The climate in Wood Dale, IL is primarily humid continental. This means that the summers tend to be hot and humid, while the winters usually have cold temperatures and occasional snowfall. The city gets around 31-32 inches of precipitation each year, making it one of the rainier cities in Illinois. Winters can be quite long and cold due to the lake effect snow coming off Lake Michigan, with average temperatures ranging from the high teens to low twenties during January. Summers are usually warm and muggy, with average highs reaching into the mid-eighties.
Wood Dale, Illinois gets 38 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.
Wood Dale averages 34 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 Wood Dale. The US average is 205 sunny days.
Wood Dale gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 122 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 15
Rain: averages 38 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 34 inches of snow a year