Altoona Weather in 1940

Historical record of Altoona, Pennsylvania weather for the year 1940 based on NOAA data.

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1940 Altoona Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	95 °F	July 28
Lowest temperature	-9 °F	January 19
Highest daily low	71 °F	July 30
Lowest daily high	11 °F	January 19
Most daily precipitation	2.3 inches	July 28
Most daily snow	12.5 inches	February 14
Total annual precipitation	46.4 inches	-
Total annual snow	69.0 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Altoona in 1940?

The highest temperature recorded in Altoona, Pennsylvania in 1940 was 95 °F which happened on July 28.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Altoona in 1940

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	95 °F	Jul 28
2	94 °F	Jul 26
2	94 °F	Jul 25
4	93 °F	Jul 30
4	93 °F	Jul 29
4	93 °F	Jul 27
7	91 °F	Aug 6
7	91 °F	Jul 22
7	91 °F	Jul 21
10	90 °F	Jul 24
10	90 °F	Jul 20

What was the coldest temperature in Altoona in 1940?

The lowest temperature recorded in Altoona, Pennsylvania in 1940 was -9 °F which happened on Jan 19.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Altoona in 1940

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-9 °F	January 19
2	-5 °F	January 20
3	-3 °F	December 4
4	-1 °F	January 21
5	0 °F	March 12
5	0 °F	January 17
7	1 °F	January 6
8	2 °F	January 26
9	3 °F	January 27
9	3 °F	January 5

January 1940 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	15	5	0.00	0.0
January 2	17	10	0.01	0.2
January 3	18	8	0.00	0.0
January 4	23	4	0.00	0.0
January 5	22	3	0.22	3.1
January 6	21	1	0.00	0.0
January 7	22	7	0.14	2.0
January 8	25	16	0.16	3.0
January 9	26	10	0.00	0.0
January 10	29	4	0.00	0.0
January 11	27	17	0.13	2.2
January 12	31	23	0.21	0.0
January 13	35	n/a	0.00	0.0
January 14	37	31	1.57	6.2
January 15	39	23	0.14	2.5
January 16	25	12	0.06	1.5
January 17	15	0	0.12	3.0
January 18	17	4	0.06	1.5
January 19	11	-9	0.00	0.0
January 20	12	-5	0.00	0.0
January 21	18	-1	0.00	0.0
January 22	20	11	0.00	0.0
January 23	22	4	0.05	0.5
January 24	25	17	0.02	0.1
January 25	23	8	0.06	1.4
January 26	15	2	0.00	0.0
January 27	14	3	0.00	0.0
January 28	19	7	0.00	0.0
January 29	26	5	0.00	0.0
January 30	31	5	0.00	0.0
January 31	33	4	0.00	0.0

February 1940 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	32	11	0.00	0.0
February 2	31	9	0.00	0.0
February 3	27	7	0.00	0.0
February 4	37	21	0.00	0.0
February 5	38	28	0.12	1.0
February 6	42	28	0.34	0.0
February 7	42	27	0.00	0.0
February 8	42	24	0.00	0.0
February 9	39	26	0.00	0.0
February 10	35	31	0.16	0.0
February 11	40	28	0.00	0.0
February 12	56	28	0.00	0.0
February 13	49	29	0.39	4.4
February 14	32	19	1.40	12.5
February 15	32	9	0.00	0.0
February 16	36	8	0.00	0.0
February 17	41	10	0.00	0.0
February 18	34	24	0.07	1.0
February 19	34	29	0.08	1.0
February 20	34	30	0.09	0.0
February 21	36	19	0.00	0.0
February 22	33	9	0.00	0.0
February 23	33	21	0.00	0.0
February 24	40	20	0.11	0.0
February 25	36	17	0.00	0.0
February 26	27	8	0.00	0.0
February 27	25	11	0.16	3.4
February 28	34	23	0.00	0.0
February 29	37	22	0.00	0.0

March 1940 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	37	29	0.00	0.0
March 2	33	29	0.16	0.0
March 3	35	29	0.58	0.0
March 4	36	32	0.27	0.0
March 5	34	30	0.17	1.0
March 6	35	28	0.04	1.0
March 7	32	25	0.00	0.0
March 8	32	23	0.00	0.0
March 9	32	24	0.00	0.0
March 10	29	20	0.00	0.0
March 11	29	12	0.00	0.0
March 12	32	0	0.00	0.0
March 13	32	17	0.00	0.0
March 14	34	n/a	0.54	1.0
March 15	33	19	0.33	4.0
March 16	34	17	0.16	2.0
March 17	44	20	0.00	0.0
March 18	56	28	0.05	0.0
March 19	45	30	0.41	0.0
March 20	50	21	0.08	0.0
March 21	39	15	0.00	0.0
March 22	33	17	0.29	2.0
March 23	23	7	0.00	0.0
March 24	23	5	0.00	0.0
March 25	25	7	0.00	0.0
March 26	35	12	0.00	0.0
March 27	44	25	0.17	0.0
March 28	42	36	0.59	0.0
March 29	49	34	0.08	0.0
March 30	46	38	1.31	0.0
March 31	59	33	0.84	0.0

April 1940 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	49	29	0.00
April 2	55	25	0.00
April 3	57	35	0.21
April 4	70	39	0.63
April 5	50	32	0.00
April 6	52	22	0.00
April 7	58	30	0.00
April 8	50	42	0.87
April 9	51	39	0.22
April 10	57	35	0.00
April 11	64	42	0.00
April 12	57	25	0.32
April 13	34	19	0.16
April 14	n/a	n/a	0.00
April 15	48	46	0.00
April 16	61	38	0.04
April 17	61	45	0.24
April 18	67	47	0.59
April 19	52	38	0.29
April 20	42	36	1.23
April 21	42	32	0.49
April 22	47	32	0.17
April 23	56	30	0.00
April 24	52	34	0.04
April 25	55	30	0.00
April 26	57	29	0.00
April 27	62	34	0.00
April 28	65	28	0.00
April 29	76	33	0.00
April 30	74	47	0.00

May 1940 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	68	46	0.21
May 2	58	35	0.26
May 3	47	35	0.09
May 4	49	33	0.08
May 5	66	38	0.00
May 6	82	42	0.00
May 7	79	51	0.00
May 8	77	44	0.00
May 9	71	44	0.22
May 10	69	31	0.00
May 11	64	36	0.00
May 12	62	30	0.00
May 13	81	45	0.12
May 14	85	59	0.19
May 15	83	51	0.09
May 16	70	48	0.22
May 17	57	42	0.00
May 18	67	46	0.00
May 19	83	42	0.02
May 20	79	56	1.07
May 21	81	49	0.00
May 22	78	54	0.00
May 23	75	56	0.00
May 24	66	54	0.00
May 25	59	51	0.69
May 26	71	55	0.14
May 27	72	53	0.42
May 28	71	48	0.00
May 29	74	45	0.00
May 30	63	50	0.04
May 31	69	45	0.46

June 1940 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
June 1	69	54	0.54	0.0
June 2	74	53	0.00	0.0
June 3	84	55	0.00	0.0
June 4	89	58	0.00	0.0
June 5	85	60	0.00	0.0
June 6	86	67	0.00	0.0
June 7	83	58	0.00	0.0
June 8	84	60	2.20	n/a
June 9	86	59	0.48	0.0
June 10	81	64	0.00	0.0
June 11	77	62	0.00	0.0
June 12	84	59	0.00	0.0
June 13	84	63	0.04	0.0
June 14	80	55	0.00	0.0
June 15	78	67	0.72	0.0
June 16	79	58	0.00	0.0
June 17	71	56	0.06	0.0
June 18	78	54	0.38	0.0
June 19	81	66	0.33	0.0
June 20	70	43	0.00	0.0
June 21	66	38	0.00	0.0
June 22	68	41	0.00	0.0
June 23	69	47	0.03	0.0
June 24	81	60	0.23	0.0
June 25	74	59	0.36	0.0
June 26	71	54	0.09	0.0
June 27	74	45	0.00	0.0
June 28	80	48	0.49	0.0
June 29	78	59	0.36	0.0
June 30	73	51	0.59	0.0

July 1940 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	70	50	0.44
July 2	74	45	0.00
July 3	70	48	0.00
July 4	73	54	0.00
July 5	77	48	0.00
July 6	78	45	0.00
July 7	79	49	0.00
July 8	81	53	0.00
July 9	86	61	0.00
July 10	85	60	0.00
July 11	89	65	0.14
July 12	66	57	0.24
July 13	73	47	0.00
July 14	75	44	0.00
July 15	83	48	0.00
July 16	79	56	0.38
July 17	73	57	0.00
July 18	82	62	0.00
July 19	88	61	0.00
July 20	90	67	0.00
July 21	91	69	0.00
July 22	91	68	0.15
July 23	86	70	0.20
July 24	90	66	0.03
July 25	94	68	0.00
July 26	94	71	0.00
July 27	93	68	0.11
July 28	95	66	2.29
July 29	93	67	0.00
July 30	93	71	0.00
July 31	86	67	0.00

August 1940 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	81	52	0.00
August 2	78	53	0.00
August 3	77	59	0.00
August 4	81	53	0.00
August 5	87	59	0.00
August 6	91	62	0.11
August 7	83	61	0.00
August 8	84	53	0.04
August 9	87	56	0.00
August 10	81	58	0.00
August 11	84	59	0.00
August 12	82	62	0.00
August 13	87	61	1.12
August 14	82	63	0.00
August 15	79	59	0.00
August 16	73	62	0.07
August 17	76	65	0.08
August 18	81	68	0.03
August 19	n/a	n/a	0.59
August 20	n/a	n/a	0.00
August 21	n/a	n/a	0.00
August 22	n/a	n/a	0.00
August 23	n/a	n/a	0.00
August 24	n/a	n/a	0.00
August 25	56	41	0.07
August 26	55	48	0.82
August 27	58	53	0.58
August 28	62	57	0.17
August 29	61	58	0.11
August 30	68	60	0.12
August 31	74	63	0.31

September 1940 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	78	57	0.00
September 2	75	52	0.02
September 3	77	53	0.04
September 4	78	52	0.00
September 5	79	53	0.00
September 6	75	43	0.00
September 7	74	46	0.00
September 8	70	54	0.00
September 9	77	62	0.15
September 10	69	57	0.42
September 11	60	40	0.00
September 12	59	39	0.03
September 13	67	49	0.00
September 14	70	43	0.00
September 15	69	51	0.03
September 16	71	50	0.00
September 17	76	45	0.00
September 18	77	44	0.00
September 19	81	50	0.00
September 20	89	55	0.00
September 21	88	64	0.63
September 22	76	57	0.00
September 23	75	49	0.00
September 24	74	53	0.28
September 25	67	44	0.68
September 26	59	30	0.00
September 27	63	31	0.00
September 28	69	36	0.00
September 29	70	40	0.00
September 30	65	44	0.00

October 1940 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
October 1	62	45	0.00	0.0
October 2	66	47	0.00	0.0
October 3	70	48	0.00	0.0
October 4	72	49	0.00	0.0
October 5	67	42	0.00	0.0
October 6	81	48	0.00	0.0
October 7	79	54	0.34	0.0
October 8	64	49	0.04	0.0
October 9	64	32	0.00	0.0
October 10	67	34	0.00	0.0
October 11	68	38	0.00	0.0
October 12	74	42	0.00	0.0
October 13	79	48	0.00	0.0
October 14	67	39	0.00	0.0
October 15	68	42	0.07	0.0
October 16	56	34	0.00	0.0
October 17	58	28	0.00	0.0
October 18	51	38	0.12	0.0
October 19	39	23	0.17	1.8
October 20	45	26	0.06	0.0
October 21	45	34	0.00	0.0
October 22	53	20	0.00	0.0
October 23	78	31	0.00	0.0
October 24	69	54	0.03	0.0
October 25	n/a	37	0.17	0.0
October 26	59	39	0.00	0.0
October 27	50	30	0.00	0.0
October 28	49	36	0.00	0.0
October 29	45	30	0.18	0.0
October 30	57	35	0.78	0.0
October 31	56	37	0.00	0.0

November 1940 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	47	35	n/a	0.0
November 2	59	47	n/a	0.0
November 3	54	43	0.00	0.0
November 4	73	38	0.00	0.0
November 5	66	50	0.00	0.0
November 6	54	35	0.39	0.0
November 7	37	32	0.00	0.0
November 8	35	31	0.00	0.0
November 9	47	28	0.00	0.0
November 10	54	35	0.00	0.0
November 11	59	41	0.12	0.0
November 12	56	34	0.27	0.0
November 13	46	27	0.00	0.0
November 14	n/a	n/a	0.53	0.0
November 15	n/a	n/a	0.23	0.0
November 16	29	23	0.00	0.0
November 17	34	20	0.00	0.0
November 18	42	33	0.00	0.0
November 19	48	20	0.00	0.0
November 20	55	31	0.09	0.0
November 21	64	43	0.00	0.0
November 22	n/a	n/a	0.00	0.0
November 23	49	36	0.00	0.0
November 24	47	35	0.28	0.0
November 25	37	26	0.00	0.0
November 26	29	16	n/a	n/a
November 27	35	23	n/a	n/a
November 28	30	20	0.00	0.0
November 29	37	19	0.02	0.6
November 30	36	17	0.03	0.8

December 1940 Altoona Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	49	30	0.00	0.0
December 2	35	20	0.00	0.0
December 3	29	9	0.07	0.8
December 4	23	-3	0.00	0.0
December 5	34	20	0.17	2.0
December 6	36	17	0.00	0.0
December 7	46	19	0.17	0.0
December 8	37	29	0.00	0.0
December 9	45	27	0.00	0.0
December 10	54	33	0.00	0.0
December 11	41	32	0.00	0.0
December 12	41	34	0.07	0.0
December 13	53	31	0.17	0.0
December 14	38	23	0.00	0.0
December 15	42	25	0.00	0.0
December 16	40	34	0.59	0.0
December 17	45	27	0.17	0.0
December 18	34	24	0.00	0.0
December 19	38	17	0.00	0.0
December 20	44	32	0.07	0.0
December 21	44	37	0.00	0.0
December 22	43	32	0.00	0.0
December 23	46	31	0.00	0.0
December 24	47	21	0.00	0.0
December 25	53	25	0.00	0.0
December 26	49	40	0.54	0.0
December 27	47	43	0.04	0.0
December 28	49	43	0.97	0.0
December 29	50	39	0.04	0.0
December 30	40	31	0.28	1.5
December 31	34	27	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1949–2024	Altoona-Blair County Airport	location
1893–1948	Altoona Horseshoe Curve	location