Cahokia Climate Normals

Official 1981-2010 Climate Normals

City: CAHOKIA  
State: IL
ID: 111160
Latitude: 38.5669
Longitude: -90.1942
Elevation:  399.8 ft

Temperature-Related Normals

Normal    Jan    Feb    Mar    Apr    May    Jun    Jul    Aug    Sep    Oct    Nov    Dec
High:    39.8   45.4   55.6   67.0   75.5   84.0   88.0   87.0   79.6   69.1   56.2   42.6
Mean:    30.7   35.1   45.2   56.3   65.4   74.2   78.4   76.9   68.7   57.4   45.8   33.8
 Low:    21.5   24.9   34.7   45.5   55.3   64.5   68.7   66.7   57.8   45.7   35.5   24.9
 CDD:       0      0      5     29    103    285    414    369    162     29      3      0
 HDD:    1065    836    621    291     90      7      0      2     51    265    577    969

Number of Days
T090:     0.0    0.0    0.0    0.2    0.8    5.3   12.4   10.0    2.8    0.2    0.0    0.0
T100:     0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.5    0.5    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0
T000:     1.2    0.4    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.4
T032:    26.1   21.1   12.8    2.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    2.4   11.4   23.3
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Annual Values

 High Temp:    65.9 F
 Mean Temp:    55.7 F
  Low Temp:    45.6 F
Cooling DD:    1399
Heating DD:    4774

Days above  90 (T090):    31.6
Days above 100 (T100):     1.1
Days below   0 (T000):     2.0
Days below  32 (T032):    99.2
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Precipitation-Related Normals

Normal    Jan    Feb    Mar    Apr    May    Jun    Jul    Aug    Sep    Oct    Nov    Dec
Prcp:    2.62   2.54   3.34   3.83   4.65   4.10   4.44   3.40   3.40   3.42   3.92   3.07
Snow:     5.0    3.6    1.7    0.2    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.6    4.0

Number of Days
P001:     8.1    7.7   10.3   10.6   11.6    9.8    8.5    7.8    6.8    8.4    8.9    9.3
P010:     5.2    5.3    7.0    7.5    8.2    6.7    6.5    5.8    5.0    5.8    6.5    5.9
P100:     0.6    0.6    0.9    0.8    1.1    1.1    1.6    1.0    1.0    1.0    1.0    0.8
S001:     2.7    2.1    0.9    0.1    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.3    2.2
S010:     1.7    1.0    0.6    0.1    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.2    1.2
S100:     0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0
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Annual Values

Precipitation:   42.73 inches
     Snowfall:    15.1 inches

   Days precipitation at or above 0 inches (P000):   107.8
Days precipitation at or above 0.10 inches (P010):    75.4
Days Precipitation at or above 1.00 inches (P100):    11.5
      Days Snowfall at or above 0.1 inches (S001):     8.3
      Days Snowfall at or above 1.0 inches (S010):     4.8
     Days Snowfall at or above 10.0 inches (S100):     0.0

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City: CAHOKIA-ST. LOUIS Downtown Airport
State: IL
ID: 003960
Latitude: 38.5714
Longitude: -90.1572
Elevation:  413.0 ft

Temperature-Related Normals

Normal    Jan    Feb    Mar    Apr    May    Jun    Jul    Aug    Sep    Oct    Nov    Dec
High:    40.7   45.5   56.2   67.5   76.6   85.4   88.4   87.7   80.3   69.2   54.9   42.7
Mean:    31.7   36.1   45.2   55.9   65.8   74.0   77.8   76.2   67.7   57.0   45.1   34.3
 Low:    22.7   26.7   34.2   44.3   55.0   62.6   67.2   64.7   55.1   44.7   35.3   26.0
 CDD:       0      0      3     24    108    277    397    349    134     28      1      0
 HDD:    1032    809    617    297     83      7      0      2     53    277    598    950

Number of Days
T090:     0.0    0.0    0.0    0.2    1.1    8.3   12.6    9.9    3.1    0.2    0.0    0.0
T100:     0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.1    0.4    0.4    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0
T000:     0.6    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.1
T032:    25.4   20.3   13.3    2.7    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    2.8   12.3   22.5
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Annual Values

 High Temp:    66.3 F
 Mean Temp:    55.7 F
  Low Temp:    45.0 F
Cooling DD:    1322
Heating DD:    4727

Days above  90 (T090):    35.3
Days above 100 (T100):     0.9
Days below   0 (T000):     0.8
Days below  32 (T032):    99.4
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Precipitation-Related Pseudonormals

For stations with short records, linear combinations of normals from nearby sites were used
to compute so-called pseudonormals.

Normal    Jan    Feb    Mar    Apr    May    Jun    Jul    Aug    Sep    Oct    Nov    Dec
Prcp:    2.39   2.10   3.17   4.05   4.95   4.17   3.59   3.15   3.18   3.39   3.76   3.04
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Annual Values

Precipitation:   40.94 inches

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KEY:
High - average daily high temperature, degrees F
Mean - average daily mean temperature, degrees F
Low - average daily low temperature, degrees F
CDD - cooling degree days, base 50F
HDD - heating degree days, base 50F
T090 - number of Days with Temperatures above 90 degrees F
T100 - number of Days with Temperatures above 100 degrees F
T000 - number of Days with Temperatures below 0 degrees F
T032 - number of Days with Temperatures below 32 degrees F
Prcp - precipitation, inches
Snow - snowfall, inches
P001 - number of Days with Precipitation of 0.01 inches or more
P010 - number of Days with Precipitation of 0.10 inches or more
P100 - number of Days with Precipitation of 1.00 inches or more
S001 - number of Days with Snowfall of 0.1 inches or more
S010 - number of Days with Snowfall of 1.0 inches or more
S100 - number of Days with Snowfall of 10.0 inches or more

Page Source:
Dr. Jim Angel, State Climatologist
Illinois State Water Survey
Prairie Research Institute
University of Illinois

Data Source:
NOAA National Climatic Data Center