Little Red School Hse, 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 Little Red School Hse's primary NOAA station, LITTLE RED SCHOOL HSE.
The climate verdict for Little Red School Hse
Little Red School Hse, Illinois has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 51°F. Its climate comfort score of 68/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 56% of station-mapped location scores.
- 51°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 68/100
- comfort score, above 56% of station-mapped location scores
- 41.4"
- precipitation, annual total
- 186 days
- frost-free growing season
Little Red School Hse: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00115110 · Little Red School Hse, IL 51°F mean · 41.4" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 51°F
- RANK-MID #3,156
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Culbertson
- PRCP-MID 41.4"
- SWING-WIDE 53°F
- COMF-MID 68/100
- LOAD-HEAT 6,041 HDD
- STN-1 USC00115110
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Culbertson, NE (+ 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.
- Little Red Scho… (this station) 51°F
- Cold Virginia, NE 51°F
- Hot Culbertson, NE 51°F
- Near Superior, NE 51°F
- Near Tecumseh, NE 51°F
Climate Living Index · Little Red School Hse
Little Red School Hse: 55/100 · grade C
Little Red School Hse publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Little Red School Hse, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 68/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 41.4 in · 6.4 from 35 in | 77/100 · B |
| Frost-free season | 186 days/year | 54/100 · D |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 143 calendar days | 51/100 · D |
| Annual temperature balance | 51.4°F · 16.1° from 67.5°F | 46/100 · D |
Little Red School Hse · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Little Red School Hse is a continental Köppen climate: Dfa
Coldest-month mean 23.9°F and warmest-month mean 76.8°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
- 76.8°F
- Coldest month
- 23.9°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 Little Red School Hse sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Little Red School Hse's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 46th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- 61st percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 88%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Little Red School Hse is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Little Red School Hse compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Little Red School Hse's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
68 Top 44% score exceeds 56% 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
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33°F (1°C) | 15°F (-10°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 2.3" | 29.4 | 0.0 |
| February | 37°F (3°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 2.0" | 25.5 | 0.0 |
| March | 49°F (9°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 2.5" | 21.6 | 0.0 |
| April | 62°F (17°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 4.1" | 6.3 | 0.0 |
| May | 73°F (23°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 62°F (16°C) | 5.0" | 0.3 | 3.0 |
| June | 84°F (29°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 4.7" | 0.0 | 9.8 |
| July | 90°F (32°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 4.1" | 0.0 | 15.6 |
| August | 87°F (30°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 4.5" | 0.0 | 11.6 |
| September | 80°F (27°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 67°F (20°C) | 3.5" | 0.0 | 5.1 |
| October | 65°F (18°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 3.7" | 4.1 | 0.0 |
| November | 50°F (10°C) | 31°F (0°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 2.7" | 17.3 | 0.0 |
| December | 38°F (3°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 2.4" | 26.3 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Little Red School Hse works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 90°F by July 20 and hold at or above 90°F on 9 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 134 dates, bottoming at 14°F around January 16.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from July 17 through July 25, covering 9 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs May 8 to October 8.
This counts calendar dates whose 1991–2020 normal high reaches 90°F. It is a smaller number than the 90°F+ day counts in the monthly table above, which measure how often the threshold was actually crossed in a typical year. A date can average 88°F and still exceed 90°F in half of all years.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 25, then returns to freezing around November 13, covering 134 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 9, when 44% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is February 22 at 29%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 125 wet dates a year.
The widest day
July 15 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 Little Red School Hse.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
10.3 days with precipitation
8.2 days with precipitation
9.5 days with precipitation
11.6 days with precipitation
13.4 days with precipitation
12.7 days with precipitation
10.1 days with precipitation
10.5 days with precipitation
9.0 days with precipitation
10.4 days with precipitation
9.0 days with precipitation
10.3 days with precipitation
Little Red School Hse 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 16%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Little Red School Hse has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 52.9°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 5.0" and February 2.0". The three wettest months together take 34% 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 Little Red School Hse's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 125 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 41.4" between them, or roughly 0.33 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 19
50% probability date
Growing Season
186 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
6,041
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,120
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside IL closest to Little Red School Hse 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 (51°F here).
- Aberdeen, WA 51°F · 0.0°F off
- Astoria, OR 51°F · 0.0°F off
- Beatrice, NE 51°F · 0.0°F off
- Brockton, MA 51°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (41.4" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Point Comfort, TX 41.4" · 0.0" off
- Keyser, WV 41.4" · 0.0" off
- Farmland, IN 41.4" · 0.0" off
- Paola, KS 41.4" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Little Red School Hse's climate pattern fits together
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Little Red School Hse's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 6,041 annual heating degree days against 1,120 for cooling. Its 52.9°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Little Red School Hse's frost-free season lasts about 186 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 Little Red School Hse's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 52.9°F. The annual average is 51°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Little Red School Hse's 41.4 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 Little Red School Hse'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 Little Red School Hse, 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 Little Red School Hse's primary station: LITTLE RED SCHOOL HSE (USC00115110). 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 Little Red School Hse; 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 Little Red School Hse 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.