Carbondale Southern IL, IL Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Average temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, with a derived climate comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Carbondale Southern IL's primary NOAA station, CARBONDALE SOUTHERN IL AP.
The climate verdict for Carbondale Southern IL
Carbondale Southern IL, Illinois has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 56°F. It scores 80/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 76% of them.
- 56°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 80/100
- comfort score, above 76% of station-mapped location scores
- 44.0"
- precipitation, annual total
- 196 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Carbondale Southern IL: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00093810 · Carbondale Southern IL, IL 56°F mean · 44.0" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 56°F
- RANK-UPPER #4,460
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Philadelphia NE
- PRCP-MID 44.0"
- SWING-MID 45°F
- COMF-TOP 80/100
- LOAD-HEAT 4,460 HDD
- STN-1 USW00093810
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Philadelphia NE, PA (+ 0 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every IL station list.
- Hot Waynesville, MO 57°F
- Near Clearwater Dam, MO 57°F
- Carbondale Sout… (this station) 56°F
- Cold Washington, IN 56°F
- Near Philadelphia NE, PA 56°F
Climate Living Index · Carbondale Southern IL
Carbondale Southern IL: 68/100 · grade C
Carbondale Southern IL publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Carbondale Southern IL, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 80/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 98 calendar days | 76/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 44.0 in · 9.0 from 35 in | 68/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 56.4°F · 11.1° from 67.5°F | 64/100 · C |
| Frost-free season | 196 days/year | 61/100 · C |
Carbondale Southern IL · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Carbondale Southern IL is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 33.2°F and warmest-month mean 78.0°F place this station in temperate, no dry season, hot summer climates (Cfa). Class Cfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: temperate, specifically temperate, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Cfa
- Group
- Temperate
- Warmest month
- 78.0°F
- Coldest month
- 33.2°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · heating-led station
Where Carbondale Southern IL sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Carbondale Southern IL's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 65th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- 66th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 57th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Carbondale Southern IL compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Carbondale Southern IL's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
80 Top 24% score exceeds 76% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Below this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Below this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Below this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). This entry sits in this band.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42°F (5°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 2.8" | 24.5 | 0.0 |
| February | 47°F (8°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 2.6" | 19.3 | 0.0 |
| March | 57°F (14°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 4.1" | 11.3 | 0.0 |
| April | 68°F (20°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 5.3" | 2.5 | 0.0 |
| May | 77°F (25°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 5.0" | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| June | 86°F (30°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 4.1" | 0.0 | 9.6 |
| July | 88°F (31°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 78°F (26°C) | 3.6" | 0.0 | 14.4 |
| August | 87°F (31°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 76°F (24°C) | 3.0" | 0.0 | 10.7 |
| September | 81°F (27°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 2.9" | 0.0 | 4.4 |
| October | 70°F (21°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 3.5" | 2.5 | 0.3 |
| November | 56°F (13°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 3.9" | 12.8 | 0.0 |
| December | 46°F (8°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 3.1" | 21.5 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 89°F around July 9, short of 90°F on every date, while 98 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 24°F near January 17.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 2, then returns to freezing around November 26, covering 98 dates in all.
Derived from the normal daily minimum. This is a different measure from the 50%-probability frost dates shown elsewhere on this page, which come from NOAA’s frost product.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is May 8, when 45% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is January 12 at 27%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 130 wet dates a year.
The widest day
October 1 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 26°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Carbondale Southern IL.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
8.4 days with precipitation
9.3 days with precipitation
11.4 days with precipitation
11.4 days with precipitation
14.1 days with precipitation
11.2 days with precipitation
12.1 days with precipitation
11.9 days with precipitation
11.1 days with precipitation
9.7 days with precipitation
9.5 days with precipitation
9.8 days with precipitation
Carbondale Southern IL spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 24% of the annual total and December through February 19%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Carbondale Southern IL has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 44.8°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: April averages 5.3" and February 2.6". The three wettest months together take 33% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
How Carbondale Southern IL's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 130 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 44.0" between them, or roughly 0.34 inches on a typical wet day. That sits in the middle band: neither the many-light-days pattern of the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes, nor the few-heavy-events pattern of the Gulf and the desert Southwest.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year and say nothing about the heaviest single storm on record.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 22
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 9
50% probability date
Growing Season
196 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
4,460
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,370
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside IL closest to Carbondale Southern IL on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (56°F here).
- Appomattox, VA 56°F · 0.0°F off
- Boise City, OK 56°F · 0.0°F off
- Dalhart, TX 56°F · 0.0°F off
- Hudson, KS 56°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (44.0" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Salem, MO 44.0" · 0.0" off
- Beltsville, MD 44.0" · 0.0" off
- Coudersport, PA 44.0" · 0.0" off
- Gastonia, NC 44.0" · 0.1" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Carbondale Southern IL's climate pattern fits together
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Carbondale Southern IL's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 4,460 annual heating degree days against 1,370 for cooling. Its 44.8°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Carbondale Southern IL's frost-free season lasts about 196 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Carbondale Southern IL's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 44.8°F. The annual average is 56°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Carbondale Southern IL's 44.0 inches of annual precipitation falls in PlainClimate's middle band, so “wet” or “dry” is not the leading description. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. Temperature balance and the calendar distribution carry more information than the annual moisture label alone.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Carbondale Southern IL's primary station, so the winter figures are a thirty-year average and not a floor: a single hard season can run well below them. Treat each band as a descriptive range for Carbondale Southern IL, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Carbondale Southern IL's primary station: CARBONDALE SOUTHERN IL AP (USW00093810). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for Carbondale Southern IL; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Carbondale Southern IL comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.