Climate in Palos Heights, Illinois

Palos Heights, Illinois gets 39 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Palos Heights averages 29 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 Palos Heights. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Palos Heights gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 125 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 84 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 18
Rain: averages 39 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 29 inches of snow a year

BESTPLACES COMFORT INDEX

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

July is the hottest month for Palos Heights with an average high temperature of 84.2°, which ranks it as cooler than most places in Illinois. In Palos Heights, there are 5 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for Palos Heights are June, September and August.

January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for Palos Heights with an average of 18.3°. This is warmer than most places in Illinois.

In Palos Heights, there are 15.4 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is cooler than most places in Illinois.

In Palos Heights, there are 108.1 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is warmer than most places in Illinois.

In Palos Heights, there are 5.7 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is about average compared to other places in Illinois.

August is the wettest month in Palos Heights with 4.5 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 1.9 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 32% of yearly precipitation and 17% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 39.3 inches in Palos Heights means that it is about average compared to other places in Illinois.

May is the rainiest month in Palos Heights with 12.2 days of rain, and February is the driest month with only 7.9 rainy days. There are 124.8 rainy days annually in Palos Heights, which is one of the rainiest places in Illinois. The rainiest season is Summer when it rains 27% of the time and the driest is Spring with only a 23% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 28.9 inches in Palos Heights means that it is snowier than most places in Illinois. January is the snowiest month in Palos Heights with 9.7 inches of snow, and 6 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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