Oquawka, IL Climate


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The climate in Oquawka, IL is generally mild throughout the year. Summers are warm and humid while winters are cold but generally snow-free. The area experiences four distinct seasons, with spring bringing blooming flowers and trees, summer providing a hot and humid climate, fall ushering in cool temperatures and vibrant colors, and winter providing icy chill with occasional snow. Rainfall is distributed fairly evenly throughout the year, although thunderstorms can occur during the summer months. Overall, Oquawka has a pleasant climate that makes it an ideal place to visit or live.

Oquawka, Illinois gets 37 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Oquawka averages 22 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 203 sunny days per year in Oquawka. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Oquawka gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 100 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 37 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 22 inches of snow a year


Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for Oquawka is 7.0 (10=best), which means it is about average compared to other places in Illinois.

8.5 Summer - 4.9 Winter
September, June and May are the most pleasant months in Oquawka, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

  ClimateOquawka, IllinoisUnited States
  37.4 in.38.1 in.
  21.5 in.27.8 in.
  100.1 days106.2 days
  203 days205 days
  85.4°85.8°
  14.6°21.7°
  77
  3.74.3
  551 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 Oquawka with an average high temperature of 85.4°, which ranks it as about average compared to other places in Illinois. In Oquawka, there are 4 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for Oquawka are September, June and May.
In Oquawka, there are 16.6 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is about average compared to other places in Illinois.
January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for Oquawka with an average of 14.6°. This is colder than most places in Illinois.
In Oquawka, there are 125.7 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is colder than most places in Illinois.
In Oquawka, there are 9.2 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is colder than most places in Illinois.
The humidity is usually comfortable in Oquawka but some summer months can be unpleasant. July is the most humid month, though humidity is low for most of the year. The most humid months in Oquawka are July, August and June.
June is the wettest month in Oquawka with 4.5 inches of rain, and the driest month is January with 1.4 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 34% of yearly precipitation and 13% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 37.4 inches in Oquawka means that it is drier than most places in Illinois.
May is the rainiest month in Oquawka with 11.5 days of rain, and February is the driest month with only 6.6 rainy days. There are 100.1 rainy days annually in Oquawka, which is less rainy than most places in Illinois. The rainiest season is Summer when it rains 30% of the time and the driest is Spring with only a 21% chance of a rainy day.
An annual snowfall of 21.5 inches in Oquawka means that it is about average compared to other places in Illinois. December is the snowiest month in Oquawka with 6.5 inches of snow, and 5 months of the year have significant snowfall.
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