Climate averages 1991–2020

Springfield (Illinois), United States weather
in July.

A hot, wet month: the warmest and the 9th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 29.1°C Daytime mean, July
Average low 20.2°C Night-time mean, July
Rainfall 91 mm 10 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 15 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Springfield · average highYear overview

July is a hot month in Springfield (Illinois), United States: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 20.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.

Expect about 91 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes July a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 41 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Decatur (59 km away). In July its highs average 28.8°C, about as warm as Springfield (Illinois), United States, with 91 mm of rain.

Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Springfield (Illinois), United States ranks joint 303rd of 498 for the warmest July highs and joint 318th of 498 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 498 cities is 30.3°C; Springfield (Illinois), United States is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.

From July to August, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 91 mm to 78 mm.

The annual picture

July in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -10-505101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm
Average monthly precipitation totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Springfield (Illinois), United States climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Springfield (Illinois), United States, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowPrecipitation mm/monthWet days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 1.9°C-6.2°C-6.2°C618.09.710 h
February 4.7°C-4.6°C-4.6°C577.610.711 h
March 10.9°C0.8°C0.8°C8010.011.912 h
April 17.4°C6.9°C6.9°C11611.913.213 h
May 22.7°C13.0°C13.0°C11713.314.314 h
June 27.4°C18.0°C18.0°C11011.414.915 h
July, selected 29.1°C20.2°C20.2°C9110.114.715 h
August 28.6°C19.5°C19.5°C789.313.714 h
September 25.2°C15.5°C15.5°C807.412.512 h
October 18.4°C9.2°C9.2°C838.511.211 h
November 10.7°C2.4°C2.4°C848.310.010 h
December 4.4°C-3.1°C-3.1°C598.09.49 h

Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.

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July in nearby cities

Distance from Springfield

Read the numbers correctly

Climate, not a promise.

These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.

Sources, method and limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Springfield) is explained once on the Springfield (Illinois), United States year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.