Cincinnati Weather in 1940

Historical record of Cincinnati, Ohio weather for the year 1940 based on NOAA data.

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1940 Cincinnati Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	101 °F	July 30
Lowest temperature	-12 °F	January 19
Highest daily low	78 °F	July 26
Lowest daily high	3 °F	January 19
Most daily precipitation	2.7 inches	April 19
Most daily snow	5.0 inches	February 13
Total annual precipitation	34.7 inches	-
Total annual snow	21.6 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Cincinnati in 1940?

The highest temperature recorded in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1940 was 101 °F which happened on July 30.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Cincinnati in 1940

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	101 °F	Jul 30
2	100 °F	Jul 29
3	98 °F	Jul 28
4	97 °F	Sep 21
4	97 °F	Jul 27
4	97 °F	Jul 24
7	96 °F	Jul 26
7	96 °F	Jul 25
9	95 °F	Aug 17
10	94 °F	Sep 20
10	94 °F	Aug 12
10	94 °F	Jul 31
10	94 °F	Jul 22
10	94 °F	Jul 21

What was the coldest temperature in Cincinnati in 1940?

The lowest temperature recorded in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1940 was -12 °F which happened on Jan 19.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Cincinnati in 1940

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-12 °F	January 19
2	-4 °F	January 26
3	-3 °F	January 18
4	-2 °F	January 25
5	-1 °F	January 5
6	1 °F	January 6
7	3 °F	January 20
7	3 °F	January 3
7	3 °F	January 2
10	4 °F	January 21

January 1940 Cincinnati Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	19	7	0.00	0.0
January 2	16	3	0.00	0.0
January 3	20	3	0.00	0.0
January 4	25	17	0.00	0.0
January 5	24	-1	0.00	0.1
January 6	25	1	0.00	0.0
January 7	26	12	0.02	0.5
January 8	26	19	0.01	0.2
January 9	30	11	0.00	0.0
January 10	34	23	0.27	0.0
January 11	40	32	0.12	2.6
January 12	39	33	0.01	0.0
January 13	41	32	0.00	0.0
January 14	52	28	0.54	0.0
January 15	36	21	0.00	0.2
January 16	26	17	0.00	0.0
January 17	24	16	0.04	0.1
January 18	16	-3	0.02	0.8
January 19	3	-12	0.00	0.0
January 20	19	3	0.02	0.2
January 21	22	4	0.00	0.0
January 22	29	9	0.00	0.0
January 23	24	21	0.12	1.5
January 24	22	10	0.00	0.0
January 25	12	-2	0.00	0.0
January 26	14	-4	0.00	0.0
January 27	20	5	0.00	0.0
January 28	26	6	0.00	0.0
January 29	29	15	0.09	1.1
January 30	37	24	0.01	0.3
January 31	36	20	0.00	0.0

February 1940 Cincinnati Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	38	26	0.00	0.0
February 2	35	15	0.01	0.1
February 3	41	17	0.00	0.0
February 4	40	29	0.00	0.0
February 5	38	35	0.02	0.0
February 6	37	33	0.72	0.0
February 7	33	26	0.00	0.0
February 8	47	28	0.03	0.0
February 9	46	42	0.21	0.0
February 10	45	31	0.68	0.0
February 11	42	24	0.00	1.3
February 12	57	32	0.00	0.0
February 13	32	23	0.48	5.0
February 14	34	20	0.07	2.2
February 15	35	11	0.00	0.0
February 16	38	18	0.00	0.0
February 17	41	21	0.05	0.0
February 18	39	36	0.88	0.0
February 19	40	34	0.06	0.0
February 20	36	32	0.02	0.0
February 21	34	28	0.00	0.0
February 22	36	27	0.00	0.0
February 23	39	24	0.00	0.0
February 24	38	29	0.06	0.0
February 25	30	20	0.00	0.0
February 26	35	20	0.00	0.0
February 27	42	32	0.36	1.5
February 28	39	34	0.06	0.0
February 29	42	33	0.00	0.0

March 1940 Cincinnati Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	58	32	0.00	0.0
March 2	56	39	1.35	0.0
March 3	58	41	0.71	0.0
March 4	41	35	0.01	0.0
March 5	35	31	0.00	0.0
March 6	36	31	0.00	0.0
March 7	43	27	0.00	0.0
March 8	34	28	0.00	0.0
March 9	45	29	0.00	0.0
March 10	42	29	0.00	0.0
March 11	36	25	0.00	0.0
March 12	37	23	0.10	0.0
March 13	55	34	0.23	0.0
March 14	34	26	0.21	3.2
March 15	39	24	0.00	0.0
March 16	50	36	0.00	0.0
March 17	72	33	0.00	0.0
March 18	64	37	0.08	0.0
March 19	58	30	0.00	0.0
March 20	46	30	0.00	0.0
March 21	48	28	0.00	0.0
March 22	35	23	0.00	0.0
March 23	32	18	0.02	0.3
March 24	30	16	0.00	0.0
March 25	32	15	0.00	0.0
March 26	40	22	0.00	0.0
March 27	61	40	0.00	0.0
March 28	69	53	0.07	0.0
March 29	73	57	0.01	0.0
March 30	60	48	0.53	0.0
March 31	78	49	0.00	0.0

April 1940 Cincinnati Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	63	42	0.00
April 2	78	45	0.00
April 3	82	60	0.01
April 4	66	43	0.00
April 5	55	38	0.00
April 6	59	32	0.00
April 7	58	43	0.59
April 8	57	42	0.21
April 9	47	39	0.00
April 10	56	34	0.00
April 11	54	31	1.37
April 12	34	23	0.00
April 13	44	25	0.00
April 14	54	27	0.00
April 15	72	46	0.00
April 16	69	50	0.00
April 17	66	48	1.16
April 18	65	42	0.56
April 19	42	38	2.70
April 20	42	34	0.32
April 21	55	35	0.00
April 22	64	36	0.00
April 23	56	43	0.09
April 24	62	38	0.00
April 25	62	43	0.00
April 26	57	44	0.00
April 27	60	40	0.00
April 28	73	42	0.00
April 29	68	56	0.02
April 30	73	53	0.28

May 1940 Cincinnati Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	61	39	0.08
May 2	41	36	0.03
May 3	44	36	0.03
May 4	61	34	0.00
May 5	73	41	0.00
May 6	85	61	0.25
May 7	89	59	0.00
May 8	89	58	0.00
May 9	65	49	0.00
May 10	68	48	0.00
May 11	63	49	0.00
May 12	74	45	0.00
May 13	85	60	0.00
May 14	84	66	0.00
May 15	70	50	0.40
May 16	54	48	0.00
May 17	71	46	0.00
May 18	76	51	0.19
May 19	72	59	0.09
May 20	82	54	0.00
May 21	87	57	0.00
May 22	86	58	0.00
May 23	65	53	0.15
May 24	55	50	0.90
May 25	67	44	0.15
May 26	66	53	0.02
May 27	67	51	0.19
May 28	69	50	0.56
May 29	75	55	0.00
May 30	62	56	0.46
May 31	65	55	0.47

June 1940 Cincinnati Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	68	56	0.00
June 2	81	53	0.07
June 3	86	59	0.00
June 4	87	60	0.00
June 5	90	67	0.00
June 6	93	67	0.00
June 7	91	66	0.67
June 8	87	66	0.02
June 9	88	67	0.01
June 10	87	68	0.18
June 11	88	70	0.00
June 12	86	72	0.00
June 13	87	71	0.01
June 14	85	69	0.52
June 15	83	70	0.03
June 16	82	69	0.53
June 17	84	70	0.12
June 18	86	71	0.00
June 19	85	60	0.00
June 20	74	52	0.00
June 21	73	49	0.00
June 22	81	54	0.00
June 23	87	63	0.42
June 24	76	63	0.08
June 25	78	59	0.02
June 26	76	54	0.56
June 27	84	60	0.58
June 28	84	69	0.05
June 29	72	58	0.00
June 30	80	57	0.00

July 1940 Cincinnati Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	83	60	0.00
July 2	80	55	0.00
July 3	75	57	0.00
July 4	78	54	0.00
July 5	81	55	0.00
July 6	83	58	0.00
July 7	83	60	0.00
July 8	81	61	0.00
July 9	89	64	0.00
July 10	93	66	0.00
July 11	91	68	0.03
July 12	68	56	0.08
July 13	75	51	0.00
July 14	82	53	0.00
July 15	87	59	0.00
July 16	74	63	0.17
July 17	79	57	0.00
July 18	88	62	0.00
July 19	91	67	0.00
July 20	92	70	0.00
July 21	94	72	0.00
July 22	94	73	0.01
July 23	93	75	0.04
July 24	97	74	0.00
July 25	96	73	0.00
July 26	96	78	0.00
July 27	97	76	0.00
July 28	98	74	0.00
July 29	100	75	0.00
July 30	101	77	0.00
July 31	94	73	0.00

August 1940 Cincinnati Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	86	64	0.00
August 2	90	61	0.00
August 3	93	70	0.00
August 4	91	74	0.12
August 5	92	71	0.00
August 6	89	70	0.11
August 7	86	64	0.00
August 8	87	60	0.00
August 9	91	62	0.00
August 10	87	71	0.00
August 11	92	71	0.00
August 12	94	71	0.00
August 13	90	73	0.00
August 14	90	70	0.19
August 15	90	67	0.00
August 16	93	68	0.00
August 17	95	71	0.00
August 18	92	67	0.45
August 19	80	61	0.00
August 20	76	56	0.00
August 21	79	49	0.00
August 22	86	50	0.00
August 23	79	60	0.00
August 24	77	55	0.00
August 25	91	62	0.00
August 26	93	70	0.00
August 27	85	69	0.43
August 28	86	67	0.68
August 29	80	68	0.34
August 30	86	66	0.08
August 31	84	61	0.00

September 1940 Cincinnati Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	79	59	0.00
September 2	75	56	0.00
September 3	81	56	0.00
September 4	84	57	0.00
September 5	85	59	0.00
September 6	84	61	0.00
September 7	86	61	0.00
September 8	89	68	0.00
September 9	80	60	0.06
September 10	69	53	0.00
September 11	63	49	0.00
September 12	66	44	0.00
September 13	74	43	0.00
September 14	80	55	0.00
September 15	76	52	0.00
September 16	75	49	0.00
September 17	81	50	0.00
September 18	86	52	0.00
September 19	92	53	0.00
September 20	94	60	0.00
September 21	97	64	0.00
September 22	86	65	0.00
September 23	87	59	0.00
September 24	82	56	0.89
September 25	59	44	0.28
September 26	60	37	0.00
September 27	66	39	0.00
September 28	74	41	0.00
September 29	72	46	0.00
September 30	69	50	0.00

October 1940 Cincinnati Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	68	49	0.00
October 2	74	46	0.00
October 3	74	45	0.00
October 4	79	48	0.00
October 5	83	59	0.05
October 6	85	66	0.00
October 7	73	53	0.60
October 8	67	45	0.00
October 9	67	41	0.00
October 10	70	42	0.00
October 11	77	46	0.00
October 12	79	52	0.00
October 13	87	58	0.00
October 14	84	57	0.00
October 15	64	46	0.03
October 16	57	40	0.00
October 17	66	36	0.01
October 18	55	39	0.00
October 19	69	41	0.00
October 20	56	39	0.00
October 21	58	37	0.00
October 22	71	39	0.00
October 23	81	55	0.00
October 24	78	56	0.00
October 25	79	51	0.17
October 26	74	53	0.00
October 27	84	51	0.00
October 28	66	52	0.00
October 29	72	56	0.06
October 30	66	45	0.00
October 31	68	40	0.00

November 1940 Cincinnati Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	60	50	0.72	0.0
November 2	69	45	0.00	0.0
November 3	75	42	0.00	0.0
November 4	74	54	0.00	0.0
November 5	64	45	0.29	0.0
November 6	47	38	0.00	0.0
November 7	51	31	0.00	0.0
November 8	45	29	0.00	0.0
November 9	49	30	0.00	0.0
November 10	54	45	0.23	0.0
November 11	67	39	0.56	0.0
November 12	47	30	0.00	0.0
November 13	39	25	0.00	0.0
November 14	33	20	0.00	0.0
November 15	31	23	0.02	0.4
November 16	37	20	0.00	0.0
November 17	54	32	0.00	0.0
November 18	56	30	0.00	0.0
November 19	62	35	0.00	0.0
November 20	61	51	0.00	0.0
November 21	66	52	0.04	0.0
November 22	67	47	0.01	0.0
November 23	49	43	0.81	0.0
November 24	48	37	0.01	0.0
November 25	42	29	0.00	0.0
November 26	47	32	1.31	0.0
November 27	38	28	0.00	0.0
November 28	35	22	0.00	0.0
November 29	44	33	0.00	0.0
November 30	52	33	0.02	0.0

December 1940 Cincinnati Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	46	27	0.00
December 2	38	20	0.00
December 3	25	11	0.00
December 4	41	19	0.00
December 5	41	29	0.00
December 6	52	27	0.10
December 7	48	35	0.02
December 8	45	29	0.00
December 9	57	33	0.00
December 10	55	35	0.00
December 11	47	35	0.00
December 12	60	44	0.48
December 13	45	32	0.09
December 14	41	28	0.00
December 15	51	34	0.34
December 16	57	30	0.29
December 17	33	30	0.00
December 18	37	31	0.00
December 19	49	32	0.00
December 20	54	43	0.00
December 21	43	33	0.00
December 22	53	30	0.00
December 23	45	34	0.00
December 24	58	30	0.00
December 25	59	35	0.06
December 26	57	49	0.03
December 27	54	49	0.60
December 28	49	40	0.22
December 29	42	37	0.15
December 30	37	34	0.00
December 31	42	34	0.00

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1948–2024	Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport	location
1916–1947	Cincinnati	location