Anchorage Weather in 1940

Historical record of Anchorage, Alaska weather for the year 1940 based on NOAA data.

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1940 Anchorage Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	76 °F	June 12
Lowest temperature	-10 °F	March 19
Highest daily low	56 °F	July 17
Lowest daily high	4 °F	December 31
Most daily precipitation	1.5 inches	October 10
Most daily snow	8.0 inches	October 11
Total annual precipitation	16.8 inches	-
Total annual snow	47.8 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Anchorage in 1940?

The highest temperature recorded in Anchorage, Alaska in 1940 was 76 °F which happened on June 12.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Anchorage in 1940

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	76 °F	Jun 12
2	73 °F	Sep 7
3	72 °F	Jul 4
4	71 °F	Aug 22
4	71 °F	Jul 30
4	71 °F	Jul 29
7	70 °F	Aug 11
7	70 °F	Aug 2
7	70 °F	Jul 31
7	70 °F	Jul 28

What was the coldest temperature in Anchorage in 1940?

The lowest temperature recorded in Anchorage, Alaska in 1940 was -10 °F which happened on Mar 19.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Anchorage in 1940

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-10 °F	March 19
2	-7 °F	March 20
2	-7 °F	January 15
4	-4 °F	December 30
4	-4 °F	March 18
6	-3 °F	January 14
7	-1 °F	December 25
7	-1 °F	December 24
7	-1 °F	March 21
10	0 °F	March 24
10	0 °F	March 17

January 1940 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	12	3	0.00	0.0
January 2	20	5	0.00	0.0
January 3	33	20	0.00	0.0
January 4	26	11	0.00	0.0
January 5	29	14	0.04	1.0
January 6	22	10	0.03	0.0
January 7	23	12	0.05	0.5
January 8	27	15	0.03	1.5
January 9	20	11	0.12	0.0
January 10	25	14	0.05	3.0
January 11	39	24	0.00	0.0
January 12	40	27	0.00	0.0
January 13	28	10	0.00	0.0
January 14	15	-3	0.00	0.0
January 15	6	-7	0.00	0.0
January 16	24	1	0.00	0.0
January 17	35	24	0.02	0.4
January 18	32	19	0.00	0.0
January 19	24	15	0.00	0.0
January 20	24	14	0.00	0.0
January 21	24	16	0.00	0.0
January 22	29	15	0.00	0.0
January 23	29	24	0.00	0.0
January 24	30	23	0.00	0.0
January 25	26	13	0.00	0.0
January 26	30	24	0.00	0.0
January 27	29	20	0.00	0.0
January 28	28	15	0.00	0.0
January 29	26	16	0.00	0.0
January 30	38	20	0.13	0.1
January 31	45	35	0.00	0.0

February 1940 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
February 1	40	27	0.00
February 2	34	29	0.13
February 3	38	21	0.00
February 4	28	16	0.00
February 5	29	12	0.00
February 6	24	9	0.00
February 7	28	20	0.00
February 8	27	22	0.00
February 9	30	18	0.00
February 10	26	22	0.00
February 11	34	23	0.00
February 12	37	24	0.00
February 13	28	20	0.00
February 14	30	24	0.00
February 15	30	23	0.00
February 16	30	15	0.00
February 17	25	10	0.00
February 18	28	17	0.00
February 19	29	19	0.00
February 20	33	23	0.00
February 21	32	26	0.00
February 22	35	12	0.00
February 23	30	6	0.00
February 24	28	10	0.00
February 25	30	10	0.00
February 26	30	4	0.00
February 27	25	4	0.00
February 28	19	9	0.00
February 29	19	9	0.00

March 1940 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	31	16	0.00	0.0
March 2	33	12	0.00	0.0
March 3	38	29	0.00	0.0
March 4	40	24	0.00	0.0
March 5	37	21	0.00	0.0
March 6	36	26	0.00	0.0
March 7	38	23	0.00	0.0
March 8	39	18	0.00	0.0
March 9	34	18	0.00	0.0
March 10	33	24	0.00	0.0
March 11	33	23	0.00	0.0
March 12	31	21	0.04	1.0
March 13	40	25	0.00	0.0
March 14	38	25	0.00	0.0
March 15	31	22	0.06	0.0
March 16	22	7	0.16	2.0
March 17	22	0	0.00	0.0
March 18	17	-4	0.00	0.0
March 19	22	-10	0.00	0.0
March 20	29	-7	0.00	0.0
March 21	35	-1	0.00	0.0
March 22	33	4	0.00	0.0
March 23	29	4	0.00	0.0
March 24	23	0	0.02	0.0
March 25	26	15	0.00	0.5
March 26	43	25	0.00	0.0
March 27	44	31	0.00	0.0
March 28	36	30	0.04	0.0
March 29	40	28	0.02	0.5
March 30	41	21	0.02	0.0
March 31	43	32	0.00	0.0

April 1940 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	36	33	0.00
April 2	41	31	0.00
April 3	52	32	0.00
April 4	48	28	0.00
April 5	53	27	0.00
April 6	54	28	0.00
April 7	48	28	0.00
April 8	55	26	0.00
April 9	49	32	0.00
April 10	48	33	0.00
April 11	52	35	0.00
April 12	53	32	0.00
April 13	53	29	0.00
April 14	46	35	0.01
April 15	48	31	0.00
April 16	53	33	0.00
April 17	49	37	0.02
April 18	48	36	0.13
April 19	51	36	0.00
April 20	42	38	0.00
April 21	42	36	0.00
April 22	47	33	0.00
April 23	58	32	0.00
April 24	63	33	0.00
April 25	56	41	0.00
April 26	53	39	0.00
April 27	55	33	0.10
April 28	47	38	0.02
April 29	48	37	0.00
April 30	49	38	0.00

May 1940 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	50	33	0.00
May 2	57	31	0.00
May 3	63	34	0.00
May 4	55	37	0.00
May 5	57	31	0.00
May 6	59	32	0.00
May 7	58	31	0.00
May 8	64	35	0.00
May 9	65	36	0.00
May 10	58	41	0.00
May 11	63	39	0.00
May 12	61	41	0.02
May 13	58	38	0.00
May 14	54	37	0.00
May 15	48	42	0.45
May 16	58	42	0.02
May 17	55	41	0.00
May 18	55	41	0.00
May 19	50	40	0.00
May 20	54	35	0.00
May 21	59	38	0.00
May 22	57	42	0.00
May 23	55	34	0.00
May 24	54	36	0.00
May 25	58	40	0.00
May 26	58	37	0.00
May 27	60	42	0.00
May 28	65	40	0.00
May 29	64	39	0.00
May 30	59	46	0.00
May 31	69	44	0.00

June 1940 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	66	39	0.00
June 2	62	49	0.00
June 3	63	44	0.02
June 4	63	37	0.00
June 5	63	35	0.00
June 6	65	38	0.00
June 7	69	40	0.00
June 8	63	46	0.00
June 9	64	49	0.00
June 10	60	45	0.00
June 11	62	44	0.00
June 12	76	44	0.00
June 13	66	54	0.00
June 14	68	51	0.00
June 15	62	49	0.00
June 16	58	48	0.00
June 17	60	44	0.00
June 18	67	47	0.00
June 19	62	52	0.00
June 20	60	47	0.36
June 21	68	46	0.00
June 22	59	50	0.02
June 23	65	43	0.00
June 24	67	44	0.00
June 25	65	47	0.03
June 26	67	48	0.00
June 27	66	46	0.19
June 28	58	52	0.01
June 29	62	51	0.00
June 30	66	53	0.00

July 1940 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	59	49	0.00
July 2	66	48	0.00
July 3	66	51	0.00
July 4	72	45	0.00
July 5	62	52	0.00
July 6	64	48	0.00
July 7	68	47	0.00
July 8	67	50	0.00
July 9	66	46	0.00
July 10	66	45	0.00
July 11	66	46	0.00
July 12	59	47	0.00
July 13	65	51	0.02
July 14	64	50	0.00
July 15	69	44	0.00
July 16	69	46	0.00
July 17	60	56	0.42
July 18	65	55	0.22
July 19	68	55	0.00
July 20	60	51	0.23
July 21	65	52	0.00
July 22	60	49	0.05
July 23	62	52	0.00
July 24	61	54	0.01
July 25	68	54	0.00
July 26	69	48	0.00
July 27	69	54	0.00
July 28	70	50	0.00
July 29	71	52	0.01
July 30	71	47	0.00
July 31	70	54	0.00

August 1940 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	67	53	0.00
August 2	70	55	0.00
August 3	68	50	0.00
August 4	60	49	0.07
August 5	67	45	0.00
August 6	57	46	0.01
August 7	69	47	0.10
August 8	68	50	0.01
August 9	65	52	0.00
August 10	67	50	0.00
August 11	70	50	0.03
August 12	64	41	0.00
August 13	64	47	0.40
August 14	67	50	0.00
August 15	57	48	0.07
August 16	57	50	0.00
August 17	60	48	0.68
August 18	56	51	0.57
August 19	56	50	0.39
August 20	65	48	0.05
August 21	67	43	0.00
August 22	71	41	0.00
August 23	60	48	0.03
August 24	63	47	0.00
August 25	63	45	0.00
August 26	63	46	0.00
August 27	60	48	0.00
August 28	62	46	0.00
August 29	61	43	0.06
August 30	62	48	0.00
August 31	63	46	0.00

September 1940 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	57	47	0.25
September 2	50	46	0.99
September 3	54	45	0.25
September 4	56	36	0.00
September 5	61	36	0.00
September 6	61	37	0.18
September 7	73	51	0.07
September 8	59	51	0.16
September 9	62	42	0.00
September 10	53	42	0.12
September 11	54	40	0.21
September 12	58	36	0.00
September 13	52	44	0.15
September 14	53	40	0.21
September 15	48	44	0.41
September 16	57	39	0.00
September 17	51	39	0.10
September 18	54	39	0.04
September 19	47	42	0.56
September 20	51	37	0.00
September 21	55	34	0.00
September 22	49	45	0.14
September 23	49	46	0.73
September 24	60	47	0.14
September 25	59	38	0.00
September 26	53	34	0.00
September 27	46	32	0.12
September 28	45	40	0.22
September 29	53	33	0.00
September 30	53	30	0.09

October 1940 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
October 1	54	36	0.63	0.0
October 2	50	34	0.06	0.0
October 3	41	32	0.00	0.0
October 4	46	29	0.00	0.0
October 5	49	28	0.01	0.0
October 6	46	38	0.01	0.0
October 7	45	36	0.03	0.0
October 8	49	35	0.00	0.0
October 9	51	33	0.03	0.0
October 10	38	26	1.46	2.0
October 11	40	24	0.00	8.0
October 12	34	28	0.00	0.0
October 13	41	29	0.00	0.0
October 14	42	35	0.00	0.0
October 15	43	37	0.00	0.0
October 16	44	35	0.00	0.0
October 17	45	30	0.00	0.0
October 18	44	24	0.00	0.0
October 19	32	24	0.27	1.0
October 20	37	29	0.05	3.0
October 21	37	26	0.15	0.0
October 22	32	27	0.00	0.0
October 23	32	26	0.20	1.0
October 24	36	30	0.00	0.0
October 25	35	31	0.03	0.0
October 26	48	32	0.16	0.0
October 27	50	33	0.10	0.0
October 28	40	30	0.00	0.0
October 29	40	32	0.00	0.0
October 30	38	33	0.00	0.0
October 31	41	27	0.00	0.0

November 1940 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	30	23	0.00	0.0
November 2	33	23	0.00	0.0
November 3	32	19	0.00	0.0
November 4	28	10	0.00	0.0
November 5	28	7	0.00	0.0
November 6	25	9	0.00	0.0
November 7	23	13	0.00	0.0
November 8	25	16	0.00	0.0
November 9	25	14	0.00	0.0
November 10	28	14	0.00	0.0
November 11	33	22	0.03	0.0
November 12	33	29	n/a	0.4
November 13	40	33	0.44	0.0
November 14	40	32	0.00	0.0
November 15	39	29	0.00	0.0
November 16	38	31	0.02	0.0
November 17	33	30	0.10	0.5
November 18	33	24	0.39	6.0
November 19	37	17	0.06	0.0
November 20	37	25	0.07	0.0
November 21	28	6	0.00	0.0
November 22	12	3	0.00	0.0
November 23	19	4	0.00	0.0
November 24	27	13	0.00	0.0
November 25	26	12	0.00	0.0
November 26	26	17	0.00	0.0
November 27	27	18	0.00	0.0
November 28	26	20	0.00	0.0
November 29	27	14	0.00	0.0
November 30	26	16	0.00	0.0

December 1940 Anchorage Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	26	22	0.00	0.0
December 2	27	22	0.00	0.0
December 3	34	26	0.03	0.5
December 4	32	26	0.01	0.0
December 5	33	20	0.04	1.0
December 6	23	15	0.00	0.0
December 7	23	17	0.02	0.0
December 8	24	15	0.05	0.5
December 9	29	20	0.04	2.0
December 10	53	27	0.00	0.0
December 11	45	36	0.00	0.0
December 12	42	33	0.00	0.0
December 13	45	35	0.32	0.0
December 14	35	15	0.66	5.5
December 15	19	15	0.14	2.3
December 16	21	19	0.16	0.0
December 17	25	21	0.00	2.2
December 18	30	25	0.00	0.0
December 19	32	26	0.00	0.0
December 20	31	23	0.00	0.0
December 21	31	26	0.00	0.0
December 22	26	14	0.00	0.0
December 23	16	7	0.00	0.0
December 24	9	-1	0.00	0.0
December 25	10	-1	0.00	0.0
December 26	21	9	0.00	0.0
December 27	24	20	0.07	1.3
December 28	22	8	0.00	0.0
December 29	12	1	0.01	0.1
December 30	4	-4	0.00	0.0
December 31	4	n/a	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1953–2024	Anchorage International Airport	location
1916–1952	Anchorage Merrill Field	location