Zip 61331 (Lee Center, IL) Climate


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United States / Illinois / Dixon Metro Area / Lee County / No City / Lee Center (zip 61331)
61331 Lee Center, IL has a humid continental climate with warm summers and cold winters. The mean temperature throughout the year is around 41°F (5°C). Summers are hot and humid with temperatures reaching up into the 80s (26-30°C) while winters can dip down to below freezing with temperatures in the teens (around -10°C). Precipitation is generally spread out over the course of the year, however snowfall does accumulate during winter months.
Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the 61331 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 61331 zip code, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

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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 61331 zip code with an average high temperature of 82.8°, which ranks it as one of the coolest places in Illinois. In the 61331 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 61331 zip code are June, August and September.
In the 61331 zip code, there are 9.4 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is one of the coolest places in Illinois.
January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for the 61331 zip code with an average of 11.8°. This is one of the coldest places in Illinois.
In the 61331 zip code, there are 142.1 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is one of the coldest places in Illinois.
In the 61331 zip code, there are 14.1 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is one of the coldest places in Illinois.
The humidity is usually comfortable in the 61331 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.
June is the wettest month in the 61331 zip code with 4.6 inches of rain, and the driest month is January with 1.5 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 35% of yearly precipitation and 14% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 37.4 inches in the 61331 zip code means that it is drier than most places in Illinois.
May is the rainiest month in the 61331 zip code with 10.8 days of rain, and February is the driest month with only 6.2 rainy days. There are 102.4 rainy days annually in the 61331 zip code, which is less rainy than most places in Illinois. The rainiest season is Summer when it rains 28% of the time and the driest is Spring with only a 22% chance of a rainy day.
An annual snowfall of 26.2 inches in the 61331 zip code means that it is snowier than most places in Illinois. January is the snowiest month in the 61331 zip code with 9.4 inches of snow, and 6 months of the year have significant snowfall.
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