Crescent City, IL

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from WATSEKA 2 NW, IL US.

Dfa Hot-summer humid continental climate 7a USDA hardiness Zone 7a

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Crescent City has an annual average temperature of 50.7°F with about 38.4 inches of precipitation per year and 17.1 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 84.8°F), and the coldest is January (average low 15.5°F). June is typically the wettest month (5.02 in) and February the driest (1.98 in). Snow typically falls from November through April.

Pleasant months
2 / 12
avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F
Annual swing
49.6°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
5,781
Cooling need
648

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

12 of 366 (3.3%) of Crescent City'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
53
1900s
54
1910s
58
1920s
0
1930s
14
1940s
33
1950s
27
1960s
13
1970s
11
1980s
30
1990s
19
2000s
24
2010s
28
2020s
2

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 32.7°F 15.5°F 24.1°F 2.07 in 5.4 in 10
February 37.4°F 18.4°F 27.9°F 1.98 in 4.7 in 8
March 49.6°F 28.5°F 39.1°F 2.42 in 1.6 in 10
April 62.3°F 38.3°F 50.3°F 3.65 in 0.3 in 12
May 73.5°F 50.2°F 61.8°F 4.41 in 12
June 82.1°F 59.8°F 70.9°F 5.02 in 11
July 84.8°F 62.7°F 73.7°F 4.20 in 9
August 83.2°F 60.0°F 71.6°F 3.50 in 9
September 78.7°F 52.2°F 65.4°F 3.19 in 9
October 65.9°F 41.3°F 53.6°F 3.24 in 10
November 50.7°F 30.9°F 40.8°F 2.65 in 0.7 in 10
December 38.0°F 21.4°F 29.7°F 2.10 in 4.4 in 10

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