Wheaton climate — normals and trends
Wheaton (United States) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.9 °C and it receives 913 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (23.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Wheaton averages 119 frost days, 27 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 117 rainy days per year.
Wheaton has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 133 to 105 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.9 °C (on 25 June 1988) and the coldest -33.2 °C (on 31 January 2019).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
WheatonIllinois
- coords
- 41.87°, -88.11°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.9°C
Average daily high
14.5°C
Average daily low
5.3°C
Annual rainfall
913mm
Sunshine / day
8.7h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
19.3km/h
Seasonal range
28.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
119 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
27 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
117 d/yr
Annual snowfall
71.4 cm
Average feels-like high
12.6 °C
Average feels-like low
2.4 °C
Average peak gust
39.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
28 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.38 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
38.9 °C
25 June 1988
Coldest day
-33.2 °C
31 January 2019
Wettest day
96 mm
25 June 2021
Windiest day
52.5 km/h
11 November 1940
Strongest gust
109.8 km/h
10 November 1998
Hottest feels-like
44.5 °C
14 July 1995
Coldest feels-like
-38.7 °C
31 January 2019
Snowiest day
23.0 cm
2 January 1999
Sunniest day
14.5 h
12 June 2012
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -1.0 °C | +0.2 °C | 34 mm | -16 mm |
| Feb | 1.5 °C | +0.4 °C | 23 mm | -24 mm |
| Mar | 12.8 °C | +5.5 °C | 101 mm | +27 mm |
| Apr | 15.7 °C | +1.2 °C | 68 mm | -33 mm |
| May | 19.3 °C | -1.3 °C | 104 mm | +3 mm |
| Jun | 28.1 °C | +2.1 °C | 137 mm | +38 mm |
| Jul | 29.2 °C | +1.1 °C | 123 mm | +35 mm |
| Aug | 26.8 °C | -0.4 °C | 95 mm | +11 mm |
| Sep | 25.6 °C | +2.2 °C | 40 mm | -34 mm |
| Oct | 18.7 °C | +1.8 °C | 81 mm | +10 mm |
| Nov | 9.6 °C | +1.1 °C | 53 mm | -13 mm |
| Dec | 1.0 °C | -0.6 °C | 67 mm | +9 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Wheaton?
Wheaton has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.9 °C and it receives 913 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Wheaton?
The hottest day measured in Wheaton between 1940 and 2025 was 25 June 1988, reaching 38.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Wheaton?
The coldest day measured in Wheaton between 1940 and 2025 was 31 January 2019, at -33.2 °C.
Does it snow in Wheaton?
Yes. Wheaton gets on average 71.4 cm of snow per year and has around 119 frost days.
Has the climate of Wheaton warmed?
Yes: Wheaton warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Wheaton?
The wettest day measured in Wheaton between 1940 and 2025 was 25 June 2021, with 96 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Wheaton?
The windiest day measured in Wheaton between 1940 and 2025 was 11 November 1940, with winds reaching 52.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Wheaton?
The warmest month in Wheaton is July (23.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Wheaton?
Wheaton receives on average 913 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 117 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Wheaton?
Wheaton gets on average 8.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,175 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Wheaton?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Wheaton between 1940 and 2025 was 2 January 1999, with 23.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Wheaton?
Yes: Wheaton has on average 28 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Wheaton?
In Wheaton, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.5 °C on 14 July 1995, and the lowest was -38.7 °C on 31 January 2019.
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