Lexington Weather in 1940

Historical record of Lexington, Kentucky weather for the year 1940 based on NOAA data.

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1940 Lexington Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	100 °F	July 29
Lowest temperature	-12 °F	January 19
Highest daily low	75 °F	July 26
Lowest daily high	3 °F	January 19
Most daily precipitation	2.0 inches	March 30
Most daily snow	3.0 inches	January 7
Total annual precipitation	42.9 inches	-
Total annual snow	22.7 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Lexington in 1940?

The highest temperature recorded in Lexington, Kentucky in 1940 was 100 °F which happened on July 29.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Lexington in 1940

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	100 °F	Jul 29
2	99 °F	Jul 28
2	99 °F	Jul 25
4	98 °F	Jul 30
4	98 °F	Jul 26
6	97 °F	Sep 21
6	97 °F	Aug 17
6	97 °F	Jul 27
9	96 °F	Sep 20
9	96 °F	Aug 26
9	96 °F	Aug 5

What was the coldest temperature in Lexington in 1940?

The lowest temperature recorded in Lexington, Kentucky in 1940 was -12 °F which happened on Jan 19.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Lexington in 1940

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-12 °F	January 19
2	-7 °F	January 26
3	-4 °F	January 6
4	-3 °F	January 25
4	-3 °F	January 18
6	0 °F	January 3
7	1 °F	January 5
8	2 °F	January 28
8	2 °F	January 21
8	2 °F	January 2

January 1940 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	19	6	0.07	1.5
January 2	17	2	0.00	0.0
January 3	20	0	0.00	0.0
January 4	31	19	0.16	2.9
January 5	24	1	0.00	0.0
January 6	27	-4	0.00	0.0
January 7	31	19	0.38	3.0
January 8	32	23	0.06	1.5
January 9	32	22	0.00	0.0
January 10	37	25	0.03	0.0
January 11	39	32	0.19	1.9
January 12	38	33	0.06	0.0
January 13	45	33	0.00	0.0
January 14	52	29	0.56	0.0
January 15	35	22	0.00	0.0
January 16	39	17	0.00	0.0
January 17	37	20	0.07	0.0
January 18	20	-3	0.10	1.1
January 19	3	-12	0.00	0.0
January 20	16	3	0.00	0.0
January 21	21	2	0.00	0.0
January 22	31	8	0.00	0.0
January 23	28	22	0.29	2.3
January 24	22	8	0.02	0.6
January 25	8	-3	0.00	0.0
January 26	13	-7	0.00	0.0
January 27	18	6	0.00	0.0
January 28	26	2	0.00	0.0
January 29	33	11	0.27	1.2
January 30	34	25	0.05	1.8
January 31	38	12	0.00	0.0

February 1940 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	37	21	0.01	n/a
February 2	33	13	0.00	n/a
February 3	38	10	0.00	n/a
February 4	41	30	0.00	n/a
February 5	40	34	0.00	n/a
February 6	53	32	0.67	n/a
February 7	32	28	0.00	n/a
February 8	52	29	0.00	n/a
February 9	47	40	0.36	n/a
February 10	57	20	0.66	n/a
February 11	46	25	0.00	n/a
February 12	59	36	0.00	n/a
February 13	38	22	0.79	n/a
February 14	32	17	0.00	n/a
February 15	38	14	0.00	n/a
February 16	42	22	0.00	n/a
February 17	41	26	0.18	n/a
February 18	48	34	0.73	n/a
February 19	43	33	0.22	n/a
February 20	36	32	0.23	n/a
February 21	35	30	0.01	n/a
February 22	32	25	0.05	n/a
February 23	41	20	0.00	n/a
February 24	38	30	0.17	n/a
February 25	31	18	0.00	n/a
February 26	39	18	0.00	n/a
February 27	44	37	0.52	n/a
February 28	42	34	0.08	n/a
February 29	45	33	0.00	n/a

March 1940 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	67	34	0.00	0.0
March 2	71	47	1.88	0.0
March 3	60	41	0.81	0.0
March 4	41	34	0.03	0.0
March 5	38	32	0.02	0.0
March 6	36	31	0.00	0.0
March 7	45	30	0.00	0.0
March 8	33	26	0.00	0.0
March 9	47	29	0.00	0.0
March 10	43	32	0.02	0.1
March 11	39	30	0.00	0.0
March 12	40	29	0.01	0.0
March 13	57	32	0.22	0.0
March 14	33	26	0.27	2.5
March 15	43	24	0.00	0.0
March 16	54	36	0.00	0.0
March 17	73	35	0.00	0.0
March 18	63	39	0.54	0.0
March 19	58	32	0.00	0.0
March 20	52	31	0.00	0.0
March 21	55	29	0.11	0.0
March 22	41	26	0.00	0.0
March 23	37	22	0.01	0.1
March 24	30	20	0.00	0.0
March 25	34	17	0.00	0.0
March 26	46	21	0.00	0.0
March 27	67	35	0.00	0.0
March 28	73	48	0.11	0.0
March 29	68	53	0.02	0.0
March 30	58	45	2.02	0.0
March 31	77	44	0.00	0.0

April 1940 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	71	48	0.18	0.0
April 2	84	49	0.00	0.0
April 3	74	60	0.02	0.0
April 4	73	42	0.00	0.0
April 5	50	34	0.00	0.0
April 6	63	31	0.00	0.0
April 7	64	47	0.19	0.0
April 8	58	41	0.05	0.0
April 9	48	39	0.01	0.0
April 10	62	34	0.00	0.0
April 11	56	34	0.84	0.0
April 12	34	25	0.12	0.8
April 13	49	24	0.00	0.0
April 14	59	26	0.00	0.0
April 15	81	44	0.00	0.0
April 16	73	56	0.00	0.0
April 17	70	58	1.45	0.0
April 18	66	42	0.46	0.0
April 19	50	41	1.01	0.0
April 20	41	35	0.30	0.0
April 21	58	32	0.00	0.0
April 22	66	33	0.00	0.0
April 23	49	43	0.14	0.0
April 24	64	40	0.01	0.0
April 25	67	39	0.00	0.0
April 26	57	42	0.00	0.0
April 27	64	37	0.00	0.0
April 28	77	41	0.00	0.0
April 29	71	52	0.00	0.0
April 30	74	n/a	0.03	0.0

May 1940 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	n/a	40	0.33
May 2	44	36	0.06
May 3	42	37	0.01
May 4	60	33	0.00
May 5	76	38	0.00
May 6	86	56	0.02
May 7	89	60	0.00
May 8	89	61	0.00
May 9	68	50	0.03
May 10	70	45	0.00
May 11	67	43	0.00
May 12	75	39	0.00
May 13	85	51	0.00
May 14	85	57	0.00
May 15	66	51	0.85
May 16	62	48	0.00
May 17	75	42	0.00
May 18	86	50	0.56
May 19	78	54	0.02
May 20	82	52	0.00
May 21	86	54	0.00
May 22	86	56	0.00
May 23	69	56	0.83
May 24	56	46	0.53
May 25	67	43	0.38
May 26	70	50	0.56
May 27	69	47	0.13
May 28	75	49	0.07
May 29	79	54	0.19
May 30	66	53	0.60
May 31	63	52	0.19

June 1940 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	70	52	0.01
June 2	79	48	0.00
June 3	87	56	0.00
June 4	88	59	0.00
June 5	93	63	0.00
June 6	94	66	0.00
June 7	93	67	0.44
June 8	89	64	0.02
June 9	89	67	0.03
June 10	89	68	0.12
June 11	92	68	0.04
June 12	90	68	0.00
June 13	88	68	0.02
June 14	85	67	0.26
June 15	85	68	0.00
June 16	84	65	0.20
June 17	87	68	0.32
June 18	90	70	0.41
June 19	85	63	0.38
June 20	75	52	0.00
June 21	77	50	0.00
June 22	85	50	0.00
June 23	88	62	0.22
June 24	81	60	0.35
June 25	80	55	0.08
June 26	80	53	0.02
June 27	88	69	0.02
June 28	84	67	0.04
June 29	74	53	0.00
June 30	84	51	0.00

July 1940 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	85	63	0.03
July 2	84	62	0.00
July 3	79	57	0.00
July 4	78	52	0.00
July 5	82	53	0.00
July 6	86	58	0.00
July 7	79	61	0.00
July 8	77	64	0.02
July 9	89	64	0.01
July 10	92	66	0.32
July 11	89	67	0.64
July 12	73	59	0.30
July 13	77	54	0.00
July 14	87	51	0.00
July 15	87	60	0.00
July 16	72	60	1.70
July 17	79	59	0.00
July 18	88	58	0.00
July 19	94	67	0.00
July 20	95	70	0.00
July 21	95	70	0.00
July 22	95	74	0.00
July 23	93	73	0.00
July 24	93	73	0.37
July 25	99	71	0.00
July 26	98	75	0.00
July 27	97	74	0.00
July 28	99	73	0.00
July 29	100	74	0.00
July 30	98	71	0.03
July 31	94	68	0.00

August 1940 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	89	67	0.00
August 2	94	60	0.00
August 3	95	70	0.00
August 4	89	69	0.00
August 5	96	68	0.00
August 6	82	70	0.72
August 7	87	64	0.00
August 8	90	56	0.00
August 9	94	66	0.00
August 10	90	70	0.00
August 11	93	67	0.00
August 12	91	69	0.00
August 13	83	71	0.04
August 14	89	69	0.00
August 15	92	66	0.00
August 16	94	67	0.00
August 17	97	69	0.00
August 18	93	67	0.27
August 19	80	61	0.00
August 20	79	55	0.00
August 21	81	52	0.00
August 22	88	50	0.00
August 23	89	54	0.00
August 24	85	59	0.00
August 25	92	62	0.07
August 26	96	71	0.00
August 27	92	69	0.16
August 28	87	68	0.91
August 29	77	67	0.74
August 30	86	65	0.41
August 31	87	62	0.00

September 1940 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	81	57	0.00
September 2	80	56	0.00
September 3	82	54	0.00
September 4	86	56	0.00
September 5	86	60	0.00
September 6	87	60	0.00
September 7	87	57	0.00
September 8	88	60	0.00
September 9	86	59	0.79
September 10	72	53	0.01
September 11	64	44	0.00
September 12	67	41	0.00
September 13	77	41	0.00
September 14	81	50	0.00
September 15	80	52	0.00
September 16	78	49	0.00
September 17	82	52	0.00
September 18	89	53	0.00
September 19	93	59	0.00
September 20	96	60	0.00
September 21	97	62	0.00
September 22	88	61	0.00
September 23	88	62	0.00
September 24	85	65	0.95
September 25	65	45	0.84
September 26	61	38	0.00
September 27	69	38	0.00
September 28	74	40	0.00
September 29	76	43	0.00
September 30	74	49	0.00

October 1940 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	72	50	0.00
October 2	74	43	0.00
October 3	80	43	0.00
October 4	81	47	0.00
October 5	85	61	0.01
October 6	84	58	0.00
October 7	70	47	0.29
October 8	68	42	0.00
October 9	69	39	0.00
October 10	73	40	0.00
October 11	87	46	0.00
October 12	80	50	0.00
October 13	86	54	0.00
October 14	85	58	0.00
October 15	65	43	0.07
October 16	62	37	0.00
October 17	67	32	0.00
October 18	62	35	0.00
October 19	71	41	0.03
October 20	61	39	0.00
October 21	66	34	0.00
October 22	74	40	0.00
October 23	78	51	0.00
October 24	81	54	0.02
October 25	82	53	0.00
October 26	87	59	0.00
October 27	87	53	0.00
October 28	85	54	0.00
October 29	79	58	0.02
October 30	67	40	0.00
October 31	71	39	0.11

November 1940 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	61	49	1.35	0.0
November 2	68	41	0.00	0.0
November 3	76	42	0.00	0.0
November 4	75	48	0.00	0.0
November 5	59	43	0.51	0.0
November 6	51	33	0.00	0.0
November 7	49	26	0.00	0.0
November 8	49	27	0.00	0.0
November 9	52	30	0.00	0.0
November 10	59	47	0.19	0.0
November 11	66	37	0.29	0.0
November 12	50	29	0.00	0.0
November 13	43	24	0.00	0.0
November 14	37	20	0.00	0.0
November 15	27	20	0.11	1.3
November 16	36	15	0.00	0.0
November 17	53	31	0.00	0.0
November 18	60	26	0.00	0.0
November 19	63	35	0.00	0.0
November 20	66	45	0.00	0.0
November 21	70	48	0.00	0.0
November 22	67	47	0.15	0.0
November 23	57	47	0.16	0.0
November 24	57	37	0.09	0.0
November 25	47	35	0.00	0.0
November 26	53	34	0.58	0.0
November 27	38	27	0.03	0.1
November 28	40	26	0.00	0.0
November 29	52	33	0.00	0.0
November 30	49	38	0.13	0.0

December 1940 Lexington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	39	29	0.00
December 2	41	19	0.00
December 3	28	13	0.00
December 4	45	14	0.00
December 5	43	26	0.00
December 6	53	23	0.33
December 7	52	32	0.00
December 8	49	29	0.56
December 9	58	31	0.00
December 10	61	40	0.00
December 11	61	35	0.00
December 12	61	50	0.29
December 13	52	35	0.25
December 14	39	33	0.00
December 15	57	38	0.19
December 16	60	30	0.12
December 17	33	29	0.00
December 18	43	31	0.00
December 19	55	31	0.19
December 20	51	42	0.04
December 21	43	32	0.00
December 22	56	29	0.00
December 23	44	31	0.00
December 24	64	33	0.00
December 25	60	45	0.02
December 26	58	48	0.03
December 27	57	48	0.47
December 28	50	41	0.38
December 29	41	36	0.34
December 30	37	35	0.02
December 31	50	35	0.01

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Years	Station	Coordinates
1872–2024	Lexington Bluegrass Airport	location