Springfield Weather in 1940

Historical record of Springfield, Illinois weather for the year 1940 based on NOAA data.

Jump to Month:

Year:

1940 Springfield Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	102 °F	July 25
Lowest temperature	-12 °F	January 19
Highest daily low	80 °F	July 30
Lowest daily high	4 °F	January 18
Most daily precipitation	1.4 inches	March 2
Most daily snow	5.4 inches	January 7
Total annual precipitation	22.9 inches	-
Total annual snow	13.2 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Springfield in 1940?

The highest temperature recorded in Springfield, Illinois in 1940 was 102 °F which happened on July 25.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Springfield in 1940

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	102 °F	Jul 25
2	101 °F	Jul 29
3	99 °F	Jul 30
3	99 °F	Jul 28
3	99 °F	Jul 26
3	99 °F	Jul 24
7	98 °F	Aug 3
7	98 °F	Aug 2
9	97 °F	Aug 1
10	96 °F	Jul 10

What was the coldest temperature in Springfield in 1940?

The lowest temperature recorded in Springfield, Illinois in 1940 was -12 °F which happened on Jan 19.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Springfield in 1940

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-12 °F	January 19
2	-11 °F	January 18
3	-9 °F	January 5
4	-8 °F	January 25
5	-5 °F	January 4
6	-4 °F	January 26
7	-2 °F	January 24
7	-2 °F	January 2
9	-1 °F	January 27
10	0 °F	January 6

January 1940 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	17	4	0.00	0.0
January 2	10	-2	0.00	0.0
January 3	17	2	0.00	0.0
January 4	23	-5	0.05	0.5
January 5	10	-9	0.00	0.0
January 6	17	0	0.00	0.0
January 7	24	15	0.40	5.4
January 8	28	19	0.02	0.2
January 9	27	22	0.03	0.3
January 10	33	24	0.16	0.0
January 11	37	31	0.02	0.0
January 12	31	21	0.00	0.0
January 13	35	24	0.23	0.0
January 14	36	19	0.24	1.4
January 15	21	11	0.00	0.0
January 16	23	9	0.00	0.0
January 17	16	4	0.04	0.4
January 18	4	-11	0.02	0.2
January 19	10	-12	0.00	0.0
January 20	12	5	0.00	0.0
January 21	15	1	0.00	0.0
January 22	22	6	0.00	0.0
January 23	25	6	0.00	0.0
January 24	13	-2	0.00	0.0
January 25	5	-8	0.00	0.0
January 26	12	-4	0.00	0.0
January 27	19	-1	0.00	0.0
January 28	29	6	0.00	0.0
January 29	28	19	0.00	0.0
January 30	32	18	0.00	0.0
January 31	36	21	0.00	0.0

February 1940 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	38	31	0.00	0.0
February 2	31	17	0.00	0.0
February 3	33	16	0.00	0.0
February 4	35	30	0.01	0.1
February 5	35	31	0.00	0.0
February 6	31	26	0.00	0.0
February 7	32	27	0.00	0.0
February 8	36	30	0.05	0.0
February 9	33	26	0.05	0.0
February 10	31	24	0.00	0.0
February 11	46	24	0.00	0.0
February 12	41	31	0.00	0.0
February 13	33	26	0.00	0.0
February 14	31	23	0.00	0.0
February 15	45	25	0.00	0.0
February 16	50	34	0.00	0.0
February 17	42	30	0.00	0.0
February 18	35	32	0.28	0.3
February 19	35	33	0.07	0.1
February 20	35	33	0.02	0.1
February 21	36	29	0.02	0.2
February 22	32	23	0.01	0.0
February 23	38	26	0.18	0.6
February 24	34	15	0.00	0.0
February 25	22	4	0.00	0.0
February 26	37	18	0.00	0.0
February 27	41	31	0.03	0.0
February 28	37	27	0.08	0.1
February 29	46	26	0.00	0.0

March 1940 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	48	35	0.00	0.0
March 2	51	38	1.42	0.0
March 3	46	36	0.00	0.0
March 4	45	32	0.00	0.0
March 5	39	31	0.00	0.0
March 6	43	32	0.00	0.0
March 7	44	30	0.00	0.0
March 8	43	27	0.00	0.0
March 9	43	28	0.05	0.1
March 10	40	28	0.01	0.0
March 11	38	26	0.00	0.0
March 12	34	29	0.42	0.0
March 13	34	26	0.17	0.0
March 14	27	22	0.00	0.0
March 15	42	20	0.00	0.0
March 16	52	30	0.00	0.0
March 17	76	40	0.00	0.0
March 18	57	39	0.10	0.0
March 19	55	36	0.00	0.0
March 20	46	31	0.00	0.0
March 21	48	27	0.00	0.0
March 22	32	21	0.00	0.0
March 23	30	16	0.01	0.1
March 24	28	17	0.00	0.0
March 25	34	15	0.00	0.0
March 26	45	30	0.00	0.0
March 27	61	42	0.32	0.0
March 28	64	49	0.27	0.0
March 29	68	51	0.03	0.0
March 30	72	52	0.00	0.0
March 31	75	54	0.00	0.0

April 1940 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	67	46	0.01	0.0
April 2	83	53	0.00	0.0
April 3	75	54	0.32	0.0
April 4	54	40	0.00	0.0
April 5	55	37	0.00	0.0
April 6	58	29	0.00	0.0
April 7	54	43	0.47	0.0
April 8	46	42	0.06	0.0
April 9	56	38	0.00	0.0
April 10	60	43	0.01	0.0
April 11	52	29	0.48	1.4
April 12	39	23	0.00	0.0
April 13	50	31	0.00	0.0
April 14	71	37	0.00	0.0
April 15	78	53	0.00	0.0
April 16	73	46	0.00	0.0
April 17	57	38	0.42	0.0
April 18	51	37	0.00	0.0
April 19	50	38	0.00	0.0
April 20	60	37	0.00	0.0
April 21	60	38	0.00	0.0
April 22	65	48	0.00	0.0
April 23	54	44	0.76	0.0
April 24	60	41	0.00	0.0
April 25	64	44	0.02	0.0
April 26	57	40	0.13	0.0
April 27	64	39	0.00	0.0
April 28	76	48	0.00	0.0
April 29	75	61	0.22	0.0
April 30	78	42	0.78	0.0

May 1940 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
May 1	42	36	0.28	0.2
May 2	60	37	0.00	0.0
May 3	55	37	0.00	0.0
May 4	64	37	0.03	0.0
May 5	81	51	0.00	0.0
May 6	79	62	0.00	0.0
May 7	89	57	0.00	0.0
May 8	70	52	0.01	0.0
May 9	72	46	0.00	0.0
May 10	71	52	0.00	0.0
May 11	70	44	0.00	0.0
May 12	81	51	0.00	0.0
May 13	90	61	0.00	0.0
May 14	84	50	0.58	0.0
May 15	50	43	0.04	0.0
May 16	69	46	0.00	0.0
May 17	65	48	0.05	0.0
May 18	72	55	0.14	0.0
May 19	74	55	0.54	0.0
May 20	82	56	0.00	0.0
May 21	84	62	0.13	0.0
May 22	76	61	0.00	0.0
May 23	75	55	0.00	0.0
May 24	75	55	0.00	0.0
May 25	63	52	0.92	0.0
May 26	65	53	0.22	0.0
May 27	68	54	0.13	0.0
May 28	73	53	0.16	0.0
May 29	73	52	0.01	0.0
May 30	75	57	0.13	0.0
May 31	73	56	0.00	0.0

June 1940 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	81	58	0.00
June 2	87	62	0.00
June 3	88	65	0.00
June 4	88	64	0.00
June 5	92	68	0.00
June 6	95	71	0.00
June 7	87	69	0.23
June 8	90	67	0.03
June 9	92	69	0.00
June 10	87	72	0.03
June 11	84	70	0.73
June 12	80	66	0.00
June 13	83	64	0.00
June 14	82	68	0.00
June 15	90	68	0.00
June 16	91	71	0.00
June 17	90	71	0.00
June 18	90	72	0.00
June 19	84	69	0.00
June 20	75	58	0.00
June 21	79	50	0.00
June 22	92	65	0.00
June 23	85	72	0.24
June 24	78	61	0.05
June 25	81	60	0.00
June 26	89	61	0.03
June 27	90	65	0.00
June 28	85	64	0.19
June 29	80	59	0.00
June 30	88	61	0.00

July 1940 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	87	66	0.00
July 2	82	60	0.00
July 3	80	54	0.00
July 4	83	57	0.00
July 5	87	60	0.00
July 6	88	63	0.00
July 7	89	67	0.00
July 8	89	68	0.00
July 9	91	69	0.00
July 10	96	73	0.00
July 11	90	70	0.00
July 12	73	58	0.86
July 13	76	53	0.00
July 14	86	57	0.00
July 15	91	66	0.05
July 16	81	62	0.38
July 17	85	55	0.00
July 18	86	65	0.00
July 19	93	69	0.00
July 20	93	70	0.00
July 21	91	72	0.00
July 22	94	72	0.00
July 23	93	74	0.00
July 24	99	76	0.00
July 25	102	79	0.00
July 26	99	79	0.00
July 27	92	72	0.02
July 28	99	78	0.00
July 29	101	78	0.00
July 30	99	80	0.00
July 31	94	75	0.00

August 1940 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	97	68	0.00
August 2	98	73	0.00
August 3	98	73	0.00
August 4	91	76	0.00
August 5	95	72	0.09
August 6	85	68	0.00
August 7	87	59	0.00
August 8	89	67	0.70
August 9	84	70	0.00
August 10	79	71	0.09
August 11	85	72	0.02
August 12	92	73	0.00
August 13	92	72	0.00
August 14	88	71	0.00
August 15	91	70	0.00
August 16	95	74	0.00
August 17	95	72	0.07
August 18	78	66	0.32
August 19	73	58	0.00
August 20	74	56	0.00
August 21	79	55	0.00
August 22	84	61	0.00
August 23	77	59	0.00
August 24	75	53	0.01
August 25	82	63	0.01
August 26	91	70	0.19
August 27	84	70	0.65
August 28	88	69	0.30
August 29	85	70	0.00
August 30	84	65	0.02
August 31	80	63	0.00

September 1940 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	79	58	0.00
September 2	81	58	0.00
September 3	84	59	0.00
September 4	86	62	0.00
September 5	88	63	0.00
September 6	88	64	0.00
September 7	90	70	0.00
September 8	92	73	0.00
September 9	89	63	0.00
September 10	64	49	0.00
September 11	67	42	0.00
September 12	72	46	0.00
September 13	80	50	0.00
September 14	78	58	0.00
September 15	76	52	0.00
September 16	79	52	0.00
September 17	85	56	0.00
September 18	90	63	0.00
September 19	93	65	0.00
September 20	94	70	0.00
September 21	95	72	0.00
September 22	92	64	0.00
September 23	76	66	0.14
September 24	79	51	0.24
September 25	62	44	0.00
September 26	64	40	0.00
September 27	70	40	0.00
September 28	76	46	0.00
September 29	79	53	0.00
September 30	77	51	0.00

October 1940 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	73	44	0.00
October 2	77	47	0.00
October 3	80	51	0.00
October 4	67	56	0.13
October 5	86	65	0.02
October 6	83	58	0.46
October 7	67	53	0.00
October 8	67	48	0.00
October 9	71	46	0.00
October 10	77	50	0.01
October 11	70	57	0.17
October 12	81	58	0.00
October 13	79	57	0.00
October 14	78	49	0.18
October 15	60	42	0.00
October 16	63	39	0.00
October 17	67	48	0.00
October 18	61	45	0.00
October 19	74	49	0.00
October 20	61	43	0.00
October 21	67	45	0.00
October 22	83	51	0.00
October 23	77	60	0.00
October 24	82	53	0.00
October 25	86	62	0.00
October 26	84	56	0.00
October 27	83	59	0.00
October 28	81	63	0.01
October 29	71	50	0.10
October 30	71	45	0.00
October 31	67	45	0.06

November 1940 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	58	50	0.00
November 2	70	46	0.00
November 3	76	46	0.00
November 4	69	51	0.03
November 5	60	42	0.00
November 6	49	38	0.00
November 7	52	32	0.00
November 8	53	32	0.00
November 9	51	40	0.17
November 10	57	44	0.02
November 11	59	24	0.47
November 12	32	19	0.00
November 13	24	13	0.00
November 14	25	12	0.00
November 15	28	11	0.00
November 16	45	24	0.00
November 17	54	31	0.00
November 18	57	32	0.00
November 19	64	41	0.01
November 20	55	40	0.28
November 21	63	41	0.09
November 22	52	38	0.00
November 23	44	40	0.23
November 24	41	31	0.00
November 25	44	28	0.00
November 26	35	32	1.16
November 27	32	22	0.00
November 28	40	17	0.00
November 29	40	32	0.00
November 30	60	30	0.00

December 1940 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	32	24	0.00	0.0
December 2	36	11	0.00	0.0
December 3	22	3	0.00	0.0
December 4	46	22	0.00	0.0
December 5	35	27	0.00	0.0
December 6	56	32	0.00	0.0
December 7	44	36	0.00	0.0
December 8	50	36	0.00	0.0
December 9	63	35	0.00	0.0
December 10	44	33	0.00	0.0
December 11	34	30	0.44	1.5
December 12	38	32	0.12	0.0
December 13	32	29	0.00	0.0
December 14	35	27	0.00	0.0
December 15	45	32	0.81	0.0
December 16	37	26	0.00	0.0
December 17	34	24	0.00	0.0
December 18	39	28	0.00	0.0
December 19	45	35	0.05	0.0
December 20	47	33	0.00	0.0
December 21	47	29	0.00	0.0
December 22	51	37	0.00	0.0
December 23	44	32	0.00	0.0
December 24	58	33	0.02	0.0
December 25	51	45	0.20	0.0
December 26	50	39	0.02	0.0
December 27	41	37	0.02	0.0
December 28	40	36	0.00	0.0
December 29	38	35	0.00	0.0
December 30	37	34	0.00	0.0
December 31	44	34	0.05	0.0

Next Year >

Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1901–2024	Springfield Capital Airport	location