Lake Holiday, IL Climate


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Lake Holiday, IL has a humid continental climate with warm summers and cold winters. The average temperature ranges from 18°F in the winter to 81°F in the summer. Precipitation is abundant throughout the year, with an annual average of 33 inches. Snowfall is common during winter months and during certain non-winter months as well. During the hot summer months, thunderstorms are known to occur frequently. However, due to its location near Lake Michigan, temperatures tend to stay milder than other parts of Illinois.

Lake Holiday, Illinois gets 38 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Lake Holiday averages 29 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 191 sunny days per year in Lake Holiday. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Lake Holiday gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 114 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 83 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 14
Rain: averages 38 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 29 inches of snow a year


Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for Lake Holiday is 6.8 (10=best), which means it is less comfortable than most places in Illinois.

8.9 Summer - 4.4 Winter
June, September and August are the most pleasant months in Lake Holiday, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

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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 Lake Holiday with an average high temperature of 83.2°, which ranks it as one of the coolest places in Illinois. In Lake Holiday, there are 5 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for Lake Holiday are June, August and September.
In Lake Holiday, there are 8.9 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is one of the coolest places in Illinois.
January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for Lake Holiday with an average of 13.6°. This is colder than most places in Illinois.
In Lake Holiday, there are 136.1 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is colder than most places in Illinois.
In Lake Holiday, there are 11.2 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is colder than most places in Illinois.
The humidity is usually comfortable in Lake Holiday 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.
July is the wettest month in Lake Holiday with 4.5 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 38.0 inches in Lake Holiday means that it is drier than most places in Illinois.
May is the rainiest month in Lake Holiday with 11.8 days of rain, and February is the driest month with only 7.7 rainy days. There are 113.5 rainy days annually in Lake Holiday, which is rainier than most places in Illinois. The rainiest season is Summer when it rains 28% of the time and the driest is Winter with only a 22% chance of a rainy day.
An annual snowfall of 29.1 inches in Lake Holiday means that it is snowier than most places in Illinois. January is the snowiest month in Lake Holiday with 9.2 inches of snow, and 5 months of the year have significant snowfall.
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