Mount Carroll, IL

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from MT CARROLL, IL US.

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Mount Carroll has an annual average temperature of 48.5°F with about 40.3 inches of precipitation per year and 33.4 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 84.9°F), and the coldest is January (average low 10.9°F). June is typically the wettest month (5.49 in) and January the driest (1.66 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.

Annual swing
51.8°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
6,480
Cooling need
531

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

37 of 366 (10.1%) of Mount Carroll'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
2
1900s
26
1910s
42
1920s
31
1930s
67
1940s
21
1950s
17
1960s
12
1970s
8
1980s
24
1990s
26
2000s
27
2010s
48
2020s
15

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 30.7°F 10.9°F 20.8°F 1.66 in 10.2 in 9
February 35.3°F 14.3°F 24.8°F 1.83 in 7.9 in 8
March 47.5°F 25.7°F 36.6°F 2.51 in 3.6 in 9
April 60.6°F 35.8°F 48.2°F 3.90 in 0.8 in 11
May 72.3°F 47.3°F 59.8°F 4.57 in 13
June 81.7°F 57.0°F 69.4°F 5.49 in 12
July 84.9°F 60.4°F 72.6°F 4.89 in 9
August 83.3°F 58.1°F 70.7°F 3.91 in 9
September 76.9°F 49.6°F 63.3°F 3.71 in 9
October 63.9°F 38.3°F 51.1°F 3.02 in 0.4 in 9
November 48.5°F 27.4°F 38.0°F 2.60 in 1.7 in 8
December 35.8°F 17.1°F 26.4°F 2.21 in 8.8 in 9

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