Yorkville climate — normals and trends
Yorkville (United States) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.6 °C and it receives 920 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 (23.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Yorkville averages 123 frost days, 24 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 114 rainy days per year.
Yorkville 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 135 to 111 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.1 °C (on 25 June 1988) and the coldest -33.9 °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
YorkvilleIllinois
- coords
- 41.64°, -88.45°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.6°C
Average daily high
14.4°C
Average daily low
5.0°C
Annual rainfall
920mm
Sunshine / day
8.6h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
20.1km/h
Seasonal range
28.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
123 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
24 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
114 d/yr
Annual snowfall
69.1 cm
Average feels-like high
12.3 °C
Average feels-like low
1.9 °C
Average peak gust
39.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
25 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.8 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
38.1 °C
25 June 1988
Coldest day
-33.9 °C
31 January 2019
Wettest day
110 mm
25 June 2021
Windiest day
54.3 km/h
11 November 1940
Strongest gust
115.9 km/h
10 November 1998
Hottest feels-like
43.4 °C
14 July 1995
Coldest feels-like
-39.3 °C
30 January 2019
Snowiest day
23.9 cm
1 December 2006
Sunniest day
14.4 h
9 June 2023
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -1.2 °C | +0.5 °C | 34 mm | -16 mm |
| Feb | 1.1 °C | +0.4 °C | 19 mm | -26 mm |
| Mar | 12.8 °C | +5.4 °C | 96 mm | +22 mm |
| Apr | 16.1 °C | +1.3 °C | 77 mm | -25 mm |
| May | 20.5 °C | -0.3 °C | 91 mm | -12 mm |
| Jun | 28.7 °C | +2.6 °C | 110 mm | +11 mm |
| Jul | 29.2 °C | +1.3 °C | 118 mm | +29 mm |
| Aug | 26.8 °C | -0.3 °C | 81 mm | -2 mm |
| Sep | 25.9 °C | +2.5 °C | 53 mm | -25 mm |
| Oct | 19.1 °C | +2.2 °C | 57 mm | -16 mm |
| Nov | 9.6 °C | +1.3 °C | 53 mm | -14 mm |
| Dec | 0.5 °C | -0.7 °C | 66 mm | +9 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Yorkville?
Yorkville has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.6 °C and it receives 920 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Yorkville?
The hottest day measured in Yorkville between 1940 and 2025 was 25 June 1988, reaching 38.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Yorkville?
The coldest day measured in Yorkville between 1940 and 2025 was 31 January 2019, at -33.9 °C.
Does it snow in Yorkville?
Yes. Yorkville gets on average 69.1 cm of snow per year and has around 123 frost days.
Has the climate of Yorkville warmed?
Yes: Yorkville warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Yorkville?
The wettest day measured in Yorkville between 1940 and 2025 was 25 June 2021, with 110 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Yorkville?
The windiest day measured in Yorkville between 1940 and 2025 was 11 November 1940, with winds reaching 54.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Yorkville?
The warmest month in Yorkville is July (23.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Yorkville?
Yorkville receives on average 920 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 114 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Yorkville?
Yorkville gets on average 8.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,139 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Yorkville?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Yorkville between 1940 and 2025 was 1 December 2006, with 23.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Yorkville?
Yes: Yorkville has on average 25 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Yorkville?
In Yorkville, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.4 °C on 14 July 1995, and the lowest was -39.3 °C on 30 January 2019.
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