Springfield Climate -- Top 10 Lists for January, February, March

Regional Outbreaks of Severe Weather Through Early Next Week; Early Season Heat Wave across the South

Active spring pattern across the center of our nation with several episodes of severe weather and heavy rainfall expected into next week. The potential for very large hail, long track tornadoes, severe wind gusts, frequent cloud to ground lightning strikes and flash flooding are in the outlook. Furthermore, dangerous early season heat wave continues for the Gulf Coast states into early next week. Read More >

January, February, March

January
Rank	Warmest (°F)	Years	Rank	Coldest (°F)	Years	Rank	Wettest (ins.)	Years	Rank	Driest (ins.)	Years
1	44.3	1880	1	10.3	1977	1	6.17	1907	1	0.04	1986
2	39.5	1933	2	12.3	1979	2	5.91	1897	2	0.09	1919
3	39.0	2006	3	13.6	1918	3	5.81	1898	3	0.27	1931
4	37.1	1990	4	14.5	1940	4	5.72	1890	4	0.35	1961
5 (tie)	36.0	1989	5	15.2	1912	5	5.67	1949	5	0.36	1966
5 (tie)	36.0	1932	6	15.6	1978	6	5.55	2005	6	0.38	1944
7	35.5	1939	7	16.7	1893	7	5.22	1950	7	0.41	1963
8	35.3	1914	8	16.9	1963	8	4.95	1937	8	0.42	1925
9	35.1	2023	9	17.0	1982	9	4.77	1916	9	0.43	1981
10	34.7	1923	10 (tie)	17.9	1888, 1970	10	4.49	2020	10	0.46	1983

February
Rank	Warmest (°F)	Years	Rank	Coldest (°F)	Years	Rank	Wettest (ins.)	Years	Rank	Driest (ins.)	Years
1	43.2	1882	1	16.6	1978	1	7.92	1882	1	0.30	1907
2	43.0	2017	2	17.0	1979	2	7.53	1883	2	0.36	1947
3	40.6	2024	3	18.6	1905	3	5.85	1881	3	0.45	2017
4 (tie)	40.4	1998	4	19.2	1899	4	4.89	1990	4 (tie)	0.47	2004
4 (tie)	40.4	1930	5	19.6	1895	5	4.85	1900	4 (tie)	0.47	1917
6	40.2	1932	6	19.7	1936	6	4.82	1942	6 (tie)	0.51	1995
7	39.5	1976	7	20.1	2014	7	4.78	2008	6 (tie)	0.51	1958
8	39.3	1954	8	20.3	1989	8	4.43	1951	8	0.53	2006
9 (tie)	39.1	1938	9	20.5	2015	9	4.34	1909	9 (tie)	0.58	1941
9 (tie)	39.1	1927	10	20.8	1902	10	4.28	1908	9 (tie)	0.58	1920

March
Rank	Warmest (°F)	Years	Rank	Coldest (°F)	Years	Rank	Wettest (ins.)	Years	Rank	Driest (ins.)	Years
1	57.3	2012	1	24.2	1960	1	9.65	1898	1	0.17	1885
2	54.6	1946	2	30.6	1906	2	7.89	1973	2	0.18	1910
3	52.9	1910	3	31.1	1965	3	6.81	1922	3 (tie)	0.63	1956
4	52.3	1945	4	31.8	1984	4	6.59	1927	3 (tie)	0.63	1918
5	50.5	1938	5	32.1	1912	5	6.50	1933	5	0.69	1937
6	49.8	2016	6	32.6	1969	6	6.34	1920	6	0.80	1915
7	49.7	2007	7	33.5	1978	7	5.60	1976	7	0.97	1999
8	49.6	1921	8	33.8	1891	8	5.59	2016	8	1.01	1914
9	49.1	1907	9	34.2	1890	9	5.55	1913	9	1.04	1966
10	48.9	1918	10	34.6	1899	10	5.23	1923	10	1.08	1958

Records began in 1879