Springfield Weather in 1981

Historical record of Springfield, Illinois weather for the year 1981 based on NOAA data.

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1981 Springfield Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	96 °F	July 13
Lowest temperature	-15 °F	December 19
Highest daily low	77 °F	July 12
Lowest daily high	7 °F	February 11
Most daily precipitation	4.4 inches	August 2
Most daily snow	7.4 inches	December 22
Total annual precipitation	48.1 inches	-
Total annual snow	33.6 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Springfield in 1981?

The highest temperature recorded in Springfield, Illinois in 1981 was 96 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Springfield in 1981

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	96 °F	Jul 13
1	96 °F	Jul 12
3	94 °F	Jul 14
3	94 °F	Jul 7
3	94 °F	Jun 29
3	94 °F	Jun 24
7	93 °F	Jul 9
7	93 °F	Jul 8
9	92 °F	Jul 11
9	92 °F	Jun 8

What was the coldest temperature in Springfield in 1981?

The lowest temperature recorded in Springfield, Illinois in 1981 was -15 °F which happened on Dec 19.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Springfield in 1981

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-15 °F	December 19
2	-11 °F	February 12
3	-9 °F	December 20
3	-9 °F	February 11
5	-6 °F	December 29
5	-6 °F	December 18
7	1 °F	January 12
7	1 °F	January 9
9	2 °F	January 10
10	4 °F	February 3
10	4 °F	January 11
10	4 °F	January 8

January 1981 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	34	27	0.01	0.0
January 2	35	22	0.00	0.0
January 3	31	13	0.00	0.0
January 4	15	5	0.00	0.0
January 5	27	5	0.00	0.0
January 6	33	19	0.22	2.1
January 7	19	6	0.00	0.0
January 8	22	4	0.02	0.4
January 9	24	1	0.00	0.0
January 10	15	2	0.00	0.0
January 11	18	4	0.00	0.0
January 12	31	1	0.00	0.0
January 13	36	18	0.00	0.0
January 14	30	20	0.00	0.0
January 15	32	14	0.00	0.0
January 16	25	11	0.00	0.0
January 17	32	6	0.00	0.0
January 18	48	26	0.00	0.0
January 19	46	30	0.00	0.0
January 20	41	35	0.03	0.0
January 21	37	30	0.00	0.0
January 22	46	28	0.00	0.0
January 23	48	24	0.00	0.0
January 24	58	30	0.00	0.0
January 25	59	39	0.00	0.0
January 26	48	32	0.00	0.0
January 27	47	31	0.00	0.0
January 28	39	21	0.00	0.0
January 29	35	15	0.00	0.0
January 30	33	17	0.00	0.0
January 31	41	16	0.15	0.2

February 1981 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	38	13	0.12	0.3
February 2	13	6	0.01	0.1
February 3	23	4	0.00	0.0
February 4	27	9	0.00	0.0
February 5	29	8	0.00	0.0
February 6	36	15	0.00	0.0
February 7	42	24	0.00	0.0
February 8	24	9	0.00	0.0
February 9	37	18	0.08	0.8
February 10	36	7	0.70	6.6
February 11	7	-9	0.08	0.8
February 12	22	-11	0.00	0.0
February 13	33	10	0.00	0.0
February 14	40	20	0.00	0.0
February 15	45	30	0.00	0.0
February 16	52	40	0.00	0.0
February 17	58	42	0.00	0.0
February 18	62	40	0.00	0.0
February 19	63	34	0.00	0.0
February 20	61	32	0.00	0.0
February 21	57	37	0.04	0.0
February 22	53	36	0.85	0.0
February 23	37	34	0.19	0.0
February 24	56	32	0.00	0.0
February 25	62	32	0.00	0.0
February 26	54	33	0.00	0.0
February 27	68	41	0.05	0.0
February 28	52	37	0.00	0.0

March 1981 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	38	30	0.00	0.0
March 2	44	25	0.00	0.0
March 3	46	22	0.02	0.0
March 4	43	34	1.16	0.6
March 5	41	30	0.01	0.0
March 6	43	25	0.00	0.0
March 7	40	22	0.00	0.0
March 8	45	23	0.00	0.0
March 9	53	27	0.00	0.0
March 10	49	32	0.00	0.0
March 11	49	32	0.00	0.0
March 12	68	29	0.00	0.0
March 13	55	30	0.00	0.0
March 14	53	24	0.00	0.0
March 15	65	37	0.02	0.0
March 16	48	28	0.00	0.0
March 17	58	28	0.00	0.0
March 18	45	22	0.00	0.0
March 19	44	26	0.00	0.0
March 20	52	29	0.00	0.0
March 21	52	37	0.00	0.0
March 22	55	33	0.00	0.0
March 23	59	27	0.00	0.0
March 24	70	32	0.00	0.0
March 25	59	35	0.01	0.0
March 26	71	40	0.00	0.0
March 27	71	44	0.01	0.0
March 28	79	53	0.00	0.0
March 29	67	57	1.02	0.0
March 30	69	48	0.02	0.0
March 31	87	57	0.00	0.0

April 1981 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	71	49	0.00
April 2	87	47	0.00
April 3	83	63	0.24
April 4	64	44	0.00
April 5	55	39	0.00
April 6	68	31	0.00
April 7	75	48	0.00
April 8	71	53	0.19
April 9	68	48	0.00
April 10	85	55	0.22
April 11	73	62	0.74
April 12	75	59	0.39
April 13	78	60	1.02
April 14	64	42	0.05
April 15	67	36	0.00
April 16	67	46	0.00
April 17	81	58	0.00
April 18	77	55	0.00
April 19	58	52	1.05
April 20	57	38	0.00
April 21	63	36	0.00
April 22	65	55	0.56
April 23	65	49	0.00
April 24	59	44	0.00
April 25	74	41	0.00
April 26	85	52	0.00
April 27	87	62	0.00
April 28	82	59	0.01
April 29	67	52	0.10
April 30	69	49	0.00

May 1981 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	63	45	0.00
May 2	68	38	0.00
May 3	74	50	0.00
May 4	69	57	0.01
May 5	63	49	0.20
May 6	63	40	0.00
May 7	68	36	0.00
May 8	68	43	0.00
May 9	66	50	0.90
May 10	60	41	1.86
May 11	61	39	0.29
May 12	65	39	0.00
May 13	67	51	0.24
May 14	57	46	0.31
May 15	72	40	0.00
May 16	77	51	0.00
May 17	65	54	0.35
May 18	54	45	1.44
May 19	70	47	0.03
May 20	72	43	0.00
May 21	80	47	0.00
May 22	82	57	0.00
May 23	83	61	0.53
May 24	73	57	0.01
May 25	80	52	0.00
May 26	78	62	0.00
May 27	81	59	0.00
May 28	86	55	0.00
May 29	87	66	0.00
May 30	77	56	0.00
May 31	82	48	0.00

June 1981 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	73	60	0.93
June 2	83	60	0.00
June 3	83	64	0.00
June 4	87	65	0.00
June 5	87	71	0.00
June 6	86	63	0.00
June 7	89	59	0.00
June 8	92	70	1.04
June 9	88	65	0.19
June 10	80	64	0.01
June 11	76	62	0.02
June 12	87	66	0.45
June 13	85	76	0.05
June 14	90	75	0.00
June 15	89	69	1.35
June 16	75	59	0.13
June 17	82	52	0.00
June 18	85	58	0.00
June 19	81	64	0.13
June 20	84	64	0.00
June 21	81	69	0.45
June 22	81	65	0.00
June 23	86	59	0.00
June 24	94	67	0.67
June 25	86	65	0.31
June 26	86	60	0.00
June 27	87	59	0.00
June 28	90	66	0.07
June 29	94	70	0.00
June 30	88	71	0.00

July 1981 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	87	65	0.00
July 2	90	67	0.00
July 3	91	66	0.00
July 4	75	69	3.00
July 5	83	68	0.05
July 6	90	67	0.00
July 7	94	72	0.00
July 8	93	75	0.00
July 9	93	75	0.00
July 10	88	71	0.00
July 11	92	65	0.00
July 12	96	77	0.00
July 13	96	74	1.11
July 14	94	74	0.06
July 15	83	74	0.01
July 16	84	68	0.00
July 17	87	67	0.00
July 18	86	70	0.23
July 19	87	74	1.40
July 20	90	70	0.00
July 21	84	69	0.00
July 22	80	63	0.00
July 23	78	65	0.08
July 24	83	65	0.00
July 25	87	69	0.06
July 26	81	71	0.33
July 27	81	64	4.33
July 28	75	60	0.10
July 29	77	57	0.00
July 30	80	57	0.00
July 31	83	59	0.00

August 1981 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	85	60	0.00
August 2	88	69	4.40
August 3	86	73	0.02
August 4	91	69	0.00
August 5	91	72	1.33
August 6	86	71	0.00
August 7	83	67	0.00
August 8	78	62	0.00
August 9	86	61	0.00
August 10	77	61	0.03
August 11	82	56	0.00
August 12	82	59	0.00
August 13	84	63	0.00
August 14	88	71	0.00
August 15	84	68	0.94
August 16	74	60	0.00
August 17	74	58	0.00
August 18	77	55	0.00
August 19	80	56	0.00
August 20	81	54	0.00
August 21	83	57	0.00
August 22	83	56	0.00
August 23	85	60	0.00
August 24	88	70	0.00
August 25	89	68	0.04
August 26	80	68	0.12
August 27	79	69	0.13
August 28	84	68	0.31
August 29	85	68	0.00
August 30	85	69	0.39
August 31	90	69	0.66

September 1981 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	77	65	0.04
September 2	80	59	0.00
September 3	79	63	0.00
September 4	79	59	0.00
September 5	80	56	0.00
September 6	78	56	0.00
September 7	73	59	0.18
September 8	76	55	0.00
September 9	80	51	0.00
September 10	86	58	0.00
September 11	85	61	0.00
September 12	90	65	0.00
September 13	89	67	0.00
September 14	86	62	0.00
September 15	79	59	0.00
September 16	68	48	0.03
September 17	64	45	0.00
September 18	68	44	0.00
September 19	81	46	0.00
September 20	85	51	0.00
September 21	87	56	0.00
September 22	73	49	0.00
September 23	71	44	0.00
September 24	72	52	0.00
September 25	82	58	0.03
September 26	85	61	0.59
September 27	77	48	0.00
September 28	69	45	0.00
September 29	78	55	0.26
September 30	90	65	0.00

October 1981 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	76	46	0.00
October 2	59	37	0.00
October 3	66	35	0.00
October 4	79	55	0.00
October 5	89	61	0.12
October 6	70	49	0.00
October 7	64	40	0.00
October 8	64	36	0.00
October 9	72	45	0.01
October 10	68	48	0.00
October 11	71	42	0.00
October 12	71	51	0.00
October 13	79	53	0.09
October 14	66	56	0.23
October 15	66	50	0.00
October 16	68	45	0.00
October 17	70	54	1.06
October 18	55	42	0.00
October 19	59	32	0.00
October 20	76	45	0.00
October 21	61	44	0.00
October 22	51	34	0.37
October 23	40	24	0.00
October 24	44	23	0.00
October 25	54	34	0.00
October 26	50	40	0.06
October 27	62	34	0.00
October 28	69	41	0.00
October 29	70	42	0.00
October 30	75	51	0.00
October 31	72	56	0.00

November 1981 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	69	58	0.54	0.0
November 2	66	59	0.11	0.0
November 3	73	57	0.00	0.0
November 4	67	47	0.32	0.0
November 5	61	44	0.01	0.0
November 6	58	38	0.00	0.0
November 7	65	33	0.00	0.0
November 8	64	48	0.05	0.0
November 9	49	30	0.02	0.0
November 10	51	26	0.00	0.0
November 11	57	31	0.00	0.0
November 12	55	31	0.00	0.0
November 13	58	33	0.00	0.0
November 14	64	29	0.00	0.0
November 15	60	42	0.02	0.0
November 16	61	42	0.22	0.0
November 17	61	37	0.00	0.0
November 18	62	35	0.00	0.0
November 19	60	33	0.30	0.1
November 20	35	27	0.00	0.0
November 21	32	21	0.00	0.0
November 22	43	18	0.00	0.0
November 23	47	33	0.18	0.0
November 24	42	35	0.00	0.0
November 25	49	34	0.00	0.0
November 26	65	38	0.06	0.0
November 27	40	31	0.00	0.0
November 28	37	30	0.00	0.0
November 29	47	26	0.00	0.0
November 30	47	29	0.38	0.0

December 1981 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	50	35	0.02	0.0
December 2	41	33	0.00	0.0
December 3	47	30	0.08	0.0
December 4	41	32	0.00	0.0
December 5	42	25	0.00	0.0
December 6	49	33	0.00	0.0
December 7	58	35	0.00	0.0
December 8	39	29	0.00	0.0
December 9	32	25	0.00	0.0
December 10	34	18	0.00	0.0
December 11	39	24	0.00	0.0
December 12	40	20	0.00	0.0
December 13	40	29	0.00	0.0
December 14	38	24	0.00	0.0
December 15	30	17	0.00	0.0
December 16	30	22	0.52	6.4
December 17	22	5	0.11	1.9
December 18	10	-6	0.00	0.0
December 19	10	-15	0.00	0.0
December 20	30	-9	0.00	0.0
December 21	34	29	0.12	0.1
December 22	34	31	0.78	7.4
December 23	31	7	0.00	0.0
December 24	27	11	0.00	0.0
December 25	35	16	0.00	0.0
December 26	39	28	0.00	0.0
December 27	35	24	0.01	0.1
December 28	34	5	0.54	5.7
December 29	18	-6	0.00	0.0
December 30	35	14	0.00	0.0
December 31	37	16	0.17	0.0

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Years	Station	Coordinates
1901–2024	Springfield Capital Airport	location