Cedar Rapids Weather in 1940

Historical record of Cedar Rapids, Iowa weather for the year 1940 based on NOAA data.

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1940 Cedar Rapids Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	105 °F	July 25
Lowest temperature	-20 °F	January 18
Highest daily low	76 °F	July 25
Lowest daily high	-3 °F	January 18
Most daily precipitation	2.1 inches	September 9
Most daily snow	6.3 inches	January 14
Total annual precipitation	26.1 inches	-
Total annual snow	36.1 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Cedar Rapids in 1940?

The highest temperature recorded in Cedar Rapids, Iowa in 1940 was 105 °F which happened on July 25.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Cedar Rapids in 1940

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	105 °F	Jul 25
2	102 °F	Jul 24
3	100 °F	Jul 19
4	98 °F	Jul 23
5	96 °F	Aug 2
5	96 °F	Jul 22
5	96 °F	Jul 21
5	96 °F	Jun 18
9	95 °F	Jul 20
9	95 °F	Jul 18
9	95 °F	Jul 10

What was the coldest temperature in Cedar Rapids in 1940?

The lowest temperature recorded in Cedar Rapids, Iowa in 1940 was -20 °F which happened on Jan 18.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Cedar Rapids in 1940

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-20 °F	January 18
2	-15 °F	January 19
3	-14 °F	January 25
4	-13 °F	February 25
5	-10 °F	December 3
5	-10 °F	February 10
5	-10 °F	January 28
8	-9 °F	January 23
8	-9 °F	January 5
10	-8 °F	January 26

January 1940 Cedar Rapids Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	15	4	0.01	0.1
January 2	16	-3	0.00	0.0
January 3	18	0	0.00	0.0
January 4	14	-5	0.00	0.0
January 5	16	-9	0.00	0.0
January 6	25	-2	0.00	0.0
January 7	23	11	0.06	0.6
January 8	28	13	0.09	0.9
January 9	21	8	0.00	0.0
January 10	29	21	0.00	0.0
January 11	33	26	0.00	0.0
January 12	28	4	0.00	0.0
January 13	26	9	0.00	0.0
January 14	26	17	0.63	6.3
January 15	17	1	0.22	2.2
January 16	10	3	0.00	0.0
January 17	3	-4	0.02	0.4
January 18	-3	-20	0.00	0.0
January 19	13	-15	0.00	0.0
January 20	13	-1	0.00	0.0
January 21	20	-1	0.00	0.0
January 22	19	0	0.00	0.0
January 23	13	-9	0.00	0.0
January 24	11	-3	0.00	0.0
January 25	8	-14	0.00	0.0
January 26	12	-8	0.00	0.0
January 27	18	-7	0.00	0.0
January 28	25	-10	0.00	0.0
January 29	23	10	0.00	0.0
January 30	29	14	0.00	0.0
January 31	34	20	0.00	0.0

February 1940 Cedar Rapids Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	36	26	0.00	0.0
February 2	29	11	0.00	0.0
February 3	30	3	0.00	0.0
February 4	35	24	0.15	1.7
February 5	35	24	0.09	0.9
February 6	28	16	0.00	0.0
February 7	29	19	0.00	0.0
February 8	27	21	0.00	0.0
February 9	28	14	0.23	3.0
February 10	27	-10	0.00	0.0
February 11	43	12	0.00	0.0
February 12	40	25	0.00	0.0
February 13	31	15	0.00	0.0
February 14	31	19	0.00	0.0
February 15	40	21	0.00	0.0
February 16	38	33	0.00	0.0
February 17	41	32	0.17	0.0
February 18	38	30	0.00	0.0
February 19	34	30	0.08	0.8
February 20	35	28	0.11	0.5
February 21	35	26	0.00	0.0
February 22	28	15	0.05	0.5
February 23	33	16	0.00	0.0
February 24	33	4	0.42	3.0
February 25	17	-13	0.00	0.0
February 26	33	12	0.00	0.0
February 27	34	27	0.00	0.0
February 28	32	21	0.05	1.2
February 29	38	16	0.00	0.0

March 1940 Cedar Rapids Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	40	31	0.00	0.0
March 2	34	29	0.02	0.0
March 3	38	32	0.35	0.5
March 4	35	28	0.01	0.1
March 5	34	29	0.00	0.0
March 6	38	25	0.00	0.0
March 7	39	27	0.00	0.0
March 8	40	21	0.00	0.0
March 9	37	20	0.00	0.0
March 10	36	16	0.05	0.8
March 11	31	18	0.00	0.0
March 12	29	23	0.10	0.6
March 13	29	19	0.20	1.1
March 14	25	10	0.00	0.0
March 15	36	10	0.00	0.0
March 16	44	20	0.00	0.0
March 17	61	34	0.00	0.0
March 18	48	33	0.00	0.0
March 19	49	28	0.00	0.0
March 20	41	23	0.14	0.0
March 21	32	20	0.11	1.4
March 22	21	7	0.01	0.1
March 23	20	6	0.00	0.0
March 24	23	8	0.00	0.0
March 25	30	5	0.00	0.0
March 26	34	24	0.00	0.0
March 27	41	30	0.03	0.0
March 28	59	33	0.00	0.0
March 29	63	36	0.05	0.0
March 30	74	34	0.00	0.0
March 31	62	38	0.00	0.0

April 1940 Cedar Rapids Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	59	35	0.00
April 2	70	39	0.01
April 3	66	45	0.38
April 4	48	37	0.00
April 5	53	27	0.00
April 6	56	25	0.00
April 7	50	39	0.48
April 8	48	35	0.35
April 9	57	29	0.00
April 10	51	44	0.00
April 11	46	25	0.51
April 12	42	18	0.00
April 13	49	24	0.00
April 14	71	29	0.00
April 15	73	48	0.02
April 16	65	41	0.00
April 17	55	33	0.12
April 18	57	31	0.40
April 19	62	31	0.00
April 20	64	39	0.00
April 21	59	31	0.00
April 22	64	45	0.00
April 23	56	45	0.03
April 24	60	35	0.02
April 25	57	39	0.00
April 26	60	39	0.03
April 27	65	35	0.00
April 28	75	50	0.00
April 29	70	57	0.25
April 30	58	41	0.00

May 1940 Cedar Rapids Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	41	33	0.02
May 2	61	35	0.00
May 3	64	34	0.00
May 4	64	33	0.00
May 5	82	45	0.09
May 6	75	49	0.00
May 7	61	52	0.08
May 8	69	47	0.40
May 9	70	43	0.00
May 10	68	48	0.00
May 11	72	38	0.00
May 12	84	50	0.00
May 13	90	66	0.00
May 14	80	53	0.00
May 15	53	36	0.12
May 16	67	40	0.02
May 17	75	43	0.00
May 18	67	47	0.00
May 19	64	50	0.73
May 20	78	42	0.01
May 21	76	58	0.82
May 22	75	49	0.00
May 23	75	42	0.00
May 24	72	42	0.00
May 25	66	50	0.00
May 26	69	46	0.01
May 27	72	49	0.01
May 28	67	51	0.10
May 29	77	46	0.05
May 30	79	50	0.00
May 31	80	49	0.00

June 1940 Cedar Rapids Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	86	50	0.00
June 2	89	60	0.00
June 3	88	60	0.00
June 4	83	67	0.00
June 5	89	66	0.00
June 6	91	68	0.00
June 7	85	66	0.13
June 8	82	62	0.00
June 9	87	60	0.00
June 10	80	63	0.68
June 11	70	60	0.00
June 12	71	59	0.14
June 13	81	60	0.00
June 14	84	64	0.00
June 15	89	64	0.00
June 16	91	54	0.00
June 17	92	65	0.00
June 18	96	71	0.00
June 19	79	54	0.02
June 20	75	52	0.00
June 21	76	50	0.00
June 22	93	67	0.03
June 23	82	69	1.34
June 24	75	58	0.01
June 25	75	57	0.00
June 26	82	56	0.00
June 27	84	55	0.01
June 28	77	62	0.01
June 29	79	51	0.00
June 30	87	56	0.01

July 1940 Cedar Rapids Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	83	56	0.00
July 2	79	52	0.00
July 3	80	47	0.00
July 4	85	48	0.00
July 5	86	53	0.00
July 6	88	58	0.00
July 7	90	57	0.00
July 8	92	63	0.00
July 9	93	68	0.00
July 10	95	65	0.00
July 11	86	63	0.70
July 12	75	55	0.00
July 13	78	45	0.00
July 14	87	55	0.00
July 15	84	65	0.00
July 16	83	59	0.00
July 17	83	59	0.00
July 18	95	68	0.00
July 19	100	72	0.00
July 20	95	71	0.00
July 21	96	68	0.00
July 22	96	69	0.00
July 23	98	72	0.00
July 24	102	72	0.00
July 25	105	76	0.00
July 26	89	69	0.02
July 27	92	69	0.00
July 28	94	74	0.07
July 29	88	72	0.00
July 30	89	69	1.03
July 31	86	71	0.11

August 1940 Cedar Rapids Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	90	66	0.00
August 2	96	74	0.00
August 3	92	73	0.00
August 4	90	67	0.19
August 5	86	69	0.00
August 6	82	55	0.00
August 7	85	51	0.00
August 8	89	55	0.00
August 9	78	66	0.00
August 10	74	66	0.14
August 11	83	67	0.35
August 12	87	69	0.07
August 13	86	67	1.37
August 14	86	66	0.17
August 15	88	68	0.00
August 16	79	70	0.00
August 17	81	69	0.09
August 18	76	61	0.00
August 19	70	51	0.00
August 20	72	43	0.00
August 21	79	47	0.00
August 22	80	58	0.00
August 23	72	50	0.00
August 24	68	51	0.00
August 25	83	57	0.38
August 26	77	68	0.04
August 27	73	63	0.46
August 28	78	65	0.03
August 29	81	59	0.00
August 30	75	54	0.00
August 31	73	57	0.00

September 1940 Cedar Rapids Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	79	50	0.00
September 2	80	50	0.00
September 3	84	52	0.00
September 4	86	55	0.00
September 5	85	59	0.00
September 6	79	61	0.00
September 7	90	63	0.00
September 8	87	68	0.00
September 9	72	58	2.12
September 10	62	43	0.00
September 11	64	40	0.00
September 12	73	37	0.00
September 13	79	47	0.00
September 14	72	45	0.00
September 15	74	42	0.00
September 16	76	50	0.00
September 17	83	53	0.00
September 18	90	65	0.00
September 19	89	66	0.00
September 20	91	60	0.00
September 21	92	60	0.00
September 22	81	62	0.00
September 23	74	63	0.03
September 24	70	51	1.15
September 25	60	35	0.00
September 26	67	32	0.00
September 27	70	36	0.00
September 28	76	38	0.00
September 29	79	49	0.02
September 30	75	43	0.00

October 1940 Cedar Rapids Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	73	45	0.00
October 2	76	39	0.00
October 3	78	52	0.00
October 4	65	54	0.23
October 5	82	48	0.11
October 6	65	54	0.00
October 7	65	44	0.53
October 8	65	36	0.00
October 9	70	35	0.00
October 10	67	49	0.00
October 11	75	50	0.00
October 12	83	51	0.00
October 13	73	42	0.00
October 14	63	45	0.03
October 15	57	35	0.01
October 16	66	32	0.00
October 17	59	40	0.00
October 18	60	36	0.00
October 19	67	37	0.00
October 20	63	36	0.00
October 21	66	39	0.00
October 22	85	45	0.00
October 23	68	47	0.00
October 24	69	45	0.00
October 25	62	43	0.00
October 26	82	44	0.00
October 27	80	49	0.00
October 28	68	57	0.00
October 29	61	47	1.38
October 30	67	38	0.00
October 31	65	43	0.00

November 1940 Cedar Rapids Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	57	45	0.03	0.0
November 2	63	37	0.00	0.0
November 3	71	35	0.00	0.0
November 4	61	51	0.00	0.0
November 5	60	38	0.00	0.0
November 6	46	29	0.00	0.0
November 7	51	22	0.00	0.0
November 8	47	23	0.00	0.0
November 9	48	41	0.43	0.0
November 10	50	43	0.27	0.0
November 11	54	14	0.56	0.0
November 12	19	8	0.30	0.1
November 13	22	2	0.00	0.0
November 14	22	4	0.00	0.0
November 15	27	3	0.00	0.0
November 16	48	19	0.00	0.0
November 17	50	27	0.00	0.0
November 18	53	23	0.00	0.0
November 19	57	36	0.00	0.0
November 20	38	32	0.16	0.0
November 21	55	34	0.45	0.0
November 22	41	32	0.02	0.0
November 23	42	31	0.00	0.0
November 24	42	26	0.00	0.0
November 25	41	22	0.00	0.0
November 26	34	28	0.00	0.0
November 27	29	15	0.27	3.0
November 28	31	-1	0.00	0.0
November 29	38	10	0.03	0.3
November 30	29	20	0.00	0.0

December 1940 Cedar Rapids Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	21	5	0.00	0.0
December 2	22	2	0.01	0.1
December 3	12	-10	0.00	0.0
December 4	41	12	0.00	0.0
December 5	29	10	0.01	0.1
December 6	50	28	0.00	0.0
December 7	39	23	0.00	0.0
December 8	47	23	0.00	0.0
December 9	55	30	0.00	0.0
December 10	40	24	0.00	0.0
December 11	35	22	0.00	0.0
December 12	29	23	0.00	0.0
December 13	24	5	0.14	1.8
December 14	25	9	0.00	0.0
December 15	32	21	0.17	0.4
December 16	33	23	1.01	0.8
December 17	27	11	0.15	2.0
December 18	32	24	0.00	0.0
December 19	34	32	0.20	0.2
December 20	38	30	0.01	0.0
December 21	43	19	0.00	0.0
December 22	45	26	0.00	0.0
December 23	45	31	0.00	0.0
December 24	50	34	0.00	0.0
December 25	51	44	0.00	0.0
December 26	47	32	0.00	0.0
December 27	38	33	0.00	0.0
December 28	36	32	0.00	0.0
December 29	37	32	0.01	0.0
December 30	37	33	0.00	0.0
December 31	35	32	0.18	0.6

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Years	Station	Coordinates
1892–2024	Cedar Rapids #1	location