Gainesville Weather in 1940

Historical record of Gainesville, Florida weather for the year 1940 based on NOAA data.
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1940 Gainesville Weather Extremes
Highest temperature 97 °F July 25
Lowest temperature 17 °F January 28
Highest daily low 75 °F July 26
Lowest daily high 39 °F January 27
Most daily precipitation 4.7 inches April 8
Total annual precipitation 48.9 inches -
Highest Temperatures in Gainesville in 1940
Rank Temperature Date
1 97 °F Jul 25
1 97 °F Jul 24
1 97 °F Jun 21
4 96 °F Jul 26
4 96 °F Jul 23
4 96 °F Jun 20
4 96 °F Jun 19
8 94 °F May 21
9 93 °F Aug 19
9 93 °F Aug 18
9 93 °F Aug 13
9 93 °F Aug 9
9 93 °F Aug 6
9 93 °F Aug 5
9 93 °F Jul 22
9 93 °F Jul 14
9 93 °F May 22
9 93 °F May 20
Lowest Temperatures in Gainesville in 1940
Rank Temperature Date
1 17 °F January 28
2 18 °F January 27
3 21 °F January 29
4 22 °F January 20
5 23 °F January 26
6 24 °F November 16
6 24 °F January 25
8 25 °F January 21
9 26 °F November 17
9 26 °F January 17
January 1940 Gainesville Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches)
68 n/a 0.00
n/a 32 0.00
52 27 0.00
60 30 0.00
60 n/a 0.17
62 40 0.00
69 n/a 0.00
n/a 44 0.06
52 28 0.00
61 n/a 0.00
72 n/a 0.00
67 n/a 0.00
75 n/a 0.91
73 57 0.00
n/a 39 0.07
59 31 0.00
63 26 0.00
66 33 0.00
52 n/a 0.02
n/a 22 0.10
49 25 0.00
52 n/a 0.00
64 n/a 1.28
n/a 32 0.02
48 24 0.00
42 23 0.00
39 18 0.00
47 17 0.00
52 21 0.00
65 n/a 0.02
55 29 0.00
February 1940 Gainesville Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches)
67 n/a 0.00
66 36 0.00
59 32 0.00
67 29 0.00
73 n/a 0.00
77 n/a 0.00
66 53 1.10
69 39 0.00
76 n/a 0.00
73 n/a 0.15
n/a 44 0.18
70 36 0.00
73 n/a 0.00
56 41 0.03
57 37 0.00
65 n/a 0.00
69 n/a 0.00
70 60 2.58
n/a 50 0.13
58 43 0.00
49 42 0.00
55 41 0.00
56 32 0.00
66 n/a 0.00
68 n/a 0.00
61 36 0.00
72 36 0.00
73 n/a 0.00
76 60 0.00
March 1940 Gainesville Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches)
78 55 0.00
80 58 0.00
79 59 0.00
78 52 0.00
68 48 0.00
68 46 0.25
72 41 0.00
55 n/a 0.59
60 35 0.01
71 37 0.00
78 42 0.00
72 54 0.00
80 55 0.04
74 61 0.00
n/a 37 0.03
72 37 0.00
77 45 0.00
79 46 0.00
80 53 0.00
80 59 0.00
69 54 0.00
75 51 0.95
78 45 0.00
79 50 0.00
65 49 0.00
64 45 0.00
69 51 0.00
73 n/a 0.01
86 60 0.05
68 65 0.01
76 56 0.95
April 1940 Gainesville Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches)
87 59 0.00
87 60 0.00
88 62 0.00
85 66 0.00
85 67 0.00
72 58 0.20
85 60 0.00
78 60 4.74
74 50 0.00
77 47 0.00
82 53 0.00
78 61 0.00
n/a 34 0.75
69 n/a 0.00
76 48 0.00
77 53 0.00
83 53 0.00
84 62 0.00
70 62 0.06
n/a 55 0.82
69 46 0.00
78 45 0.00
83 50 0.00
82 59 0.00
83 65 0.00
79 60 0.34
82 54 0.00
76 61 0.00
75 50 0.00
80 52 0.00
May 1940 Gainesville Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches)
78 59 0.00
76 61 0.04
76 47 0.00
75 50 0.00
77 46 0.00
82 49 0.00
85 55 0.00
86 55 0.00
87 58 0.00
84 58 0.00
78 65 0.61
78 53 0.00
83 50 0.00
85 57 0.00
85 61 0.00
86 61 0.00
87 61 0.00
87 55 0.00
91 59 0.00
93 61 0.00
94 63 0.00
93 64 1.41
92 69 0.00
87 69 0.00
84 67 1.04
87 58 0.00
91 62 0.00
89 64 0.00
85 66 0.00
83 68 0.16
89 68 0.08
June 1940 Gainesville Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches)
91 65 0.00
87 65 0.00
77 66 0.35
85 71 0.15
86 71 0.43
83 70 0.78
88 69 0.00
90 69 0.00
89 69 0.00
87 69 0.00
90 67 0.00
86 69 0.99
89 70 0.23
91 69 0.00
92 71 0.00
91 73 0.00
92 72 0.00
92 71 0.00
96 71 0.00
96 73 0.00
97 73 0.00
89 67 2.07
89 74 0.00
92 70 0.00
87 73 0.06
88 62 0.71
92 65 0.00
92 73 0.00
89 74 0.00
89 75 0.00
July 1940 Gainesville Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches)
87 72 0.02
89 71 0.00
90 69 0.11
82 71 0.06
89 70 0.52
89 70 1.20
86 68 1.65
85 71 0.20
87 71 0.02
91 69 0.03
90 69 0.22
91 70 0.54
90 71 0.00
93 70 0.00
88 72 0.02
89 71 0.06
91 70 0.01
92 70 0.00
91 71 0.11
92 71 0.00
92 72 0.00
93 71 0.00
96 72 0.00
97 70 0.00
97 75 0.01
96 75 0.01
83 71 0.20
92 69 0.33
91 70 0.16
91 70 0.38
88 71 0.00
August 1940 Gainesville Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches)
91 72 0.16
87 70 0.71
88 73 0.77
88 73 0.30
93 71 0.12
93 70 0.61
92 70 0.00
92 72 0.00
93 72 0.00
90 71 0.00
88 71 0.39
89 74 0.25
93 72 0.06
91 72 0.05
87 74 0.03
92 74 0.03
91 73 0.01
93 73 0.02
93 73 0.00
91 72 0.00
89 71 0.04
87 69 0.34
90 65 0.77
92 71 0.00
92 71 0.00
92 72 0.00
92 71 0.00
87 71 0.11
84 72 0.47
92 72 0.11
92 71 0.12
September 1940 Gainesville Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches)
91 73 0.00
92 68 0.00
92 68 0.00
90 72 0.18
88 71 0.09
86 69 0.30
86 71 0.00
82 70 0.64
88 68 0.29
91 67 0.00
91 67 0.00
85 62 0.01
85 65 0.00
88 64 0.00
84 64 0.00
87 57 0.00
89 68 0.00
85 70 0.00
79 70 0.35
86 69 0.02
86 68 0.00
88 66 0.00
90 65 0.00
91 67 0.00
81 70 0.00
n/a 67 0.81
n/a 53 0.01
71 55 0.00
74 62 0.00
81 54 0.00
October 1940 Gainesville Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches)
81 58 0.00
83 53 0.00
84 54 0.00
83 56 0.00
84 60 0.00
83 62 0.00
85 58 0.01
80 60 0.00
81 55 0.05
79 54 0.00
80 53 0.00
79 52 0.00
83 52 0.00
85 52 0.00
87 53 0.00
82 57 0.00
68 53 0.00
78 45 0.00
82 48 0.00
86 54 0.00
87 62 0.02
83 61 0.00
82 65 0.00
81 58 0.00
81 55 0.00
84 53 0.00
86 63 0.01
85 62 0.00
86 63 0.00
87 66 0.00
85 63 0.00
November 1940 Gainesville Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches)
87 66 0.00
82 66 0.03
80 54 0.00
83 58 0.00
84 60 0.00
84 58 0.00
76 51 0.00
68 44 0.00
75 43 0.00
81 n/a 0.00
84 n/a 0.00
85 62 0.00
85 63 0.00
80 65 0.00
n/a 30 0.09
51 24 0.00
67 26 0.00
77 36 0.00
80 48 0.00
78 n/a 0.00
78 60 0.01
79 62 0.02
81 63 0.01
81 60 0.01
79 62 0.00
82 64 0.02
76 61 0.13
62 35 0.00
64 n/a 0.00
64 46 0.00
December 1940 Gainesville Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches)
82 56 0.00
60 57 0.50
60 47 0.01
63 36 0.00
73 35 0.00
72 43 0.00
76 n/a 0.00
71 56 0.00
69 44 0.00
76 n/a 0.00
77 n/a 0.00
80 60 0.03
82 58 0.00
79 62 0.00
79 61 0.00
83 n/a 0.02
n/a 53 0.00
73 47 0.00
64 n/a 0.03
73 56 1.24
63 54 0.20
71 n/a 0.00
67 61 1.43
75 61 3.80
77 62 0.02
78 55 0.00
70 n/a 0.88
71 60 0.38
68 52 0.18
65 40 0.00
68 40 0.00
Weather Station Details
Years Station Coordinates
1984–2024 Gainesville Regional Airport location
1954–1983 Gainesville 3 WSW location
1890–1953 Gainesville University of Florida location