Historical Climate Data

Precipitation Summary

Station: 113530 GOLDEN, IL

1971-2000 NCDC Normals

Element Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Prec. (in) 1.19 1.60 2.66 3.47 4.89 3.86 4.26 3.59 3.53 2.96 2.89 2.13 37.03

Precipitation Extremes

Period of Record: 1913-2006


Month
High (in)
Year
Low (in)
Year 		1-Day
Max (in)
Date
Jan 6.29 1965 0.03 1919 2.50 01-01-1965
Feb 4.62 1997 0.00 1987 3.00 02-21-1997
Mar 7.00 1929 0.41 1918 2.81 03-11-1939
Apr 8.78 1944 0.45 1932 3.00 04-16-1982
May 13.70 1991 0.35 1992 3.60 05-30-1991
Jun 12.17 1998 0.45 1922 5.00 06-29-1998
Jul 11.76 1981 0.31 1934 5.95 07-22-1951
Aug 9.43 1977 0.40 1992 4.36 08-26-2004
Sep 13.07 1961 0.00 1956 3.74 09-10-1937
Oct 9.14 1941 0.14 1964 4.30 10-05-1955
Nov 8.57 1985 0.06 1914 2.65 11-19-1985
Dec 7.44 1982 0.10 1955 3.10 12-02-1982
             
Annual 52.09 1973 21.19 1956 5.95 07-22-1951
Winter 9.97 1950 1.48 1964 3.10 12-02-1982
Spring 21.14 1991 3.41 1971 3.60 05-30-1991
Summer 22.75 1981 3.82 1936 5.95 07-22-1951
Fall 18.02 1961 2.34 1956 4.30 10-05-1955

Precipitation Threshold Climatology

Derived from 1971-2000 Averages:

*Annual/seasonal totals may differ from the sum of the monthly totals due to rounding.


Month 		# Days
Total ≥ 0.01" 		# Days
Total ≥ 0.10" 		# Days
Total ≥ 0.50" 		# Days
Total ≥ 1.00"
Jan 4.4 3.6 0.6 0.1
Feb 4.4 3.7 1.4 0.4
Mar 7.3 6.0 1.7 0.7
Apr 8.1 6.9 2.5 0.7
May 9.4 7.9 3.3 1.4
Jun 7.9 6.8 2.5 1.2
Jul 7.2 6.0 2.8 1.5
Aug 6.7 5.8 2.5 1.1
Sep 6.2 5.6 2.6 1.1
Oct 6.7 5.6 2.0 0.7
Nov 7.3 6.4 2.1 0.6
Dec 5.6 4.1 1.5 0.6
         
Annual 81.4 68.5 25.6 10.1
Winter 14.4 11.5 3.6 1.1
Spring 24.8 20.8 7.5 2.8
Summer 21.8 18.6 7.8 3.8
Fall 20.3 17.6 6.7 2.4

Temperature Summary

Station 113530 GOLDEN, IL

1971-2000 NCDC Normals

Element Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High °F 31.4 37.6 49.8 62.3 73.0 82.4 86.4 84.3 77.5 66.0 49.7 36.4 61.4
Low °F 13.4 18.5 28.9 40.3 51.3 60.7 64.9 62.3 53.1 41.9 30.3 19.4 40.4
Mean °F 22.4 28.1 39.4 51.3 62.2 71.6 75.7 73.3 65.3 54.0 40.0 27.9 50.9
HDD 1321 1035 795 417 162 14 1 16 90 351 749 1150 6101
CDD 0 0 0 6 75 211 331 273 98 9 0 0 1003

HDD - heating degree days (base 65F); CDD - cooling degree days (base 65F)

Temperature Extremes

Period of Record: 1962-2006


Month 		High
Mean °F
Year 		Low
Mean °F
Year 		1-Day
Max °F
Date 		1-Day
Min °F
Date
Jan 37.1 2006 10.9 1977 70 01-22-1967 -23 01-12-1974
Feb 39.7 1976 16.3 1978 76 02-29-1972 -20 02-06-1978
Mar 47.4 1973 30.1 1965 84 03-30-1986 -14 03-04-1978
Apr 59.7 1981 46.9 1983 93 04-26-1986 13 04-06-1982
May 69.7 1977 57.4 1997 93 05-18-1964 29 05-10-1966
Jun 77.0 1971 67.4 1985 101 06-26-1988 41 06-11-1972
Jul 80.5 1983 71.6 1971 105 07-12-1966 45 07-04-1967
Aug 81.0 1983 68.0 2004 103 08-17-1988 40 08-31-1967
Sep 71.9 1978 60.3 1993 98 09-07-1990 30 09-29-1984
Oct 66.8 1963 48.7 1987 95 10-04-2006 19 10-19-1972
Nov 47.3 1975 33.7 1996 80 11-11-1964 -14 11-30-1964
Dec 39.6 1965 14.6 1983 71 12-03-1970 -22 12-23-1989
                 
Annual 54.9 1982 48.5 1989 105 07-12-1966 -23 01-12-1974
Winter 33.8 1983 19.4 1978 76 02-29-1972 -23 01-12-1974
Spring 58.5 1977 47.3 1996 93 04-26-1986 -14 03-04-1978
Summer 78.4 1983 69.7 2004 105 07-12-1966 40 08-31-1967
Fall 60.1 1963 49.8 1993 98 09-07-1990 -14 11-30-1964

Temperature Threshold Climatology

Derived from 1971-2000 Averages:

*Annual/seasonal values may differ from the sum of the monthly values due to rounding.


Month 		# Days
High ≥ 90°F 		# Days
High ≤ 32°F 		# Days
Low ≤ 32°F 		# Days
Low ≤ 0°F
Jan 0.0 14.8 28.9 5.0
Feb 0.0 9.5 24.0 3.3
Mar 0.0 2.6 18.5 0.3
Apr 0.1 0.1 5.2 0.0
May 0.8 0.0 0.1 0.0
Jun 6.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
Jul 11.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
Aug 8.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Sep 3.0 0.0 0.2 0.0
Oct 0.1 0.0 4.2 0.0
Nov 0.0 2.0 16.2 0.1
Dec 0.0 9.6 26.6 2.4
         
Annual 29.3 38.9 124.9 11.2
Winter 0.0 33.8 79.5 10.7
Spring 0.9 2.6 23.4 0.3
Summer 25.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
Fall 3.1 2.0 20.6 0.1

Snowfall Summary

Station: 113530 GOLDEN, IL

1971-2000 Averages

Element Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Snow (in) 6.4 4.7 1.9 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.5 4.6 19.6

Snowfall Extremes

Period of Record: 1913-2006

Month High (in) Year 1-Day Max (in) Date
Jan 21.0 1997 9.0 01-26-1967
Feb 19.0 1975 10.0 02-24-1975
Mar 22.4 1960 8.0 03-05-1964
Apr 7.0 1980 5.0 04-17-1953
May 0.0 - - -
Jun 0.0 - - -
Jul 0.0 - - -
Aug 0.0 - - -
Sep 0.0 - - -
Oct 2.4 1916 2.4 10-20-1916
Nov 8.0 1972 7.0 11-25-2004
Dec 16.0 2000 12.5 12-24-1915
Season (Jul-Jun) 50.0 1977-1978 12.5 12-24-1915

Snowfall Threshold Climatology

Derived from 1971-2000 Averages

*Annual values may differ from the sum of the monthly values due to rounding.


Month 		# Days
Total ≥ 0.1" 		# Days
Total ≥ 1.0" 		# Days
Total ≥ 2.0" 		# Days
Total ≥ 5.0"
Jan 2.0 1.8 1.2 0.3
Feb 2.0 1.8 1.2 0.3
Mar 1.0 0.9 0.5 0.1
Apr 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.0
May 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Jun 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Jul 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Aug 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Sep 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Oct 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nov 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.1
Dec 2.3 2.0 1.1 0.1
Annual 9.0 7.6 4.8 0.9

Growing Season Summary

Station: 113530 GOLDEN, IL

Growing Degree Day Averages

Derived from 1971-2000 Data

Base Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
40 10 34 154 388 717 982 1130 1061 795 476 150 27 5849
45 3 13 87 264 562 832 975 906 646 335 82 11 4655
50 0 4 47 162 411 682 820 751 498 214 40 4 3585
55 0 0 22 88 273 532 665 596 357 122 16 1 2634
60 0 0 7 41 157 385 510 441 231 56 4 0 1806
50** 6 22 95 231 441 660 772 718 513 290 85 16 3803

**Modified Growing Degree Days: Base 50, Ceiling 86.

Growing Season Summary

Derived from 1971-2000 Averages

Date of Last Spring Occurrence Date of First Fall Occurrence
Temp °F Median Early 90% 10% Late Median Early 90% 10% Late
32 4/12 3/25 4/02 4/28 5/04 10/16 9/22 9/28 11/04 11/06
30 4/08 3/25 4/01 4/19 4/22 10/19 9/30 10/04 11/05 11/07
28 4/07 3/23 3/24 4/18 4/22 11/02 10/02 10/14 11/14 11/16
24 4/01 2/28 3/15 4/10 4/11 11/09 10/12 10/21 11/26 11/30
20 3/18 2/14 2/27 4/05 4/10 11/15 10/20 11/03 12/11 12/21
16 3/07 1/28 2/09 3/25 4/06 11/30 11/02 11/10 12/17 12/22

Length of Growing Season (Days)

Derived from 1971-2000 Averages

Temp °F Median Shortest 10% 90% Longest
32 183 157 169 203 226
30 193 172 177 211 226
28 210 177 190 224 228
24 223 190 211 246 250
20 248 194 222 278 299
16 270 221 239 299 322

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Jim Angel, State Climatologist, jimangel@illinois.edu
Last Modified: September 11, 2007