Lisle-Morton Arboretum Climate Normals

Official 1981-2010 Climate Normals

City: LISLE-MORTON ARBORETUM 
State: IL
ID: 115097
Latitude: 41.8128
Longitude: -88.0728
Elevation:  679.9 ft

Temperature-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
High:    30.7   35.5   46.9   59.6   69.7   80.1   83.8   81.2   74.8   62.5   48.5   35.1
Mean:    22.7   26.2   36.5   48.3   58.5   69.1   72.8   70.6   62.9   50.9   38.6   27.0
 Low:    14.7   16.9   26.1   37.0   47.2   58.0   61.7   60.0   50.9   39.3   28.6   18.8
 CDD:       0      0      0      1     25    155    245    194     55      7      0      0
 HDD:    1311   1086    884    503    228     34      5     20    119    444    793   1179

Number of Days
T090:     0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    1.8    2.8    2.0    0.5    0.0    0.0    0.0
T100:     0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0
T000:     3.7    0.7    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    1.0
T032:    27.3   26.0   22.7    8.6    0.3    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    6.8   21.4   28.9
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Annual Values

 High Temp:    59.1 F
 Mean Temp:    48.8 F
  Low Temp:    38.4 F
Cooling DD:     683
Heating DD:    6607

Days above  90 (T090):     7.1
Days above 100 (T100):     0.0
Days below   0 (T000):     5.4
Days below  32 (T032):   142.0
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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:    1.87   1.85   2.46   3.60   4.04   4.22   3.70   4.27   3.51   3.08   3.33   2.59
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Annual Values

Precipitation:   38.52 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