Springfield, IL: February

28 February 2026: February 2026 averaged 35.7°F in Springfield, IL, the warmest February since 2024, tied 27th warmest of 147 (with 1953 and 1926).

February 2026

Mean temperature: 35.7°F; Warmest since 2024; 27th warmest of 147
Precipitation: 0.45 in; Driest since 2017; 3rd driest of 146

A normal February in Springfield, IL (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 31.4°F, between 25.7°F and 38.2°F in eight years of ten and 1.65 in of precipitation, between 0.53 in and 3.20 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every February in Springfield, IL since 1880: 35.7°F in 2026; the highest is 43.2°F, in 1882.

Normal range, 25.7 to 38.2°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every February in Springfield, IL from 1880 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank
2026	35.7	27	47.1	11	24.3	53	0.45	143
2025	30.2	86	39.3	69	21.2	89	0.57	136
2024	40.6	3	52.7	2	28.6	19	0.51	138
2023	37.4	17	48.3	7	26.6	35	2.09	55
2022	29.4	94	39	73	19.9	101
2021	21.4	135	29.1	139	13.6	133	1.75	71
2020	31.9	57	39.7	64	24.1	56	3.28	18
2019	30.4	80	38	88	22.9	69	1.89	62
2018	34	45	44	31	23.9	59	4.19	13
2017	43	2	54.9	1	31.2	8	0.45	143
2016	35.4	32	44.4	26	26.3	38	1.24	99
2015	20.5	139	30.5	134	10.5	143	1.88	63
2014	20.1	141	30	136	10.1	144	3.19	20
2013	31	70	38.6	77	23.3	65	3.00	24
2012	37	19	46.7	13	27.3	30	1.59	80
2011	31.3	65	39.7	64	22.9	69	2.81	27
2010	26.1	117	33.7	119	18.5	112	2.13	51
2009	34.6	41	44.1	30	25.2	49	1.24	99
2008	26.6	110	34.3	115	18.9	111	4.78	7
2007	22.5	132	30.5	134	14.5	131	2.75	31
2006	31.2	68	42.4	42	20	100	0.53	137
2005	36.8	20	44.6	23	28.9	16	1.71	75
2004	31.2	68	39.6	66	22.8	72	0.47	141
2003	26.2	115	34.4	112	18	117	1.15	104
2002	35.1	37	44.2	28	26	40	1.38	91
2001	31.4	61	40.5	56	22.3	76	3.01	23
2000	38.9	11	47.6	9	30.3	11	1.27	96
1999	37.2	18	45.5	20	29	15	2.15	48
1998	40.4	4	47	12	33.8	2	2.71	32
1997	34.3	43	41.2	49	27.5	29	2.65	34
1996	31.4	61	41.1	52	21.6	85	1.04	109
1995	30.3	85	39.8	61	20.8	91	0.51	138
1994	29.4	94	38.3	84	20.5	93	1.01	112
1993	27.6	105	35.9	101	19.3	107	1.48	87
1992	38.1	13	46	17	30.2	12	1.59	80
1991	35.3	36	43.7	34	26.8	32	0.71	130
1990	36.1	24	44.5	24	27.7	28	4.89	4
1989	20.3	140	28.1	142	12.5	137	1.27	96
1988	25.6	119	34.4	112	16.8	124	1.39	90
1987	36.6	21	46.2	16	26.9	31	0.73	128
1986	26.9	108	34.4	112	19.4	106	1.80	67
1985	24.9	124	32.9	123	16.9	122	2.96	25
1984	35.9	25	43.8	33	28	25	1.97	59
1983	34.9	38	43	39	26.8	32	0.96	116
1982	24.1	126	31.9	129	16.4	127	1.81	66
1981	32.3	54	42.4	42	22.3	76	2.12	52
1980	21.8	134	29.3	138	14.2	132	1.42	89
1979	17	146	25.7	146	8.4	146	1.09	108
1978	16.6	147	25.1	147	8.2	147	0.83	124
1977	29.5	91	38.6	77	20.4	96	1.21	101
1976	39.5	7	50.2	4	28.9	16	3.67	14
1975	29.3	96	35.3	106	23.4	64	3.63	15
1974	32.5	51	41.2	49	23.9	59	3.15	21
1973	30.6	76	39	73	22.3	76	0.84	123
1972	28.9	101	38	88	19.9	101	0.82	125
1971	30.7	74	38.9	76	22.4	74	2.36	42
1970	28.6	102	38.1	86	19.2	108	0.67	132
1969	31.4	61	37.8	91	25.1	50	1.96	60
1968	25.6	119	34.6	110	16.6	125	1.15	104
1967	26.4	111	34.7	108	18.1	115	0.91	119
1966	29.5	91	37.7	94	21.3	88	2.20	45
1965	30	87	39.5	67	20.5	93	1.88	63
1964	29.1	97	37.8	91	20.3	97	1.27	96
1963	22	133	32.8	125	11.2	141	0.89	121
1962	30.4	80	37.7	94	23.1	67	1.48	87
1961	33.4	47	42.9	40	24	58	1.79	69
1960	26.4	111	32.7	126	20.2	99	2.15	48
1959	30.4	80	38.5	81	22.3	76	2.04	56
1958	22.9	131	32.3	127	13.6	133	0.51	138
1957	36.3	23	43.9	32	28.6	19	1.76	70
1956	31.9	57	39.5	67	24.3	53	1.73	73
1955	31.5	60	39.9	59	23.1	67	2.76	28
1954	39.3	8	49.4	5	29.1	14	1.15	104
1953	35.7	27	45.7	19	25.7	43	1.34	93
1952	35.6	30	43.4	37	27.9	26	2.20	45
1951	30.6	76	39.1	70	22.1	80	4.43	8
1950	30.5	79	38.5	81	22.4	74	2.25	44
1949	31.3	65	39.8	61	22.8	72	2.65	34
1948	29	100	38.2	85	19.8	103	1.53	85
1947	25.8	118	33.5	121	18.1	115	0.36	145
1946	35.4	32	44.3	27	26.4	37	1.80	67
1945	33.3	48	40	58	26.6	35	1.32	94
1944	33.9	46	42.4	42	25.3	46	2.76	28
1943	35.4	32	45.4	21	25.3	46	0.72	129
1942	29.9	88	35.5	105	24.3	53	4.82	6
1941	29.1	97	36.4	98	21.8	84	0.58	134
1940	31	70	36.2	99	25.8	42	0.80	126
1939	30.6	76	39.1	70	22	83	3.21	19
1938	39.1	9	45.9	18	32.3	4	2.12	52
1937	30.4	80	38.6	77	22.1	80	1.67	77
1936	19.7	142	28.6	140	10.8	142	1.74	72
1935	34.6	41	41.3	48	27.9	26	1.57	82
1934	27.1	107	35.7	104	18.5	112	0.90	120
1933	30.7	74	39.9	59	21.6	85	1.19	102
1932	40.2	6	49.2	6	31.3	7	0.98	115
1931	38.6	12	46.4	14	30.8	9	1.57	82
1930	40.4	4	48.3	7	32.6	3	2.76	28
1929	23.8	130	32	128	15.6	129	0.65	133
1928	34.1	44	41.4	47	26.8	32	2.42	41
1927	39.1	9	46.3	15	31.9	5	1.03	110
1926	35.7	27	42.1	45	29.2	13	2.43	40
1925	36.4	22	44.5	24	28.3	22	1.65	78
1924	30.9	72	37.8	91	24.1	56	1.96	60
1923	26.3	113	33.4	122	19.1	109	0.79	127
1922	32.4	52	41	54	23.7	61	0.86	122
1921	37.5	16	44.2	28	30.8	9	0.71	130
1920	30.4	80	37.1	97	23.7	61	0.58	134
1919	32.9	49	40.8	55	25	51	2.15	48
1918	30.8	73	40.5	56	21.2	89	1.71	75
1917	24.6	125	34	116	15.1	130	0.47	141
1916	27.2	106	34.7	108	19.8	103	1.00	114
1915	37.7	15	43.7	34	31.8	6	2.28	43
1914	21.2	137	29.5	137	13	135	2.53	38
1913	26.8	109	34.6	110	19	110	1.35	92
1912	24.1	126	30.8	133	17.4	120	1.56	84
1911	35.5	31	42.6	41	28.4	21	1.73	73
1910	26.3	113	34.9	107	17.7	118	0.94	117
1909	34.7	39	43.3	38	26.1	39	4.34	9
1908	29.7	90	36.2	99	23.2	66	4.28	10
1907	31.4	61	39	73	23.7	61	0.30	146
1906	29.1	97	37.9	90	20.3	97	2.18	47
1905	18.6	145	27.3	144	10	145	1.18	103
1904	23.9	128	31.8	130	16	128	1.49	86
1903	28.2	103	35.9	101	20.5	93	3.05	22
1902	20.8	138	28.5	141	13	135	1.01	112
1901	23.9	128	30.9	132	16.9	122	1.31	95
1900	25.3	122	34	116	16.6	125	4.85	5
1899	19.2	144	26.3	145	12.1	138	2.52	39
1898	32.4	52	39.1	70	25.6	45	2.70	33
1897	31.8	59	37.6	96	26	40	1.15	104
1896	32	56	38.6	77	25.3	46	2.11	54
1895	19.6	143	27.5	143	11.7	139	1.03	110
1894	26.2	115	33.9	118	18.5	112	2.58	37
1893	25.3	122	32.9	123	17.6	119	3.47	16
1892	34.7	39	41.2	49	28.1	24	3.41	17
1891	31.3	65	39.8	61	22.9	69	2.59	36
1890	35.9	25	43.5	36	28.2	23	2.01	58
1889	25.4	121	33.7	119	17.1	121	1.64	79
1888	27.7	104	35.8	103	19.6	105	2.03	57
1887	35.4	32	45.1	22	25.7	43	4.26	11
1886	32.1	55	42.1	45	22.1	80	1.86	65
1885	21.4	135	31.3	131	11.6	140	0.94	117
1884	32.8	50	41.1	52	24.4	52	4.24	12
1883	29.5	91	38.4	83	20.7	92	7.53	2
1882	43.2	1	51.5	3	34.8	1	7.92	1
1881	29.8	89	38.1	86	21.4	87	5.85	3
1880	38.1	13	47.4	10	28.9	16	2.89	26

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1882	43.2
2017	43
2024	40.6
1998	40.4
1930	40.4
1932	40.2
1976	39.5
1954	39.3
1938	39.1
1927	39.1

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1978	16.6
1979	17
1905	18.6
1899	19.2
1895	19.6
1936	19.7
2014	20.1
1989	20.3
2015	20.5
1902	20.8

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1882	7.92
1883	7.53
1881	5.85
1990	4.89
1900	4.85
1942	4.82
2008	4.78
1951	4.43
1909	4.34
1908	4.28

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1907	0.30
1947	0.36
2026	0.45
2017	0.45
2004	0.47
1917	0.47
2024	0.51
1995	0.51
1958	0.51
2006	0.53

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 74°F; 27 February 2026
Coldest night: -3°F; 1 February 2026
Wettest day: 0.44 in; 14 February 2026

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February 2026 brought 0.45 in of precipitation in Springfield, IL, the driest February since 2017 (2022 excluded: 3 of 28 days missing), tied 3rd driest of 146 (with 2017).
The hottest day of February 2026 in Springfield, IL: 74°F on Friday 27 February 2026.
The coldest night of February 2026 in Springfield, IL: a low of -3°F on Sunday 1 February 2026.
The wettest day of February 2026 in Springfield, IL: 0.44 in on Saturday 14 February 2026.