Paw Paw, IL
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from PAW PAW 2S, IL US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Paw Paw has an annual average temperature of 47.8°F with about 36.7 inches of precipitation per year and 30.1 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 81.9°F), and the coldest is January (average low 11.8°F). May is typically the wettest month (4.83 in) and January the driest (1.60 in). Snow typically falls from November through April.
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All-time records →63 of 366 (17.2%) of Paw Paw'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.
| 1910s | 0 | |
| 1920s | 0 | |
| 1930s | 4 | |
| 1940s | 0 | |
| 1950s | 0 | |
| 1960s | 67 | |
| 1970s | 42 | |
| 1980s | 52 | |
| 1990s | 44 | |
| 2000s | 61 | |
| 2010s | 53 | |
| 2020s | 43 |
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 | 27.9°F | 11.8°F | 19.9°F | 1.60 in | 9.6 in | 8 |
| February | 32.2°F | 15.6°F | 23.9°F | 1.73 in | 6.7 in | 7 |
| March | 44.9°F | 25.9°F | 35.4°F | 2.19 in | 3.6 in | 9 |
| April | 59.0°F | 36.4°F | 47.7°F | 3.20 in | 0.9 in | 11 |
| May | 70.3°F | 48.2°F | 59.3°F | 4.83 in | — | 12 |
| June | 79.6°F | 58.3°F | 68.9°F | 4.62 in | — | 11 |
| July | 81.9°F | 61.7°F | 71.8°F | 3.90 in | — | 9 |
| August | 80.3°F | 59.5°F | 69.9°F | 3.74 in | — | 9 |
| September | 74.9°F | 51.5°F | 63.2°F | 3.58 in | — | 8 |
| October | 62.5°F | 39.7°F | 51.1°F | 2.99 in | 0.1 in | 9 |
| November | 46.4°F | 28.1°F | 37.2°F | 2.44 in | 1.7 in | 8 |
| December | 33.3°F | 17.7°F | 25.5°F | 1.93 in | 7.5 in | 9 |
Climate twins of Paw Paw
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