Galva, IL Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Explore NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 climate normals → and a clearly labeled PlainClimate comfort calculation
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Galva's primary NOAA station, GALVA.
The climate verdict for Galva
Galva, Illinois has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 50°F. Its climate comfort score of 64/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 49% of station-mapped location scores.
- 50°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 64/100
- comfort score, above 49% of station-mapped location scores
- 38.7"
- precipitation, annual total
- 169 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Galva: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00113335 · Galva, IL 50°F mean · 38.7" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 50°F
- RANK-COOL #2,607
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Oconto
- PRCP-MID 38.7"
- SWING-WIDE 52°F
- COMF-MID 64/100
- LOAD-HEAT 6,470 HDD
- STN-1 USC00113335
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Oconto, NE ( -0.1 °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.
- Galva (this station) 50°F
- Cold Oconto, NE 49°F
- Near Rockford Gtr Ro…, IL 49°F
- Near Callaway, NE 49°F
- Near Dixon, IL 49°F
Climate Living Index · Galva
Galva: 52/100 · grade D
Galva publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Galva, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 64/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 38.7 in · 3.7 from 35 in | 87/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 145 calendar days | 50/100 · D |
| Frost-free season | 169 days/year | 41/100 · D |
| Annual temperature balance | 49.5°F · 18.0° from 67.5°F | 38/100 · F |
Galva · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Galva is a continental Köppen climate: Dfa
Coldest-month mean 21.5°F and warmest-month mean 73.5°F place this station in continental, no dry season, hot summer climates (Dfa). Class Dfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Dfa
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 73.5°F
- Coldest month
- 21.5°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 Galva sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Galva's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 38th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- 55th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 86%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Galva is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Galva compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Galva's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
64 49th percentile score exceeds 49% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Above this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Galva's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 103 complete annual observations from 1894 to 2024, GALVA warmed at a fitted rate of 0.12°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Galva primary station fitted change +0.12 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30°F (-1°C) | 13°F (-11°C) | 22°F (-6°C) | 1.6" | 29.1 | 0.0 |
| February | 35°F (2°C) | 17°F (-8°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 1.8" | 25.6 | 0.0 |
| March | 48°F (9°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 2.4" | 21.3 | 0.0 |
| April | 61°F (16°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 4.2" | 7.6 | 0.0 |
| May | 73°F (23°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 4.8" | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| June | 82°F (28°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 71°F (21°C) | 5.2" | 0.0 | 3.5 |
| July | 84°F (29°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 3.6" | 0.0 | 5.8 |
| August | 82°F (28°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 3.7" | 0.0 | 4.0 |
| September | 77°F (25°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 4.0" | 0.2 | 1.9 |
| October | 64°F (18°C) | 40°F (5°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 2.8" | 6.4 | 0.1 |
| November | 48°F (9°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 2.5" | 19.0 | 0.0 |
| December | 36°F (2°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 2.0" | 27.7 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 84°F around July 9, short of 90°F on every date, while 145 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 12°F near January 20.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 31, then returns to freezing around November 8, covering 145 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 April 30, when 36% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is January 25 at 16%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 92 wet dates a year.
The widest day
September 21 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 Galva.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
4.9 days with precipitation
5.3 days with precipitation
8.0 days with precipitation
10.1 days with precipitation
10.2 days with precipitation
10.4 days with precipitation
7.5 days with precipitation
7.6 days with precipitation
7.3 days with precipitation
7.6 days with precipitation
7.1 days with precipitation
5.6 days with precipitation
Galva spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 32% of the annual total and December through February 14%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Galva has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 52°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: June averages 5.2" and January 1.6". The three wettest months together take 37% 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.
When it rains in Galva, it arrives in quantity
38.7" of precipitation falls across only about 92 wet days here, averaging 0.42 inches each. Fewer days carry more water: the year's total is delivered in comparatively heavy events rather than persistent damp.
- Days with measurable precipitation
- about 92 a year, 25% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.42 inches
- Most wet days
- June, about 10
- Fewest wet days
- January, about 5
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, and a per-day average is not a forecast of any individual storm.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 12
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 26
50% probability date
Growing Season
169 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
6,470
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
839
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside IL closest to Galva 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 (50°F here).
- Ankeny, IA 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Bartlett, NE 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Carleton, MI 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Columbia City, IN 50°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (38.7" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- El Dorado, KS 38.7" · 0.0" off
- Pandora, OH 38.7" · 0.0" off
- Groveland, CA 38.7" · 0.0" off
- Corning, NY 38.7" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Galva's climate pattern fits together
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Galva's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 6,470 annual heating degree days against 839 for cooling. Its 52.0°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Galva's frost-free season lasts about 169 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 Galva's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 52.0°F. The annual average is 50°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Galva's 38.7 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 Galva'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 Galva, 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 Galva's primary station: GALVA (USC00113335). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as an incorporated place (GEOID 1728430). Match rule for Galva: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Galva 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.