October
October · April · May
United States · 1991–2020
October leads for comfortable weather in Sycamore: typically 25.3°C by day, 10.8°C at night, with 79 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
October · April · May
September · May · June
November · April · March
The weakest month is January, scoring 31 against October’s 80 — days reach only 15.2°C, 9° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal, and nights drop to 1°C.
Month by month
The bars show the comfort score. Day and night temperatures come from daily observed highs and lows; rain is the historical monthly estimate.
| Month | Day | Night | Rain | Wet days | Daylight | Comfort | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.2°C | 1°C | 103 mm | 8.2 | 10 h 11 | 31 | Good coverage |
| February | 16.7°C | 2°C | 93 mm | 7 | 10 h 57 | 41 | Good coverage |
| March | 20.9°C | 5.6°C | 111 mm | 6.7 | 11 h 53 | 59 | Good coverage |
| April | 25.2°C | 9.6°C | 73 mm | 6.3 | 12 h 57 | 78 | Good coverage |
| May | 29.1°C | 14.3°C | 85 mm | 6.7 | 13 h 50 | 72 | Good coverage |
| June | 32°C | 19.1°C | 135 mm | 8.6 | 14 h 19 | 47 | Good coverage |
| July | 33.6°C | 21.1°C | 148 mm | 9.4 | 14 h 08 | 36 | Good coverage |
| August | 32.4°C | 20.7°C | 152 mm | 9 | 13 h 22 | 40 | Good coverage |
| September | 29.9°C | 17.4°C | 92 mm | 6.6 | 12 h 20 | 65 | Good coverage |
| October | 25.3°C | 10.8°C | 79 mm | 5.5 | 11 h 18 | 80 | Good coverage |
| November | 20.4°C | 4.7°C | 73 mm | 4.9 | 10 h 25 | 63 | Good coverage |
| December | 16.1°C | 1.7°C | 97 mm | 7 | 9 h 59 | 38 | Good coverage |
| Month | Record high | Record low | Wettest day | Wettest / driest month | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.8°C30 Jan 2002 | -18.9°C21 Jan 1985 | 67 mm17 Jan 2010 | 264 mm1991 · driest 16 mm in 1981 | 35 |
| February | 30.6°C2 Feb 2002 | -10.6°C6 Feb 1996 | 69 mm5 Feb 2011 | 250 mm2013 · driest 24 mm in 2009 | 35 |
| March | 31.1°C26 Mar 2007 | -8.9°C1 Mar 2002 | 90 mm28 Mar 2005 | 245 mm2003 · driest 11 mm in 2004 | 35 |
| April | 36.1°C28 Apr 1986 | -3.9°C9 Apr 2007 | 74 mm17 Apr 2007 | 178 mm1982 · driest 13 mm in 1985 | 35 |
| May | 37.8°C26 May 2000 | 3.3°C1 May 2008 | 104 mm30 May 2012 | 238 mm2012 · driest 12 mm in 2011 | 34 |
| June | 41.1°C30 Jun 1998 | 7.8°C5 Jun 1988 | 203 mm27 Jun 1993 | 280 mm1993 · driest 31 mm in 2008 | 33 |
| July | 41.1°C12 Jul 2000 | 13.3°C9 Jul 2006 | 162 mm12 Jul 2013 | 471 mm2013 · driest 25 mm in 1986 | 34 |
| August | 41.1°C22 Aug 1983 | 11.7°C29 Aug 1986 | 147 mm2 Aug 1991 | 376 mm2012 · driest 36 mm in 1983 | 33 |
| September | 39.4°C1 Sep 1998 | 5.0°C24 Sep 1999 | 111 mm22 Sep 1989 | 286 mm1989 · driest 4 mm in 1985 | 31 |
| October | 35.6°C4 Oct 1986 | -2.2°C30 Oct 1987 | 182 mm9 Oct 1992 | 253 mm1990 · driest 1 mm in 2000 | 33 |
| November | 32.2°C2 Nov 2007 | -8.3°C19 Nov 2014 | 107 mm11 Nov 2009 | 276 mm1985 · driest 14 mm in 1998 | 31 |
| December | 28.3°C3 Dec 1991 | -15.0°C25 Dec 1983 | 134 mm13 Dec 1985 | 218 mm1997 · driest 22 mm in 1988 | 33 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Frost nights | Heavy rain (10 mm+) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 |
| February | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 |
| March | 9 | <1 | 6 | 3 |
| April | 17 | 5 | <1 | 2 |
| May | 27 | 15 | 0 | 3 |
| June | 29 | 23 | 0 | 4 |
| July | 31 | 29 | 0 | 5 |
| August | 31 | 26 | 0 | 5 |
| September | 28 | 18 | 0 | 3 |
| October | 18 | 4 | <1 | 2 |
| November | 6 | <1 | 7 | 2 |
| December | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 |
| Month | Warm & dry days | Wet days | Washouts | Week with 3+ wet days | Daytime mean has ranged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15% | 27% | 12% | 27% | 12.1–18.4°C |
| February | 26% | 26% | 12% | 25% | 14.3–19.0°C |
| March | 50% | 22% | 12% | 17% | 18.7–22.9°C |
| April | 71% | 22% | 9% | 18% | 23.6–27.3°C |
| May | 78% | 21% | 9% | 18% | 27.5–30.7°C |
| June | 72% | 29% | 14% | 33% | 30.1–34.5°C |
| July | 68% | 32% | 14% | 41% | 32.4–35.3°C |
| August | 69% | 31% | 15% | 36% | 31.0–34.8°C |
| September | 78% | 22% | 9% | 18% | 28.9–31.1°C |
| October | 77% | 18% | 7% | 15% | 23.7–27.3°C |
| November | 49% | 18% | 8% | 12% | 18.6–22.8°C |
| December | 22% | 24% | 10% | 26% | 13.5–18.8°C |
A warm and dry day reaches 20°C with under 1 mm of rain; a wet day gets 1 mm or more; a washout gets 10 mm or more. The week column is the share of seven-day stretches in that month, across the station’s whole daily record, that contained three or more wet days — the odds a week-long trip is rained on repeatedly, counted rather than modelled. The last column is the 10th to 90th percentile of that month’s daytime average across individual years: a narrow band means the average is what you will get, a wide one means the average is a midpoint between years that felt quite different.
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