Springfield Weather in 1978

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

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1978 Springfield Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	103 °F	July 9
Lowest temperature	-12 °F	January 17
Highest daily low	75 °F	July 9
Lowest daily high	9 °F	January 17
Most daily precipitation	2.0 inches	July 14
Most daily snow	9.1 inches	January 16
Total annual precipitation	44.0 inches	-
Total annual snow	31.4 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Springfield in 1978?

The highest temperature recorded in Springfield, Missouri in 1978 was 103 °F which happened on July 9.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Springfield in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	103 °F	Jul 9
2	99 °F	Jul 14
3	98 °F	Jul 12
3	98 °F	Jul 8
3	98 °F	Jul 7
3	98 °F	Jul 5
3	98 °F	Jul 4
8	97 °F	Sep 4
8	97 °F	Aug 26
8	97 °F	Aug 25
8	97 °F	Aug 24
8	97 °F	Jul 13
8	97 °F	Jul 6
8	97 °F	Jul 3

What was the coldest temperature in Springfield in 1978?

The lowest temperature recorded in Springfield, Missouri in 1978 was -12 °F which happened on Jan 17.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Springfield in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-12 °F	January 17
2	-11 °F	January 18
3	-4 °F	February 19
4	-2 °F	January 20
5	-1 °F	February 22
5	-1 °F	February 6
5	-1 °F	January 29
5	-1 °F	January 27
9	0 °F	March 4
9	0 °F	February 21
9	0 °F	February 18
9	0 °F	January 21
9	0 °F	January 9

January 1978 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	34	12	0.00	0.0
January 2	35	8	0.00	0.0
January 3	48	16	0.00	0.0
January 4	52	28	0.00	0.0
January 5	52	35	0.00	0.0
January 6	48	30	0.00	0.0
January 7	53	33	0.00	0.0
January 8	33	5	0.01	0.0
January 9	13	0	0.00	0.0
January 10	15	2	0.00	0.0
January 11	21	13	0.07	0.7
January 12	25	15	0.12	1.2
January 13	26	15	0.04	0.5
January 14	20	11	0.01	0.1
January 15	26	8	0.13	1.1
January 16	27	7	0.88	9.1
January 17	9	-12	0.00	0.0
January 18	20	-11	0.02	0.2
January 19	21	14	0.07	0.7
January 20	17	-2	0.00	0.0
January 21	23	0	0.00	0.0
January 22	31	20	0.00	0.0
January 23	34	23	0.00	0.0
January 24	35	28	0.15	1.2
January 25	31	4	0.04	0.6
January 26	15	1	0.00	0.0
January 27	16	-1	0.00	0.0
January 28	24	7	0.00	0.0
January 29	19	-1	0.00	0.0
January 30	30	15	0.00	0.0
January 31	29	17	0.00	0.0

February 1978 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	29	20	0.02	0.3
February 2	27	9	0.02	0.1
February 3	29	15	0.00	0.0
February 4	33	16	0.00	0.0
February 5	33	2	0.00	0.0
February 6	18	-1	0.00	0.0
February 7	21	12	0.18	1.7
February 8	26	12	0.01	0.2
February 9	30	15	0.00	0.0
February 10	32	21	0.00	0.0
February 11	40	26	0.00	0.0
February 12	41	30	0.50	0.2
February 13	34	22	0.34	3.3
February 14	29	21	0.00	0.0
February 15	25	17	0.08	0.8
February 16	26	15	0.00	0.0
February 17	19	10	0.00	0.0
February 18	19	0	0.00	0.0
February 19	27	-4	0.00	0.0
February 20	30	12	0.08	0.8
February 21	23	0	0.01	0.1
February 22	40	-1	0.00	0.0
February 23	37	23	0.00	0.0
February 24	56	23	0.00	0.0
February 25	38	24	0.00	0.0
February 26	33	16	0.00	0.0
February 27	37	28	0.22	0.0
February 28	33	30	0.03	0.0

March 1978 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	33	27	0.01	0.0
March 2	32	24	0.54	0.0
March 3	25	8	0.00	0.0
March 4	22	0	0.00	0.0
March 5	43	14	0.00	0.0
March 6	53	30	0.01	0.0
March 7	42	27	0.60	0.7
March 8	31	24	0.20	2.4
March 9	45	24	0.00	0.0
March 10	57	22	0.00	0.0
March 11	54	34	0.00	0.0
March 12	56	32	0.00	0.0
March 13	45	37	0.31	0.0
March 14	42	31	0.00	0.0
March 15	42	25	0.00	0.0
March 16	47	24	0.06	0.3
March 17	45	25	0.00	0.0
March 18	71	26	0.00	0.0
March 19	68	38	0.00	0.0
March 20	67	45	1.52	0.0
March 21	60	38	0.00	0.0
March 22	74	39	0.03	0.0
March 23	57	42	1.31	0.0
March 24	42	27	1.17	0.9
March 25	27	26	0.07	0.7
March 26	43	26	0.00	0.0
March 27	61	24	0.00	0.0
March 28	72	38	0.00	0.0
March 29	74	40	0.00	0.0
March 30	74	46	0.00	0.0
March 31	76	44	0.00	0.0

April 1978 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	82	46	0.00
April 2	72	56	0.04
April 3	77	54	0.60
April 4	71	53	0.36
April 5	76	51	0.00
April 6	71	51	0.09
April 7	78	46	0.00
April 8	83	54	0.00
April 9	76	56	0.09
April 10	63	42	1.32
April 11	58	37	0.00
April 12	70	40	0.00
April 13	64	39	0.00
April 14	67	48	0.00
April 15	66	49	0.02
April 16	68	44	0.08
April 17	70	48	0.43
April 18	58	40	0.00
April 19	45	38	0.05
April 20	49	35	0.00
April 21	54	28	0.00
April 22	64	40	0.45
April 23	69	36	0.00
April 24	69	42	0.00
April 25	58	40	0.00
April 26	68	35	0.00
April 27	72	38	0.00
April 28	73	52	0.18
April 29	74	54	0.04
April 30	71	55	0.21

May 1978 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	58	38	0.56
May 2	62	35	0.00
May 3	49	43	0.22
May 4	49	44	0.33
May 5	61	42	0.00
May 6	74	49	0.00
May 7	77	58	0.98
May 8	72	49	0.00
May 9	68	47	0.00
May 10	76	43	0.00
May 11	79	61	0.03
May 12	77	56	0.14
May 13	68	50	0.00
May 14	72	46	0.00
May 15	71	46	0.00
May 16	72	45	0.00
May 17	72	48	0.00
May 18	70	55	0.41
May 19	80	61	0.56
May 20	79	61	0.17
May 21	69	58	0.17
May 22	78	64	0.11
May 23	84	61	0.45
May 24	85	65	0.00
May 25	86	64	0.00
May 26	87	68	0.00
May 27	84	66	0.00
May 28	80	65	0.00
May 29	79	60	0.00
May 30	83	57	0.00
May 31	86	60	0.00

June 1978 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	82	63	0.89
June 2	71	60	0.00
June 3	77	56	0.00
June 4	79	56	0.12
June 5	75	61	0.60
June 6	70	56	0.39
June 7	81	60	0.00
June 8	73	52	0.00
June 9	78	45	0.00
June 10	82	53	0.00
June 11	88	61	0.00
June 12	82	56	0.00
June 13	84	52	0.00
June 14	82	60	0.00
June 15	87	61	0.00
June 16	89	62	0.00
June 17	90	67	0.00
June 18	76	61	1.16
June 19	83	55	0.00
June 20	82	64	0.75
June 21	80	67	0.00
June 22	87	62	0.12
June 23	91	71	0.00
June 24	87	69	0.04
June 25	92	72	0.00
June 26	93	71	0.00
June 27	93	69	0.00
June 28	93	71	0.00
June 29	94	70	0.00
June 30	96	70	0.00

July 1978 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	95	72	0.00
July 2	95	71	0.00
July 3	97	67	0.00
July 4	98	72	0.00
July 5	98	74	0.00
July 6	97	73	0.00
July 7	98	72	0.00
July 8	98	70	0.00
July 9	103	75	0.00
July 10	93	72	0.00
July 11	89	71	0.00
July 12	98	70	0.00
July 13	97	73	0.03
July 14	99	65	2.02
July 15	88	65	0.25
July 16	91	64	0.00
July 17	90	69	0.00
July 18	92	70	0.00
July 19	94	72	0.00
July 20	94	71	0.00
July 21	92	73	0.00
July 22	91	70	1.91
July 23	81	69	0.19
July 24	86	69	0.00
July 25	92	64	0.00
July 26	96	68	0.23
July 27	88	63	0.00
July 28	91	62	0.00
July 29	96	69	0.00
July 30	88	68	0.00
July 31	89	62	0.00

August 1978 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	90	69	0.00
August 2	91	68	0.41
August 3	82	64	0.48
August 4	70	60	0.80
August 5	78	61	0.00
August 6	82	58	0.00
August 7	86	59	0.00
August 8	89	61	0.00
August 9	91	65	0.00
August 10	91	65	0.00
August 11	94	65	0.87
August 12	90	66	0.24
August 13	95	74	0.00
August 14	92	71	0.00
August 15	87	72	0.30
August 16	90	66	0.00
August 17	94	71	0.00
August 18	95	72	0.00
August 19	81	62	0.00
August 20	85	58	0.00
August 21	89	64	0.00
August 22	94	68	0.00
August 23	95	68	0.00
August 24	97	70	0.00
August 25	97	72	0.00
August 26	97	72	0.00
August 27	88	69	0.32
August 28	87	68	0.00
August 29	79	62	0.00
August 30	81	57	0.00
August 31	83	52	0.00

September 1978 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	86	58	0.00
September 2	89	62	0.00
September 3	93	71	0.02
September 4	97	70	0.00
September 5	94	71	0.00
September 6	93	67	0.00
September 7	92	65	0.00
September 8	92	64	0.00
September 9	93	66	0.00
September 10	90	64	0.00
September 11	89	68	0.08
September 12	90	69	0.00
September 13	90	66	0.48
September 14	87	63	0.79
September 15	90	68	0.00
September 16	92	71	0.00
September 17	90	73	0.00
September 18	90	73	0.00
September 19	90	71	0.00
September 20	89	61	0.39
September 21	68	52	0.84
September 22	72	49	0.00
September 23	77	48	0.00
September 24	83	51	0.00
September 25	78	54	0.00
September 26	78	50	0.00
September 27	82	52	0.00
September 28	78	47	0.00
September 29	83	54	0.00
September 30	71	48	0.31

October 1978 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	75	42	0.00
October 2	84	56	0.00
October 3	70	46	0.08
October 4	78	41	0.06
October 5	67	42	0.00
October 6	62	38	0.00
October 7	67	33	0.00
October 8	73	40	0.00
October 9	71	53	0.09
October 10	69	55	1.43
October 11	82	56	0.17
October 12	87	53	0.04
October 13	61	39	0.10
October 14	61	36	0.00
October 15	71	37	0.00
October 16	57	36	0.00
October 17	64	36	0.00
October 18	78	43	0.00
October 19	69	41	0.00
October 20	79	41	0.00
October 21	88	53	0.00
October 22	79	55	0.01
October 23	59	38	0.14
October 24	61	32	0.00
October 25	72	51	0.06
October 26	58	35	0.00
October 27	69	34	0.00
October 28	69	37	0.00
October 29	72	41	0.00
October 30	74	41	0.00
October 31	76	40	0.00

November 1978 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	62	43	0.00
November 2	75	39	0.00
November 3	80	46	0.00
November 4	80	50	0.00
November 5	78	49	0.00
November 6	58	39	0.19
November 7	54	33	0.00
November 8	64	33	0.00
November 9	69	38	0.00
November 10	71	43	0.00
November 11	58	42	0.00
November 12	68	34	0.00
November 13	74	45	0.85
November 14	45	34	0.76
November 15	40	34	0.59
November 16	47	39	1.14
November 17	46	34	0.00
November 18	52	28	0.00
November 19	49	30	0.00
November 20	43	35	0.00
November 21	41	34	0.00
November 22	48	36	0.19
November 23	59	37	0.01
November 24	54	29	0.00
November 25	49	41	1.49
November 26	50	39	0.91
November 27	39	30	0.00
November 28	51	22	0.00
November 29	53	32	0.00
November 30	56	33	0.00

December 1978 Springfield Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	57	36	0.00	0.0
December 2	65	43	0.49	0.0
December 3	44	20	0.79	0.0
December 4	43	17	0.00	0.0
December 5	62	31	0.00	0.0
December 6	34	26	0.25	0.0
December 7	30	17	0.03	0.0
December 8	19	12	0.08	0.1
December 9	27	9	0.00	0.0
December 10	41	13	0.00	0.0
December 11	45	24	0.00	0.0
December 12	54	26	0.00	0.0
December 13	42	18	0.00	0.0
December 14	48	15	0.00	0.0
December 15	53	26	0.00	0.0
December 16	45	27	0.00	0.0
December 17	47	13	0.00	0.0
December 18	55	38	0.00	0.0
December 19	72	47	0.00	0.0
December 20	62	28	0.02	0.0
December 21	45	21	0.00	0.0
December 22	50	22	0.00	0.0
December 23	55	30	0.01	0.0
December 24	41	17	0.00	0.0
December 25	56	21	0.00	0.0
December 26	41	17	0.00	0.0
December 27	43	17	0.00	0.0
December 28	47	30	0.00	0.0
December 29	43	30	0.85	0.0
December 30	30	20	0.13	0.3
December 31	30	14	1.01	3.1

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1941–2024	Springfield 2	location
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