Indianapolis Weather in 1940

Historical record of Indianapolis, Indiana weather for the year 1940 based on NOAA data.

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1940 Indianapolis Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	104 °F	July 30
Lowest temperature	-14 °F	January 19
Highest daily low	75 °F	July 26
Lowest daily high	6 °F	January 19
Most daily precipitation	1.3 inches	April 7
Most daily snow	4.1 inches	February 6
Total annual precipitation	27.4 inches	-
Total annual snow	15.9 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Indianapolis in 1940?

The highest temperature recorded in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1940 was 104 °F which happened on July 30.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Indianapolis in 1940

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	104 °F	Jul 30
2	102 °F	Aug 17
2	102 °F	Jul 29
2	102 °F	Jul 28
2	102 °F	Jul 24
6	101 °F	Jul 27
6	101 °F	Jul 25
8	100 °F	Aug 16
8	100 °F	Aug 14
8	100 °F	Aug 12
8	100 °F	Aug 3
8	100 °F	Jul 26

What was the coldest temperature in Indianapolis in 1940?

The lowest temperature recorded in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1940 was -14 °F which happened on Jan 19.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Indianapolis in 1940

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-14 °F	January 19
2	-11 °F	January 5
3	-8 °F	January 26
4	-7 °F	January 6
5	-6 °F	January 27
5	-6 °F	January 18
5	-6 °F	January 9
8	-4 °F	January 28
8	-4 °F	January 25
8	-4 °F	January 3
8	-4 °F	January 2

January 1940 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	16	-2	0.00	0.0
January 2	12	-4	0.00	0.0
January 3	20	-4	0.00	0.0
January 4	23	9	0.05	0.5
January 5	20	-11	0.00	0.0
January 6	23	-7	0.00	0.0
January 7	25	3	0.20	2.0
January 8	29	10	0.00	0.0
January 9	28	-6	0.00	0.0
January 10	33	17	0.00	0.0
January 11	36	31	0.19	1.8
January 12	36	28	0.00	0.0
January 13	36	29	0.01	0.0
January 14	43	23	1.05	0.0
January 15	28	14	0.05	0.5
January 16	23	7	0.00	0.0
January 17	26	8	0.00	0.0
January 18	7	-6	0.00	0.0
January 19	6	-14	0.00	0.0
January 20	17	2	0.00	0.0
January 21	19	1	0.00	0.0
January 22	26	5	0.00	0.0
January 23	26	12	0.08	0.8
January 24	22	7	0.02	0.2
January 25	8	-4	0.00	0.0
January 26	12	-8	0.00	0.0
January 27	17	-6	0.00	0.0
January 28	27	-4	0.00	0.0
January 29	27	9	0.00	0.0
January 30	30	19	0.01	0.1
January 31	32	24	0.00	0.0

February 1940 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	37	19	0.00	0.0
February 2	33	12	0.00	0.0
February 3	40	12	0.00	0.0
February 4	37	28	0.00	0.0
February 5	37	32	0.03	0.0
February 6	35	29	0.41	4.1
February 7	32	22	0.00	0.0
February 8	43	25	0.00	0.0
February 9	37	32	0.02	0.0
February 10	34	29	0.00	0.0
February 11	43	22	0.00	0.0
February 12	42	33	0.00	0.0
February 13	33	24	0.00	0.0
February 14	34	18	0.00	0.0
February 15	41	17	0.00	0.0
February 16	43	25	0.00	0.0
February 17	46	25	0.00	0.0
February 18	37	32	0.48	0.0
February 19	37	33	0.00	0.0
February 20	36	32	0.10	0.0
February 21	33	28	0.00	0.0
February 22	31	25	0.01	0.1
February 23	36	20	0.00	0.0
February 24	35	27	0.07	0.7
February 25	29	12	0.00	0.0
February 26	38	15	0.00	0.0
February 27	41	30	0.40	1.0
February 28	37	32	0.20	0.2
February 29	42	31	0.00	0.0

March 1940 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	52	29	0.00
March 2	46	33	1.01
March 3	56	37	0.13
March 4	38	33	0.00
March 5	35	28	0.00
March 6	37	29	0.00
March 7	42	24	0.00
March 8	35	25	0.00
March 9	42	22	0.00
March 10	41	24	0.00
March 11	37	21	0.00
March 12	34	23	0.11
March 13	42	30	0.25
March 14	32	22	0.00
March 15	38	19	0.00
March 16	45	21	0.00
March 17	70	32	0.00
March 18	57	37	0.00
March 19	52	26	0.00
March 20	44	31	0.21
March 21	42	24	0.00
March 22	36	16	0.00
March 23	28	12	0.00
March 24	26	12	0.00
March 25	34	8	0.00
March 26	40	18	0.00
March 27	50	34	0.30
March 28	64	44	0.03
March 29	68	54	0.12
March 30	66	45	0.02
March 31	70	44	0.00

April 1940 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	62	40	0.00	0.0
April 2	78	43	0.00	0.0
April 3	80	58	0.08	0.0
April 4	68	44	0.00	0.0
April 5	54	34	0.00	0.0
April 6	61	24	0.00	0.0
April 7	53	41	1.26	0.0
April 8	55	42	0.08	0.0
April 9	49	36	0.01	0.0
April 10	53	31	0.00	0.0
April 11	49	28	0.70	3.3
April 12	36	15	0.04	0.4
April 13	39	23	0.00	0.0
April 14	54	24	0.00	0.0
April 15	66	40	0.00	0.0
April 16	62	47	0.00	0.0
April 17	63	41	0.80	0.0
April 18	62	36	0.25	0.0
April 19	43	35	0.54	0.0
April 20	53	35	0.12	0.0
April 21	62	30	0.00	0.0
April 22	67	31	0.00	0.0
April 23	56	44	0.09	0.0
April 24	60	32	0.02	0.0
April 25	62	40	0.00	0.0
April 26	59	42	0.00	0.0
April 27	63	37	0.00	0.0
April 28	74	35	0.00	0.0
April 29	67	53	0.00	0.0
April 30	70	53	0.30	0.0

May 1940 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	65	36	0.86
May 2	40	33	0.11
May 3	40	34	0.03
May 4	62	30	0.00
May 5	76	42	0.00
May 6	83	57	0.50
May 7	82	54	0.00
May 8	84	57	0.00
May 9	69	46	0.00
May 10	68	42	0.00
May 11	67	40	0.00
May 12	71	44	0.00
May 13	85	59	0.00
May 14	83	62	0.00
May 15	73	45	0.37
May 16	49	42	0.00
May 17	63	41	0.00
May 18	75	51	0.00
May 19	69	56	0.54
May 20	79	54	0.00
May 21	82	54	0.00
May 22	82	54	0.10
May 23	75	46	0.00
May 24	67	54	0.25
May 25	62	47	0.12
May 26	60	49	0.13
May 27	68	48	0.02
May 28	72	52	0.02
May 29	70	53	0.17
May 30	71	50	0.00
May 31	60	51	0.51

June 1940 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	72	54	0.00
June 2	84	55	0.00
June 3	87	60	0.00
June 4	85	59	0.00
June 5	90	61	0.00
June 6	95	66	0.00
June 7	93	68	0.49
June 8	88	65	0.15
June 9	91	65	0.26
June 10	86	66	0.00
June 11	88	66	0.00
June 12	87	66	0.18
June 13	85	63	0.00
June 14	85	61	0.00
June 15	86	67	0.00
June 16	89	67	0.02
June 17	90	69	0.00
June 18	85	70	0.00
June 19	85	67	0.00
June 20	78	48	0.00
June 21	77	43	0.00
June 22	81	57	0.00
June 23	93	67	0.07
June 24	77	62	0.24
June 25	79	55	0.02
June 26	80	57	0.00
June 27	84	57	0.25
June 28	83	61	0.00
June 29	79	55	0.00
June 30	78	54	0.00

July 1940 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	85	58	0.00
July 2	81	55	0.00
July 3	80	50	0.00
July 4	81	47	0.00
July 5	87	50	0.00
July 6	87	56	0.00
July 7	87	59	0.00
July 8	91	61	0.00
July 9	90	62	0.00
July 10	96	63	0.00
July 11	94	70	0.25
July 12	81	58	0.04
July 13	78	48	0.00
July 14	82	48	0.00
July 15	90	56	0.00
July 16	84	59	0.06
July 17	82	51	0.00
July 18	91	54	0.00
July 19	95	62	0.00
July 20	92	63	0.00
July 21	95	67	0.00
July 22	97	68	0.00
July 23	96	73	0.00
July 24	102	72	0.00
July 25	101	73	0.00
July 26	100	75	0.00
July 27	101	70	0.01
July 28	102	70	0.00
July 29	102	73	0.00
July 30	104	73	0.00
July 31	95	71	0.12

August 1940 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	90	63	0.00
August 2	94	60	0.00
August 3	100	64	0.00
August 4	98	73	0.00
August 5	99	69	0.00
August 6	91	69	0.00
August 7	90	58	0.00
August 8	92	56	0.00
August 9	92	61	0.00
August 10	92	71	0.00
August 11	94	67	0.00
August 12	100	71	0.00
August 13	97	68	0.00
August 14	100	67	0.00
August 15	98	65	0.00
August 16	100	73	0.00
August 17	102	69	0.00
August 18	89	67	0.96
August 19	77	57	0.00
August 20	77	50	0.00
August 21	78	47	0.00
August 22	84	51	0.00
August 23	75	52	0.45
August 24	77	50	0.00
August 25	88	58	0.05
August 26	93	69	0.00
August 27	82	68	0.52
August 28	88	64	0.22
August 29	81	68	0.25
August 30	84	63	0.01
August 31	80	55	0.00

September 1940 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	79	55	0.00
September 2	75	51	0.00
September 3	80	52	0.00
September 4	85	55	0.00
September 5	87	57	0.00
September 6	87	59	0.00
September 7	86	60	0.00
September 8	85	63	0.02
September 9	79	57	0.08
September 10	69	49	0.00
September 11	67	46	0.00
September 12	68	49	0.00
September 13	76	41	0.00
September 14	76	54	0.00
September 15	73	46	0.00
September 16	79	44	0.00
September 17	80	48	0.00
September 18	87	50	0.00
September 19	93	54	0.00
September 20	95	59	0.00
September 21	94	69	0.00
September 22	86	64	0.00
September 23	83	63	0.00
September 24	77	60	0.32
September 25	60	41	0.00
September 26	60	33	0.00
September 27	66	33	0.00
September 28	72	33	0.00
September 29	75	43	0.00
September 30	70	44	0.00

October 1940 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	71	43	0.00
October 2	74	44	0.00
October 3	73	41	0.00
October 4	78	44	0.00
October 5	83	61	0.00
October 6	84	64	0.00
October 7	77	54	0.53
October 8	67	40	0.00
October 9	68	37	0.00
October 10	72	41	0.00
October 11	69	47	0.00
October 12	76	48	0.00
October 13	77	55	0.00
October 14	80	53	0.18
October 15	62	42	0.49
October 16	58	34	0.00
October 17	63	37	0.00
October 18	55	35	0.00
October 19	63	44	0.00
October 20	55	40	0.00
October 21	62	37	0.00
October 22	71	39	0.00
October 23	76	51	0.00
October 24	74	44	0.00
October 25	74	50	0.74
October 26	73	52	0.00
October 27	80	50	0.00
October 28	64	50	0.01
October 29	68	52	0.21
October 30	56	38	0.00
October 31	68	36	0.00

November 1940 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	55	48	0.41	0.0
November 2	66	38	0.00	0.0
November 3	72	35	0.00	0.0
November 4	69	46	0.00	0.0
November 5	62	44	0.19	0.0
November 6	47	38	0.00	0.0
November 7	47	26	0.00	0.0
November 8	48	23	0.00	0.0
November 9	45	29	0.00	0.0
November 10	50	40	0.17	0.0
November 11	64	33	1.12	0.0
November 12	35	23	0.00	0.0
November 13	29	17	0.00	0.0
November 14	30	11	0.00	0.0
November 15	32	20	0.00	0.0
November 16	38	20	0.00	0.0
November 17	47	21	0.00	0.0
November 18	55	22	0.00	0.0
November 19	56	32	0.00	0.0
November 20	53	43	0.27	0.0
November 21	61	42	0.28	0.0
November 22	57	36	0.00	0.0
November 23	42	36	0.24	0.0
November 24	41	34	0.02	0.0
November 25	41	24	0.00	0.0
November 26	37	30	1.19	0.0
November 27	37	26	0.01	0.1
November 28	28	14	0.00	0.0
November 29	32	26	0.00	0.0
November 30	53	27	0.00	0.0

December 1940 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	53	25	0.00	0.0
December 2	35	17	0.00	0.0
December 3	22	2	0.00	0.0
December 4	37	11	0.00	0.0
December 5	37	23	0.01	0.1
December 6	51	24	0.00	0.0
December 7	49	29	0.00	0.0
December 8	39	26	0.00	0.0
December 9	59	28	0.00	0.0
December 10	53	32	0.00	0.0
December 11	35	31	0.28	0.0
December 12	50	34	1.00	0.0
December 13	36	28	0.00	0.0
December 14	32	27	0.00	0.0
December 15	46	30	0.18	0.0
December 16	55	27	0.77	0.0
December 17	33	27	0.01	0.0
December 18	39	33	0.00	0.0
December 19	48	29	0.00	0.0
December 20	49	40	0.00	0.0
December 21	42	30	0.00	0.0
December 22	48	30	0.00	0.0
December 23	45	31	0.00	0.0
December 24	58	27	0.00	0.0
December 25	50	36	0.06	0.0
December 26	54	46	0.10	0.0
December 27	49	40	0.25	0.0
December 28	40	38	0.02	0.0
December 29	40	36	0.01	0.0
December 30	36	32	0.00	0.0
December 31	39	31	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1948–2024	Indianapolis International Airport	location
1901–1947	Whitestown	location