Sumter Weather in 1940

Historical record of Sumter, South Carolina weather for the year 1940 based on NOAA data.

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1940 Sumter Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	103 °F	July 27
Lowest temperature	10 °F	January 28
Highest daily low	76 °F	July 24
Lowest daily high	31 °F	January 27
Most daily precipitation	2.1 inches	August 14
Most daily snow	0.3 inches	January 24
Total annual precipitation	32.8 inches	-
Total annual snow	0.3 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Sumter in 1940?

The highest temperature recorded in Sumter, South Carolina in 1940 was 103 °F which happened on July 27.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Sumter in 1940

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	103 °F	Jul 27
2	102 °F	Jul 26
3	101 °F	Jul 24
4	100 °F	Jul 28
4	100 °F	Jul 22
4	100 °F	Jul 21
7	99 °F	Jul 25
7	99 °F	Jul 23
9	98 °F	Aug 1
10	97 °F	Jul 31
10	97 °F	Jul 29
10	97 °F	Jul 20

What was the coldest temperature in Sumter in 1940?

The lowest temperature recorded in Sumter, South Carolina in 1940 was 10 °F which happened on Jan 28.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Sumter in 1940

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	10 °F	January 28
2	13 °F	January 27
3	14 °F	January 29
4	15 °F	January 26
4	15 °F	January 20
6	18 °F	January 22
6	18 °F	January 21
6	18 °F	January 3
6	18 °F	January 2
10	19 °F	February 3
10	19 °F	January 4

January 1940 Sumter Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	50	32	0.16	0.0
January 2	41	18	0.02	0.0
January 3	41	18	0.00	0.0
January 4	48	19	0.00	0.0
January 5	51	34	0.03	0.0
January 6	49	23	0.00	0.0
January 7	41	24	0.29	0.0
January 8	38	29	0.45	0.0
January 9	45	26	0.00	0.0
January 10	45	23	0.00	0.0
January 11	48	31	0.00	0.0
January 12	48	38	0.33	0.0
January 13	46	41	0.00	0.0
January 14	65	38	0.93	0.0
January 15	65	31	0.00	0.0
January 16	54	24	0.00	0.0
January 17	58	35	0.00	0.0
January 18	62	32	0.00	0.0
January 19	58	28	0.08	0.0
January 20	37	15	0.00	0.0
January 21	43	18	0.00	0.0
January 22	47	18	0.00	0.0
January 23	45	29	0.70	0.0
January 24	44	26	0.09	0.3
January 25	42	24	0.00	0.0
January 26	32	15	0.00	0.0
January 27	31	13	0.00	0.0
January 28	39	10	0.00	0.0
January 29	41	14	0.00	0.0
January 30	41	21	0.00	0.0
January 31	47	22	0.00	0.0

February 1940 Sumter Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
February 1	55	21	0.00
February 2	53	31	0.00
February 3	48	19	0.00
February 4	52	23	0.00
February 5	55	38	0.04
February 6	66	44	0.24
February 7	64	51	0.64
February 8	61	31	0.00
February 9	71	38	0.00
February 10	69	52	1.74
February 11	67	40	0.07
February 12	65	34	0.00
February 13	69	43	0.00
February 14	66	38	0.11
February 15	50	28	0.00
February 16	56	28	0.00
February 17	55	42	0.00
February 18	68	41	1.11
February 19	67	48	0.14
February 20	53	41	0.00
February 21	47	37	0.00
February 22	47	37	0.02
February 23	51	26	0.00
February 24	61	33	0.00
February 25	59	38	0.04
February 26	53	27	0.00
February 27	62	34	0.00
February 28	70	52	0.24
February 29	67	43	0.00

March 1940 Sumter Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	72	42	0.00
March 2	71	48	0.00
March 3	75	58	0.10
March 4	68	48	0.00
March 5	66	42	0.00
March 6	61	41	0.00
March 7	60	34	0.00
March 8	59	40	0.35
March 9	52	30	0.07
March 10	64	29	0.00
March 11	76	43	0.00
March 12	67	44	0.03
March 13	46	35	0.08
March 14	48	37	0.75
March 15	55	30	0.21
March 16	75	38	0.00
March 17	77	38	0.00
March 18	79	51	0.00
March 19	76	55	0.03
March 20	73	44	0.00
March 21	71	48	0.00
March 22	72	44	0.00
March 23	71	34	0.00
March 24	65	37	0.03
March 25	47	27	0.00
March 26	51	25	0.00
March 27	67	30	0.00
March 28	73	47	0.10
March 29	79	61	0.50
March 30	76	60	0.38
March 31	78	44	0.00

April 1940 Sumter Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	87	54	0.00
April 2	85	57	0.00
April 3	83	57	0.00
April 4	81	62	0.00
April 5	85	58	0.00
April 6	83	42	0.00
April 7	74	38	0.00
April 8	77	59	0.28
April 9	76	47	0.00
April 10	70	40	0.00
April 11	78	45	0.00
April 12	76	62	0.35
April 13	63	31	0.22
April 14	67	37	0.00
April 15	83	49	0.00
April 16	81	57	0.00
April 17	84	61	0.00
April 18	82	62	0.00
April 19	79	63	0.43
April 20	70	54	0.60
April 21	65	46	0.00
April 22	72	38	0.00
April 23	73	42	0.00
April 24	74	52	0.00
April 25	71	49	0.00
April 26	75	50	0.00
April 27	74	49	0.09
April 28	71	43	0.00
April 29	75	41	0.00
April 30	78	47	0.00

May 1940 Sumter Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	75	62	0.00
May 2	73	54	0.13
May 3	70	43	0.00
May 4	67	44	0.00
May 5	73	40	0.00
May 6	84	49	0.00
May 7	90	59	0.00
May 8	95	63	0.00
May 9	91	63	0.00
May 10	85	57	0.40
May 11	75	48	0.03
May 12	72	48	0.00
May 13	87	51	0.00
May 14	90	58	0.00
May 15	86	64	0.00
May 16	84	65	0.00
May 17	83	51	0.00
May 18	88	52	0.00
May 19	87	54	0.00
May 20	91	63	0.00
May 21	89	64	0.48
May 22	86	63	0.65
May 23	90	64	0.02
May 24	87	66	0.27
May 25	80	62	0.04
May 26	85	59	0.00
May 27	84	63	0.05
May 28	83	64	0.03
May 29	77	63	0.37
May 30	79	66	0.11
May 31	84	59	0.00

June 1940 Sumter Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	88	62	0.00
June 2	86	67	0.00
June 3	87	66	0.00
June 4	77	68	0.96
June 5	87	67	0.00
June 6	93	71	0.00
June 7	95	71	0.00
June 8	93	70	0.00
June 9	91	70	0.00
June 10	90	71	0.00
June 11	90	69	0.00
June 12	91	71	0.00
June 13	92	70	0.00
June 14	96	71	0.00
June 15	95	73	0.00
June 16	92	72	0.37
June 17	91	71	0.00
June 18	95	72	0.00
June 19	96	73	0.00
June 20	94	70	0.16
June 21	91	68	0.00
June 22	87	60	0.00
June 23	89	67	0.03
June 24	94	72	0.00
June 25	91	66	0.92
June 26	86	61	0.00
June 27	90	69	0.00
June 28	95	70	0.00
June 29	93	72	0.10
June 30	85	62	0.00

July 1940 Sumter Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	93	64	0.00
July 2	94	69	0.00
July 3	91	71	0.00
July 4	87	68	0.68
July 5	81	67	0.00
July 6	81	64	0.00
July 7	83	63	0.00
July 8	84	68	0.00
July 9	89	68	0.06
July 10	90	70	0.19
July 11	92	71	0.00
July 12	91	70	0.02
July 13	90	69	0.02
July 14	81	64	0.00
July 15	88	61	0.00
July 16	86	66	0.00
July 17	86	69	0.17
July 18	91	69	0.00
July 19	93	72	0.00
July 20	97	72	0.00
July 21	100	74	0.00
July 22	100	75	0.17
July 23	99	73	0.00
July 24	101	76	0.00
July 25	99	73	0.00
July 26	102	73	0.00
July 27	103	74	0.00
July 28	100	73	0.00
July 29	97	73	0.00
July 30	96	74	0.00
July 31	97	73	0.00

August 1940 Sumter Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	98	72	0.00
August 2	93	73	0.00
August 3	89	66	0.00
August 4	88	70	0.00
August 5	93	73	0.33
August 6	94	70	0.00
August 7	91	71	0.53
August 8	88	68	0.00
August 9	88	72	0.00
August 10	88	72	0.05
August 11	82	72	0.25
August 12	80	73	1.54
August 13	83	72	0.02
August 14	86	73	2.07
August 15	86	71	0.44
August 16	88	72	0.10
August 17	91	75	0.44
August 18	93	74	0.00
August 19	92	73	0.00
August 20	87	69	0.00
August 21	83	65	0.00
August 22	87	61	0.00
August 23	88	61	0.00
August 24	90	62	0.00
August 25	90	64	0.00
August 26	92	65	0.00
August 27	94	69	0.00
August 28	93	71	0.00
August 29	91	72	0.00
August 30	85	73	1.11
August 31	91	73	0.00

September 1940 Sumter Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	88	69	0.15
September 2	91	64	0.00
September 3	92	70	0.00
September 4	90	73	0.00
September 5	89	66	0.00
September 6	86	67	0.14
September 7	86	64	0.00
September 8	89	62	0.00
September 9	92	66	0.00
September 10	94	70	0.00
September 11	90	65	1.48
September 12	74	54	0.00
September 13	76	51	0.00
September 14	79	51	0.00
September 15	81	53	0.00
September 16	87	57	0.00
September 17	86	61	0.00
September 18	85	64	0.00
September 19	82	62	0.00
September 20	85	55	0.00
September 21	91	60	0.00
September 22	96	66	0.00
September 23	90	71	0.00
September 24	89	64	0.00
September 25	87	73	0.06
September 26	84	47	0.08
September 27	71	50	0.00
September 28	68	54	0.09
September 29	75	57	0.17
September 30	74	53	0.00

October 1940 Sumter Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	74	53	0.00
October 2	75	46	0.00
October 3	80	44	0.00
October 4	82	45	0.00
October 5	83	47	0.00
October 6	83	51	0.00
October 7	83	55	0.00
October 8	79	60	0.00
October 9	72	51	0.00
October 10	72	41	0.00
October 11	75	39	0.00
October 12	82	48	0.00
October 13	84	45	0.00
October 14	87	49	0.00
October 15	85	48	0.00
October 16	81	54	0.00
October 17	65	48	0.00
October 18	72	41	0.00
October 19	68	38	0.00
October 20	67	45	0.00
October 21	69	39	0.00
October 22	73	50	0.00
October 23	73	54	0.00
October 24	77	57	0.00
October 25	84	47	0.00
October 26	87	51	0.00
October 27	87	54	0.00
October 28	88	55	0.00
October 29	82	56	0.00
October 30	79	60	0.13
October 31	76	54	0.00

November 1940 Sumter Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	81	56	0.00
November 2	74	58	0.82
November 3	78	42	0.00
November 4	80	44	0.00
November 5	76	54	0.00
November 6	73	59	0.00
November 7	66	37	0.00
November 8	61	36	0.00
November 9	61	31	0.00
November 10	66	43	0.00
November 11	76	56	0.00
November 12	78	65	0.00
November 13	69	45	0.44
November 14	50	46	1.65
November 15	50	30	0.13
November 16	48	23	0.00
November 17	63	32	0.00
November 18	64	31	0.00
November 19	67	31	0.00
November 20	73	40	0.00
November 21	68	48	0.00
November 22	76	55	0.00
November 23	80	49	0.00
November 24	72	56	0.00
November 25	69	50	0.13
November 26	51	41	0.47
November 27	56	43	0.12
November 28	53	30	0.00
November 29	61	25	0.00
November 30	64	32	0.00

December 1940 Sumter Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	60	45	0.30
December 2	59	37	0.00
December 3	51	29	0.00
December 4	50	24	0.00
December 5	62	35	0.00
December 6	57	30	0.00
December 7	69	31	0.00
December 8	63	40	0.00
December 9	58	31	0.00
December 10	68	28	0.00
December 11	73	33	0.00
December 12	70	44	0.00
December 13	75	53	0.00
December 14	71	47	0.00
December 15	48	41	0.21
December 16	72	43	0.02
December 17	70	42	0.09
December 18	55	31	0.00
December 19	53	32	0.00
December 20	53	43	0.06
December 21	66	46	0.02
December 22	67	32	0.00
December 23	62	40	0.00
December 24	61	37	0.00
December 25	63	51	0.49
December 26	63	55	0.04
December 27	71	50	0.08
December 28	73	60	0.04
December 29	69	54	0.00
December 30	58	36	0.00
December 31	63	30	0.00

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Years	Station	Coordinates
1901–2024	Sumter	location