Climate at a Glance
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Springfield, Illinois
Average Temperature Rankings, December 2020
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Period | Value | 1981-2010 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
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December 2020 1-Month |
34.7°F (1.5°C) | 31.0°F (-0.6°C) |
3.7°F (2.1°C) | 94th Coolest | Coolest since: 2017 | 1983 |
27th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1939, 1987, 1999 | ||||||
Nov–Dec 2020 2-Month |
41.4°F (5.2°C) | 37.4°F (3.0°C) |
4.0°F (2.2°C) | 112th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 2000 |
9th Warmest | Warmest since: 2015 | 2015 | ||||
Oct–Dec 2020 3-Month |
45.6°F (7.6°C) | 43.5°F (6.4°C) |
2.1°F (1.2°C) | 100th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1976 |
21st Warmest | Warmest since: 2016 | 1931 | ||||
Ties: 1913, 2003, 2004 | ||||||
Sep–Dec 2020 4-Month |
51.0°F (10.6°C) | 49.4°F (9.7°C) |
1.6°F (0.9°C) | 100th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1976 |
21st Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 1931 | ||||
Ties: 1947, 1973 | ||||||
Aug–Dec 2020 5-Month |
55.6°F (13.1°C) | 54.6°F (12.6°C) |
1.0°F (0.5°C) | 94th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1976 |
27th Warmest | Warmest since: 2016 | 1931 | ||||
Jul–Dec 2020 6-Month |
59.4°F (15.2°C) | 58.2°F (14.6°C) |
1.2°F (0.6°C) | 99th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1917 |
22nd Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 1931 | ||||
Ties: 1933, 1946, 1956, 1973, 1980, 2017 | ||||||
Jun–Dec 2020 7-Month |
61.7°F (16.5°C) | 60.3°F (15.7°C) |
1.4°F (0.8°C) | 99th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1917 |
22nd Warmest | Warmest since: 2016 | 1931 | ||||
Ties: 1940, 2010 | ||||||
May–Dec 2020 8-Month |
61.8°F (16.6°C) | 60.8°F (16.0°C) |
1.0°F (0.6°C) | 93rd Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1917 |
28th Warmest | Warmest since: 2018 | 1931 | ||||
Ties: 1959, 1964, 1994, 1999 | ||||||
Apr–Dec 2020 9-Month |
60.6°F (15.9°C) | 60.0°F (15.6°C) |
0.6°F (0.3°C) | 83rd Coolest | Coolest since: 2014 | 1917 |
38th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1914 | ||||||
Mar–Dec 2020 10-Month |
59.2°F (15.1°C) | 58.3°F (14.6°C) |
0.9°F (0.5°C) | 94th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1917 |
27th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1913, 1922 | ||||||
Feb–Dec 2020 11-Month |
56.8°F (13.8°C) | 55.9°F (13.3°C) |
0.9°F (0.5°C) | 97th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1917 |
23rd Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1977 | ||||||
Jan–Dec 2020 12-Month |
54.8°F (12.7°C) | 53.5°F (11.9°C) |
1.3°F (0.8°C) | 103rd Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1917 |
17th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1990, 2015 | ||||||
Jul 2019–Dec 2020 18-Month |
56.3°F (13.5°C) | 55.1°F (12.8°C) |
1.2°F (0.7°C) | 105th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1904 |
14th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2012, 2016 | ||||
Jan 2019–Dec 2020 24-Month |
54.1°F (12.3°C) | 53.5°F (11.9°C) |
0.6°F (0.4°C) | 94th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1904, 1905 |
24th Warmest | Warmest since: 2018 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1933, 1947, 1992 | ||||||
Jan 2018–Dec 2020 36-Month |
54.1°F (12.3°C) | 53.4°F (11.9°C) |
0.7°F (0.4°C) | 97th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1905 |
19th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1934, 1940, 2001, 2002 | ||||||
Jan 2017–Dec 2020 48-Month |
54.7°F (12.6°C) | 53.4°F (11.9°C) |
1.3°F (0.7°C) | 108th Coolest | Coolest since: 2016 | 1905 |
6th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2018 | ||||
Jan 2016–Dec 2020 60-Month |
55.1°F (12.8°C) | 53.4°F (11.9°C) |
1.7°F (0.9°C) | 111th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1905 |
1st Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2019, 2020 | ||||
Ties: 2019 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, published February 2021, retrieved on February 26, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/