These are the ten hottest weather temperature days in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania history. The weather data officially dates back to 1873.
Philadelphia has a population of some 1.6 million people in the city proper making it the 5th most populated city in the United States. There are some 6.1 million people living in the Philadelphia metro area making it the 7th most populated metro area in the USA.
The hottest month of the year in Philadelphia is July with an average daily temperature of 76.7 degrees, followed by August at 75.5 degrees. The next hottest month is June at 71.8 degrees followed by September at 68.2 degrees.
Philadelphia has had some 50 days since 1873 when the temperature rose to 100 degrees or hotter. The earliest 100 degree day in any year since 1873 was June 5, 1925, when it was exactly 100 degrees, and the latest 100 degree day was on September 7, 1881, when it was 103 degrees.
10 Hottest Temperature Days in Philadelphia History
1. August 7, 1918 - 106 degrees
T-2. July 3, 1966 - 104 degrees
T-2. July 10, 1936 - 104 degrees
T-4. July 22, 2011 - 103 degrees
T-4. July 7, 2010 - 103 degrees
T-4. July 15, 1995 - 103 degrees
T-4. July 4, 1966 - 103 degrees
T-4. July 9, 1936 - 103 degrees
T-4. July 21, 1930 - 103 degrees
T-4. August 6, 1918 - 103 degrees
T-4. July 2, 1901 - 103 degrees
Note: this article was originally published on Knoji but that site has not paid the author in over three years so he's republishing the updated article here on his own weather blog on May 15, 2017
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