Orion, IL
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from MOLINE QUAD CITY INTL AP, IL US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Orion has an annual average temperature of 51.2°F with about 38.3 inches of precipitation per year and 36.1 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 86.1°F), and the coldest is January (average low 14.8°F). June is typically the wettest month (5.01 in) and January the driest (1.66 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.
Best time to visit Orion
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All-time records →65 of 366 (17.8%) of Orion'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 | 29 | |
| 1950s | 41 | |
| 1960s | 42 | |
| 1970s | 27 | |
| 1980s | 52 | |
| 1990s | 32 | |
| 2000s | 53 | |
| 2010s | 50 | |
| 2020s | 40 |
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 | 14.8°F | 23.3°F | 1.66 in | 10.8 in | 9 |
| February | 36.6°F | 18.8°F | 27.7°F | 1.83 in | 8.6 in | 9 |
| March | 49.9°F | 29.6°F | 39.7°F | 2.62 in | 4.4 in | 10 |
| April | 63.0°F | 39.9°F | 51.4°F | 3.81 in | 1.1 in | 11 |
| May | 73.9°F | 51.1°F | 62.5°F | 4.67 in | — | 12 |
| June | 83.1°F | 61.0°F | 72.1°F | 5.01 in | — | 11 |
| July | 86.1°F | 64.9°F | 75.5°F | 4.23 in | — | 9 |
| August | 84.1°F | 62.7°F | 73.4°F | 3.97 in | — | 9 |
| September | 77.9°F | 54.2°F | 66.1°F | 3.32 in | — | 8 |
| October | 64.8°F | 42.6°F | 53.7°F | 2.81 in | 0.3 in | 9 |
| November | 49.8°F | 30.9°F | 40.4°F | 2.30 in | 2.1 in | 9 |
| December | 37.0°F | 20.8°F | 28.9°F | 2.04 in | 8.8 in | 10 |
Climate twins of Orion
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