Davenport Weather in 1940

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

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1940 Davenport Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	103 °F	July 25
Lowest temperature	-17 °F	January 18
Highest daily low	79 °F	July 28
Lowest daily high	-8 °F	January 18
Most daily precipitation	1.7 inches	September 9
Most daily snow	9.0 inches	January 14
Total annual precipitation	25.2 inches	-
Total annual snow	30.2 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Davenport in 1940?

The highest temperature recorded in Davenport, Iowa in 1940 was 103 °F which happened on July 25.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Davenport in 1940

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	103 °F	Jul 25
2	101 °F	Jul 24
3	99 °F	Aug 2
3	99 °F	Jul 23
5	98 °F	Jul 26
6	96 °F	Jul 10
7	95 °F	Jul 28
7	95 °F	Jul 22
7	95 °F	Jul 19
10	94 °F	Aug 1
10	94 °F	Jul 21
10	94 °F	Jul 20

What was the coldest temperature in Davenport in 1940?

The lowest temperature recorded in Davenport, Iowa in 1940 was -17 °F which happened on Jan 18.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Davenport in 1940

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-17 °F	January 18
2	-12 °F	January 19
3	-11 °F	January 25
4	-8 °F	January 17
5	-5 °F	February 25
5	-5 °F	January 26
5	-5 °F	January 5
5	-5 °F	January 4
9	-4 °F	December 3
10	-3 °F	January 27
10	-3 °F	January 24

January 1940 Davenport Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	19	4	0.00	0.0
January 2	18	1	0.00	0.0
January 3	19	5	0.00	0.0
January 4	16	-5	0.00	0.0
January 5	16	-5	0.00	0.0
January 6	21	3	0.00	0.0
January 7	22	14	0.14	1.9
January 8	26	21	0.00	0.0
January 9	27	19	0.01	0.1
January 10	32	24	0.11	0.7
January 11	35	25	0.00	0.0
January 12	25	10	0.00	0.0
January 13	33	11	0.34	1.6
January 14	33	16	0.94	9.0
January 15	16	5	0.00	0.0
January 16	8	2	0.01	0.3
January 17	4	-8	0.00	0.1
January 18	-8	-17	0.00	0.0
January 19	13	-12	0.00	0.0
January 20	13	1	0.00	0.0
January 21	18	2	0.00	0.0
January 22	20	5	0.00	0.0
January 23	19	5	0.00	0.0
January 24	12	-3	0.00	0.0
January 25	6	-11	0.00	0.0
January 26	12	-5	0.00	0.0
January 27	16	-3	0.00	0.0
January 28	26	1	0.00	0.0
January 29	24	10	0.00	0.0
January 30	30	20	0.00	0.0
January 31	35	22	0.00	0.0

February 1940 Davenport Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	39	29	0.00	0.0
February 2	30	13	0.00	0.0
February 3	35	11	0.01	0.1
February 4	34	28	0.11	1.0
February 5	33	28	0.00	0.0
February 6	30	25	0.00	0.0
February 7	31	25	0.00	0.0
February 8	31	23	0.24	2.2
February 9	26	16	0.03	0.3
February 10	30	7	0.01	0.3
February 11	44	20	0.00	0.0
February 12	38	25	0.00	0.0
February 13	33	21	0.00	0.0
February 14	28	20	0.00	0.0
February 15	43	24	0.00	0.0
February 16	41	35	0.01	0.0
February 17	40	31	0.00	0.0
February 18	36	31	0.09	1.0
February 19	34	31	0.10	0.7
February 20	36	31	0.01	0.1
February 21	34	26	0.02	0.3
February 22	28	19	0.00	0.0
February 23	33	21	0.27	1.5
February 24	33	2	0.03	0.3
February 25	18	-5	0.00	0.0
February 26	36	16	0.00	0.0
February 27	37	29	0.00	0.0
February 28	34	22	0.02	0.3
February 29	42	21	0.00	0.0

March 1940 Davenport Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	40	29	0.00	0.0
March 2	36	32	0.37	0.0
March 3	37	33	0.35	0.0
March 4	37	30	0.00	0.0
March 5	37	30	0.00	0.0
March 6	38	28	0.00	0.0
March 7	40	27	0.00	0.0
March 8	39	25	0.00	0.0
March 9	39	25	0.04	0.8
March 10	35	23	0.00	0.0
March 11	33	22	0.00	0.0
March 12	28	25	0.15	0.7
March 13	30	20	0.13	0.2
March 14	24	15	0.00	0.0
March 15	37	16	0.00	0.0
March 16	47	23	0.00	0.0
March 17	66	36	0.00	0.0
March 18	49	35	0.52	0.0
March 19	48	32	0.06	0.0
March 20	39	26	0.00	0.0
March 21	32	19	0.08	1.2
March 22	22	12	0.00	0.0
March 23	22	10	0.00	0.0
March 24	22	11	0.00	0.0
March 25	31	11	0.00	0.0
March 26	38	26	0.01	0.0
March 27	42	33	0.00	0.0
March 28	62	36	0.00	0.0
March 29	65	45	0.00	0.0
March 30	74	45	0.00	0.0
March 31	67	46	0.00	0.0

April 1940 Davenport Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	60	38	0.00
April 2	81	40	0.00
April 3	70	46	0.03
April 4	46	38	0.00
April 5	54	32	0.00
April 6	56	34	0.00
April 7	49	41	0.74
April 8	49	39	0.06
April 9	58	38	0.00
April 10	52	44	0.45
April 11	44	26	0.00
April 12	39	23	0.00
April 13	49	28	0.00
April 14	70	36	0.03
April 15	73	48	0.00
April 16	62	42	0.00
April 17	45	34	1.02
April 18	56	34	0.00
April 19	59	37	0.00
April 20	63	37	0.00
April 21	62	38	0.00
April 22	65	49	0.00
April 23	56	45	0.19
April 24	59	44	0.00
April 25	56	41	0.00
April 26	60	39	0.02
April 27	65	38	0.00
April 28	75	50	0.00
April 29	71	57	0.44
April 30	57	40	0.00

May 1940 Davenport Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	40	36	0.00
May 2	61	37	0.00
May 3	62	37	0.00
May 4	62	37	0.01
May 5	81	49	0.00
May 6	72	58	0.00
May 7	67	54	0.00
May 8	64	46	0.00
May 9	73	47	0.01
May 10	67	50	0.00
May 11	71	45	0.00
May 12	82	53	0.00
May 13	89	67	0.00
May 14	75	44	0.00
May 15	45	38	0.05
May 16	66	41	0.00
May 17	73	46	0.00
May 18	71	53	0.59
May 19	67	52	0.00
May 20	80	49	0.00
May 21	74	61	0.01
May 22	76	54	0.00
May 23	75	52	0.00
May 24	73	51	0.00
May 25	65	50	0.36
May 26	64	50	0.06
May 27	69	50	0.35
May 28	65	51	0.02
May 29	74	52	0.00
May 30	76	54	0.00
May 31	80	56	0.00

June 1940 Davenport Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	85	59	0.00
June 2	88	65	0.00
June 3	88	67	0.00
June 4	85	69	0.00
June 5	92	71	0.00
June 6	92	75	0.01
June 7	86	70	0.03
June 8	86	67	0.00
June 9	87	61	0.00
June 10	82	69	0.00
June 11	69	61	0.83
June 12	71	59	0.43
June 13	80	66	0.00
June 14	83	62	0.00
June 15	88	70	0.00
June 16	91	64	0.00
June 17	93	73	0.00
June 18	91	70	0.14
June 19	78	60	0.00
June 20	75	57	0.00
June 21	75	52	0.00
June 22	92	67	0.00
June 23	83	65	1.19
June 24	75	60	0.00
June 25	76	60	0.00
June 26	81	61	0.00
June 27	88	61	0.00
June 28	82	60	0.00
June 29	79	55	0.00
June 30	86	64	0.02

July 1940 Davenport Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	84	63	0.00
July 2	78	54	0.00
July 3	77	56	0.00
July 4	84	59	0.00
July 5	87	66	0.00
July 6	88	68	0.00
July 7	90	67	0.00
July 8	92	72	0.00
July 9	87	71	0.00
July 10	96	72	0.00
July 11	80	61	1.03
July 12	72	57	0.00
July 13	79	54	0.00
July 14	87	60	0.00
July 15	87	68	0.00
July 16	83	60	0.01
July 17	84	60	0.00
July 18	89	70	0.00
July 19	95	73	0.00
July 20	94	73	0.00
July 21	94	73	0.00
July 22	95	74	0.00
July 23	99	76	0.00
July 24	101	78	0.00
July 25	103	77	0.00
July 26	98	71	0.78
July 27	89	69	0.22
July 28	95	79	0.01
July 29	90	77	0.00
July 30	93	73	0.00
July 31	90	74	0.00

August 1940 Davenport Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	94	67	0.00
August 2	99	78	0.00
August 3	92	72	0.46
August 4	92	72	0.00
August 5	91	69	0.07
August 6	82	61	0.00
August 7	84	61	0.00
August 8	90	63	0.00
August 9	82	71	0.00
August 10	73	69	0.32
August 11	85	70	0.21
August 12	82	72	0.25
August 13	76	68	1.29
August 14	88	68	0.00
August 15	87	70	0.00
August 16	87	73	0.05
August 17	89	71	0.23
August 18	74	60	0.03
August 19	72	54	0.00
August 20	75	52	0.00
August 21	77	56	0.00
August 22	79	61	0.01
August 23	71	53	0.00
August 24	62	55	0.12
August 25	82	61	0.08
August 26	80	68	0.07
August 27	81	65	1.43
August 28	81	68	0.18
August 29	79	64	0.00
August 30	81	60	0.00
August 31	75	59	0.00

September 1940 Davenport Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	79	56	0.00
September 2	80	58	0.00
September 3	83	60	0.00
September 4	86	62	0.00
September 5	86	62	0.00
September 6	84	64	0.00
September 7	90	70	0.02
September 8	89	68	0.00
September 9	74	56	1.67
September 10	58	46	0.00
September 11	65	41	0.00
September 12	71	49	0.00
September 13	80	52	0.00
September 14	72	51	0.00
September 15	72	51	0.00
September 16	76	52	0.00
September 17	83	58	0.00
September 18	89	67	0.00
September 19	90	70	0.00
September 20	92	67	0.00
September 21	93	67	0.00
September 22	81	64	0.00
September 23	75	65	0.00
September 24	70	50	0.00
September 25	60	40	0.00
September 26	65	42	0.00
September 27	69	46	0.00
September 28	76	48	0.00
September 29	78	56	0.00
September 30	74	50	0.00

October 1940 Davenport Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	69	46	0.00
October 2	73	47	0.00
October 3	79	53	0.00
October 4	70	60	0.01
October 5	85	57	0.00
October 6	71	56	0.32
October 7	65	48	0.00
October 8	66	42	0.00
October 9	70	46	0.00
October 10	74	54	0.00
October 11	71	58	0.00
October 12	83	55	0.00
October 13	74	52	0.00
October 14	67	44	0.48
October 15	56	40	0.00
October 16	62	39	0.00
October 17	62	45	0.00
October 18	58	43	0.00
October 19	70	45	0.00
October 20	62	45	0.00
October 21	66	45	0.00
October 22	80	48	0.00
October 23	72	55	0.00
October 24	67	50	0.00
October 25	65	48	0.00
October 26	83	48	0.00
October 27	81	55	0.00
October 28	76	58	1.11
October 29	61	48	0.08
October 30	69	45	0.00
October 31	66	49	0.10

November 1940 Davenport Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	54	48	0.01	0.0
November 2	65	45	0.00	0.0
November 3	71	44	0.00	0.0
November 4	64	54	0.00	0.0
November 5	54	39	0.00	0.0
November 6	46	31	0.00	0.0
November 7	50	30	0.00	0.0
November 8	50	31	0.04	0.0
November 9	51	42	0.17	0.0
November 10	50	44	0.02	0.0
November 11	58	17	0.36	0.0
November 12	24	12	0.00	0.0
November 13	23	6	0.00	0.0
November 14	24	8	0.00	0.0
November 15	26	8	0.00	0.0
November 16	49	24	0.00	0.0
November 17	52	31	0.00	0.0
November 18	56	29	0.00	0.0
November 19	60	37	0.28	0.0
November 20	41	35	0.11	0.0
November 21	59	40	0.18	0.0
November 22	46	33	0.00	0.0
November 23	43	35	0.02	0.0
November 24	41	28	0.00	0.0
November 25	43	27	0.00	0.0
November 26	33	29	0.29	2.7
November 27	30	12	0.00	0.0
November 28	39	9	0.00	0.1
November 29	26	15	0.00	0.0
November 30	40	22	0.00	0.0

December 1940 Davenport Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	23	14	0.00	0.0
December 2	27	-1	0.00	0.0
December 3	21	-4	0.00	0.0
December 4	42	21	0.00	0.0
December 5	35	19	0.00	0.0
December 6	54	35	0.00	0.0
December 7	40	27	0.00	0.0
December 8	48	32	0.00	0.0
December 9	60	31	0.00	0.0
December 10	35	25	0.00	0.0
December 11	33	25	0.00	0.0
December 12	32	26	0.13	1.3
December 13	28	14	0.00	0.0
December 14	28	13	0.00	0.0
December 15	34	27	1.15	0.0
December 16	33	24	0.04	0.2
December 17	30	18	0.00	0.0
December 18	36	27	0.00	0.0
December 19	37	33	0.22	0.8
December 20	37	29	0.00	0.0
December 21	47	26	0.00	0.0
December 22	46	32	0.00	0.0
December 23	49	34	0.00	0.0
December 24	52	35	0.00	0.0
December 25	51	48	0.00	0.0
December 26	49	35	0.01	0.0
December 27	39	35	0.00	0.0
December 28	37	33	0.00	0.0
December 29	38	34	0.01	0.0
December 30	38	34	0.00	0.0
December 31	38	33	0.22	0.4

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1943–2024	Moline Quad City International Airport	location
1901–1943	Davenport L&D 15	location