Springfield, IL: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 64.4°F in Springfield, IL, the warmest May since 2023 (2024 excluded: 6 of 31 days missing), tied 63rd warmest of 146 (with 2013 and 1951).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 64.4°F; Warmest since 2023; 63rd warmest of 146
Precipitation: 2.16 in; Driest since 2007; 31st driest of 147

A normal May in Springfield, IL (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 64.3°F, between 61.1°F and 68.8°F in eight years of ten and 3.80 in of precipitation, between 1.63 in and 7.94 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Springfield, IL since 1880: 64.4°F in 2026; the highest is 74.5°F, in 2018.

Normal range, 61.1 to 68.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May 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	64.4	63	75.6	58	53.1	73	2.16	117	0
2025	63	82	73.9	81	52	94	2.66	100	0
2024			79.1	17			2.49	107	6
2023	65.5	42	78.4	23	52.7	81	3.52	77	0
2022	66.6	30	76.8	38	56.4	28	3.39	81	0
2021	62.5	85	72.7	91	52.4	88	6.05	27	0
2020	61.4	103	70.5	118	52.3	90	5.88	31	0
2019	64.3	66	74.2	77	54.4	49	6.32	23	0
2018	74.5	1	86.6	1	62.4	1	2.84	95	0
2017	64.6	58	75.2	63	54	55	4.07	63	0
2016	64.3	66	74.8	68	53.8	58	2.90	92	0
2015	67.1	25	77.6	28	56.6	27	5.95	28	0
2014	66.5	31	77.2	33	55.7	35	2.76	99	0
2013	64.4	63	74.4	73	54.4	49	10.90	2	0
2012	69.5	12	81.2	9	57.8	17	4.28	56	0
2011	64.2	70	74.5	70	53.9	56	3.35	83	0
2010	65.3	44	75.2	63	55.4	39	8.68	9	0
2009	64.3	66	75	67	53.6	64	5.63	38	0
2008	60.2	119	71	107	49.4	128	5.04	44	0
2007	68.7	16	79.5	15	57.9	16	1.51	135	0
2006	64	73	74.3	75	53.7	61	1.64	133	0
2005	62.5	85	75.2	63	49.9	119	2.21	115	0
2004	67.1	25	76.8	38	57.3	23	3.60	72	0
2003	61.3	106	72	96	50.6	109	3.17	84	0
2002	60	121	70.6	115	49.4	128	7.86	12	0
2001	65.2	46	76	51	54.4	49	3.50	78	0
2000	65.9	37	76.8	38	55	43	1.35	136	0
1999	64.7	55	75.7	57	53.7	61	2.90	92	0
1998	68.2	20	77.8	26	58.7	9	5.65	37	0
1997	58.8	138	70.3	123	47.3	143	3.10	87	0
1996	63.3	80	72.8	89	53.8	58	10.72	3	0
1995	61.2	107	70.7	114	51.7	98	7.54	13	0
1994	62.3	88	74.5	70	50.1	115	3.99	65	0
1993	64.3	66	74.7	69	53.9	56	2.05	118	0
1992	62.2	92	74.4	73	50.1	115	0.52	146	0
1991	69.2	14	78.7	22	59.6	6	5.74	35	0
1990	59.9	123	69.2	133	50.6	109	8.84	7	0
1989	59.3	131	70	127	48.5	137	4.18	61	0
1988	65.8	38	79.8	13	51.8	96	1.76	128	0
1987	70.5	4	83.3	3	57.7	19	0.56	145	0
1986	65.8	38	76.9	37	54.8	45	2.56	103	0
1985	65.2	46	77	36	53.4	68	1.75	129	0
1984	60.3	118	71	107	49.6	124	6.32	23	0
1983	59.9	123	70.2	125	49.6	124	4.53	51	0
1982	70	8	81.5	8	58.5	11	4.12	62	0
1981	60.2	119	71.3	106	49.2	131	6.17	26	0
1980	64.6	58	76.3	47	52.9	78	2.22	114	0
1979	64	73	76.5	45	51.5	101	1.32	138	0
1978	62.3	88	71.6	102	52.9	78	5.81	32	0
1977	71	3	82.8	4	59.1	7	5.78	33	0
1976	59.7	127	71.7	100	47.7	140	1.96	119	0
1975	66.5	31	77.3	32	55.6	37	5.90	30	0
1974	61.5	102	70.8	111	52.3	90	6.37	22	0
1973	59.6	128	70.6	115	48.5	137	2.62	102	0
1972	64.7	55	76.7	42	52.7	81	1.88	123	0
1971	60.4	116	71.8	99	49	134	3.59	73	0
1970	66.5	31	77.1	34	55.9	33	2.26	113	0
1969	64.1	72	75.8	56	52.5	86	0.96	143	0
1968	59	134	69.3	132	48.7	135	5.69	36	0
1967	59.2	132	69.2	133	49.3	130	4.42	52	0
1966	57.7	144	68.7	137	46.7	146	3.54	76	0
1965	70.3	5	82.5	5	58	13	1.67	131	0
1964	68.7	16	80.6	10	56.8	26	1.82	126	0
1963	62.1	96	74.2	77	50.1	115	2.65	101	0
1962	72.3	2	83.8	2	60.8	2	3.16	85	0
1961	58.4	141	69.8	129	46.9	144	4.22	58	0
1960	59.6	128	68.6	139	50.5	111	4.07	63	0
1959	67.1	25	76.8	38	57.4	22	3.15	86	0
1958	63.8	78	75.9	53	51.7	98	2.95	90	0
1957	62.9	83	72.6	93	53.1	73	4.61	48	0
1956	65	50	76.3	47	53.7	61	3.56	74	0
1955	65.1	49	76	51	54.1	54	5.11	42	0
1954	58.9	137	70.5	118	47.4	142	1.95	121	0
1953	64.2	70	75.5	60	52.9	78	1.33	137	0
1952	62.2	92	72.4	94	52.1	93	3.08	88	0
1951	64.4	63	75.9	53	53	76	2.49	107	0
1950	64.8	53	76.2	49	53.4	68	1.75	129	0
1949	65.6	40	77.6	28	53.5	66	2.52	105	0
1948	61.4	103	72.9	88	49.9	119	2.52	105	0
1947	61.1	109	70.9	110	51.4	102	5.11	42	0
1946	61.2	107	69.5	131	53	76	4.99	45	0
1945	59.4	130	68.7	137	50.1	115	4.20	60	0
1944	69.8	9	79.1	17	60.4	4	4.26	57	0
1943	62.2	92	70.8	111	53.6	64	10.60	4	0
1942	64.5	61	74	79	55	43	3.43	80	0
1941	69.5	12	80.3	11	58.6	10	3.03	89	0
1940	61.4	103	71.6	102	51.2	106	3.37	82	0
1939	68	21	78.8	20	57.3	23	1.62	134	0
1938	64	73	73.5	84	54.5	48	7.34	16	0
1937	65.3	44	75.4	61	55.3	41	2.42	111	0
1936	69.1	15	80.3	11	58	13	1.88	123	0
1935	58.8	138	67.2	144	50.4	112	7.91	11	0
1934	69.7	10	82.2	6	57.3	23	0.32	147	0
1933	65.2	46	74	79	56.3	30	8.69	8	0
1932	66.5	31	77.4	31	55.5	38	2.78	97	0
1931	60.5	113	70.8	111	50.3	113	4.87	46	0
1930	64	73	73.7	82	54.4	49	1.65	132	0
1929	59	134	68.1	141	49.9	119	6.32	23	0
1928	64	73	75.6	58	52.5	86	4.61	48	0
1927	61.8	99	70.6	115	53.1	73	7.01	18	0
1926	66	36	77.7	27	54.2	53	4.54	50	0
1925	61	110	73.3	85	48.7	135	1.10	142	0
1924	57.4	145	67.1	145	47.7	140	3.83	68	0
1923	62.3	88	72.7	91	51.9	95	3.46	79	0
1922	67.1	25	76.6	43	57.5	20	4.64	47	0
1921	66.8	29	77.1	34	56.4	28	1.17	140	0
1920	62.2	92	71.7	100	52.6	85	6.89	19	0
1919	60.5	113	69.6	130	51.4	102	3.87	67	0
1918	68.6	18	78.9	19	58.3	12	5.16	40	0
1917	58.3	142	68.1	141	48.5	137	3.93	66	0
1916	64.6	58	74.5	70	54.7	46	4.21	59	0
1915	60.5	113	70.3	123	50.7	108	9.86	6	0
1914	67.2	24	78.8	20	55.7	35	1.11	141	0
1913	65	50	76.4	46	53.5	66	0.96	143	0
1912	66.4	35	76.6	43	56.2	31	4.40	53	0
1911	70.1	6	82.2	6	58	13	1.18	139	0
1910	58.8	138	68.4	140	49.2	131	4.39	54	0
1909	61.6	100	71.9	97	51.3	104	5.91	29	0
1908	64.7	55	73.3	85	56	32	7.27	17	0
1907	57.2	146	67.5	143	46.9	144	2.94	91	0
1906	64.8	53	76.1	50	53.4	68	3.70	71	0
1905	63.3	80	73.2	87	53.3	71	2.28	112	0
1904	62.1	96	71.9	97	52.3	90	3.74	70	0
1903	65.5	42	75.1	66	55.8	34	5.28	39	0
1902	67.9	22	78	24	57.8	17	1.80	127	0
1901	62.3	88	72.8	89	51.8	96	1.88	123	0
1900	65.6	40	75.9	53	55.3	41	2.49	107	0
1899	64.5	61	73.7	82	55.4	39	12.01	1	0
1898	62.6	84	71.5	104	53.8	58	5.15	41	0
1897	59.9	123	69.9	128	49.8	122	2.19	116	0
1896	70.1	6	79.6	14	60.5	3	2.49	107	0
1895	63.8	78	74.3	75	53.2	72	2.55	104	0
1894	62.4	87	72.4	94	52.4	88	2.80	96	0
1893	59.9	123	68.8	136	51	107	7.41	15	0
1892	59	134	66.7	146	51.3	104	7.51	14	0
1891	60.6	112	71.5	104	49.6	124	1.96	119	0
1890	60	121	70.4	122	49.7	123	4.33	55	0
1889	60.9	111	70.1	126	51.6	100	6.64	20	0
1888	59.1	133	69.1	135	49.1	133	8.61	10	0
1887	67.5	23	77.6	28	57.5	20	1.92	122	0
1886	65	50	75.4	61	54.6	47	3.56	74	0
1885	61.6	100	70.5	118	52.7	81	2.78	97	0
1884	61.9	98	71	107	52.7	81	3.79	69	0
1883	60.4	116	70.5	118	50.2	114	6.61	21	0
1882	57.9	143	66.1	147	49.6	124	10.59	5	0
1881	69.6	11	79.3	16	59.8	5	2.86	94	0
1880	68.5	19	78	24	59	8	5.76	34	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2018	74.5
1962	72.3
1977	71
1987	70.5
1965	70.3
1911	70.1
1896	70.1
1982	70
1944	69.8
1934	69.7

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1907	57.2
1924	57.4
1966	57.7
1882	57.9
1917	58.3
1961	58.4
1997	58.8
1935	58.8
1910	58.8
1954	58.9

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1899	12.01
2013	10.90
1996	10.72
1943	10.60
1882	10.59
1915	9.86
1990	8.84
1933	8.69
2010	8.68
1888	8.61

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1934	0.32
1992	0.52
1987	0.56
1969	0.96
1913	0.96
1925	1.10
1914	1.11
1921	1.17
1911	1.18
1979	1.32

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 90°F; 28 May 2026
Coldest night: 39°F; 7 May 2026
Wettest day: 0.75 in; 18 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 2.16 in of precipitation in Springfield, IL, the driest May since 2007, 31st driest of 147.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Springfield, IL: 90°F on Thursday 28 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Springfield, IL: a low of 39°F on Thursday 7 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Springfield, IL: 0.75 in on Monday 18 May 2026.