Springfield Weather in 1938

Historical record of Springfield, Illinois weather for the year 1938 based on NOAA data.

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1938 Springfield Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	100 °F	August 10
Lowest temperature	2 °F	January 31
Highest daily low	78 °F	August 10
Lowest daily high	13 °F	January 26
Most daily precipitation	2.1 inches	October 18
Most daily snow	1.4 inches	February 19
Total annual precipitation	37.0 inches	-
Total annual snow	5.2 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Springfield in 1938?

The highest temperature recorded in Springfield, Illinois in 1938 was 100 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Springfield in 1938

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	100 °F	Aug 10
1	100 °F	Jul 12
3	99 °F	Sep 9
3	99 °F	Aug 23
3	99 °F	Jul 11
6	98 °F	Jul 26
7	97 °F	Aug 9
7	97 °F	Aug 3
9	96 °F	Sep 8
9	96 °F	Sep 7
9	96 °F	Aug 24
9	96 °F	Jul 25
9	96 °F	Jul 10
9	96 °F	Jul 1

What was the coldest temperature in Springfield in 1938?

The lowest temperature recorded in Springfield, Illinois in 1938 was 2 °F which happened on Jan 31.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Springfield in 1938

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	2 °F	January 31
2	3 °F	January 26
3	6 °F	January 8
4	7 °F	January 30
4	7 °F	January 25
6	8 °F	January 28
6	8 °F	January 27
8	9 °F	December 27
9	10 °F	December 30
10	11 °F	January 7

January 1938 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	44	26	0.00	0.0
January 2	30	18	0.00	0.0
January 3	43	25	0.00	0.0
January 4	44	21	0.00	0.0
January 5	48	30	0.00	0.0
January 6	40	18	0.00	0.0
January 7	21	11	0.00	0.0
January 8	17	6	0.00	0.0
January 9	36	13	0.05	0.5
January 10	30	19	0.00	0.0
January 11	38	29	0.00	0.0
January 12	36	24	0.00	0.0
January 13	38	20	0.00	0.0
January 14	38	30	0.00	0.0
January 15	41	23	0.00	0.0
January 16	50	35	0.00	0.0
January 17	39	32	0.00	0.0
January 18	35	31	0.00	0.0
January 19	36	29	0.04	0.4
January 20	44	33	0.06	0.0
January 21	41	36	0.00	0.0
January 22	48	36	0.00	0.0
January 23	50	28	0.59	0.0
January 24	55	20	0.60	0.6
January 25	20	7	0.07	0.4
January 26	13	3	0.00	0.0
January 27	20	8	0.00	0.0
January 28	36	8	0.00	0.0
January 29	54	33	0.03	0.0
January 30	49	7	0.09	0.0
January 31	16	2	0.00	0.0

February 1938 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	33	13	0.00	0.0
February 2	44	33	0.01	0.0
February 3	45	33	0.00	0.0
February 4	55	31	0.00	0.0
February 5	66	52	0.10	0.0
February 6	58	36	0.00	0.0
February 7	48	31	0.00	0.0
February 8	59	38	0.00	0.0
February 9	65	39	0.00	0.0
February 10	40	33	0.20	0.0
February 11	49	40	0.00	0.0
February 12	73	47	0.00	0.0
February 13	69	35	0.00	0.0
February 14	42	27	0.00	0.0
February 15	30	25	0.00	0.0
February 16	37	30	0.08	0.0
February 17	56	35	0.99	0.0
February 18	38	33	0.14	0.0
February 19	33	29	0.52	1.4
February 20	35	28	0.00	0.0
February 21	30	27	0.00	0.0
February 22	37	30	0.07	0.9
February 23	34	30	0.01	0.1
February 24	35	29	0.00	0.0
February 25	38	29	0.00	0.0
February 26	43	37	0.00	0.0
February 27	52	30	0.00	0.0
February 28	40	25	0.00	0.0

March 1938 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	56	30	0.00
March 2	63	38	0.21
March 3	38	30	0.00
March 4	58	32	0.40
March 5	59	29	0.15
March 6	38	26	0.00
March 7	56	29	0.00
March 8	56	35	0.00
March 9	41	35	0.16
March 10	45	33	0.00
March 11	54	38	0.00
March 12	72	42	0.07
March 13	59	44	0.05
March 14	57	40	0.00
March 15	58	42	0.78
March 16	55	39	0.06
March 17	54	38	0.00
March 18	72	38	0.00
March 19	63	54	0.11
March 20	74	50	0.00
March 21	80	52	0.00
March 22	79	60	0.35
March 23	63	44	0.28
March 24	62	41	0.00
March 25	65	45	0.52
March 26	56	45	0.00
March 27	61	39	0.00
March 28	64	42	0.14
March 29	79	55	0.19
March 30	69	57	0.98
March 31	62	41	0.00

April 1938 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	43	35	0.00	0.0
April 2	41	31	0.00	0.0
April 3	59	30	0.00	0.0
April 4	51	35	0.00	0.0
April 5	54	33	0.17	0.0
April 6	47	32	1.21	0.0
April 7	35	31	0.24	0.0
April 8	35	32	0.78	0.1
April 9	47	29	0.00	0.0
April 10	58	33	0.00	0.0
April 11	68	42	0.02	0.0
April 12	72	51	0.00	0.0
April 13	80	55	0.00	0.0
April 14	76	58	0.00	0.0
April 15	80	58	0.00	0.0
April 16	73	60	0.20	0.0
April 17	76	57	0.00	0.0
April 18	76	56	0.07	0.0
April 19	87	55	0.08	0.0
April 20	66	54	0.00	0.0
April 21	68	46	0.00	0.0
April 22	61	40	0.00	0.0
April 23	64	37	0.07	0.0
April 24	77	52	0.06	0.0
April 25	80	52	0.00	0.0
April 26	84	59	0.00	0.0
April 27	83	60	0.30	0.0
April 28	64	54	0.00	0.0
April 29	72	49	0.10	0.0
April 30	73	55	0.02	0.0

May 1938 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	76	49	0.00
May 2	87	60	0.00
May 3	87	65	0.00
May 4	83	64	0.65
May 5	69	55	0.00
May 6	71	50	0.00
May 7	62	55	0.15
May 8	55	45	0.12
May 9	60	45	0.00
May 10	72	46	0.01
May 11	60	42	0.00
May 12	61	37	0.00
May 13	67	38	0.02
May 14	63	50	0.28
May 15	71	50	0.00
May 16	69	54	0.02
May 17	79	55	0.70
May 18	86	65	0.97
May 19	87	66	0.66
May 20	83	66	0.00
May 21	71	60	1.37
May 22	72	55	0.00
May 23	65	54	1.56
May 24	66	48	0.00
May 25	78	52	0.00
May 26	80	59	0.00
May 27	76	61	0.73
May 28	79	59	0.10
May 29	80	58	0.00
May 30	81	62	0.00
May 31	82	64	0.00

June 1938 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	82	65	0.17
June 2	80	60	0.00
June 3	84	62	0.01
June 4	84	63	0.00
June 5	82	58	0.00
June 6	88	65	0.56
June 7	78	62	0.03
June 8	80	58	0.00
June 9	74	62	0.25
June 10	84	66	1.21
June 11	78	62	0.77
June 12	78	60	0.00
June 13	80	60	0.00
June 14	83	64	0.00
June 15	89	68	0.00
June 16	81	63	0.00
June 17	82	65	0.00
June 18	84	60	0.00
June 19	86	68	0.06
June 20	86	60	0.00
June 21	89	66	0.00
June 22	85	70	0.00
June 23	92	69	0.18
June 24	92	73	0.28
June 25	95	71	0.43
June 26	72	59	0.28
June 27	75	56	0.00
June 28	75	54	0.00
June 29	78	56	0.00
June 30	84	63	0.00

July 1938 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	96	73	0.00
July 2	86	71	0.92
July 3	86	71	0.00
July 4	87	68	0.00
July 5	90	67	0.00
July 6	93	70	0.00
July 7	95	71	0.02
July 8	90	69	0.13
July 9	93	70	0.00
July 10	96	73	0.00
July 11	99	76	0.00
July 12	100	76	0.00
July 13	93	74	0.00
July 14	89	70	0.00
July 15	87	65	0.00
July 16	92	70	0.00
July 17	80	67	0.64
July 18	87	64	0.00
July 19	88	65	0.00
July 20	92	68	0.24
July 21	83	62	0.00
July 22	89	66	0.15
July 23	90	70	0.00
July 24	92	66	0.00
July 25	96	71	0.00
July 26	98	74	0.00
July 27	95	72	0.00
July 28	92	71	0.00
July 29	89	71	0.00
July 30	87	66	0.00
July 31	87	69	0.73

August 1938 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	86	66	0.00
August 2	93	70	0.00
August 3	97	74	0.00
August 4	94	75	0.10
August 5	93	71	0.10
August 6	90	70	0.01
August 7	92	73	0.00
August 8	89	74	0.00
August 9	97	70	0.00
August 10	100	78	0.00
August 11	89	71	0.04
August 12	87	65	0.00
August 13	92	66	0.00
August 14	95	74	0.00
August 15	86	73	0.02
August 16	88	72	0.00
August 17	83	65	0.01
August 18	88	63	0.00
August 19	92	71	0.02
August 20	94	69	1.47
August 21	85	68	0.01
August 22	93	68	0.00
August 23	99	76	0.00
August 24	96	67	0.00
August 25	85	60	0.00
August 26	90	67	0.00
August 27	83	62	0.00
August 28	73	62	0.65
August 29	79	65	0.00
August 30	86	64	0.00
August 31	88	70	0.06

September 1938 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	84	67	0.00
September 2	83	63	0.00
September 3	85	65	0.00
September 4	90	66	0.00
September 5	90	65	0.00
September 6	93	68	0.00
September 7	96	74	0.00
September 8	96	72	0.02
September 9	99	72	1.18
September 10	91	74	0.00
September 11	90	71	0.00
September 12	89	74	0.02
September 13	82	74	0.06
September 14	81	62	0.14
September 15	74	55	0.00
September 16	65	53	0.00
September 17	74	54	0.56
September 18	58	48	0.00
September 19	62	43	0.00
September 20	64	51	0.00
September 21	70	48	0.00
September 22	83	53	0.00
September 23	89	59	0.00
September 24	91	63	0.00
September 25	86	57	0.00
September 26	87	61	0.00
September 27	79	58	0.00
September 28	80	52	0.00
September 29	82	57	0.00
September 30	84	58	0.00

October 1938 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	76	54	0.00
October 2	77	49	0.00
October 3	80	53	0.00
October 4	88	55	0.00
October 5	88	58	0.00
October 6	71	53	0.00
October 7	73	47	0.00
October 8	88	57	0.00
October 9	88	60	0.00
October 10	88	61	0.00
October 11	86	60	0.00
October 12	79	60	0.89
October 13	76	55	0.01
October 14	84	55	0.00
October 15	88	61	0.00
October 16	85	58	0.00
October 17	85	57	0.00
October 18	85	62	2.14
October 19	66	47	0.32
October 20	62	42	0.00
October 21	69	45	0.00
October 22	59	43	0.00
October 23	48	38	0.00
October 24	59	34	0.00
October 25	70	42	0.00
October 26	71	50	0.00
October 27	64	43	0.00
October 28	66	41	0.00
October 29	66	45	0.00
October 30	65	41	0.00
October 31	70	41	0.00

November 1938 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	79	51	0.00	0.0
November 2	77	58	0.00	0.0
November 3	76	63	0.00	0.0
November 4	66	46	0.12	0.0
November 5	64	44	0.00	0.0
November 6	72	48	0.35	0.0
November 7	50	32	0.95	0.0
November 8	42	28	0.00	0.0
November 9	56	33	0.00	0.0
November 10	59	36	0.00	0.0
November 11	66	45	0.00	0.0
November 12	64	54	0.00	0.0
November 13	58	37	0.04	0.0
November 14	52	33	0.00	0.0
November 15	51	36	0.00	0.0
November 16	60	38	0.00	0.0
November 17	63	43	0.00	0.0
November 18	54	36	0.00	0.0
November 19	49	30	0.00	0.0
November 20	64	39	0.00	0.0
November 21	62	38	0.00	0.0
November 22	38	29	0.00	0.0
November 23	34	26	0.02	0.3
November 24	32	19	0.00	0.0
November 25	33	18	0.00	0.0
November 26	32	18	0.00	0.0
November 27	29	13	0.00	0.0
November 28	47	22	0.00	0.0
November 29	60	35	0.00	0.0
November 30	49	34	0.00	0.0

December 1938 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	47	31	0.00	0.0
December 2	54	47	0.59	0.0
December 3	51	40	0.56	0.0
December 4	56	40	0.00	0.0
December 5	41	35	0.00	0.0
December 6	44	32	0.00	0.0
December 7	46	35	0.00	0.0
December 8	42	34	0.04	0.0
December 9	36	27	0.00	0.0
December 10	43	26	0.00	0.0
December 11	41	33	0.00	0.0
December 12	35	26	0.00	0.0
December 13	39	24	0.00	0.0
December 14	39	26	0.00	0.0
December 15	36	21	0.00	0.0
December 16	43	31	0.21	0.5
December 17	32	20	0.00	0.0
December 18	39	23	0.00	0.0
December 19	35	22	0.00	0.0
December 20	41	30	0.00	0.0
December 21	30	24	0.00	0.0
December 22	34	22	0.27	0.0
December 23	36	33	0.00	0.0
December 24	40	30	0.00	0.0
December 25	37	29	0.00	0.0
December 26	38	14	0.18	0.0
December 27	17	9	0.00	0.0
December 28	30	13	0.00	0.0
December 29	36	14	0.00	0.0
December 30	22	10	0.00	0.0
December 31	49	16	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1901–2024	Springfield Capital Airport	location