Bedford Weather in 1940

Historical record of Bedford, Indiana weather for the year 1940 based on NOAA data.
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1940 Bedford Weather Extremes
Highest temperature 106 °F July 30
Lowest temperature -16 °F January 19
Highest daily low 76 °F July 31
Lowest daily high 5 °F January 19
Most daily precipitation 4.0 inches April 19
Most daily snow 1.5 inches January 23
Total annual precipitation 38.2 inches -
Total annual snow 10.2 inches -
Highest Temperatures in Bedford in 1940
Rank Temperature Date
1 106 °F Jul 30
2 105 °F Jul 29
3 103 °F Jul 27
4 102 °F Jul 28
4 102 °F Jul 26
6 101 °F Aug 3
6 101 °F Jul 25
8 100 °F Aug 17
8 100 °F Aug 15
8 100 °F Aug 14
8 100 °F Aug 12
8 100 °F Aug 5
8 100 °F Jul 31
8 100 °F Jul 24
Lowest Temperatures in Bedford in 1940
Rank Temperature Date
1 -16 °F January 19
2 -10 °F January 26
2 -10 °F January 6
2 -10 °F January 5
5 -5 °F January 2
6 -4 °F January 27
6 -4 °F January 25
6 -4 °F January 18
6 -4 °F January 3
10 -3 °F January 28
10 -3 °F January 9
January 1940 Bedford Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
January 1
19 6 0.00 0.0
January 2
13 -5 0.00 0.0
January 3
21 -4 0.00 0.0
January 4
24 14 0.01 0.2
January 5
22 -10 0.00 0.0
January 6
25 -10 0.00 0.0
January 7
25 12 0.10 1.0
January 8
30 21 0.15 1.5
January 9
30 -3 0.00 0.0
January 10
35 20 0.00 0.0
January 11
39 32 0.13 0.0
January 12
39 30 0.06 0.0
January 13
37 30 0.00 0.0
January 14
50 26 0.90 0.0
January 15
35 17 0.00 0.0
January 16
35 11 0.00 0.0
January 17
33 18 0.00 0.0
January 18
20 -4 0.14 1.4
January 19
5 -16 0.00 0.0
January 20
20 1 0.00 0.0
January 21
19 -1 0.00 0.0
January 22
29 3 0.00 0.0
January 23
26 18 0.15 1.5
January 24
25 8 0.02 0.3
January 25
13 -4 0.00 0.0
January 26
15 -10 0.00 0.0
January 27
20 -4 0.00 0.0
January 28
30 -3 0.00 0.0
January 29
30 9 0.08 0.8
January 30
31 19 0.04 0.4
January 31
36 21 0.00 0.0
February 1940 Bedford Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
February 1
38 21 0.09 0.0
February 2
35 17 0.00 0.0
February 3
41 9 0.00 0.0
February 4
42 28 0.00 0.0
February 5
39 33 0.04 0.0
February 6
37 32 0.66 0.0
February 7
34 24 0.00 0.0
February 8
50 26 0.06 0.0
February 9
48 38 0.26 0.0
February 10
45 31 0.41 0.0
February 11
47 32 0.04 0.0
February 12
54 36 0.00 0.0
February 13
47 26 0.10 1.0
February 14
36 17 0.08 0.0
February 15
40 16 0.00 0.0
February 16
45 22 0.00 0.0
February 17
48 28 0.00 0.0
February 18
39 33 1.20 0.0
February 19
40 35 0.26 0.0
February 20
39 32 0.22 0.0
February 21
35 29 0.00 0.0
February 22
36 27 0.03 0.3
February 23
38 19 0.00 0.0
February 24
38 32 0.15 0.0
February 25
33 15 0.00 0.0
February 26
44 18 0.00 0.0
February 27
45 33 0.47 0.0
February 28
45 32 0.15 0.0
February 29
50 31 0.00 0.0
March 1940 Bedford Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
March 1
63 27 0.00 0.0
March 2
63 41 0.64 0.0
March 3
55 42 0.15 0.0
March 4
43 34 0.02 0.0
March 5
38 31 0.00 0.0
March 6
41 31 0.00 0.0
March 7
46 30 0.00 0.0
March 8
40 26 0.00 0.0
March 9
47 21 0.00 0.0
March 10
44 28 0.02 0.2
March 11
40 28 0.00 0.0
March 12
39 30 0.14 0.0
March 13
50 31 0.14 0.0
March 14
40 24 0.00 0.0
March 15
45 21 0.03 0.3
March 16
54 31 0.00 0.0
March 17
75 30 0.00 0.0
March 18
57 45 0.34 0.0
March 19
60 27 0.00 0.0
March 20
53 37 0.00 0.0
March 21
55 27 0.00 0.0
March 22
48 21 0.00 0.0
March 23
34 19 0.03 0.3
March 24
34 17 0.00 0.0
March 25
36 12 0.00 0.0
March 26
43 20 0.00 0.0
March 27
65 38 0.03 0.0
March 28
69 50 0.00 0.0
March 29
72 55 0.13 0.0
March 30
70 49 0.03 0.0
March 31
82 47 0.00 0.0
April 1940 Bedford Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
April 1
77 47 0.01 0.0
April 2
85 47 0.00 0.0
April 3
86 60 0.00 0.0
April 4
78 46 0.00 0.0
April 5
58 36 0.00 0.0
April 6
63 28 0.00 0.0
April 7
60 42 0.96 0.0
April 8
58 43 0.15 0.0
April 9
51 38 0.07 0.0
April 10
60 30 0.04 0.0
April 11
58 33 1.12 1.0
April 12
35 21 0.16 0.0
April 13
50 22 0.00 0.0
April 14
60 23 0.00 0.0
April 15
82 41 0.01 0.0
April 16
77 52 0.00 0.0
April 17
67 47 0.76 0.0
April 18
65 39 0.68 0.0
April 19
47 39 4.01 0.0
April 20
50 35 0.28 0.0
April 21
62 32 0.00 0.0
April 22
66 33 0.00 0.0
April 23
62 45 0.39 0.0
April 24
65 37 0.02 0.0
April 25
65 37 0.00 0.0
April 26
62 44 0.03 0.0
April 27
64 36 0.00 0.0
April 28
75 37 0.00 0.0
April 29
72 57 0.02 0.0
April 30
77 54 0.75 0.0
May 1940 Bedford Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
May 1
71 38 0.38 0.0
May 2
42 34 0.14 0.0
May 3
46 34 0.01 0.0
May 4
65 31 0.00 0.0
May 5
80 42 0.00 0.0
May 6
85 60 0.03 0.0
May 7
90 57 0.00 0.0
May 8
88 60 0.00 0.0
May 9
80 53 0.00 0.0
May 10
72 44 0.00 0.0
May 11
69 44 0.00 0.0
May 12
76 38 0.00 0.0
May 13
86 53 0.00 0.0
May 14
85 64 0.00 0.0
May 15
78 48 0.70 0.0
May 16
60 46 0.00 0.0
May 17
72 40 0.00 0.0
May 18
81 52 0.00 0.0
May 19
76 56 0.80 0.0
May 20
83 49 0.00 0.0
May 21
89 52 0.00 0.0
May 22
85 56 0.00 0.0
May 23
74 53 0.16 0.0
May 24
66 52 0.25 0.0
May 25
64 48 0.78 0.0
May 26
65 45 0.03 0.0
May 27
71 47 0.19 0.0
May 28
76 52 0.04 0.0
May 29
73 52 0.00 0.0
May 30
73 48 0.00 0.0
May 31
61 54 0.34 0.0
June 1940 Bedford Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
June 1
74 54 0.00 0.0
June 2
85 49 0.00 0.0
June 3
87 55 0.00 0.0
June 4
89 57 0.00 0.0
June 5
92 59 0.00 0.0
June 6
95 62 0.00 0.0
June 7
91 68 0.23 0.0
June 8
90 65 0.00 0.0
June 9
90 63 0.30 0.0
June 10
88 64 0.00 0.0
June 11
92 67 0.00 0.0
June 12
88 69 0.02 0.0
June 13
87 62 0.00 0.0
June 14
84 64 0.00 0.0
June 15
87 67 0.00 0.0
June 16
85 66 0.00 0.0
June 17
88 70 0.03 0.0
June 18
87 69 0.00 0.0
June 19
89 67 0.00 0.0
June 20
82 50 0.00 0.0
June 21
80 44 0.00 0.0
June 22
88 54 0.00 0.0
June 23
92 64 0.05 0.0
June 24
80 64 0.43 0.0
June 25
83 56 0.00 0.0
June 26
79 51 0.06 0.0
June 27
90 63 0.09 0.0
June 28
85 71 0.02 0.0
June 29
84 50 0.00 0.0
June 30
87 52 0.00 0.0
July 1940 Bedford Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
July 1
85 66 0.00 0.0
July 2
85 55 0.00 0.0
July 3
82 54 0.00 0.0
July 4
84 51 0.00 0.0
July 5
86 55 0.00 0.0
July 6
89 55 0.00 0.0
July 7
87 58 0.00 0.0
July 8
89 59 0.00 0.0
July 9
90 62 0.10 0.0
July 10
97 63 0.00 0.0
July 11
97 67 0.25 0.0
July 12
70 60 0.96 0.0
July 13
76 49 0.00 0.0
July 14
86 49 0.00 0.0
July 15
90 55 0.00 0.0
July 16
83 62 0.17 0.0
July 17
84 54 0.00 0.0
July 18
90 57 0.00 0.0
July 19
92 64 0.00 0.0
July 20
94 66 0.00 0.0
July 21
96 68 0.00 0.0
July 22
97 70 0.00 0.0
July 23
99 72 0.00 0.0
July 24
100 73 0.00 0.0
July 25
101 73 0.00 0.0
July 26
102 75 0.00 0.0
July 27
103 73 0.00 0.0
July 28
102 73 0.00 0.0
July 29
105 73 0.00 0.0
July 30
106 75 0.00 0.0
July 31
100 76 0.00 0.0
August 1940 Bedford Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
August 1
96 69 0.00 0.0
August 2
97 60 0.00 0.0
August 3
101 62 0.00 0.0
August 4
99 73 0.00 0.0
August 5
100 70 0.00 0.0
August 6
94 74 0.00 0.0
August 7
95 60 0.00 0.0
August 8
95 57 0.00 0.0
August 9
95 60 0.00 0.0
August 10
92 67 0.00 0.0
August 11
95 70 0.00 0.0
August 12
100 72 0.00 0.0
August 13
93 73 0.00 0.0
August 14
100 66 0.00 0.0
August 15
100 67 0.00 0.0
August 16
97 69 0.00 0.0
August 17
100 69 0.12 0.0
August 18
84 68 0.95 0.0
August 19
80 58 0.00 0.0
August 20
78 53 0.00 0.0
August 21
80 47 0.00 0.0
August 22
88 46 0.00 0.0
August 23
82 59 0.00 0.0
August 24
83 52 0.00 0.0
August 25
94 62 0.00 0.0
August 26
96 71 0.00 0.0
August 27
89 68 0.55 0.0
August 28
92 64 0.03 0.0
August 29
85 68 0.37 0.0
August 30
86 64 0.98 0.0
August 31
83 56 0.00 0.0
September 1940 Bedford Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
September 1
83 55 0.00 0.0
September 2
80 52 0.00 0.0
September 3
83 53 0.00 0.0
September 4
86 54 0.00 0.0
September 5
88 57 0.00 0.0
September 6
89 59 0.00 0.0
September 7
89 60 0.00 0.0
September 8
88 60 0.16 0.0
September 9
88 57 0.00 0.0
September 10
80 53 0.51 0.0
September 11
69 45 0.00 0.0
September 12
69 42 0.00 0.0
September 13
78 39 0.00 0.0
September 14
83 50 0.00 0.0
September 15
78 46 0.00 0.0
September 16
79 48 0.00 0.0
September 17
80 49 0.00 0.0
September 18
87 48 0.00 0.0
September 19
94 52 0.00 0.0
September 20
96 57 0.00 0.0
September 21
96 60 0.00 0.0
September 22
91 61 0.00 0.0
September 23
88 63 0.00 0.0
September 24
80 68 0.09 0.0
September 25
70 44 0.93 0.0
September 26
62 36 0.00 0.0
September 27
67 35 0.00 0.0
September 28
74 38 0.00 0.0
September 29
76 41 0.00 0.0
September 30
75 46 0.00 0.0
October 1940 Bedford Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
October 1
73 44 0.00 0.0
October 2
77 40 0.00 0.0
October 3
77 42 0.00 0.0
October 4
78 42 0.00 0.0
October 5
85 57 0.05 0.0
October 6
87 61 0.00 0.0
October 7
80 53 0.76 0.0
October 8
70 40 0.00 0.0
October 9
71 38 0.00 0.0
October 10
74 37 0.00 0.0
October 11
72 46 0.00 0.0
October 12
79 46 0.00 0.0
October 13
85 51 0.00 0.0
October 14
84 55 0.04 0.0
October 15
65 46 0.45 0.0
October 16
61 35 0.00 0.0
October 17
69 33 0.00 0.0
October 18
59 32 0.00 0.0
October 19
70 45 0.00 0.0
October 20
64 38 0.00 0.0
October 21
65 32 0.00 0.0
October 22
75 42 0.00 0.0
October 23
81 49 0.00 0.0
October 24
80 52 0.00 0.0
October 25
83 52 0.03 0.0
October 26
85 50 0.00 0.0
October 27
85 48 0.00 0.0
October 28
73 49 0.08 0.0
October 29
71 57 0.09 0.0
October 30
70 38 0.00 0.0
October 31
71 34 0.00 0.0
November 1940 Bedford Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
November 1
67 50 0.94 0.0
November 2
71 39 0.00 0.0
November 3
78 37 0.00 0.0
November 4
76 43 0.00 0.0
November 5
66 45 0.41 0.0
November 6
51 39 0.00 0.0
November 7
50 23 0.00 0.0
November 8
50 23 0.00 0.0
November 9
50 30 0.00 0.0
November 10
52 43 0.27 0.0
November 11
67 40 1.53 0.0
November 12
42 25 0.00 0.0
November 13
34 23 0.00 0.0
November 14
31 12 0.00 0.0
November 15
35 20 0.00 0.0
November 16
42 16 0.00 0.0
November 17
55 17 0.00 0.0
November 18
58 21 0.00 0.0
November 19
65 27 0.00 0.0
November 20
63 47 0.00 0.0
November 21
66 47 0.22 0.0
November 22
65 45 0.00 0.0
November 23
55 44 1.18 0.0
November 24
48 37 0.06 0.0
November 25
44 27 0.00 0.0
November 26
47 32 0.85 0.0
November 27
35 29 0.00 0.0
November 28
37 18 0.00 0.0
November 29
45 30 0.00 0.0
November 30
53 33 0.00 0.0
December 1940 Bedford Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
December 1
55 25 0.00 0.0
December 2
40 16 0.00 0.0
December 3
36 5 0.00 0.0
December 4
43 10 0.00 0.0
December 5
43 25 0.00 0.0
December 6
55 22 0.00 0.0
December 7
52 28 0.00 0.0
December 8
45 25 0.00 0.0
December 9
63 25 0.00 0.0
December 10
57 26 0.00 0.0
December 11
48 33 0.07 0.0
December 12
58 38 0.84 0.0
December 13
53 33 0.00 0.0
December 14
40 30 0.04 0.0
December 15
56 33 0.66 0.0
December 16
58 30 0.52 0.0
December 17
33 28 0.00 0.0
December 18
42 27 0.00 0.0
December 19
50 33 0.00 0.0
December 20
54 42 0.00 0.0
December 21
49 26 0.00 0.0
December 22
53 28 0.00 0.0
December 23
39 30 0.00 0.0
December 24
61 23 0.00 0.0
December 25
53 37 0.10 0.0
December 26
55 47 0.14 0.0
December 27
55 46 0.38 0.0
December 28
50 40 0.06 0.0
December 29
44 35 0.04 0.0
December 30
38 34 0.00 0.0
December 31
44 33 0.00 0.0
Weather Station Details
Years Station Coordinates
1893–2024 Oolitic Purdue Experimental Farm location