Channel Lake weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Channel Lake, Illinois: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at BURLINGTON WWTP, 21 km from Channel Lake; records cover 1951–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 35.3 in897 mm
- Snow a year
- 38 in96 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 4
- First fall freeze
- Oct 10
- Heating degree days
- 7,370
- Cooling degree days
- 499
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −9°−23° (heating, 99%) and 92°33° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Channel Lake in January
Highs average 28°−2° and lows 12°−11°, with 1.8 in46 mm of precipitation and 12 in31 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 60°16° (1967)
- Record low
- −27°−33° (1985)
- Heating degree days
- 1407
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Channel Lake in February
Highs average 31°0° and lows 14°−10°, with 1.8 in45 mm of precipitation and 10 in25 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 73°23° (2024)
- Record low
- −27°−33° (1996)
- Heating degree days
- 1184
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Channel Lake in March
Highs average 43°6° and lows 23°−5°, with 2.1 in53 mm of precipitation and 5 in12 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 82°28° (1986)
- Record low
- −15°−26° (2015)
- Heating degree days
- 991
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Channel Lake in April
Highs average 56°13° and lows 34°1°, with 3.6 in91 mm of precipitation and 1.1 in2.8 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 90°32° (1980)
- Record low
- 3°−16° (1982)
- Heating degree days
- 611
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Channel Lake in May
Highs average 67°19° and lows 44°7°, with 4 in101 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 94°34° (1991)
- Record low
- 22°−6° (1966)
- Heating degree days
- 313
- Cooling degree days
- 26
Channel Lake in June
Highs average 77°25° and lows 55°13°, with 4.5 in115 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 102°39° (1988)
- Record low
- 32°0° (1964)
- Heating degree days
- 78
- Cooling degree days
- 102
Channel Lake in July
Highs average 81°27° and lows 59°15°, with 3.6 in91 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1995)
- Record low
- 39°4° (1972)
- Heating degree days
- 18
- Cooling degree days
- 177
Channel Lake in August
Highs average 80°26° and lows 58°14°, with 3.6 in90 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 102°39° (1988)
- Record low
- 35°2° (1999)
- Heating degree days
- 27
- Cooling degree days
- 138
Channel Lake in September
Highs average 73°23° and lows 50°10°, with 3.5 in88 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 101°38° (1953)
- Record low
- 23°−5° (1974)
- Heating degree days
- 163
- Cooling degree days
- 49
Channel Lake in OctoberThis month
Highs average 60°16° and lows 39°4°, with 2.8 in70 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 90°32° (1971)
- Record low
- 15°−9° (1952)
- Heating degree days
- 492
- Cooling degree days
- 5
Channel Lake in November
Highs average 45°7° and lows 28°−2°, with 2.4 in60 mm of precipitation and 2.2 in5.6 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 76°24° (1974)
- Record low
- −9°−23° (1976)
- Heating degree days
- 858
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Channel Lake in December
Highs average 33°0° and lows 18°−8°, with 1.9 in48 mm of precipitation and 8 in20 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 67°19° (2001)
- Record low
- −18°−28° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 1228
- Cooling degree days
- 0