Williston Weather in 1940

Historical record of Williston, North Dakota weather for the year 1940 based on NOAA data.

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1940 Williston Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	100 °F	September 3
Lowest temperature	-26 °F	January 18
Highest daily low	71 °F	July 21
Lowest daily high	-10 °F	January 4
Most daily precipitation	0.9 inches	July 27
Most daily snow	6.3 inches	November 9
Total annual precipitation	14.1 inches	-
Total annual snow	33.6 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Williston in 1940?

The highest temperature recorded in Williston, North Dakota in 1940 was 100 °F which happened on September 3.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Williston in 1940

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	100 °F	Sep 3
2	99 °F	Aug 9
3	97 °F	Aug 12
3	97 °F	Jul 13
5	96 °F	Sep 1
5	96 °F	Jul 18
5	96 °F	Jul 9
5	96 °F	Jul 5
9	95 °F	Jul 17
10	94 °F	Sep 2
10	94 °F	Aug 14
10	94 °F	Aug 13
10	94 °F	Aug 10
10	94 °F	Jul 21
10	94 °F	Jul 4

What was the coldest temperature in Williston in 1940?

The lowest temperature recorded in Williston, North Dakota in 1940 was -26 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Williston in 1940

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-26 °F	January 18
1	-26 °F	January 17
3	-25 °F	January 5
3	-25 °F	January 4
5	-23 °F	January 24
6	-22 °F	January 23
7	-21 °F	December 12
8	-20 °F	February 24
8	-20 °F	January 1
10	-19 °F	January 26
10	-19 °F	January 3

January 1940 Williston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	0	-20	0.00	0.0
January 2	9	-15	0.00	0.0
January 3	9	-19	0.00	0.0
January 4	-10	-25	0.00	0.0
January 5	5	-25	0.00	0.0
January 6	12	-9	0.01	0.0
January 7	17	11	0.00	0.2
January 8	13	-7	0.01	0.1
January 9	20	10	0.00	0.0
January 10	32	17	0.00	0.0
January 11	18	5	0.00	0.0
January 12	20	2	0.00	0.0
January 13	18	-3	0.00	0.0
January 14	26	-8	0.00	0.0
January 15	0	-17	0.00	0.0
January 16	-1	-8	0.00	0.0
January 17	-7	-26	0.00	0.0
January 18	2	-26	0.00	0.0
January 19	9	-2	0.00	0.0
January 20	6	-3	0.00	0.0
January 21	9	-4	0.00	0.0
January 22	5	-11	0.00	0.0
January 23	5	-22	0.00	0.0
January 24	0	-23	0.00	0.0
January 25	1	-17	0.00	0.0
January 26	11	-19	0.00	0.0
January 27	34	1	0.00	0.0
January 28	30	2	0.00	0.0
January 29	40	10	0.00	0.0
January 30	39	25	0.00	0.0
January 31	33	12	0.02	0.0

February 1940 Williston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	13	7	0.03	0.7
February 2	20	-2	0.00	0.0
February 3	25	18	0.02	0.2
February 4	23	18	0.00	0.0
February 5	22	15	0.00	0.0
February 6	17	1	0.00	0.0
February 7	16	0	0.07	0.8
February 8	14	5	0.00	0.0
February 9	38	6	0.00	0.0
February 10	46	25	0.00	0.0
February 11	34	23	0.17	1.6
February 12	28	15	0.00	0.0
February 13	27	12	0.00	0.0
February 14	37	22	0.00	0.0
February 15	26	17	0.00	0.0
February 16	21	5	0.00	0.0
February 17	35	2	0.00	0.0
February 18	24	3	0.00	0.0
February 19	27	18	0.00	0.0
February 20	26	15	0.01	0.1
February 21	17	4	0.01	0.1
February 22	8	-2	0.00	0.0
February 23	7	-11	0.01	0.1
February 24	10	-20	0.00	0.0
February 25	15	-6	0.02	0.2
February 26	18	0	0.20	2.3
February 27	12	-4	0.18	2.0
February 28	20	-1	0.07	0.0
February 29	31	14	0.01	0.6

March 1940 Williston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	35	15	0.00	0.0
March 2	46	10	0.00	0.0
March 3	40	28	0.00	0.0
March 4	42	26	0.00	0.0
March 5	41	32	0.03	0.0
March 6	36	29	0.00	0.0
March 7	33	25	0.00	0.0
March 8	35	24	0.00	0.0
March 9	29	23	0.01	0.1
March 10	28	21	0.04	0.3
March 11	25	19	0.09	1.1
March 12	23	16	0.01	0.2
March 13	25	13	0.00	0.0
March 14	42	7	0.00	0.0
March 15	50	24	0.00	0.0
March 16	58	34	0.00	0.0
March 17	43	32	0.03	0.0
March 18	39	30	0.00	0.0
March 19	34	15	0.00	0.0
March 20	25	12	0.06	0.6
March 21	20	12	0.01	0.0
March 22	17	8	0.05	0.6
March 23	18	5	0.00	0.0
March 24	22	12	0.00	0.0
March 25	27	13	0.00	0.0
March 26	30	18	0.00	0.0
March 27	29	20	0.28	0.0
March 28	48	24	0.01	3.0
March 29	51	24	0.00	0.0
March 30	47	25	0.00	0.0
March 31	33	28	0.15	0.0

April 1940 Williston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	36	27	0.00	0.0
April 2	36	29	0.22	1.6
April 3	31	25	0.29	2.7
April 4	34	18	0.01	0.9
April 5	39	18	0.00	0.0
April 6	42	28	0.00	0.0
April 7	35	27	0.00	0.0
April 8	40	25	0.05	0.0
April 9	34	30	0.02	0.1
April 10	30	12	0.00	0.0
April 11	24	7	0.00	0.0
April 12	50	17	0.00	0.0
April 13	68	35	0.00	0.0
April 14	58	37	0.00	0.0
April 15	42	34	0.00	0.0
April 16	43	30	0.00	0.0
April 17	61	26	0.00	0.0
April 18	70	37	0.00	0.0
April 19	61	42	0.00	0.0
April 20	67	44	0.00	0.0
April 21	58	44	0.05	0.0
April 22	52	34	0.00	0.0
April 23	48	29	0.00	0.0
April 24	38	32	0.34	0.0
April 25	42	34	0.07	0.0
April 26	46	38	0.00	0.0
April 27	64	45	0.02	0.0
April 28	58	43	0.02	0.0
April 29	55	32	0.00	0.0
April 30	51	27	0.00	0.0

May 1940 Williston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	68	30	0.00
May 2	75	44	0.00
May 3	78	50	0.00
May 4	69	43	0.29
May 5	55	42	0.48
May 6	64	40	0.10
May 7	50	41	0.81
May 8	69	35	0.00
May 9	74	49	0.00
May 10	69	41	0.00
May 11	91	52	0.00
May 12	78	56	0.00
May 13	68	33	0.50
May 14	52	34	0.00
May 15	64	38	0.00
May 16	72	45	0.00
May 17	61	46	0.16
May 18	66	45	0.01
May 19	77	44	0.00
May 20	59	48	0.19
May 21	65	40	0.00
May 22	73	41	0.00
May 23	73	51	0.00
May 24	67	38	0.00
May 25	68	39	0.00
May 26	70	40	0.00
May 27	72	52	0.00
May 28	76	48	0.00
May 29	80	51	0.00
May 30	78	60	0.00
May 31	90	53	0.00

June 1940 Williston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	83	57	0.71
June 2	63	56	0.28
June 3	72	54	0.00
June 4	70	56	0.10
June 5	67	54	0.16
June 6	68	54	0.18
June 7	68	49	0.00
June 8	66	50	0.40
June 9	60	50	0.12
June 10	76	47	0.00
June 11	84	53	0.00
June 12	78	56	0.00
June 13	91	59	0.00
June 14	74	55	0.00
June 15	84	47	0.00
June 16	84	56	0.00
June 17	77	55	0.00
June 18	73	47	0.00
June 19	73	54	0.00
June 20	82	55	0.21
June 21	84	61	0.02
June 22	72	55	0.17
June 23	70	52	0.00
June 24	76	53	0.00
June 25	82	51	0.00
June 26	76	52	0.03
June 27	71	52	0.00
June 28	71	45	0.00
June 29	84	47	0.00
June 30	78	52	0.00

July 1940 Williston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	74	60	0.00
July 2	78	56	0.00
July 3	86	60	0.00
July 4	94	67	0.00
July 5	96	60	0.00
July 6	79	59	0.05
July 7	80	53	0.00
July 8	85	58	0.00
July 9	96	66	0.00
July 10	77	58	0.41
July 11	72	55	0.01
July 12	91	60	0.00
July 13	97	64	0.34
July 14	78	53	0.00
July 15	83	52	0.00
July 16	88	64	0.00
July 17	95	66	0.00
July 18	96	71	0.01
July 19	82	64	0.42
July 20	92	60	0.00
July 21	94	71	0.00
July 22	93	66	0.07
July 23	93	58	0.00
July 24	85	61	0.00
July 25	75	58	0.00
July 26	74	59	0.00
July 27	67	59	0.89
July 28	75	57	0.00
July 29	78	50	0.00
July 30	88	60	0.00
July 31	93	65	0.00

August 1940 Williston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	91	61	0.35
August 2	80	62	0.23
August 3	85	55	0.00
August 4	73	58	0.00
August 5	79	49	0.00
August 6	92	54	0.00
August 7	92	52	0.00
August 8	93	56	0.00
August 9	99	68	0.00
August 10	94	68	0.00
August 11	93	63	0.00
August 12	97	65	0.00
August 13	94	70	0.00
August 14	94	64	0.00
August 15	81	56	0.00
August 16	83	49	0.00
August 17	73	55	0.06
August 18	77	43	0.00
August 19	82	50	0.00
August 20	87	54	0.00
August 21	83	52	0.00
August 22	69	47	0.00
August 23	78	54	0.00
August 24	84	57	0.03
August 25	77	57	0.00
August 26	86	61	0.00
August 27	92	61	0.00
August 28	77	56	0.06
August 29	73	52	0.00
August 30	78	44	0.00
August 31	89	54	0.00

September 1940 Williston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	96	58	0.00
September 2	94	56	0.00
September 3	100	68	0.00
September 4	86	69	0.00
September 5	84	58	0.00
September 6	83	55	0.00
September 7	80	50	0.00
September 8	76	56	0.00
September 9	62	41	0.00
September 10	66	30	0.00
September 11	80	36	0.00
September 12	77	45	0.00
September 13	76	51	0.00
September 14	80	54	0.05
September 15	82	50	0.00
September 16	86	51	0.00
September 17	85	51	0.00
September 18	80	50	0.00
September 19	80	55	0.00
September 20	77	46	0.00
September 21	81	55	0.00
September 22	67	54	0.78
September 23	67	49	0.00
September 24	57	42	0.08
September 25	65	39	0.00
September 26	76	44	0.00
September 27	73	44	0.00
September 28	66	45	0.00
September 29	71	46	0.04
September 30	70	56	0.07

October 1940 Williston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	62	56	0.00
October 2	62	54	0.00
October 3	61	53	0.39
October 4	58	53	0.43
October 5	59	46	0.00
October 6	59	40	0.00
October 7	69	36	0.00
October 8	77	38	0.00
October 9	69	40	0.00
October 10	72	39	0.00
October 11	67	49	0.00
October 12	57	42	0.00
October 13	50	39	0.09
October 14	53	31	0.00
October 15	67	40	0.00
October 16	61	36	0.00
October 17	61	29	0.00
October 18	76	42	0.00
October 19	78	42	0.00
October 20	73	44	0.00
October 21	80	47	0.00
October 22	60	36	0.00
October 23	65	27	0.02
October 24	66	36	0.00
October 25	67	48	0.00
October 26	60	35	0.00
October 27	48	41	0.35
October 28	45	40	0.00
October 29	52	36	0.00
October 30	59	35	0.00
October 31	57	39	0.00

November 1940 Williston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	48	34	0.00	0.0
November 2	43	27	0.00	0.0
November 3	42	33	0.00	0.0
November 4	36	31	0.00	0.0
November 5	33	28	0.00	0.0
November 6	42	23	0.00	0.0
November 7	40	17	0.00	0.0
November 8	35	10	0.01	0.0
November 9	21	9	0.57	6.3
November 10	12	-6	0.02	2.2
November 11	2	-10	0.00	0.0
November 12	-3	-12	0.00	0.0
November 13	-7	-17	0.00	0.0
November 14	22	-13	0.00	0.0
November 15	42	18	0.00	0.0
November 16	43	24	0.00	0.0
November 17	43	16	0.00	0.0
November 18	35	26	0.00	0.0
November 19	33	21	0.00	0.0
November 20	37	17	0.00	0.0
November 21	32	15	0.01	0.0
November 22	27	19	0.00	0.1
November 23	30	18	0.00	0.0
November 24	30	19	0.00	0.0
November 25	30	21	0.00	0.0
November 26	24	8	0.00	0.0
November 27	18	1	0.07	0.0
November 28	22	8	0.10	1.7
November 29	14	7	0.10	0.3
November 30	12	0	0.02	0.9

December 1940 Williston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	18	2	0.03	0.2
December 2	6	-8	0.00	0.1
December 3	38	5	0.00	0.0
December 4	36	15	0.00	0.0
December 5	44	15	0.00	0.0
December 6	44	32	0.00	0.0
December 7	40	31	0.00	0.0
December 8	41	30	0.00	0.0
December 9	41	29	0.03	0.2
December 10	31	23	0.00	0.1
December 11	26	-14	0.01	0.1
December 12	-8	-21	0.00	0.0
December 13	14	-15	0.00	0.0
December 14	19	3	0.00	0.0
December 15	19	3	0.00	0.0
December 16	20	2	0.00	0.0
December 17	32	2	0.00	0.0
December 18	28	7	0.00	0.0
December 19	40	13	0.00	0.0
December 20	39	17	0.00	0.0
December 21	38	26	0.11	0.0
December 22	44	21	0.00	0.0
December 23	43	26	0.00	0.0
December 24	39	23	0.00	0.0
December 25	23	15	0.00	0.0
December 26	40	15	0.00	0.0
December 27	35	17	0.00	0.0
December 28	33	8	0.04	0.4
December 29	25	10	0.00	0.0
December 30	29	15	0.00	0.0
December 31	33	29	0.13	0.8

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1957–2024	Williston Experimental Farm	location
1894–1956	Sloulin Field International Airport	location