Kempton, IL

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from PIPER CITY, IL US.

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Kempton has an annual average temperature of 51.9°F with about 44.4 inches of precipitation per year and 24.7 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 87.6°F), and the coldest is January (average low 15.6°F). May is typically the wettest month (4.91 in) and February the driest (2.75 in). Snow typically falls from November through April.

Annual swing
50°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
5,520
Cooling need
807

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

0 of 366 (0%) of Kempton'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.

1940s
0
1950s
0
1960s
3
1970s
60
1980s
92
1990s
72
2000s
77
2010s
62

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 35.0°F 15.6°F 25.3°F 3.40 in 8.6 in 9
February 40.1°F 18.9°F 29.5°F 2.75 in 4.4 in 7
March 51.7°F 27.9°F 39.8°F 2.97 in 3.3 in 10
April 65.2°F 38.0°F 51.6°F 4.02 in 0.9 in 12
May 76.0°F 49.2°F 62.6°F 4.91 in 14
June 85.0°F 60.0°F 72.5°F 4.53 in 12
July 87.6°F 63.1°F 75.3°F 4.90 in 10
August 85.3°F 60.3°F 72.8°F 4.14 in 11
September 80.4°F 52.2°F 66.3°F 2.86 in 9
October 67.8°F 41.7°F 54.8°F 3.68 in 10
November 52.6°F 30.7°F 41.6°F 3.22 in 1.3 in 11
December 40.2°F 21.5°F 30.8°F 3.01 in 6.2 in 10

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