Winston-Salem Weather in 1940

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

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1940 Winston-Salem Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	99 °F	July 27
Lowest temperature	-7 °F	January 29
Highest daily low	73 °F	July 21
Lowest daily high	22 °F	January 27
Most daily precipitation	3.5 inches	August 14
Most daily snow	10.0 inches	January 24
Total annual precipitation	44.7 inches	-
Total annual snow	18.8 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Winston-Salem in 1940?

The highest temperature recorded in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in 1940 was 99 °F which happened on July 27.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Winston-Salem in 1940

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	99 °F	Jul 27
2	98 °F	Jul 28
3	97 °F	Jul 26
4	94 °F	Jul 22
4	94 °F	Jul 21
4	94 °F	May 8
7	93 °F	Jul 25
7	93 °F	Jul 20
7	93 °F	Jun 14
7	93 °F	May 7

What was the coldest temperature in Winston-Salem in 1940?

The lowest temperature recorded in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in 1940 was -7 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Winston-Salem in 1940

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-7 °F	January 29
1	-7 °F	January 27
3	-2 °F	January 28
4	3 °F	January 26
5	10 °F	February 3
5	10 °F	January 31
5	10 °F	January 30
5	10 °F	January 25
9	11 °F	January 20
10	12 °F	February 2
10	12 °F	February 1
10	12 °F	January 3

January 1940 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	32	21	0.00	0.0
January 2	34	13	0.00	0.0
January 3	36	12	0.00	0.0
January 4	41	17	0.00	0.0
January 5	44	25	0.01	0.1
January 6	38	16	0.00	0.0
January 7	29	17	0.28	0.4
January 8	34	22	0.06	0.0
January 9	37	22	0.00	0.0
January 10	39	21	0.00	0.0
January 11	43	26	0.22	0.0
January 12	42	31	0.05	0.0
January 13	37	32	0.00	0.0
January 14	47	35	0.88	0.0
January 15	43	28	0.00	0.0
January 16	43	23	0.00	0.0
January 17	53	29	0.00	0.0
January 18	48	28	0.00	0.0
January 19	31	16	0.00	0.0
January 20	33	11	0.00	0.0
January 21	39	16	0.00	0.0
January 22	44	17	0.00	0.0
January 23	31	22	0.70	4.0
January 24	35	17	0.16	10.0
January 25	23	10	0.00	0.0
January 26	23	3	0.00	n/a
January 27	22	-7	0.00	0.0
January 28	30	-2	0.00	0.0
January 29	34	-7	0.00	0.0
January 30	35	10	0.00	0.0
January 31	43	10	0.00	0.0

February 1940 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
February 1	45	12	0.00
February 2	39	12	0.00
February 3	42	10	0.00
February 4	47	24	0.03
February 5	47	33	0.01
February 6	54	36	0.19
February 7	52	28	0.01
February 8	53	24	0.00
February 9	63	29	0.00
February 10	59	46	0.27
February 11	56	37	0.00
February 12	63	29	0.00
February 13	65	39	0.00
February 14	55	30	0.07
February 15	49	27	0.00
February 16	53	20	0.00
February 17	49	29	0.00
February 18	44	32	0.94
February 19	45	39	0.04
February 20	44	37	0.28
February 21	45	33	0.00
February 22	43	28	0.00
February 23	49	23	0.00
February 24	51	34	0.03
February 25	49	26	0.10
February 26	44	19	0.00
February 27	47	32	0.17
February 28	52	36	0.09
February 29	54	35	0.01

March 1940 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	63	33	0.00	0.0
March 2	47	38	0.00	0.0
March 3	56	37	0.34	0.0
March 4	64	40	0.00	0.0
March 5	56	35	0.00	0.0
March 6	50	30	0.00	0.0
March 7	51	25	0.00	0.0
March 8	52	30	0.00	0.0
March 9	49	27	0.00	0.0
March 10	59	27	0.00	0.0
March 11	46	39	0.28	0.0
March 12	39	28	0.08	0.0
March 13	34	27	0.03	0.0
March 14	36	32	0.64	0.0
March 15	48	28	0.00	0.0
March 16	65	28	0.00	0.0
March 17	72	29	0.00	0.0
March 18	74	43	0.05	0.0
March 19	66	44	0.06	0.0
March 20	66	38	0.00	0.0
March 21	59	35	0.00	0.0
March 22	62	44	0.00	0.0
March 23	55	31	0.00	0.0
March 24	32	19	0.40	4.3
March 25	35	14	0.00	0.0
March 26	46	15	0.00	0.0
March 27	63	30	0.00	0.0
March 28	72	38	0.01	0.0
March 29	67	57	0.00	0.0
March 30	69	58	0.45	0.0
March 31	73	41	0.00	0.0

April 1940 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	82	53	0.00
April 2	72	47	0.00
April 3	77	53	0.09
April 4	80	56	0.00
April 5	68	40	0.00
April 6	65	37	0.00
April 7	68	42	0.11
April 8	69	53	1.50
April 9	57	43	0.00
April 10	63	37	0.00
April 11	72	45	0.00
April 12	63	33	0.47
April 13	45	25	0.00
April 14	58	30	0.00
April 15	80	40	0.00
April 16	80	42	0.00
April 17	78	55	0.00
April 18	72	59	0.00
April 19	68	59	0.86
April 20	61	48	0.11
April 21	54	42	0.01
April 22	65	36	0.00
April 23	58	37	0.41
April 24	60	43	0.01
April 25	65	38	0.00
April 26	64	42	0.00
April 27	65	44	0.00
April 28	70	36	0.00
April 29	75	37	0.00
April 30	75	52	0.00

May 1940 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	69	52	0.16
May 2	66	46	0.00
May 3	60	38	0.00
May 4	58	40	0.00
May 5	73	34	0.00
May 6	86	45	0.00
May 7	93	56	0.00
May 8	94	60	0.20
May 9	85	57	0.41
May 10	70	51	0.00
May 11	74	50	0.02
May 12	74	41	0.00
May 13	84	43	0.00
May 14	87	53	0.00
May 15	81	60	0.01
May 16	77	56	0.07
May 17	77	44	0.00
May 18	85	48	0.00
May 19	85	59	0.00
May 20	82	60	1.69
May 21	81	58	0.00
May 22	82	61	0.00
May 23	83	60	0.12
May 24	80	65	0.19
May 25	78	58	0.00
May 26	81	57	0.21
May 27	77	57	0.00
May 28	78	55	0.00
May 29	76	55	2.01
May 30	64	53	0.90
May 31	77	48	0.00

June 1940 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	80	54	0.00
June 2	80	59	0.00
June 3	85	58	0.01
June 4	80	61	0.00
June 5	87	66	0.00
June 6	91	66	0.00
June 7	92	65	0.00
June 8	92	66	0.00
June 9	89	65	0.37
June 10	85	67	0.00
June 11	88	67	0.06
June 12	90	67	0.00
June 13	90	67	0.00
June 14	93	69	0.00
June 15	91	67	0.00
June 16	85	71	0.06
June 17	81	68	0.91
June 18	90	68	0.03
June 19	87	68	0.27
June 20	81	62	0.00
June 21	77	57	0.00
June 22	80	56	0.00
June 23	88	68	0.00
June 24	92	67	0.61
June 25	74	57	0.27
June 26	80	56	0.00
June 27	86	62	0.00
June 28	91	66	0.40
June 29	85	66	0.00
June 30	81	56	0.00

July 1940 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	85	58	0.00
July 2	78	61	0.74
July 3	73	60	0.31
July 4	74	60	0.52
July 5	79	58	0.00
July 6	80	56	0.00
July 7	79	61	0.00
July 8	76	65	0.00
July 9	82	67	0.16
July 10	85	65	0.20
July 11	88	68	0.00
July 12	86	69	0.64
July 13	70	58	0.51
July 14	78	54	0.00
July 15	83	58	0.00
July 16	85	66	0.01
July 17	81	68	1.16
July 18	85	65	0.00
July 19	90	67	0.00
July 20	93	69	0.00
July 21	94	73	0.00
July 22	94	71	0.00
July 23	92	71	0.27
July 24	89	71	0.11
July 25	93	69	0.00
July 26	97	69	0.00
July 27	99	72	0.00
July 28	98	71	0.00
July 29	90	69	0.54
July 30	78	68	0.25
July 31	91	68	0.66

August 1940 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	88	69	0.00
August 2	81	64	0.00
August 3	77	60	0.00
August 4	84	66	0.03
August 5	85	69	0.63
August 6	90	69	0.00
August 7	86	70	0.00
August 8	86	68	0.00
August 9	86	65	0.00
August 10	78	66	0.22
August 11	85	71	0.21
August 12	86	71	0.33
August 13	76	71	0.43
August 14	85	69	3.52
August 15	78	68	0.63
August 16	79	72	0.08
August 17	83	72	0.03
August 18	86	71	0.00
August 19	84	65	0.00
August 20	80	60	0.00
August 21	76	61	0.00
August 22	80	60	0.00
August 23	85	60	0.00
August 24	85	62	0.00
August 25	82	67	0.26
August 26	88	65	0.00
August 27	90	66	0.03
August 28	91	68	0.00
August 29	86	69	0.17
August 30	78	71	0.43
August 31	86	70	1.66

September 1940 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	84	65	0.00
September 2	85	64	0.00
September 3	85	64	0.00
September 4	86	64	0.00
September 5	87	65	0.43
September 6	81	62	0.00
September 7	81	60	0.00
September 8	86	57	0.00
September 9	87	64	0.00
September 10	89	64	0.82
September 11	73	58	0.11
September 12	69	51	0.00
September 13	71	47	0.00
September 14	75	47	0.00
September 15	80	52	0.00
September 16	81	53	0.00
September 17	81	54	0.00
September 18	81	58	0.00
September 19	82	57	0.00
September 20	87	57	0.00
September 21	92	62	0.00
September 22	92	64	0.00
September 23	84	56	0.00
September 24	85	66	0.01
September 25	83	51	0.23
September 26	57	41	0.00
September 27	66	39	0.00
September 28	70	43	0.00
September 29	72	52	0.00
September 30	75	50	0.00

October 1940 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	72	47	0.00
October 2	71	41	0.00
October 3	77	41	0.00
October 4	81	45	0.00
October 5	74	49	0.00
October 6	84	54	0.00
October 7	82	58	0.00
October 8	63	54	0.30
October 9	67	44	0.00
October 10	69	40	0.00
October 11	74	38	0.00
October 12	77	49	0.00
October 13	82	45	0.00
October 14	85	53	0.00
October 15	80	53	0.00
October 16	55	42	0.14
October 17	63	42	0.04
October 18	62	38	0.00
October 19	52	35	0.00
October 20	55	37	0.00
October 21	67	28	0.00
October 22	65	36	0.00
October 23	74	38	0.00
October 24	82	46	0.00
October 25	82	50	0.00
October 26	86	48	0.00
October 27	79	51	0.00
October 28	75	52	0.00
October 29	54	48	0.01
October 30	73	49	0.57
October 31	70	41	0.00

November 1940 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	63	46	1.14
November 2	68	46	0.00
November 3	75	42	0.00
November 4	77	39	0.00
November 5	67	53	0.06
November 6	61	35	0.00
November 7	58	30	0.00
November 8	56	26	0.00
November 9	58	23	0.00
November 10	59	42	0.00
November 11	66	52	0.02
November 12	64	46	0.77
November 13	47	39	1.85
November 14	45	42	1.38
November 15	44	26	0.01
November 16	42	25	0.00
November 17	58	26	0.00
November 18	60	25	0.00
November 19	60	27	0.00
November 20	67	33	0.00
November 21	69	40	0.00
November 22	73	55	0.00
November 23	73	46	0.00
November 24	67	53	0.02
November 25	59	44	0.00
November 26	45	32	0.36
November 27	55	34	0.01
November 28	45	26	0.00
November 29	53	22	0.00
November 30	60	34	0.00

December 1940 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	57	38	0.02
December 2	47	30	0.00
December 3	40	19	0.00
December 4	38	13	0.00
December 5	53	30	0.01
December 6	47	22	0.00
December 7	55	28	0.02
December 8	56	29	0.00
December 9	55	24	0.00
December 10	63	33	0.00
December 11	68	29	0.00
December 12	64	37	0.00
December 13	66	54	0.05
December 14	57	36	0.29
December 15	39	35	0.15
December 16	50	39	0.55
December 17	49	28	0.00
December 18	46	27	0.00
December 19	47	27	0.00
December 20	59	35	0.00
December 21	61	34	0.00
December 22	62	27	0.00
December 23	54	32	0.00
December 24	54	27	0.00
December 25	52	40	0.31
December 26	55	50	0.02
December 27	61	52	0.25
December 28	65	57	0.37
December 29	58	41	0.13
December 30	52	34	0.00
December 31	57	29	0.00

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1929–2024	Piedmont Triad International Airport	location
1899–1928	Winston Salem Reynolds Airport	location