Zip 62207 (East St. Louis, IL) Climate


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United States / Illinois / St. Louis Metro Area / St. Clair County / No City / East St. Louis (zip 62207)
62207 East St. Louis, IL has a humid continental climate with hot summers and cold winters. The area experiences around 35 inches of precipitation annually with warm and wet summers and cold and dry winters. Cold fronts often bring heavy snowfall in the winter months while summer storms can bring severe thunderstorms, hail, lightning, and even tornadoes on occasion. The hottest month is usually July when temperatures average around 86°F while the coldest is January at an average of 26°F.

East St. Louis (zip 62207), Illinois gets 42 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

East St. Louis (zip 62207) averages 13 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 202 sunny days per year in East St. Louis (zip 62207). The US average is 205 sunny days.

East St. Louis (zip 62207) gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 102 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 23
Rain: averages 42 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 13 inches of snow a year


Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the 62207 zip code is 7.2 (10=best), which means it is one of the most pleasant places in Illinois.

7.5 Summer - 5.7 Winter
September, May and October are the most pleasant months in the 62207 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 62207 zip code with an average high temperature of 88.5°, which ranks it as one of the hottest places in Illinois. In the 62207 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 62207 zip code are May, September and June.
In the 62207 zip code, there are 35.3 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 62207 zip code with an average of 22.6°. This is one of the warmest places in Illinois.
In the 62207 zip code, there are 93.7 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is one of the warmest places in Illinois.
In the 62207 zip code, there are 1.4 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 62207 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 62207 zip code.
May is the wettest month in the 62207 zip code with 4.8 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 2.3 inches. The wettest season is Summer with 29% of yearly precipitation and 18% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 42.2 inches in the 62207 zip code means that it is wetter than most places in Illinois.
May is the rainiest month in the 62207 zip code with 11.3 days of rain, and September is the driest month with only 6.7 rainy days. There are 102.0 rainy days annually in the 62207 zip code, which is less rainy than most places in Illinois. The rainiest season is Summer when it rains 30% of the time and the driest is Spring with only a 22% chance of a rainy day.
An annual snowfall of 13.2 inches in the 62207 zip code means that it is less snowy than most places in Illinois. January is the snowiest month in the 62207 zip code with 4.1 inches of snow, and 4 months of the year have significant snowfall.
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