Golden Climate Normals

Official 1981-2010 Climate Normals

City: GOLDEN  
State: IL
ID: 113530
Latitude: 40.1064
Longitude: -91.0222
Elevation:  717.7 ft

Temperature-Related Normals

Normal    Jan    Feb    Mar    Apr    May    Jun    Jul    Aug    Sep    Oct    Nov    Dec
High:    33.4   38.3   50.4   63.1   73.3   82.5   86.1   85.2   78.0   65.6   50.9   36.8
Mean:    24.7   28.8   39.9   51.9   62.3   71.8   75.4   74.0   65.6   53.9   41.2   28.4
 Low:    15.9   19.3   29.4   40.6   51.4   61.1   64.8   62.8   53.3   42.3   31.5   20.0
 CDD:       0      0      0     12     63    221    325    285    116     15      1      0
 HDD:    1251   1013    779    406    146     17      1      6     97    358    715   1134

Number of Days
T090:     0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.4    3.6    7.8    7.9    2.3    0.1    0.0    0.0
T100:     0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.3    0.6    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0
T000:     3.9    2.7    0.1    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    2.5
T032:    29.0   24.5   20.5    5.2    0.2    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.1    4.8   15.5   26.6
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Annual Values

 High Temp:    62.1 F
 Mean Temp:    51.6 F
  Low Temp:    41.1 F
Cooling DD:    1039
Heating DD:    5922

Days above  90 (T090):    22.1
Days above 100 (T100):     0.9
Days below   0 (T000):     9.2
Days below  32 (T032):   126.4
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Precipitation-Related Normals

Normal    Jan    Feb    Mar    Apr    May    Jun    Jul    Aug    Sep    Oct    Nov    Dec
Prcp:    1.66   1.79   2.53   3.84   5.03   4.84   4.24   3.86   3.45   3.17   2.90   2.35
Snow:     4.4    3.7    1.2    0.2    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.8    3.8

Number of Days
P001:     4.5    4.9    7.1    8.8    9.8    8.2    7.6    6.8    6.0    7.2    7.3    5.7
P010:     3.6    4.0    5.8    7.5    8.1    7.1    6.4    5.8    5.2    6.1    6.2    4.0
P100:     0.4    0.5    0.5    0.7    1.4    1.4    1.5    1.1    0.9    0.8    0.7    0.5
S001:     2.6    2.0    0.8    0.1    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.3    2.2
S010:     1.8    1.5    0.6    0.1    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.2    1.6
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:   39.66 inches
     Snowfall:    14.1 inches

   Days precipitation at or above 0 inches (P000):    83.9
Days precipitation at or above 0.10 inches (P010):    69.8
Days Precipitation at or above 1.00 inches (P100):    10.4
      Days Snowfall at or above 0.1 inches (S001):     8.0
      Days Snowfall at or above 1.0 inches (S010):     5.8
     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