Six Mile, IL climate
Six Mile has chilly winters and warm summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 88°, a January night drops to 24°, and about 10 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
NOAA 1991-2020 climate normals Updated once a decadeWhat a year in Six Mile feels like
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Six Mile 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 | 41° | 24° | 3.1" | 2.3" | 8 | 27° – 42° |
| February | 46° | 28° | 3.0" | 2.9" | 7 | 26° – 46° |
| March | 56° | 36° | 4.2" | 1.4" | 9 | 39° – 59° |
| April | 68° | 45° | 5.4" | 0.1" | 9 | 49° – 62° |
| May | 77° | 55° | 5.2" | 0 | 10 | 61° – 73° |
| June | 85° | 64° | 4.5" | 0 | 8 | 69° – 79° |
| July | 88° | 68° | 3.9" | 0 | 8 | 72° – 84° |
| August | 87° | 65° | 3.2" | 0 | 7 | 71° – 83° |
| September | 81° | 57° | 3.3" | 0 | 6 | 65° – 76° |
| October | 70° | 46° | 3.6" | 0.3" | 6 | 53° – 63° |
| November | 56° | 36° | 4.1" | 0.1" | 7 | 39° – 52° |
| December | 45° | 28° | 3.4" | 2.7" | 8 | 23° – 46° |
| Year | 67° | 46° | 46.7" | 9.8" | 94 |
“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 Six Mile
Six Mile gets 47 inches of rain and melted snow a year. April is the wettest month and February the driest. Rain or snow falls on about 94 days a year.
About 199 frost-free days a year
In half of years the last 32° night comes by April 6 and the first one by October 22. That leaves about 199 frost-free days for gardens, longer than 72% of U.S. towns.
Heating and cooling a home in Six Mile
Engineers use “degree days” to estimate how hard a furnace or air conditioner works. In Six Mile, 77% of that work is heating and 23% is cooling.
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.
Six Mile and its neighbors
Six Mile borders 3 towns with climate data. January nights across them vary by 0.4°. Tyrone has the coldest January nights (24°) and Elk the hottest July afternoons (88°). Six Mile’s January low is 24° and its July high 88°.