Detroit Weather in 1940

Historical record of Detroit, Michigan weather for the year 1940 based on NOAA data.

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1940 Detroit Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	98 °F	July 29
Lowest temperature	-8 °F	January 19
Highest daily low	75 °F	July 29
Lowest daily high	7 °F	January 19
Most daily precipitation	3.4 inches	June 10
Most daily snow	7.0 inches	March 20
Total annual precipitation	37.5 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Detroit in 1940?

The highest temperature recorded in Detroit, Michigan in 1940 was 98 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Detroit in 1940

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	98 °F	Jul 29
1	98 °F	Jul 25
3	95 °F	Jul 24
3	95 °F	Jul 22
5	94 °F	Jul 21
6	92 °F	Jul 19
6	92 °F	Jun 7
8	91 °F	Jul 20
9	90 °F	Sep 20
10	89 °F	Jul 30
10	89 °F	Jul 23

What was the coldest temperature in Detroit in 1940?

The lowest temperature recorded in Detroit, Michigan in 1940 was -8 °F which happened on Jan 19.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Detroit in 1940

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-8 °F	January 19
2	-7 °F	January 18
3	1 °F	March 24
4	2 °F	December 3
5	3 °F	March 25
5	3 °F	January 20
7	4 °F	March 23
7	4 °F	January 9
9	6 °F	February 1
9	6 °F	January 31
9	6 °F	January 17
9	6 °F	January 16
9	6 °F	January 5
9	6 °F	January 4

January 1940 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	23	12	0.00	0.0
January 2	23	14	0.09	1.0
January 3	22	17	0.00	0.0
January 4	23	6	0.00	0.0
January 5	22	6	0.10	1.0
January 6	27	15	0.00	0.0
January 7	24	15	0.00	0.0
January 8	25	9	0.00	0.0
January 9	25	4	0.00	0.0
January 10	30	18	0.00	0.0
January 11	35	27	0.10	1.0
January 12	39	27	0.02	0.0
January 13	38	28	0.00	0.0
January 14	43	29	0.18	0.0
January 15	31	11	0.25	3.0
January 16	12	6	0.00	0.0
January 17	16	6	0.00	0.0
January 18	10	-7	0.00	0.0
January 19	7	-8	0.00	0.0
January 20	20	3	0.00	0.0
January 21	20	14	0.03	0.0
January 22	28	18	0.00	0.0
January 23	26	18	0.00	0.0
January 24	27	17	0.02	0.0
January 25	20	9	0.01	0.0
January 26	20	10	0.00	0.0
January 27	22	11	0.00	0.0
January 28	26	14	0.00	0.0
January 29	26	11	0.02	0.0
January 30	30	13	0.00	0.0
January 31	25	6	0.00	0.0

February 1940 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	26	6	0.01	0.1
February 2	32	11	0.00	0.0
February 3	23	11	0.00	0.0
February 4	41	19	0.00	0.0
February 5	32	24	0.05	0.5
February 6	35	28	0.08	0.8
February 7	32	29	0.02	n/a
February 8	31	26	0.12	1.0
February 9	31	16	0.02	0.2
February 10	28	13	0.00	0.0
February 11	29	11	0.00	0.0
February 12	33	13	0.00	0.0
February 13	41	21	0.00	0.0
February 14	24	19	0.00	0.0
February 15	31	15	0.00	0.0
February 16	33	13	0.00	0.0
February 17	32	15	0.00	0.0
February 18	34	16	0.20	0.0
February 19	35	26	0.26	0.0
February 20	36	33	0.00	0.0
February 21	35	19	0.00	0.0
February 22	34	15	0.00	0.0
February 23	34	15	0.02	0.2
February 24	37	19	0.32	3.2
February 25	36	10	0.00	0.0
February 26	22	7	0.85	4.0
February 27	25	12	0.00	0.0
February 28	32	22	0.00	0.0
February 29	35	20	0.00	0.0

March 1940 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	31	20	0.25	n/a
March 2	29	15	0.00	0.0
March 3	35	15	0.20	0.0
March 4	42	32	0.02	0.0
March 5	42	29	0.00	0.0
March 6	42	21	0.00	0.0
March 7	40	22	0.00	0.0
March 8	40	16	0.00	0.0
March 9	32	26	0.00	0.0
March 10	38	16	0.00	0.0
March 11	28	11	0.00	0.0
March 12	24	12	0.00	0.0
March 13	28	13	0.31	0.0
March 14	33	25	0.04	0.0
March 15	33	21	0.02	0.0
March 16	42	21	0.01	0.0
March 17	37	24	0.00	0.0
March 18	42	28	0.04	0.0
March 19	47	26	0.00	0.0
March 20	45	26	0.74	7.0
March 21	36	13	0.22	2.0
March 22	41	12	0.00	0.0
March 23	23	4	0.00	0.0
March 24	22	1	0.00	0.0
March 25	20	3	0.00	0.0
March 26	25	7	0.07	1.0
March 27	34	14	0.23	0.0
March 28	34	19	0.00	0.0
March 29	46	27	0.06	0.0
March 30	63	37	0.00	0.0
March 31	52	36	0.00	0.0

April 1940 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	48	29	0.00	0.0
April 2	48	29	0.00	0.0
April 3	42	32	0.32	0.0
April 4	41	36	0.00	0.0
April 5	44	32	0.00	0.0
April 6	44	28	0.00	0.0
April 7	56	35	0.34	0.0
April 8	48	37	0.37	0.0
April 9	59	38	0.00	0.0
April 10	52	29	0.03	0.0
April 11	50	31	0.44	1.0
April 12	47	19	0.00	0.0
April 13	29	21	0.00	0.0
April 14	36	23	0.00	0.0
April 15	44	25	0.00	0.0
April 16	63	35	0.00	0.0
April 17	49	35	0.40	0.0
April 18	52	39	0.05	0.0
April 19	47	34	0.00	0.0
April 20	46	38	0.00	0.0
April 21	46	34	0.00	0.0
April 22	53	34	0.00	0.0
April 23	56	31	0.00	0.0
April 24	53	36	0.02	0.0
April 25	54	34	0.00	0.0
April 26	49	33	0.00	0.0
April 27	56	30	0.00	0.0
April 28	58	29	0.00	0.0
April 29	63	42	0.00	0.0
April 30	72	50	0.00	0.0

May 1940 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	56	34	0.22
May 2	40	33	0.20
May 3	45	33	0.08
May 4	54	35	0.00
May 5	65	37	0.00
May 6	83	50	0.33
May 7	60	44	0.00
May 8	49	42	0.18
May 9	65	39	0.00
May 10	61	36	0.00
May 11	61	40	0.00
May 12	70	43	0.00
May 13	78	52	0.00
May 14	85	53	0.00
May 15	65	47	0.18
May 16	48	43	0.03
May 17	51	41	0.00
May 18	61	42	0.00
May 19	68	48	0.55
May 20	72	52	0.00
May 21	74	46	0.00
May 22	80	54	0.01
May 23	66	46	0.00
May 24	55	49	0.39
May 25	64	50	0.01
May 26	68	49	0.00
May 27	65	49	0.00
May 28	69	50	0.00
May 29	68	48	0.08
May 30	66	55	0.34
May 31	58	53	0.51

June 1940 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	67	53	0.09
June 2	75	51	0.00
June 3	88	58	0.00
June 4	85	60	0.00
June 5	87	56	0.00
June 6	74	55	0.00
June 7	92	61	0.00
June 8	86	65	1.49
June 9	78	58	0.00
June 10	83	63	3.36
June 11	75	64	0.00
June 12	77	63	0.30
June 13	79	54	0.00
June 14	75	49	0.00
June 15	80	56	0.00
June 16	76	54	0.00
June 17	83	66	0.01
June 18	81	67	0.41
June 19	70	50	0.01
June 20	62	49	0.00
June 21	67	45	0.00
June 22	64	59	0.01
June 23	70	58	1.72
June 24	75	57	0.05
June 25	76	53	0.02
June 26	70	49	0.04
June 27	75	49	0.00
June 28	77	60	0.60
June 29	69	57	0.00
June 30	71	52	0.04

July 1940 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	71	51	0.02
July 2	70	51	0.00
July 3	69	53	0.00
July 4	76	49	0.00
July 5	80	56	0.02
July 6	79	62	0.00
July 7	82	72	0.00
July 8	87	64	0.23
July 9	83	64	0.00
July 10	84	60	0.00
July 11	76	57	0.02
July 12	68	52	0.00
July 13	76	48	0.00
July 14	77	52	0.00
July 15	86	58	1.35
July 16	73	53	0.00
July 17	78	51	0.00
July 18	82	56	0.00
July 19	92	64	0.00
July 20	91	73	0.00
July 21	94	71	0.00
July 22	95	71	0.20
July 23	89	73	0.50
July 24	95	71	0.14
July 25	98	71	0.00
July 26	88	75	0.00
July 27	83	66	0.26
July 28	86	65	0.00
July 29	98	75	0.08
July 30	89	69	0.12
July 31	78	58	0.00

August 1940 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
August 1	81	54	0.00	n/a
August 2	79	66	0.00	n/a
August 3	80	71	0.00	n/a
August 4	86	72	0.21	n/a
August 5	86	67	2.04	n/a
August 6	80	63	0.19	n/a
August 7	81	57	0.00	n/a
August 8	81	57	0.00	n/a
August 9	84	60	0.00	n/a
August 10	84	71	0.00	n/a
August 11	85	70	0.00	n/a
August 12	88	73	0.02	n/a
August 13	84	72	0.07	n/a
August 14	85	69	0.00	n/a
August 15	85	65	0.00	n/a
August 16	83	71	0.00	n/a
August 17	86	71	0.00	n/a
August 18	84	64	0.60	n/a
August 19	70	56	0.03	n/a
August 20	66	48	0.00	n/a
August 21	71	46	0.00	n/a
August 22	75	55	0.22	n/a
August 23	64	49	0.00	n/a
August 24	68	45	0.00	n/a
August 25	59	54	1.30	n/a
August 26	69	56	0.03	n/a
August 27	63	59	1.27	n/a
August 28	78	62	0.00	n/a
August 29	79	65	0.00	n/a
August 30	80	64	0.59	n/a
August 31	77	59	0.21	n/a

September 1940 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
September 1	73	58	0.40	n/a
September 2	77	56	0.01	n/a
September 3	75	54	0.00	n/a
September 4	81	58	0.00	n/a
September 5	80	61	0.00	n/a
September 6	78	58	0.00	n/a
September 7	83	62	0.00	n/a
September 8	80	63	0.02	n/a
September 9	71	57	0.03	n/a
September 10	59	45	0.00	n/a
September 11	58	41	0.00	n/a
September 12	62	47	0.00	n/a
September 13	68	47	0.00	n/a
September 14	72	57	0.31	n/a
September 15	69	52	0.00	n/a
September 16	70	54	0.00	n/a
September 17	71	47	0.00	n/a
September 18	73	51	0.00	n/a
September 19	75	59	0.09	n/a
September 20	90	63	0.00	n/a
September 21	81	61	0.00	n/a
September 22	75	57	0.00	n/a
September 23	75	56	0.00	n/a
September 24	68	47	0.76	n/a
September 25	52	38	0.01	n/a
September 26	59	35	0.00	n/a
September 27	67	36	0.00	n/a
September 28	68	40	0.00	n/a
September 29	71	45	0.00	n/a
September 30	65	45	0.00	n/a

October 1940 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	66	44	0.00
October 2	68	49	0.00
October 3	74	49	0.00
October 4	65	52	0.00
October 5	78	59	0.03
October 6	82	59	0.72
October 7	65	47	0.32
October 8	57	42	0.00
October 9	58	39	0.00
October 10	65	38	0.00
October 11	67	52	0.00
October 12	73	52	0.00
October 13	68	49	0.00
October 14	68	45	0.71
October 15	54	36	0.19
October 16	53	36	0.00
October 17	59	41	0.00
October 18	46	35	0.00
October 19	42	38	0.36
October 20	49	37	0.01
October 21	46	36	0.00
October 22	56	30	0.00
October 23	73	48	0.00
October 24	60	36	0.01
October 25	61	44	0.00
October 26	52	39	0.00
October 27	50	44	0.00
October 28	49	39	0.00
October 29	49	39	0.21
October 30	58	43	0.00
October 31	50	43	0.00

November 1940 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	52	44	0.30	0.0
November 2	61	43	0.01	0.0
November 3	59	41	0.00	0.0
November 4	63	43	0.00	0.0
November 5	60	40	0.01	0.0
November 6	41	29	0.00	0.0
November 7	37	25	0.00	0.0
November 8	40	25	0.00	0.0
November 9	43	26	0.00	0.0
November 10	48	41	0.05	0.0
November 11	60	32	1.29	0.0
November 12	37	25	0.00	0.0
November 13	33	20	0.00	0.0
November 14	33	18	0.00	0.0
November 15	35	22	0.00	0.0
November 16	35	23	0.02	0.0
November 17	46	35	0.00	0.0
November 18	42	32	0.00	0.0
November 19	50	35	0.00	0.0
November 20	53	32	0.03	0.0
November 21	55	35	0.08	0.0
November 22	58	40	0.00	0.0
November 23	42	37	0.01	0.0
November 24	40	33	0.00	0.0
November 25	33	24	0.00	0.0
November 26	32	26	0.45	4.0
November 27	32	26	0.03	0.0
November 28	30	17	0.00	0.0
November 29	35	21	0.46	4.0
November 30	35	25	0.27	3.0

December 1940 Detroit Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	33	22	0.00	0.0
December 2	24	9	0.02	0.0
December 3	16	2	0.00	0.0
December 4	28	15	0.17	2.0
December 5	25	15	0.06	1.0
December 6	39	17	0.00	0.0
December 7	42	29	0.00	0.0
December 8	29	22	0.00	0.0
December 9	42	26	0.00	0.0
December 10	46	31	0.00	0.0
December 11	33	29	0.00	0.0
December 12	34	n/a	0.55	1.0
December 13	n/a	18	0.00	0.0
December 14	29	13	0.00	0.0
December 15	37	18	0.00	0.0
December 16	48	27	0.75	0.0
December 17	32	25	0.00	0.0
December 18	35	26	0.00	0.0
December 19	36	25	0.00	0.0
December 20	42	34	0.00	0.0
December 21	36	32	0.00	0.0
December 22	38	33	0.00	0.0
December 23	35	29	0.00	0.0
December 24	40	25	0.00	0.0
December 25	47	25	0.00	0.0
December 26	49	38	0.00	0.0
December 27	42	35	0.00	0.0
December 28	39	37	0.37	0.0
December 29	38	31	0.38	0.0
December 30	34	29	0.02	1.0
December 31	33	30	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1959–2024	Detroit Metro Airport	location
1948–1958	Detroit City Airport	location
1896–1947	Mt Clemens Army National Guard Base	location