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 (1895-2021) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
December 1940 1-Month |
34.1°F (1.2°C) | 30.3°F (-0.9°C) |
3.8°F (2.1°C) | 95th Coolest | Coolest since: 1939 | 1983 |
| 27th Warmest | Warmest since: 1931 | 2021 | ||||
| Ties: 1999 | ||||||
|
Nov–Dec 1940 2-Month |
36.3°F (2.4°C) | 36.7°F (2.6°C) |
-0.4°F (-0.2°C) | 64th Coolest | Coolest since: 1937 | 2000 |
| 58th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1915, 1973 | ||||||
|
Oct–Dec 1940 3-Month |
44.3°F (6.8°C) | 42.8°F (6.0°C) |
1.5°F (0.8°C) | 94th Coolest | Coolest since: 1939 | 1976 |
| 28th Warmest | Warmest since: 1938 | 1931 | ||||
| Ties: 2017 | ||||||
|
Sep–Dec 1940 4-Month |
50.0°F (10.0°C) | 48.9°F (9.4°C) |
1.1°F (0.6°C) | 94th Coolest | Coolest since: 1937 | 1976 |
| 28th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 1931 | ||||
| Ties: 1933, 1975, 2005, 2020 | ||||||
|
Aug–Dec 1940 5-Month |
54.9°F (12.7°C) | 53.9°F (12.2°C) |
1.0°F (0.5°C) | 95th Coolest | Coolest since: 1937 | 1976 |
| 27th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 1931 | ||||
|
Jul–Dec 1940 6-Month |
58.6°F (14.8°C) | 57.5°F (14.2°C) |
1.1°F (0.6°C) | 95th Coolest | Coolest since: 1937 | 1917 |
| 27th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 1931 | ||||
| Ties: 1922, 1946, 1956, 1984 | ||||||
|
Jun–Dec 1940 7-Month |
60.9°F (16.1°C) | 59.7°F (15.4°C) |
1.2°F (0.7°C) | 99th Coolest | Coolest since: 1937 | 1917 |
| 23rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 1931 | ||||
| Ties: 1922, 1956, 1984, 2020 | ||||||
|
May–Dec 1940 8-Month |
60.7°F (15.9°C) | 60.2°F (15.7°C) |
0.5°F (0.2°C) | 75th Coolest | Coolest since: 1937 | 1917 |
| 47th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 1931 | ||||
| Ties: 1970, 1979 | ||||||
|
Apr–Dec 1940 9-Month |
59.4°F (15.2°C) | 59.4°F (15.2°C) |
0.0°F (0.0°C) | 63rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1937 | 1917 |
| 59th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 1931 | ||||
| Ties: 1952, 1982 | ||||||
|
Mar–Dec 1940 10-Month |
57.2°F (14.0°C) | 57.7°F (14.3°C) |
-0.5°F (-0.3°C) | 57th Coolest | Coolest since: 1937 | 1917 |
| 65th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2012, 2016 | ||||
|
Feb–Dec 1940 11-Month |
54.6°F (12.6°C) | 55.3°F (12.9°C) |
-0.7°F (-0.3°C) | 52nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1937 | 1917 |
| 69th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2012 | ||||
| Ties: 1925, 1942, 1974, 1983 | ||||||
|
Jan–Dec 1940 12-Month |
51.1°F (10.6°C) | 52.9°F (11.6°C) |
-1.8°F (-1.0°C) | 25th Coolest | Coolest since: 1937 | 1917 |
| 96th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2012 | ||||
| Ties: 1937, 1945 | ||||||
|
Jul 1939–Dec 1940 18-Month |
53.8°F (12.1°C) | 54.5°F (12.5°C) |
-0.7°F (-0.4°C) | 49th Coolest | Coolest since: 1930 | 1904 |
| 71st Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2012, 2016 | ||||
|
Jan 1939–Dec 1940 24-Month |
52.5°F (11.4°C) | 52.9°F (11.6°C) |
-0.4°F (-0.2°C) | 67th Coolest | Coolest since: 1937 | 1904 |
| 52nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2017 | ||||
| Ties: 1995 | ||||||
|
Jan 1938–Dec 1940 36-Month |
53.3°F (11.8°C) | 52.9°F (11.6°C) |
0.4°F (0.2°C) | 92nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1939 | 1905 |
| 25th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2017 | ||||
| Ties: 1922, 1935, 1939, 2005 | ||||||
|
Jan 1937–Dec 1940 48-Month |
52.7°F (11.5°C) | 52.8°F (11.6°C) |
-0.1°F (-0.1°C) | 71st Coolest | Coolest since: 1938 | 1905 |
| 44th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1921, 1924, 1987, 2011 | ||||||
|
Jan 1936–Dec 1940 60-Month |
52.7°F (11.5°C) | 52.8°F (11.6°C) |
-0.1°F (-0.1°C) | 72nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1937 | 1905 |
| 41st Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2019, 2020 | ||||
| Ties: 1937, 1975, 1987, 1988, 1995 | ||||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, published May 2022, retrieved on May 19, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/