	84	66	0.52
August 8	89	69	0.00
August 9	90	69	0.00
August 10	88	69	0.04
August 11	91	72	0.00
August 12	92	72	0.00
August 13	87	64	0.00
August 14	81	60	0.00
August 15	84	55	0.00
August 16	86	56	0.00
August 17	90	61	0.00
August 18	85	68	0.00
August 19	74	62	0.00
August 20	72	64	1.90
August 21	83	62	0.03
August 22	78	66	0.01
August 23	84	68	0.04
August 24	85	68	0.03
August 25	85	71	1.20
August 26	84	69	0.63
August 27	87	67	0.00
August 28	90	73	0.00
August 29	90	72	0.52
August 30	88	70	0.00
August 31	87	71	0.00

September 1961 Raleigh Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	89	72	0.00
September 2	91	71	0.62
September 3	92	72	0.00
September 4	92	71	0.00
September 5	90	70	0.00
September 6	89	70	0.00
September 7	90	67	0.00
September 8	87	69	0.00
September 9	87	63	0.00
September 10	88	66	0.00
September 11	88	67	0.00
September 12	89	68	0.00
September 13	87	65	0.00
September 14	86	69	0.36
September 15	77	56	0.00
September 16	71	47	0.00
September 17	73	46	0.00
September 18	62	55	0.10
September 19	75	60	0.02
September 20	73	63	0.15
September 21	86	58	0.00
September 22	86	55	0.00
September 23	89	61	0.00
September 24	90	61	0.00
September 25	91	61	0.00
September 26	89	66	0.00
September 27	77	61	0.00
September 28	80	58	0.00
September 29	78	57	0.00
September 30	78	47	0.00

October 1961 Raleigh Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	75	55	0.19
October 2	76	62	0.00
October 3	68	53	0.23
October 4	66	42	0.00
October 5	70	38	0.00
October 6	76	38	0.00
October 7	79	44	0.00
October 8	81	46	0.00
October 9	84	47	0.00
October 10	83	52	0.00
October 11	81	49	0.00
October 12	80	50	0.00
October 13	80	45	0.00
October 14	75	47	0.16
October 15	63	37	0.00
October 16	72	40	0.00
October 17	76	39	0.00
October 18	77	44	0.00
October 19	77	43	0.00
October 20	60	40	0.27
October 21	58	39	0.31
October 22	67	51	0.00
October 23	67	42	0.00
October 24	72	39	0.00
October 25	77	50	0.00
October 26	65	35	0.00
October 27	63	31	0.00
October 28	67	28	0.00
October 29	77	40	0.00
October 30	84	52	0.00
October 31	85	60	0.00

November 1961 Raleigh Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	83	60	0.00
November 2	81	55	0.00
November 3	78	65	0.01
November 4	82	64	0.00
November 5	80	58	0.00
November 6	81	55	0.00
November 7	68	44	0.00
November 8	55	37	0.04
November 9	56	29	0.00
November 10	60	29	0.00
November 11	67	31	0.00
November 12	59	47	0.35
November 13	73	51	0.00
November 14	68	57	0.05
November 15	67	55	0.00
November 16	67	54	0.00
November 17	67	42	0.00
November 18	53	33	0.00
November 19	40	35	0.40
November 20	52	33	0.00
November 21	50	29	0.00
November 22	55	23	0.00
November 23	68	37	1.23
November 24	60	40	0.00
November 25	59	30	0.00
November 26	61	28	0.00
November 27	60	44	0.02
November 28	50	30	0.00
November 29	46	22	0.00
November 30	57	24	0.00

December 1961 Raleigh Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	62	32	0.00
December 2	64	38	0.00
December 3	64	41	0.00
December 4	63	38	0.00
December 5	66	48	0.00
December 6	50	40	0.02
December 7	58	38	0.00
December 8	45	23	0.00
December 9	38	23	0.00
December 10	44	32	0.32
December 11	50	44	0.98
December 12	57	45	0.66
December 13	58	28	0.00
December 14	42	24	0.00
December 15	53	32	0.00
December 16	38	31	0.40
December 17	50	32	0.65
December 18	73	48	0.75
December 19	59	41	0.00
December 20	51	31	0.00
December 21	45	22	0.00
December 22	52	24	0.00
December 23	43	31	0.71
December 24	44	29	0.00
December 25	43	24	0.00
December 26	52	18	0.00
December 27	55	33	0.01
December 28	47	26	0.26
December 29	37	18	0.00
December 30	41	15	0.00
December 31	48	18	0.00

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1944–2024	Raleigh Durham International Airport	location
1940–1944	Raleigh Municipal Airport	location
1892–1939	Raleigh State University	location