Standard City, IL

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

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Standard City has an annual average temperature of 53.4°F with about 40 inches of precipitation per year and 16.5 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 86.2°F), and the coldest is January (average low 19.2°F). April is typically the wettest month (4.67 in) and February the driest (2.09 in). Snow typically falls from November through March.

Pleasant months
2 / 12
avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F
Annual swing
48.4°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
5,070
Cooling need
909

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

4 of 366 (1.1%) of Standard City'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
33
1900s
31
1910s
53
1920s
28
1930s
96
1940s
23
1950s
34
1960s
13
1970s
16
1980s
9
1990s
14
2000s
5
2010s
7
2020s
4

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 36.1°F 19.2°F 27.7°F 2.28 in 5.8 in 9
February 41.3°F 23.0°F 32.2°F 2.09 in 4.7 in 7
March 52.1°F 32.2°F 42.1°F 2.90 in 2.3 in 9
April 65.1°F 42.9°F 54.0°F 4.67 in 11
May 74.1°F 53.5°F 63.8°F 4.27 in 11
June 82.9°F 62.6°F 72.8°F 4.64 in 9
July 86.2°F 66.0°F 76.1°F 3.44 in 8
August 85.0°F 63.6°F 74.3°F 3.24 in 7
September 79.2°F 55.1°F 67.1°F 3.32 in 8
October 67.0°F 43.9°F 55.4°F 3.31 in 9
November 52.9°F 33.2°F 43.0°F 3.53 in 0.9 in 8
December 40.9°F 24.6°F 32.8°F 2.32 in 2.8 in 8

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