Inverness, IL Climate

Inverness, IL has a humid continental climate, characterized by hot, humid summers and cold snowy winters. The average temperature ranges from a low of 16°F in the winter to a high of 82°F in the summer. Precipitation is abundant throughout the year with an average of 40 inches annually. Snowfall is common during the winter months, with an average of 20 inches per season. The area experiences all four seasons and temperatures can drop quickly as winter approaches.

Inverness, Illinois gets 37 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Inverness averages 35 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 186 sunny days per year in Inverness. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Inverness gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 122 days per year. Precipitation is rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground. In order for precipitation to be counted you have to get at least .01 inches on the ground to measure.

Weather Highlights

Summer High: the July high is around 84 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 13
Rain: averages 37 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 35 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for Inverness is 6.8 (10=best), which means it is less comfortable than most places in Illinois.

8.9 Summer - 4.3 Winter

June, September and August are the most pleasant months in Inverness, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

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Climate

YOU SHOULD KNOW

Many people confuse weather and climate but they are different. Weather is the conditions of the atmosphere over a short period of time, and climate is how the atmosphere is over long periods of time.

Weather is how the atmosphere is behaving and its effects upon life and human activities. Weather can change from minute-to-minute. Most people think of weather in terms of temperature, humidity, precipitation, cloudiness, brightness, visibility, wind, and atmospheric pressure.

Climate is the description of the long-term pattern of weather in a place. Climate can mean the average weather for a particular region and time period taken over 30 years. Climate is the average of weather over time.

July is the hottest month for Inverness with an average high temperature of 83.6°, which ranks it as cooler than most places in Illinois. In Inverness, there are 4 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for Inverness are June, August and September.

In Inverness, there are 14.5 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is cooler than most places in Illinois.

January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for Inverness with an average of 12.9°. This is colder than most places in Illinois.

In Inverness, there are 142.9 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is one of the coldest places in Illinois.

In Inverness, there are 10.9 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is colder than most places in Illinois.

The humidity is usually comfortable in Inverness but some summer months can be sticky or muggy. July is the most humid month, though humidity is low for most of the year. The most humid months are July, August and June.

August is the wettest month in Inverness with 4.5 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 1.6 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 33% of yearly precipitation and 15% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 37.0 inches in Inverness means that it is drier than most places in Illinois.

May is the rainiest month in Inverness with 12.2 days of rain, and February is the driest month with only 8.1 rainy days. There are 122.2 rainy days annually in Inverness, which is one of the rainiest places in Illinois. The rainiest season is Summer when it rains 28% of the time and the driest is Spring with only a 23% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 35.0 inches in Inverness means that it is one of the snowiest places in Illinois. January is the snowiest month in Inverness with 11.2 inches of snow, and 6 months of the year have significant snowfall.