Zip 61917 (Brocton, IL) Climate

61917 Brocton, IL has a humid continental climate with cool winters and hot, humid summers. The average annual temperature is 56°F (13°C), while the average high in July is 86°F (30°C) and the average low in January is 18°F (-8°C). Rainfall is fairly evenly distributed throughout the year, with an average of 41 inches (103 cm) annually. The area also gets around 34 inches of snow each winter.

Brocton (zip 61917), Illinois gets 41 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Brocton (zip 61917) averages 22 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 190 sunny days per year in Brocton (zip 61917). The US average is 205 sunny days.

Brocton (zip 61917) gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 108 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 17
Rain: averages 41 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 22 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the 61917 zip code is 7.0 (10=best), which means it is about average compared to other places in Illinois.

8.4 Summer - 5 Winter

September, June and May are the most pleasant months in the 61917 zip code, 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 the 61917 zip code with an average high temperature of 85.4°, which ranks it as about average compared to other places in Illinois. In the 61917 zip code, there are 4 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for the 61917 zip code are September, May and June.

In the 61917 zip code, there are 18.0 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 the 61917 zip code with an average of 17.3°. This is about average compared to other places in Illinois.

In the 61917 zip code, there are 119.3 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is about average compared to other places in Illinois.

In the 61917 zip code, there are 6.5 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is about average compared to other places in Illinois.

The humidity can be uncomfortably heavy or close in the 61917 zip code during the summer months. July is the most humid month, though humidity is low for most of the year. July, August and June are the three most humid months in the 61917 zip code.

July is the wettest month in the 61917 zip code with 4.6 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 2.1 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 30% of yearly precipitation and 18% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 40.7 inches in the 61917 zip code means that it is wetter than most places in Illinois.

May is the rainiest month in the 61917 zip code with 11.0 days of rain, and September is the driest month with only 6.9 rainy days. There are 107.7 rainy days annually in the 61917 zip code, which is about average compared to other places in Illinois. The rainiest season is Summer when it rains 29% of the time and the driest is Winter with only a 22% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 21.9 inches in the 61917 zip code means that it is about average compared to other places in Illinois. January is the snowiest month in the 61917 zip code with 8.2 inches of snow, and 5 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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