Milwaukee Weather in 1940

Historical record of Milwaukee, Wisconsin weather for the year 1940 based on NOAA data.

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1940 Milwaukee Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	101 °F	July 25
Lowest temperature	-18 °F	January 18
Highest daily low	77 °F	July 24
Lowest daily high	-9 °F	January 18
Most daily precipitation	5.3 inches	June 22
Most daily snow	6.2 inches	November 30
Total annual precipitation	34.2 inches	-

January 1940 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	19	4	0.00	n/a
January 2	17	4	0.00	n/a
January 3	19	1	0.00	n/a
January 4	13	-5	0.00	n/a
January 5	20	-5	0.00	n/a
January 6	21	0	0.00	n/a
January 7	28	20	0.08	n/a
January 8	25	14	0.00	n/a
January 9	25	6	0.01	n/a
January 10	32	21	0.00	n/a
January 11	34	31	0.14	n/a
January 12	31	9	0.00	n/a
January 13	34	14	0.25	n/a
January 14	37	25	0.76	n/a
January 15	25	0	0.00	n/a
January 16	5	-3	0.00	n/a
January 17	4	-9	0.01	n/a
January 18	-9	-18	0.00	n/a
January 19	11	-16	0.00	n/a
January 20	14	6	0.00	n/a
January 21	19	5	0.00	n/a
January 22	17	2	0.00	n/a
January 23	22	0	0.00	n/a
January 24	20	5	0.00	n/a
January 25	8	-4	0.00	n/a
January 26	11	-5	0.00	n/a
January 27	15	-1	0.00	n/a
January 28	23	-1	0.00	n/a
January 29	29	18	0.01	n/a
January 30	29	24	0.00	n/a
January 31	33	24	0.00	n/a

February 1940 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	33	17	0.00	n/a
February 2	26	13	0.00	n/a
February 3	37	12	0.00	n/a
February 4	31	27	0.10	n/a
February 5	33	25	0.00	n/a
February 6	31	25	0.00	n/a
February 7	27	19	0.00	n/a
February 8	28	19	0.23	n/a
February 9	26	19	0.02	n/a
February 10	26	14	0.00	n/a
February 11	38	12	0.00	n/a
February 12	39	25	0.00	n/a
February 13	26	15	0.00	n/a
February 14	28	16	0.00	n/a
February 15	33	17	0.00	n/a
February 16	34	31	0.00	n/a
February 17	34	31	0.00	n/a
February 18	35	30	0.03	n/a
February 19	33	30	0.09	n/a
February 20	34	29	0.00	n/a
February 21	31	21	0.00	n/a
February 22	26	13	0.04	n/a
February 23	32	12	0.34	n/a
February 24	31	3	0.05	n/a
February 25	15	-7	0.00	n/a
February 26	32	4	0.02	n/a
February 27	36	27	0.00	n/a
February 28	32	21	0.00	n/a
February 29	34	18	0.00	n/a

March 1940 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	33	28	0.01	0.0
March 2	34	28	0.03	0.0
March 3	34	31	0.06	0.0
March 4	32	26	0.00	0.0
March 5	31	28	0.00	0.0
March 6	32	25	0.00	0.0
March 7	30	21	0.00	0.0
March 8	31	20	0.00	0.0
March 9	30	18	0.00	0.0
March 10	25	16	0.00	0.0
March 11	26	17	0.00	0.0
March 12	27	22	0.01	0.0
March 13	32	18	0.21	0.5
March 14	21	17	0.00	0.0
March 15	30	16	0.00	0.0
March 16	37	19	0.00	0.0
March 17	37	32	0.00	0.0
March 18	40	31	0.00	0.0
March 19	40	29	0.19	2.0
March 20	31	15	0.57	5.8
March 21	28	13	0.00	0.0
March 22	15	4	0.00	0.0
March 23	15	2	0.00	0.0
March 24	18	3	0.00	0.0
March 25	23	5	0.00	0.0
March 26	30	9	0.35	0.9
March 27	35	27	0.08	2.9
March 28	38	31	0.07	0.0
March 29	55	38	0.00	0.0
March 30	57	39	0.00	0.0
March 31	50	33	0.00	0.0

April 1940 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	38	31	0.00
April 2	41	34	0.03
April 3	56	35	0.19
April 4	41	34	0.00
April 5	38	29	0.00
April 6	53	29	0.00
April 7	40	34	0.42
April 8	42	35	0.18
April 9	43	32	0.00
April 10	50	32	0.33
April 11	40	24	0.00
April 12	34	19	0.00
April 13	37	25	0.00
April 14	48	26	0.00
April 15	48	34	0.00
April 16	48	34	0.00
April 17	43	32	0.71
April 18	46	31	0.02
April 19	46	30	0.00
April 20	48	35	0.00
April 21	57	37	0.00
April 22	61	35	0.00
April 23	43	37	0.00
April 24	52	33	0.00
April 25	43	30	0.00
April 26	44	36	0.00
April 27	52	30	0.00
April 28	62	42	0.00
April 29	73	49	0.86
April 30	60	44	0.00

May 1940 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
May 1	44	30	0.31	0.0
May 2	36	29	0.12	0.7
May 3	43	33	0.00	0.0
May 4	49	31	0.00	0.0
May 5	64	42	0.00	0.0
May 6	68	55	0.00	0.0
May 7	58	36	0.20	0.0
May 8	49	38	0.01	0.0
May 9	55	39	0.00	0.0
May 10	62	40	0.03	0.0
May 11	68	36	0.00	0.0
May 12	79	52	0.00	0.0
May 13	74	44	0.00	0.0
May 14	82	44	0.25	0.0
May 15	57	40	0.30	0.0
May 16	46	37	0.01	0.0
May 17	54	41	0.00	0.0
May 18	60	40	0.29	0.0
May 19	63	45	0.47	0.0
May 20	72	49	0.24	0.0
May 21	76	54	0.05	0.0
May 22	62	44	0.01	0.0
May 23	64	46	0.00	0.0
May 24	51	44	0.00	0.0
May 25	56	44	0.07	0.0
May 26	57	44	0.42	0.0
May 27	58	44	0.84	0.0
May 28	53	41	0.00	0.0
May 29	57	45	0.00	0.0
May 30	60	44	0.00	0.0
May 31	61	46	0.00	0.0

June 1940 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
June 1	77	50	n/a	n/a
June 2	85	62	n/a	n/a
June 3	86	67	n/a	n/a
June 4	85	64	n/a	n/a
June 5	77	54	0.00	n/a
June 6	88	54	0.00	n/a
June 7	80	57	0.25	n/a
June 8	72	52	0.00	n/a
June 9	64	50	0.00	n/a
June 10	71	50	0.06	n/a
June 11	67	47	0.05	n/a
June 12	60	49	1.13	n/a
June 13	73	46	n/a	n/a
June 14	80	45	n/a	n/a
June 15	77	60	n/a	n/a
June 16	77	58	n/a	n/a
June 17	88	61	n/a	n/a
June 18	82	59	0.15	n/a
June 19	69	53	n/a	n/a
June 20	56	44	n/a	n/a
June 21	65	45	0.36	n/a
June 22	74	53	5.29	n/a
June 23	74	54	1.61	n/a
June 24	63	54	0.04	n/a
June 25	70	55	0.00	n/a
June 26	71	52	n/a	n/a
June 27	71	49	0.00	n/a
June 28	78	56	0.10	n/a
June 29	73	53	n/a	n/a
June 30	72	55	0.00	n/a

July 1940 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
July 1	73	49	0.00	n/a
July 2	64	50	0.00	n/a
July 3	69	48	0.00	n/a
July 4	77	51	0.00	n/a
July 5	86	64	0.01	n/a
July 6	84	63	0.00	n/a
July 7	84	60	0.00	n/a
July 8	73	60	0.00	n/a
July 9	77	59	0.00	n/a
July 10	87	67	0.01	n/a
July 11	71	55	0.06	n/a
July 12	66	54	0.00	n/a
July 13	70	48	0.00	n/a
July 14	82	52	0.00	n/a
July 15	72	58	0.00	n/a
July 16	69	52	0.00	n/a
July 17	75	48	0.01	n/a
July 18	80	61	0.28	n/a
July 19	92	66	0.00	n/a
July 20	91	71	0.00	n/a
July 21	93	71	0.00	n/a
July 22	90	72	0.00	n/a
July 23	97	75	0.00	n/a
July 24	99	77	0.00	n/a
July 25	101	68	0.69	n/a
July 26	73	67	0.31	n/a
July 27	76	63	0.02	n/a
July 28	87	66	0.06	n/a
July 29	88	76	0.00	n/a
July 30	84	65	0.02	n/a
July 31	73	63	0.00	n/a

August 1940 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
August 1	73	64	0.00	n/a
August 2	80	63	0.37	n/a
August 3	77	64	0.70	n/a
August 4	83	65	0.00	n/a
August 5	87	68	0.64	n/a
August 6	71	58	0.00	n/a
August 7	77	53	0.00	n/a
August 8	78	58	0.00	n/a
August 9	80	63	0.00	n/a
August 10	75	68	0.00	n/a
August 11	82	69	0.00	n/a
August 12	80	70	0.00	n/a
August 13	79	70	0.00	n/a
August 14	82	71	0.00	n/a
August 15	82	70	0.02	n/a
August 16	89	66	0.00	n/a
August 17	81	68	0.00	n/a
August 18	72	58	0.68	n/a
August 19	67	53	0.00	n/a
August 20	64	50	0.00	n/a
August 21	74	50	0.02	n/a
August 22	65	57	0.05	n/a
August 23	62	49	0.00	n/a
August 24	62	51	0.11	n/a
August 25	64	56	2.08	n/a
August 26	63	59	2.08	n/a
August 27	64	59	0.07	n/a
August 28	80	63	0.12	n/a
August 29	79	64	0.21	n/a
August 30	78	58	0.00	n/a
August 31	70	59	0.11	n/a

September 1940 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
September 1	66	56	0.00	n/a
September 2	72	55	0.00	n/a
September 3	80	57	0.00	n/a
September 4	81	60	0.00	n/a
September 5	80	57	0.00	n/a
September 6	82	59	0.00	n/a
September 7	84	61	0.00	n/a
September 8	78	65	0.00	n/a
September 9	70	53	0.00	n/a
September 10	54	46	0.00	n/a
September 11	58	44	0.00	n/a
September 12	66	45	0.00	n/a
September 13	74	47	0.00	n/a
September 14	62	54	0.00	n/a
September 15	64	50	0.00	n/a
September 16	68	44	0.00	n/a
September 17	75	49	0.00	n/a
September 18	82	59	0.00	n/a
September 19	85	65	0.00	n/a
September 20	87	66	0.00	n/a
September 21	75	59	0.00	n/a
September 22	77	54	0.00	n/a
September 23	68	55	0.03	n/a
September 24	66	45	0.55	n/a
September 25	52	37	0.00	n/a
September 26	61	36	0.00	n/a
September 27	66	39	0.00	n/a
September 28	71	41	0.00	n/a
September 29	66	53	0.00	n/a
September 30	61	46	0.00	n/a

October 1940 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
October 1	61	46	0.00	n/a
October 2	70	46	0.00	n/a
October 3	70	46	0.00	n/a
October 4	71	50	0.00	n/a
October 5	78	57	0.00	n/a
October 6	65	55	0.32	n/a
October 7	60	45	0.00	n/a
October 8	59	39	0.00	n/a
October 9	63	39	0.00	n/a
October 10	73	44	0.06	n/a
October 11	65	52	0.00	n/a
October 12	78	54	0.00	n/a
October 13	62	54	0.00	n/a
October 14	58	43	0.87	n/a
October 15	50	39	0.00	n/a
October 16	56	34	0.00	n/a
October 17	58	42	0.00	n/a
October 18	52	36	0.00	n/a
October 19	56	45	0.00	n/a
October 20	55	44	0.00	n/a
October 21	49	45	0.00	n/a
October 22	69	43	0.00	n/a
October 23	64	48	0.00	n/a
October 24	58	44	0.03	n/a
October 25	56	48	0.00	n/a
October 26	55	48	0.00	n/a
October 27	60	51	0.00	n/a
October 28	53	49	0.05	n/a
October 29	63	44	0.21	n/a
October 30	61	40	0.00	n/a
October 31	57	38	0.00	n/a

November 1940 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	51	40	0.36	0.0
November 2	56	39	0.00	0.0
November 3	60	33	0.00	0.0
November 4	61	50	0.00	0.0
November 5	60	37	0.00	0.0
November 6	40	28	0.00	0.0
November 7	45	27	0.00	0.0
November 8	47	27	0.00	0.0
November 9	47	40	0.18	0.0
November 10	49	40	0.01	0.0
November 11	58	16	0.74	0.0
November 12	23	11	0.00	0.0
November 13	23	7	0.00	0.0
November 14	30	10	0.06	0.0
November 15	30	19	0.01	1.1
November 16	40	23	0.00	0.0
November 17	47	31	0.00	0.0
November 18	45	26	0.00	0.0
November 19	56	35	0.05	0.0
November 20	41	28	0.00	0.0
November 21	55	31	0.03	0.0
November 22	41	35	0.00	0.0
November 23	40	37	0.00	0.0
November 24	39	28	0.00	0.0
November 25	36	23	0.00	0.0
November 26	33	27	0.43	3.8
November 27	29	13	0.01	1.0
November 28	31	8	0.14	1.4
November 29	32	12	0.21	0.5
November 30	34	19	0.81	6.2

December 1940 Milwaukee Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	21	6	0.00	n/a
December 2	14	-6	0.06	0.8
December 3	13	-13	n/a	0.0
December 4	28	12	0.01	0.1
December 5	24	10	n/a	n/a
December 6	40	21	n/a	n/a
December 7	38	17	0.00	n/a
December 8	32	15	n/a	n/a
December 9	43	28	n/a	n/a
December 10	37	22	n/a	n/a
December 11	34	20	n/a	n/a
December 12	34	22	0.02	0.2
December 13	22	10	0.00	0.0
December 14	26	10	0.00	n/a
December 15	38	26	0.70	n/a
December 16	40	28	0.20	0.1
December 17	32	24	0.00	0.0
December 18	34	26	0.00	n/a
December 19	35	32	0.03	0.0
December 20	35	32	0.00	n/a
December 21	42	28	0.00	n/a
December 22	40	32	0.00	n/a
December 23	36	32	0.00	n/a
December 24	46	33	0.00	n/a
December 25	47	39	0.05	n/a
December 26	45	36	0.01	n/a
December 27	38	35	0.00	n/a
December 28	39	35	0.00	n/a
December 29	36	33	0.00	n/a
December 30	33	31	0.00	n/a
December 31	37	31	0.09	0.0

Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1939–2023	Milwaukee Mitchell Airport	location
1871–1938	Milwaukee WB	location