Top 10 Lists for Springfield

Calendar Year

Top 10 Warmest Years
Rank Average
Temperature
Year
1 57.5 degrees 1931
2 57.1 degrees 1921
3 57.0 degrees 1938
4 56.6 degrees 1946
5 56.4 degrees 1933
6 56.3 degrees 1941
7 56.1 degrees 1939
8 55.7 degrees 1934
9 55.4 degrees 1998
10 55.2 degrees 1987

 

Top 10 Coldest Years
Rank Average
Temperature
Year
1 50.3 degrees 1888, 1917
2 50.5 degrees 1904
3 50.7 degrees 1950, 1978
4 50.8 degrees 1996
5 50.9 degrees 1951, 1989
6 51.0 degrees 1893, 1979
7 51.1 degrees 1892
8 51.2 degrees 1929
9 51.3 degrees 1960
10 51.4 degrees 1883, 1885

 

Top 10 Wettest Years
Rank Total Year
1 58.21 inches 1882
2 56.51 inches 1881
3 56.31 inches 1898
4 54.48 inches 1926
5 52.67 inches 1990
6 49.13 inches 1927
7 48.79 inches 1883
8 48.12 inches 1981
9 47.58 inches 1993
10 44.92 inches 1998

 

Top 10 Driest Years
Rank Total Year
1 22.76 inches
1914
2 22.88 inches
1940
3 23.98 inches
1953
4 24.32 inches
1930
5 25.15 inches
1887
6 25.31 inches
1901, 1988
7 25.65 inches
1976
8 26.67 inches
1954
9 27.50 inches
1910
10 27.62 inches
1971

 

Top 10 Snowiest Years
Rank Calendar
Year Total
Year Seasonal
Total
Season
1
47.7 inches
1914, 1960
52.1 inches
1977-78
2
47.0 inches
1977
50.4 inches
1981-82
3
40.0 inches
1978
43.1 inches
1883-84
4
38.5 inches
1885
43.0 inches
1913-14
5
36.8 inches
1951
42.1 inches
1959-60
6
36.7 inches
1964
41.9 inches
1882-83
7
36.4 inches
1975
41.4 inches
1973-74
8
36.1 inches
1965
40.5 inches
1884-85
9
35.5 inches
1934
40.4 inches
1964-65
10
35.2 inches
1980
40.2 inches
1961-62

 

Top 10 Least Snowiest Years
Rank Calendar
Year Total
Year Seasonal
Total
Season
1
6.5 inches
1954
5.8 inches
1953-54
2
6.7 inches
2001
6.2 inches
1916-17
3
9.1 inches
1958
6.8 inches
1937-38
4
9.9 inches
1949
8.1 inches
1910-11
5
10.7 inches
1959
8.4 inches
1949-50
6
11.4 inches
1992
8.5 inches
1948-49, 1994-95
7
11.7 inches
1990
8.6 inches
1931-32
8
12.5 inches
1952
8.9 inches
1922-23, 1928-29
9
12.8 inches
1998, 2002
9.3 inches
1989-90
10
14.0 inches
1994
9.5 inches
1897-98

 




Temperature and precipitation records began in 1880.
Snowfall records began in 1881.

 


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