Springfield Weather in 1961

Historical record of Springfield, Illinois weather for the year 1961 based on NOAA data.

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1961 Springfield Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	95 °F	June 29
Lowest temperature	-5 °F	December 28
Highest daily low	76 °F	September 2
Lowest daily high	6 °F	January 27
Most daily precipitation	2.3 inches	September 13
Most daily snow	5.2 inches	February 2
Total annual precipitation	37.9 inches	-
Total annual snow	27.4 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Springfield in 1961?

The highest temperature recorded in Springfield, Illinois in 1961 was 95 °F which happened on June 29.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Springfield in 1961

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	95 °F	Jun 29
2	93 °F	Jun 28
2	93 °F	Jun 12
2	93 °F	Jun 11
5	92 °F	Jul 4
6	91 °F	Sep 22
6	91 °F	Sep 7
6	91 °F	Aug 1
6	91 °F	Jul 31
6	91 °F	Jul 30
6	91 °F	Jul 29
6	91 °F	Jun 13
6	91 °F	Jun 10

What was the coldest temperature in Springfield in 1961?

The lowest temperature recorded in Springfield, Illinois in 1961 was -5 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Springfield in 1961

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-5 °F	December 28
1	-5 °F	January 25
3	-3 °F	January 28
3	-3 °F	January 27
5	-2 °F	January 24
6	-1 °F	January 23
7	0 °F	January 26
7	0 °F	January 22
7	0 °F	January 21
10	1 °F	January 30

January 1961 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	31	28	0.00	0.0
January 2	32	18	0.07	1.1
January 3	33	11	0.00	0.0
January 4	44	13	0.00	0.0
January 5	45	29	0.00	0.0
January 6	51	29	0.00	0.0
January 7	43	30	0.00	0.0
January 8	30	17	0.00	0.0
January 9	36	15	0.00	0.0
January 10	46	24	0.00	0.0
January 11	49	24	0.00	0.0
January 12	50	23	0.00	0.0
January 13	53	33	0.00	0.0
January 14	46	34	0.02	0.0
January 15	36	33	0.08	0.0
January 16	34	30	0.00	0.0
January 17	51	31	0.00	0.0
January 18	41	25	0.00	0.0
January 19	31	14	0.06	0.7
January 20	20	8	0.04	0.4
January 21	10	0	0.00	0.0
January 22	16	0	0.00	0.2
January 23	26	-1	0.00	0.0
January 24	22	-2	0.00	0.0
January 25	20	-5	0.00	0.0
January 26	19	0	0.08	1.0
January 27	6	-3	0.00	0.0
January 28	30	-3	0.00	0.0
January 29	20	5	0.00	0.0
January 30	25	1	0.00	0.0
January 31	46	15	0.00	0.0

February 1961 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	33	22	0.00	0.0
February 2	22	11	0.52	5.2
February 3	21	7	0.08	1.3
February 4	26	4	0.00	0.0
February 5	25	4	0.00	0.0
February 6	28	21	0.00	0.0
February 7	35	23	0.00	0.0
February 8	36	15	0.00	0.0
February 9	39	11	0.00	0.0
February 10	31	20	0.00	0.0
February 11	40	24	0.00	0.0
February 12	49	29	0.00	0.0
February 13	47	29	0.00	0.0
February 14	53	26	0.00	0.0
February 15	56	31	0.00	0.0
February 16	56	28	0.00	0.0
February 17	59	48	0.56	0.0
February 18	63	25	0.51	0.0
February 19	36	22	0.00	0.0
February 20	42	25	0.00	0.0
February 21	54	29	0.00	0.0
February 22	53	41	0.08	0.0
February 23	66	41	0.04	0.0
February 24	41	27	0.00	0.0
February 25	40	23	0.00	0.0
February 26	54	24	0.00	0.0
February 27	46	31	0.00	0.0
February 28	50	30	0.00	0.0

March 1961 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	51	31	0.02	0.0
March 2	68	31	0.00	0.0
March 3	68	35	0.01	0.0
March 4	79	46	0.27	0.0
March 5	52	39	0.08	0.0
March 6	61	37	0.36	0.0
March 7	53	35	0.15	0.0
March 8	49	30	0.32	0.7
March 9	46	30	0.00	0.0
March 10	50	24	0.00	0.0
March 11	63	36	0.00	0.0
March 12	46	41	1.01	0.0
March 13	54	38	0.19	0.0
March 14	56	35	0.00	0.0
March 15	52	31	0.00	0.0
March 16	47	23	0.00	0.0
March 17	46	25	0.00	0.0
March 18	39	32	0.68	0.0
March 19	39	34	0.01	0.0
March 20	45	34	0.22	0.0
March 21	45	41	0.01	0.0
March 22	45	38	0.00	0.0
March 23	43	37	0.03	0.0
March 24	49	39	0.00	0.0
March 25	65	37	0.00	0.0
March 26	72	47	0.00	0.0
March 27	69	40	0.00	0.0
March 28	47	32	0.00	0.0
March 29	44	30	0.00	0.0
March 30	53	25	0.00	0.0
March 31	47	37	0.11	0.0

April 1961 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	46	24	0.00	0.0
April 2	49	21	0.00	0.0
April 3	55	32	0.00	0.0
April 4	61	31	0.01	0.0
April 5	51	40	0.00	0.0
April 6	52	27	0.00	0.0
April 7	52	27	0.00	0.0
April 8	52	30	0.00	0.0
April 9	43	33	0.62	1.6
April 10	52	31	0.00	0.0
April 11	54	41	0.01	0.0
April 12	45	40	0.18	0.0
April 13	56	34	0.00	0.0
April 14	72	44	0.03	0.0
April 15	51	31	0.01	0.0
April 16	41	28	0.00	0.0
April 17	41	32	0.04	0.2
April 18	53	37	0.00	0.0
April 19	70	38	0.00	0.0
April 20	74	50	0.00	0.0
April 21	75	55	0.02	0.0
April 22	65	51	0.59	0.0
April 23	76	50	0.00	0.0
April 24	81	62	1.96	0.0
April 25	64	44	0.33	0.0
April 26	65	37	0.00	0.0
April 27	64	46	0.10	0.0
April 28	53	38	0.00	0.0
April 29	55	34	0.05	0.0
April 30	62	41	0.00	0.0

May 1961 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	57	39	0.00
May 2	61	33	0.00
May 3	63	35	0.00
May 4	67	41	0.00
May 5	56	48	1.03
May 6	81	51	0.02
May 7	72	55	1.16
May 8	61	51	0.91
May 9	57	43	0.02
May 10	68	39	0.00
May 11	74	47	0.00
May 12	81	57	0.00
May 13	80	62	0.00
May 14	80	60	0.46
May 15	64	53	0.00
May 16	66	46	0.00
May 17	58	54	0.14
May 18	69	50	0.00
May 19	68	45	0.00
May 20	67	50	0.00
May 21	74	49	0.00
May 22	70	42	0.00
May 23	71	36	0.00
May 24	78	43	0.00
May 25	80	46	0.47
May 26	55	38	0.00
May 27	70	36	0.00
May 28	74	47	0.01
May 29	75	52	0.00
May 30	78	42	0.00
May 31	90	63	0.00

June 1961 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	90	69	0.00
June 2	77	62	0.18
June 3	79	56	0.00
June 4	82	50	0.00
June 5	86	58	0.00
June 6	90	67	0.05
June 7	88	67	0.13
June 8	83	65	0.00
June 9	82	61	0.00
June 10	91	61	0.00
June 11	93	65	0.00
June 12	93	67	0.00
June 13	91	70	0.00
June 14	70	54	0.03
June 15	70	52	0.02
June 16	71	44	0.00
June 17	78	45	0.00
June 18	83	53	0.00
June 19	87	59	0.18
June 20	73	54	0.24
June 21	77	47	0.00
June 22	87	59	0.01
June 23	78	53	0.00
June 24	81	47	0.00
June 25	78	52	0.00
June 26	84	57	0.00
June 27	89	61	0.00
June 28	93	68	0.00
June 29	95	70	0.00
June 30	79	65	1.59

July 1961 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	86	65	0.05
July 2	80	61	0.45
July 3	83	55	0.00
July 4	92	67	0.00
July 5	83	68	0.01
July 6	87	66	0.00
July 7	88	57	0.00
July 8	80	54	0.00
July 9	81	52	0.00
July 10	85	55	0.00
July 11	88	60	0.00
July 12	86	69	0.00
July 13	84	66	0.27
July 14	85	66	0.02
July 15	88	64	0.00
July 16	85	62	0.00
July 17	86	62	0.00
July 18	88	66	0.00
July 19	87	67	1.49
July 20	86	67	0.00
July 21	86	72	1.87
July 22	87	70	0.69
July 23	81	70	0.31
July 24	86	70	0.00
July 25	87	67	0.00
July 26	85	65	0.00
July 27	85	71	0.44
July 28	87	74	0.11
July 29	91	73	0.67
July 30	91	75	0.00
July 31	91	74	0.00

August 1961 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	91	72	1.65
August 2	83	69	0.01
August 3	87	67	0.00
August 4	84	68	0.03
August 5	83	65	0.30
August 6	81	66	0.00
August 7	84	64	0.00
August 8	86	68	0.00
August 9	86	72	0.00
August 10	87	68	0.76
August 11	82	67	0.13
August 12	80	61	0.00
August 13	80	58	0.00
August 14	83	56	0.00
August 15	85	60	0.00
August 16	86	64	0.00
August 17	87	65	0.00
August 18	88	66	0.00
August 19	85	66	0.12
August 20	75	56	0.00
August 21	76	50	0.00
August 22	68	58	0.00
August 23	74	59	0.00
August 24	76	55	0.00
August 25	81	53	0.00
August 26	87	63	0.00
August 27	89	68	0.00
August 28	90	68	0.00
August 29	89	66	0.00
August 30	89	63	0.00
August 31	90	72	0.08

September 1961 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	86	69	0.00
September 2	89	76	0.00
September 3	88	70	0.74
September 4	87	69	0.00
September 5	88	67	0.00
September 6	86	64	0.00
September 7	91	62	0.00
September 8	87	68	0.56
September 9	90	70	0.00
September 10	89	70	0.00
September 11	90	70	0.59
September 12	89	71	0.00
September 13	85	59	2.25
September 14	61	45	0.01
September 15	69	41	0.00
September 16	73	44	0.00
September 17	77	46	0.00
September 18	78	50	0.00
September 19	78	49	0.00
September 20	80	53	0.00
September 21	87	65	0.00
September 22	91	68	0.00
September 23	87	65	0.00
September 24	73	58	1.47
September 25	65	45	0.13
September 26	71	41	0.00
September 27	78	52	0.00
September 28	60	42	0.00
September 29	75	41	0.00
September 30	79	46	0.60

October 1961 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	57	43	0.00
October 2	52	37	0.00
October 3	69	38	0.00
October 4	75	44	0.00
October 5	78	54	0.00
October 6	78	53	0.00
October 7	77	51	0.00
October 8	80	57	0.00
October 9	83	61	0.00
October 10	82	62	0.00
October 11	80	57	0.21
October 12	85	49	0.00
October 13	71	46	0.04
October 14	57	36	0.00
October 15	70	35	0.00
October 16	78	46	0.00
October 17	78	50	0.00
October 18	77	49	0.00
October 19	49	40	0.17
October 20	52	43	0.00
October 21	51	44	0.00
October 22	52	43	0.00
October 23	52	48	0.24
October 24	58	41	0.29
October 25	59	40	0.00
October 26	56	31	0.00
October 27	62	34	0.00
October 28	61	47	0.51
October 29	75	61	0.00
October 30	66	54	0.55
October 31	59	48	0.00

November 1961 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	66	52	0.00	0.0
November 2	80	54	0.96	0.0
November 3	56	30	0.25	0.0
November 4	48	29	0.00	0.0
November 5	43	30	0.00	0.0
November 6	37	26	0.00	0.0
November 7	51	26	0.00	0.0
November 8	41	25	0.00	0.0
November 9	62	25	0.00	0.0
November 10	63	34	0.00	0.0
November 11	61	44	0.00	0.0
November 12	58	51	0.00	0.0
November 13	58	45	0.00	0.0
November 14	47	43	0.00	0.0
November 15	60	44	0.22	0.0
November 16	63	38	0.25	0.0
November 17	41	27	0.00	0.0
November 18	40	23	0.02	0.7
November 19	33	27	0.10	4.8
November 20	38	23	0.00	0.0
November 21	42	34	0.27	0.0
November 22	45	38	0.52	0.0
November 23	45	35	0.00	0.0
November 24	53	30	0.00	0.0
November 25	60	39	0.00	0.0
November 26	59	47	0.00	0.0
November 27	47	29	0.01	0.0
November 28	38	23	0.00	0.0
November 29	44	21	0.00	0.0
November 30	50	27	0.00	0.0

December 1961 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	48	32	0.00	0.0
December 2	59	32	0.00	0.0
December 3	65	35	0.00	0.0
December 4	61	33	0.14	0.0
December 5	43	22	0.00	0.0
December 6	50	31	0.00	0.0
December 7	37	20	0.00	0.0
December 8	37	18	0.02	1.1
December 9	33	27	0.07	2.4
December 10	33	18	0.00	0.0
December 11	32	16	0.23	0.0
December 12	32	8	0.00	0.0
December 13	17	3	0.00	0.0
December 14	32	14	0.00	0.0
December 15	30	11	0.00	0.0
December 16	32	26	0.25	0.0
December 17	36	32	0.00	0.0
December 18	32	30	0.10	1.0
December 19	33	30	0.14	1.6
December 20	30	19	0.00	0.0
December 21	37	25	0.00	0.0
December 22	37	25	0.22	0.0
December 23	32	22	0.02	0.2
December 24	29	15	0.00	0.0
December 25	32	13	0.00	0.0
December 26	38	24	0.01	0.1
December 27	27	16	0.04	2.2
December 28	19	-5	0.01	0.4
December 29	19	8	0.03	0.4
December 30	22	6	0.00	0.0
December 31	29	19	0.00	0.1

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Years	Station	Coordinates
1901–2024	Springfield Capital Airport	location