Springfield Weather in 1973

Historical record of Springfield, Illinois weather for the year 1973 based on NOAA data.

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1973 Springfield Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	96 °F	August 27
Lowest temperature	-17 °F	December 21
Highest daily low	75 °F	September 2
Lowest daily high	10 °F	December 21
Most daily precipitation	3.2 inches	October 3
Most daily snow	10.9 inches	December 19
Total annual precipitation	44.3 inches	-
Total annual snow	28.9 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Springfield in 1973?

The highest temperature recorded in Springfield, Illinois in 1973 was 96 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Springfield in 1973

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	96 °F	Aug 27
1	96 °F	Aug 26
3	94 °F	Aug 29
3	94 °F	Aug 28
3	94 °F	Aug 25
6	93 °F	Sep 2
6	93 °F	Sep 1
6	93 °F	Aug 8
6	93 °F	Jun 10
6	93 °F	Jun 9

What was the coldest temperature in Springfield in 1973?

The lowest temperature recorded in Springfield, Illinois in 1973 was -17 °F which happened on Dec 21.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Springfield in 1973

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-17 °F	December 21
2	-7 °F	December 20
3	0 °F	February 17
3	0 °F	January 10
5	1 °F	December 31
5	1 °F	February 9
7	2 °F	December 22
8	3 °F	February 16
8	3 °F	January 12
8	3 °F	January 9

January 1973 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	32	20	0.00	0.0
January 2	36	17	0.00	0.0
January 3	41	26	0.76	0.0
January 4	34	11	0.00	0.0
January 5	14	9	0.00	0.0
January 6	17	7	0.00	0.0
January 7	26	12	0.00	0.0
January 8	28	14	0.00	0.0
January 9	17	3	0.00	0.0
January 10	21	0	0.00	0.0
January 11	23	6	0.00	0.0
January 12	30	3	0.00	0.0
January 13	40	21	0.00	0.0
January 14	46	23	0.00	0.0
January 15	42	31	0.00	0.0
January 16	54	32	0.00	0.0
January 17	59	42	0.00	0.0
January 18	54	38	0.41	0.0
January 19	38	29	0.00	0.0
January 20	33	27	0.00	0.0
January 21	45	30	0.02	0.0
January 22	44	31	0.01	0.0
January 23	33	25	0.00	0.0
January 24	44	27	0.00	0.0
January 25	56	30	0.00	0.0
January 26	46	33	0.00	0.0
January 27	54	36	0.00	0.0
January 28	39	23	0.11	0.6
January 29	26	16	0.00	0.0
January 30	38	20	0.00	0.0
January 31	51	33	0.00	0.0

February 1973 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	55	42	0.27	0.0
February 2	42	31	0.01	0.0
February 3	42	28	0.00	0.0
February 4	56	33	0.00	0.0
February 5	48	30	0.00	0.0
February 6	38	34	0.00	0.0
February 7	35	15	0.07	0.7
February 8	18	6	0.00	0.0
February 9	24	1	0.00	0.0
February 10	29	9	0.00	0.0
February 11	33	15	0.00	0.0
February 12	45	22	0.01	0.0
February 13	36	32	0.29	0.1
February 14	36	30	0.01	0.3
February 15	32	12	0.05	1.1
February 16	15	3	0.00	0.0
February 17	25	0	0.00	0.0
February 18	31	24	0.09	0.9
February 19	39	23	0.04	0.0
February 20	40	30	0.00	0.0
February 21	36	21	0.00	0.0
February 22	48	18	0.00	0.0
February 23	50	26	0.00	0.0
February 24	61	29	0.00	0.0
February 25	56	33	0.00	0.0
February 26	33	28	0.00	0.0
February 27	38	26	0.00	0.0
February 28	51	23	0.00	0.0

March 1973 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	57	36	0.01	0.0
March 2	52	43	0.15	0.0
March 3	54	46	0.00	0.0
March 4	52	47	0.83	0.0
March 5	49	43	0.00	0.0
March 6	62	38	1.77	0.0
March 7	61	46	0.05	0.0
March 8	63	38	0.00	0.0
March 9	47	39	0.38	0.0
March 10	62	44	0.75	0.0
March 11	63	45	0.00	0.0
March 12	60	42	0.00	0.0
March 13	67	41	0.57	0.0
March 14	69	54	0.34	0.0
March 15	60	47	0.00	0.0
March 16	47	33	0.15	0.0
March 17	40	31	0.03	0.3
March 18	49	28	0.00	0.0
March 19	48	34	0.11	0.0
March 20	46	33	0.21	0.0
March 21	47	29	0.00	0.0
March 22	53	28	0.00	0.0
March 23	54	40	0.00	0.0
March 24	61	43	0.08	0.0
March 25	53	46	1.06	0.0
March 26	57	41	0.00	0.0
March 27	61	35	0.00	0.0
March 28	57	45	0.28	0.0
March 29	57	47	0.19	0.0
March 30	61	43	0.00	0.0
March 31	70	49	0.93	0.0

April 1973 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	49	41	0.18	0.0
April 2	45	40	0.00	0.0
April 3	44	40	0.00	0.0
April 4	44	38	0.05	0.0
April 5	58	36	0.00	0.0
April 6	67	41	0.00	0.0
April 7	59	45	0.00	0.0
April 8	56	40	0.21	0.0
April 9	49	30	0.62	0.4
April 10	36	27	0.05	0.5
April 11	52	24	0.00	0.0
April 12	46	31	0.00	0.0
April 13	53	29	0.00	0.0
April 14	60	36	0.00	0.0
April 15	79	47	0.00	0.0
April 16	65	38	0.76	0.0
April 17	64	35	0.00	0.0
April 18	69	53	0.08	0.0
April 19	70	59	0.10	0.0
April 20	76	61	0.02	0.0
April 21	77	61	2.11	0.0
April 22	68	57	1.11	0.0
April 23	72	50	0.00	0.0
April 24	70	50	0.00	0.0
April 25	67	45	0.00	0.0
April 26	61	43	0.00	0.0
April 27	62	41	0.00	0.0
April 28	63	34	0.00	0.0
April 29	75	50	0.00	0.0
April 30	77	60	0.00	0.0

May 1973 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	75	56	0.53
May 2	58	43	0.03
May 3	63	41	0.00
May 4	66	36	0.00
May 5	70	42	0.00
May 6	60	53	0.25
May 7	65	53	0.96
May 8	67	51	0.00
May 9	78	51	0.03
May 10	77	53	0.00
May 11	74	46	0.00
May 12	63	48	0.00
May 13	64	42	0.00
May 14	62	41	0.00
May 15	67	36	0.00
May 16	69	43	0.00
May 17	67	35	0.00
May 18	75	42	0.00
May 19	78	54	0.00
May 20	75	45	0.00
May 21	82	51	0.00
May 22	73	62	0.11
May 23	69	56	0.00
May 24	82	50	0.00
May 25	75	53	0.04
May 26	81	51	0.06
May 27	76	59	0.10
May 28	68	56	0.51
May 29	61	51	0.00
May 30	71	53	0.00
May 31	79	50	0.00

June 1973 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	81	56	0.00
June 2	79	63	0.40
June 3	81	66	0.40
June 4	80	64	0.34
June 5	78	59	0.02
June 6	81	55	0.00
June 7	83	57	0.00
June 8	88	62	0.00
June 9	93	65	0.00
June 10	93	66	0.00
June 11	92	71	0.00
June 12	91	71	0.02
June 13	84	66	0.08
June 14	85	64	0.43
June 15	85	71	0.39
June 16	91	66	0.39
June 17	84	62	0.41
June 18	88	59	2.62
June 19	82	64	0.34
June 20	80	61	0.00
June 21	82	59	0.00
June 22	80	58	0.00
June 23	85	56	0.00
June 24	85	64	0.00
June 25	90	62	0.00
June 26	82	65	0.84
June 27	82	62	0.61
June 28	77	59	0.00
June 29	80	56	0.00
June 30	81	57	0.00

July 1973 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	88	67	0.01
July 2	89	69	0.14
July 3	89	70	0.00
July 4	83	68	0.29
July 5	83	60	0.00
July 6	88	62	0.00
July 7	91	64	0.00
July 8	92	71	0.00
July 9	90	72	0.00
July 10	87	70	0.00
July 11	82	63	0.00
July 12	88	59	0.00
July 13	91	68	0.00
July 14	83	65	0.00
July 15	82	58	0.00
July 16	83	60	0.00
July 17	85	57	0.00
July 18	89	60	0.00
July 19	87	71	1.38
July 20	83	72	0.44
July 21	85	71	0.15
July 22	85	68	0.00
July 23	89	71	0.68
July 24	87	70	0.00
July 25	87	70	0.00
July 26	84	68	0.00
July 27	85	65	0.02
July 28	83	63	0.00
July 29	84	63	0.04
July 30	84	68	0.21
July 31	81	63	0.00

August 1973 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	73	58	0.00
August 2	78	56	0.00
August 3	81	55	0.00
August 4	84	64	0.02
August 5	86	65	0.00
August 6	84	66	0.00
August 7	90	68	0.00
August 8	93	73	0.75
August 9	85	68	0.44
August 10	87	65	0.00
August 11	90	67	0.00
August 12	87	69	0.00
August 13	83	67	0.39
August 14	78	64	0.00
August 15	83	60	0.00
August 16	84	65	0.00
August 17	85	65	0.02
August 18	89	66	0.00
August 19	90	69	0.00
August 20	87	62	0.00
August 21	79	55	0.00
August 22	79	60	0.02
August 23	78	61	0.02
August 24	86	69	0.00
August 25	94	69	0.00
August 26	96	73	0.00
August 27	96	74	0.00
August 28	94	71	0.00
August 29	94	72	0.00
August 30	90	68	0.00
August 31	92	72	0.00

September 1973 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	93	74	0.00
September 2	93	75	0.00
September 3	83	70	0.13
September 4	82	69	0.07
September 5	84	65	0.00
September 6	83	58	0.00
September 7	82	51	0.00
September 8	69	63	0.87
September 9	75	66	0.27
September 10	79	63	0.00
September 11	81	56	0.00
September 12	77	50	0.00
September 13	81	58	0.06
September 14	80	57	0.00
September 15	80	51	0.00
September 16	70	57	0.07
September 17	63	50	0.41
September 18	66	42	0.00
September 19	70	44	0.00
September 20	75	54	0.00
September 21	83	52	0.00
September 22	79	59	0.18
September 23	74	54	0.10
September 24	88	60	0.06
September 25	85	70	0.00
September 26	87	72	0.00
September 27	80	70	0.00
September 28	83	70	0.43
September 29	81	62	0.00
September 30	80	59	0.63

October 1973 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	74	58	0.07
October 2	77	56	0.27
October 3	76	62	3.24
October 4	70	49	0.05
October 5	69	44	0.00
October 6	69	48	0.00
October 7	81	62	0.00
October 8	75	67	0.00
October 9	84	63	0.00
October 10	85	67	0.04
October 11	83	66	0.01
October 12	73	63	0.11
October 13	73	52	0.57
October 14	78	48	0.00
October 15	82	54	0.00
October 16	62	40	0.00
October 17	64	35	0.00
October 18	70	43	0.00
October 19	82	49	0.00
October 20	68	41	0.00
October 21	71	41	0.00
October 22	77	41	0.00
October 23	81	52	0.00
October 24	82	57	0.00
October 25	71	46	0.00
October 26	71	41	0.00
October 27	59	40	0.37
October 28	51	35	0.00
October 29	47	41	0.00
October 30	60	36	0.00
October 31	54	44	0.73

November 1973 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	59	36	0.00	0.0
November 2	53	38	0.00	0.0
November 3	53	31	0.00	0.0
November 4	43	31	0.01	0.0
November 5	41	26	0.00	0.0
November 6	40	23	0.00	0.0
November 7	49	37	0.00	0.0
November 8	47	30	0.08	1.3
November 9	33	21	0.00	0.0
November 10	40	17	0.00	0.0
November 11	50	29	0.00	0.0
November 12	66	43	0.00	0.0
November 13	66	48	0.00	0.0
November 14	74	53	0.00	0.0
November 15	66	42	0.24	0.0
November 16	45	36	0.00	0.0
November 17	58	35	0.05	0.0
November 18	64	39	0.00	0.0
November 19	56	33	0.00	0.0
November 20	64	48	0.16	0.0
November 21	63	42	0.05	0.0
November 22	67	43	0.00	0.0
November 23	60	40	0.00	0.0
November 24	64	46	0.13	0.0
November 25	50	37	0.34	0.0
November 26	55	38	0.15	0.0
November 27	57	47	0.20	0.0
November 28	47	33	0.02	0.0
November 29	51	28	0.00	0.0
November 30	57	38	0.00	0.0

December 1973 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	48	32	0.00	0.0
December 2	64	40	0.00	0.0
December 3	66	47	0.07	0.0
December 4	60	36	1.54	0.0
December 5	37	25	0.00	0.0
December 6	26	22	0.00	0.0
December 7	35	18	0.00	0.0
December 8	32	23	0.00	0.0
December 9	43	22	0.08	0.8
December 10	22	14	0.00	0.0
December 11	36	14	0.00	0.0
December 12	53	26	0.12	0.0
December 13	48	26	0.03	0.0
December 14	31	23	0.09	1.2
December 15	30	22	0.03	0.3
December 16	23	8	0.00	0.0
December 17	24	5	0.00	0.0
December 18	26	21	0.23	3.7
December 19	26	23	0.97	10.9
December 20	24	-7	0.00	0.0
December 21	10	-17	0.00	0.0
December 22	29	2	0.00	0.0
December 23	35	14	0.04	0.0
December 24	42	35	0.26	0.0
December 25	42	34	0.00	0.0
December 26	36	33	0.01	0.0
December 27	33	30	0.00	0.0
December 28	43	30	0.03	0.5
December 29	39	20	0.01	0.3
December 30	23	13	0.34	4.7
December 31	13	1	0.01	0.3

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