Bloomington-Normal Weather in 1948

Historical record of Bloomington-Normal, Illinois weather for the year 1948 based on NOAA data.

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1948 Bloomington-Normal Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	98 °F	August 24
Lowest temperature	-5 °F	January 28
Highest daily low	73 °F	August 26
Lowest daily high	11 °F	January 17
Most daily precipitation	1.5 inches	July 26
Most daily snow	2.5 inches	February 14
Total annual precipitation	30.2 inches	-
Total annual snow	11.9 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Bloomington-Normal in 1948?

The highest temperature recorded in Bloomington-Normal, Illinois in 1948 was 98 °F which happened on August 24.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Bloomington-Normal in 1948

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	98 °F	Aug 24
2	97 °F	Aug 29
2	97 °F	Aug 25
4	96 °F	Aug 27
4	96 °F	Aug 26
4	96 °F	Jul 6
7	95 °F	Sep 19
7	95 °F	Aug 23
7	95 °F	Jun 12
7	95 °F	Jun 11

What was the coldest temperature in Bloomington-Normal in 1948?

The lowest temperature recorded in Bloomington-Normal, Illinois in 1948 was -5 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Bloomington-Normal in 1948

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-5 °F	January 28
1	-5 °F	January 17
3	-4 °F	March 12
4	-3 °F	January 23
5	-1 °F	January 22
6	0 °F	February 9
6	0 °F	January 18
8	2 °F	February 8
8	2 °F	January 27
8	2 °F	January 14

January 1948 Bloomington-Normal Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	33	31	1.19	0.0
January 2	33	24	0.04	0.2
January 3	33	25	0.00	0.0
January 4	33	25	0.00	0.0
January 5	36	21	0.00	0.0
January 6	35	17	0.19	2.2
January 7	43	21	0.00	0.0
January 8	50	32	0.00	0.0
January 9	49	33	0.00	0.0
January 10	35	27	0.00	0.0
January 11	37	25	0.00	0.0
January 12	40	32	0.02	0.0
January 13	32	12	0.00	0.0
January 14	15	2	0.00	0.0
January 15	39	10	0.00	0.0
January 16	38	3	0.00	0.0
January 17	11	-5	0.00	0.0
January 18	20	0	0.00	0.0
January 19	27	18	0.02	0.2
January 20	42	11	0.00	0.0
January 21	41	15	0.01	0.3
January 22	18	-1	0.00	0.0
January 23	15	-3	0.00	0.0
January 24	21	4	0.00	0.0
January 25	27	4	0.00	0.0
January 26	24	8	0.00	0.0
January 27	17	2	0.00	0.0
January 28	20	-5	0.00	0.0
January 29	34	4	0.00	0.0
January 30	33	16	0.00	0.0
January 31	29	11	0.00	0.0

February 1948 Bloomington-Normal Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	34	9	0.00	0.0
February 2	42	16	0.00	0.0
February 3	38	13	0.13	1.5
February 4	31	21	0.11	1.5
February 5	25	10	0.00	0.0
February 6	30	3	0.00	0.0
February 7	32	21	0.00	0.0
February 8	30	2	0.00	0.0
February 9	25	0	0.00	0.0
February 10	28	6	0.00	0.0
February 11	33	24	0.05	0.5
February 12	31	14	0.00	0.0
February 13	30	22	0.47	0.5
February 14	30	13	0.24	2.5
February 15	42	10	0.00	0.0
February 16	47	35	0.00	0.0
February 17	55	28	0.00	0.0
February 18	63	36	0.00	0.0
February 19	60	31	0.00	0.0
February 20	32	11	0.00	0.0
February 21	25	17	0.00	0.0
February 22	34	13	0.00	0.0
February 23	45	23	0.00	0.0
February 24	45	35	0.00	0.0
February 25	45	38	0.09	0.0
February 26	54	33	0.00	0.0
February 27	56	38	0.85	0.0
February 28	52	37	0.11	0.0
February 29	43	27	0.00	0.0

March 1948 Bloomington-Normal Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	33	27	0.07	0.0
March 2	33	29	0.58	0.0
March 3	32	27	0.02	0.2
March 4	30	28	0.00	0.0
March 5	33	18	0.00	0.0
March 6	35	31	0.32	0.0
March 7	37	27	0.06	0.0
March 8	33	24	0.00	0.0
March 9	31	17	0.00	0.0
March 10	29	12	0.00	0.0
March 11	20	5	0.28	0.3
March 12	24	-4	0.00	0.0
March 13	41	10	0.00	0.0
March 14	53	31	0.00	0.0
March 15	56	46	0.00	0.0
March 16	56	35	0.30	0.0
March 17	51	29	0.00	0.0
March 18	64	36	0.00	0.0
March 19	70	54	0.33	0.0
March 20	76	42	0.00	0.0
March 21	75	58	1.26	0.0
March 22	59	40	0.22	0.0
March 23	60	40	0.13	0.0
March 24	67	35	0.00	0.0
March 25	71	39	0.00	0.0
March 26	72	54	0.14	0.0
March 27	69	29	0.82	0.0
March 28	47	23	0.00	0.0
March 29	55	37	0.00	0.0
March 30	59	32	0.00	0.0
March 31	54	48	0.63	0.0

April 1948 Bloomington-Normal Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	51	35	0.00
April 2	48	34	0.00
April 3	59	31	0.00
April 4	70	43	0.00
April 5	70	52	0.02
April 6	67	44	0.00
April 7	80	56	1.02
April 8	79	43	0.00
April 9	55	30	0.00
April 10	62	43	0.00
April 11	67	54	0.02
April 12	57	35	0.55
April 13	41	38	0.13
April 14	60	38	0.02
April 15	63	45	0.00
April 16	67	48	0.00
April 17	61	31	0.00
April 18	78	45	0.00
April 19	81	63	0.00
April 20	78	63	0.00
April 21	66	40	0.00
April 22	65	41	0.00
April 23	82	59	0.00
April 24	84	61	0.15
April 25	84	60	0.00
April 26	83	62	0.09
April 27	76	58	0.00
April 28	69	50	0.00
April 29	68	39	0.00
April 30	65	37	0.00

May 1948 Bloomington-Normal Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	70	50	0.12
May 2	69	46	0.57
May 3	68	43	0.00
May 4	69	47	0.48
May 5	70	46	0.00
May 6	67	54	0.50
May 7	61	40	0.46
May 8	62	41	0.00
May 9	75	58	0.04
May 10	83	50	0.00
May 11	60	47	0.14
May 12	59	47	0.11
May 13	57	47	0.02
May 14	71	42	0.00
May 15	71	55	0.49
May 16	78	51	0.00
May 17	72	49	0.00
May 18	73	48	0.00
May 19	74	41	0.00
May 20	84	48	0.00
May 21	84	61	0.00
May 22	80	43	0.00
May 23	81	54	0.00
May 24	68	40	0.00
May 25	73	42	0.00
May 26	79	48	0.00
May 27	82	51	0.00
May 28	88	56	0.00
May 29	87	45	0.00
May 30	78	50	0.00
May 31	81	55	0.00

June 1948 Bloomington-Normal Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	87	52	0.00
June 2	88	54	0.00
June 3	86	59	0.00
June 4	87	60	0.00
June 5	87	63	0.15
June 6	79	57	0.07
June 7	81	58	0.01
June 8	79	55	0.00
June 9	78	51	0.00
June 10	82	56	0.00
June 11	95	68	0.00
June 12	95	63	0.00
June 13	83	55	0.00
June 14	83	56	0.45
June 15	70	60	0.02
June 16	78	48	0.00
June 17	79	50	0.00
June 18	90	62	0.00
June 19	87	67	0.00
June 20	77	48	0.00
June 21	85	64	1.27
June 22	85	68	0.29
June 23	88	69	0.06
June 24	85	68	0.38
June 25	85	64	0.00
June 26	85	67	0.70
June 27	85	68	0.10
June 28	85	67	0.00
June 29	85	68	0.00
June 30	80	59	0.29

July 1948 Bloomington-Normal Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	80	52	0.00
July 2	89	64	0.00
July 3	89	63	0.00
July 4	87	67	0.00
July 5	76	67	0.36
July 6	96	66	0.00
July 7	90	60	0.00
July 8	87	64	0.00
July 9	90	62	0.00
July 10	91	70	0.08
July 11	89	68	0.18
July 12	91	69	0.00
July 13	90	70	0.00
July 14	89	67	0.07
July 15	83	66	0.17
July 16	87	67	0.00
July 17	89	67	0.00
July 18	85	64	0.00
July 19	82	66	0.00
July 20	87	68	0.00
July 21	88	71	1.32
July 22	87	69	0.50
July 23	86	60	0.29
July 24	81	55	0.00
July 25	83	63	0.00
July 26	86	69	1.47
July 27	87	65	0.00
July 28	87	62	0.00
July 29	90	66	0.00
July 30	89	71	0.00
July 31	83	66	0.00

August 1948 Bloomington-Normal Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	82	60	0.00
August 2	83	53	0.00
August 3	83	60	0.00
August 4	79	58	0.22
August 5	75	52	0.00
August 6	77	51	0.00
August 7	79	60	0.00
August 8	82	63	0.00
August 9	84	61	0.00
August 10	90	66	0.00
August 11	89	69	0.33
August 12	90	64	0.00
August 13	90	65	0.00
August 14	85	56	0.00
August 15	84	58	0.00
August 16	86	58	0.00
August 17	90	64	0.00
August 18	90	60	0.01
August 19	87	59	0.00
August 20	85	58	0.00
August 21	90	65	0.00
August 22	94	70	0.00
August 23	95	70	0.00
August 24	98	72	0.00
August 25	97	71	0.00
August 26	96	73	0.00
August 27	96	70	0.00
August 28	93	71	0.14
August 29	97	70	0.00
August 30	93	65	0.30
August 31	84	58	0.00

September 1948 Bloomington-Normal Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	82	57	0.00
September 2	85	63	0.00
September 3	85	67	0.02
September 4	87	62	0.00
September 5	80	63	0.00
September 6	82	66	0.10
September 7	88	65	0.00
September 8	86	62	0.38
September 9	77	50	0.01
September 10	77	52	0.04
September 11	87	57	0.00
September 12	91	59	0.00
September 13	92	60	0.00
September 14	85	55	0.00
September 15	84	52	0.00
September 16	85	56	0.00
September 17	88	65	0.00
September 18	92	68	0.00
September 19	95	70	0.00
September 20	92	70	0.00
September 21	88	67	0.89
September 22	76	55	0.00
September 23	70	45	0.00
September 24	70	48	0.00
September 25	70	45	0.00
September 26	73	46	0.00
September 27	76	47	0.00
September 28	76	50	0.00
September 29	75	55	0.50
September 30	67	55	0.00

October 1948 Bloomington-Normal Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	80	55	0.00
October 2	77	49	0.00
October 3	63	39	0.00
October 4	63	37	0.00
October 5	67	47	0.00
October 6	69	52	0.00
October 7	68	47	0.60
October 8	58	43	0.01
October 9	63	44	0.00
October 10	60	39	0.00
October 11	59	41	0.00
October 12	62	42	0.00
October 13	73	41	0.00
October 14	69	38	0.00
October 15	72	41	0.00
October 16	69	50	0.12
October 17	52	33	0.06
October 18	53	22	0.00
October 19	61	31	0.00
October 20	61	32	0.00
October 21	59	43	0.15
October 22	65	40	0.04
October 23	57	40	0.00
October 24	63	35	0.00
October 25	59	40	0.00
October 26	72	39	0.00
October 27	70	42	0.00
October 28	73	45	0.00
October 29	76	42	0.00
October 30	72	51	0.02
October 31	66	51	0.00

November 1948 Bloomington-Normal Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	68	42	0.00
November 2	61	52	0.03
November 3	60	53	0.29
November 4	73	53	0.00
November 5	70	54	0.20
November 6	55	46	0.00
November 7	57	32	0.00
November 8	60	35	0.00
November 9	58	36	0.57
November 10	43	29	0.02
November 11	53	33	0.00
November 12	51	39	0.01
November 13	46	33	0.08
November 14	49	33	0.00
November 15	61	30	0.00
November 16	60	50	0.25
November 17	55	32	0.00
November 18	57	40	0.06
November 19	58	47	0.12
November 20	47	33	0.11
November 21	43	32	0.01
November 22	41	33	0.00
November 23	35	28	0.00
November 24	45	25	0.00
November 25	57	35	0.00
November 26	55	36	0.00
November 27	49	26	0.00
November 28	44	33	0.00
November 29	42	23	0.00
November 30	45	25	0.00

December 1948 Bloomington-Normal Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	43	20	0.00	0.0
December 2	52	32	0.00	0.0
December 3	57	28	0.00	0.0
December 4	56	40	0.00	0.0
December 5	60	35	0.49	0.0
December 6	43	28	0.00	0.0
December 7	42	28	0.00	0.0
December 8	39	17	0.00	0.0
December 9	30	20	0.01	0.2
December 10	25	5	0.00	0.1
December 11	43	20	0.00	0.0
December 12	51	40	0.23	0.0
December 13	61	33	0.00	0.0
December 14	59	36	0.36	0.0
December 15	68	42	0.54	0.0
December 16	66	31	0.00	0.0
December 17	39	21	0.00	0.0
December 18	34	26	0.08	0.7
December 19	32	25	0.09	1.0
December 20	36	28	0.00	0.0
December 21	43	33	0.00	0.0
December 22	39	21	0.00	0.0
December 23	32	21	0.00	0.0
December 24	27	20	0.00	0.0
December 25	27	10	0.00	0.0
December 26	24	7	0.00	0.0
December 27	35	15	0.00	0.0
December 28	37	27	0.20	0.0
December 29	41	33	0.65	0.0
December 30	33	19	0.00	0.0
December 31	34	12	0.00	0.0

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Years	Station	Coordinates
1977–2024	Normal 4NE	location
1893–1977	Bloomington Normal	location