Seattle Weather in 1961

Historical record of Seattle, Washington weather for the year 1961 based on NOAA data.

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1961 Seattle Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	97 °F	July 12
Lowest temperature	23 °F	December 11
Highest daily low	66 °F	July 12
Lowest daily high	30 °F	December 11
Most daily precipitation	1.6 inches	February 24
Most daily snow	1.7 inches	March 3
Total annual precipitation	42.5 inches	-
Total annual snow	2.7 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Seattle in 1961?

The highest temperature recorded in Seattle, Washington in 1961 was 97 °F which happened on July 12.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Seattle in 1961

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	97 °F	Jul 12
2	93 °F	Aug 11
2	93 °F	Jul 13
2	93 °F	Jul 11
5	90 °F	Jun 17
6	89 °F	Aug 10
7	88 °F	Aug 12
7	88 °F	Aug 3
7	88 °F	Jun 16
10	87 °F	Aug 19

What was the coldest temperature in Seattle in 1961?

The lowest temperature recorded in Seattle, Washington in 1961 was 23 °F which happened 3 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Seattle in 1961

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	23 °F	December 11
1	23 °F	November 25
1	23 °F	March 4
4	24 °F	December 10
4	24 °F	November 16
6	25 °F	January 3
6	25 °F	January 2
8	26 °F	November 20
8	26 °F	November 17
10	27 °F	January 27

January 1961 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
January 1	42	33	0.00
January 2	41	25	0.00
January 3	39	25	0.00
January 4	44	36	0.83
January 5	52	42	0.91
January 6	46	42	0.29
January 7	58	41	0.07
January 8	49	41	0.46
January 9	54	44	0.07
January 10	57	44	0.20
January 11	50	42	0.32
January 12	47	40	0.02
January 13	50	42	0.34
January 14	57	47	0.42
January 15	54	46	0.88
January 16	49	38	0.00
January 17	50	42	0.80
January 18	55	39	0.00
January 19	60	42	0.00
January 20	58	35	0.00
January 21	52	29	0.00
January 22	37	28	0.00
January 23	42	28	0.12
January 24	47	36	0.00
January 25	49	30	0.00
January 26	56	37	0.00
January 27	49	27	0.00
January 28	41	33	0.23
January 29	51	39	0.77
January 30	54	44	0.64
January 31	52	45	0.34

February 1961 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
February 1	50	41	0.56
February 2	52	42	0.01
February 3	48	42	0.41
February 4	54	44	0.16
February 5	57	48	0.96
February 6	53	42	0.57
February 7	51	38	0.08
February 8	51	41	0.15
February 9	55	42	0.24
February 10	50	41	0.01
February 11	54	39	0.06
February 12	47	36	0.13
February 13	46	39	0.79
February 14	48	39	0.58
February 15	44	39	0.51
February 16	44	36	0.12
February 17	48	38	0.04
February 18	44	36	0.03
February 19	51	43	0.13
February 20	54	48	0.73
February 21	51	41	0.80
February 22	50	37	0.00
February 23	51	39	0.00
February 24	47	34	1.55
February 25	40	35	0.10
February 26	43	34	0.03
February 27	45	36	0.21
February 28	49	39	0.15

March 1961 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	49	36	0.05	0.0
March 2	44	32	0.20	0.0
March 3	42	32	0.21	1.7
March 4	42	23	0.01	0.1
March 5	46	34	0.14	0.0
March 6	46	38	0.07	0.0
March 7	53	36	0.00	0.0
March 8	55	37	0.29	0.0
March 9	52	36	0.02	0.0
March 10	47	36	0.26	0.0
March 11	45	36	0.35	0.0
March 12	50	36	0.56	0.0
March 13	48	41	0.70	0.0
March 14	61	47	0.35	0.0
March 15	58	44	0.11	0.0
March 16	55	41	0.00	0.0
March 17	56	43	0.01	0.0
March 18	59	43	0.00	0.0
March 19	54	41	0.22	0.0
March 20	52	38	0.10	0.0
March 21	55	34	0.00	0.0
March 22	55	45	0.33	0.0
March 23	54	42	0.25	0.0
March 24	56	41	0.02	0.0
March 25	55	43	0.01	0.0
March 26	50	39	0.19	0.0
March 27	52	34	0.00	0.0
March 28	58	35	0.00	0.0
March 29	60	38	0.00	0.0
March 30	57	37	0.01	0.0
March 31	55	45	0.00	0.0

April 1961 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	54	46	0.31
April 2	55	48	0.07
April 3	51	39	0.24
April 4	53	34	0.00
April 5	53	33	0.00
April 6	58	42	0.00
April 7	62	35	0.00
April 8	53	43	0.19
April 9	53	42	0.00
April 10	55	40	0.00
April 11	52	42	0.07
April 12	50	41	0.30
April 13	56	40	0.01
April 14	52	37	0.02
April 15	53	41	0.07
April 16	64	42	0.03
April 17	50	36	0.00
April 18	47	34	0.00
April 19	48	33	0.00
April 20	50	30	0.12
April 21	52	41	0.22
April 22	43	38	0.09
April 23	48	38	0.08
April 24	56	42	0.01
April 25	54	43	0.00
April 26	55	39	0.00
April 27	62	37	0.00
April 28	64	49	0.17
April 29	55	50	0.35
April 30	60	49	0.00

May 1961 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	59	45	0.80
May 2	56	42	0.03
May 3	51	39	0.06
May 4	47	39	0.60
May 5	54	39	0.09
May 6	58	38	0.00
May 7	58	45	0.00
May 8	55	46	0.32
May 9	56	47	0.21
May 10	57	41	0.05
May 11	61	38	0.00
May 12	59	44	0.00
May 13	52	44	0.00
May 14	59	45	0.01
May 15	66	42	0.00
May 16	70	45	0.00
May 17	76	44	0.00
May 18	79	49	0.00
May 19	85	52	0.00
May 20	66	50	0.00
May 21	62	48	0.00
May 22	61	48	0.17
May 23	63	47	0.25
May 24	68	43	0.00
May 25	72	46	0.00
May 26	54	49	0.37
May 27	62	48	0.08
May 28	66	46	0.00
May 29	68	51	0.03
May 30	63	51	0.00
May 31	71	50	0.00

June 1961 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	83	54	0.00
June 2	82	56	0.00
June 3	77	52	0.00
June 4	75	53	0.00
June 5	69	53	0.01
June 6	59	50	0.34
June 7	67	49	0.00
June 8	68	47	0.08
June 9	60	48	0.03
June 10	69	46	0.07
June 11	66	52	0.00
June 12	69	47	0.00
June 13	83	49	0.00
June 14	84	58	0.00
June 15	86	59	0.00
June 16	88	61	0.00
June 17	90	64	0.00
June 18	74	57	0.00
June 19	71	55	0.00
June 20	67	52	0.00
June 21	72	51	0.00
June 22	81	51	0.00
June 23	82	54	0.00
June 24	85	53	0.00
June 25	70	55	0.00
June 26	66	53	0.00
June 27	71	50	0.00
June 28	70	51	0.00
June 29	66	53	0.01
June 30	73	50	0.00

July 1961 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	74	53	0.01
July 2	75	54	0.00
July 3	80	52	0.00
July 4	75	55	0.04
July 5	68	54	0.64
July 6	68	52	0.00
July 7	73	54	0.00
July 8	75	53	0.00
July 9	81	54	0.00
July 10	82	54	0.00
July 11	93	63	0.00
July 12	97	66	0.00
July 13	93	61	0.00
July 14	78	58	0.00
July 15	80	55	0.00
July 16	75	59	0.00
July 17	79	57	0.00
July 18	82	57	0.00
July 19	84	56	0.00
July 20	84	57	0.00
July 21	79	58	0.00
July 22	74	56	0.06
July 23	69	54	0.00
July 24	71	53	0.00
July 25	81	56	0.00
July 26	85	56	0.00
July 27	70	55	0.00
July 28	69	54	0.00
July 29	77	53	0.00
July 30	82	52	0.00
July 31	79	53	0.00

August 1961 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	83	52	0.00
August 2	86	57	0.00
August 3	88	58	0.00
August 4	80	61	0.00
August 5	77	59	0.00
August 6	80	56	0.00
August 7	82	56	0.00
August 8	79	54	0.00
August 9	77	55	0.00
August 10	89	55	0.00
August 11	93	60	0.00
August 12	88	61	0.00
August 13	86	64	0.00
August 14	83	57	0.00
August 15	72	57	0.02
August 16	74	58	0.00
August 17	78	54	0.00
August 18	83	57	0.00
August 19	87	61	0.00
August 20	82	55	0.00
August 21	83	56	0.00
August 22	85	56	0.00
August 23	77	55	0.00
August 24	73	55	0.00
August 25	76	51	0.00
August 26	66	54	0.02
August 27	76	53	0.00
August 28	80	53	0.00
August 29	81	55	0.00
August 30	74	57	0.22
August 31	72	56	0.56

September 1961 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	70	55	0.01
September 2	69	54	0.00
September 3	65	52	0.00
September 4	74	59	0.00
September 5	68	53	0.09
September 6	69	48	0.00
September 7	68	50	0.00
September 8	73	45	0.00
September 9	70	47	0.00
September 10	70	50	0.00
September 11	76	48	0.00
September 12	85	56	0.00
September 13	86	60	0.00
September 14	70	53	0.00
September 15	69	53	0.01
September 16	69	55	0.00
September 17	68	49	0.00
September 18	68	53	0.01
September 19	65	47	0.00
September 20	60	48	0.06
September 21	62	45	0.07
September 22	65	43	0.00
September 23	66	42	0.00
September 24	71	42	0.00
September 25	65	45	0.00
September 26	63	42	0.00
September 27	70	47	0.09
September 28	60	46	0.11
September 29	60	39	0.00
September 30	56	46	0.01

October 1961 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	64	48	0.00
October 2	68	45	0.00
October 3	72	44	0.00
October 4	70	44	0.00
October 5	64	49	0.13
October 6	59	46	0.01
October 7	54	41	0.14
October 8	57	39	0.00
October 9	59	46	0.46
October 10	55	44	0.24
October 11	55	43	0.28
October 12	61	48	0.22
October 13	75	56	0.00
October 14	80	55	0.00
October 15	69	51	0.00
October 16	55	45	0.08
October 17	56	36	0.00
October 18	61	39	0.00
October 19	58	38	0.02
October 20	51	37	0.24
October 21	49	39	0.00
October 22	46	38	0.32
October 23	58	44	0.18
October 24	55	43	0.00
October 25	56	45	0.56
October 26	53	43	0.22
October 27	51	42	0.09
October 28	51	39	0.04
October 29	50	34	0.00
October 30	55	43	0.00
October 31	48	33	0.04

November 1961 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	48	33	0.19
November 2	46	33	0.15
November 3	53	39	0.00
November 4	50	33	0.00
November 5	55	31	0.00
November 6	54	37	0.00
November 7	59	34	0.00
November 8	62	38	0.00
November 9	53	43	1.17
November 10	54	44	0.56
November 11	49	39	0.00
November 12	52	34	0.00
November 13	52	40	0.01
November 14	49	35	0.00
November 15	43	28	0.00
November 16	44	24	0.00
November 17	44	26	0.03
November 18	44	36	0.23
November 19	40	30	0.01
November 20	36	26	0.00
November 21	44	34	0.62
November 22	49	38	0.53
November 23	40	35	0.12
November 24	40	30	0.00
November 25	37	23	0.00
November 26	47	36	0.02
November 27	55	42	0.06
November 28	50	46	0.74
November 29	53	43	0.02
November 30	53	46	0.21

December 1961 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	53	39	0.00	0.0
December 2	45	40	0.02	0.0
December 3	46	36	0.00	0.0
December 4	50	40	0.21	0.0
December 5	46	36	0.00	0.0
December 6	41	31	0.01	0.0
December 7	41	34	0.11	0.0
December 8	40	30	0.03	0.0
December 9	38	28	0.00	0.0
December 10	33	24	0.00	0.0
December 11	30	23	0.00	0.0
December 12	34	29	0.02	0.2
December 13	35	31	0.50	0.7
December 14	38	34	0.00	0.0
December 15	43	35	0.25	0.0
December 16	43	34	0.94	0.0
December 17	45	35	0.21	0.0
December 18	41	36	0.34	0.0
December 19	52	38	0.45	0.0
December 20	51	40	0.41	0.0
December 21	42	36	0.00	0.0
December 22	47	39	0.81	0.0
December 23	51	46	0.34	0.0
December 24	50	33	0.21	0.0
December 25	38	33	0.00	0.0
December 26	42	33	0.00	0.0
December 27	44	34	0.14	0.0
December 28	51	39	0.11	0.0
December 29	50	41	0.21	0.0
December 30	49	40	0.00	0.0
December 31	47	35	0.00	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