Seattle Weather in 1948

Historical record of Seattle, Washington weather for the year 1948 based on NOAA data.

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1948 Seattle Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	88 °F	July 31
Lowest temperature	16 °F	December 24
Highest daily low	60 °F	June 8
Lowest daily high	33 °F	January 18
Most daily precipitation	2.0 inches	March 21
Most daily snow	2.2 inches	December 22
Total annual precipitation	45.8 inches	-
Total annual snow	4.4 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Seattle in 1948?

The highest temperature recorded in Seattle, Washington in 1948 was 88 °F which happened on July 31.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Seattle in 1948

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	88 °F	Jul 31
2	87 °F	Jun 8
2	87 °F	Jun 7
4	83 °F	Jun 29
5	82 °F	Jul 17
5	82 °F	Jul 15
5	82 °F	Jun 28
5	82 °F	Jun 6
9	81 °F	Sep 10
9	81 °F	Sep 9
9	81 °F	Jun 9

What was the coldest temperature in Seattle in 1948?

The lowest temperature recorded in Seattle, Washington in 1948 was 16 °F which happened on Dec 24.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Seattle in 1948

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	16 °F	December 24
2	19 °F	December 23
3	20 °F	February 6
4	21 °F	December 27
5	22 °F	December 26
6	23 °F	February 11
7	24 °F	December 18
7	24 °F	December 17
9	25 °F	January 28
10	26 °F	February 12
10	26 °F	February 5
10	26 °F	February 3
10	26 °F	February 2
10	26 °F	January 14
10	26 °F	January 12

January 1948 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	51	42	0.47	0.0
January 2	45	36	0.59	0.0
January 3	45	35	0.42	0.0
January 4	45	34	0.31	0.0
January 5	45	32	0.17	0.0
January 6	48	39	0.44	n/a
January 7	50	40	0.41	0.0
January 8	48	35	0.04	0.0
January 9	50	31	0.12	0.0
January 10	43	34	0.74	0.0
January 11	42	32	0.01	0.0
January 12	41	26	0.00	0.0
January 13	45	29	0.00	0.0
January 14	38	26	0.00	0.0
January 15	34	31	0.00	0.0
January 16	34	28	0.00	0.0
January 17	35	29	0.00	0.0
January 18	33	28	0.00	0.0
January 19	34	27	0.00	0.0
January 20	36	29	0.00	0.0
January 21	48	32	0.00	0.0
January 22	47	44	0.21	0.0
January 23	47	43	0.00	0.0
January 24	45	34	0.10	0.0
January 25	46	30	0.00	0.0
January 26	45	32	0.00	0.0
January 27	53	33	0.00	0.0
January 28	53	25	0.00	0.0
January 29	42	34	0.22	0.0
January 30	47	30	0.03	0.0
January 31	35	27	0.21	n/a

February 1948 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	39	30	0.03	0.0
February 2	43	26	0.00	0.0
February 3	38	26	0.20	0.6
February 4	39	31	0.14	1.6
February 5	36	26	0.00	0.0
February 6	43	20	0.00	0.0
February 7	43	27	0.06	0.0
February 8	44	35	0.56	0.0
February 9	45	32	0.00	0.0
February 10	39	27	0.00	0.0
February 11	46	23	0.00	0.0
February 12	43	26	0.00	0.0
February 13	47	35	0.00	0.0
February 14	46	39	0.50	0.0
February 15	45	37	0.35	0.0
February 16	52	37	0.84	0.0
February 17	57	46	0.13	0.0
February 18	49	32	0.01	0.0
February 19	45	30	0.00	0.0
February 20	45	35	0.74	0.0
February 21	49	37	0.46	0.0
February 22	47	38	0.11	0.0
February 23	47	36	0.00	0.0
February 24	44	36	0.05	0.0
February 25	47	41	0.98	0.0
February 26	49	37	0.09	0.0
February 27	47	35	0.00	0.0
February 28	50	32	0.00	0.0
February 29	46	34	0.00	0.0

March 1948 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	47	32	0.19
March 2	50	31	0.00
March 3	52	28	0.00
March 4	57	31	0.00
March 5	47	40	0.00
March 6	47	41	0.06
March 7	42	34	0.16
March 8	42	33	0.11
March 9	47	33	0.00
March 10	51	31	0.00
March 11	51	31	0.08
March 12	60	37	0.06
March 13	54	35	0.02
March 14	52	34	0.00
March 15	52	36	0.00
March 16	50	33	0.00
March 17	50	36	0.01
March 18	48	35	0.13
March 19	47	33	0.00
March 20	44	33	0.06
March 21	46	37	2.04
March 22	44	30	0.03
March 23	54	31	0.00
March 24	54	36	0.40
March 25	50	35	0.33
March 26	56	36	0.00
March 27	70	38	0.00
March 28	64	39	0.00
March 29	49	39	0.00
March 30	54	38	0.00
March 31	53	40	0.00

April 1948 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	46	37	0.17
April 2	45	33	0.34
April 3	47	32	0.03
April 4	49	31	0.19
April 5	51	32	0.08
April 6	44	34	0.09
April 7	55	30	0.00
April 8	59	32	0.11
April 9	50	39	0.54
April 10	53	38	0.18
April 11	51	38	0.00
April 12	50	39	0.03
April 13	59	39	0.01
April 14	63	42	0.00
April 15	65	47	0.33
April 16	62	43	0.00
April 17	54	44	0.37
April 18	58	41	0.00
April 19	61	37	0.00
April 20	66	39	0.00
April 21	55	44	0.09
April 22	57	43	0.24
April 23	55	42	0.02
April 24	46	40	0.70
April 25	49	34	0.02
April 26	50	32	0.00
April 27	53	31	0.00
April 28	45	38	0.05
April 29	54	33	0.00
April 30	56	35	0.16

May 1948 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	58	38	0.01
May 2	57	35	0.08
May 3	53	42	0.59
May 4	57	42	0.00
May 5	55	45	0.56
May 6	58	42	0.27
May 7	59	40	0.00
May 8	54	42	0.02
May 9	52	41	0.00
May 10	57	43	0.26
May 11	63	44	0.00
May 12	56	42	0.39
May 13	55	43	0.14
May 14	58	43	0.03
May 15	64	43	0.00
May 16	60	47	0.29
May 17	62	43	0.00
May 18	60	45	0.01
May 19	60	40	0.10
May 20	73	44	0.00
May 21	62	47	0.00
May 22	65	48	0.00
May 23	66	50	0.00
May 24	80	51	0.00
May 25	73	51	0.00
May 26	69	48	0.00
May 27	60	50	0.83
May 28	53	48	0.88
May 29	58	48	0.30
May 30	69	44	0.00
May 31	77	46	0.00

June 1948 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	71	46	0.00
June 2	76	49	0.00
June 3	67	52	0.01
June 4	70	49	0.00
June 5	75	48	0.00
June 6	82	53	0.00
June 7	87	59	0.00
June 8	87	60	0.00
June 9	81	57	0.00
June 10	76	55	0.00
June 11	60	53	0.92
June 12	68	50	0.18
June 13	68	51	0.11
June 14	72	50	0.00
June 15	71	50	0.00
June 16	60	52	0.09
June 17	66	51	0.01
June 18	71	50	0.00
June 19	68	52	0.00
June 20	60	52	0.76
June 21	63	50	0.01
June 22	62	49	0.00
June 23	70	47	0.00
June 24	64	50	0.00
June 25	64	48	0.00
June 26	74	50	0.00
June 27	79	52	0.00
June 28	82	57	0.00
June 29	83	56	0.00
June 30	74	53	0.00

July 1948 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	69	45	0.00
July 2	70	44	0.00
July 3	77	47	0.00
July 4	66	49	0.24
July 5	67	50	0.27
July 6	71	51	0.44
July 7	66	51	0.09
July 8	71	48	0.00
July 9	78	51	0.00
July 10	73	55	0.00
July 11	71	54	0.00
July 12	72	50	0.00
July 13	76	50	0.00
July 14	77	51	0.00
July 15	82	51	0.00
July 16	80	55	0.00
July 17	82	55	0.00
July 18	61	54	0.05
July 19	64	55	0.09
July 20	67	54	0.00
July 21	74	55	0.00
July 22	71	53	0.00
July 23	71	53	0.01
July 24	72	49	0.00
July 25	79	48	0.00
July 26	80	52	0.34
July 27	67	51	0.00
July 28	71	53	0.00
July 29	74	51	0.00
July 30	80	57	0.00
July 31	88	57	0.00

August 1948 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	75	54	0.00
August 2	68	55	0.00
August 3	68	55	0.01
August 4	64	50	0.00
August 5	63	49	0.36
August 6	70	51	0.00
August 7	70	48	0.00
August 8	75	51	0.00
August 9	71	55	0.00
August 10	69	54	0.00
August 11	64	53	0.00
August 12	74	56	0.00
August 13	65	53	0.06
August 14	68	49	0.00
August 15	68	53	0.41
August 16	70	54	0.05
August 17	74	55	0.07
August 18	73	55	0.00
August 19	68	52	0.00
August 20	64	52	0.01
August 21	65	55	0.11
August 22	70	54	0.01
August 23	69	50	0.11
August 24	62	53	0.34
August 25	72	55	0.00
August 26	72	52	0.01
August 27	61	53	0.24
August 28	80	55	0.00
August 29	75	57	0.05
August 30	70	54	0.03
August 31	73	51	0.00

September 1948 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	74	50	0.00
September 2	69	52	0.08
September 3	70	51	0.05
September 4	68	50	0.00
September 5	70	45	0.00
September 6	70	45	0.00
September 7	73	50	0.00
September 8	78	56	0.00
September 9	81	57	0.00
September 10	81	55	0.00
September 11	76	54	0.00
September 12	75	52	0.00
September 13	76	52	0.00
September 14	67	50	0.08
September 15	64	49	0.47
September 16	63	45	0.00
September 17	68	45	0.00
September 18	70	41	0.00
September 19	70	47	0.00
September 20	69	52	0.00
September 21	61	49	0.34
September 22	51	43	0.36
September 23	54	40	0.07
September 24	58	38	0.00
September 25	59	37	0.00
September 26	49	44	1.51
September 27	69	44	0.06
September 28	59	42	0.83
September 29	57	39	0.00
September 30	63	41	0.00

October 1948 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	76	41	0.00
October 2	69	48	0.03
October 3	64	52	0.35
October 4	61	45	0.21
October 5	55	42	0.00
October 6	59	45	0.14
October 7	64	46	0.03
October 8	62	41	0.00
October 9	69	38	0.00
October 10	55	48	0.66
October 11	56	43	0.00
October 12	57	42	0.00
October 13	54	39	0.00
October 14	58	42	0.00
October 15	56	38	0.00
October 16	60	41	0.00
October 17	65	40	0.00
October 18	67	42	0.00
October 19	62	43	0.00
October 20	63	40	0.00
October 21	57	43	0.00
October 22	61	45	0.00
October 23	59	44	0.19
October 24	60	44	0.13
October 25	56	42	0.18
October 26	54	36	0.04
October 27	55	32	0.00
October 28	44	35	0.09
October 29	54	40	0.00
October 30	46	43	0.20
October 31	46	41	0.08

November 1948 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	47	37	0.00
November 2	49	41	0.66
November 3	53	36	0.07
November 4	50	35	0.18
November 5	51	39	0.09
November 6	52	34	0.00
November 7	46	34	0.00
November 8	46	27	0.00
November 9	45	27	0.00
November 10	46	30	0.00
November 11	42	31	0.00
November 12	45	38	0.07
November 13	48	41	0.15
November 14	50	41	0.87
November 15	46	39	0.43
November 16	47	37	0.67
November 17	47	35	0.07
November 18	45	34	0.07
November 19	47	39	0.22
November 20	50	41	0.09
November 21	48	40	0.03
November 22	55	40	0.00
November 23	50	41	0.33
November 24	50	42	0.05
November 25	48	32	0.54
November 26	45	32	0.00
November 27	48	36	0.49
November 28	46	36	0.49
November 29	45	37	0.20
November 30	45	39	0.29

December 1948 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	46	38	0.78	0.0
December 2	44	34	0.00	0.0
December 3	41	31	0.01	0.0
December 4	39	30	0.11	0.0
December 5	41	33	0.35	0.0
December 6	42	36	0.25	0.0
December 7	39	35	0.29	0.0
December 8	38	32	0.39	0.0
December 9	45	34	0.84	0.0
December 10	46	39	0.16	0.0
December 11	42	38	0.17	0.0
December 12	42	35	0.02	0.0
December 13	37	33	0.30	0.0
December 14	39	33	0.02	0.0
December 15	39	31	0.01	0.0
December 16	45	29	0.00	0.0
December 17	36	24	0.00	0.0
December 18	37	24	0.00	0.0
December 19	45	36	0.73	0.0
December 20	45	32	0.00	0.0
December 21	39	31	0.00	0.0
December 22	37	28	0.16	2.2
December 23	42	19	0.00	0.0
December 24	36	16	0.00	0.0
December 25	40	29	0.00	0.0
December 26	47	22	0.00	0.0
December 27	34	21	0.00	0.0
December 28	45	31	0.33	0.0
December 29	43	34	0.29	0.0
December 30	44	35	0.46	0.0
December 31	41	32	0.46	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1948–2024	Seattle Tacoma International Airport	location
1894–1947	University of Washington	location