Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS Central Illinois
Issued by NWS Central Illinois
000 CXUS53 KILX 011703 CLSSPI CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1103 AM CST WED MAR 01 2023 ................................... ...THE SPRINGFIELD IL CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM 12/1/2022 TO 2/28/2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1879 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 78 02/24/1930 LOW -24 02/13/1905 HIGHEST 67 01/03 MM MM 66 LOWEST -8 12/22 MM MM -2 12/23 AVG. MAXIMUM 43.3 39.2 4.1 42.0 AVG. MINIMUM 26.0 22.9 3.1 21.5 MEAN 34.6 31.1 3.5 31.7 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 MM DAYS MAX <= 32 14 27.0 -13.0 MM DAYS MIN <= 32 67 72.7 -5.7 MM DAYS MIN <= 0 3 4.6 -1.6 MM PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 15.21 1882 MINIMUM 1.67 1920 TOTALS 6.30 6.11 0.19 5.16 DAILY AVG. 0.07 0.06 DAYS >= .01 25 27.6 -2.6 22 DAYS >= .10 15 14.0 1.0 11 DAYS >= .50 5 3.4 1.6 3 DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.9 0.1 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.58 12/14 TO 12/14 0.65 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 45.0 1982 24 HR TOTAL 15.0 02/28/1900 TO 02/28/1900 TOTALS 3.8 17.1 -13.3 20.9 SINCE 7/1 3.8 18.4 -14.6 MM DAYS >= TRACE 7 13.0 -6.0 17 DAYS >= 1.0 0 5.0 -5.0 5 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 2 01/08 10 24 HR TOTAL 1.7 01/08 TO 01/08 7.9 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 2713 3056 -343 2505 SINCE 7/1 3807 4079 -272 MM COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 MM FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST 09/20/1991 LATEST 05/10/1966 EARLIEST 11/02 LATEST 04/19 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.7 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 38/260 DATE 02/27 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 55/250 DATE 02/27 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.50 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 23 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 19 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 17 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 73 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 2 MIXED PRECIP 1 HEAVY RAIN 4 RAIN 9 LIGHT RAIN 27 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 4 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 1 LIGHT SNOW 18 SLEET 0 FOG 36 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 HAZE 11 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. RECORDS SET IN SPRINGFIELD IL DURING THE 2022-2023 WINTER SEASON (DEC-FEB)... *9TH WARMEST JANUARY ON RECORD WITH AN AVG TEMP OF 35.1F *7TH LEAST SNOWIEST WINTER ON RECORD WITH ONLY 3.8" *DEC 14 - DAILY PRECIP RECORD OF 1.58" *JAN 3 - RECORD HIGH TEMP OF 67F $$