Bloomington-Normal Weather in 1940

Historical record of Bloomington-Normal, Illinois weather for the year 1940 based on NOAA data.

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1940 Bloomington-Normal Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	105 °F	July 29
Lowest temperature	-14 °F	January 19
Highest daily low	78 °F	July 26
Lowest daily high	4 °F	January 18
Most daily precipitation	2.0 inches	June 12
Most daily snow	3.5 inches	January 7
Total annual precipitation	27.8 inches	-
Total annual snow	15.7 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Bloomington-Normal in 1940?

The highest temperature recorded in Bloomington-Normal, Illinois in 1940 was 105 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Bloomington-Normal in 1940

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	105 °F	Jul 29
1	105 °F	Jul 25
3	103 °F	Aug 3
4	102 °F	Jul 24
5	101 °F	Jul 28
6	98 °F	Aug 2
6	98 °F	Jul 9
8	97 °F	Aug 8
8	97 °F	Jul 27
8	97 °F	Jul 10

What was the coldest temperature in Bloomington-Normal in 1940?

The lowest temperature recorded in Bloomington-Normal, Illinois in 1940 was -14 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Bloomington-Normal in 1940

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-14 °F	January 19
1	-14 °F	January 5
3	-12 °F	January 18
4	-11 °F	January 6
5	-10 °F	January 25
6	-8 °F	January 26
7	-7 °F	January 2
8	-4 °F	January 27
9	-3 °F	January 3
10	-2 °F	January 28
10	-2 °F	January 24
10	-2 °F	January 1

January 1940 Bloomington-Normal Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	16	-2	0.00	0.0
January 2	10	-7	0.00	0.0
January 3	16	-3	0.00	0.0
January 4	20	2	0.08	n/a
January 5	8	-14	0.00	0.0
January 6	12	-11	0.00	0.0
January 7	22	n/a	0.27	3.5
January 8	27	19	0.00	0.0
January 9	27	-1	0.00	0.0
January 10	32	21	0.03	0.3
January 11	35	32	0.65	0.0
January 12	35	19	0.00	0.0
January 13	35	22	0.06	0.0
January 14	38	22	0.14	1.5
January 15	22	7	0.00	0.0
January 16	17	6	0.00	0.0
January 17	15	4	0.02	0.3
January 18	4	-12	0.00	0.0
January 19	9	-14	0.00	0.0
January 20	11	4	0.00	0.0
January 21	16	-1	0.00	0.0
January 22	20	3	0.00	0.0
January 23	24	10	0.00	0.0
January 24	18	-2	0.00	0.0
January 25	5	-10	0.00	0.0
January 26	8	-8	0.00	0.0
January 27	17	-4	0.00	0.0
January 28	27	-2	0.00	0.0
January 29	25	10	0.00	0.0
January 30	33	18	0.03	0.4
January 31	36	n/a	0.00	0.0

February 1940 Bloomington-Normal Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	37	25	0.00	0.0
February 2	30	16	0.00	0.0
February 3	37	8	0.00	0.0
February 4	34	27	0.07	0.5
February 5	34	29	0.00	0.0
February 6	32	24	0.00	0.0
February 7	31	23	0.00	0.0
February 8	34	28	0.06	0.0
February 9	33	26	0.04	0.0
February 10	30	22	0.00	0.0
February 11	46	22	0.00	0.0
February 12	46	30	0.00	0.0
February 13	32	24	0.00	0.0
February 14	25	17	0.00	0.0
February 15	42	22	0.00	0.0
February 16	47	32	0.00	0.0
February 17	40	27	0.00	0.0
February 18	36	29	0.14	0.8
February 19	34	30	0.05	0.0
February 20	35	21	0.07	0.0
February 21	33	n/a	0.14	0.0
February 22	32	17	0.06	0.8
February 23	36	19	0.00	0.0
February 24	35	17	0.07	1.0
February 25	20	0	0.00	0.0
February 26	37	n/a	0.00	0.0
February 27	38	32	0.24	0.0
February 28	37	26	0.22	3.0
February 29	44	18	0.00	0.0

March 1940 Bloomington-Normal Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	42	28	0.00
March 2	46	32	1.28
March 3	39	32	0.03
March 4	42	32	0.00
March 5	35	29	0.00
March 6	38	26	0.00
March 7	40	25	0.00
March 8	40	24	0.00
March 9	42	20	0.00
March 10	38	24	0.00
March 11	35	22	0.00
March 12	32	24	0.06
March 13	32	25	0.28
March 14	27	20	0.00
March 15	36	17	0.00
March 16	49	26	0.00
March 17	75	39	0.00
March 18	62	37	0.00
March 19	50	31	0.00
March 20	42	29	0.00
March 21	42	28	0.00
March 22	30	17	0.00
March 23	29	10	0.00
March 24	25	12	0.00
March 25	34	8	0.00
March 26	43	23	0.00
March 27	50	36	0.32
March 28	60	37	0.20
March 29	66	50	0.00
March 30	71	41	0.00
March 31	67	44	0.00

April 1940 Bloomington-Normal Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	63	40	0.00	0.0
April 2	82	44	0.00	0.0
April 3	74	58	0.95	0.0
April 4	58	39	0.00	0.0
April 5	54	32	0.00	0.0
April 6	60	25	0.00	0.0
April 7	53	43	0.48	0.0
April 8	51	40	0.00	0.0
April 9	55	39	0.00	0.0
April 10	61	40	0.52	0.0
April 11	51	27	0.07	1.0
April 12	35	21	0.00	0.0
April 13	46	27	0.00	0.0
April 14	68	26	0.00	0.0
April 15	74	49	0.04	0.0
April 16	67	43	0.10	0.0
April 17	53	37	0.70	0.0
April 18	50	35	0.00	0.0
April 19	50	35	0.00	0.0
April 20	58	34	0.00	0.0
April 21	61	29	0.00	0.0
April 22	64	46	0.00	0.0
April 23	59	46	0.44	0.0
April 24	58	36	0.00	0.0
April 25	59	40	0.00	0.0
April 26	58	40	0.05	0.0
April 27	64	34	0.00	0.0
April 28	76	34	0.00	0.0
April 29	70	58	0.30	0.0
April 30	75	53	0.00	0.0

May 1940 Bloomington-Normal Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	54	32	1.10
May 2	46	35	0.05
May 3	51	33	0.00
May 4	64	30	0.00
May 5	79	50	0.00
May 6	79	62	0.00
May 7	85	54	0.00
May 8	64	48	0.00
May 9	70	40	0.00
May 10	63	49	0.23
May 11	69	38	0.00
May 12	75	48	0.00
May 13	88	65	0.00
May 14	85	59	0.85
May 15	59	39	0.14
May 16	61	41	0.00
May 17	67	40	0.00
May 18	72	53	0.20
May 19	69	54	0.58
May 20	80	50	0.04
May 21	84	62	0.20
May 22	71	59	0.20
May 23	73	46	0.00
May 24	73	49	0.00
May 25	64	48	0.30
May 26	64	50	0.08
May 27	69	47	0.00
May 28	68	48	0.05
May 29	73	49	0.18
May 30	73	49	0.00
May 31	69	56	0.00

June 1940 Bloomington-Normal Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	81	50	0.00
June 2	87	59	0.00
June 3	88	61	0.00
June 4	88	62	0.00
June 5	94	67	0.00
June 6	94	68	0.00
June 7	87	67	0.15
June 8	90	66	0.00
June 9	92	60	0.04
June 10	86	69	0.00
June 11	85	67	0.06
June 12	81	65	2.02
June 13	82	60	0.00
June 14	84	61	0.00
June 15	88	63	0.00
June 16	91	67	0.50
June 17	91	69	0.05
June 18	89	70	0.00
June 19	83	66	0.00
June 20	74	55	0.00
June 21	80	47	0.00
June 22	92	63	0.00
June 23	82	71	0.00
June 24	84	60	0.12
June 25	78	52	0.00
June 26	84	52	0.00
June 27	90	62	0.00
June 28	87	69	0.00
June 29	83	55	0.00
June 30	87	54	0.00

July 1940 Bloomington-Normal Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	85	63	0.00
July 2	81	54	0.00
July 3	74	50	0.00
July 4	86	53	0.00
July 5	87	62	0.00
July 6	89	62	0.00
July 7	91	61	0.00
July 8	92	65	0.00
July 9	98	65	0.00
July 10	97	73	0.00
July 11	80	56	0.00
July 12	84	56	0.68
July 13	77	50	0.00
July 14	86	51	0.00
July 15	90	62	0.00
July 16	85	58	0.04
July 17	84	49	0.00
July 18	89	62	0.02
July 19	95	68	0.00
July 20	94	68	0.00
July 21	95	71	0.00
July 22	96	70	0.00
July 23	94	72	0.00
July 24	102	73	0.00
July 25	105	76	0.00
July 26	96	78	0.00
July 27	97	72	0.00
July 28	101	76	0.00
July 29	105	75	0.00
July 30	96	73	0.00
July 31	89	72	0.34

August 1940 Bloomington-Normal Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	93	61	0.00
August 2	98	70	0.00
August 3	103	71	0.02
August 4	93	73	0.08
August 5	90	69	0.58
August 6	85	65	0.00
August 7	94	61	0.00
August 8	97	68	0.00
August 9	87	69	0.00
August 10	79	70	0.02
August 11	90	71	0.03
August 12	94	70	0.00
August 13	95	69	0.00
August 14	95	69	1.28
August 15	92	67	0.00
August 16	93	71	0.00
August 17	95	70	0.00
August 18	80	66	1.51
August 19	71	55	0.00
August 20	74	50	0.00
August 21	78	48	0.00
August 22	84	57	0.08
August 23	71	54	0.01
August 24	70	52	0.07
August 25	80	52	0.03
August 26	90	66	0.00
August 27	85	67	0.04
August 28	86	69	0.00
August 29	82	65	0.49
August 30	83	61	0.00
August 31	75	56	0.00

September 1940 Bloomington-Normal Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	78	52	0.00
September 2	81	51	0.00
September 3	83	54	0.00
September 4	86	55	0.00
September 5	87	60	0.00
September 6	88	60	0.00
September 7	90	65	0.00
September 8	90	67	0.00
September 9	79	61	0.87
September 10	68	47	0.00
September 11	64	37	0.00
September 12	70	43	0.00
September 13	79	46	0.00
September 14	79	49	0.00
September 15	72	46	0.00
September 16	81	45	0.00
September 17	83	52	0.00
September 18	90	60	0.00
September 19	94	67	0.00
September 20	93	59	0.00
September 21	92	59	0.00
September 22	85	61	0.00
September 23	78	62	0.04
September 24	72	50	0.03
September 25	60	40	0.00
September 26	65	31	0.00
September 27	71	32	0.00
September 28	77	38	0.00
September 29	79	46	0.00
September 30	75	47	0.00

October 1940 Bloomington-Normal Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	72	47	0.00
October 2	76	44	0.00
October 3	80	44	0.00
October 4	69	55	0.09
October 5	87	50	0.06
October 6	84	58	0.54
October 7	64	51	0.00
October 8	64	37	0.00
October 9	70	36	0.00
October 10	77	50	0.00
October 11	66	55	0.08
October 12	80	46	0.00
October 13	77	52	0.00
October 14	72	48	0.78
October 15	52	39	0.00
October 16	61	31	0.00
October 17	64	39	0.00
October 18	58	34	0.00
October 19	69	44	0.00
October 20	60	35	0.00
October 21	65	38	0.00
October 22	80	48	0.00
October 23	75	56	0.00
October 24	69	49	0.00
October 25	77	50	0.00
October 26	80	50	0.00
October 27	82	48	0.00
October 28	78	60	0.04
October 29	69	49	0.31
October 30	68	34	0.00
October 31	69	40	0.00

November 1940 Bloomington-Normal Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	60	44	0.20	0.0
November 2	65	39	0.00	0.0
November 3	74	36	0.00	0.0
November 4	66	46	0.00	0.0
November 5	65	42	0.00	0.0
November 6	44	30	0.00	0.0
November 7	48	23	0.00	0.0
November 8	50	24	0.00	0.0
November 9	52	37	0.04	0.0
November 10	50	41	0.16	0.0
November 11	60	20	0.70	0.0
November 12	28	16	0.00	0.0
November 13	21	9	0.00	0.0
November 14	25	7	0.00	0.0
November 15	24	11	0.00	0.0
November 16	35	20	0.00	0.0
November 17	52	25	0.00	0.0
November 18	55	20	0.00	0.0
November 19	60	38	0.00	0.0
November 20	57	37	0.69	0.0
November 21	61	40	0.10	0.0
November 22	48	31	0.00	0.0
November 23	42	30	0.07	0.0
November 24	40	30	0.00	0.0
November 25	36	26	0.00	0.0
November 26	37	30	0.90	0.7
November 27	32	21	0.00	0.0
November 28	30	10	0.00	0.0
November 29	30	24	0.00	0.0
November 30	55	28	0.00	0.0

December 1940 Bloomington-Normal Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	31	20	0.00	0.0
December 2	30	14	0.00	0.0
December 3	18	-1	0.00	0.0
December 4	41	14	0.00	0.0
December 5	38	23	0.00	0.0
December 6	54	27	0.00	0.0
December 7	48	29	0.00	0.0
December 8	50	27	0.00	0.0
December 9	60	27	0.00	0.0
December 10	51	30	0.00	0.0
December 11	33	30	0.28	1.4
December 12	34	31	0.00	0.0
December 13	33	25	0.01	0.2
December 14	33	21	0.00	0.0
December 15	44	30	0.33	0.0
December 16	47	25	0.52	0.3
December 17	32	25	0.00	0.0
December 18	36	26	0.00	0.0
December 19	42	34	0.03	0.0
December 20	41	33	0.00	0.0
December 21	44	25	0.00	0.0
December 22	48	31	0.00	0.0
December 23	40	30	0.00	0.0
December 24	56	32	0.00	0.0
December 25	51	43	0.24	0.0
December 26	49	38	0.00	0.0
December 27	39	36	0.00	0.0
December 28	39	35	0.00	0.0
December 29	38	35	0.00	0.0
December 30	36	32	0.00	0.0
December 31	41	31	0.00	0.0

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Years	Station	Coordinates
1977–2024	Normal 4NE	location
1893–1977	Bloomington Normal	location