Springfield Weather in 1978

Historical record of Springfield, Illinois weather for the year 1978 based on NOAA data.

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1978 Springfield Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	97 °F	July 1
Lowest temperature	-10 °F	February 6
Highest daily low	78 °F	June 26
Lowest daily high	6 °F	January 9
Most daily precipitation	1.4 inches	July 1
Most daily snow	8.2 inches	March 7
Total annual precipitation	31.8 inches	-
Total annual snow	40.0 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Springfield in 1978?

The highest temperature recorded in Springfield, Illinois in 1978 was 97 °F which happened 3 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Springfield in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	97 °F	Jul 1
1	97 °F	Jun 30
1	97 °F	Jun 26
4	96 °F	Jun 25
4	96 °F	Jun 17
6	95 °F	Sep 19
6	95 °F	Jul 21
6	95 °F	Jun 16
9	94 °F	Jul 20
9	94 °F	Jun 29
9	94 °F	Jun 28
9	94 °F	Jun 27

What was the coldest temperature in Springfield in 1978?

The lowest temperature recorded in Springfield, Illinois in 1978 was -10 °F which happened on Feb 6.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Springfield in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-10 °F	February 6
2	-6 °F	March 5
2	-6 °F	March 4
2	-6 °F	February 19
2	-6 °F	February 18
2	-6 °F	January 31
2	-6 °F	January 30
8	-5 °F	February 7
8	-5 °F	January 21
10	-4 °F	January 10

January 1978 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	35	6	0.01	0.0
January 2	25	6	0.00	0.0
January 3	31	8	0.00	0.0
January 4	44	26	0.00	0.0
January 5	41	30	0.00	0.0
January 6	42	31	0.00	0.0
January 7	40	35	0.04	0.0
January 8	35	2	0.00	0.0
January 9	6	-2	0.00	0.0
January 10	12	-4	0.00	0.0
January 11	20	3	0.00	0.0
January 12	20	17	0.24	3.1
January 13	19	13	0.03	0.8
January 14	23	1	0.00	0.2
January 15	18	-3	0.00	0.0
January 16	19	10	0.20	2.8
January 17	22	7	0.00	0.0
January 18	22	-1	0.00	0.0
January 19	25	18	0.00	0.0
January 20	24	10	0.00	0.1
January 21	13	-5	0.00	0.0
January 22	26	-1	0.00	0.0
January 23	27	10	0.00	0.0
January 24	33	27	0.03	0.0
January 25	30	-1	0.02	0.2
January 26	13	-2	0.10	1.0
January 27	15	1	0.00	0.0
January 28	16	0	0.00	0.0
January 29	12	-3	0.00	0.0
January 30	17	-6	0.05	0.7
January 31	16	-6	0.00	0.0

February 1978 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	21	9	0.00	0.0
February 2	19	8	0.00	0.0
February 3	21	7	0.01	0.1
February 4	27	16	0.06	0.4
February 5	27	-1	0.02	0.3
February 6	12	-10	0.00	0.0
February 7	16	-5	0.00	0.0
February 8	21	5	0.00	0.0
February 9	25	1	0.00	0.0
February 10	25	8	0.00	0.0
February 11	31	5	0.00	0.0
February 12	33	26	0.00	0.0
February 13	30	26	0.53	5.7
February 14	29	16	0.01	0.1
February 15	24	11	0.00	0.1
February 16	20	1	0.00	0.0
February 17	16	-2	0.00	0.0
February 18	16	-6	0.00	0.0
February 19	20	-6	0.00	0.0
February 20	26	13	0.01	0.1
February 21	23	4	0.00	0.0
February 22	25	-1	0.03	0.4
February 23	28	17	0.00	0.0
February 24	41	15	0.00	0.0
February 25	37	24	0.00	0.0
February 26	25	12	0.00	0.0
February 27	31	11	0.05	0.6
February 28	33	25	0.11	1.6

March 1978 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	30	13	0.01	0.2
March 2	24	19	0.34	6.3
March 3	26	6	0.00	0.0
March 4	16	-6	0.00	0.0
March 5	27	-6	0.00	0.0
March 6	37	17	0.09	1.4
March 7	31	23	0.78	8.2
March 8	33	22	0.05	0.5
March 9	36	15	0.00	0.0
March 10	39	12	0.00	0.0
March 11	39	30	0.13	0.0
March 12	35	31	0.00	0.0
March 13	38	31	0.26	0.0
March 14	37	34	0.00	0.0
March 15	37	33	0.00	0.0
March 16	36	25	0.00	0.0
March 17	32	19	0.16	1.6
March 18	44	16	0.00	0.0
March 19	47	30	0.00	0.0
March 20	53	33	0.53	0.0
March 21	50	36	0.00	0.0
March 22	68	36	0.00	0.0
March 23	47	39	0.08	0.0
March 24	40	31	1.06	0.0
March 25	33	30	0.68	0.3
March 26	33	32	0.03	0.0
March 27	50	31	0.00	0.0
March 28	61	41	0.00	0.0
March 29	55	39	0.00	0.0
March 30	65	37	0.00	0.0
March 31	82	50	0.00	0.0

April 1978 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	67	48	0.00
April 2	61	40	0.05
April 3	82	56	0.00
April 4	65	45	0.35
April 5	58	42	0.28
April 6	67	46	0.08
April 7	75	39	0.00
April 8	71	50	0.41
April 9	83	54	0.00
April 10	69	47	0.69
April 11	62	43	0.00
April 12	70	47	0.00
April 13	59	41	0.00
April 14	52	38	0.02
April 15	61	45	0.00
April 16	52	40	0.04
April 17	63	36	0.22
April 18	69	48	0.37
April 19	53	43	0.15
April 20	44	36	0.00
April 21	55	36	0.00
April 22	56	34	0.15
April 23	70	47	0.02
April 24	66	45	0.00
April 25	63	46	0.01
April 26	67	40	0.00
April 27	70	37	0.00
April 28	71	43	0.00
April 29	62	52	0.00
April 30	66	40	0.00

May 1978 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	57	34	0.00
May 2	63	33	0.00
May 3	66	35	0.00
May 4	55	43	0.69
May 5	47	43	0.06
May 6	56	40	0.18
May 7	58	49	1.21
May 8	73	52	0.34
May 9	61	48	0.00
May 10	79	43	0.00
May 11	69	59	0.62
May 12	78	55	0.67
May 13	57	49	0.60
May 14	51	47	0.14
May 15	61	47	0.00
May 16	66	54	0.00
May 17	73	49	0.00
May 18	78	52	0.00
May 19	82	55	0.00
May 20	82	60	0.00
May 21	72	53	0.00
May 22	65	54	0.13
May 23	76	61	0.34
May 24	81	63	0.00
May 25	88	64	0.00
May 26	91	71	0.00
May 27	90	73	0.00
May 28	90	68	0.82
May 29	86	66	0.01
May 30	79	62	0.00
May 31	89	59	0.00

June 1978 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	83	66	0.05
June 2	73	58	0.13
June 3	78	53	0.00
June 4	83	60	0.00
June 5	84	58	0.00
June 6	83	64	0.23
June 7	84	67	0.18
June 8	67	54	0.00
June 9	81	50	0.00
June 10	85	55	0.00
June 11	92	62	0.00
June 12	85	63	0.00
June 13	79	53	0.00
June 14	85	54	0.00
June 15	81	61	0.09
June 16	95	67	0.01
June 17	96	73	0.00
June 18	79	63	0.68
June 19	83	57	0.00
June 20	79	68	0.30
June 21	77	60	0.00
June 22	83	55	0.00
June 23	80	65	0.06
June 24	92	68	0.00
June 25	96	75	0.00
June 26	97	78	0.00
June 27	94	73	0.00
June 28	94	69	0.00
June 29	94	72	0.00
June 30	97	73	0.00

July 1978 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	97	70	1.42
July 2	86	71	0.45
July 3	77	70	0.00
July 4	82	70	0.00
July 5	88	68	0.00
July 6	91	69	0.00
July 7	90	72	0.01
July 8	85	68	0.00
July 9	87	69	0.00
July 10	77	62	0.00
July 11	77	57	0.00
July 12	78	62	0.08
July 13	87	65	0.00
July 14	87	58	0.00
July 15	88	68	0.00
July 16	89	66	0.00
July 17	91	69	0.00
July 18	91	73	0.00
July 19	91	75	0.00
July 20	94	76	0.00
July 21	95	74	0.00
July 22	93	72	0.12
July 23	73	66	0.33
July 24	76	65	0.00
July 25	86	64	0.00
July 26	92	65	0.55
July 27	82	64	0.00
July 28	82	61	0.00
July 29	89	69	0.00
July 30	74	61	0.03
July 31	82	55	0.00

August 1978 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	79	65	1.33
August 2	81	70	0.30
August 3	80	61	0.00
August 4	75	55	0.00
August 5	74	56	0.00
August 6	78	51	0.00
August 7	82	61	0.00
August 8	86	63	0.00
August 9	87	67	0.02
August 10	86	60	0.00
August 11	84	67	0.00
August 12	86	66	0.00
August 13	87	66	0.00
August 14	89	68	0.00
August 15	90	72	0.63
August 16	83	64	0.00
August 17	84	59	0.28
August 18	91	76	0.00
August 19	81	60	0.07
August 20	80	51	0.00
August 21	80	55	0.00
August 22	87	60	0.00
August 23	89	66	0.00
August 24	92	72	0.00
August 25	82	68	0.25
August 26	82	64	0.55
August 27	86	69	0.60
August 28	81	67	0.01
August 29	76	60	0.00
August 30	78	58	0.00
August 31	82	54	0.00

September 1978 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	81	58	0.00
September 2	83	61	0.00
September 3	88	61	0.00
September 4	80	58	0.00
September 5	85	56	0.00
September 6	85	55	0.00
September 7	90	61	0.00
September 8	92	62	0.00
September 9	93	65	0.00
September 10	92	66	0.00
September 11	90	70	0.00
September 12	83	70	0.00
September 13	90	71	0.00
September 14	84	58	0.28
September 15	83	54	0.00
September 16	84	66	0.20
September 17	92	71	0.04
September 18	93	70	0.00
September 19	95	73	0.00
September 20	93	64	0.75
September 21	66	52	0.01
September 22	72	45	0.00
September 23	73	46	0.00
September 24	81	46	0.00
September 25	78	52	0.00
September 26	79	44	0.00
September 27	83	54	0.00
September 28	70	43	0.00
September 29	81	47	0.00
September 30	69	48	0.30

October 1978 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	71	43	0.00
October 2	77	50	0.51
October 3	68	50	0.03
October 4	73	45	0.00
October 5	63	48	0.03
October 6	58	44	0.00
October 7	57	35	0.00
October 8	62	31	0.00
October 9	75	48	0.08
October 10	63	53	0.37
October 11	63	52	0.00
October 12	67	50	0.12
October 13	63	45	0.00
October 14	53	34	0.00
October 15	64	33	0.00
October 16	54	37	0.00
October 17	60	30	0.00
October 18	68	42	0.00
October 19	64	36	0.00
October 20	78	41	0.00
October 21	83	51	0.00
October 22	80	55	0.00
October 23	55	33	0.17
October 24	58	29	0.00
October 25	64	48	0.26
October 26	55	41	0.00
October 27	67	40	0.00
October 28	59	34	0.00
October 29	64	37	0.00
October 30	72	41	0.00
October 31	72	39	0.00

November 1978 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	66	45	0.00
November 2	75	43	0.00
November 3	76	46	0.00
November 4	82	57	0.00
November 5	78	52	0.00
November 6	52	38	0.21
November 7	52	33	0.00
November 8	60	33	0.00
November 9	68	40	0.00
November 10	68	44	0.00
November 11	64	46	0.00
November 12	51	44	0.00
November 13	72	47	0.45
November 14	47	33	0.01
November 15	39	34	0.04
November 16	45	38	0.33
November 17	56	40	0.37
November 18	53	38	0.00
November 19	38	33	0.00
November 20	36	33	0.00
November 21	33	31	0.00
November 22	44	32	0.17
November 23	53	35	0.04
November 24	43	32	0.00
November 25	46	30	0.18
November 26	39	34	0.32
November 27	38	32	0.01
November 28	34	22	0.00
November 29	46	32	0.00
November 30	40	23	0.00

December 1978 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	54	32	0.00	0.0
December 2	44	33	0.44	0.0
December 3	52	22	0.00	0.0
December 4	35	21	0.00	0.0
December 5	47	30	0.00	0.0
December 6	31	24	0.17	0.1
December 7	33	18	0.76	0.7
December 8	19	12	0.00	0.1
December 9	22	8	0.00	0.0
December 10	28	6	0.00	0.0
December 11	36	25	0.00	0.0
December 12	43	29	0.00	0.0
December 13	38	24	0.00	0.0
December 14	41	21	0.00	0.0
December 15	46	32	0.00	0.0
December 16	42	31	0.00	0.0
December 17	41	24	0.00	0.0
December 18	47	35	0.00	0.0
December 19	41	35	0.00	0.0
December 20	54	28	0.02	0.0
December 21	36	22	0.00	0.0
December 22	42	27	0.00	0.0
December 23	49	24	0.00	0.0
December 24	40	22	0.00	0.0
December 25	37	18	0.00	0.0
December 26	33	17	0.00	0.0
December 27	35	12	0.00	0.0
December 28	36	24	0.22	0.4
December 29	40	35	0.93	0.0
December 30	40	22	0.10	0.4
December 31	31	21	0.75	1.5

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Years	Station	Coordinates
1901–2024	Springfield Capital Airport	location