Atlanta, IL
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from LINCOLN, IL US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Atlanta has an annual average temperature of 52.3°F with about 39.8 inches of precipitation per year and 19.3 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 85.5°F), and the coldest is January (average low 17.8°F). July is typically the wettest month (4.91 in) and February the driest (1.92 in). Snow typically falls from November through March.
Best time to visit Atlanta
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All-time records →25 of 366 (6.8%) of Atlanta'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.
| 1900s | 5 | |
| 1910s | 32 | |
| 1920s | 35 | |
| 1930s | 97 | |
| 1940s | 20 | |
| 1950s | 57 | |
| 1960s | 16 | |
| 1970s | 11 | |
| 1980s | 23 | |
| 1990s | 13 | |
| 2000s | 21 | |
| 2010s | 23 | |
| 2020s | 13 |
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 | 34.5°F | 17.8°F | 26.1°F | 2.17 in | 5.7 in | 9 |
| February | 39.5°F | 21.6°F | 30.6°F | 1.92 in | 6.2 in | 9 |
| March | 51.7°F | 31.1°F | 41.4°F | 2.70 in | 1.8 in | 11 |
| April | 64.4°F | 40.8°F | 52.6°F | 4.24 in | — | 12 |
| May | 74.8°F | 52.4°F | 63.6°F | 4.37 in | — | 13 |
| June | 83.3°F | 61.3°F | 72.3°F | 4.16 in | — | 11 |
| July | 85.5°F | 63.8°F | 74.6°F | 4.91 in | — | 9 |
| August | 84.0°F | 61.3°F | 72.6°F | 3.47 in | — | 9 |
| September | 79.2°F | 53.4°F | 66.3°F | 3.30 in | — | 8 |
| October | 66.3°F | 41.8°F | 54.1°F | 3.42 in | 0.1 in | 10 |
| November | 51.4°F | 32.0°F | 41.7°F | 2.88 in | 0.6 in | 10 |
| December | 39.2°F | 23.1°F | 31.1°F | 2.29 in | 4.9 in | 10 |
Climate twins of Atlanta
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