Memphis Weather in 1940

Historical record of Memphis, Tennessee weather for the year 1940 based on NOAA data.

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1940 Memphis Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	98 °F	July 29
Lowest temperature	-2 °F	January 26
Highest daily low	78 °F	July 26
Lowest daily high	16 °F	January 19
Most daily precipitation	3.4 inches	September 24
Most daily snow	3.9 inches	January 23
Total annual precipitation	39.9 inches	-
Total annual snow	4.6 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Memphis in 1940?

The highest temperature recorded in Memphis, Tennessee in 1940 was 98 °F which happened on July 29.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Memphis in 1940

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	98 °F	Jul 29
2	97 °F	Jul 31
2	97 °F	Jul 28
4	96 °F	Aug 1
4	96 °F	Jul 30
6	95 °F	Aug 2
7	94 °F	Sep 9
7	94 °F	Aug 15
7	94 °F	Aug 14
7	94 °F	Jul 27
7	94 °F	Jul 24

What was the coldest temperature in Memphis in 1940?

The lowest temperature recorded in Memphis, Tennessee in 1940 was -2 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Memphis in 1940

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-2 °F	January 26
1	-2 °F	January 25
3	-1 °F	January 28
3	-1 °F	January 27
5	0 °F	January 19
6	5 °F	January 18
7	7 °F	January 24
8	11 °F	January 21
9	15 °F	January 22
9	15 °F	January 9
9	15 °F	January 5
9	15 °F	January 3

January 1940 Memphis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	27	22	0.00	0.0
January 2	27	16	0.00	0.0
January 3	31	15	0.00	0.0
January 4	37	n/a	0.00	0.0
January 5	n/a	15	0.00	0.0
January 6	34	16	0.08	0.0
January 7	34	n/a	0.00	0.0
January 8	n/a	19	0.00	0.0
January 9	41	15	0.00	0.0
January 10	45	n/a	0.78	0.0
January 11	51	n/a	0.20	0.0
January 12	50	36	0.00	0.0
January 13	60	35	0.44	0.0
January 14	60	30	0.00	0.0
January 15	n/a	27	0.00	0.0
January 16	50	26	0.00	0.0
January 17	51	26	0.00	0.0
January 18	n/a	5	0.00	0.0
January 19	16	0	0.00	0.0
January 20	29	n/a	0.00	0.0
January 21	29	11	0.00	0.0
January 22	25	15	0.04	0.0
January 23	29	19	0.13	3.9
January 24	25	7	0.00	0.0
January 25	19	-2	0.00	0.0
January 26	20	-2	0.00	0.0
January 27	27	-1	0.00	0.0
January 28	35	-1	0.00	0.0
January 29	40	n/a	0.00	0.0
January 30	n/a	21	0.00	0.0
January 31	41	17	0.00	0.0

February 1940 Memphis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	51	22	0.00	0.0
February 2	41	26	0.00	0.0
February 3	42	24	0.02	0.0
February 4	41	34	0.02	0.0
February 5	42	37	0.27	0.0
February 6	39	34	0.35	0.0
February 7	42	33	0.00	0.0
February 8	63	34	0.26	0.0
February 9	52	37	0.77	0.0
February 10	n/a	31	0.11	0.7
February 11	60	31	0.00	0.0
February 12	58	n/a	0.00	0.0
February 13	57	32	0.32	0.0
February 14	47	26	0.00	0.0
February 15	54	31	0.00	0.0
February 16	56	41	0.00	0.0
February 17	47	41	1.64	0.0
February 18	44	37	0.09	0.0
February 19	39	35	0.10	0.0
February 20	40	35	0.06	0.0
February 21	37	30	0.01	0.0
February 22	41	28	0.00	0.0
February 23	43	28	0.01	0.0
February 24	46	31	0.18	0.0
February 25	40	28	0.00	0.0
February 26	55	28	0.00	0.0
February 27	61	n/a	0.07	0.0
February 28	70	34	0.00	0.0
February 29	66	36	0.00	0.0

March 1940 Memphis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	76	48	0.00
March 2	76	52	0.03
March 3	n/a	44	0.00
March 4	49	37	0.00
March 5	53	36	0.00
March 6	61	32	0.00
March 7	48	34	0.18
March 8	49	30	0.02
March 9	57	27	0.00
March 10	68	n/a	0.00
March 11	n/a	48	0.14
March 12	75	49	0.51
March 13	n/a	35	0.03
March 14	n/a	30	0.00
March 15	61	28	0.00
March 16	73	n/a	0.00
March 17	71	48	0.00
March 18	65	46	0.41
March 19	63	36	0.00
March 20	61	39	0.00
March 21	70	39	0.03
March 22	53	40	0.08
March 23	51	40	0.00
March 24	n/a	27	0.32
March 25	40	25	0.00
March 26	63	29	0.00
March 27	72	n/a	0.06
March 28	73	56	0.01
March 29	66	58	0.61
March 30	73	55	0.76
March 31	80	57	0.00

April 1940 Memphis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	83	59	0.00
April 2	80	62	0.00
April 3	86	69	0.00
April 4	81	62	0.00
April 5	n/a	49	0.00
April 6	60	46	0.43
April 7	64	47	0.20
April 8	56	46	0.00
April 9	65	39	0.00
April 10	70	43	0.02
April 11	66	37	0.65
April 12	n/a	32	0.00
April 13	58	31	0.00
April 14	76	43	0.00
April 15	76	56	0.00
April 16	79	64	0.00
April 17	77	62	0.16
April 18	n/a	45	1.43
April 19	n/a	43	0.21
April 20	64	42	0.00
April 21	66	37	0.00
April 22	68	52	0.00
April 23	70	55	0.13
April 24	66	50	0.00
April 25	74	48	0.00
April 26	77	50	0.00
April 27	76	59	0.00
April 28	79	57	0.03
April 29	79	60	0.61
April 30	78	59	0.58

May 1940 Memphis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	n/a	50	0.00
May 2	68	45	0.00
May 3	73	51	0.00
May 4	69	42	0.00
May 5	85	56	0.00
May 6	87	66	0.00
May 7	87	65	0.00
May 8	88	62	0.00
May 9	n/a	57	0.23
May 10	77	51	0.00
May 11	77	52	0.00
May 12	81	47	0.00
May 13	86	56	0.00
May 14	81	61	0.07
May 15	73	51	0.00
May 16	79	48	0.00
May 17	87	55	0.00
May 18	80	69	0.02
May 19	79	56	0.00
May 20	84	52	0.00
May 21	83	62	0.00
May 22	89	62	0.92
May 23	n/a	58	0.53
May 24	77	57	0.05
May 25	75	58	0.00
May 26	74	54	0.00
May 27	71	53	0.03
May 28	77	57	0.00
May 29	81	57	0.00
May 30	80	55	0.00
May 31	83	59	0.00

June 1940 Memphis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	84	56	0.00
June 2	86	59	0.00
June 3	88	59	0.00
June 4	90	61	0.00
June 5	92	66	0.00
June 6	89	72	0.00
June 7	89	69	0.53
June 8	87	70	0.00
June 9	85	69	0.06
June 10	85	69	0.00
June 11	80	68	0.35
June 12	77	65	0.00
June 13	80	62	0.72
June 14	80	69	0.01
June 15	83	68	0.00
June 16	81	71	0.01
June 17	82	72	0.01
June 18	87	74	0.00
June 19	85	72	0.41
June 20	87	68	0.00
June 21	87	63	0.00
June 22	91	68	0.00
June 23	91	75	0.00
June 24	n/a	63	0.28
June 25	86	59	0.00
June 26	90	64	0.00
June 27	92	70	0.00
June 28	88	70	1.73
June 29	80	62	0.00
June 30	83	57	0.00

July 1940 Memphis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	81	63	0.00
July 2	80	70	0.04
July 3	80	66	0.00
July 4	83	63	0.00
July 5	82	62	0.00
July 6	73	67	0.11
July 7	73	65	0.04
July 8	80	67	0.28
July 9	83	68	0.26
July 10	86	68	0.13
July 11	87	71	0.00
July 12	86	68	0.14
July 13	78	67	0.00
July 14	87	68	0.02
July 15	85	72	1.78
July 16	89	72	0.06
July 17	88	70	0.00
July 18	89	64	0.00
July 19	89	66	0.00
July 20	87	69	0.45
July 21	86	71	0.00
July 22	91	75	0.00
July 23	91	74	0.00
July 24	94	76	0.00
July 25	93	76	0.00
July 26	93	78	0.00
July 27	94	76	0.00
July 28	97	76	0.00
July 29	98	74	0.00
July 30	96	77	0.00
July 31	97	75	0.17

August 1940 Memphis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	96	72	0.00
August 2	95	75	0.07
August 3	89	74	0.00
August 4	90	70	0.00
August 5	90	71	0.00
August 6	91	72	0.00
August 7	92	73	0.00
August 8	93	72	0.00
August 9	77	70	1.43
August 10	79	72	0.77
August 11	87	72	0.52
August 12	92	72	0.00
August 13	90	74	0.70
August 14	94	72	0.00
August 15	94	75	0.70
August 16	90	75	0.00
August 17	92	74	0.00
August 18	86	70	0.15
August 19	79	64	0.00
August 20	76	59	0.00
August 21	81	59	0.00
August 22	85	57	0.00
August 23	86	60	0.00
August 24	91	64	0.00
August 25	90	71	0.00
August 26	90	72	0.00
August 27	91	70	0.00
August 28	84	69	0.12
August 29	88	71	0.23
August 30	89	69	0.00
August 31	89	64	0.00

September 1940 Memphis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	88	65	0.00
September 2	85	67	0.00
September 3	89	63	0.00
September 4	89	65	0.00
September 5	93	66	0.00
September 6	93	68	0.02
September 7	91	67	0.00
September 8	92	62	0.00
September 9	94	70	0.00
September 10	n/a	56	0.00
September 11	69	47	0.00
September 12	73	42	0.00
September 13	80	43	0.00
September 14	84	46	0.00
September 15	88	52	0.00
September 16	89	57	0.00
September 17	91	61	0.00
September 18	93	60	0.00
September 19	91	66	0.00
September 20	92	65	0.00
September 21	91	69	0.00
September 22	93	66	0.00
September 23	92	70	0.00
September 24	n/a	69	3.36
September 25	n/a	50	0.02
September 26	67	46	0.00
September 27	71	43	0.00
September 28	77	45	0.00
September 29	79	47	0.00
September 30	78	50	0.00

October 1940 Memphis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	77	49	0.00
October 2	78	45	0.00
October 3	82	48	0.00
October 4	84	53	0.00
October 5	84	57	0.00
October 6	83	64	0.00
October 7	n/a	52	0.39
October 8	73	44	0.00
October 9	75	43	0.00
October 10	78	45	0.00
October 11	75	53	0.00
October 12	83	54	0.00
October 13	85	58	0.00
October 14	83	65	0.00
October 15	n/a	49	0.48
October 16	65	41	0.00
October 17	76	38	0.00
October 18	72	39	0.00
October 19	83	n/a	0.00
October 20	73	50	0.00
October 21	76	44	0.00
October 22	81	48	0.00
October 23	81	55	0.00
October 24	81	55	0.00
October 25	83	50	0.00
October 26	84	50	0.00
October 27	85	52	0.00
October 28	83	61	0.00
October 29	72	55	1.12
October 30	75	54	0.00
October 31	67	53	0.10

November 1940 Memphis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	70	45	0.03
November 2	74	40	0.00
November 3	76	41	0.00
November 4	75	47	0.00
November 5	70	47	0.39
November 6	n/a	40	0.00
November 7	57	36	0.00
November 8	59	36	0.00
November 9	51	41	0.58
November 10	68	n/a	0.31
November 11	70	37	0.94
November 12	n/a	32	0.00
November 13	n/a	26	0.00
November 14	34	20	0.00
November 15	33	16	0.00
November 16	50	20	0.00
November 17	65	29	0.00
November 18	69	31	0.00
November 19	70	47	0.00
November 20	67	51	0.00
November 21	67	n/a	0.39
November 22	71	61	0.05
November 23	n/a	60	0.10
November 24	62	45	0.05
November 25	59	42	0.13
November 26	61	40	0.32
November 27	n/a	33	0.00
November 28	51	25	0.00
November 29	61	36	0.00
November 30	58	n/a	0.17

December 1940 Memphis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	57	29	0.01
December 2	52	26	0.00
December 3	38	26	0.00
December 4	59	27	0.00
December 5	58	34	0.00
December 6	61	34	0.22
December 7	57	36	0.60
December 8	60	30	0.00
December 9	67	38	0.00
December 10	68	46	0.00
December 11	68	49	0.00
December 12	65	59	0.61
December 13	n/a	43	0.00
December 14	n/a	41	0.00
December 15	65	42	1.21
December 16	n/a	33	0.00
December 17	43	29	0.00
December 18	52	33	0.02
December 19	59	39	0.00
December 20	49	36	0.00
December 21	56	31	0.00
December 22	62	28	0.00
December 23	62	31	0.00
December 24	61	45	0.01
December 25	55	50	0.00
December 26	61	53	0.23
December 27	n/a	44	0.27
December 28	n/a	43	0.04
December 29	55	34	0.00
December 30	51	28	0.00
December 31	62	n/a	0.00

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1940–2024	Memphis International Airport	location
1928–1939	Memphis Post Office	location