Adams, IL Climate

Adams, IL has a moderate climate with warm, humid summers and cold, snowy winters. On average, temperatures in the summer months range from low 80s to high 90s Fahrenheit. In the winter months, temperatures range from lows in the 20s to highs in the 40s Fahrenheit. The area receives an average of 38 inches of precipitation per year, with most of it occurring during the spring and summer months. Snowfall averages around 28 inches annually, and is heaviest between December and March.

Climate	Adams, Illinois	United States
Rainfall		38.1

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.