St. Charles, IL Climate


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St. Charles, IL has a humid continental climate with four distinct seasons. Summers are warm and humid, while winters are cold and snowy. Spring and fall are mild but can be unpredictable, with temperatures ranging from hot to cold depending on the time of year. Rainfall is moderate throughout the year, with an average of 36 inches of precipitation annually. Snowfall averages around 25 inches per year in this part of Illinois. Average temperatures range from a low of 20°F in January to a high of 82°F during the summer months.

St. Charles, Illinois gets 38 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

St. Charles averages 30 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 189 sunny days per year in St. Charles. The US average is 205 sunny days.

St. Charles gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 120 days per year. Precipitation is rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground. In order for precipitation to be counted you have to get at least .01 inches on the ground to measure.


Weather Highlights

Summer High: the July high is around 85 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 15
Rain: averages 38 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 30 inches of snow a year


Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for St. Charles is 6.9 (10=best), which means it is less comfortable than most places in Illinois.

9 Summer - 4.5 Winter
June, September and August are the most pleasant months in St. Charles, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

  ClimateSt. Charles, IllinoisUnited States
  37.7 in.38.1 in.
  30.1 in.27.8 in.
  119.6 days106.2 days
  189 days205 days
  84.5°85.8°
  14.7°21.7°
  6.97
  3.54.3
  732 ft.2443 ft.
Climate
YOU SHOULD KNOW

Many people confuse weather and climate but they are different. Weather is the conditions of the atmosphere over a short period of time, and climate is how the atmosphere is over long periods of time.

Weather is how the atmosphere is behaving and its effects upon life and human activities. Weather can change from minute-to-minute. Most people think of weather in terms of temperature, humidity, precipitation, cloudiness, brightness, visibility, wind, and atmospheric pressure.

Climate is the description of the long-term pattern of weather in a place. Climate can mean the average weather for a particular region and time period taken over 30 years. Climate is the average of weather over time.

July is the hottest month for St. Charles with an average high temperature of 84.5°, which ranks it as cooler than most places in Illinois. In St. Charles, there are 5 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for St. Charles are September, June and August.
In St. Charles, there are 13.8 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is cooler than most places in Illinois.
January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for St. Charles with an average of 14.7°. This is colder than most places in Illinois.
In St. Charles, there are 131.8 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is colder than most places in Illinois.
In St. Charles, there are 8.8 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is colder than most places in Illinois.
The humidity is usually comfortable in St. Charles but some summer months can be sticky or muggy. July is the most humid month, though humidity is low for most of the year. The most humid months are July, August and June.
August is the wettest month in St. Charles with 4.7 inches of rain, and the driest month is January with 1.6 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 34% of yearly precipitation and 14% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 37.7 inches in St. Charles means that it is drier than most places in Illinois.
May is the rainiest month in St. Charles with 12.2 days of rain, and February is the driest month with only 7.7 rainy days. There are 119.6 rainy days annually in St. Charles, which is rainier than most places in Illinois. The rainiest season is Summer when it rains 28% of the time and the driest is Spring with only a 23% chance of a rainy day.
An annual snowfall of 30.1 inches in St. Charles means that it is snowier than most places in Illinois. January is the snowiest month in St. Charles with 9.6 inches of snow, and 6 months of the year have significant snowfall.
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Over 12 years ago

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Moving to Saint Charles from Kansas City was quite to sticker shock from a cost of living standpoint. I did do my homework and knew this would be the case, but it  More

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Over 15 years ago

St. Charles, Illinois is a small, trendy river town. It hosts amenities that appeal to everyone. Biking, running, walking, hiking, camping, horseback riding, kayaking,  More

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