Bald Bluff, IL climate
Bald Bluff has chilly winters and warm summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 85°, a January night drops to 15°, and about 20 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
NOAA 1991-2020 climate normals Updated once a decadeWhat a year in Bald Bluff feels like
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Bald Bluff weather by month
Average highs, lows, rain and snow for every month, from NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals.
| Month | High | Low | Rain + melt | Snow | Wet days | 30-yr range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32° | 15° | 1.5" | 6.8" | 6 | 16° – 36° |
| February | 36° | 19° | 1.7" | 3.9" | 6 | 14° – 39° |
| March | 50° | 30° | 2.5" | 3.4" | 7 | 31° – 53° |
| April | 62° | 40° | 3.6" | 0.6" | 9 | 42° – 59° |
| May | 73° | 52° | 4.9" | 0 | 10 | 57° – 70° |
| June | 82° | 61° | 4.9" | 0 | 8 | 69° – 75° |
| July | 85° | 65° | 3.9" | 0 | 7 | 70° – 80° |
| August | 83° | 63° | 3.7" | 0 | 7 | 67° – 78° |
| September | 77° | 55° | 3.5" | 0 | 6 | 60° – 71° |
| October | 65° | 43° | 2.9" | 0 | 5 | 48° – 59° |
| November | 49° | 31° | 2.3" | 0.5" | 6 | 32° – 50° |
| December | 37° | 21° | 1.9" | 5.2" | 6 | 14° – 38° |
| Year | 61° | 41° | 37.3" | 20.4" | 82 |
“Wet days” have at least 0.01" of rain or melted snow. “Snow on ground” counts days with 1" or more. The 30-year range is the coldest and warmest that month’s average temperature got between 1991 and 2020.
Rain and snow in Bald Bluff
Bald Bluff gets 37 inches of rain and melted snow a year. May is the wettest month and January the driest. Rain or snow falls on about 82 days a year.
About 202 frost-free days a year
In half of years the last 32° night comes by April 8 and the first one by October 29. That leaves about 202 frost-free days for gardens, longer than 73% of U.S. towns.
Heating and cooling a home in Bald Bluff
Engineers use “degree days” to estimate how hard a furnace or air conditioner works. In Bald Bluff, 84% of that work is heating and 16% is cooling, so the furnace matters far more than the air conditioner.
Degree days measure how far each day’s average temperature falls below or rises above 65°, added up over a year. Source: NOAA station normals.
Bald Bluff and its neighbors
Bald Bluff borders 6 towns with climate data. January nights across them vary by 0.7°. Ohio Grove has the coldest January nights (15°) and Oquawka the hottest July afternoons (86°). Bald Bluff’s January low is 15° and its July high 85°.
Temperatures and rain come from NOAA’s 5 km grid, so each town gets its own value.