Illinois January Weather

Illinois weather averages and all-time records in the month of January from 1991–2020 based on data made available by the NOAA.
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Statewide January Averages
High temperature 34.7 °F
Low temperature 18.6 °F
Precipitation 2.3 inches
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Illinois Cities
January weather averages for various places in Illinois, from 1991–2020.
City Average (°F) Record (°F) Monthly (inches)
High Low High Low Precipitation Snow
Aledo 30.2 13.2 69 -33 1.6 7.6
Aurora 31.0 15.0 66 -26 1.8 10.7
Belleville 42.8 24.4 75 -27 2.5 3.7
Bloomington-Normal 33.3 15.8 69 -24 2.4 6.7
Carbondale 41.5 23.4 76 -25 3.3 3.4
Carlyle 37.6 20.3 75 -22 3.1 n/a
Champaign 33.7 17.8 70 -25 2.0 n/a
Charleston 37.1 21.1 71 -27 2.9 9.1
Chicago 32.4 19.0 67 -25 2.3 12.4
Danville 35.4 19.7 70 -26 2.5 5.9
Decatur 35.8 19.7 73 -23 2.3 6.3
Dixon 29.2 12.9 65 -32 1.9 12.7
Du Quoin 41.1 24.4 76 -22 3.1 3.5
Elgin 29.9 14.0 63 -27 1.9 10.0
Elizabeth 28.2 9.9 59 -35 1.3 9.0
Fairfield 40.0 23.2 77 -23 3.3 3.6
Freeport 28.2 11.3 61 -31 1.6 9.4
Galesburg 30.4 14.8 68 -27 1.7 8.5
Geneseo 30.5 15.1 66 -25 1.7 9.0
Hoopeston 33.6 18.6 69 -24 2.1 7.1
Jacksonville 36.0 17.7 75 -24 1.9 6.8
Joliet 31.5 16.2 67 -26 1.9 5.7
Kankakee 32.8 16.1 68 -29 2.3 8.2
Kewanee 29.6 13.3 67 -27 1.9 8.5
Lincoln 34.4 17.2 70 -34 2.2 6.3
Moline 31.3 14.7 69 -33 1.7 10.8
Monmouth 32.7 15.5 69 -25 1.9 7.6
Morris 31.5 15.7 68 -23 2.1 8.5
Morrison 30.3 12.0 65 -35 1.5 10.2
Mt. Vernon 38.8 22.5 75 -21 2.6 3.5
Olney 38.2 21.5 75 -24 3.4 4.3
Ottawa 32.0 15.2 68 -26 1.8 9.1
Pana 36.9 20.2 74 -25 2.7 5.0
Paris 34.8 18.8 71 -23 2.8 7.9
Peoria 33.0 17.4 71 -25 2.1 7.6
Quincy 34.6 18.6 73 -21 1.6 n/a
Rantoul 34.1 16.3 70 -27 2.2 3.8
Rockford 29.2 13.9 63 -31 1.6 10.7
Springfield 35.4 19.4 73 -21 2.0 6.6
Tuscola 34.8 18.9 73 -25 2.4 5.6