Dixon, IL
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from DIXON 1W, IL US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Dixon has an annual average temperature of 49.4°F with about 40.5 inches of precipitation per year and 31.2 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 82.7°F), and the coldest is January (average low 13.6°F). June is typically the wettest month (5.59 in) and February the driest (1.81 in). Snow typically falls from November through April.
Best time to visit Dixon
Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →29 of 366 (7.9%) of Dixon'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 | 34 | |
| 1900s | 22 | |
| 1910s | 33 | |
| 1920s | 29 | |
| 1930s | 84 | |
| 1940s | 28 | |
| 1950s | 16 | |
| 1960s | 9 | |
| 1970s | 16 | |
| 1980s | 29 | |
| 1990s | 15 | |
| 2000s | 19 | |
| 2010s | 16 | |
| 2020s | 16 |
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 | 29.0°F | 13.6°F | 21.3°F | 1.97 in | 13.0 in | 8 |
| February | 33.6°F | 17.3°F | 25.5°F | 1.81 in | 5.7 in | 7 |
| March | 46.3°F | 28.3°F | 37.3°F | 2.63 in | 4.5 in | 7 |
| April | 59.9°F | 38.8°F | 49.4°F | 3.98 in | 0.6 in | 10 |
| May | 71.0°F | 50.7°F | 60.9°F | 4.82 in | — | 11 |
| June | 79.8°F | 60.7°F | 70.2°F | 5.59 in | — | 9 |
| July | 82.7°F | 64.3°F | 73.5°F | 4.29 in | — | 8 |
| August | 81.4°F | 62.4°F | 71.9°F | 4.19 in | — | 8 |
| September | 75.3°F | 53.8°F | 64.6°F | 3.69 in | — | 7 |
| October | 62.8°F | 42.0°F | 52.4°F | 2.96 in | — | 7 |
| November | 47.6°F | 30.5°F | 39.0°F | 2.43 in | 1.8 in | 7 |
| December | 34.5°F | 20.1°F | 27.3°F | 2.17 in | 5.6 in | 8 |
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