Zip 60046 (Lindenhurst, IL) Climate

The climate in 60046 Lindenhurst, IL is seasonal with hot summers and cold winters. The average high during the summer months of June, July, and August is around 80°F and the average low is around 62°F. During the winter months of December, January, and February, the average high is 35°F and the average low is 17°F. Precipitation averages about 37 inches a year throughout the year with light snowfall in the winter season.

Lindenhurst (zip 60046), Illinois gets 36 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Lindenhurst (zip 60046) averages 43 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 Lindenhurst (zip 60046). The US average is 205 sunny days.

Lindenhurst (zip 60046) gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 116 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 82 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 15
Rain: averages 36 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 43 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the 60046 zip code is 6.8 (10=best), which means it is less comfortable than most places in Illinois.

9.2 Summer - 4.3 Winter

June, August and September are the most pleasant months in the 60046 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 60046 zip code with an average high temperature of 81.7°, which ranks it as one of the coolest places in Illinois. In the 60046 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 60046 zip code are June, August and July.

In the 60046 zip code, there are 7.6 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 60046 zip code with an average of 14.7°. This is colder than most places in Illinois.

In the 60046 zip code, there are 132.7 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is colder than most places in Illinois.

In the 60046 zip code, there are 8.9 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is colder than most places in Illinois.

The humidity is usually comfortable in the 60046 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 60046 zip code with 4.1 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 1.7 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 36.3 inches in the 60046 zip code means that it is one of the driest places in Illinois.

May is the rainiest month in the 60046 zip code with 12.0 days of rain, and February is the driest month with only 7.9 rainy days. There are 116.3 rainy days annually in the 60046 zip code, which is rainier 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 23% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 43.2 inches in the 60046 zip code means that it is one of the snowiest places in Illinois. January is the snowiest month in the 60046 zip code with 13.0 inches of snow, and 6 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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Lake Villa Township

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