Zip 60634 (Chicago, IL) Climate

Chicago, IL has a continental climate with distinct four seasons. Summers in the city are hot and humid with temperatures frequently reaching the low to mid 80s Fahrenheit. Winter months can be cold and snowy with temperatures dropping into single-digits at times. Spring and Fall offer mild temperatures ranging from the 30s to 60s, making them great times of year for outdoor activities. Precipitation is fairly distributed throughout the year, making Chicago an ideal place to experience all four seasons.

Chicago (zip 60634), Illinois gets 38 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Chicago (zip 60634) averages 37 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 Chicago (zip 60634). The US average is 205 sunny days.

Chicago (zip 60634) 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 17
Rain: averages 38 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 37 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the 60634 zip code is 6.9 (10=best), which means it is less comfortable than most places in Illinois.

9 Summer - 4.5 Winter

June, September and August are the most pleasant months in the 60634 zip code, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

Climate	Chicago, Illinois	United States
	37.8 in.	38.1 in.
	37.2 in.	27.8 in.
	125.2 days	106.2 days
	189 days	205 days
	83.9°	85.8°
	17.4°	21.7°
	6.9	7
	3.6	4.3
	649 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 the 60634 zip code with an average high temperature of 83.9°, which ranks it as cooler than most places in Illinois. In the 60634 zip code, there are 5 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for the 60634 zip code are June, September and August.

In the 60634 zip code, there are 15.1 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is cooler than most places in Illinois.

January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for the 60634 zip code with an average of 17.4°. This is about average compared to other places in Illinois.

In the 60634 zip code, there are 115.4 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is warmer than most places in Illinois.

In the 60634 zip code, there are 6.3 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is about average compared to other places in Illinois.

The humidity is usually comfortable in the 60634 zip code but some summer months can be sticky or muggy. July is the most humid month, though humidity is low for most of the year. The most humid months are July, August and June.

August is the wettest month in the 60634 zip code with 4.7 inches of rain, and the driest month is January with 1.8 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 32% of yearly precipitation and 16% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 37.8 inches in the 60634 zip code means that it is drier than most places in Illinois.

April is the rainiest month in the 60634 zip code with 11.7 days of rain, and February is the driest month with only 8.6 rainy days. There are 125.2 rainy days annually in the 60634 zip code, 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 Autumn with only a 24% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 37.2 inches in the 60634 zip code means that it is one of the snowiest places in Illinois. January is the snowiest month in the 60634 zip code with 11.4 inches of snow, and 6 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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