Lead Weather in 1940

Historical record of Lead, South Dakota weather for the year 1940 based on NOAA data.
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1940 Lead Weather Extremes
Highest temperature 97 °F July 24
Lowest temperature -25 °F January 18
Highest daily low 71 °F July 24
Lowest daily high -7 °F January 24
Most daily precipitation 1.8 inches April 28
Most daily snow 12.8 inches February 12
Total annual precipitation 22.0 inches -
Highest Temperatures in Lead in 1940
Rank Temperature Date
1 97 °F Jul 24
2 96 °F Jul 23
3 93 °F Aug 14
3 93 °F Jul 22
3 93 °F Jul 13
6 91 °F Jul 21
7 90 °F Aug 1
8 89 °F Sep 2
8 89 °F Aug 23
8 89 °F Aug 15
8 89 °F Aug 13
8 89 °F Aug 11
8 89 °F Aug 2
8 89 °F Jul 17
8 89 °F Jul 14
Lowest Temperatures in Lead in 1940
Rank Temperature Date
1 -25 °F January 18
2 -18 °F January 24
3 -17 °F January 25
4 -11 °F January 23
5 -9 °F January 17
6 -6 °F November 12
6 -6 °F November 11
6 -6 °F January 26
9 -3 °F January 19
10 -2 °F December 12
January 1940 Lead Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
January 1
24 6 0.00 0.0
January 2
37 20 0.00 0.0
January 3
35 19 0.02 0.3
January 4
21 4 0.00 0.0
January 5
28 14 0.00 0.0
January 6
28 12 0.00 0.0
January 7
18 9 0.07 1.6
January 8
28 10 0.00 0.0
January 9
37 12 0.04 0.3
January 10
40 31 0.00 0.0
January 11
36 9 0.09 2.6
January 12
27 14 0.00 0.0
January 13
20 6 0.00 0.0
January 14
24 14 0.03 0.5
January 15
34 21 0.00 0.0
January 16
34 22 0.00 0.0
January 17
23 -9 0.09 1.7
January 18
0 -25 0.01 0.1
January 19
9 -3 0.00 0.0
January 20
8 2 0.00 0.0
January 21
18 0 0.00 0.0
January 22
20 9 0.00 0.0
January 23
13 -11 0.02 0.3
January 24
-7 -18 0.01 0.1
January 25
10 -17 0.00 0.0
January 26
34 -6 0.00 0.0
January 27
40 24 0.07 0.6
January 28
42 34 0.00 0.0
January 29
49 38 0.00 0.0
January 30
48 34 0.00 0.0
January 31
40 23 0.00 0.0
February 1940 Lead Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
February 1
26 9 0.04 1.7
February 2
35 10 0.00 0.0
February 3
32 21 0.01 0.3
February 4
44 22 0.00 0.0
February 5
41 30 0.14 1.7
February 6
37 28 0.00 0.0
February 7
37 27 0.23 2.0
February 8
29 9 0.04 1.7
February 9
37 19 0.00 0.0
February 10
46 33 0.00 0.0
February 11
42 16 0.22 0.0
February 12
25 15 0.18 12.8
February 13
36 11 0.00 0.0
February 14
41 20 0.00 0.0
February 15
36 18 0.01 0.2
February 16
29 11 0.07 3.2
February 17
43 11 0.00 0.0
February 18
41 18 0.00 0.0
February 19
29 13 0.00 0.0
February 20
26 12 0.02 1.5
February 21
23 8 0.09 2.8
February 22
22 4 0.00 0.0
February 23
17 1 0.03 0.5
February 24
31 0 0.02 0.3
February 25
49 16 0.00 0.0
February 26
45 22 0.00 0.0
February 27
49 27 0.00 0.0
February 28
54 36 0.00 0.0
February 29
56 36 0.00 0.0
March 1940 Lead Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
March 1
50 29 0.01 0.0
March 2
48 24 0.00 0.0
March 3
47 28 0.02 0.3
March 4
45 22 0.00 0.0
March 5
45 34 0.02 0.0
March 6
35 26 0.37 3.5
March 7
32 23 0.01 0.1
March 8
45 21 0.00 0.0
March 9
34 18 0.26 2.8
March 10
32 17 0.00 0.0
March 11
27 18 0.14 1.5
March 12
20 9 0.12 4.4
March 13
17 9 0.02 2.3
March 14
40 15 0.00 0.0
March 15
48 36 0.00 0.0
March 16
55 41 0.00 0.0
March 17
53 26 0.18 0.0
March 18
41 22 0.00 0.0
March 19
40 24 0.13 2.0
March 20
39 18 0.03 0.3
March 21
37 23 0.25 4.0
March 22
41 25 0.00 0.0
March 23
27 15 0.00 0.0
March 24
35 20 0.00 0.0
March 25
35 19 0.00 0.0
March 26
39 17 0.00 0.0
March 27
53 24 0.00 0.0
March 28
51 32 0.33 2.2
March 29
47 33 0.00 0.0
March 30
60 32 0.00 0.0
March 31
65 41 0.00 0.0
April 1940 Lead Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
April 1
60 34 0.00 0.0
April 2
50 23 0.21 1.0
April 3
26 19 0.16 1.8
April 4
27 17 0.03 0.0
April 5
49 15 0.00 0.0
April 6
49 33 0.00 0.0
April 7
34 20 0.12 1.0
April 8
47 22 0.00 0.0
April 9
49 37 0.07 0.0
April 10
39 22 0.07 0.9
April 11
24 -1 0.27 5.3
April 12
44 11 0.00 0.0
April 13
63 42 0.00 0.0
April 14
64 48 0.00 0.0
April 15
55 33 0.05 0.0
April 16
35 26 0.64 6.4
April 17
42 25 0.09 0.0
April 18
61 37 0.00 0.0
April 19
60 38 0.09 0.0
April 20
62 36 0.00 0.0
April 21
61 37 0.37 0.0
April 22
43 30 0.77 0.0
April 23
41 21 0.00 0.0
April 24
47 33 0.00 0.0
April 25
46 32 0.00 0.0
April 26
68 33 0.00 0.0
April 27
68 48 0.02 0.0
April 28
59 36 1.75 0.0
April 29
45 33 0.16 0.0
April 30
45 27 0.02 0.0
May 1940 Lead Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
May 1
52 33 0.03 0.0
May 2
68 43 0.00 n/a
May 3
74 50 0.00 n/a
May 4
70 43 0.00 n/a
May 5
67 42 0.00 n/a
May 6
60 34 0.00 n/a
May 7
60 36 0.08 n/a
May 8
65 36 0.00 n/a
May 9
69 48 0.00 n/a
May 10
68 39 0.00 n/a
May 11
82 50 0.00 n/a
May 12
81 54 0.12 n/a
May 13
70 38 0.98 n/a
May 14
47 27 0.02 n/a
May 15
61 33 0.00 n/a
May 16
62 41 0.00 n/a
May 17
60 38 0.02 n/a
May 18
51 34 0.04 n/a
May 19
66 36 0.00 n/a
May 20
63 45 0.04 n/a
May 21
54 40 0.00 n/a
May 22
60 37 0.00 n/a
May 23
64 41 0.00 n/a
May 24
66 45 0.00 n/a
May 25
61 33 0.00 n/a
May 26
62 35 0.00 n/a
May 27
62 36 0.00 n/a
May 28
67 46 0.00 n/a
May 29
72 50 0.45 n/a
May 30
71 46 0.74 n/a
May 31
82 53 0.00 n/a
June 1940 Lead Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
June 1
83 59 0.00 n/a
June 2
81 52 0.00 n/a
June 3
62 46 0.95 n/a
June 4
58 44 0.69 n/a
June 5
70 49 0.00 n/a
June 6
65 47 0.00 n/a
June 7
66 43 0.00 n/a
June 8
65 53 0.00 n/a
June 9
61 40 0.05 n/a
June 10
65 40 0.00 n/a
June 11
74 47 0.00 n/a
June 12
76 54 0.00 n/a
June 13
87 56 0.00 n/a
June 14
87 61 0.00 n/a
June 15
82 50 0.00 n/a
June 16
83 60 0.10 n/a
June 17
87 57 0.00 n/a
June 18
86 57 0.00 n/a
June 19
85 59 0.00 n/a
June 20
85 55 0.71 n/a
June 21
80 59 0.00 n/a
June 22
80 57 0.00 n/a
June 23
76 41 0.99 n/a
June 24
67 46 0.00 n/a
June 25
78 49 0.00 n/a
June 26
80 62 0.00 n/a
June 27
72 56 0.00 n/a
June 28
64 47 0.00 n/a
June 29
81 47 0.00 n/a
June 30
82 56 0.00 n/a
July 1940 Lead Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
July 1
80 55 0.00 0.0
July 2
65 53 0.03 0.0
July 3
72 52 0.00 0.0
July 4
77 54 0.23 0.0
July 5
83 60 0.00 0.0
July 6
85 59 0.00 0.0
July 7
81 52 0.00 0.0
July 8
81 64 0.00 0.0
July 9
87 58 0.00 0.0
July 10
86 64 0.00 0.0
July 11
82 57 0.00 0.0
July 12
84 57 0.00 0.0
July 13
93 60 0.00 0.0
July 14
89 61 0.00 0.0
July 15
76 55 0.01 0.0
July 16
86 63 0.00 0.0
July 17
89 70 0.00 0.0
July 18
87 61 0.19 0.0
July 19
82 62 0.14 0.0
July 20
82 61 0.07 0.0
July 21
91 64 0.00 0.0
July 22
93 63 0.27 0.0
July 23
96 65 0.00 0.0
July 24
97 71 0.00 0.0
July 25
87 56 0.01 0.0
July 26
76 50 0.09 0.0
July 27
86 57 0.00 0.0
July 28
83 54 0.00 0.0
July 29
86 60 0.00 0.0
July 30
85 61 0.11 0.0
July 31
83 64 0.00 0.0
August 1940 Lead Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
August 1
90 63 0.00 0.0
August 2
89 60 0.00 0.0
August 3
82 53 0.00 0.0
August 4
81 55 0.00 0.0
August 5
70 50 0.00 0.0
August 6
84 54 0.00 0.0
August 7
84 61 0.08 0.0
August 8
85 54 0.00 0.0
August 9
88 68 0.03 0.0
August 10
88 64 0.00 0.0
August 11
89 68 0.00 0.0
August 12
87 57 0.00 0.0
August 13
89 60 0.00 0.0
August 14
93 64 0.00 0.0
August 15
89 59 0.11 0.0
August 16
83 53 0.00 0.0
August 17
78 49 0.71 0.0
August 18
68 41 0.07 0.0
August 19
78 50 0.00 0.0
August 20
79 51 0.00 0.0
August 21
81 51 0.00 0.0
August 22
80 59 0.01 0.0
August 23
89 51 0.00 0.0
August 24
83 58 0.00 0.0
August 25
77 55 0.75 0.0
August 26
66 52 0.58 0.0
August 27
74 53 0.03 0.0
August 28
74 53 0.00 0.0
August 29
65 50 0.00 0.0
August 30
71 41 0.00 0.0
August 31
86 54 0.00 0.0
September 1940 Lead Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
September 1
88 63 0.00 0.0
September 2
89 61 0.00 0.0
September 3
86 66 0.00 0.0
September 4
82 60 0.00 0.0
September 5
81 62 0.00 0.0
September 6
81 62 0.00 0.0
September 7
80 58 0.03 0.0
September 8
81 65 0.00 0.0
September 9
77 44 0.28 0.0
September 10
59 32 0.00 0.0
September 11
72 38 0.00 0.0
September 12
77 53 0.00 0.0
September 13
77 58 0.00 0.0
September 14
77 58 0.00 0.0
September 15
74 48 0.59 0.0
September 16
78 50 0.19 0.0
September 17
75 58 0.00 0.0
September 18
75 57 0.00 0.0
September 19
74 52 0.00 0.0
September 20
75 52 0.00 0.0
September 21
69 49 0.12 0.0
September 22
72 56 0.10 0.0
September 23
66 54 0.00 0.0
September 24
61 45 0.09 0.0
September 25
61 40 0.01 0.0
September 26
67 43 0.00 0.0
September 27
69 48 0.00 0.0
September 28
68 48 0.19 0.0
September 29
58 46 0.33 0.0
September 30
61 53 0.00 0.0
October 1940 Lead Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
October 1
61 46 0.00 0.0
October 2
57 42 0.11 0.0
October 3
67 43 0.29 0.0
October 4
54 38 0.19 0.0
October 5
54 38 0.00 0.0
October 6
51 39 0.00 0.0
October 7
64 38 0.00 0.0
October 8
74 41 0.00 0.0
October 9
70 50 0.00 0.0
October 10
63 41 0.00 0.0
October 11
67 50 0.00 0.0
October 12
68 44 0.00 0.0
October 13
65 43 0.00 0.0
October 14
50 32 0.09 0.0
October 15
63 35 0.00 0.0
October 16
63 44 0.00 0.0
October 17
67 35 0.00 0.0
October 18
67 53 0.00 0.0
October 19
68 54 0.00 0.0
October 20
73 60 0.00 0.0
October 21
73 47 0.00 0.0
October 22
72 45 0.00 0.0
October 23
68 43 0.00 0.0
October 24
68 44 0.00 0.0
October 25
69 54 0.00 0.0
October 26
67 44 0.00 0.0
October 27
65 47 0.00 0.0
October 28
49 33 0.00 0.0
October 29
52 32 0.00 0.0
October 30
51 36 0.09 0.0
October 31
47 34 0.08 0.0
November 1940 Lead Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
November 1
49 34 0.00 0.0
November 2
57 28 0.00 0.0
November 3
56 37 0.00 0.0
November 4
40 21 0.33 2.0
November 5
32 12 0.08 0.5
November 6
40 28 0.00 0.0
November 7
52 27 0.00 0.0
November 8
49 34 0.00 0.0
November 9
40 26 0.00 0.0
November 10
28 -1 0.02 0.0
November 11
2 -6 0.00 0.0
November 12
10 -6 0.00 0.0
November 13
9 3 0.00 0.0
November 14
36 6 0.00 0.0
November 15
53 32 0.00 0.0
November 16
53 40 0.00 0.0
November 17
57 32 0.00 0.0
November 18
53 33 0.00 0.0
November 19
34 17 0.03 0.5
November 20
48 15 0.00 0.0
November 21
40 22 0.00 0.0
November 22
27 16 0.00 0.0
November 23
35 15 0.00 0.0
November 24
55 23 0.00 0.0
November 25
45 30 0.01 0.0
November 26
31 25 0.00 0.0
November 27
34 18 0.01 0.0
November 28
36 21 0.02 0.2
November 29
46 32 0.00 0.0
November 30
39 34 0.25 1.8
December 1940 Lead Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
December 1
35 24 0.00 0.0
December 2
33 7 0.23 4.3
December 3
51 25 0.00 0.0
December 4
54 33 0.00 0.0
December 5
53 33 0.00 0.0
December 6
50 31 0.00 0.0
December 7
42 28 0.00 0.0
December 8
57 40 0.00 0.0
December 9
51 26 0.00 0.0
December 10
31 17 0.00 0.0
December 11
29 15 0.09 2.9
December 12
14 -2 0.03 0.4
December 13
14 0 0.01 0.2
December 14
18 1 0.00 0.0
December 15
24 3 0.00 0.0
December 16
27 15 0.00 0.0
December 17
41 15 0.00 0.0
December 18
40 27 0.00 0.0
December 19
44 35 0.00 0.0
December 20
48 30 0.00 0.0
December 21
50 37 0.00 0.0
December 22
57 33 0.00 0.0
December 23
54 36 0.00 0.0
December 24
47 37 0.00 0.0
December 25
43 21 0.00 0.0
December 26
40 28 0.00 0.0
December 27
43 27 0.00 0.0
December 28
39 27 0.22 2.6
December 29
39 16 0.00 0.0
December 30
39 24 0.00 0.0
December 31
41 28 0.00 0.0
Weather Station Details
Years Station Coordinates
1909–2024 Lead location