Ketchikan Weather in 1940

Historical record of Ketchikan, Alaska weather for the year 1940 based on NOAA data.
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1940 Ketchikan Weather Extremes
Highest temperature 79 °F May 31
Lowest temperature 16 °F February 27
Highest daily low 59 °F July 14
Lowest daily high 31 °F December 31
Most daily precipitation 3.6 inches March 3
Most daily snow 1.5 inches March 11
Total annual precipitation 136.3 inches -
Total annual snow 3.3 inches -
Highest Temperatures in Ketchikan in 1940
Rank Temperature Date
1 79 °F May 31
1 79 °F May 30
3 78 °F Sep 8
3 78 °F Jun 1
5 77 °F Sep 9
6 76 °F Jul 27
6 76 °F Jul 26
8 74 °F Sep 23
8 74 °F Jul 25
10 73 °F Aug 22
10 73 °F Aug 21
10 73 °F Jul 23
10 73 °F Jul 22
10 73 °F Jul 15
Lowest Temperatures in Ketchikan in 1940
Rank Temperature Date
1 16 °F February 27
1 16 °F February 25
1 16 °F February 24
4 17 °F February 26
5 18 °F February 28
6 20 °F February 29
7 22 °F November 11
8 23 °F December 26
8 23 °F November 8
10 24 °F November 9
January 1940 Ketchikan Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
January 1
51 35 0.64 0.0
January 2
54 45 0.26 0.0
January 3
47 40 0.55 0.0
January 4
40 33 0.00 0.0
January 5
43 35 0.02 0.0
January 6
43 39 0.41 0.0
January 7
41 38 0.01 0.0
January 8
39 31 0.00 0.0
January 9
36 29 0.00 0.0
January 10
40 32 0.10 0.0
January 11
41 34 0.12 0.0
January 12
39 31 0.05 0.0
January 13
45 37 0.01 0.0
January 14
45 38 0.03 0.0
January 15
43 34 0.38 0.0
January 16
40 31 0.01 0.0
January 17
52 39 0.34 0.0
January 18
51 39 0.00 0.0
January 19
42 31 0.00 0.0
January 20
42 35 0.00 0.0
January 21
44 30 0.00 0.0
January 22
47 36 0.00 0.0
January 23
47 38 0.00 0.0
January 24
39 37 0.00 0.0
January 25
41 33 0.01 0.0
January 26
42 30 0.03 0.0
January 27
46 33 0.62 0.0
January 28
53 45 2.23 0.0
January 29
52 40 0.70 0.0
January 30
61 37 0.00 0.0
January 31
59 41 0.00 0.0
February 1940 Ketchikan Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
February 1
50 36 0.00 0.0
February 2
47 31 0.00 0.0
February 3
46 29 0.00 0.0
February 4
46 30 0.00 0.0
February 5
49 39 0.39 0.0
February 6
52 43 0.05 0.0
February 7
48 33 0.00 0.0
February 8
46 40 2.73 0.0
February 9
46 41 0.45 0.0
February 10
47 38 0.23 0.0
February 11
45 37 0.12 0.0
February 12
43 39 1.60 0.0
February 13
44 36 0.55 0.0
February 14
44 36 0.42 0.0
February 15
45 37 0.34 0.0
February 16
48 36 0.09 0.0
February 17
50 39 0.00 0.0
February 18
48 39 0.03 0.0
February 19
47 38 0.01 0.0
February 20
46 33 0.02 0.0
February 21
46 30 0.00 0.0
February 22
41 32 0.00 0.0
February 23
38 25 0.00 0.0
February 24
31 16 0.00 0.0
February 25
32 16 0.00 0.0
February 26
31 17 0.00 0.0
February 27
31 16 0.00 0.0
February 28
32 18 0.00 0.0
February 29
45 20 0.00 n/a
March 1940 Ketchikan Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
March 1
44 35 1.43 0.0
March 2
44 37 0.06 0.0
March 3
45 39 3.57 0.0
March 4
49 39 0.48 0.0
March 5
45 38 0.79 0.0
March 6
45 39 0.61 0.0
March 7
45 37 0.13 0.0
March 8
45 35 0.23 0.0
March 9
49 30 0.00 0.0
March 10
49 32 0.00 0.0
March 11
49 32 0.14 1.5
March 12
41 33 0.61 0.0
March 13
40 33 0.28 0.0
March 14
42 34 0.13 0.0
March 15
45 28 0.00 0.0
March 16
45 34 0.40 0.0
March 17
42 35 0.41 0.0
March 18
38 34 0.41 0.0
March 19
45 34 0.72 0.0
March 20
45 41 0.48 0.0
March 21
43 41 0.35 0.0
March 22
42 35 0.49 0.0
March 23
42 34 0.50 0.0
March 24
50 41 0.28 0.0
March 25
57 39 0.35 0.0
March 26
57 44 0.00 0.0
March 27
50 42 0.40 0.0
March 28
47 42 1.09 0.0
March 29
52 34 0.02 0.0
March 30
54 33 0.00 0.0
March 31
54 35 0.00 0.0
April 1940 Ketchikan Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
April 1
57 33 0.00 0.0
April 2
63 34 0.00 0.0
April 3
60 34 0.00 0.0
April 4
58 39 0.00 0.0
April 5
50 37 0.21 0.0
April 6
57 40 0.14 0.0
April 7
56 46 0.17 0.0
April 8
47 44 0.83 0.0
April 9
52 38 0.05 0.0
April 10
57 42 0.90 0.0
April 11
51 42 1.13 0.0
April 12
51 47 1.24 0.0
April 13
53 44 0.50 0.0
April 14
57 42 0.08 0.0
April 15
51 35 0.06 0.0
April 16
49 42 1.13 0.0
April 17
51 42 0.08 0.0
April 18
50 43 0.52 0.0
April 19
55 43 0.45 0.0
April 20
55 43 0.02 0.0
April 21
58 40 0.00 0.0
April 22
66 41 0.00 0.0
April 23
67 43 0.00 0.0
April 24
65 41 0.00 0.0
April 25
63 39 0.00 0.0
April 26
57 41 0.00 0.0
April 27
48 44 0.40 0.0
April 28
51 40 0.95 0.0
April 29
52 39 0.02 0.0
April 30
57 35 0.00 0.0
May 1940 Ketchikan Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
May 1
55 40 0.05 0.0
May 2
53 45 1.09 0.0
May 3
52 44 0.02 0.0
May 4
56 35 0.00 0.0
May 5
57 37 0.00 0.0
May 6
57 36 0.00 0.0
May 7
69 37 0.00 0.0
May 8
65 48 0.00 0.0
May 9
58 49 0.92 0.0
May 10
54 48 1.29 0.0
May 11
52 47 0.11 0.0
May 12
53 41 0.83 0.0
May 13
60 42 0.08 0.0
May 14
58 46 0.04 0.0
May 15
56 47 0.20 0.0
May 16
54 45 0.75 0.0
May 17
50 48 1.04 0.0
May 18
57 46 2.48 0.0
May 19
60 40 0.00 0.0
May 20
60 44 0.00 0.0
May 21
58 48 0.73 0.0
May 22
60 44 0.37 0.0
May 23
60 39 0.00 0.0
May 24
55 44 0.34 0.0
May 25
56 39 0.26 0.0
May 26
57 43 0.05 0.0
May 27
60 41 0.00 0.0
May 28
62 40 0.00 0.0
May 29
72 44 0.00 0.0
May 30
79 44 0.00 0.0
May 31
79 51 0.00 0.0
June 1940 Ketchikan Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
June 1
78 51 0.00 0.0
June 2
62 48 0.70 0.0
June 3
54 44 0.13 0.0
June 4
54 44 0.11 0.0
June 5
61 45 0.24 0.0
June 6
62 48 0.07 0.0
June 7
63 45 0.00 0.0
June 8
62 47 0.40 0.0
June 9
64 50 1.81 0.0
June 10
62 40 0.01 0.0
June 11
58 45 0.11 0.0
June 12
62 55 0.38 0.0
June 13
57 48 1.87 0.0
June 14
55 46 0.44 0.0
June 15
55 48 0.75 0.0
June 16
58 45 0.01 0.0
June 17
60 41 0.00 0.0
June 18
61 50 0.06 0.0
June 19
61 49 0.00 0.0
June 20
57 49 0.52 0.0
June 21
61 50 0.01 0.0
June 22
61 51 0.06 0.0
June 23
59 50 0.53 0.0
June 24
67 50 0.01 0.0
June 25
64 51 0.07 0.0
June 26
58 48 0.08 0.0
June 27
61 50 0.09 0.0
June 28
65 48 0.01 0.0
June 29
68 47 0.10 0.0
June 30
67 46 0.00 0.0
July 1940 Ketchikan Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
July 1
66 53 0.70 0.0
July 2
58 49 1.70 0.0
July 3
59 49 0.39 0.0
July 4
62 48 0.00 0.0
July 5
64 53 0.00 0.0
July 6
66 53 0.00 0.0
July 7
61 54 0.02 0.0
July 8
67 48 0.03 0.0
July 9
67 51 0.15 0.0
July 10
67 50 0.17 0.0
July 11
68 56 0.22 0.0
July 12
68 56 0.02 0.0
July 13
69 56 0.00 0.0
July 14
72 59 0.00 0.0
July 15
73 53 0.00 0.0
July 16
68 57 0.07 0.0
July 17
63 55 0.02 0.0
July 18
66 55 0.00 0.0
July 19
64 56 0.00 0.0
July 20
64 53 0.15 0.0
July 21
69 55 0.00 0.0
July 22
73 58 0.00 0.0
July 23
73 54 0.00 0.0
July 24
62 56 0.02 0.0
July 25
74 56 0.00 0.0
July 26
76 57 0.00 0.0
July 27
76 57 0.00 0.0
July 28
67 55 0.01 0.0
July 29
67 56 0.30 0.0
July 30
63 55 0.34 0.0
July 31
63 56 0.03 0.0
August 1940 Ketchikan Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
August 1
63 56 0.06 0.0
August 2
62 55 0.58 0.0
August 3
59 54 0.59 0.0
August 4
61 56 0.80 0.0
August 5
60 56 2.03 0.0
August 6
65 54 0.10 0.0
August 7
62 54 0.69 0.0
August 8
60 51 3.13 0.0
August 9
58 53 0.66 0.0
August 10
58 52 1.68 0.0
August 11
60 53 0.19 0.0
August 12
58 49 0.46 0.0
August 13
65 50 0.18 0.0
August 14
65 48 0.00 0.0
August 15
62 52 0.20 0.0
August 16
65 54 0.17 0.0
August 17
65 54 0.17 0.0
August 18
67 53 0.00 0.0
August 19
68 53 0.00 0.0
August 20
71 51 0.00 0.0
August 21
73 52 0.00 0.0
August 22
73 53 0.00 0.0
August 23
61 54 0.87 0.0
August 24
62 54 0.14 0.0
August 25
62 54 0.56 0.0
August 26
62 52 0.38 0.0
August 27
59 54 1.06 0.0
August 28
58 53 2.48 0.0
August 29
60 54 2.26 0.0
August 30
59 51 1.76 0.0
August 31
58 49 0.38 0.0
September 1940 Ketchikan Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
September 1
57 52 0.54 0.0
September 2
65 48 0.13 0.0
September 3
65 46 0.01 0.0
September 4
65 50 0.05 0.0
September 5
62 51 0.22 0.0
September 6
63 52 0.23 0.0
September 7
70 48 0.23 0.0
September 8
78 49 0.00 0.0
September 9
77 50 0.00 0.0
September 10
71 52 0.00 0.0
September 11
64 49 0.00 0.0
September 12
65 54 0.00 0.0
September 13
64 49 0.00 0.0
September 14
59 51 0.16 0.0
September 15
58 48 0.08 0.0
September 16
55 49 0.71 0.0
September 17
55 47 0.81 0.0
September 18
55 46 0.42 0.0
September 19
56 50 1.44 0.0
September 20
56 48 0.04 0.0
September 21
64 52 0.00 0.0
September 22
71 46 0.00 0.0
September 23
74 47 0.00 0.0
September 24
70 50 0.00 0.0
September 25
60 52 0.01 0.0
September 26
67 54 0.09 0.0
September 27
64 56 0.30 0.0
September 28
58 51 1.82 0.0
September 29
56 53 0.36 0.0
September 30
58 48 0.03 0.0
October 1940 Ketchikan Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
October 1
57 43 0.00 0.0
October 2
58 42 0.00 0.0
October 3
58 47 0.53 0.0
October 4
56 41 0.00 0.0
October 5
61 44 0.00 0.0
October 6
61 52 0.99 0.0
October 7
57 47 0.60 0.0
October 8
53 43 0.60 0.0
October 9
56 50 0.13 0.0
October 10
54 48 0.61 0.0
October 11
54 47 0.65 0.0
October 12
55 43 0.03 0.0
October 13
52 37 0.00 0.0
October 14
56 43 1.14 0.0
October 15
55 46 0.02 0.0
October 16
55 44 0.39 0.0
October 17
52 40 0.00 0.0
October 18
60 47 0.62 0.0
October 19
61 56 0.76 0.0
October 20
59 50 0.82 0.0
October 21
50 40 0.71 0.0
October 22
56 44 1.19 0.0
October 23
59 50 0.16 0.0
October 24
59 45 0.78 0.0
October 25
49 45 1.72 0.0
October 26
52 44 0.08 0.0
October 27
50 44 0.00 0.0
October 28
52 43 0.05 0.0
October 29
55 46 0.04 0.0
October 30
50 42 0.45 0.0
October 31
49 42 0.30 0.0
November 1940 Ketchikan Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
November 1
46 39 2.18 0.0
November 2
47 37 0.38 0.0
November 3
44 38 0.31 0.0
November 4
43 39 1.20 0.0
November 5
39 30 0.00 0.0
November 6
40 29 0.00 0.0
November 7
37 28 0.00 0.0
November 8
41 23 0.00 0.0
November 9
38 24 0.06 0.5
November 10
40 25 0.00 0.0
November 11
39 22 0.00 0.0
November 12
42 26 0.56 0.0
November 13
54 40 0.12 0.0
November 14
53 41 2.23 0.0
November 15
48 43 1.06 0.0
November 16
47 41 0.96 0.0
November 17
42 35 0.04 0.0
November 18
47 36 0.41 0.0
November 19
47 37 0.64 0.0
November 20
42 31 0.22 0.0
November 21
40 36 0.01 0.0
November 22
43 35 0.69 0.0
November 23
45 34 1.50 0.3
November 24
48 41 1.22 0.0
November 25
45 37 0.59 0.0
November 26
49 42 2.17 0.0
November 27
50 43 1.34 0.0
November 28
46 40 0.15 0.0
November 29
44 36 0.01 0.0
November 30
45 38 0.25 0.0
December 1940 Ketchikan Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
December 1
48 42 1.42 0.0
December 2
53 43 2.06 0.0
December 3
52 44 1.13 0.0
December 4
51 41 2.50 0.0
December 5
47 41 0.75 0.0
December 6
46 40 1.96 0.0
December 7
49 41 0.88 0.0
December 8
46 39 0.08 0.0
December 9
42 35 0.05 0.0
December 10
42 36 0.03 0.0
December 11
38 32 0.00 0.0
December 12
36 31 0.02 0.0
December 13
41 35 0.30 0.0
December 14
42 36 0.12 0.0
December 15
36 31 0.00 0.0
December 16
43 31 0.00 0.0
December 17
47 37 0.08 0.0
December 18
49 40 0.17 0.0
December 19
52 44 1.30 0.0
December 20
50 45 0.59 0.0
December 21
48 39 0.63 0.0
December 22
44 39 0.09 0.0
December 23
42 31 0.01 0.0
December 24
39 28 0.00 0.0
December 25
35 26 0.00 0.0
December 26
39 23 0.01 0.0
December 27
41 36 0.54 0.0
December 28
40 34 0.23 0.0
December 29
36 29 0.00 0.0
December 30
36 26 0.00 0.0
December 31
31 25 0.07 1.0
Weather Station Details
Years Station Coordinates
1910–2024 Ketchikan International Airport location