Wilmington Weather in 1940

Historical record of Wilmington, North Carolina weather for the year 1940 based on NOAA data.

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1940 Wilmington Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	98 °F	July 22
Lowest temperature	14 °F	January 28
Highest daily low	79 °F	July 27
Lowest daily high	27 °F	January 27
Most daily precipitation	3.0 inches	February 10
Most daily snow	1.1 inches	January 1
Total annual precipitation	45.2 inches	-
Total annual snow	1.3 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Wilmington in 1940?

The highest temperature recorded in Wilmington, North Carolina in 1940 was 98 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Wilmington in 1940

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	98 °F	Jul 22
1	98 °F	Jul 21
3	97 °F	Jul 23
4	96 °F	Jul 26
4	96 °F	Jun 7
6	95 °F	Jul 28
6	95 °F	Jul 27
6	95 °F	Jul 20
6	95 °F	Jun 19
6	95 °F	Jun 15

What was the coldest temperature in Wilmington in 1940?

The lowest temperature recorded in Wilmington, North Carolina in 1940 was 14 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Wilmington in 1940

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	14 °F	January 28
1	14 °F	January 27
3	17 °F	January 20
4	18 °F	January 26
5	19 °F	February 3
6	21 °F	January 29
6	21 °F	January 2
8	22 °F	January 19
8	22 °F	January 3
10	23 °F	January 21

January 1940 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	42	30	0.30	1.1
January 2	35	21	0.00	0.0
January 3	39	22	0.00	0.0
January 4	47	25	0.00	0.0
January 5	50	36	0.07	0.0
January 6	41	26	0.00	0.0
January 7	53	27	0.23	0.0
January 8	58	32	0.37	0.0
January 9	45	30	0.00	0.0
January 10	46	25	0.00	0.0
January 11	50	33	0.03	0.0
January 12	49	42	0.25	0.0
January 13	47	40	0.06	0.0
January 14	66	44	0.16	0.0
January 15	59	36	0.00	0.0
January 16	52	27	0.00	0.0
January 17	57	37	0.00	0.0
January 18	59	38	0.00	0.0
January 19	46	22	0.18	0.2
January 20	37	17	0.00	0.0
January 21	43	23	0.00	0.0
January 22	48	25	0.00	0.0
January 23	43	35	1.47	0.0
January 24	44	29	0.04	0.0
January 25	35	25	0.00	0.0
January 26	32	18	0.00	0.0
January 27	27	14	0.00	0.0
January 28	36	14	0.00	0.0
January 29	44	21	0.00	0.0
January 30	46	26	0.00	0.0
January 31	47	26	0.00	0.0

February 1940 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
February 1	53	26	0.00
February 2	48	25	0.00
February 3	42	19	0.00
February 4	55	26	0.00
February 5	62	40	0.00
February 6	69	46	0.06
February 7	64	41	0.71
February 8	56	34	0.00
February 9	67	40	0.00
February 10	67	58	3.02
February 11	64	46	0.11
February 12	61	40	0.00
February 13	67	45	0.00
February 14	56	37	0.13
February 15	51	32	0.00
February 16	54	34	0.00
February 17	48	34	0.00
February 18	59	41	0.91
February 19	59	48	0.01
February 20	48	42	0.00
February 21	45	41	0.00
February 22	50	35	0.00
February 23	50	31	0.00
February 24	62	39	0.00
February 25	50	41	0.06
February 26	44	29	0.02
February 27	58	34	0.01
February 28	67	50	0.26
February 29	56	44	0.39

March 1940 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	62	41	0.00
March 2	67	52	0.00
March 3	65	57	0.39
March 4	72	51	0.00
March 5	61	47	0.00
March 6	58	38	0.00
March 7	56	33	0.00
March 8	54	44	0.00
March 9	52	33	0.00
March 10	60	33	0.00
March 11	59	42	0.00
March 12	46	36	0.34
March 13	44	35	0.10
March 14	67	43	0.22
March 15	51	37	0.01
March 16	65	41	0.00
March 17	66	42	0.00
March 18	77	51	0.00
March 19	73	53	0.03
March 20	73	53	0.00
March 21	55	48	0.00
March 22	70	45	0.00
March 23	62	40	0.00
March 24	50	32	0.04
March 25	42	29	0.08
March 26	50	26	0.00
March 27	64	36	0.00
March 28	72	50	0.12
March 29	71	59	0.07
March 30	71	58	0.50
March 31	71	51	0.00

April 1940 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	84	55	0.00
April 2	69	52	0.00
April 3	76	56	0.00
April 4	85	61	0.00
April 5	81	53	0.00
April 6	59	42	0.00
April 7	67	45	0.00
April 8	71	61	0.89
April 9	67	53	0.00
April 10	60	44	0.00
April 11	69	52	0.00
April 12	70	43	0.54
April 13	48	34	0.00
April 14	59	38	0.00
April 15	72	54	0.00
April 16	76	59	0.00
April 17	80	61	0.00
April 18	75	62	0.00
April 19	74	65	0.83
April 20	65	53	0.00
April 21	55	44	0.01
April 22	68	40	0.00
April 23	66	46	0.01
April 24	68	52	0.04
April 25	62	46	0.00
April 26	68	51	0.07
April 27	67	49	0.00
April 28	69	43	0.00
April 29	68	46	0.00
April 30	72	49	0.00

May 1940 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	72	62	0.00
May 2	72	57	0.05
May 3	65	46	0.00
May 4	61	48	0.00
May 5	70	44	0.00
May 6	76	51	0.00
May 7	85	61	0.00
May 8	84	63	0.00
May 9	78	60	0.22
May 10	68	55	0.14
May 11	73	49	0.21
May 12	68	48	0.00
May 13	76	54	0.00
May 14	86	61	0.00
May 15	75	64	0.00
May 16	77	67	0.00
May 17	80	59	0.00
May 18	81	59	0.00
May 19	81	63	0.00
May 20	82	64	0.00
May 21	86	62	0.01
May 22	80	63	0.00
May 23	88	63	0.00
May 24	84	69	0.00
May 25	81	65	0.16
May 26	83	64	0.00
May 27	82	64	0.00
May 28	79	65	0.16
May 29	77	66	0.15
May 30	79	67	2.14
May 31	81	62	0.00

June 1940 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	84	68	0.00
June 2	80	69	0.31
June 3	82	68	0.02
June 4	76	70	1.65
June 5	84	70	0.00
June 6	89	70	0.00
June 7	96	72	0.04
June 8	88	71	0.41
June 9	85	71	0.00
June 10	84	73	0.00
June 11	85	73	0.00
June 12	87	72	0.00
June 13	85	73	0.01
June 14	90	72	0.00
June 15	95	74	0.00
June 16	88	73	0.02
June 17	87	74	0.02
June 18	92	75	0.03
June 19	95	76	0.25
June 20	91	72	0.00
June 21	78	67	0.01
June 22	78	62	0.00
June 23	83	69	0.00
June 24	89	75	0.00
June 25	82	64	2.27
June 26	85	61	0.01
June 27	87	73	0.00
June 28	92	73	0.00
June 29	82	74	0.01
June 30	82	66	0.00

July 1940 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	85	65	0.00
July 2	83	70	0.00
July 3	81	68	0.35
July 4	80	68	0.09
July 5	82	66	0.00
July 6	81	64	0.00
July 7	81	65	0.00
July 8	85	68	0.00
July 9	85	70	0.00
July 10	83	73	0.05
July 11	90	73	0.00
July 12	89	76	0.00
July 13	84	67	0.48
July 14	80	64	0.00
July 15	83	64	0.00
July 16	84	69	0.00
July 17	80	72	0.10
July 18	86	72	0.05
July 19	89	73	0.00
July 20	95	74	0.00
July 21	98	75	0.00
July 22	98	76	0.00
July 23	97	74	0.00
July 24	94	76	0.26
July 25	92	75	0.00
July 26	96	76	0.00
July 27	95	79	0.00
July 28	95	76	0.00
July 29	90	75	0.00
July 30	92	76	0.00
July 31	91	75	0.00

August 1940 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	94	75	2.58
August 2	83	70	0.00
August 3	85	69	0.02
August 4	81	72	0.93
August 5	86	75	0.01
August 6	88	74	0.00
August 7	90	71	1.96
August 8	89	70	0.00
August 9	85	74	0.11
August 10	86	72	1.24
August 11	84	71	1.58
August 12	85	75	0.24
August 13	84	76	0.00
August 14	85	76	0.11
August 15	85	73	2.47
August 16	83	74	0.61
August 17	81	72	1.93
August 18	90	73	0.00
August 19	92	77	0.21
August 20	82	70	0.14
August 21	80	68	0.00
August 22	81	65	0.00
August 23	85	68	0.00
August 24	85	69	0.00
August 25	86	70	0.00
August 26	87	69	0.00
August 27	92	71	0.00
August 28	88	74	0.00
August 29	87	75	0.00
August 30	88	74	0.00
August 31	93	72	0.00

September 1940 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	90	74	0.00
September 2	88	70	0.00
September 3	90	72	0.00
September 4	85	71	0.27
September 5	87	69	0.00
September 6	81	67	0.83
September 7	86	65	0.00
September 8	87	67	0.00
September 9	89	69	0.00
September 10	87	73	0.00
September 11	82	61	0.00
September 12	76	56	0.00
September 13	75	55	0.00
September 14	80	58	0.00
September 15	81	64	0.00
September 16	82	62	0.00
September 17	83	66	0.09
September 18	81	66	0.00
September 19	81	62	0.00
September 20	82	64	0.00
September 21	88	65	0.00
September 22	92	66	0.00
September 23	83	65	0.00
September 24	83	67	0.00
September 25	85	54	0.29
September 26	60	52	0.00
September 27	66	52	0.10
September 28	67	56	0.36
September 29	69	58	0.00
September 30	70	60	0.02

October 1940 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	70	55	0.03
October 2	69	50	0.00
October 3	78	53	0.00
October 4	79	56	0.00
October 5	76	57	0.00
October 6	78	55	0.00
October 7	78	60	0.00
October 8	79	61	0.07
October 9	66	53	0.03
October 10	70	46	0.00
October 11	73	48	0.00
October 12	76	50	0.00
October 13	82	53	0.00
October 14	80	54	0.00
October 15	84	54	0.00
October 16	67	53	0.00
October 17	69	52	0.00
October 18	67	48	0.00
October 19	68	44	0.00
October 20	68	42	0.00
October 21	65	39	0.00
October 22	66	48	0.00
October 23	67	54	0.04
October 24	75	61	0.00
October 25	84	56	0.00
October 26	83	59	0.00
October 27	79	58	0.00
October 28	86	58	0.32
October 29	71	56	0.00
October 30	77	56	0.95
October 31	69	56	0.00

November 1940 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	73	57	0.75
November 2	72	55	0.04
November 3	76	49	0.00
November 4	77	48	0.00
November 5	77	57	0.00
November 6	73	51	0.02
November 7	61	40	0.00
November 8	57	37	0.00
November 9	60	36	0.00
November 10	65	44	0.00
November 11	75	62	0.04
November 12	73	61	0.03
November 13	61	49	0.41
November 14	66	49	0.15
November 15	50	37	0.06
November 16	47	28	0.00
November 17	59	35	0.00
November 18	62	37	0.00
November 19	64	41	0.00
November 20	72	46	0.00
November 21	71	49	0.00
November 22	77	62	0.00
November 23	78	53	0.00
November 24	74	59	0.00
November 25	64	47	0.03
November 26	62	43	0.27
November 27	65	43	0.06
November 28	49	33	0.00
November 29	60	34	0.00
November 30	62	40	0.00

December 1940 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	56	50	0.25
December 2	52	39	0.01
December 3	49	33	0.00
December 4	48	24	0.00
December 5	60	37	0.03
December 6	52	34	0.00
December 7	70	38	0.00
December 8	62	45	0.00
December 9	54	37	0.00
December 10	66	35	0.00
December 11	72	45	0.00
December 12	73	49	0.00
December 13	72	58	0.00
December 14	62	46	0.09
December 15	54	44	0.01
December 16	70	51	0.04
December 17	66	41	0.00
December 18	56	39	0.00
December 19	54	37	0.02
December 20	56	48	0.46
December 21	65	46	0.02
December 22	66	39	0.00
December 23	58	43	0.00
December 24	64	41	0.00
December 25	68	57	1.10
December 26	69	53	0.00
December 27	72	51	0.01
December 28	66	62	0.89
December 29	62	49	0.00
December 30	57	39	0.00
December 31	58	37	0.00

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1948–2024	Wilmington International Airport	location
1870–1947	Wilmington WB City	location