Washington D.C. Weather in 1939

Historical record of Washington D.C. weather for the year 1939 based on NOAA data.

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1939 Washington D.C. Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	100 °F	September 8
Lowest temperature	17 °F	February 23
Highest daily low	76 °F	July 8
Lowest daily high	28 °F	January 26
Most daily precipitation	4.5 inches	September 4
Most daily snow	5.0 inches	January 13
Total annual precipitation	40.5 inches	-
Total annual snow	12.9 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Washington D.C. in 1939?

The highest temperature recorded in Washington D.C. in 1939 was 100 °F which happened on September 8.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Washington D.C. in 1939

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	100 °F	Sep 8
2	96 °F	Aug 9
2	96 °F	Jun 16
4	95 °F	Aug 16
4	95 °F	Jun 11
4	95 °F	May 31
7	94 °F	Aug 17
7	94 °F	Jun 8
9	93 °F	Aug 20
9	93 °F	Aug 13
9	93 °F	Aug 3
9	93 °F	Jul 8

What was the coldest temperature in Washington D.C. in 1939?

The lowest temperature recorded in Washington D.C. in 1939 was 17 °F which happened 3 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Washington D.C. in 1939

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	17 °F	February 23
1	17 °F	January 27
1	17 °F	January 26
4	18 °F	January 20
5	19 °F	January 25
5	19 °F	January 23
7	21 °F	December 28
7	21 °F	December 27
7	21 °F	January 28
7	21 °F	January 15

January 1939 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	56	35	0.00	0.0
January 2	62	39	0.00	0.0
January 3	57	37	0.00	0.0
January 4	45	36	0.00	0.0
January 5	58	36	0.10	0.0
January 6	56	43	0.00	0.0
January 7	55	32	0.00	0.0
January 8	59	35	0.00	0.0
January 9	61	31	0.00	0.0
January 10	63	45	0.04	0.0
January 11	57	42	0.00	0.0
January 12	45	38	0.00	0.0
January 13	38	26	0.71	5.0
January 14	36	27	0.00	0.0
January 15	38	21	0.00	0.0
January 16	38	28	0.02	0.1
January 17	42	33	0.00	0.0
January 18	36	26	0.51	2.0
January 19	30	24	0.00	0.0
January 20	32	18	0.02	0.3
January 21	44	30	0.00	0.0
January 22	50	24	0.01	0.0
January 23	37	19	0.00	0.0
January 24	45	32	0.03	0.2
January 25	40	19	0.00	0.0
January 26	28	17	0.00	0.2
January 27	32	17	0.00	0.0
January 28	38	21	0.00	0.0
January 29	43	37	0.99	0.0
January 30	43	37	0.97	0.0
January 31	40	31	0.01	0.0

February 1939 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	44	27	0.00	0.0
February 2	41	35	0.38	0.0
February 3	45	39	1.10	0.0
February 4	39	27	0.00	0.0
February 5	40	24	0.00	0.0
February 6	44	32	0.17	0.0
February 7	49	35	0.02	0.0
February 8	58	32	0.00	0.0
February 9	55	38	0.19	0.0
February 10	46	39	0.76	0.0
February 11	45	34	0.27	0.0
February 12	49	26	0.00	0.0
February 13	60	32	0.00	0.0
February 14	56	42	0.00	0.0
February 15	68	35	0.66	0.0
February 16	36	23	0.00	0.0
February 17	46	25	0.00	0.0
February 18	68	34	0.00	0.0
February 19	74	37	0.00	0.0
February 20	72	59	0.00	0.0
February 21	59	47	0.00	0.0
February 22	47	22	0.15	0.3
February 23	32	17	0.00	0.0
February 24	49	27	0.00	0.0
February 25	41	32	0.00	0.0
February 26	59	35	0.92	0.0
February 27	53	43	0.00	0.0
February 28	57	41	1.09	0.0

March 1939 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	56	39	0.00
March 2	42	33	0.00
March 3	48	26	0.00
March 4	49	36	0.00
March 5	76	45	0.15
March 6	68	44	0.41
March 7	52	36	0.00
March 8	47	28	0.00
March 9	72	37	0.00
March 10	51	36	0.00
March 11	42	30	0.36
March 12	41	33	0.40
March 13	51	36	0.01
March 14	57	35	0.00
March 15	55	39	0.76
March 16	49	39	0.07
March 17	45	32	0.00
March 18	38	29	0.00
March 19	41	23	0.00
March 20	60	33	0.00
March 21	46	29	0.00
March 22	45	36	0.00
March 23	58	30	0.00
March 24	82	39	0.00
March 25	84	61	0.00
March 26	85	55	0.00
March 27	72	53	0.10
March 28	53	44	0.00
March 29	51	35	0.04
March 30	57	41	0.59
March 31	52	42	0.00

April 1939 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	59	42	0.25
April 2	57	44	0.00
April 3	54	44	0.00
April 4	48	38	0.00
April 5	58	33	0.00
April 6	57	42	0.57
April 7	49	37	0.00
April 8	47	37	0.00
April 9	57	34	0.03
April 10	82	45	0.03
April 11	80	48	0.18
April 12	54	33	0.00
April 13	52	31	0.00
April 14	64	36	0.00
April 15	71	52	0.45
April 16	52	41	0.67
April 17	46	40	0.25
April 18	69	43	0.01
April 19	62	48	0.01
April 20	65	45	0.00
April 21	72	47	0.07
April 22	63	49	0.01
April 23	76	42	0.00
April 24	89	50	0.00
April 25	90	59	0.00
April 26	81	61	0.98
April 27	75	59	0.00
April 28	64	46	0.00
April 29	49	43	0.25
April 30	55	42	0.02

May 1939 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	60	40	0.00
May 2	60	45	0.00
May 3	61	47	0.00
May 4	70	43	0.00
May 5	79	46	0.00
May 6	89	51	0.00
May 7	90	60	0.00
May 8	84	66	0.00
May 9	86	66	0.04
May 10	83	63	0.00
May 11	78	59	0.00
May 12	68	51	0.00
May 13	54	47	0.19
May 14	60	45	0.00
May 15	66	40	0.00
May 16	64	47	0.00
May 17	75	45	0.00
May 18	85	56	0.00
May 19	90	54	0.00
May 20	85	66	0.00
May 21	88	64	0.00
May 22	85	68	0.18
May 23	89	64	0.00
May 24	81	62	0.00
May 25	79	59	0.00
May 26	84	66	0.00
May 27	91	65	0.00
May 28	92	73	0.00
May 29	90	70	0.00
May 30	90	68	0.00
May 31	95	68	0.00

June 1939 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	85	63	0.23
June 2	67	60	0.20
June 3	77	62	0.00
June 4	80	66	0.01
June 5	85	59	0.00
June 6	90	63	0.00
June 7	82	63	0.00
June 8	94	64	0.65
June 9	88	70	0.00
June 10	90	73	0.00
June 11	95	74	0.00
June 12	87	70	0.00
June 13	84	68	2.04
June 14	79	68	0.00
June 15	85	62	0.00
June 16	96	71	0.00
June 17	92	76	0.00
June 18	82	63	0.14
June 19	72	61	0.11
June 20	87	69	0.00
June 21	87	68	0.00
June 22	88	70	0.37
June 23	84	69	0.04
June 24	81	64	0.00
June 25	84	68	0.00
June 26	82	65	0.00
June 27	80	66	0.00
June 28	72	68	0.19
June 29	80	69	0.46
June 30	87	70	0.11

July 1939 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	84	67	0.00
July 2	85	64	0.00
July 3	86	66	0.00
July 4	88	70	0.07
July 5	80	67	0.24
July 6	87	66	0.00
July 7	91	73	0.00
July 8	93	76	0.00
July 9	88	74	0.00
July 10	90	71	0.04
July 11	79	64	0.00
July 12	87	65	0.00
July 13	91	71	0.02
July 14	88	71	0.04
July 15	81	63	0.00
July 16	78	60	0.00
July 17	83	58	0.00
July 18	72	64	0.30
July 19	81	64	0.00
July 20	73	65	0.12
July 21	74	63	0.22
July 22	71	62	0.18
July 23	82	65	0.00
July 24	90	69	0.03
July 25	90	70	0.08
July 26	92	72	0.04
July 27	90	75	0.04
July 28	87	75	0.00
July 29	83	74	0.45
July 30	89	69	0.14
July 31	87	68	0.00

August 1939 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	90	70	0.00
August 2	90	74	0.00
August 3	93	72	0.06
August 4	88	70	0.00
August 5	87	68	0.00
August 6	86	67	0.00
August 7	89	68	0.00
August 8	91	73	0.00
August 9	96	74	0.02
August 10	87	72	0.00
August 11	91	68	0.00
August 12	92	70	0.00
August 13	93	73	0.00
August 14	87	75	0.00
August 15	92	72	0.00
August 16	95	75	0.00
August 17	94	71	0.00
August 18	85	74	0.76
August 19	80	70	2.07
August 20	93	68	0.29
August 21	89	72	0.01
August 22	85	69	0.00
August 23	88	67	0.00
August 24	92	73	0.00
August 25	79	71	0.00
August 26	80	69	0.00
August 27	80	69	0.00
August 28	78	67	0.00
August 29	77	64	0.01
August 30	82	65	0.00
August 31	84	67	0.00

September 1939 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	86	66	0.00
September 2	84	67	0.00
September 3	86	68	0.00
September 4	86	66	4.49
September 5	81	66	0.00
September 6	76	58	0.00
September 7	86	64	0.00
September 8	100	74	0.00
September 9	86	73	0.00
September 10	84	69	0.88
September 11	73	59	0.00
September 12	75	55	0.13
September 13	65	58	0.01
September 14	79	56	0.00
September 15	82	56	0.00
September 16	89	65	0.00
September 17	83	62	0.00
September 18	67	51	0.00
September 19	75	53	0.00
September 20	76	62	0.00
September 21	75	60	0.00
September 22	75	57	0.00
September 23	83	56	0.00
September 24	85	57	0.00
September 25	84	60	0.00
September 26	86	65	0.00
September 27	66	58	0.12
September 28	74	58	0.00
September 29	77	65	0.00
September 30	85	66	1.27

October 1939 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	68	52	0.82
October 2	52	45	1.63
October 3	59	47	0.06
October 4	57	48	0.00
October 5	73	47	0.00
October 6	83	58	0.00
October 7	87	53	0.00
October 8	83	57	0.00
October 9	90	64	0.00
October 10	92	65	0.00
October 11	71	59	0.00
October 12	66	56	0.00
October 13	68	46	0.00
October 14	58	43	0.00
October 15	56	38	0.00
October 16	63	35	0.00
October 17	62	40	0.00
October 18	56	37	0.00
October 19	72	42	0.00
October 20	77	51	0.00
October 21	81	54	0.10
October 22	73	54	0.00
October 23	61	49	0.00
October 24	58	49	0.00
October 25	57	48	0.09
October 26	79	55	0.00
October 27	77	59	0.06
October 28	72	42	0.03
October 29	54	36	0.00
October 30	49	41	0.26
October 31	52	44	1.01

November 1939 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	59	40	0.00	0.0
November 2	55	37	0.00	0.0
November 3	50	37	0.00	0.0
November 4	49	31	0.22	0.0
November 5	42	38	1.00	0.0
November 6	50	38	0.00	0.0
November 7	61	37	0.00	0.0
November 8	60	44	0.00	0.0
November 9	52	39	0.00	0.0
November 10	66	36	0.00	0.0
November 11	62	44	0.00	0.0
November 12	55	39	0.00	0.0
November 13	51	38	0.00	0.0
November 14	54	36	0.00	0.0
November 15	60	32	0.00	0.0
November 16	72	33	0.00	0.0
November 17	69	48	0.00	0.0
November 18	72	42	0.00	0.0
November 19	63	49	0.05	0.0
November 20	49	35	0.02	0.0
November 21	41	36	0.00	0.0
November 22	40	33	0.10	0.3
November 23	47	38	0.00	0.0
November 24	46	32	0.00	0.0
November 25	39	34	0.01	0.0
November 26	47	30	0.00	0.1
November 27	55	31	0.00	0.0
November 28	59	36	0.00	0.0
November 29	62	43	0.00	0.0
November 30	54	35	0.00	0.0

December 1939 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	49	32	0.06	0.0
December 2	51	45	0.45	0.0
December 3	49	39	0.00	0.0
December 4	46	36	0.00	0.0
December 5	47	39	0.01	0.0
December 6	48	36	0.01	0.0
December 7	62	32	0.00	0.0
December 8	51	40	0.00	0.0
December 9	60	32	0.00	0.0
December 10	67	45	0.06	0.0
December 11	55	32	0.00	0.0
December 12	46	27	0.00	0.0
December 13	45	37	0.43	0.0
December 14	41	35	0.00	0.0
December 15	40	30	0.00	0.0
December 16	48	35	0.00	0.0
December 17	64	43	0.00	0.0
December 18	62	35	0.00	0.0
December 19	61	37	0.00	0.0
December 20	56	39	0.75	0.0
December 21	40	34	0.00	0.0
December 22	40	33	0.00	0.0
December 23	41	31	0.00	0.0
December 24	34	24	0.00	0.0
December 25	38	28	0.00	0.0
December 26	40	35	0.00	0.0
December 27	35	21	0.30	3.3
December 28	31	21	0.01	0.3
December 29	35	30	0.09	0.0
December 30	37	28	0.03	0.8
December 31	33	23	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1945–2023	Washington Reagan Airport	location
1851–1945	Washington D.C.	location