Ridge Farm, IL

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from SIDELL 4N, IL US.

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Ridge Farm has an annual average temperature of 51.5°F with about 40.4 inches of precipitation per year and 23.7 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 84.1°F), and the coldest is January (average low 17.2°F). July is typically the wettest month (4.72 in) and February the driest (2.00 in). Snow typically falls from November through April.

Pleasant months
2 / 12
avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F
Annual swing
49.2°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
5,589
Cooling need
738

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

159 of 366 (43.4%) of Ridge Farm'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
1940s
0
1950s
0
1960s
0
1970s
0
1980s
0
1990s
0
2000s
118
2010s
138
2020s
110

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 32.6°F 17.2°F 24.9°F 2.35 in 7.1 in 10
February 37.1°F 20.4°F 28.8°F 2.00 in 6.7 in 10
March 49.2°F 30.1°F 39.7°F 2.77 in 2.4 in 11
April 62.3°F 40.6°F 51.5°F 4.15 in 0.4 in 12
May 73.3°F 52.8°F 63.1°F 4.66 in 12
June 82.0°F 62.2°F 72.1°F 4.61 in 11
July 84.1°F 64.2°F 74.1°F 4.72 in 9
August 83.2°F 61.5°F 72.3°F 3.25 in 8
September 78.1°F 54.0°F 66.1°F 2.73 in 8
October 65.4°F 42.8°F 54.1°F 3.33 in 9
November 50.0°F 32.2°F 41.1°F 3.34 in 1.1 in 11
December 37.6°F 23.4°F 30.5°F 2.48 in 6.0 in 11

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