Baltimore Weather in 1940

Historical record of Baltimore, Maryland weather for the year 1940 based on NOAA data.

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1940 Baltimore Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	101 °F	July 27
Lowest temperature	5 °F	January 30
Highest daily low	80 °F	July 26
Lowest daily high	22 °F	January 20
Most daily precipitation	2.2 inches	April 8
Most daily snow	0.5 inches	December 5
Total annual precipitation	42.0 inches	-
Total annual snow	0.5 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Baltimore in 1940?

The highest temperature recorded in Baltimore, Maryland in 1940 was 101 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Baltimore in 1940

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	101 °F	Jul 27
1	101 °F	Jul 26
3	100 °F	Jul 21
4	99 °F	Jul 22
4	99 °F	Jul 20
6	98 °F	Jul 30
7	97 °F	Jul 28
8	96 °F	Jul 31
8	96 °F	Jul 25
8	96 °F	Jun 13

What was the coldest temperature in Baltimore in 1940?

The lowest temperature recorded in Baltimore, Maryland in 1940 was 5 °F which happened on Jan 30.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Baltimore in 1940

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	5 °F	January 30
2	8 °F	January 20
3	9 °F	January 19
4	10 °F	January 27
5	11 °F	January 26
5	11 °F	January 10
5	11 °F	January 9
8	12 °F	January 29
9	13 °F	January 5
10	14 °F	December 4
10	14 °F	January 6

January 1940 Baltimore Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	25	18	0.00	0.0
January 2	31	16	0.00	0.0
January 3	30	15	0.00	0.0
January 4	32	16	0.00	0.0
January 5	38	13	0.00	0.0
January 6	33	14	0.00	0.0
January 7	27	15	0.09	0.0
January 8	30	21	0.12	n/a
January 9	29	11	0.00	0.0
January 10	33	11	0.00	0.0
January 11	32	24	0.00	0.0
January 12	38	29	0.01	0.0
January 13	37	28	0.00	0.0
January 14	51	35	0.98	0.0
January 15	43	29	0.00	0.0
January 16	38	25	0.00	0.0
January 17	25	15	0.01	0.0
January 18	25	15	0.00	0.0
January 19	22	9	0.03	0.0
January 20	22	8	0.00	0.0
January 21	32	18	0.00	0.0
January 22	37	16	0.00	0.0
January 23	29	16	0.18	0.0
January 24	33	19	0.34	n/a
January 25	28	15	0.00	0.0
January 26	25	11	0.00	0.0
January 27	24	10	0.00	0.0
January 28	27	15	0.00	0.0
January 29	35	12	0.00	0.0
January 30	34	5	0.00	0.0
January 31	36	18	0.00	0.0

February 1940 Baltimore Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	44	20	0.00	0.0
February 2	37	18	0.00	0.0
February 3	41	18	0.00	0.0
February 4	41	26	0.00	0.0
February 5	47	30	0.00	0.0
February 6	42	32	0.09	0.0
February 7	44	35	0.00	0.0
February 8	48	28	0.00	0.0
February 9	51	28	0.00	0.0
February 10	39	33	0.23	0.0
February 11	50	34	0.00	0.0
February 12	56	27	0.00	0.0
February 13	46	36	0.00	0.0
February 14	41	24	0.89	0.0
February 15	40	25	0.00	0.0
February 16	40	25	0.00	0.0
February 17	45	26	0.00	0.0
February 18	39	30	0.73	0.0
February 19	43	37	0.86	0.0
February 20	39	34	0.15	0.0
February 21	40	27	0.00	0.0
February 22	40	22	0.00	0.0
February 23	42	28	0.00	0.0
February 24	43	29	0.00	0.0
February 25	43	23	0.00	0.0
February 26	31	18	0.00	0.0
February 27	33	24	0.29	n/a
February 28	42	31	0.18	0.0
February 29	40	28	0.00	0.0

March 1940 Baltimore Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	41	33	0.00
March 2	37	33	0.57
March 3	41	34	0.42
March 4	45	37	0.13
March 5	46	37	0.01
March 6	45	35	0.00
March 7	48	33	0.00
March 8	51	30	0.00
March 9	48	33	0.00
March 10	47	31	0.00
March 11	41	25	0.00
March 12	43	18	0.00
March 13	38	27	0.00
March 14	49	32	2.04
March 15	39	31	0.00
March 16	51	28	0.02
March 17	54	28	0.00
March 18	55	33	0.00
March 19	62	36	0.05
March 20	55	31	0.00
March 21	48	29	0.00
March 22	45	24	0.02
March 23	36	22	0.00
March 24	34	20	0.00
March 25	35	20	0.00
March 26	48	24	0.00
March 27	61	31	0.00
March 28	58	39	0.00
March 29	49	40	0.03
March 30	61	46	0.57
March 31	67	46	0.03

April 1940 Baltimore Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	56	40	0.00
April 2	60	33	0.00
April 3	50	41	0.21
April 4	63	44	0.00
April 5	56	41	0.00
April 6	62	35	0.00
April 7	60	38	0.01
April 8	55	50	2.19
April 9	58	42	0.07
April 10	62	38	0.00
April 11	64	45	0.00
April 12	59	32	0.88
April 13	42	28	0.00
April 14	43	29	0.00
April 15	50	34	0.01
April 16	62	44	0.65
April 17	59	47	0.00
April 18	66	47	0.07
April 19	59	46	0.96
April 20	47	41	1.29
April 21	47	40	0.15
April 22	49	40	0.00
April 23	62	38	0.00
April 24	53	40	0.00
April 25	63	35	0.00
April 26	59	41	0.00
April 27	66	42	0.00
April 28	66	39	0.00
April 29	68	41	0.00
April 30	75	44	0.00

May 1940 Baltimore Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	73	52	0.35
May 2	63	51	0.11
May 3	53	45	0.10
May 4	58	45	0.00
May 5	74	47	0.00
May 6	79	44	0.00
May 7	87	61	0.00
May 8	75	56	0.10
May 9	69	53	0.01
May 10	69	46	0.00
May 11	72	46	0.11
May 12	66	43	0.00
May 13	87	53	0.00
May 14	93	61	0.00
May 15	86	56	0.00
May 16	67	56	0.87
May 17	70	52	0.00
May 18	73	52	0.00
May 19	82	55	0.00
May 20	80	59	1.17
May 21	77	62	0.02
May 22	78	64	0.10
May 23	70	58	0.01
May 24	61	56	0.00
May 25	64	57	0.32
May 26	64	58	0.02
May 27	70	57	0.22
May 28	79	56	0.00
May 29	78	54	0.00
May 30	60	53	0.76
May 31	76	59	0.02

June 1940 Baltimore Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	78	60	0.37
June 2	85	58	0.00
June 3	90	62	0.00
June 4	92	64	0.00
June 5	90	71	0.00
June 6	94	67	0.00
June 7	84	62	0.00
June 8	78	65	0.18
June 9	85	69	0.07
June 10	74	65	0.00
June 11	78	63	0.00
June 12	85	72	0.00
June 13	96	70	0.06
June 14	85	69	0.00
June 15	93	71	0.00
June 16	88	66	0.00
June 17	76	65	0.12
June 18	74	69	0.00
June 19	92	69	0.00
June 20	76	57	0.00
June 21	72	52	0.00
June 22	76	50	0.00
June 23	79	65	0.00
June 24	89	70	0.04
June 25	82	67	0.00
June 26	83	61	0.05
June 27	88	59	0.00
June 28	90	61	0.98
June 29	83	63	0.52
June 30	83	59	0.05

July 1940 Baltimore Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	77	59	0.26
July 2	81	60	0.00
July 3	72	59	0.80
July 4	72	59	0.12
July 5	81	60	0.00
July 6	83	62	0.00
July 7	81	63	0.00
July 8	85	64	0.00
July 9	85	69	0.03
July 10	93	71	0.00
July 11	94	74	0.00
July 12	84	63	0.00
July 13	76	61	0.14
July 14	79	62	0.00
July 15	83	62	0.00
July 16	88	69	0.05
July 17	85	69	0.00
July 18	88	69	0.00
July 19	94	73	0.00
July 20	99	79	0.00
July 21	100	80	0.00
July 22	99	80	0.00
July 23	91	74	0.28
July 24	87	74	0.00
July 25	96	75	0.00
July 26	101	80	0.00
July 27	101	78	0.01
July 28	97	75	0.62
July 29	94	74	0.00
July 30	98	74	0.00
July 31	96	74	0.54

August 1940 Baltimore Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	83	69	0.00
August 2	82	65	0.00
August 3	79	63	0.00
August 4	85	69	0.00
August 5	87	71	0.00
August 6	91	72	0.86
August 7	84	74	0.00
August 8	85	70	0.00
August 9	86	69	0.00
August 10	86	69	0.00
August 11	85	68	0.00
August 12	85	72	0.00
August 13	90	74	0.00
August 14	85	75	0.00
August 15	80	70	0.01
August 16	77	69	0.49
August 17	83	71	0.03
August 18	82	73	0.01
August 19	84	67	0.55
August 20	77	62	0.00
August 21	76	62	0.00
August 22	78	63	0.00
August 23	84	63	0.02
August 24	75	59	0.00
August 25	65	56	0.29
August 26	68	58	0.40
August 27	69	58	0.81
August 28	69	65	0.10
August 29	70	62	0.03
August 30	76	65	0.01
August 31	81	69	1.99

September 1940 Baltimore Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	86	69	0.02
September 2	85	68	0.00
September 3	84	66	0.00
September 4	82	66	0.00
September 5	84	64	0.00
September 6	78	60	0.00
September 7	75	60	0.00
September 8	77	63	0.05
September 9	85	65	0.02
September 10	78	66	0.07
September 11	71	55	0.00
September 12	71	53	0.00
September 13	74	52	0.00
September 14	75	55	0.00
September 15	76	60	0.00
September 16	72	62	0.00
September 17	80	58	0.00
September 18	79	57	0.00
September 19	83	60	0.00
September 20	84	65	0.00
September 21	94	70	0.05
September 22	81	66	0.00
September 23	78	61	0.00
September 24	81	64	0.00
September 25	76	49	1.11
September 26	60	43	0.00
September 27	66	43	0.00
September 28	70	45	0.00
September 29	74	51	0.00
September 30	64	55	0.00

October 1940 Baltimore Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	64	53	0.48
October 2	57	51	0.38
October 3	73	54	0.00
October 4	74	53	0.00
October 5	67	47	0.00
October 6	74	57	0.00
October 7	76	59	0.00
October 8	66	53	0.47
October 9	66	48	0.00
October 10	67	45	0.00
October 11	72	43	0.00
October 12	74	51	0.00
October 13	85	52	0.00
October 14	74	55	0.00
October 15	78	44	0.01
October 16	55	44	0.00
October 17	58	46	0.00
October 18	58	38	0.00
October 19	44	32	0.23
October 20	44	32	0.02
October 21	58	34	0.00
October 22	49	29	0.00
October 23	68	39	0.00
October 24	81	49	0.03
October 25	60	45	0.09
October 26	66	40	0.00
October 27	53	35	0.21
October 28	48	44	0.00
October 29	49	40	0.01
October 30	56	47	0.32
October 31	62	42	0.00

November 1940 Baltimore Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	59	41	0.37
November 2	66	50	0.66
November 3	65	41	0.00
November 4	71	38	0.00
November 5	72	46	0.00
November 6	62	45	0.00
November 7	51	41	0.00
November 8	47	40	0.00
November 9	54	35	0.00
November 10	60	35	0.00
November 11	65	49	0.10
November 12	60	45	0.32
November 13	45	43	0.50
November 14	45	42	1.69
November 15	47	37	0.11
November 16	41	34	0.00
November 17	53	34	0.00
November 18	54	32	0.00
November 19	48	28	0.00
November 20	61	36	0.00
November 21	60	46	0.00
November 22	75	47	0.00
November 23	57	44	0.00
November 24	52	40	0.29
November 25	47	29	0.00
November 26	38	25	1.34
November 27	48	36	0.00
November 28	41	29	0.00
November 29	49	28	0.00
November 30	52	32	0.01

December 1940 Baltimore Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	52	35	0.00	0.0
December 2	46	28	0.00	0.0
December 3	36	20	0.00	0.0
December 4	34	14	0.01	0.0
December 5	40	31	0.13	0.5
December 6	36	25	0.00	0.0
December 7	58	34	0.03	0.0
December 8	53	32	0.00	0.0
December 9	43	28	0.00	0.0
December 10	59	29	0.00	0.0
December 11	52	34	0.00	0.0
December 12	45	32	0.16	0.0
December 13	60	37	0.04	0.0
December 14	38	32	0.15	0.0
December 15	41	33	0.00	0.0
December 16	50	39	0.51	0.0
December 17	49	31	0.00	0.0
December 18	44	27	0.00	0.0
December 19	43	25	0.00	0.0
December 20	55	34	0.00	0.0
December 21	53	32	0.00	0.0
December 22	55	30	0.00	0.0
December 23	50	28	0.00	0.0
December 24	53	24	0.00	0.0
December 25	55	29	0.02	0.0
December 26	53	48	0.24	0.0
December 27	50	45	0.09	0.0
December 28	52	45	0.73	0.0
December 29	61	49	0.17	0.0
December 30	49	41	0.00	0.0
December 31	52	37	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1940–2024	Baltimore International Airport	location
1871–1939	Baltimore Customs House	location