Climate at a Glance
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Springfield, Illinois
Average Temperature Rankings, December 1940
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Period | Value | 1981-2010 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
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December 1940 1-Month |
35.3°F (1.8°C) | 30.6°F (-0.8°C) |
4.7°F (2.6°C) | 99th Coolest | Coolest since: 1939 | 1983 |
22nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1931 | 2015 | ||||
Nov–Dec 1940 2-Month |
37.4°F (3.0°C) | 36.9°F (2.7°C) |
0.5°F (0.3°C) | 71st Coolest | Coolest since: 1937 | 2000 |
50th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 1931 | ||||
Ties: 1934, 1974 | ||||||
Oct–Dec 1940 3-Month |
45.5°F (7.5°C) | 43.0°F (6.1°C) |
2.5°F (1.4°C) | 99th Coolest | Coolest since: 1939 | 1976 |
22nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1938 | 1931 | ||||
Sep–Dec 1940 4-Month |
51.1°F (10.6°C) | 49.0°F (9.4°C) |
2.1°F (1.2°C) | 102nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1937 | 1976 |
19th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 1931 | ||||
Ties: 1922 | ||||||
Aug–Dec 1940 5-Month |
56.1°F (13.4°C) | 54.1°F (12.3°C) |
2.0°F (1.1°C) | 104th Coolest | Coolest since: 1937 | 1976 |
17th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 1931 | ||||
Ties: 1922, 1946 | ||||||
Jul–Dec 1940 6-Month |
59.8°F (15.4°C) | 57.7°F (14.3°C) |
2.1°F (1.1°C) | 105th Coolest | Coolest since: 1937 | 1976 |
16th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 1931 | ||||
Ties: 1921, 1946, 1956 | ||||||
Jun–Dec 1940 7-Month |
62.0°F (16.7°C) | 59.9°F (15.5°C) |
2.1°F (1.2°C) | 105th Coolest | Coolest since: 1937 | 1917, 1976 |
16th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 1931 | ||||
Ties: 1956, 2011 | ||||||
May–Dec 1940 8-Month |
61.9°F (16.6°C) | 60.4°F (15.8°C) |
1.5°F (0.8°C) | 92nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1937 | 1917 |
29th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 1931 | ||||
Ties: 1914, 1918 | ||||||
Apr–Dec 1940 9-Month |
60.6°F (15.9°C) | 59.6°F (15.3°C) |
1.0°F (0.6°C) | 79th Coolest | Coolest since: 1937 | 1917 |
42nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 1931 | ||||
Ties: 1952, 1962 | ||||||
Mar–Dec 1940 10-Month |
58.4°F (14.7°C) | 57.9°F (14.4°C) |
0.5°F (0.3°C) | 73rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1937 | 1917 |
48th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2012, 2016 | ||||
Ties: 1952, 1957, 1981, 1988, 2020 | ||||||
Feb–Dec 1940 11-Month |
55.8°F (13.2°C) | 55.5°F (13.1°C) |
0.3°F (0.1°C) | 69th Coolest | Coolest since: 1937 | 1917 |
51st Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1942, 1962, 1990 | ||||||
Jan–Dec 1940 12-Month |
52.2°F (11.2°C) | 53.1°F (11.7°C) |
-0.9°F (-0.5°C) | 32nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1937 | 1917 |
88th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1907, 1910, 1945, 1958, 2003 | ||||||
Jul 1939–Dec 1940 18-Month |
55.0°F (12.8°C) | 54.7°F (12.6°C) |
0.3°F (0.2°C) | 73rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1936 | 1904 |
46th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2012, 2016 | ||||
Ties: 1935 | ||||||
Jan 1939–Dec 1940 24-Month |
53.7°F (12.1°C) | 53.2°F (11.8°C) |
0.5°F (0.3°C) | 82nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1937 | 1904 |
36th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1923, 1992 | ||||||
Jan 1938–Dec 1940 36-Month |
54.4°F (12.4°C) | 53.1°F (11.7°C) |
1.3°F (0.7°C) | 104th Coolest | Coolest since: 1939 | 1905 |
12th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1939, 2006 | ||||||
Jan 1937–Dec 1940 48-Month |
53.8°F (12.1°C) | 53.0°F (11.7°C) |
0.8°F (0.4°C) | 89th Coolest | Coolest since: 1938 | 1905 |
25th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2018 | ||||
Ties: 1944, 1947 | ||||||
Jan 1936–Dec 1940 60-Month |
53.8°F (12.1°C) | 53.1°F (11.7°C) |
0.7°F (0.4°C) | 95th Coolest | Coolest since: 1939 | 1905, 1906 |
17th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 1956 | ||||
Ties: 1923, 1938, 1939, 2009, 2016 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, published January 2021, retrieved on January 22, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/