Chapel Hill Weather in 1940

Historical record of Chapel Hill, North Carolina weather for the year 1940 based on NOAA data.

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1940 Chapel Hill Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	102 °F	July 28
Lowest temperature	3 °F	January 28
Highest daily low	75 °F	July 28
Lowest daily high	25 °F	January 27
Most daily precipitation	3.0 inches	August 14
Most daily snow	11.0 inches	January 24
Total annual snow	17.5 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Chapel Hill in 1940?

The highest temperature recorded in Chapel Hill, North Carolina in 1940 was 102 °F which happened on July 28.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Chapel Hill in 1940

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	102 °F	Jul 28
2	100 °F	Jul 27
2	100 °F	Jul 26
2	100 °F	Jul 25
5	98 °F	Jul 23
5	98 °F	Jul 22
5	98 °F	Jul 21
8	97 °F	Aug 6
9	96 °F	Jul 20
9	96 °F	Jun 15
9	96 °F	Jun 14
9	96 °F	May 8

What was the coldest temperature in Chapel Hill in 1940?

The lowest temperature recorded in Chapel Hill, North Carolina in 1940 was 3 °F which happened on Jan 28.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Chapel Hill in 1940

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	3 °F	January 28
2	4 °F	January 27
3	6 °F	January 29
3	6 °F	January 26
5	13 °F	January 20
6	16 °F	January 30
7	17 °F	February 3
7	17 °F	January 31
7	17 °F	January 3
10	18 °F	January 21
10	18 °F	January 10
10	18 °F	January 2

January 1940 Chapel Hill Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	44	31	n/a	0.0
January 2	36	18	n/a	0.0
January 3	38	17	n/a	0.0
January 4	45	22	n/a	0.0
January 5	47	32	0.01	0.0
January 6	40	19	n/a	0.0
January 7	35	23	0.50	1.0
January 8	34	27	0.35	0.5
January 9	36	24	n/a	0.0
January 10	39	18	n/a	0.0
January 11	43	26	n/a	0.0
January 12	41	34	0.62	0.0
January 13	40	35	n/a	0.0
January 14	60	36	0.08	0.0
January 15	60	31	n/a	0.0
January 16	47	28	n/a	0.0
January 17	55	33	n/a	0.0
January 18	52	28	n/a	0.0
January 19	46	22	0.01	0.0
January 20	34	13	n/a	0.0
January 21	41	18	n/a	0.0
January 22	47	21	n/a	0.0
January 23	43	26	n/a	0.0
January 24	42	24	1.50	11.0
January 25	39	22	n/a	0.0
January 26	28	6	n/a	0.0
January 27	25	4	n/a	0.0
January 28	33	3	n/a	0.0
January 29	n/a	6	n/a	0.0
January 30	39	16	n/a	0.0
January 31	43	17	n/a	0.0

February 1940 Chapel Hill Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	48	20	n/a	0.0
February 2	47	28	0.00	0.0
February 3	42	17	0.00	0.0
February 4	52	27	n/a	n/a
February 5	54	34	0.00	0.0
February 6	66	41	0.03	0.0
February 7	61	45	0.23	0.0
February 8	55	28	0.00	0.0
February 9	65	36	0.00	0.0
February 10	64	46	0.21	0.0
February 11	63	39	0.38	0.0
February 12	67	34	0.00	0.0
February 13	70	41	0.00	0.0
February 14	65	36	0.03	0.0
February 15	53	29	0.00	0.0
February 16	56	25	0.00	0.0
February 17	51	34	0.00	0.0
February 18	50	36	1.00	0.0
February 19	53	44	0.17	0.0
February 20	49	40	0.09	0.0
February 21	48	38	0.00	0.0
February 22	48	28	0.00	0.0
February 23	53	26	0.00	0.0
February 24	56	35	0.00	0.0
February 25	53	40	0.11	0.0
February 26	49	21	0.00	0.0
February 27	52	32	0.00	0.0
February 28	58	40	0.16	0.0
February 29	54	39	0.05	0.0

March 1940 Chapel Hill Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	66	36	0.00	0.0
March 2	64	45	0.00	0.0
March 3	66	42	0.32	0.0
March 4	67	45	0.14	0.0
March 5	64	40	0.00	0.0
March 6	55	40	0.00	0.0
March 7	53	27	0.00	0.0
March 8	53	34	0.00	0.0
March 9	54	29	0.00	0.0
March 10	53	38	0.00	0.0
March 11	60	29	0.08	0.0
March 12	45	34	0.32	0.0
March 13	36	30	0.25	0.0
March 14	41	34	0.66	0.0
March 15	49	31	0.50	0.0
March 16	68	30	0.00	0.0
March 17	75	35	0.00	0.0
March 18	77	47	0.00	0.0
March 19	74	51	0.00	0.0
March 20	74	42	0.00	0.0
March 21	68	38	0.00	0.0
March 22	67	44	0.00	0.0
March 23	61	33	0.00	0.0
March 24	52	27	0.50	5.0
March 25	38	20	0.00	0.0
March 26	48	20	0.00	0.0
March 27	66	32	0.00	0.0
March 28	74	45	0.00	0.0
March 29	74	57	0.06	0.0
March 30	68	60	0.24	0.0
March 31	76	44	0.19	0.0

April 1940 Chapel Hill Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	84	58	n/a
April 2	78	47	n/a
April 3	82	53	n/a
April 4	83	59	n/a
April 5	80	57	n/a
April 6	67	36	n/a
April 7	71	41	n/a
April 8	71	53	0.49
April 9	71	51	0.22
April 10	68	36	n/a
April 11	76	45	n/a
April 12	74	43	0.48
April 13	48	29	0.21
April 14	59	31	n/a
April 15	82	38	n/a
April 16	84	49	n/a
April 17	83	59	n/a
April 18	80	61	n/a
April 19	74	61	0.00
April 20	69	56	1.17
April 21	60	43	0.15
April 22	67	37	n/a
April 23	65	42	0.06
April 24	63	47	0.54
April 25	67	39	n/a
April 26	65	44	n/a
April 27	68	47	n/a
April 28	68	51	n/a
April 29	76	38	n/a
April 30	76	50	n/a

May 1940 Chapel Hill Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	73	59	0.00
May 2	70	50	0.24
May 3	67	46	0.00
May 4	61	44	0.01
May 5	73	40	0.00
May 6	86	50	0.00
May 7	93	60	0.00
May 8	96	66	0.00
May 9	92	63	0.34
May 10	71	54	0.29
May 11	74	50	0.00
May 12	72	44	0.00
May 13	83	50	0.00
May 14	90	58	0.00
May 15	88	64	0.00
May 16	82	64	0.39
May 17	75	50	0.00
May 18	78	54	0.00
May 19	90	60	0.00
May 20	87	61	0.00
May 21	81	59	0.73
May 22	81	62	0.00
May 23	85	60	0.00
May 24	82	64	0.09
May 25	81	62	0.63
May 26	84	56	0.00
May 27	80	58	0.00
May 28	80	59	0.00
May 29	80	57	0.08
May 30	68	61	0.49
May 31	79	55	0.09

June 1940 Chapel Hill Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	82	60	n/a
June 2	83	61	n/a
June 3	87	61	n/a
June 4	82	63	n/a
June 5	88	66	n/a
June 6	94	69	n/a
June 7	95	70	0.10
June 8	83	68	0.10
June 9	92	67	n/a
June 10	91	68	n/a
June 11	91	69	n/a
June 12	92	69	0.15
June 13	94	71	n/a
June 14	96	71	n/a
June 15	96	71	n/a
June 16	87	72	n/a
June 17	84	72	0.09
June 18	91	69	0.71
June 19	91	68	0.40
June 20	85	71	n/a
June 21	81	58	n/a
June 22	81	56	n/a
June 23	89	67	n/a
June 24	95	72	n/a
June 25	91	68	0.20
June 26	84	57	n/a
June 27	90	66	0.02
June 28	94	69	n/a
June 29	93	67	n/a
June 30	87	58	n/a

July 1940 Chapel Hill Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	86	60	0.00
July 2	85	64	0.00
July 3	82	64	0.73
July 4	73	61	0.24
July 5	80	58	0.00
July 6	83	58	0.00
July 7	82	61	0.00
July 8	81	66	0.00
July 9	88	67	0.09
July 10	88	67	0.04
July 11	92	70	0.00
July 12	91	71	0.00
July 13	86	61	0.60
July 14	80	57	0.00
July 15	85	59	0.00
July 16	90	68	0.00
July 17	85	66	0.30
July 18	89	65	0.00
July 19	93	68	0.04
July 20	96	71	0.00
July 21	98	73	0.00
July 22	98	74	0.00
July 23	98	74	0.00
July 24	95	72	0.02
July 25	100	73	0.00
July 26	100	73	0.00
July 27	100	74	0.00
July 28	102	75	0.48
July 29	90	72	0.02
July 30	86	69	0.00
July 31	95	71	0.00

August 1940 Chapel Hill Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	95	72	0.00
August 2	85	63	0.00
August 3	81	62	0.00
August 4	91	69	0.00
August 5	92	70	0.12
August 6	97	70	0.00
August 7	94	72	0.04
August 8	88	69	0.06
August 9	90	65	0.00
August 10	86	69	0.09
August 11	88	72	0.18
August 12	88	73	0.04
August 13	83	73	0.08
August 14	76	72	2.95
August 15	77	71	1.66
August 16	84	72	0.10
August 17	87	73	0.06
August 18	89	73	0.00
August 19	86	74	0.00
August 20	82	64	0.00
August 21	78	60	0.00
August 22	83	60	0.00
August 23	87	63	0.01
August 24	86	66	0.04
August 25	86	59	0.00
August 26	90	67	0.65
August 27	93	68	0.05
August 28	94	70	0.00
August 29	86	70	0.00
August 30	85	71	0.00
August 31	90	72	0.00

September 1940 Chapel Hill Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	88	61	0.00
September 2	87	65	0.00
September 3	89	64	0.00
September 4	88	66	0.00
September 5	90	66	0.00
September 6	84	65	0.00
September 7	84	60	0.00
September 8	88	60	0.00
September 9	88	66	0.14
September 10	92	68	0.27
September 11	71	61	0.05
September 12	72	53	0.00
September 13	75	49	0.00
September 14	78	49	0.00
September 15	80	55	0.00
September 16	84	56	0.00
September 17	84	59	0.00
September 18	85	60	0.00
September 19	84	57	0.00
September 20	88	58	0.00
September 21	94	64	0.00
September 22	91	67	0.00
September 23	86	59	0.00
September 24	90	66	0.00
September 25	88	64	0.22
September 26	65	45	0.00
September 27	69	43	0.00
September 28	71	49	0.00
September 29	79	55	0.00
September 30	70	53	0.00

October 1940 Chapel Hill Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	73	55	0.00
October 2	70	44	0.00
October 3	79	44	0.00
October 4	83	49	0.00
October 5	80	57	0.00
October 6	86	54	0.00
October 7	84	58	0.00
October 8	80	57	0.09
October 9	69	52	0.07
October 10	70	42	0.00
October 11	79	41	0.00
October 12	80	51	0.00
October 13	84	47	0.00
October 14	88	54	0.00
October 15	84	56	0.00
October 16	74	49	0.00
October 17	63	45	0.00
October 18	66	46	0.00
October 19	59	39	0.00
October 20	52	36	0.00
October 21	68	33	0.00
October 22	68	41	0.00
October 23	77	41	0.00
October 24	81	56	0.00
October 25	86	53	0.00
October 26	88	53	0.00
October 27	81	52	0.00
October 28	75	53	0.00
October 29	59	49	0.00
October 30	73	53	0.30
October 31	85	n/a	0.00

November 1940 Chapel Hill Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	n/a	47	1.32
November 2	71	52	0.00
November 3	75	44	0.00
November 4	80	42	0.00
November 5	73	53	0.00
November 6	69	51	0.00
November 7	58	34	0.00
November 8	58	35	0.00
November 9	60	29	0.00
November 10	59	42	0.00
November 11	68	46	0.05
November 12	68	48	0.29
November 13	50	41	2.15
November 14	47	42	1.55
November 15	48	38	0.22
November 16	47	27	0.00
November 17	60	31	0.00
November 18	61	33	0.00
November 19	63	32	0.00
November 20	70	39	0.00
November 21	75	44	0.00
November 22	75	53	0.00
November 23	76	53	0.00
November 24	70	54	0.00
November 25	64	50	0.00
November 26	52	37	0.37
November 27	55	34	0.18
November 28	50	31	0.00
November 29	n/a	24	0.00
November 30	63	36	0.00

December 1940 Chapel Hill Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	55	44	0.15
December 2	51	31	0.00
December 3	45	29	0.00
December 4	40	19	0.00
December 5	54	31	0.03
December 6	49	27	0.00
December 7	61	33	0.00
December 8	58	38	0.02
December 9	55	30	0.00
December 10	65	37	0.00
December 11	66	38	0.00
December 12	63	39	0.00
December 13	75	56	0.00
December 14	67	38	0.40
December 15	42	37	0.35
December 16	57	41	0.32
December 17	59	41	0.00
December 18	49	31	0.00
December 19	51	29	0.00
December 20	49	39	0.29
December 21	61	42	0.00
December 22	64	34	0.00
December 23	55	38	0.00
December 24	57	31	0.00
December 25	58	43	0.70
December 26	62	55	0.02
December 27	61	46	0.07
December 28	69	58	0.18
December 29	64	53	0.15
December 30	55	38	0.00
December 31	58	31	0.00

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1891–2024	Chapel Hill 2W	location