Burnt Prairie, IL

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from FAIRFIELD RADIO WFIW, IL US.

Cfa Humid subtropical climate 7b USDA hardiness Zone 7b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Burnt Prairie has an annual average temperature of 57.1°F with about 46 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 89.6°F), and the coldest is January (average low 24.5°F). April is typically the wettest month (5.00 in) and February the driest (2.68 in).

Pleasant months
1 / 12
avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F
Annual swing
45.9°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
4,164
Cooling need
1,311

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

25 of 366 (6.8%) of Burnt Prairie'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
7
1900s
37
1910s
64
1920s
32
1930s
70
1940s
39
1950s
19
1960s
12
1970s
7
1980s
9
1990s
13
2000s
12
2010s
32
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 41.1°F 24.5°F 32.8°F 3.33 in 9
February 46.5°F 27.9°F 37.2°F 2.68 in 8
March 57.0°F 36.3°F 46.6°F 4.22 in 11
April 69.0°F 46.5°F 57.7°F 5.00 in 11
May 78.1°F 55.9°F 67.0°F 4.98 in 12
June 86.9°F 64.3°F 75.6°F 4.70 in 10
July 89.6°F 67.8°F 78.7°F 3.83 in 9
August 88.8°F 65.6°F 77.2°F 3.51 in 7
September 82.6°F 57.9°F 70.2°F 2.90 in 7
October 70.5°F 47.0°F 58.8°F 3.73 in 8
November 56.1°F 36.3°F 46.2°F 3.82 in 9
December 45.0°F 28.8°F 36.9°F 3.30 in 10

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