Climate · Six Mile

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 decade
July high
88°
149th hottest of 2,886 Illinois towns
January low
24°
118th mildest of 2,886 Illinois towns
Rain + melted snow
47 in
172nd wettest of 2,886 Illinois towns
Snow a winter
10 in
211th least snowy of 2,880 Illinois towns
A normal year

What a year in Six Mile feels like

Winter

44° / 27°
Typical high / low · 4 days with an inch or more of snow

Spring

67° / 45°
Typical high / low · Last frost around Apr 6

Summer

87° / 65°
Typical high / low · 38 days reach 90° in a normal year

Fall

69° / 46°
Typical high / low · First frost around Oct 22
Best months to be outsideAprMaySepOctHighs of 62–84° and lows of 40° or more
Month by month

Six Mile weather by month

Average highs, lows, rain and snow for every month, from NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals.

MonthHighLowRain + meltSnowWet days30-yr range
January41°24°3.1" 2.3"8 27° – 42°
February46°28°3.0" 2.9"7 26° – 46°
March56°36°4.2" 1.4"9 39° – 59°
April68°45°5.4" 0.1"9 49° – 62°
May77°55°5.2" 010 61° – 73°
June85°64°4.5" 08 69° – 79°
July88°68°3.9" 08 72° – 84°
August87°65°3.2" 07 71° – 83°
September81°57°3.3" 06 65° – 76°
October70°46°3.6" 0.3"6 53° – 63°
November56°36°4.1" 0.1"7 39° – 52°
December45°28°3.4" 2.7"8 23° – 46°
Year67°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 & snow

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.

47 in
Rain + melted snow a year
More rain than 76% of U.S. towns
10 in
Snow in a normal winter
Less snow than 73% of U.S. towns
94 days
With rain or snow (0.01"+)

Rain + melted snow by month

Inches of water
5.4"

Snowfall by month

Inches of snow
2.9"
Frost & the growing season

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.

93
nights at or below 32° in a normal year
1
nights below 0° in a normal year
38
days that reach 90° in a normal year

Freezing nights by month

Average nights at or below 32°

90° days by month

Average days at 90° or more
Heating & cooling

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.

77%heating
4,564 heating degree daysLess heating than 73% of U.S. towns
1,329 cooling degree daysMore cooling than 73% of U.S. towns

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.

Around Six Mile

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°.

Frankfort: January low 24°, July high 88°Browning: January low 24°, July high 88°Freeman Spur: January low 25°, July high 88°De Soto: January low 24°, July high 88°Vergennes: January low 24°, July high 89°Goode: January low 24°, July high 88°Denning: January low 24°, July high 88°Elk: January low 24°, July high 88°Tyrone: January low 24°, July high 88°Six Mile: January low 24°, July high 88° Six MileDenningElkTyrone
ColderMilder24° to 25°
Tyrone24.0° −0.3°