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Hammond, LA vs Decatur, IL

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- Decatur has 36.8% less rainy days than Hammond.
- Decatur has 7.4% less Sunny Days than Hammond.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Decatur scores 2.9% better than Hammond
 Hammond, LADecatur, ILUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock4038
 Snowfall0  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock104106
 Sunny215  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock8786
 Avg. Jan. Low38  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.27
 UV Index5.7  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock6762443
Reviews for Hammond    5 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

It is a nice  More

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Over 15 years ago

I think that the climate is the wort thing about hammond.We do not have feal seasons. In December it can be 40 degrees one day and the next its 90. The heat and humidity  More

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Over 18 years ago

Hammond used to be a small,quiet town but with the growth of the local college it is increasing in size and everything that goes with  More

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Reviews for Decatur    14 Reviews

I was sent here by the company I worked for in the '90's and was not initially impressed with midwest living. However, over the years I got used to living in the "Pride  More

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I grew up in Decatur and I still have family there, but it depresses me to see what it has become. It has a high unemployment rate, many business have closed or are run  More

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Over 15 years ago

If you enjoy drinking & driving, Decatur's fifteen drive-thru liquor windows, three times the # of drive-thru's than the ten largest cities in Illinois, COMBINED, will  More

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