Boston Weather in 1940

Historical record of Boston, Massachusetts weather for the year 1940 based on NOAA data.

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1940 Boston Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	95 °F	July 30
Lowest temperature	2 °F	December 4
Highest daily low	71 °F	July 30
Lowest daily high	18 °F	January 17
Most daily precipitation	1.5 inches	July 4
Most daily snow	11.0 inches	February 15
Total annual precipitation	36.0 inches	-
Total annual snow	43.2 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Boston in 1940?

The highest temperature recorded in Boston, Massachusetts in 1940 was 95 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Boston in 1940

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	95 °F	Jul 30
1	95 °F	Jul 26
3	93 °F	Jul 27
4	91 °F	Jul 9
5	90 °F	Jul 31
5	90 °F	Jul 8
5	90 °F	Jun 13
8	88 °F	Jul 10
8	88 °F	Jun 3
10	86 °F	Sep 21
10	86 °F	Aug 17

What was the coldest temperature in Boston in 1940?

The lowest temperature recorded in Boston, Massachusetts in 1940 was 2 °F which happened on Dec 4.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Boston in 1940

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	2 °F	December 4
2	6 °F	December 3
3	8 °F	January 20
4	9 °F	January 17
4	9 °F	January 7
6	10 °F	February 27
6	10 °F	January 23
6	10 °F	January 19
6	10 °F	January 18
10	11 °F	January 27

January 1940 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	25	14	0.00	0.0
January 2	25	16	0.00	0.0
January 3	34	18	0.00	0.0
January 4	30	19	0.00	0.0
January 5	30	16	0.01	0.0
January 6	25	13	0.01	0.2
January 7	28	9	0.00	0.0
January 8	25	17	0.03	0.3
January 9	28	18	0.00	0.0
January 10	34	15	0.00	0.0
January 11	33	17	0.00	0.0
January 12	35	29	0.21	1.7
January 13	37	34	0.00	0.0
January 14	37	34	0.34	0.0
January 15	52	34	0.97	0.0
January 16	34	12	0.00	0.0
January 17	18	9	0.00	0.0
January 18	22	10	0.00	0.0
January 19	22	10	0.07	2.0
January 20	22	8	0.00	0.0
January 21	29	13	0.00	0.0
January 22	32	15	0.00	0.0
January 23	28	10	0.00	0.0
January 24	28	18	0.01	0.1
January 25	28	18	0.02	0.3
January 26	26	15	0.00	0.0
January 27	25	11	0.00	0.0
January 28	26	13	0.00	0.0
January 29	33	13	0.00	0.0
January 30	31	16	0.00	0.0
January 31	35	14	0.00	0.0

February 1940 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	37	20	0.00	0.0
February 2	30	20	0.01	0.1
February 3	29	16	0.00	0.0
February 4	34	17	0.00	0.0
February 5	37	23	0.00	0.0
February 6	39	25	0.15	0.6
February 7	43	33	0.00	n/a
February 8	42	31	0.00	0.0
February 9	37	28	0.00	0.0
February 10	37	27	0.54	1.3
February 11	45	34	0.31	0.0
February 12	47	32	0.00	0.0
February 13	37	28	0.00	0.0
February 14	32	23	1.35	3.0
February 15	35	22	0.44	11.0
February 16	34	20	0.00	0.0
February 17	43	21	0.00	0.0
February 18	42	25	0.00	0.0
February 19	36	32	1.16	2.0
February 20	34	32	0.64	4.2
February 21	36	22	0.10	0.8
February 22	28	18	0.00	0.0
February 23	36	20	0.00	0.0
February 24	33	21	0.00	0.0
February 25	43	18	0.01	0.0
February 26	26	12	0.00	0.0
February 27	27	10	0.00	0.0
February 28	28	22	0.03	0.8
February 29	37	20	0.00	0.0

March 1940 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	33	24	0.00	0.0
March 2	34	15	0.00	0.0
March 3	43	29	0.00	0.0
March 4	35	32	1.21	0.0
March 5	38	32	0.54	0.0
March 6	43	34	0.06	0.0
March 7	40	34	0.00	0.0
March 8	40	29	0.00	0.0
March 9	45	28	0.00	0.0
March 10	35	20	0.00	0.0
March 11	31	17	0.00	0.0
March 12	31	14	0.00	0.0
March 13	41	17	0.00	0.0
March 14	42	28	0.00	0.0
March 15	44	30	1.00	0.0
March 16	36	27	0.00	0.0
March 17	40	27	0.00	0.0
March 18	37	25	0.00	0.0
March 19	39	32	0.28	0.0
March 20	46	32	0.10	0.0
March 21	41	30	0.00	0.0
March 22	36	24	0.07	0.3
March 23	25	16	0.00	0.0
March 24	29	14	0.00	0.0
March 25	31	18	0.00	0.0
March 26	43	25	0.00	0.0
March 27	36	27	0.00	0.0
March 28	41	32	0.02	0.0
March 29	50	35	0.02	0.0
March 30	60	41	0.48	0.0
March 31	60	41	0.05	0.0

April 1940 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	52	38	0.00	0.0
April 2	47	34	0.00	0.0
April 3	43	33	0.00	0.0
April 4	40	35	0.41	0.0
April 5	50	34	0.02	0.0
April 6	53	33	0.00	0.0
April 7	54	36	0.00	0.0
April 8	46	39	0.44	0.0
April 9	59	44	0.16	0.0
April 10	56	40	0.00	0.0
April 11	58	34	0.00	0.0
April 12	55	43	0.50	0.0
April 13	52	28	0.73	0.0
April 14	42	26	0.00	0.0
April 15	52	30	0.00	0.0
April 16	47	40	0.00	0.0
April 17	42	36	0.01	0.0
April 18	40	37	0.36	0.0
April 19	63	40	0.00	0.0
April 20	47	36	0.82	0.0
April 21	39	34	0.84	0.0
April 22	39	32	0.25	1.5
April 23	48	38	0.00	0.0
April 24	47	37	0.00	0.0
April 25	55	40	0.02	0.0
April 26	50	38	0.02	0.0
April 27	50	36	0.00	0.0
April 28	56	41	0.00	0.0
April 29	62	39	0.00	0.0
April 30	75	44	0.00	0.0

May 1940 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	73	50	0.00
May 2	61	55	0.10
May 3	71	52	0.10
May 4	58	45	0.32
May 5	59	47	0.02
May 6	73	47	0.00
May 7	75	52	0.00
May 8	71	50	0.00
May 9	59	47	0.00
May 10	62	45	0.00
May 11	67	44	0.00
May 12	59	43	0.00
May 13	67	43	0.00
May 14	68	54	0.00
May 15	61	52	0.00
May 16	73	52	0.00
May 17	63	56	0.09
May 18	64	49	0.00
May 19	75	51	0.00
May 20	75	50	0.00
May 21	57	48	0.10
May 22	54	48	0.17
May 23	50	47	0.27
May 24	49	46	0.12
May 25	50	46	0.15
May 26	56	47	0.12
May 27	75	56	0.00
May 28	67	48	0.34
May 29	57	47	0.05
May 30	67	47	0.00
May 31	60	50	1.33

June 1940 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	73	56	0.01
June 2	83	57	0.00
June 3	88	62	0.00
June 4	74	58	0.00
June 5	85	63	0.00
June 6	82	66	0.00
June 7	68	58	0.00
June 8	68	57	0.00
June 9	69	54	0.45
June 10	54	50	0.15
June 11	64	53	0.00
June 12	70	60	0.01
June 13	90	66	0.04
June 14	79	60	0.00
June 15	81	59	0.01
June 16	69	60	0.00
June 17	75	57	0.00
June 18	77	56	0.00
June 19	83	60	0.11
June 20	69	52	0.00
June 21	64	48	0.00
June 22	68	46	0.00
June 23	76	54	0.00
June 24	64	52	0.20
June 25	55	52	0.39
June 26	69	52	0.22
June 27	76	54	0.00
June 28	77	57	0.11
June 29	79	62	0.09
June 30	76	60	0.01

July 1940 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	70	56	0.02
July 2	76	55	0.00
July 3	74	56	0.02
July 4	64	56	1.48
July 5	73	57	0.00
July 6	75	59	0.00
July 7	85	61	0.00
July 8	90	67	0.00
July 9	91	67	0.17
July 10	88	68	0.00
July 11	76	62	0.21
July 12	62	57	0.27
July 13	71	58	0.00
July 14	75	58	0.00
July 15	83	61	0.00
July 16	75	60	0.04
July 17	76	63	0.00
July 18	76	63	0.00
July 19	84	68	0.00
July 20	83	68	0.01
July 21	77	65	0.23
July 22	73	64	0.02
July 23	80	65	0.00
July 24	80	66	0.00
July 25	85	67	0.00
July 26	95	69	0.04
July 27	93	70	0.00
July 28	80	67	0.00
July 29	82	69	0.00
July 30	95	71	0.66
July 31	90	66	0.00

August 1940 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	73	63	0.00
August 2	70	58	0.00
August 3	81	57	0.00
August 4	84	60	0.00
August 5	85	68	0.00
August 6	85	70	0.00
August 7	77	66	0.09
August 8	80	63	0.00
August 9	83	63	0.00
August 10	80	64	0.00
August 11	76	62	0.00
August 12	85	62	0.00
August 13	84	67	0.00
August 14	75	64	0.00
August 15	73	58	0.00
August 16	78	60	0.00
August 17	86	62	0.00
August 18	80	67	0.00
August 19	83	65	0.02
August 20	73	58	0.16
August 21	68	54	0.00
August 22	69	55	0.00
August 23	73	59	0.48
August 24	67	51	0.00
August 25	70	46	0.00
August 26	69	56	0.00
August 27	76	52	0.00
August 28	69	54	0.00
August 29	69	55	0.03
August 30	71	61	0.06
August 31	83	69	0.01

September 1940 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	81	65	0.01
September 2	79	65	0.14
September 3	82	66	0.00
September 4	77	62	0.00
September 5	73	59	0.00
September 6	67	52	0.13
September 7	60	50	0.00
September 8	73	50	0.00
September 9	65	57	0.06
September 10	73	61	0.21
September 11	65	54	0.18
September 12	69	52	0.08
September 13	71	53	0.00
September 14	69	53	0.00
September 15	66	54	0.00
September 16	64	55	0.24
September 17	74	58	0.00
September 18	81	60	0.00
September 19	75	60	0.00
September 20	76	57	0.00
September 21	86	66	0.15
September 22	76	60	0.01
September 23	76	55	0.00
September 24	77	60	0.00
September 25	70	46	1.11
September 26	56	42	0.00
September 27	66	42	0.00
September 28	69	48	0.00
September 29	66	48	0.00
September 30	57	48	0.00

October 1940 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	55	45	0.00
October 2	63	51	0.00
October 3	62	52	0.11
October 4	58	46	0.00
October 5	65	43	0.00
October 6	69	52	0.00
October 7	74	58	0.00
October 8	67	56	0.04
October 9	64	50	0.01
October 10	59	44	0.00
October 11	69	43	0.00
October 12	76	52	0.00
October 13	77	57	0.00
October 14	70	51	0.00
October 15	77	42	0.08
October 16	47	35	0.00
October 17	52	37	0.06
October 18	53	35	0.01
October 19	45	31	0.00
October 20	48	33	0.00
October 21	43	32	0.00
October 22	46	28	0.00
October 23	63	37	0.00
October 24	69	47	0.00
October 25	55	42	0.01
October 26	54	37	0.00
October 27	45	34	0.00
October 28	45	31	0.00
October 29	52	32	0.00
October 30	47	40	0.07
October 31	52	41	0.37

November 1940 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	50	35	0.00	0.0
November 2	55	43	1.32	0.0
November 3	57	45	0.00	0.0
November 4	64	42	0.00	0.0
November 5	71	50	0.00	0.0
November 6	58	42	0.06	0.0
November 7	46	38	0.00	0.0
November 8	49	36	0.00	0.0
November 9	51	34	0.00	0.0
November 10	50	34	0.00	0.0
November 11	55	44	0.00	0.0
November 12	65	46	0.96	0.0
November 13	48	43	0.65	0.0
November 14	45	41	0.94	0.0
November 15	49	43	0.85	0.0
November 16	48	34	0.01	0.0
November 17	44	32	0.00	0.0
November 18	42	34	0.00	0.0
November 19	46	32	0.00	0.0
November 20	58	39	0.00	0.0
November 21	55	38	0.00	0.0
November 22	68	46	0.01	0.0
November 23	47	40	0.06	0.0
November 24	46	40	0.00	0.0
November 25	40	23	0.00	0.0
November 26	35	21	0.00	0.0
November 27	35	25	1.23	8.0
November 28	34	21	0.02	0.2
November 29	36	17	0.03	0.3
November 30	39	30	0.09	0.0

December 1940 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	48	26	0.07	1.0
December 2	32	16	0.00	0.0
December 3	31	6	0.00	0.0
December 4	32	2	0.12	0.0
December 5	35	24	0.13	3.5
December 6	27	15	0.00	0.0
December 7	51	24	0.00	0.0
December 8	49	36	0.07	0.0
December 9	37	25	0.00	0.0
December 10	50	25	0.00	0.0
December 11	42	31	0.00	0.0
December 12	42	31	0.00	0.0
December 13	52	24	0.08	0.0
December 14	32	20	0.00	0.0
December 15	45	22	0.00	0.0
December 16	40	29	1.02	0.0
December 17	42	20	0.02	0.0
December 18	36	20	0.00	0.0
December 19	39	25	0.00	0.0
December 20	46	32	0.04	0.0
December 21	46	39	0.00	0.0
December 22	41	36	0.02	0.0
December 23	38	23	0.00	0.0
December 24	45	21	0.00	0.0
December 25	58	34	0.00	0.0
December 26	41	31	0.00	0.0
December 27	42	39	0.01	0.0
December 28	44	39	0.66	0.0
December 29	41	39	0.24	0.0
December 30	50	40	0.28	0.0
December 31	44	35	0.00	0.0

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Years	Station	Coordinates
1936–2024	Boston Logan International Airport	location
1893–1935	Boston City	location