May
May · October · April
United States · 1991–2020
May leads for comfortable weather in Algren: typically 25°C by day, 14°C at night, with 100 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
May · October · April
June · August · July
April · October · November
The weakest month is January, scoring 14 against May’s 80 — days reach only 10.1°C, 14° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal, and nights drop to -0.3°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 | 10.1°C | -0.3°C | 93 mm | 8.5 | 9 h 54 | 14 | Strong coverage |
| February | 11.9°C | 0.8°C | 75 mm | 7.5 | 10 h 47 | 25 | Strong coverage |
| March | 15.7°C | 4.1°C | 103 mm | 9.1 | 11 h 51 | 38 | Strong coverage |
| April | 21.2°C | 9.1°C | 92 mm | 8.1 | 13 h 05 | 68 | Strong coverage |
| May | 25°C | 14°C | 100 mm | 8.9 | 14 h 06 | 80 | Strong coverage |
| June | 29.1°C | 18.7°C | 119 mm | 8.9 | 14 h 40 | 59 | Strong coverage |
| July | 31.1°C | 21.2°C | 145 mm | 9.8 | 14 h 27 | 44 | Strong coverage |
| August | 30°C | 20.6°C | 149 mm | 8.9 | 13 h 34 | 49 | Strong coverage |
| September | 27.2°C | 17.5°C | 147 mm | 8 | 12 h 22 | 65 | Strong coverage |
| October | 22.1°C | 11.1°C | 108 mm | 6.6 | 11 h 11 | 73 | Strong coverage |
| November | 16.4°C | 5.1°C | 93 mm | 7.1 | 10 h 09 | 45 | Strong coverage |
| December | 12°C | 1.8°C | 94 mm | 8 | 9 h 39 | 24 | Strong coverage |
What has changed
Each bar compares the 2011–2025 daytime average for that month against the same month in 1961–1990, measured at the same station. Months where the older record is too thin to compare are left blank.
| Month | Record high | Record low | Wettest day | Wettest / driest month | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.1°C30 Jan 2002 | -20.6°C21 Jan 1985 | 78 mm8 Jan 1967 | 230 mm1987 · driest 17 mm in 1981 | 80 |
| February | 27.2°C26 Feb 1977 | -15.6°C5 Feb 1996 | 106 mm4 Feb 1998 | 202 mm1998 · driest 15 mm in 2017 | 80 |
| March | 31.1°C12 Mar 1990 | -10.0°C2 Mar 1980 | 78 mm2 Mar 1994 | 284 mm1994 · driest 18 mm in 2006 | 80 |
| April | 34.4°C27 Apr 1990 | -4.4°C14 Apr 1950 | 110 mm20 Apr 1991 | 183 mm1984 · driest 10 mm in 1976 | 80 |
| May | 36.7°C31 May 1991 | -1.1°C9 May 1956 | 79 mm6 May 1958 | 206 mm2016 · driest 23 mm in 1986 | 81 |
| June | 40.6°C26 Jun 1952 | 4.4°C6 Jun 1945 | 130 mm14 Jun 2006 | 299 mm2006 · driest 7 mm in 1980 | 81 |
| July | 39.4°C29 Jul 1952 | 9.4°C29 Jul 1946 | 124 mm24 Jul 2014 | 310 mm1975 · driest 33 mm in 1961 | 81 |
| August | 39.4°C1 Aug 2004 | 7.8°C26 Aug 1952 | 279 mm27 Aug 2011 | 488 mm1992 · driest 19 mm in 1972 | 80 |
| September | 38.3°C22 Sep 2004 | 3.9°C25 Sep 1950 | 233 mm15 Sep 1999 | 586 mm1999 · driest 5 mm in 1958 | 81 |
| October | 36.7°C6 Oct 1954 | -5.0°C30 Oct 1952 | 221 mm8 Oct 2016 | 311 mm1959 · driest 1 mm in 2000 | 81 |
| November | 29.4°C1 Nov 1950 | -7.8°C21 Nov 1951 | 196 mm12 Nov 2009 | 327 mm2009 · driest 6 mm in 2001 | 81 |
| December | 26.7°C3 Dec 1991 | -15.6°C25 Dec 1983 | 95 mm17 Dec 2023 | 181 mm2013 · driest 7 mm in 1948 | 81 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Frost nights | Heavy rain (10 mm+) | Snow days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 1 |
| February | <1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | <1 |
| March | 2 | <1 | 7 | 4 | <1 |
| April | 9 | <1 | <1 | 3 | 0 |
| May | 18 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| June | 26 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| July | 31 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| August | 30 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| September | 22 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| October | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| November | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| December | <1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | <1 |
| Month | Warm & dry days | Wet days | Washouts | Week with 3+ wet days | Daytime mean has ranged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6% | 27% | 10% | 30% | 6.7–13.7°C |
| February | 9% | 28% | 10% | 31% | 8.2–14.3°C |
| March | 21% | 29% | 12% | 30% | 12.6–18.4°C |
| April | 46% | 27% | 9% | 29% | 19.1–23.4°C |
| May | 65% | 28% | 11% | 32% | 23.3–27.0°C |
| June | 72% | 27% | 11% | 31% | 27.5–30.6°C |
| July | 68% | 32% | 14% | 39% | 29.5–32.8°C |
| August | 72% | 29% | 14% | 34% | 28.6–31.5°C |
| September | 74% | 24% | 11% | 24% | 25.6–28.8°C |
| October | 55% | 20% | 8% | 19% | 19.9–23.6°C |
| November | 24% | 23% | 9% | 19% | 13.9–18.8°C |
| December | 7% | 25% | 10% | 27% | 8.5–14.7°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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