Springfield, IL: March

31 March 2026: March 2026 averaged 50.1°F in Springfield, IL, the warmest March since 2012, 6th warmest of 147.

March 2026

Mean temperature: 50.1°F; Warmest since 2012; 6th warmest of 147
Precipitation: 7.15 in; Wettest since 1973; 3rd wettest of 147

A normal March in Springfield, IL (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 43°F, between 37.3°F and 46.6°F in eight years of ten and 2.49 in of precipitation, between 1.25 in and 4.60 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every March in Springfield, IL since 1880: 50.1°F in 2026; the highest is 57.3°F, in 2012.

Normal range, 37.3 to 46.6°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every March 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	Days missing
2026	50.1	6	63.1	4	37	16	7.15	3	0
2025	48.3	13	61.5	7	35.1	36	2.25	95	0
2024	48.5	12	60.1	11	37	16	3.68	49	0
2023	42.1	66	52	61	32.2	71	3.46	56	0
2022	44	44	53.9	44	34.2	48	4.50	27	0
2021	47.2	17	57.6	14	36.7	21	4.59	25	0
2020	45.6	23	54.3	41	37	16	3.30	63	0
2019	38.2	107	48.1	95	28.3	120	4.60	24	0
2018	40.6	75	50.4	77	30.8	89	4.36	31	0
2017	45.5	25	54.8	35	36.2	23	4.26	33	0
2016	49.8	7	59.6	12	40	7	5.59	9	0
2015	40.5	78	51.5	65	29.5	105	1.56	119	0
2014	37.2	119	48.6	92	25.7	141	1.79	111	0
2013	35.5	135	43.6	131	27.4	129	3.33	61	0
2012	57.3	1	69	1	45.6	1	1.68	114	0
2011	43.6	50	52.9	51	34.4	45	1.60	117	0
2010	45.9	22	55.7	26	36	25	2.34	92	0
2009	45.5	25	55.9	22	35.1	36	4.00	41	0
2008	40.3	84	49.8	80	30.7	92	2.80	74	0
2007	49.7	8	60.2	10	39.3	9	2.21	96	0
2006	42.9	58	52.5	55	33.3	55	4.78	20	0
2005	40.5	78	50.5	75	30.5	95	1.11	135	0
2004	45.4	28	55.2	31	35.5	33	3.31	62	0
2003	43	56	54.5	38	31.5	78	1.79	111	0
2002	38.3	105	48.2	94	28.3	120	2.08	99	0
2001	37.3	118	47.6	103	27.1	132	1.11	135	0
2000	46.2	21	57.5	15	34.9	39	2.80	74	0
1999	38.7	102	48.8	87	28.6	116	0.97	141	0
1998	40.4	82	48	99	32.7	65	4.63	23	0
1997	43.4	51	54.2	42	32.5	68	2.50	86	0
1996	36	131	46.5	114	25.5	142	1.93	106	0
1995	45.1	34	55.3	29	34.8	41	3.41	58	0
1994	42.9	58	53.6	46	32.1	72	1.27	129	0
1993	38.6	103	46.2	116	30.9	88	2.48	87	0
1992	43.7	49	53.4	47	34	50	2.39	89	0
1991	45.1	34	54.6	37	35.6	32	2.64	81	0
1990	45.4	28	54.9	33	36	25	3.41	58	0
1989	40.6	75	50.1	78	31.1	84	1.68	114	0
1988	41.5	71	51.3	67	31.7	74	2.69	79	0
1987	45.4	28	55.9	22	34.9	39	2.08	99	0
1986	45.3	33	55.9	22	34.7	42	1.45	124	0
1985	45.6	23	55.3	29	36	25	4.19	36	0
1984	31.8	144	37.5	145	26	138	4.00	41	0
1983	40.5	78	48.1	95	33	59	3.44	57	0
1982	40.3	84	49	85	31.6	76	3.04	66	0
1981	44.1	42	55.4	28	32.8	63	2.27	93	0
1980	37.1	120	45.6	121	28.6	116	4.29	32	0
1979	40.3	84	48.8	87	31.7	74	3.75	45	0
1978	33.5	141	41.3	141	25.8	140	4.20	35	0
1977	47.5	16	57.2	17	37.9	12	5.09	13	0
1976	45.4	28	56.5	19	34.3	47	5.60	8	0
1975	37.4	116	46.3	115	28.5	119	1.91	107	0
1974	44.2	41	54.5	38	33.9	51	3.39	60	0
1973	48.3	13	56.1	21	40.5	6	7.89	2	0
1972	40.8	74	50.9	69	30.6	93	4.03	39	0
1971	39.1	98	49	85	29.2	109	1.18	132	0
1970	37.9	111	45.8	118	30	98	1.99	104	0
1969	32.6	142	42.6	137	22.6	146	2.00	102	0
1968	42.7	61	54.1	43	31.4	81	1.25	130	0
1967	43.8	46	51.6	64	35.9	29	2.61	83	0
1966	43.1	54	53.2	48	33	59	1.04	139	0
1965	31.1	145	39.2	144	23	145	2.62	82	0
1964	38.3	105	47.4	108	29.1	110	4.00	41	0
1963	44.6	39	54.8	35	34.4	45	5.05	16	0
1962	37.1	120	45.5	122	28.7	114	3.54	52	0
1961	43.8	46	53	50	34.5	43	3.47	55	0
1960	24.2	147	33.4	147	14.9	147	4.09	38	0
1959	41.7	70	51.8	63	31.5	78	2.91	71	0
1958	36.7	124	43.5	133	29.9	100	1.08	138	0
1957	40.2	87	49.7	83	30.8	89	2.00	102	0
1956	41.2	72	52.5	55	30	98	0.63	144	0
1955	40.2	87	50.5	75	29.9	100	1.43	125	0
1954	37.7	114	47.5	105	28	124	1.54	120	0
1953	42.2	64	51.4	66	33.1	58	5.08	15	0
1952	38.4	104	47.3	109	29.4	106	2.81	73	0
1951	36.5	126	45	124	28	124	3.86	44	0
1950	36.5	126	45	124	27.9	126	1.75	113	0
1949	40.6	75	50.1	78	31.1	84	2.01	101	0
1948	39.2	96	47.8	101	30.5	95	4.85	18	0
1947	35.7	134	43.5	133	27.9	126	2.54	85	0
1946	54.6	2	64.8	3	44.5	2	2.58	84	0
1945	52.3	4	62.3	5	42.3	3	4.77	21	0
1944	38.1	108	45.8	118	30.4	97	3.72	47	0
1943	38	109	47.8	101	28.1	123	2.37	90	0
1942	44.4	40	52.6	54	36.2	23	1.82	110	0
1941	38	109	46.9	112	29	112	1.34	128	0
1940	39.5	93	47.1	110	31.9	73	2.80	74	0
1939	44.1	42	53.8	45	34.5	43	4.56	26	0
1938	50.5	5	60.3	9	40.7	5	4.45	29	0
1937	39	99	47.5	105	30.6	93	0.69	143	0
1936	45	36	55.1	32	35	38	3.61	50	0
1935	47.9	15	57.4	16	38.5	11	2.90	72	0
1934	36.4	129	46	117	27	134	3.50	53	1
1933	41.9	68	50.9	69	32.9	62	6.50	6	0
1932	35	136	43.6	131	26.5	135	1.59	118	0
1931	37.8	113	44.6	127	31	86	2.79	77	0
1930	39.3	95	48.8	87	29.7	103	1.17	133	0
1929	47.2	17	56.7	18	37.7	13	2.96	67	0
1928	42.2	64	51.2	68	33.2	56	1.14	134	0
1927	45	36	52.3	60	37.7	13	6.59	5	0
1926	34.9	137	42.7	136	27.2	131	3.57	51	0
1925	43.8	46	54.9	33	32.7	65	2.94	70	0
1924	36.8	122	42.8	135	30.8	89	2.79	77	0
1923	37.5	115	47.5	105	27.4	129	5.23	11	0
1922	43.1	54	50.9	69	35.4	34	6.81	4	0
1921	49.6	9	60.5	8	38.7	10	5.09	13	0
1920	43	56	52.7	53	33.2	56	6.34	7	0
1919	42.9	58	52.4	59	33.4	54	2.26	94	0
1918	48.9	11	61.8	6	36	25	0.63	144	0
1917	42.6	62	52.5	55	32.8	63	5.17	12	0
1916	39.8	92	49.8	80	29.7	103	1.89	108	0
1915	35.8	132	42.4	139	29.3	108	0.80	142	0
1914	39.2	96	46.9	112	31.5	78	1.01	140	0
1913	37.9	111	47.6	103	28.2	122	5.55	10	0
1912	32.1	143	39.4	143	24.8	143	4.21	34	0
1911	42.6	62	52.9	51	32.4	69	1.86	109	0
1910	52.9	3	64.9	2	40.8	4	0.18	146	0
1909	40.2	87	49.1	84	31.3	82	1.10	137	0
1908	45.5	25	55.7	26	35.3	35	2.21	96	0
1907	49.1	10	58.3	13	39.9	8	4.81	19	0
1906	30.6	146	37	146	24.2	144	4.02	40	0
1905	46.7	19	56.5	19	36.8	19	1.48	122	0
1904	39.9	91	48.1	95	31.6	76	4.73	22	0
1903	45.4	28	54.4	40	36.5	22	1.47	123	0
1902	43.3	52	50.8	72	35.7	31	3.73	46	0
1901	40.4	82	48.1	95	32.7	65	2.96	67	0
1900	36.6	125	45.2	123	27.9	126	1.50	121	0
1899	34.6	138	42.2	140	27.1	132	2.95	69	0
1898	43.9	45	51.9	62	35.9	29	9.65	1	0
1897	40.9	73	48.3	93	33.6	53	4.47	28	0
1896	36.4	129	44.1	130	28.7	114	1.25	130	0
1895	39.4	94	48.8	87	29.9	100	1.61	116	0
1894	46.5	20	55.8	25	37.3	15	3.09	65	0
1893	39	99	47	111	31	86	4.19	36	0
1892	36.8	122	44.2	129	29.4	106	2.69	79	0
1891	33.8	140	41.3	141	26.2	137	3.21	64	0
1890	34.2	139	42.6	137	25.9	139	2.20	98	0
1889	43.3	52	52.5	55	34.1	49	1.97	105	0
1888	35.8	132	45	124	26.5	135	3.48	54	0
1887	40.5	78	49.8	80	31.2	83	1.41	126	0
1886	41.9	68	50.8	72	33	59	2.45	88	0
1885	37.4	116	45.7	120	29.1	110	0.17	147	0
1884	40.2	87	48	99	32.4	69	3.70	48	0
1883	38.8	101	48.8	87	28.8	113	1.36	127	0
1882	45	36	53.2	48	36.8	19	4.92	17	0
1881	36.5	126	44.4	128	28.6	116	4.45	29	0
1880	42.1	66	50.6	74	33.7	52	2.37	90	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2012	57.3
1946	54.6
1910	52.9
1945	52.3
1938	50.5
2026	50.1
2016	49.8
2007	49.7
1921	49.6
1907	49.1

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1960	24.2
1906	30.6
1965	31.1
1984	31.8
1912	32.1
1969	32.6
1978	33.5
1891	33.8
1890	34.2
1899	34.6

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1898	9.65
1973	7.89
2026	7.15
1922	6.81
1927	6.59
1933	6.50
1920	6.34
1976	5.60
2016	5.59
1913	5.55

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1885	0.17
1910	0.18
1956	0.63
1918	0.63
1937	0.69
1915	0.80
1999	0.97
1914	1.01
1966	1.04
1958	1.08

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 92°F; 26 March 2026
Coldest night: 11°F; 17 March 2026
Wettest day: 2.32 in; 3 March 2026

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March 2026 brought 7.15 in of precipitation in Springfield, IL, the wettest March since 1973, 3rd wettest of 147.
The hottest day of March 2026 in Springfield, IL: 92°F on Thursday 26 March 2026.
The coldest night of March 2026 in Springfield, IL: a low of 11°F on Tuesday 17 March 2026.
The wettest day of March 2026 in Springfield, IL: 2.32 in on Tuesday 3 March 2026.