Merritt, IL Climate

Merritt, IL has a humid continental type of climate with a wide range of temperatures throughout the year. Summers are usually long and warm with temperatures often reaching into the high 80s and low 90s. Winters are generally cold and snowy with temperatures occasionally dipping below 0°F. Precipitation is fairly evenly distributed throughout the year, although April to September generally sees more rain than snowfall. The area also experiences strong winds during some parts of the year, due to its location near Lake Michigan.

Climate	Merritt, 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.