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

Extreme Fire Weather Concerns; Severe Thunderstorms from the Plains to Mississippi Valley

Extremely critical fire weather concerns for portions of the southern High Plans as strong wind and very dry conditions could result in rapid spread of any fires. Meanwhile, severe thunderstorms are expected once again across areas of the Central and Southern Plains, then spreading in the Mississippi Valley regions on Monday. Damaging winds, very large hail and strong tornadoes are possible. 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	7.15	2026	3 (tie)	0.63	1956
4	52.3	1945	4	31.8	1984	4	6.81	1922	3 (tie)	0.63	1918
5	50.5	1938	5	32.1	1912	5	6.59	1927	5	0.69	1937
6	50.1	2026	6	32.6	1969	6	6.50	1933	6	0.80	1915
7	49.8	2016	7	33.5	1978	7	6.34	1920	7	0.97	1999
8	49.7	2007	8	33.8	1891	8	5.60	1976	8	1.01	1914
9	49.6	1921	9	34.2	1890	9	5.59	2016	9	1.04	1966
10	49.1	1907	10	34.6	1899	10	5.55	1913	10	1.08	1958

Records began in 1879