What is the hottest month in Albany?

July is the warmest month in Albany, with an average high of 83.9°F.

What is the coldest month in Albany?

January is the coldest month in Albany, with an average low of 14.3°F.

What month does Albany get the most rain?

June is typically the wettest month in Albany, with about 4.74 inches of precipitation.

What plant hardiness zone is Albany in?

Albany is approximately in USDA plant hardiness Zone 6b, based on the average annual extreme minimum temperature.

Has the climate in Albany changed recently?

8.2% of Albany's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (since 2015), compared to roughly 5% if records were evenly distributed over time.

Albany, IL

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from CLINTON #1, IA US.

Dfa Hot-summer humid continental climate 6b USDA hardiness Zone 6b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

Avg high Avg low

Climate summary

Albany has an annual average temperature of 50.2°F with about 36.4 inches of precipitation per year and 31.9 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 83.9°F), and the coldest is January (average low 14.3°F). June is typically the wettest month (4.74 in) and January the driest (1.45 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.

Pleasant months

2 / 12

avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F

Annual swing

52.5°F

warmest to coldest month

Heating need

6,006

HDD/yr

Cooling need

690

CDD/yr

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

30 of 366 (8.2%) of Albany's all-time daily heat records have been set since 2015. If records were spread evenly across the station's history, only about 5% would fall in any given decade.

1890s		23
1900s		17
1910s		46
1920s		34
1930s		71
1940s		26
1950s		22
1960s		12
1970s		14
1980s		26
1990s		14
2000s		17
2010s		23
2020s		21

Bars: number of all-time daily heat records still standing that were set in each decade.

Monthly averages

Month	Avg High	Avg Low	Avg Temp	Precipitation	Snow	Rainy days
January	29.4°F	14.3°F	21.9°F	1.45 in	9.2 in	10
February	34.3°F	18.4°F	26.3°F	1.68 in	7.5 in	8
March	48.2°F	29.1°F	38.7°F	2.32 in	3.9 in	10
April	62.1°F	40.0°F	51.0°F	3.40 in	0.8 in	11
May	72.8°F	51.3°F	62.1°F	4.39 in	—	13
June	81.1°F	61.1°F	71.1°F	4.74 in	—	12
July	83.9°F	64.8°F	74.4°F	3.89 in	—	9
August	81.6°F	62.8°F	72.2°F	4.20 in	—	10
September	75.8°F	54.7°F	65.3°F	3.69 in	—	8
October	63.1°F	43.0°F	53.0°F	2.64 in	0.3 in	9
November	47.6°F	30.9°F	39.3°F	2.19 in	2.3 in	9
December	34.6°F	20.5°F	27.5°F	1.86 in	7.9 in	10