Aledo, Illinois climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Aledo's normal year runs from 13°F January nights to 85°F July afternoons, with 39.1 inches of precipitation and 22 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 10.0°C, January lows of −10°C, July highs of 29°C, 993 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationAledo
- Station IDUSC00110072
- Location41.20°N 90.74°W
- Elevation730 ft (223 m)
- From the centerunder 1 mile
- Population3,522
On October 22, the normal high in Aledo is 61°F and the normal low 39°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 24%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Aledo.
- Jan 31° 13°
- Feb 36° 17°
- Mar 49° 27°
- Apr 62° 38°
- May 73° 50°
- Jun 82° 60°
- Jul 85° 63°
- Aug 83° 62°
- Sep 77° 53°
- Oct 64° 41°
- Nov 49° 30°
- Dec 36° 20°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Aledo each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 85°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 13°F. The most precipitation falls in June (5.37 in), the least in January (1.67 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31°F | 13°F | 22.2°F | 1.67 | 6.2 | 6 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 30 min |
| February | 36°F | 17°F | 26.3°F | 1.85 | 6.2 | 6 | <1 | 26 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 49°F | 27°F | 38.2°F | 2.52 | 3.0 | 8 | <1 | 22 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 62°F | 38°F | 50.0°F | 4.00 | 0.6 | 10 | <1 | 8 | 13 h 20 min |
| May | 73°F | 50°F | 61.2°F | 5.06 | 0.0 | 12 | <1 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| June | 82°F | 60°F | 70.7°F | 5.37 | 0.0 | 10 | 3 | <1 | 15 h 10 min |
| July | 85°F | 63°F | 74.1°F | 3.86 | 0.0 | 8 | 5 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| August | 83°F | 62°F | 72.3°F | 3.89 | 0.0 | 8 | 3 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 77°F | 53°F | 65.1°F | 3.73 | 0.0 | 7 | 1 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 64°F | 41°F | 52.7°F | 2.82 | 0.3 | 8 | <1 | 6 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 49°F | 30°F | 39.4°F | 2.32 | 1.4 | 6 | <1 | 19 | 10 h |
| December | 36°F | 20°F | 28.0°F | 2.01 | 4.1 | 6 | <1 | 28 | 9 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 61°F | 40°F | 50.0°F | 39.10 | 21.8 | 94 | 13 | 138 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −1°C | −10°C | −5.4°C | 42 mm | 16 cm |
| February | 2°C | −8°C | −3.2°C | 47 mm | 16 cm |
| March | 10°C | −3°C | 3.4°C | 64 mm | 8 cm |
| April | 17°C | 3°C | 10.0°C | 102 mm | 2 cm |
| May | 23°C | 10°C | 16.2°C | 129 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 28°C | 15°C | 21.5°C | 136 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 29°C | 17°C | 23.4°C | 98 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 28°C | 16°C | 22.4°C | 99 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 25°C | 12°C | 18.4°C | 95 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 18°C | 5°C | 11.5°C | 72 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 10°C | −1°C | 4.1°C | 59 mm | 4 cm |
| December | 2°C | −7°C | −2.2°C | 51 mm | 10 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00110072; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
When is the best weather to visit Aledo?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, July, August and September. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (7).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00110072.
When is the last frost in Aledo?
In Aledo, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 22 in half of years and after May 6 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 19 in half of years and before October 6 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- April 221 year in 10 after May 6; 9 in 10 after April 7
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 191 year in 10 before October 6; 9 in 10 before October 31
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 181 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 200 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 11 in half of springs and before October 29 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Aledo in zone 5b in ZIP code 61231, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Aledo's NOAA station is in zone 5b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −14°F (20 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Illinois · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00110072; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get in Aledo?
In a normal year in Aledo, 13 days a year reach 90°F, 138 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 94 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 13a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 138a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 48high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 94a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 8a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1900) is 113°F, on July 15, 1936; the lowest is −33°F, on January 31, 2019.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1973, with 54.48 in; the snowiest season is 1978–79, with 57.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00110072; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00110072. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Aledo?
Over a year 74% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Aledo, 4.0 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (81%) and December the cloudiest (63%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 64% | 1.8 |
| February | 70% | 2.8 |
| March | 69% | 3.7 |
| April | 70% | 4.8 |
| May | 72% | 5.5 |
| June | 77% | 6.2 |
| July | 81% | 6.3 |
| August | 80% | 5.5 |
| September | 81% | 4.5 |
| October | 72% | 3.0 |
| November | 69% | 2.1 |
| December | 63% | 1.5 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How much heating and cooling does Aledo need?
A normal year in Aledo brings 6,309 heating degree days, 17% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 885 cooling degree days, 3% fewer than the median (908). Seven months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 3,205 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,328 | 0 |
| February | 1,084 | 0 |
| March | 830 | 1 |
| April | 455 | 5 |
| May | 178 | 60 |
| June | 22 | 194 |
| July | 2 | 283 |
| August | 6 | 232 |
| September | 96 | 97 |
| October | 393 | 12 |
| November | 768 | 0 |
| December | 1,147 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 6,309 | 885 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00110072. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
Has Aledo been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 51.5°F, 1.5°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 50.0°F. 4 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 51.3°F | +1.3°F | 38.32 | 16.5 |
| 2022 | 49.1°F | −0.9°F | 33.67 | 20.9 |
| 2023 | 52.4°F | +2.4°F | 32.18 | 18.4 |
| 2024 | 53.0°F | +3.0°F | 35.51 | 18.1 |
| 2025 | 51.5°F | +1.5°F | 31.69 | 19.5 |
Over 94 complete years from 1901 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 1.5°F per century (+0.09°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00110072; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Aledo's climate compare?
Aledo is warmer than 36 of the other 143 places with their own NOAA record in Illinois, and wetter than 55. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 50.0°F is warmer than 40%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Aledo is Dfa: continental, no dry season, hot summer. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Which places near Aledo share this climate record?
8 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- Viola, IL843 people · 8 mi E
- Matherville, IL690 people · 8 mi NE
- Windsor, IL652 people · 16 mi E
- Reynolds, IL488 people · 10 mi N
- Joy, IL359 people · 7 mi W
- Seaton, IL206 people · 7 mi SW
- Millersburg, IL36 people · 5 mi NW
- Hamlet, IL0 people · 8 mi N
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Aledo's climate
What is the coldest month in Aledo?
January, with a normal high of 31°F and a normal low of 13°F. The warmest is July (85°F by day, 63°F at night).
Does it snow in Aledo?
Yes: 22 inches in a normal year, falling on 9 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (6.2 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Aledo?
June, with 5.37 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 1.67 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Aledo in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Aledo in zone 5b in ZIP code 61231, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Aledo's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −14°F (20 years, 1991-2020): zone 5b.
How late can frost come in Aledo?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 22; in one year in ten it comes after May 6. Waiting until May 6 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Illinois climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- New Boston, IL16 miles from this station, 51.2°F a year
- Monmouth, IL19 miles from this station, 50.6°F a year
- Illinois City, IL21 miles from this station, 50.4°F a year
- Moline, IL22 miles from this station, 51.2°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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