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Look up monthly rankings for 1-12, 18, 24, 36, 48, and 60-month time periods using the options below. Data and statistics are as of August 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.

Parameter: Average Temperature Maximum Temperature Minimum Temperature Precipitation Cooling Degree Days Heating Degree Days Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) Palmer Hydrological Drought Index (PHDI) Palmer Modified Drought Index (PMDI) Palmer Z-Index

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Springfield, Illinois

Average Temperature Rankings, April 1940

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Period	Value	1981-2010 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
April 1940 1-Month	49.8°F (9.9°C)	53.5°F (11.9°C)	-3.7°F (-2.0°C)	23rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1939	1907
				100th Warmest	Warmest since: 1938	1981, 2010
	Ties: 1901, 1956
Mar–Apr 1940 2-Month	43.8°F (6.6°C)	47.9°F (8.8°C)	-4.1°F (-2.2°C)	22nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1934	1926
				101st Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2012
	Ties: 1934
Feb–Apr 1940 3-Month	38.9°F (3.8°C)	42.4°F (5.8°C)	-3.5°F (-2.0°C)	32nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1978
				90th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2012
	Ties: 1937
Jan–Apr 1940 4-Month	32.3°F (0.2°C)	38.5°F (3.6°C)	-6.2°F (-3.4°C)	7th Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1978
				115th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2012
Dec 1939–Apr 1940 5-Month	32.7°F (0.4°C)	36.9°F (2.7°C)	-4.2°F (-2.3°C)	13th Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1978
				108th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2012
Nov 1939–Apr 1940 6-Month	34.1°F (1.2°C)	37.9°F (3.3°C)	-3.8°F (-2.1°C)	14th Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1904
				107th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2012
	Ties: 1977
Oct 1939–Apr 1940 7-Month	37.5°F (3.1°C)	40.4°F (4.7°C)	-2.9°F (-1.6°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1904
				104th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2012
	Ties: 1951
Sep 1939–Apr 1940 8-Month	41.9°F (5.5°C)	43.7°F (6.5°C)	-1.8°F (-1.0°C)	28th Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1904
				93rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2017
	Ties: 1962
Aug 1939–Apr 1940 9-Month	45.4°F (7.4°C)	47.0°F (8.3°C)	-1.6°F (-0.9°C)	25th Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1904
				96th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2017
	Ties: 1930, 1962, 1963
Jul 1939–Apr 1940 10-Month	48.7°F (9.3°C)	50.0°F (10.0°C)	-1.3°F (-0.7°C)	31st Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1904
				90th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2012, 2017
	Ties: 1903, 1917, 1960, 2010
Jun 1939–Apr 1940 11-Month	51.0°F (10.6°C)	52.0°F (11.1°C)	-1.0°F (-0.5°C)	38th Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1904
				83rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2017
	Ties: 1908, 1910, 1943, 1980, 1986, 2010
May 1939–Apr 1940 12-Month	52.3°F (11.3°C)	53.0°F (11.7°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	51st Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1918
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2017
	Ties: 1927, 1947
Nov 1938–Apr 1940 18-Month	47.5°F (8.6°C)	47.9°F (8.8°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	65th Coolest	Coolest since: 1938	1905
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2017
	Ties: 1948, 1998, 2004
May 1938–Apr 1940 24-Month	53.2°F (11.8°C)	52.9°F (11.6°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	85th Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1905
				34th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2017
	Ties: 1981, 1989, 2001, 2019
May 1937–Apr 1940 36-Month	53.3°F (11.8°C)	53.0°F (11.7°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	88th Coolest	Coolest since: 1938	1906
				29th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2018
	Ties: 2004, 2014
May 1936–Apr 1940 48-Month	53.4°F (11.9°C)	52.9°F (11.6°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	94th Coolest	Coolest since: 1939	1905
				21st Warmest	Warmest since: 1935	2019
	Ties: 1958, 2005, 2014, 2017
May 1935–Apr 1940 60-Month	52.7°F (11.5°C)	52.9°F (11.6°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	51st Coolest	Coolest since: 1928	1906
				62nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2020
	Ties: 1960, 1967, 1974

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 26, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/