Ottawa Climate Normals

Official 1981-2010 Climate Normals

City: OTTAWA 5SW 
State: IL
ID: 116526
Latitude: 41.3283
Longitude: -88.9106
Elevation:  524.8 ft

Temperature-Related Normals

Normal    Jan    Feb    Mar    Apr    May    Jun    Jul    Aug    Sep    Oct    Nov    Dec
High:    31.5   36.4   48.8   62.4   72.4   81.0   84.1   82.6   76.7   64.8   50.0   35.6
Mean:    23.3   27.7   39.0   51.2   61.5   70.7   74.2   72.5   65.3   53.5   41.0   27.6
 Low:    15.1   19.0   29.3   40.0   50.5   60.4   64.4   62.4   53.9   42.1   32.0   19.6
 CDD:       0      0      1     11     59    197    290    241    104     13      0      0
 HDD:    1292   1044    805    425    169     26      3      9     95    371    720   1159

Number of Days
T090:     0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.5    2.6    4.8    3.9    1.4    0.0    0.0    0.0
T100:     0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.1    0.1    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0
T000:     4.4    2.4    0.1    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    2.4
T032:    28.8   25.0   19.7    5.5    0.4    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.1    3.5   14.8   26.9
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Annual Values

 High Temp:    60.6 F
 Mean Temp:    50.7 F
  Low Temp:    40.8 F
Cooling DD:     916
Heating DD:    6120

Days above  90 (T090):    13.2
Days above 100 (T100):     0.2
Days below   0 (T000):     9.2
Days below  32 (T032):   124.7
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Precipitation-Related Normals

Normal    Jan    Feb    Mar    Apr    May    Jun    Jul    Aug    Sep    Oct    Nov    Dec
Prcp:    1.48   1.43   2.46   3.22   4.11   3.98   3.85   3.89   3.26   2.80   3.11   2.13
Snow:     7.6    4.6    2.7    0.5    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.2    4.5

Number of Days
P001:     8.4    6.8    9.4   11.0   11.3    9.8    8.8    9.0    7.7    8.9    9.4    9.2
P010:     4.1    3.3    5.5    6.9    7.4    6.4    6.2    6.1    5.6    5.2    5.9    5.0
P100:     0.2    0.1    0.4    0.6    1.3    1.1    1.0    1.3    0.8    0.4    0.8    0.4
S001:     4.5    3.1    1.3    0.2    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.3    3.4
S010:     3.0    2.4    0.9    0.2    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.1    2.2
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:   35.72 inches
     Snowfall:    20.1 inches

   Days precipitation at or above 0 inches (P000):   109.7
Days precipitation at or above 0.10 inches (P010):    67.6
Days Precipitation at or above 1.00 inches (P100):     8.4
      Days Snowfall at or above 0.1 inches (S001):    12.8
      Days Snowfall at or above 1.0 inches (S010):     8.8
     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