Fairfield Climate Normals

Official 1981-2010 Climate Normals

City: FAIRFIELD RADIO WFIW
State: IL
ID: 112931
Latitude: 38.3806
Longitude: -88.3264
Elevation:  430.0 ft

Temperature-Related Normals

Normal    Jan    Feb    Mar    Apr    May    Jun    Jul    Aug    Sep    Oct    Nov    Dec
High:    39.1   44.2   55.2   66.7   75.8   84.8   87.9   87.2   80.3   68.5   54.9   41.9
Mean:    30.4   34.7   44.5   55.1   64.3   73.3   76.6   75.3   67.7   56.3   44.8   33.3
 Low:    21.6   25.2   33.8   43.5   52.9   61.8   65.3   63.4   55.1   44.1   34.6   24.7
 CDD:       0      0      2     20     88    259    360    322    143     24      1      0
 HDD:    1074    848    638    317    108     10      0      3     62    294    609    983

Number of Days
T090:     0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.8    6.4   11.6   10.6    3.4    0.2    0.0    0.0
T100:     0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.1    0.6    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0
T000:     1.4    0.6    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.8
T032:    25.6   20.8   14.2    3.6    0.1    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    3.5   12.8   23.2
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Annual Values

 High Temp:    65.6 F
 Mean Temp:    54.8 F
  Low Temp:    43.9 F
Cooling DD:    1219
Heating DD:    4945

Days above  90 (T090):    32.9
Days above 100 (T100):     0.8
Days below   0 (T000):     2.9
Days below  32 (T032):   103.8
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Precipitation-Related Normals

Normal    Jan    Feb    Mar    Apr    May    Jun    Jul    Aug    Sep    Oct    Nov    Dec
Prcp:    3.03   2.78   4.39   4.35   4.97   3.81   3.62   3.15   2.62   3.88   4.17   3.49
Snow:     3.4    3.8    1.5    0.1    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.1    0.1    3.8

Number of Days
P001:     9.1    8.6   10.9   11.3   12.1   10.0    8.4    7.3    6.8    8.5   10.3   10.1
P010:     5.8    5.6    7.2    7.9    8.1    6.4    6.2    4.9    4.8    5.7    6.8    6.4
P100:     0.8    0.7    1.0    0.8    1.3    0.8    1.1    0.9    0.6    0.9    1.1    0.8
S001:     2.3    2.2    0.6    0.1    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.1    0.2    1.7
S010:     1.5    1.6    0.3    0.1    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    1.1
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:   44.26 inches
     Snowfall:    12.8 inches

   Days precipitation at or above 0 inches (P000):   113.4
Days precipitation at or above 0.10 inches (P010):    75.8
Days Precipitation at or above 1.00 inches (P100):    10.8
      Days Snowfall at or above 0.1 inches (S001):     7.2
      Days Snowfall at or above 1.0 inches (S010):     4.6
     Days Snowfall at or above 10.0 inches (S100):     0.0

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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