Lynchburg Weather in 1940

Historical record of Lynchburg, Virginia weather for the year 1940 based on NOAA data.

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1940 Lynchburg Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	101 °F	July 28
Lowest temperature	5 °F	January 29
Highest daily low	75 °F	July 28
Lowest daily high	25 °F	January 26
Most daily precipitation	3.8 inches	August 14
Most daily snow	6.5 inches	January 24
Total annual precipitation	41.9 inches	-
Total annual snow	19.4 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Lynchburg in 1940?

The highest temperature recorded in Lynchburg, Virginia in 1940 was 101 °F which happened on July 28.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Lynchburg in 1940

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	101 °F	Jul 28
2	99 °F	Jul 27
2	99 °F	Jul 25
4	98 °F	Jul 26
5	97 °F	Jul 31
6	96 °F	Jul 21
6	96 °F	Jun 7
8	95 °F	Jul 22
8	95 °F	Jul 20
8	95 °F	May 7

What was the coldest temperature in Lynchburg in 1940?

The lowest temperature recorded in Lynchburg, Virginia in 1940 was 5 °F which happened on Jan 29.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Lynchburg in 1940

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	5 °F	January 29
2	6 °F	January 27
3	9 °F	January 28
4	10 °F	January 26
5	11 °F	January 30
5	11 °F	January 20
7	12 °F	December 4
8	14 °F	January 19
9	15 °F	January 25
10	17 °F	February 1
10	17 °F	January 3

January 1940 Lynchburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	32	21	0.00	0.0
January 2	33	18	0.00	0.0
January 3	35	17	0.00	0.0
January 4	32	23	0.00	0.0
January 5	40	22	0.00	0.0
January 6	37	18	0.00	0.0
January 7	32	20	0.57	1.2
January 8	34	22	0.09	5.7
January 9	38	22	0.00	0.0
January 10	39	20	0.00	0.0
January 11	38	27	0.02	0.2
January 12	45	33	0.01	0.0
January 13	40	34	0.01	0.0
January 14	41	35	1.07	0.0
January 15	42	35	0.00	0.0
January 16	42	31	0.00	0.0
January 17	51	29	0.00	0.0
January 18	36	20	0.00	0.0
January 19	28	14	0.03	0.4
January 20	28	11	0.00	0.0
January 21	38	21	0.00	0.0
January 22	45	24	0.00	0.0
January 23	31	22	0.76	4.5
January 24	37	23	0.30	6.5
January 25	26	15	0.00	0.0
January 26	25	10	0.00	0.0
January 27	26	6	0.00	0.0
January 28	31	9	0.00	0.0
January 29	32	5	0.00	0.0
January 30	36	11	0.00	0.0
January 31	43	19	0.00	0.0

February 1940 Lynchburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
February 1	47	17	0.00
February 2	40	20	0.00
February 3	45	19	0.00
February 4	46	32	0.00
February 5	55	35	0.00
February 6	45	31	0.10
February 7	50	37	0.00
February 8	52	28	0.00
February 9	63	32	0.00
February 10	48	41	0.58
February 11	56	42	0.00
February 12	65	33	0.00
February 13	66	45	0.00
February 14	45	29	0.47
February 15	47	29	0.00
February 16	55	29	0.00
February 17	49	27	0.00
February 18	40	32	1.14
February 19	45	39	0.12
February 20	41	34	0.51
February 21	50	31	0.00
February 22	46	27	0.00
February 23	52	31	0.00
February 24	53	33	0.01
February 25	48	26	0.01
February 26	43	21	0.00
February 27	44	30	0.05
February 28	52	34	0.03
February 29	53	38	0.00

March 1940 Lynchburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	58	30	0.00	0.0
March 2	44	36	0.04	0.0
March 3	42	36	0.38	0.0
March 4	60	36	0.00	0.0
March 5	54	41	0.00	0.0
March 6	47	34	0.00	0.0
March 7	53	33	0.00	0.0
March 8	50	31	0.00	0.0
March 9	48	35	0.00	0.0
March 10	52	35	0.00	0.0
March 11	55	32	0.00	0.0
March 12	39	29	0.00	0.0
March 13	40	34	0.00	0.0
March 14	38	32	0.77	0.0
March 15	38	31	0.00	0.0
March 16	61	28	0.00	0.0
March 17	73	41	0.00	0.0
March 18	75	48	0.03	0.0
March 19	65	41	0.01	0.0
March 20	67	36	0.00	0.0
March 21	56	34	0.00	0.0
March 22	52	34	0.03	0.0
March 23	41	29	0.00	0.0
March 24	30	21	0.08	0.9
March 25	35	20	0.00	0.0
March 26	50	23	0.00	0.0
March 27	69	36	0.00	0.0
March 28	77	49	0.00	0.0
March 29	62	45	0.52	0.0
March 30	66	51	0.16	0.0
March 31	78	47	0.05	0.0

April 1940 Lynchburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	76	53	0.00
April 2	66	42	0.04
April 3	72	49	0.05
April 4	80	49	0.00
April 5	66	44	0.00
April 6	67	41	0.00
April 7	67	41	0.02
April 8	60	53	2.44
April 9	54	46	0.00
April 10	66	39	0.00
April 11	72	47	0.00
April 12	64	33	0.25
April 13	42	27	0.00
April 14	51	30	0.00
April 15	72	40	0.02
April 16	81	42	0.00
April 17	80	55	0.00
April 18	70	55	0.01
April 19	67	48	0.75
April 20	52	43	0.17
April 21	51	42	0.00
April 22	63	43	0.00
April 23	57	36	0.25
April 24	53	42	0.24
April 25	67	40	0.02
April 26	59	49	0.00
April 27	64	40	0.00
April 28	70	36	0.00
April 29	76	35	0.00
April 30	80	55	0.00

May 1940 Lynchburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	68	55	0.32
May 2	68	49	0.00
May 3	57	45	0.00
May 4	58	44	0.00
May 5	77	47	0.00
May 6	90	48	0.00
May 7	95	66	0.00
May 8	94	61	0.00
May 9	76	57	0.04
May 10	72	49	0.00
May 11	73	49	0.00
May 12	72	46	0.00
May 13	84	49	0.00
May 14	90	60	0.00
May 15	82	60	0.34
May 16	76	59	0.16
May 17	75	52	0.00
May 18	86	51	0.00
May 19	87	56	0.00
May 20	85	64	0.01
May 21	84	60	0.00
May 22	81	61	0.00
May 23	84	58	0.03
May 24	65	60	0.52
May 25	73	63	0.01
May 26	82	61	0.03
May 27	79	58	0.00
May 28	80	52	0.00
May 29	81	52	0.03
May 30	65	53	1.24
May 31	78	53	0.00

June 1940 Lynchburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	78	58	0.01
June 2	84	61	0.03
June 3	89	59	0.00
June 4	86	61	0.02
June 5	91	64	0.00
June 6	94	68	0.00
June 7	96	69	0.00
June 8	93	69	0.10
June 9	89	68	0.01
June 10	90	67	0.00
June 11	88	68	0.00
June 12	92	68	0.01
June 13	89	69	0.01
June 14	91	68	0.07
June 15	89	69	0.00
June 16	86	72	0.02
June 17	72	69	0.98
June 18	89	68	0.05
June 19	91	71	0.01
June 20	80	64	0.00
June 21	79	55	0.00
June 22	75	55	0.00
June 23	89	62	0.00
June 24	91	72	0.37
June 25	76	63	0.02
June 26	78	60	0.00
June 27	79	61	0.62
June 28	91	66	0.00
June 29	84	66	0.00
June 30	79	58	0.00

July 1940 Lynchburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	81	61	0.09
July 2	79	62	0.01
July 3	64	60	0.22
July 4	76	60	0.29
July 5	79	56	0.00
July 6	81	54	0.00
July 7	79	58	0.00
July 8	79	61	0.00
July 9	85	67	0.00
July 10	90	67	0.00
July 11	90	70	0.55
July 12	86	62	1.32
July 13	73	58	0.50
July 14	81	53	0.00
July 15	85	55	0.00
July 16	87	66	0.11
July 17	74	67	0.74
July 18	87	66	0.00
July 19	93	65	0.00
July 20	95	71	0.00
July 21	96	73	0.00
July 22	95	75	0.54
July 23	91	74	0.07
July 24	91	72	0.12
July 25	99	70	0.00
July 26	98	71	0.00
July 27	99	75	0.00
July 28	101	75	0.00
July 29	91	68	0.89
July 30	86	70	0.00
July 31	97	73	0.00

August 1940 Lynchburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	85	67	0.00
August 2	79	62	0.00
August 3	76	61	0.00
August 4	85	66	0.05
August 5	81	68	0.10
August 6	93	72	0.02
August 7	88	70	0.00
August 8	84	70	0.00
August 9	84	65	0.00
August 10	81	65	0.01
August 11	86	70	0.15
August 12	84	71	0.00
August 13	84	70	0.60
August 14	70	66	3.83
August 15	72	69	1.51
August 16	77	69	2.56
August 17	82	72	0.09
August 18	91	70	0.00
August 19	83	68	0.00
August 20	79	60	0.00
August 21	77	60	0.00
August 22	81	61	0.03
August 23	86	57	0.00
August 24	82	61	0.00
August 25	66	62	0.00
August 26	82	62	0.13
August 27	74	64	0.00
August 28	93	64	0.21
August 29	70	65	0.02
August 30	80	66	0.08
August 31	86	69	0.33

September 1940 Lynchburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	84	64	0.00
September 2	85	58	0.00
September 3	84	61	0.00
September 4	85	62	0.00
September 5	84	65	0.29
September 6	81	61	0.00
September 7	82	59	0.00
September 8	87	59	0.00
September 9	85	69	0.00
September 10	82	66	0.00
September 11	72	57	0.01
September 12	69	50	0.00
September 13	74	45	0.00
September 14	77	46	0.00
September 15	80	51	0.00
September 16	77	55	0.00
September 17	80	55	0.00
September 18	82	55	0.00
September 19	86	54	0.00
September 20	89	59	0.00
September 21	93	63	0.00
September 22	88	63	0.00
September 23	83	56	0.00
September 24	84	65	0.00
September 25	76	50	0.84
September 26	59	43	0.00
September 27	64	38	0.00
September 28	68	40	0.00
September 29	72	43	0.00
September 30	70	49	0.00

October 1940 Lynchburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	65	52	0.03
October 2	61	52	0.00
October 3	75	46	0.00
October 4	78	47	0.00
October 5	70	53	0.00
October 6	84	52	0.00
October 7	82	55	0.07
October 8	61	56	0.33
October 9	65	45	0.00
October 10	70	40	0.00
October 11	77	40	0.00
October 12	80	50	0.00
October 13	84	48	0.00
October 14	83	53	0.00
October 15	78	49	0.16
October 16	49	43	0.24
October 17	64	45	0.00
October 18	62	46	0.00
October 19	49	37	0.05
October 20	45	35	0.00
October 21	63	32	0.00
October 22	56	37	0.00
October 23	75	34	0.00
October 24	82	52	0.00
October 25	79	50	0.00
October 26	82	46	0.00
October 27	79	51	0.00
October 28	64	46	0.00
October 29	54	45	0.00
October 30	75	49	0.03
October 31	71	42	0.00

November 1940 Lynchburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	52	45	1.18
November 2	67	51	0.08
November 3	74	51	0.00
November 4	75	38	0.00
November 5	74	55	0.00
November 6	59	42	0.01
November 7	55	40	0.00
November 8	54	38	0.00
November 9	59	32	0.00
November 10	60	43	0.00
November 11	65	53	0.08
November 12	65	46	0.10
November 13	46	40	1.01
November 14	45	42	1.56
November 15	44	30	0.00
November 16	41	30	0.00
November 17	56	34	0.00
November 18	60	33	0.00
November 19	59	32	0.00
November 20	67	35	0.00
November 21	71	40	0.00
November 22	75	56	0.00
November 23	72	48	0.00
November 24	62	51	0.01
November 25	56	37	0.00
November 26	37	29	0.37
November 27	48	33	0.00
November 28	43	28	0.00
November 29	53	27	0.00
November 30	62	43	0.00

December 1940 Lynchburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	59	38	0.00
December 2	48	30	0.00
December 3	40	19	0.00
December 4	36	12	0.00
December 5	50	34	0.08
December 6	46	28	0.00
December 7	58	32	0.01
December 8	55	37	0.00
December 9	55	27	0.00
December 10	69	35	0.00
December 11	59	34	0.00
December 12	62	40	0.03
December 13	68	40	0.15
December 14	40	36	0.18
December 15	41	35	0.04
December 16	48	39	0.49
December 17	50	34	0.00
December 18	46	29	0.00
December 19	47	25	0.00
December 20	64	36	0.00
December 21	62	38	0.00
December 22	64	32	0.00
December 23	55	30	0.00
December 24	55	26	0.00
December 25	52	36	0.72
December 26	56	51	0.15
December 27	54	50	0.42
December 28	53	50	0.72
December 29	61	44	0.03
December 30	51	42	0.00
December 31	55	33	0.00

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1944–2024	Lynchburg Regional Airport	location
1893–1944	Lynchburg Co-op	location