Poughkeepsie Weather in 1940

Historical record of Poughkeepsie, New York weather for the year 1940 based on NOAA data.

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1940 Poughkeepsie Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	96 °F	July 29
Lowest temperature	-4 °F	January 11
Highest daily low	72 °F	July 27
Lowest daily high	16 °F	January 8
Most daily precipitation	2.0 inches	July 30
Most daily snow	10.0 inches	February 14
Total annual precipitation	39.7 inches	-
Total annual snow	36.7 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Poughkeepsie in 1940?

The highest temperature recorded in Poughkeepsie, New York in 1940 was 96 °F which happened 3 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Poughkeepsie in 1940

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	96 °F	Jul 29
1	96 °F	Jul 27
1	96 °F	Jul 26
4	95 °F	Jul 30
5	94 °F	Jul 28
6	92 °F	Jul 25
6	92 °F	Jul 22
8	91 °F	Aug 10
8	91 °F	Jul 19
8	91 °F	Jun 13

What was the coldest temperature in Poughkeepsie in 1940?

The lowest temperature recorded in Poughkeepsie, New York in 1940 was -4 °F which happened on Jan 11.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Poughkeepsie in 1940

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-4 °F	January 11
2	-2 °F	January 20
3	0 °F	January 19
3	0 °F	January 10
5	2 °F	January 9
6	4 °F	February 27
6	4 °F	January 27
6	4 °F	January 17
9	5 °F	February 3
10	6 °F	December 4
10	6 °F	January 29

January 1940 Poughkeepsie Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	24	10	0.00	0.0
January 2	24	14	0.00	0.0
January 3	32	16	0.00	0.0
January 4	32	12	0.00	0.0
January 5	22	n/a	0.06	3.0
January 6	26	16	0.00	0.0
January 7	18	7	0.00	0.0
January 8	16	10	0.05	0.5
January 9	22	2	0.00	0.0
January 10	26	0	0.00	0.0
January 11	22	-4	0.00	0.0
January 12	32	22	0.15	2.0
January 13	34	33	0.00	0.0
January 14	42	32	0.70	0.0
January 15	44	32	0.00	0.0
January 16	32	10	0.00	0.0
January 17	20	4	0.00	0.0
January 18	18	9	0.00	0.0
January 19	18	0	0.02	0.2
January 20	18	-2	0.00	0.0
January 21	28	10	0.00	0.0
January 22	28	18	0.00	0.0
January 23	26	8	0.00	0.0
January 24	23	12	0.00	0.0
January 25	26	12	0.00	0.0
January 26	24	14	0.00	0.0
January 27	24	4	0.00	0.0
January 28	28	10	0.00	0.0
January 29	28	6	0.00	0.0
January 30	28	10	0.00	0.0
January 31	34	10	0.00	0.0

February 1940 Poughkeepsie Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	32	10	0.00	0.0
February 2	28	12	0.02	1.0
February 3	38	5	0.00	0.0
February 4	38	20	0.00	0.0
February 5	38	22	0.00	0.0
February 6	32	20	0.21	0.0
February 7	42	32	0.00	0.0
February 8	40	30	0.00	0.0
February 9	42	26	0.00	0.0
February 10	31	27	0.25	0.0
February 11	42	31	0.00	0.0
February 12	56	30	0.00	0.0
February 13	38	20	0.02	1.0
February 14	20	16	1.15	10.0
February 15	31	19	0.00	0.0
February 16	36	8	0.00	0.0
February 17	36	20	0.00	0.0
February 18	34	16	0.00	0.0
February 19	36	28	0.27	0.0
February 20	34	30	0.02	0.0
February 21	32	20	0.00	0.0
February 22	32	10	0.00	0.0
February 23	38	8	0.00	0.0
February 24	35	11	0.00	0.0
February 25	36	16	0.00	0.0
February 26	26	8	0.00	0.0
February 27	18	4	0.07	0.5
February 28	30	16	0.00	0.0
February 29	36	10	0.00	0.0

March 1940 Poughkeepsie Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	28	18	0.00	0.0
March 2	27	10	0.00	0.0
March 3	33	26	0.61	0.0
March 4	32	30	0.80	0.0
March 5	38	30	0.00	0.0
March 6	38	30	0.00	0.0
March 7	36	26	0.00	0.0
March 8	38	22	0.00	0.0
March 9	40	24	0.00	0.0
March 10	30	18	0.00	0.0
March 11	30	16	0.00	0.0
March 12	32	10	0.00	0.0
March 13	32	14	0.00	0.0
March 14	38	18	0.35	0.0
March 15	40	26	0.28	0.0
March 16	30	24	0.00	0.0
March 17	30	27	0.00	0.0
March 18	42	26	0.00	0.0
March 19	48	32	0.00	0.0
March 20	50	26	0.09	0.0
March 21	40	26	0.00	0.0
March 22	38	22	0.12	1.0
March 23	24	15	0.00	0.0
March 24	28	14	0.00	0.0
March 25	36	10	0.00	0.0
March 26	44	24	0.00	0.0
March 27	34	24	0.22	2.0
March 28	46	30	0.00	0.0
March 29	44	28	0.04	0.0
March 30	44	36	1.15	0.0
March 31	61	39	0.00	0.0

April 1940 Poughkeepsie Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	48	32	0.00	0.0
April 2	54	26	0.00	0.0
April 3	49	28	0.00	0.0
April 4	50	36	0.28	0.0
April 5	52	n/a	0.00	0.0
April 6	55	31	0.00	0.0
April 7	74	32	0.00	0.0
April 8	50	40	0.98	0.0
April 9	60	42	0.00	0.0
April 10	60	36	0.00	0.0
April 11	66	30	0.00	0.0
April 12	50	n/a	0.95	3.5
April 13	36	26	0.00	0.0
April 14	40	24	0.00	0.0
April 15	54	24	0.00	0.0
April 16	50	40	0.00	0.0
April 17	64	40	0.00	0.0
April 18	48	38	0.33	0.0
April 19	62	42	0.00	0.0
April 20	48	38	1.40	0.0
April 21	39	32	0.75	0.0
April 22	44	34	0.00	0.0
April 23	50	38	0.00	0.0
April 24	50	40	0.00	0.0
April 25	60	36	0.00	0.0
April 26	64	34	0.00	0.0
April 27	66	36	0.00	0.0
April 28	68	32	0.00	0.0
April 29	74	34	0.00	0.0
April 30	76	43	0.00	0.0

May 1940 Poughkeepsie Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	72	46	0.21
May 2	60	52	0.58
May 3	69	49	0.01
May 4	59	51	0.09
May 5	73	49	0.00
May 6	73	41	0.00
May 7	78	50	0.00
May 8	68	44	0.12
May 9	72	46	0.10
May 10	70	38	0.00
May 11	70	40	0.62
May 12	64	38	0.00
May 13	74	40	0.00
May 14	73	48	0.14
May 15	85	52	0.00
May 16	65	55	0.98
May 17	66	46	0.06
May 18	65	43	0.00
May 19	76	41	0.00
May 20	76	52	0.04
May 21	76	58	0.06
May 22	76	58	0.02
May 23	60	52	0.44
May 24	66	52	0.00
May 25	62	56	0.02
May 26	64	56	0.00
May 27	68	58	0.02
May 28	68	56	0.31
May 29	63	50	0.08
May 30	75	44	0.00
May 31	61	49	1.68

June 1940 Poughkeepsie Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	82	58	0.25
June 2	80	56	0.00
June 3	89	56	0.00
June 4	86	60	0.01
June 5	88	64	0.00
June 6	84	58	0.00
June 7	86	52	0.00
June 8	82	57	0.00
June 9	82	64	0.06
June 10	64	57	0.06
June 11	72	47	0.01
June 12	85	64	0.00
June 13	91	67	0.00
June 14	82	59	0.00
June 15	85	60	0.32
June 16	78	57	0.00
June 17	80	54	0.00
June 18	70	58	0.00
June 19	88	62	0.00
June 20	69	50	0.00
June 21	70	48	0.00
June 22	70	41	0.00
June 23	78	44	0.00
June 24	60	54	1.32
June 25	69	54	0.02
June 26	70	54	0.59
June 27	78	51	0.00
June 28	77	48	0.63
June 29	79	60	0.00
June 30	76	55	0.06

July 1940 Poughkeepsie Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	76	52	0.00
July 2	78	50	0.00
July 3	79	n/a	0.21
July 4	73	57	0.18
July 5	78	53	0.00
July 6	83	49	0.00
July 7	88	52	0.00
July 8	89	60	0.00
July 9	90	62	0.00
July 10	90	64	0.00
July 11	90	58	0.32
July 12	88	55	0.44
July 13	77	55	0.00
July 14	82	50	0.00
July 15	85	59	0.00
July 16	87	61	0.00
July 17	83	59	0.00
July 18	89	67	0.00
July 19	91	68	0.00
July 20	88	70	0.00
July 21	88	71	0.00
July 22	92	68	0.00
July 23	86	64	0.00
July 24	88	68	0.00
July 25	92	72	0.00
July 26	96	71	0.03
July 27	96	72	0.00
July 28	94	69	0.00
July 29	96	70	1.32
July 30	95	68	1.95
July 31	86	65	0.00

August 1940 Poughkeepsie Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	76	58	0.00
August 2	82	58	0.00
August 3	81	56	0.00
August 4	82	58	0.00
August 5	88	67	0.00
August 6	90	69	0.10
August 7	84	64	0.06
August 8	88	60	0.00
August 9	89	63	0.00
August 10	91	61	0.00
August 11	87	60	0.00
August 12	87	59	0.00
August 13	86	68	0.00
August 14	86	62	0.00
August 15	85	56	0.00
August 16	80	58	0.00
August 17	88	64	0.00
August 18	82	68	0.05
August 19	84	n/a	0.63
August 20	76	57	0.00
August 21	75	48	0.00
August 22	79	50	0.00
August 23	79	53	0.06
August 24	70	46	0.00
August 25	69	39	0.02
August 26	68	48	0.10
August 27	72	48	0.00
August 28	60	55	0.97
August 29	76	56	0.00
August 30	72	64	0.05
August 31	82	68	1.09

September 1940 Poughkeepsie Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	76	68	0.30
September 2	79	62	0.85
September 3	82	60	0.00
September 4	78	55	0.00
September 5	74	54	0.00
September 6	74	53	0.00
September 7	72	50	0.00
September 8	73	46	0.00
September 9	77	59	0.00
September 10	67	52	0.41
September 11	68	48	0.00
September 12	70	43	0.00
September 13	54	48	0.00
September 14	77	45	0.00
September 15	72	50	0.00
September 16	69	50	0.00
September 17	76	47	0.00
September 18	81	50	0.00
September 19	76	52	0.00
September 20	83	53	0.00
September 21	85	61	0.22
September 22	77	55	0.00
September 23	79	49	0.00
September 24	80	58	0.00
September 25	69	44	0.86
September 26	59	37	0.00
September 27	66	34	0.00
September 28	72	38	0.00
September 29	74	42	0.00
September 30	64	48	0.00

October 1940 Poughkeepsie Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	58	46	0.00
October 2	56	n/a	0.69
October 3	68	52	0.19
October 4	62	40	0.00
October 5	70	36	0.00
October 6	68	52	0.00
October 7	76	56	0.00
October 8	66	54	0.31
October 9	64	44	0.00
October 10	65	36	0.00
October 11	68	39	0.00
October 12	76	44	0.00
October 13	76	48	0.00
October 14	70	40	0.00
October 15	70	42	0.25
October 16	52	32	0.00
October 17	54	30	0.00
October 18	52	34	0.00
October 19	44	28	0.00
October 20	n/a	32	0.00
October 21	46	26	0.00
October 22	50	22	0.00
October 23	66	34	0.00
October 24	72	42	0.00
October 25	50	42	0.08
October 26	63	46	0.00
October 27	53	29	0.00
October 28	46	22	0.00
October 29	52	24	0.00
October 30	42	36	0.48
October 31	46	40	0.00

November 1940 Poughkeepsie Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	59	n/a	0.02	0.0
November 2	56	38	1.35	0.0
November 3	62	40	0.00	0.0
November 4	66	36	0.00	0.0
November 5	70	46	0.00	0.0
November 6	58	40	0.00	0.0
November 7	46	40	0.00	0.0
November 8	48	36	0.00	0.0
November 9	49	30	0.00	0.0
November 10	50	28	0.00	0.0
November 11	58	40	0.18	0.0
November 12	60	42	0.65	0.0
November 13	46	39	0.24	0.0
November 14	40	40	0.92	0.0
November 15	44	38	0.24	0.0
November 16	40	31	0.00	0.0
November 17	40	30	0.00	0.0
November 18	44	32	0.00	0.0
November 19	46	24	0.00	0.0
November 20	56	34	0.00	0.0
November 21	51	28	0.00	0.0
November 22	70	40	0.00	0.0
November 23	64	37	0.00	0.0
November 24	54	34	0.10	0.0
November 25	40	24	0.00	0.0
November 26	32	18	0.50	6.0
November 27	36	n/a	0.05	1.0
November 28	36	18	0.00	0.0
November 29	42	14	0.00	0.0
November 30	42	32	0.10	1.0

December 1940 Poughkeepsie Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	45	25	0.00	0.0
December 2	32	16	0.00	0.0
December 3	30	8	0.00	0.0
December 4	30	6	0.03	0.5
December 5	34	28	0.24	3.0
December 6	28	10	0.00	0.0
December 7	54	16	0.10	0.5
December 8	48	34	0.00	0.0
December 9	38	22	0.00	0.0
December 10	48	22	0.00	0.0
December 11	42	30	0.00	0.0
December 12	40	24	0.00	0.0
December 13	47	29	0.05	0.0
December 14	34	21	0.00	0.0
December 15	42	17	0.00	0.0
December 16	44	28	0.94	0.0
December 17	42	24	0.02	0.0
December 18	38	19	0.00	0.0
December 19	42	22	0.00	0.0
December 20	44	35	0.00	0.0
December 21	43	37	0.00	0.0
December 22	43	36	0.00	0.0
December 23	42	28	0.00	0.0
December 24	46	22	0.00	0.0
December 25	58	30	0.00	0.0
December 26	43	29	0.05	0.0
December 27	48	38	0.00	0.0
December 28	46	42	0.97	0.0
December 29	51	42	0.48	0.0
December 30	52	41	0.00	0.0
December 31	44	36	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1949–2024	Poughkeepsie Dutchess County Airport	location
1893–1948	Poughkeepsie	location