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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, December 1976

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Period	Value	1981-2010 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1976 1-Month	23.9°F (-4.5°C)	30.4°F (-0.9°C)	-6.5°F (-3.6°C)	14th Coolest	Coolest since: 1963	1983
				108th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2021
Nov–Dec 1976 2-Month	29.1°F (-1.6°C)	36.7°F (2.6°C)	-7.6°F (-4.2°C)	3rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1950	2000
				119th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	1931, 2015
Oct–Dec 1976 3-Month	35.8°F (2.1°C)	42.9°F (6.1°C)	-7.1°F (-4.0°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1976
				121st Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	1931
Sep–Dec 1976 4-Month	43.1°F (6.2°C)	48.9°F (9.4°C)	-5.8°F (-3.2°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1976
				121st Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	1931
Aug–Dec 1976 5-Month	48.8°F (9.3°C)	54.0°F (12.2°C)	-5.2°F (-2.9°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1976
				121st Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	1931
Jul–Dec 1976 6-Month	53.5°F (11.9°C)	57.6°F (14.2°C)	-4.1°F (-2.3°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1917
				120th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	1931
Jun–Dec 1976 7-Month	56.1°F (13.4°C)	59.7°F (15.4°C)	-3.6°F (-2.0°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1917
				120th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	1931
May–Dec 1976 8-Month	56.6°F (13.7°C)	60.3°F (15.7°C)	-3.7°F (-2.0°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1917
				120th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	1931
Apr–Dec 1976 9-Month	56.4°F (13.6°C)	59.5°F (15.3°C)	-3.1°F (-1.7°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1950	1917
				120th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	1931
	Ties: 1950
Mar–Dec 1976 10-Month	55.3°F (12.9°C)	57.8°F (14.3°C)	-2.5°F (-1.4°C)	8th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1917
				114th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2012
Feb–Dec 1976 11-Month	53.8°F (12.1°C)	55.4°F (13.0°C)	-1.6°F (-0.9°C)	27th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1917
				94th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2012
	Ties: 1906, 1910, 1916
Jan–Dec 1976 12-Month	51.3°F (10.7°C)	53.0°F (11.7°C)	-1.7°F (-1.0°C)	21st Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1917
				100th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2012
	Ties: 1909, 1937, 1966, 1972
Jul 1975–Dec 1976 18-Month	53.7°F (12.1°C)	54.5°F (12.5°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 1970	1904
				81st Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2012
	Ties: 1958, 1985
Jan 1975–Dec 1976 24-Month	52.2°F (11.2°C)	52.9°F (11.6°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	44th Coolest	Coolest since: 1970	1904, 1905
				75th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2017
	Ties: 1928, 1952, 1960, 1966, 1993
Jan 1974–Dec 1976 36-Month	52.3°F (11.3°C)	52.9°F (11.6°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	44th Coolest	Coolest since: 1970	1905
				73rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2017
	Ties: 1913, 1950, 1986
Jan 1973–Dec 1976 48-Month	52.7°F (11.5°C)	52.9°F (11.6°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	54th Coolest	Coolest since: 1975	1905
				61st Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2018
	Ties: 1943, 1965, 1975, 2016
Jan 1972–Dec 1976 60-Month	52.4°F (11.3°C)	52.9°F (11.6°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1905
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2019, 2020
	Ties: 1966, 1973, 1984

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 1, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/