How extreme does West Springfield's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days West Springfield has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 50+ years of daily weather observations (1971–present), from the Amherst station 32 km away. Updated through May 2026 — an all-time extreme only changes when a more extreme day actually occurs, so some dates are old. That is normal, not stale data.

The four kinds of extreme

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days West Springfield has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day

99°F Jul 20, 1991

That is about 16°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in West Springfield (typical high near 83°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 99°F Jul 20, 1991

2 99°F Jul 21, 1991

3 98°F Aug 3, 1975

❄️ Coldest night

-29°F Jan 19, 1971

About 43°F colder than a normal January night in West Springfield (typical low near 14°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 -29°F Jan 19, 1971

2 -27°F Jan 13, 1981

3 -27°F Jan 14, 1981

🌧️ Most rain in one day

7.56 in Oct 9, 2005

More rain in a single day than West Springfield usually gets in the whole month of October (typical October total about 4.7 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 7.56 in Oct 9, 2005

2 4.85 in Sep 7, 2008

3 4.78 in Sep 17, 1999

⛄ Most snow in one day

18.0 in Feb 6, 2001

Close to a whole typical February's snow in one day (West Springfield averages about 11 in across the month).

The three most extreme on record

1 18.0 in Feb 6, 2001

2 16.0 in Feb 9, 2013

3 15.0 in Mar 6, 2001

How hot and cold it gets, month by month

The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.

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West Springfield's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 99°F is about 16°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.

In plain terms

In a normal year, West Springfield's warmest days reach the low 80s°F and its coldest nights drop to the mid-10s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 99°F and as low as −29°F. A single day has delivered over 8 inches of rain or close to 18 inches of snow. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at Storrs (NOAA GHCN station USC00068138), about 47 km from the city centre.

How we build these numbers →

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