Zip 62912 (Buncombe, IL) Climate

62912 Buncombe, IL has a humid continental climate with warm summers and cold winters. Summers are usually hot and humid while winters can be long and cold with snowfall occurring in some years. The average temperature in the summer is in the low 80s while in the winter it usually drops to mid-20s during the day and into single digits at night. Precipitation is evenly spread out throughout the year, with most of it falling between April and September. Additionally, citizens can expect an average of 40 inches of snow each winter season.

Buncombe (zip 62912), Illinois gets 49 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Buncombe (zip 62912) averages 10 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 206 sunny days per year in Buncombe (zip 62912). The US average is 205 sunny days.

Buncombe (zip 62912) gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 109 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 89 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 24
Rain: averages 49 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 10 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the 62912 zip code is 7.2 (10=best), which means it is one of the most pleasant places in Illinois.

7.4 Summer - 5.7 Winter

September, May and October are the most pleasant months in the 62912 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 62912 zip code with an average high temperature of 88.8°, which ranks it as one of the hottest places in Illinois. In the 62912 zip code, there are 3 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for the 62912 zip code are May, September and June.

In the 62912 zip code, there are 37.0 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is one of the hottest places in Illinois.

January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for the 62912 zip code with an average of 23.8°. This is one of the warmest places in Illinois.

In the 62912 zip code, there are 92.1 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is one of the warmest places in Illinois.

In the 62912 zip code, there are 1.3 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is one of the warmest places in Illinois.

The humidity can be uncomfortably heavy or close in the 62912 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 62912 zip code.

May is the wettest month in the 62912 zip code with 5.5 inches of rain, and the driest month is August with 3.1 inches. The wettest season is Summer with 30% of yearly precipitation and 22% occurs in Autumn, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 48.9 inches in the 62912 zip code means that it is one of the wettest places in Illinois.

May is the rainiest month in the 62912 zip code with 11.3 days of rain, and August is the driest month with only 6.9 rainy days. There are 109.1 rainy days annually in the 62912 zip code, which is rainier than most places in Illinois. The rainiest season is Summer when it rains 30% of the time and the driest is Autumn with only a 22% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 10.2 inches in the 62912 zip code means that it is one of the least snowy places in Illinois. February is the snowiest month in the 62912 zip code with 3.9 inches of snow, and 4 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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