Springfield Weather in 1979

Historical record of Springfield, Illinois weather for the year 1979 based on NOAA data.

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1979 Springfield Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	97 °F	June 19
Lowest temperature	-20 °F	February 9
Highest daily low	75 °F	August 9
Lowest daily high	1 °F	January 2
Most daily precipitation	4.5 inches	April 11
Most daily snow	5.9 inches	March 9
Total annual precipitation	29.3 inches	-
Total annual snow	29.5 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Springfield in 1979?

The highest temperature recorded in Springfield, Illinois in 1979 was 97 °F which happened on June 19.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Springfield in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	97 °F	Jun 19
2	96 °F	Jun 20
3	95 °F	Jun 21
4	94 °F	Jul 13
4	94 °F	Jun 17
4	94 °F	Jun 5
7	93 °F	Jun 6
8	92 °F	Aug 18
8	92 °F	Aug 8
8	92 °F	Aug 7
8	92 °F	Aug 6
8	92 °F	Jul 23
8	92 °F	Jul 2
8	92 °F	Jun 16
8	92 °F	Jun 15
8	92 °F	Jun 9

What was the coldest temperature in Springfield in 1979?

The lowest temperature recorded in Springfield, Illinois in 1979 was -20 °F which happened on Feb 9.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Springfield in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-20 °F	February 9
2	-15 °F	January 15
3	-13 °F	January 14
4	-12 °F	February 5
5	-11 °F	February 1
5	-11 °F	January 8
5	-11 °F	January 6
8	-9 °F	February 19
9	-7 °F	February 4
10	-6 °F	January 5
10	-6 °F	January 2

January 1979 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	21	0	0.09	0.7
January 2	1	-6	0.00	0.0
January 3	15	-2	0.00	0.0
January 4	10	4	0.05	0.7
January 5	7	-6	0.09	1.4
January 6	15	-11	0.00	0.0
January 7	15	-3	0.00	0.1
January 8	4	-11	0.00	0.0
January 9	16	-2	0.00	0.0
January 10	10	-1	0.00	0.0
January 11	11	-1	0.11	1.1
January 12	27	10	0.01	0.1
January 13	31	19	0.69	3.7
January 14	19	-13	0.00	0.0
January 15	15	-15	0.00	0.0
January 16	33	6	0.00	0.0
January 17	35	10	0.00	0.0
January 18	26	1	0.05	0.0
January 19	34	26	0.21	0.0
January 20	34	26	0.00	0.0
January 21	27	15	0.00	0.0
January 22	30	15	0.00	0.0
January 23	33	23	0.09	0.9
January 24	23	6	0.10	1.0
January 25	20	-1	0.00	0.0
January 26	27	9	0.00	0.0
January 27	27	14	0.30	4.7
January 28	23	11	0.00	0.0
January 29	12	1	0.00	0.0
January 30	18	11	0.10	1.4
January 31	12	-2	0.01	0.1

February 1979 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	7	-11	0.00	0.0
February 2	24	4	0.10	1.5
February 3	26	5	0.00	0.0
February 4	10	-7	0.00	0.0
February 5	6	-12	0.00	0.0
February 6	31	4	0.00	0.0
February 7	25	-3	0.00	0.0
February 8	8	-4	0.24	2.4
February 9	6	-20	0.00	0.0
February 10	19	2	0.00	0.0
February 11	32	9	0.00	0.0
February 12	31	15	0.00	0.0
February 13	25	14	0.00	0.0
February 14	35	21	0.00	0.0
February 15	35	14	0.00	0.0
February 16	14	4	0.00	0.0
February 17	10	1	0.00	0.0
February 18	12	-2	0.07	0.7
February 19	23	-9	0.00	0.0
February 20	39	19	0.54	0.0
February 21	37	30	0.00	0.0
February 22	45	30	0.06	0.0
February 23	47	27	0.01	0.0
February 24	34	23	0.00	0.0
February 25	30	19	0.00	0.0
February 26	32	15	0.00	0.0
February 27	40	17	0.00	0.0
February 28	36	29	0.07	0.0

March 1979 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	37	33	0.00	0.0
March 2	41	33	0.00	0.0
March 3	55	39	0.67	0.0
March 4	46	31	0.13	0.0
March 5	34	31	0.00	0.0
March 6	53	28	0.03	0.0
March 7	36	29	0.03	0.2
March 8	36	29	0.00	0.0
March 9	35	23	0.56	5.9
March 10	25	11	0.00	0.0
March 11	37	9	0.00	0.0
March 12	42	17	0.00	0.0
March 13	63	33	0.00	0.0
March 14	47	21	0.00	0.0
March 15	34	15	0.00	0.0
March 16	51	26	0.00	0.0
March 17	53	39	0.09	0.0
March 18	74	45	0.31	0.0
March 19	71	55	0.85	0.0
March 20	58	40	0.00	0.0
March 21	52	35	0.00	0.0
March 22	70	43	0.12	0.0
March 23	63	40	0.13	0.0
March 24	40	23	0.21	1.9
March 25	28	20	0.01	0.1
March 26	40	26	0.00	0.0
March 27	47	30	0.00	0.0
March 28	69	39	0.35	0.0
March 29	65	59	0.11	0.0
March 30	67	44	0.15	0.0
March 31	45	38	0.00	0.0

April 1979 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	49	35	0.06
April 2	48	33	0.00
April 3	50	29	0.00
April 4	44	37	0.31
April 5	64	26	0.00
April 6	40	23	0.00
April 7	60	34	0.00
April 8	64	40	0.46
April 9	40	35	0.00
April 10	47	31	0.00
April 11	55	40	4.45
April 12	75	48	0.00
April 13	59	41	0.00
April 14	64	45	0.00
April 15	62	41	0.00
April 16	63	43	0.00
April 17	65	45	0.00
April 18	66	45	0.00
April 19	66	52	0.00
April 20	79	55	0.12
April 21	61	51	0.26
April 22	64	46	0.00
April 23	68	51	0.01
April 24	68	60	0.87
April 25	77	52	0.11
April 26	59	44	0.43
April 27	50	42	0.08
April 28	56	38	0.00
April 29	60	43	0.01
April 30	55	37	0.00

May 1979 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	66	40	0.00
May 2	74	54	0.77
May 3	64	49	0.00
May 4	56	42	0.00
May 5	66	39	0.00
May 6	76	50	0.00
May 7	82	56	0.00
May 8	87	68	0.00
May 9	86	67	0.00
May 10	86	69	0.00
May 11	75	50	0.05
May 12	61	45	0.06
May 13	74	42	0.09
May 14	80	50	0.00
May 15	73	44	0.00
May 16	77	43	0.00
May 17	85	59	0.00
May 18	88	60	0.00
May 19	80	58	0.00
May 20	77	59	0.00
May 21	72	50	0.00
May 22	78	47	0.00
May 23	77	51	0.00
May 24	69	42	0.02
May 25	73	41	0.00
May 26	69	40	0.18
May 27	75	51	0.00
May 28	82	48	0.00
May 29	87	55	0.00
May 30	89	64	0.00
May 31	86	64	0.15

June 1979 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	80	57	0.00
June 2	76	55	0.00
June 3	87	52	0.00
June 4	88	59	0.00
June 5	94	64	0.00
June 6	93	61	0.00
June 7	91	72	0.02
June 8	88	72	0.27
June 9	92	70	0.16
June 10	75	54	0.26
June 11	84	52	0.00
June 12	86	58	0.01
June 13	86	65	0.00
June 14	90	65	0.00
June 15	92	70	0.00
June 16	92	67	0.00
June 17	94	69	0.00
June 18	90	63	0.00
June 19	97	69	0.00
June 20	96	69	0.19
June 21	95	65	0.00
June 22	89	69	0.00
June 23	78	55	0.01
June 24	81	55	0.00
June 25	83	51	0.00
June 26	86	59	0.00
June 27	87	63	0.00
June 28	85	62	0.02
June 29	88	64	0.00
June 30	89	57	0.00

July 1979 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	89	56	0.00
July 2	92	65	0.00
July 3	82	74	0.07
July 4	78	62	0.46
July 5	79	55	0.00
July 6	80	52	0.00
July 7	84	62	0.00
July 8	83	67	0.00
July 9	84	60	0.00
July 10	89	61	0.00
July 11	91	68	0.00
July 12	87	69	0.00
July 13	94	67	0.53
July 14	90	70	0.40
July 15	87	67	0.04
July 16	85	67	0.00
July 17	79	60	0.00
July 18	81	53	0.00
July 19	83	56	0.00
July 20	85	62	0.00
July 21	86	60	0.00
July 22	90	61	0.00
July 23	92	69	0.11
July 24	89	69	1.38
July 25	83	73	0.07
July 26	86	72	0.43
July 27	86	71	0.51
July 28	86	70	0.00
July 29	88	73	0.11
July 30	91	71	0.21
July 31	80	71	0.31

August 1979 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	74	62	1.47
August 2	83	59	0.00
August 3	86	69	0.00
August 4	87	70	0.00
August 5	91	72	0.00
August 6	92	73	0.00
August 7	92	72	0.00
August 8	92	74	0.00
August 9	90	75	0.00
August 10	85	69	0.01
August 11	74	55	0.00
August 12	76	51	0.00
August 13	82	59	0.00
August 14	66	54	0.04
August 15	71	53	0.00
August 16	75	58	0.00
August 17	87	63	0.00
August 18	92	71	0.06
August 19	90	69	0.00
August 20	90	67	0.94
August 21	83	67	0.09
August 22	86	66	0.01
August 23	82	61	0.00
August 24	80	55	0.00
August 25	82	59	0.00
August 26	79	60	0.00
August 27	83	65	0.00
August 28	83	65	0.04
August 29	84	67	0.19
August 30	87	62	0.00
August 31	87	70	0.00

September 1979 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)
September 1	86	70
September 2	87	68
September 3	88	65
September 4	84	61
September 5	86	63
September 6	87	59
September 7	75	55
September 8	74	46
September 9	81	51
September 10	88	58
September 11	91	59
September 12	85	59
September 13	76	61
September 14	71	45
September 15	73	39
September 16	78	42
September 17	82	46
September 18	85	55
September 19	77	50
September 20	82	50
September 21	67	50
September 22	74	45
September 23	73	41
September 24	80	43
September 25	87	50
September 26	87	56
September 27	85	55
September 28	87	58
September 29	89	63
September 30	80	55

October 1979 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	86	54	0.07
October 2	62	46	0.02
October 3	66	44	0.00
October 4	62	36	0.00
October 5	66	45	0.00
October 6	63	37	0.00
October 7	74	34	0.00
October 8	82	53	0.00
October 9	59	33	0.07
October 10	61	29	0.00
October 11	71	50	0.00
October 12	58	34	0.02
October 13	55	27	0.00
October 14	65	27	0.00
October 15	67	54	0.00
October 16	67	53	0.41
October 17	72	54	0.00
October 18	79	53	0.00
October 19	76	63	0.04
October 20	85	69	0.00
October 21	89	70	0.00
October 22	75	42	0.58
October 23	45	34	0.01
October 24	55	31	0.00
October 25	55	33	0.00
October 26	55	30	0.00
October 27	74	44	0.00
October 28	68	37	0.00
October 29	72	37	0.00
October 30	69	49	0.00
October 31	71	48	0.12

November 1979 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	54	35	0.00	0.0
November 2	52	27	0.00	0.0
November 3	52	29	0.00	0.0
November 4	60	26	0.00	0.0
November 5	65	45	0.00	0.0
November 6	57	38	0.00	0.0
November 7	48	26	0.09	0.0
November 8	45	39	0.02	0.0
November 9	48	32	0.34	0.0
November 10	34	24	0.00	0.0
November 11	40	20	0.00	0.0
November 12	46	25	0.00	0.0
November 13	45	27	0.00	0.0
November 14	51	23	0.00	0.0
November 15	60	34	0.00	0.0
November 16	54	27	0.00	0.0
November 17	70	39	0.00	0.0
November 18	72	47	0.00	0.0
November 19	75	45	0.00	0.0
November 20	65	37	0.16	0.0
November 21	62	58	0.29	0.0
November 22	60	38	0.01	0.0
November 23	41	32	0.00	0.0
November 24	55	32	0.00	0.0
November 25	45	38	0.76	0.0
November 26	44	37	0.18	0.0
November 27	43	34	0.09	0.4
November 28	35	23	0.02	0.2
November 29	30	21	0.02	0.2
November 30	33	19	0.00	0.0

December 1979 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	30	18	0.01	0.1
December 2	33	12	0.00	0.0
December 3	39	23	0.00	0.0
December 4	51	24	0.00	0.0
December 5	60	40	0.00	0.0
December 6	49	32	0.00	0.0
December 7	50	29	0.00	0.0
December 8	34	25	0.00	0.0
December 9	52	28	0.00	0.0
December 10	63	36	0.00	0.0
December 11	65	30	0.14	0.0
December 12	30	18	0.00	0.0
December 13	35	23	0.00	0.0
December 14	40	15	0.00	0.0
December 15	48	24	0.00	0.0
December 16	37	9	0.00	0.0
December 17	22	3	0.00	0.0
December 18	42	17	0.00	0.0
December 19	53	28	0.00	0.0
December 20	53	26	0.00	0.0
December 21	55	35	0.00	0.0
December 22	53	48	0.25	0.0
December 23	63	45	0.40	0.0
December 24	46	39	1.56	0.0
December 25	39	34	0.00	0.0
December 26	40	30	0.00	0.0
December 27	39	29	0.00	0.0
December 28	38	26	0.00	0.0
December 29	38	28	0.00	0.0
December 30	44	32	0.00	0.0
December 31	42	30	0.00	0.0

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Years	Station	Coordinates
1901–2024	Springfield Capital Airport	location