Pontiac Climate Normals

Official 1981-2010 Climate Normals

City: PONTIAC  
State: IL
ID: 116910
Latitude: 40.8853
Longitude: -88.6389
Elevation:  649.8 ft

Temperature-Related Normals

Normal    Jan    Feb    Mar    Apr    May    Jun    Jul    Aug    Sep    Oct    Nov    Dec
High:    31.4   36.3   48.6   62.2   72.5   81.2   83.9   82.4   76.9   64.3   49.8   35.4
Mean:    23.6   27.9   38.8   50.9   61.4   70.9   74.1   72.5   65.6   53.4   40.9   27.7
 Low:    15.7   19.4   29.0   39.6   50.3   60.6   64.4   62.5   54.2   42.4   32.0   19.9
 CDD:       0      0      1     12     61    203    286    240    108     14      0      0
 HDD:    1285   1040    813    435    173     26      3      9     92    375    724   1158

Number of Days
T090:     0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.7    3.6    5.2    3.9    1.5    0.0    0.0    0.0
T100:     0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.1    0.1    0.1    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0
T000:     4.3    2.1    0.1    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    2.4
T032:    28.5   24.7   19.9    5.7    0.3    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    3.7   15.4   26.4
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Annual Values

 High Temp:    60.5 F
 Mean Temp:    50.7 F
  Low Temp:    40.9 F
Cooling DD:     926
Heating DD:    6132

Days above  90 (T090):    15.0
Days above 100 (T100):     0.3
Days below   0 (T000):     8.9
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:    1.96   1.59   2.83   3.28   3.88   3.66   4.08   3.70   3.02   3.05   3.22   2.38
Snow:     6.6    7.0    2.7    0.8    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.5    5.9

Number of Days
P001:     8.5    7.4    9.4   10.9   11.0    9.5    8.9    8.7    7.5    8.4    9.8    9.1
P010:     4.7    4.1    6.0    7.3    7.5    6.4    6.4    6.1    5.1    5.9    6.3    5.0
P100:     0.4    0.2    0.5    0.5    0.8    1.1    1.0    1.2    0.8    0.6    0.7    0.4
S001:     4.5    3.9    1.5    0.2    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.7    3.8
S010:     3.0    2.3    0.9    0.1    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.2    2.3
S100:     0.1    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:   36.65 inches
     Snowfall:    23.5 inches

   Days precipitation at or above 0 inches (P000):   109.1
Days precipitation at or above 0.10 inches (P010):    70.8
Days Precipitation at or above 1.00 inches (P100):     8.2
      Days Snowfall at or above 0.1 inches (S001):    14.6
      Days Snowfall at or above 1.0 inches (S010):     8.8
     Days Snowfall at or above 10.0 inches (S100):     0.1

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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