Paxton Climate Normals

Official 1981-2010 Climate Normals

City: PAXTON 2 WSW
State: IL
ID: 116663
Latitude: 40.4547
Longitude: -88.1417
Elevation:  789.8 ft

Temperature-Related Normals

Normal    Jan    Feb    Mar    Apr    May    Jun    Jul    Aug    Sep    Oct    Nov    Dec
High:    31.1   35.9   47.9   61.4   72.0   80.9   83.6   82.4   77.4   64.3   49.3   35.0
Mean:    23.0   27.4   38.3   50.0   60.9   70.2   73.1   71.4   64.6   52.5   40.2   27.2
 Low:    14.9   18.9   28.6   38.6   49.8   59.4   62.5   60.4   51.9   40.7   31.1   19.5
 CDD:       0      0      1      7     57    189    254    210     92     12      0      0
 HDD:    1302   1053    830    457    185     34      5     12    102    399    744   1170

Number of Days
T090:     0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.6    3.2    4.4    3.5    1.8    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:     4.1    2.2    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    2.2
T032:    29.1   25.0   20.8    7.2    0.4    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.2    5.6   16.5   27.5
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Annual Values

 High Temp:    60.2 F
 Mean Temp:    50.0 F
  Low Temp:    39.8 F
Cooling DD:     822
Heating DD:    6293

Days above  90 (T090):    13.5
Days above 100 (T100):     0.2
Days below   0 (T000):     8.4
Days below  32 (T032):   132.2
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Precipitation-Related Normals

Normal    Jan    Feb    Mar    Apr    May    Jun    Jul    Aug    Sep    Oct    Nov    Dec
Prcp:    1.88   1.80   2.68   3.57   4.25   3.99   4.28   3.48   2.90   3.32   3.41   2.62
Snow:     5.1    4.8    1.6    0.2    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.5    5.2

Number of Days
P001:     7.7    6.3    9.5   10.3   10.2    9.3    8.6    8.5    7.0    8.4    9.0    8.1
P010:     4.2    3.9    5.7    6.9    7.5    7.3    6.2    6.1    4.6    5.9    6.0    5.0
P100:     0.3    0.4    0.6    0.8    1.2    0.9    1.3    0.8    0.6    0.9    0.6    0.5
S001:     3.0    2.7    1.3    0.2    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.5    3.1
S010:     2.3    1.8    0.6    0.2    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.3    2.4
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:   38.18 inches
     Snowfall:    17.4 inches

   Days precipitation at or above 0 inches (P000):   102.9
Days precipitation at or above 0.10 inches (P010):    69.3
Days Precipitation at or above 1.00 inches (P100):     8.9
      Days Snowfall at or above 0.1 inches (S001):    10.8
      Days Snowfall at or above 1.0 inches (S010):     7.6
     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