Metcalf weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Metcalf, Illinois: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Paris Stp, 24 km from Metcalf; records cover 1893–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 42.7 in1086 mm
- Snow a year
- 19 in49 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 13
- First fall freeze
- Oct 17
- Heating degree days
- 5,852
- Cooling degree days
- 929
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −2°−19° (heating, 99%) and 94°34° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Metcalf in January
Highs average 34°1° and lows 17°−9°, with 2.8 in71 mm of precipitation and 9 in22 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 71°22° (1950)
- Record low
- −23°−31° (1930)
- Heating degree days
- 1230
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Metcalf in February
Highs average 39°4° and lows 20°−7°, with 2.3 in59 mm of precipitation and 4 in9 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 75°24° (2000)
- Record low
- −21°−29° (1905)
- Heating degree days
- 998
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Metcalf in March
Highs average 50°10° and lows 29°−2°, with 3 in76 mm of precipitation and 2 in5.1 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 88°31° (1907)
- Record low
- −8°−22° (1960)
- Heating degree days
- 792
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Metcalf in April
Highs average 63°17° and lows 40°4°, with 4.9 in125 mm of precipitation and 0.3 in0.8 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 92°33° (1896)
- Record low
- 17°−8° (1982)
- Heating degree days
- 417
- Cooling degree days
- 9
Metcalf in May
Highs average 73°23° and lows 51°11°, with 4.2 in106 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 99°37° (1896)
- Record low
- 27°−3° (1895)
- Heating degree days
- 160
- Cooling degree days
- 70
Metcalf in June
Highs average 82°28° and lows 61°16°, with 5 in128 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 106°41° (1954)
- Record low
- 33°1° (1894)
- Heating degree days
- 21
- Cooling degree days
- 206
Metcalf in July
Highs average 84°29° and lows 64°18°, with 3.8 in97 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 109°43° (1936)
- Record low
- 45°7° (1895)
- Heating degree days
- 3
- Cooling degree days
- 285
Metcalf in August
Highs average 83°28° and lows 62°17°, with 3.6 in91 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 107°42° (1897)
- Record low
- 39°4° (1915)
- Heating degree days
- 7
- Cooling degree days
- 235
Metcalf in September
Highs average 78°25° and lows 54°12°, with 2.9 in75 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1954)
- Record low
- 24°−4° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 83
- Cooling degree days
- 105
Metcalf in OctoberThis month
Highs average 66°19° and lows 43°6°, with 3.6 in92 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 93°34° (1939)
- Record low
- 15°−9° (1925)
- Heating degree days
- 356
- Cooling degree days
- 17
Metcalf in November
Highs average 51°10° and lows 31°0°, with 3.7 in93 mm of precipitation and 0.6 in1.5 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 83°28° (1933)
- Record low
- −6°−21° (1950)
- Heating degree days
- 720
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Metcalf in December
Highs average 39°4° and lows 23°−5°, with 2.9 in72 mm of precipitation and 4 in10 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 73°23° (1982)
- Record low
- −22°−30° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 1065
- Cooling degree days
- 0