La Harpe, IL

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from LA HARPE, IL US.

Dfa Hot-summer humid continental climate 6b USDA hardiness Zone 6b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

La Harpe has an annual average temperature of 50.8°F with about 39.1 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 84.6°F), and the coldest is January (average low 14.9°F). May is typically the wettest month (5.22 in) and January the driest (1.60 in).

Pleasant months
2 / 12
avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F
Annual swing
51.3°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
5,841
Cooling need
717

Best time to visit La Harpe

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

29 of 366 (7.9%) of La Harpe'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
24
1900s
19
1910s
47
1920s
22
1930s
89
1940s
18
1950s
25
1960s
19
1970s
11
1980s
20
1990s
12
2000s
19
2010s
25
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 31.8°F 14.9°F 23.3°F 1.60 in 6
February 36.6°F 19.0°F 27.8°F 1.83 in 6
March 49.3°F 29.3°F 39.3°F 2.42 in 7
April 61.7°F 40.0°F 50.9°F 3.92 in 9
May 72.3°F 51.7°F 62.0°F 5.22 in 11
June 81.1°F 61.3°F 71.2°F 4.94 in 9
July 84.6°F 64.7°F 74.6°F 4.23 in 8
August 83.0°F 62.6°F 72.8°F 3.42 in 7
September 76.7°F 54.0°F 65.3°F 3.83 in 7
October 64.2°F 42.2°F 53.2°F 3.10 in 7
November 49.3°F 30.5°F 39.9°F 2.54 in 6
December 37.0°F 20.8°F 28.9°F 2.05 in 6

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