Winston-Salem Weather in 1961

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

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1961 Winston-Salem Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	93 °F	September 3
Lowest temperature	8 °F	January 22
Highest daily low	72 °F	August 2
Lowest daily high	22 °F	January 26
Most daily precipitation	1.7 inches	March 21
Most daily snow	0.8 inches	February 3
Total annual precipitation	43.8 inches	-
Total annual snow	2.5 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Winston-Salem in 1961?

The highest temperature recorded in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in 1961 was 93 °F which happened on September 3.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Winston-Salem in 1961

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	93 °F	Sep 3
2	92 °F	Jul 31
3	91 °F	Sep 25
3	91 °F	Sep 2
3	91 °F	Aug 1
3	91 °F	Jul 30
3	91 °F	Jul 26
3	91 °F	Jul 24
3	91 °F	Jul 23
3	91 °F	Jul 22

What was the coldest temperature in Winston-Salem in 1961?

The lowest temperature recorded in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in 1961 was 8 °F which happened on Jan 22.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Winston-Salem in 1961

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	8 °F	January 22
2	12 °F	January 25
3	13 °F	December 30
4	14 °F	January 28
5	15 °F	February 3
5	15 °F	January 21
7	16 °F	January 10
8	17 °F	February 2
8	17 °F	January 26
10	18 °F	December 31
10	18 °F	December 26
10	18 °F	January 24

January 1961 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	51	30	0.12	0.0
January 2	50	27	0.00	0.0
January 3	39	25	0.00	0.0
January 4	50	24	0.00	0.0
January 5	56	24	0.00	0.0
January 6	58	27	0.00	0.0
January 7	60	27	0.00	0.0
January 8	49	28	0.00	0.0
January 9	43	20	0.00	0.0
January 10	46	16	0.00	0.0
January 11	55	21	0.00	0.0
January 12	59	24	0.00	0.0
January 13	55	23	0.00	0.0
January 14	51	41	0.57	0.0
January 15	53	39	0.59	0.0
January 16	42	34	0.05	0.0
January 17	55	29	0.00	0.0
January 18	54	30	0.00	0.0
January 19	47	29	0.62	0.0
January 20	34	21	0.00	0.0
January 21	32	15	0.00	0.0
January 22	30	8	0.00	0.0
January 23	48	22	0.00	0.0
January 24	54	18	0.00	0.0
January 25	26	12	0.00	0.0
January 26	22	17	0.40	0.7
January 27	33	20	0.00	0.0
January 28	34	14	0.00	0.0
January 29	41	22	0.00	0.0
January 30	42	19	0.00	0.0
January 31	53	19	0.00	0.0

February 1961 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	56	24	0.00	0.0
February 2	35	17	0.00	0.0
February 3	26	15	0.13	0.8
February 4	42	21	0.00	0.0
February 5	42	21	0.00	0.0
February 6	37	19	0.00	0.0
February 7	35	31	0.64	0.3
February 8	44	30	0.11	0.7
February 9	43	27	0.00	0.0
February 10	53	30	0.00	0.0
February 11	52	26	0.00	0.0
February 12	70	31	0.00	0.0
February 13	52	32	0.00	0.0
February 14	69	33	0.00	0.0
February 15	64	42	0.00	0.0
February 16	63	39	0.00	0.0
February 17	51	31	0.01	0.0
February 18	66	45	0.58	0.0
February 19	63	55	0.00	0.0
February 20	55	39	0.44	0.0
February 21	39	37	0.26	0.0
February 22	46	38	0.05	0.0
February 23	65	44	0.51	0.0
February 24	70	39	0.21	0.0
February 25	64	35	0.39	0.0
February 26	65	34	0.00	0.0
February 27	71	30	0.00	0.0
February 28	70	41	0.10	0.0

March 1961 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	41	36	0.10
March 2	56	34	0.00
March 3	65	35	0.00
March 4	77	47	0.00
March 5	78	61	0.00
March 6	75	60	0.03
March 7	79	61	0.02
March 8	70	44	0.63
March 9	47	34	0.00
March 10	50	30	0.00
March 11	64	26	0.00
March 12	70	32	0.00
March 13	72	46	0.36
March 14	67	42	0.12
March 15	69	38	0.00
March 16	58	37	0.00
March 17	47	32	0.00
March 18	36	31	0.23
March 19	66	32	0.01
March 20	58	39	0.00
March 21	49	37	1.71
March 22	39	33	0.02
March 23	57	35	0.05
March 24	54	43	0.09
March 25	63	39	0.00
March 26	70	31	0.00
March 27	75	42	0.00
March 28	72	46	0.00
March 29	75	46	0.00
March 30	65	45	0.00
March 31	56	39	1.49

April 1961 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	54	37	0.08
April 2	57	34	0.00
April 3	60	33	0.78
April 4	50	33	0.00
April 5	67	29	0.00
April 6	60	43	0.00
April 7	59	37	0.00
April 8	60	30	0.00
April 9	52	42	1.16
April 10	60	41	0.10
April 11	62	33	0.00
April 12	55	42	0.44
April 13	56	42	0.00
April 14	66	32	0.00
April 15	61	48	0.01
April 16	62	37	1.22
April 17	62	33	0.00
April 18	48	37	0.00
April 19	55	36	0.00
April 20	62	35	0.00
April 21	63	41	0.01
April 22	77	54	0.00
April 23	83	50	0.00
April 24	87	61	0.00
April 25	82	60	0.00
April 26	83	51	0.00
April 27	56	44	0.14
April 28	72	37	0.00
April 29	63	37	0.00
April 30	67	33	0.01

May 1961 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	77	52	0.40
May 2	66	43	0.37
May 3	71	36	0.00
May 4	67	46	0.00
May 5	55	47	0.02
May 6	72	48	0.01
May 7	81	63	0.05
May 8	84	64	0.00
May 9	78	63	0.23
May 10	70	55	0.64
May 11	78	59	1.63
May 12	69	60	0.07
May 13	75	54	0.27
May 14	81	54	0.00
May 15	81	57	0.01
May 16	82	61	0.00
May 17	75	54	0.00
May 18	68	53	0.00
May 19	80	57	0.00
May 20	74	51	0.00
May 21	75	52	0.02
May 22	77	46	0.08
May 23	70	53	0.01
May 24	77	49	0.00
May 25	80	48	0.02
May 26	75	46	0.48
May 27	62	40	0.00
May 28	74	36	0.00
May 29	78	51	0.00
May 30	74	49	0.00
May 31	80	43	0.00

June 1961 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	85	63	0.00
June 2	90	63	0.00
June 3	89	61	0.03
June 4	82	61	0.00
June 5	84	60	0.17
June 6	84	65	0.05
June 7	90	65	0.35
June 8	89	63	0.05
June 9	88	66	0.32
June 10	87	68	0.00
June 11	85	68	0.00
June 12	89	65	1.70
June 13	89	67	0.00
June 14	89	65	0.00
June 15	79	51	0.37
June 16	69	51	0.01
June 17	73	50	0.00
June 18	77	49	0.00
June 19	82	52	0.00
June 20	81	54	0.33
June 21	74	64	1.61
June 22	81	68	0.22
June 23	85	63	0.00
June 24	81	64	0.00
June 25	83	63	0.00
June 26	68	61	0.89
June 27	72	61	0.08
June 28	76	61	0.03
June 29	82	59	0.00
June 30	88	59	0.00

July 1961 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	89	64	0.00
July 2	90	67	0.00
July 3	85	65	0.64
July 4	85	62	0.00
July 5	88	63	0.00
July 6	85	68	0.00
July 7	72	68	0.36
July 8	83	64	0.11
July 9	77	59	0.00
July 10	79	55	0.00
July 11	79	53	0.00
July 12	81	65	0.48
July 13	87	66	0.00
July 14	87	65	0.01
July 15	89	66	0.23
July 16	89	65	0.02
July 17	87	68	0.00
July 18	84	68	0.00
July 19	85	65	0.00
July 20	89	69	0.06
July 21	89	68	0.07
July 22	91	69	0.34
July 23	91	67	0.95
July 24	91	68	0.00
July 25	90	67	0.00
July 26	91	65	0.02
July 27	86	69	0.01
July 28	88	68	0.00
July 29	90	68	0.00
July 30	91	70	0.00
July 31	92	71	0.00

August 1961 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	91	71	0.00
August 2	87	72	0.00
August 3	90	70	0.06
August 4	79	70	0.14
August 5	86	64	0.77
August 6	87	68	0.40
August 7	79	67	0.60
August 8	87	67	0.00
August 9	86	67	0.65
August 10	87	68	0.02
August 11	90	71	0.00
August 12	90	69	0.01
August 13	84	67	0.00
August 14	80	59	0.00
August 15	81	55	0.00
August 16	86	56	0.00
August 17	89	59	0.00
August 18	83	66	0.00
August 19	78	61	0.01
August 20	66	60	1.64
August 21	82	60	0.28
August 22	82	63	0.01
August 23	83	66	0.66
August 24	84	67	1.25
August 25	85	70	0.66
August 26	82	68	0.01
August 27	86	65	0.00
August 28	89	71	0.00
August 29	90	69	0.00
August 30	88	67	0.00
August 31	90	69	0.00

September 1961 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	85	70	0.00
September 2	91	70	0.00
September 3	93	70	0.00
September 4	90	71	0.00
September 5	89	70	0.00
September 6	89	70	0.00
September 7	88	66	0.01
September 8	85	69	0.00
September 9	84	67	0.00
September 10	87	64	0.00
September 11	88	63	0.00
September 12	89	66	0.00
September 13	87	65	0.00
September 14	84	68	0.02
September 15	73	52	0.00
September 16	71	48	0.00
September 17	72	49	0.00
September 18	61	52	0.17
September 19	68	55	0.00
September 20	76	61	0.00
September 21	83	59	0.00
September 22	86	54	0.00
September 23	88	59	0.00
September 24	90	64	0.00
September 25	91	61	0.00
September 26	84	62	0.00
September 27	75	58	0.00
September 28	80	50	0.00
September 29	75	56	0.00
September 30	76	51	0.00

October 1961 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	78	49	0.02
October 2	77	59	0.00
October 3	64	51	0.28
October 4	65	47	0.00
October 5	69	40	0.00
October 6	75	38	0.00
October 7	78	40	0.00
October 8	79	45	0.00
October 9	81	45	0.00
October 10	80	51	0.00
October 11	79	49	0.00
October 12	81	51	0.00
October 13	82	48	0.00
October 14	70	42	0.13
October 15	65	35	0.00
October 16	74	39	0.00
October 17	76	39	0.00
October 18	77	42	0.00
October 19	76	44	0.00
October 20	52	40	0.46
October 21	64	46	0.13
October 22	69	45	0.00
October 23	67	42	0.00
October 24	73	38	0.00
October 25	76	46	0.00
October 26	62	39	0.00
October 27	61	30	0.00
October 28	65	30	0.00
October 29	75	36	0.00
October 30	83	47	0.00
October 31	85	61	0.00

November 1961 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	83	58	0.00
November 2	79	54	0.00
November 3	78	68	0.00
November 4	81	66	0.00
November 5	79	61	0.00
November 6	78	56	0.03
November 7	66	46	0.10
November 8	56	34	0.00
November 9	56	26	0.00
November 10	61	36	0.00
November 11	67	32	0.00
November 12	60	50	0.21
November 13	70	54	0.00
November 14	64	58	0.43
November 15	70	58	0.00
November 16	66	58	0.05
November 17	64	40	0.00
November 18	49	35	0.00
November 19	40	33	0.03
November 20	50	30	0.00
November 21	48	27	0.00
November 22	52	22	0.00
November 23	62	41	0.85
November 24	61	40	0.00
November 25	60	29	0.00
November 26	60	30	0.00
November 27	60	43	0.00
November 28	47	27	0.00
November 29	47	23	0.00
November 30	56	22	0.00

December 1961 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	60	26	0.00
December 2	63	32	0.00
December 3	62	38	0.00
December 4	63	36	0.00
December 5	61	42	0.00
December 6	52	39	0.00
December 7	56	32	0.00
December 8	45	28	0.00
December 9	36	28	0.00
December 10	43	29	1.46
December 11	49	42	1.46
December 12	55	42	0.66
December 13	56	27	0.05
December 14	40	24	0.00
December 15	48	32	0.00
December 16	36	31	0.43
December 17	48	32	0.63
December 18	65	45	0.30
December 19	50	41	0.00
December 20	47	31	0.00
December 21	45	24	0.00
December 22	52	25	0.00
December 23	38	32	0.11
December 24	44	30	0.00
December 25	40	21	0.00
December 26	53	18	0.00
December 27	55	30	0.04
December 28	41	25	0.16
December 29	33	19	0.00
December 30	39	13	0.00
December 31	41	18	0.00

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1929–2024	Piedmont Triad International Airport	location
1899–1928	Winston Salem Reynolds Airport	location