Quincy Weather in 1940

Historical record of Quincy, Illinois weather for the year 1940 based on NOAA data.

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1940 Quincy Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	104 °F	July 25
Lowest temperature	-16 °F	January 19
Highest daily low	79 °F	July 25
Lowest daily high	4 °F	January 25
Most daily precipitation	2.8 inches	August 6
Most daily snow	8.0 inches	January 14
Total annual precipitation	27.7 inches	-
Total annual snow	24.3 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Quincy in 1940?

The highest temperature recorded in Quincy, Illinois in 1940 was 104 °F which happened on July 25.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Quincy in 1940

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	104 °F	Jul 25
2	103 °F	Aug 2
2	103 °F	Aug 1
2	103 °F	Jul 29
5	102 °F	Jul 28
5	102 °F	Jul 24
7	101 °F	Jul 26
8	100 °F	Jul 30
9	99 °F	Aug 3
9	99 °F	Jul 31

What was the coldest temperature in Quincy in 1940?

The lowest temperature recorded in Quincy, Illinois in 1940 was -16 °F which happened on Jan 19.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Quincy in 1940

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-16 °F	January 19
2	-14 °F	January 25
3	-13 °F	January 27
3	-13 °F	January 18
5	-12 °F	January 5
6	-10 °F	January 26
7	-7 °F	January 28
8	-6 °F	January 21
9	-5 °F	January 2
10	-3 °F	January 6

January 1940 Quincy Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	16	7	0.02	0.2
January 2	14	-5	0.00	0.0
January 3	18	0	0.00	0.0
January 4	20	8	0.04	0.4
January 5	11	-12	0.00	0.0
January 6	17	-3	0.00	0.0
January 7	22	13	0.39	4.0
January 8	25	10	0.13	1.5
January 9	26	3	0.00	0.0
January 10	33	24	0.05	0.5
January 11	36	30	0.13	1.0
January 12	34	12	0.00	0.0
January 13	34	11	0.00	0.0
January 14	33	23	0.87	8.0
January 15	25	11	0.08	0.8
January 16	22	0	0.00	0.0
January 17	17	4	0.00	0.0
January 18	5	-13	0.10	1.0
January 19	12	-16	0.00	0.0
January 20	11	0	0.00	0.0
January 21	16	-6	0.00	0.0
January 22	22	0	0.00	0.0
January 23	21	7	0.00	0.0
January 24	12	-1	0.00	0.0
January 25	4	-14	0.00	0.0
January 26	12	-10	0.00	0.0
January 27	20	-13	0.00	0.0
January 28	31	-7	0.00	0.0
January 29	27	16	0.00	0.0
January 30	30	13	0.00	0.0
January 31	38	13	0.00	0.0

February 1940 Quincy Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	41	31	0.00	0.0
February 2	37	18	0.00	0.0
February 3	29	5	0.00	0.0
February 4	37	27	0.02	0.2
February 5	35	30	0.00	0.0
February 6	33	25	0.00	0.0
February 7	35	26	0.00	0.0
February 8	34	29	0.00	0.0
February 9	33	25	0.26	0.0
February 10	33	10	0.00	0.0
February 11	49	22	0.00	0.0
February 12	45	30	0.00	0.0
February 13	33	26	0.00	0.0
February 14	35	20	0.00	0.0
February 15	49	29	0.00	0.0
February 16	45	36	0.00	0.0
February 17	45	30	0.03	0.0
February 18	39	32	0.00	0.0
February 19	34	33	0.22	0.8
February 20	37	30	0.16	0.5
February 21	35	30	0.03	0.3
February 22	33	21	0.05	0.5
February 23	35	27	0.00	0.0
February 24	34	14	0.35	1.0
February 25	27	2	0.00	0.0
February 26	38	17	0.00	0.0
February 27	39	31	0.07	0.0
February 28	39	27	0.04	0.0
February 29	52	24	0.00	0.0

March 1940 Quincy Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	45	30	0.00	0.0
March 2	42	35	0.89	0.0
March 3	42	34	0.58	0.0
March 4	41	33	0.00	0.0
March 5	42	30	0.00	0.0
March 6	41	33	0.00	0.0
March 7	43	32	0.00	0.0
March 8	49	25	0.00	0.0
March 9	40	25	0.00	0.0
March 10	44	31	0.02	0.0
March 11	40	25	0.00	0.0
March 12	36	27	0.08	0.0
March 13	32	25	0.29	0.0
March 14	27	20	0.00	0.0
March 15	48	18	0.00	0.0
March 16	58	29	0.00	0.0
March 17	78	45	0.00	0.0
March 18	61	40	0.19	0.0
March 19	54	29	0.00	0.0
March 20	47	30	0.00	0.0
March 21	47	35	0.00	0.0
March 22	37	22	0.00	0.0
March 23	36	15	0.02	0.2
March 24	32	16	0.00	0.0
March 25	36	16	0.00	0.0
March 26	44	30	0.00	0.0
March 27	62	31	0.05	0.0
March 28	67	49	0.00	0.0
March 29	71	47	0.44	0.0
March 30	76	43	0.00	0.0
March 31	77	46	0.00	0.0

April 1940 Quincy Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	76	47	0.00
April 2	85	51	0.00
April 3	78	58	0.35
April 4	67	40	0.00
April 5	56	39	0.00
April 6	58	33	0.00
April 7	53	44	0.37
April 8	48	40	0.03
April 9	62	28	0.00
April 10	62	47	0.02
April 11	56	31	0.28
April 12	44	22	0.09
April 13	56	29	0.00
April 14	79	36	0.00
April 15	81	56	0.00
April 16	74	47	0.00
April 17	66	40	0.05
April 18	55	35	0.98
April 19	59	39	0.00
April 20	64	37	0.00
April 21	61	33	0.00
April 22	64	46	0.00
April 23	58	47	0.35
April 24	63	38	0.02
April 25	65	44	0.00
April 26	58	41	0.21
April 27	66	41	0.00
April 28	79	49	0.00
April 29	75	51	0.10
April 30	70	51	0.14

May 1940 Quincy Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	55	37	0.07
May 2	65	39	0.00
May 3	65	38	0.00
May 4	69	39	0.00
May 5	88	53	0.00
May 6	82	63	0.00
May 7	90	55	0.00
May 8	72	58	0.00
May 9	75	47	0.00
May 10	75	51	0.00
May 11	73	43	0.00
May 12	84	45	0.00
May 13	92	63	0.00
May 14	80	56	0.00
May 15	56	43	0.00
May 16	72	42	0.00
May 17	70	47	0.00
May 18	71	53	0.31
May 19	74	51	0.33
May 20	84	50	0.00
May 21	80	58	0.00
May 22	76	58	0.21
May 23	76	49	0.00
May 24	76	50	0.00
May 25	64	51	0.06
May 26	70	51	0.27
May 27	75	51	0.00
May 28	73	49	0.00
May 29	78	50	0.00
May 30	79	51	0.00
May 31	79	50	0.00

June 1940 Quincy Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	87	50	0.00
June 2	90	57	0.00
June 3	90	60	0.00
June 4	86	67	0.00
June 5	94	74	0.00
June 6	93	73	0.00
June 7	87	66	0.30
June 8	88	65	0.53
June 9	93	63	0.00
June 10	85	69	0.06
June 11	76	64	0.39
June 12	72	64	1.06
June 13	81	58	0.00
June 14	86	59	0.00
June 15	90	68	0.00
June 16	91	66	0.00
June 17	92	67	0.00
June 18	91	71	0.00
June 19	83	66	0.44
June 20	78	60	0.00
June 21	82	54	0.00
June 22	90	66	0.00
June 23	84	66	0.01
June 24	79	58	0.41
June 25	83	54	0.00
June 26	88	60	0.00
June 27	90	65	0.00
June 28	87	64	0.69
June 29	82	55	0.00
June 30	92	54	0.00

July 1940 Quincy Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	88	62	0.00
July 2	82	60	0.00
July 3	83	54	0.00
July 4	84	48	0.00
July 5	87	50	0.00
July 6	87	56	0.00
July 7	90	58	0.00
July 8	93	65	0.00
July 9	90	67	0.00
July 10	97	64	0.00
July 11	91	70	0.00
July 12	85	58	0.31
July 13	79	55	0.00
July 14	89	51	0.00
July 15	94	62	0.00
July 16	83	63	0.07
July 17	87	55	0.00
July 18	89	68	0.00
July 19	94	68	0.00
July 20	95	71	0.00
July 21	95	68	0.00
July 22	94	68	0.00
July 23	97	70	0.00
July 24	102	72	0.00
July 25	104	79	0.00
July 26	101	78	0.00
July 27	98	70	0.03
July 28	102	76	0.00
July 29	103	75	0.00
July 30	100	73	0.00
July 31	99	77	0.00

August 1940 Quincy Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	103	71	0.00
August 2	103	78	0.00
August 3	99	74	0.00
August 4	98	69	0.00
August 5	95	70	0.39
August 6	83	60	2.81
August 7	87	61	0.00
August 8	89	64	0.00
August 9	79	69	0.00
August 10	76	67	0.19
August 11	85	69	0.55
August 12	89	70	0.00
August 13	88	71	0.00
August 14	84	71	0.00
August 15	90	68	0.05
August 16	92	72	0.00
August 17	94	69	0.00
August 18	74	67	1.47
August 19	74	56	0.00
August 20	75	51	0.00
August 21	80	49	0.00
August 22	86	56	0.00
August 23	79	56	0.00
August 24	73	57	0.00
August 25	85	65	0.00
August 26	88	68	0.03
August 27	83	67	0.29
August 28	82	69	0.03
August 29	85	60	0.03
August 30	87	55	0.00
August 31	82	56	0.06

September 1940 Quincy Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	81	51	0.00
September 2	85	53	0.00
September 3	88	57	0.00
September 4	89	60	0.00
September 5	88	58	0.00
September 6	88	62	0.00
September 7	94	61	0.00
September 8	93	67	0.00
September 9	89	66	0.00
September 10	71	47	0.00
September 11	69	41	0.00
September 12	75	35	0.00
September 13	85	41	0.00
September 14	78	55	0.00
September 15	78	51	0.00
September 16	79	54	0.00
September 17	89	58	0.00
September 18	94	57	0.00
September 19	93	60	0.00
September 20	95	59	0.00
September 21	95	60	0.00
September 22	92	60	0.00
September 23	81	56	0.00
September 24	75	60	0.34
September 25	63	42	0.00
September 26	67	35	0.00
September 27	72	33	0.00
September 28	79	38	0.00
September 29	79	45	0.00
September 30	78	48	0.00

October 1940 Quincy Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	76	45	0.00
October 2	79	40	0.00
October 3	79	45	0.00
October 4	79	56	0.00
October 5	84	57	1.19
October 6	78	58	0.07
October 7	64	51	1.07
October 8	69	37	0.00
October 9	73	38	0.00
October 10	77	50	0.00
October 11	72	57	0.45
October 12	82	49	0.00
October 13	80	52	0.00
October 14	70	50	0.00
October 15	60	41	0.59
October 16	64	32	0.00
October 17	67	43	0.00
October 18	62	35	0.00
October 19	76	39	0.00
October 20	66	38	0.00
October 21	72	46	0.00
October 22	82	50	0.00
October 23	73	60	0.00
October 24	84	53	0.00
October 25	84	54	0.00
October 26	85	52	0.00
October 27	83	51	0.00
October 28	81	62	0.00
October 29	65	50	0.11
October 30	73	36	0.00
October 31	65	41	0.00

November 1940 Quincy Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	63	47	0.17	0.0
November 2	72	44	0.00	0.0
November 3	75	44	0.00	0.0
November 4	67	55	0.00	0.0
November 5	65	43	0.00	0.0
November 6	47	35	0.00	0.0
November 7	55	24	0.00	0.0
November 8	57	29	0.00	0.0
November 9	53	43	0.00	0.0
November 10	53	43	0.10	0.0
November 11	56	24	0.24	0.0
November 12	29	15	0.00	0.0
November 13	27	7	0.00	0.0
November 14	25	9	0.00	0.0
November 15	29	7	0.00	0.0
November 16	50	21	0.00	0.0
November 17	57	25	0.00	0.0
November 18	63	27	0.00	0.0
November 19	65	44	0.00	0.0
November 20	54	35	0.52	0.0
November 21	59	39	0.14	0.0
November 22	52	29	0.00	0.0
November 23	45	38	0.05	0.0
November 24	41	29	0.00	0.0
November 25	46	23	0.00	0.0
November 26	41	30	1.12	0.8
November 27	33	27	0.10	0.6
November 28	39	10	0.00	0.0
November 29	41	28	0.00	0.0
November 30	53	32	0.00	0.0

December 1940 Quincy Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	33	17	0.00	0.0
December 2	33	22	0.00	0.0
December 3	23	2	0.00	0.0
December 4	44	20	0.00	0.0
December 5	43	27	0.00	0.0
December 6	62	32	0.00	0.0
December 7	56	36	0.00	0.0
December 8	54	34	0.00	0.0
December 9	71	32	0.00	0.0
December 10	58	29	0.00	0.0
December 11	35	29	0.10	1.0
December 12	35	31	0.05	0.3
December 13	33	24	0.05	0.2
December 14	32	22	0.00	0.0
December 15	34	30	0.03	0.0
December 16	35	23	0.83	0.0
December 17	34	17	0.00	0.0
December 18	40	25	0.00	0.0
December 19	40	32	0.23	0.5
December 20	42	28	0.00	0.0
December 21	51	23	0.00	0.0
December 22	50	30	0.00	0.0
December 23	55	32	0.00	0.0
December 24	59	32	0.00	0.0
December 25	54	47	0.00	0.0
December 26	51	37	0.00	0.0
December 27	39	35	0.00	0.0
December 28	39	34	0.00	0.0
December 29	38	34	0.00	0.0
December 30	38	34	0.00	0.0
December 31	43	34	0.12	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1949–2024	Quincy Regional Airport	location
1901–1948	Quincy	location