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Summer Weather in Crystal Lake Illinois, United States

Daily high temperatures are around 79°F, rarely falling below 63°F or exceeding 91°F. The highest daily average high temperature is 83°F on July 18.

Daily low temperatures increase by 4°F, from 55°F to 59°F, rarely falling below 44°F or exceeding 72°F. The highest daily average low temperature is 64°F on July 19.

For reference, on July 18, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Crystal Lake typically range from 64°F to 83°F, while on January 22, the coldest day of the year, they range from 15°F to 29°F.

Average High and Low Temperature in the Summer in Crystal Lake

Average High and Low Temperature in the Summer in Crystal LakeJunJulAug30°F30°F35°F35°F40°F40°F45°F45°F50°F50°F55°F55°F60°F60°F65°F65°F70°F70°F75°F75°F80°F80°F85°F85°F90°F90°F95°F95°FSpringFallJul 1883°FJul 1883°F64°F64°FJun 175°FJun 175°F55°F55°FAug 3178°FAug 3178°F59°F59°FJul 182°FJul 182°F62°F62°FAug 182°FAug 182°F63°F63°F
The daily average high (red line) and low (blue line) temperature, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted lines are the corresponding average perceived temperatures.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average summer temperatures. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

Average Hourly Temperature in the Summer in Crystal Lake

Average Hourly Temperature in the Summer in Crystal LakeJunJulAug12 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMSpringFallcoldcoldcoldcoolcoolcomfortablecomfortablewarmcold
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The average hourly temperature, color coded into bands. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.

Garrni, Armenia (6,040 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Crystal Lake (view comparison).

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The summer in Crystal Lake experiences rapidly decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 47% to 33%. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 32% on August 25.

The clearest day of the summer is August 25, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 68% of the time.

For reference, on December 30, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 58%, while on August 25, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 68%.

Cloud Cover Categories in the Summer in Crystal Lake

Cloud Cover Categories in the Summer in Crystal LakeJunJulAug0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%SpringFallDec 3042%Dec 3042%Jun 153%Jun 153%Aug 3167%Aug 3167%Jul 163%Jul 163%Aug 166%Aug 166%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercast
0% clear 20% mostly clear 40% partly cloudy 60% mostly cloudy 80% overcast 100%
The percentage of time spent in each cloud cover band, categorized by the percentage of the sky covered by clouds.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Crystal Lake, the chance of a wet day over the course of the summer is rapidly decreasing, starting the season at 38% and ending it at 30%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 38% on May 23, and its lowest chance is 14% on February 2.

Probability of Precipitation in the Summer in Crystal Lake

Probability of Precipitation in the Summer in Crystal LakeJunJulAug0%0%5%5%10%10%15%15%20%20%25%25%30%30%35%35%40%40%SpringFallJun 138%Jun 138%Aug 3130%Aug 3130%Jul 135%Jul 135%Aug 135%Aug 135%rain
The percentage of days in which various types of precipitation are observed, excluding trace quantities: rain alone, snow alone, and mixed (both rain and snow fell in the same day).

Rainfall

To show variation within the season and not just the monthly totals, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day rainfall during the summer in Crystal Lake is gradually decreasing, starting the season at 3.8 inches, when it rarely exceeds 6.2 inches or falls below 1.5 inches, and ending the season at 3.3 inches, when it rarely exceeds 5.9 inches or falls below 1.2 inches.

The highest average 31-day accumulation is 3.8 inches on June 7.

Average Monthly Rainfall in the Summer in Crystal Lake

Average Monthly Rainfall in the Summer in Crystal LakeJunJulAug0 in0 in1 in1 in2 in2 in3 in3 in4 in4 in5 in5 in6 in6 in7 in7 inSpringFallJun 73.8 inJun 73.8 inAug 313.3 inAug 313.3 inJul 13.5 inJul 13.5 inAug 13.6 inAug 13.6 in
The average rainfall (solid line) accumulated over the course of a sliding 31-day period centered on the day in question, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted line is the corresponding average snowfall.

Over the course of the summer in Crystal Lake, the length of the day is rapidly decreasing. From the start to the end of the season, the length of the day decreases by 1 hour, 55 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 1 minute, 16 seconds, and weekly decrease of 8 minutes, 50 seconds.

The shortest day of the summer is August 31, with 13 hours, 10 minutes of daylight and the longest day is June 20, with 15 hours, 16 minutes of daylight.

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in the Summer in Crystal Lake

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in the Summer in Crystal LakeJunJulAug0 hr24 hr4 hr20 hr8 hr16 hr12 hr12 hr16 hr8 hr20 hr4 hr24 hr0 hrSpringFallJun 2015 hr, 16 minJun 2015 hr, 16 minnightnightdaydayAug 3113 hr, 10 minAug 3113 hr, 10 minAug 114 hr, 25 minAug 114 hr, 25 min
The number of hours during which the Sun is visible (black line). From bottom (most yellow) to top (most gray), the color bands indicate: full daylight, twilight (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and full night.

The earliest sunrise of the summer in Crystal Lake is 5:16 AM on June 14 and the latest sunrise is 1 hour, 2 minutes later at 6:18 AM on August 31.

The latest sunset is 8:33 PM on June 26 and the earliest sunset is 1 hour, 6 minutes earlier at 7:27 PM on August 31.

Daylight saving time is observed in Crystal Lake during 2024, but it neither starts nor ends during the summer, so the entire season is in daylight saving time.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:16 AM and sets 15 hours, 16 minutes later, at 8:33 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:19 AM and sets 9 hours, 5 minutes later, at 4:24 PM.

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in the Summer in Crystal Lake

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in the Summer in Crystal LakeJunJulAug2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AMSpringFall5:16 AM5:16 AMJun 148:31 PMJun 148:31 PM6:18 AM6:18 AMAug 317:27 PMAug 317:27 PM5:20 AM5:20 AMJul 18:33 PMJul 18:33 PM5:46 AM5:46 AMAug 18:11 PMAug 18:11 PMSolarMidnightSolarMidnightSolarNoonSunriseSunset
The solar day in the summer. From bottom to top, the black lines are the previous solar midnight, sunrise, solar noon, sunset, and the next solar midnight. The day, twilights (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and night are indicated by the color bands from yellow to gray.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in the Summer in Crystal Lake

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in the Summer in Crystal LakeJunJulAug12 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMSpringFall001020203030405050606000101020303040405060
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Solar elevation and azimuth in the the summer of 2024. The black lines are lines of constant solar elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon, in degrees). The background color fills indicate the azimuth (the compass bearing) of the sun. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries of the cardinal compass points indicate the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for the summer of 2024. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases. The label associated with each bar indicates the date and time that the phase is obtained, and the companion time labels indicate the rise and set times of the Moon for the nearest time interval in which the moon is above the horizon.

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in the Summer in Crystal Lake

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in the Summer in Crystal LakeJunJulAug12 AM12 AM4 AM4 AM8 AM8 AM12 PM12 PM4 PM4 PM8 PM8 PM12 AM12 AMSpringFallMay 710:23 PMMay 710:23 PMMay 238:54 AMMay 238:54 AMJun 67:38 AMJun 67:38 AMJun 218:09 PMJun 218:09 PMJul 55:58 PMJul 55:58 PMJul 215:18 AMJul 215:18 AMAug 46:14 AMAug 46:14 AMAug 191:26 PMAug 191:26 PMSep 28:56 PMSep 28:56 PMSep 179:35 PMSep 179:35 PM5:08 AM5:08 AM7:55 PM7:55 PM7:48 PM7:48 PM5:03 AM5:03 AM4:53 AM4:53 AM9:18 PM9:18 PM8:54 PM8:54 PM5:20 AM5:20 AM8:59 PM8:59 PM8:28 PM8:28 PM5:24 AM5:24 AM5:41 AM5:41 AM8:41 PM8:41 PM8:07 PM8:07 PM6:58 AM6:58 AM7:29 PM7:29 PM6:56 PM6:56 PM7:09 AM7:09 AM
The time in which the moon is above the horizon (light blue area), with new moons (dark gray lines) and full moons (blue lines) indicated. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

The chance that a given day will be muggy in Crystal Lake is rapidly increasing during the summer, rising from 11% to 26% over the course of the season.

The highest chance of a muggy day during the summer is 40% on July 21.

For reference, on July 21, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 40% of the time, while on January 1, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time.

Humidity Comfort Levels in the Summer in Crystal Lake

Humidity Comfort Levels in the Summer in Crystal LakeJunJulAug0%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%SpringFallJul 2140%Jul 2140%Jun 111%Jun 111%Aug 3126%Aug 3126%Jul 131%Jul 131%oppressiveoppressivemuggymuggyhumidhumidcomfortablecomfortabledrydry
dry 55°F comfortable 60°F humid 65°F muggy 70°F oppressive 75°F miserable
The percentage of time spent at various humidity comfort levels, categorized by dew point.

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed in Crystal Lake is decreasing during the summer, decreasing from 9.9 miles per hour to 8.6 miles per hour over the course of the season.

For reference, on January 15, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 12.7 miles per hour, while on August 2, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.9 miles per hour.

The lowest daily average wind speed during the summer is 7.9 miles per hour on August 2.

Average Wind Speed in the Summer in Crystal Lake

Average Wind Speed in the Summer in Crystal LakeJunJulAug0 mph0 mph5 mph5 mph10 mph10 mph15 mph15 mphSpringFallAug 27.9 mphAug 27.9 mphJun 19.9 mphJun 19.9 mphAug 318.6 mphAug 318.6 mphJul 18.7 mphJul 18.7 mph
The average of mean hourly wind speeds (dark gray line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

The wind direction in Crystal Lake during the summer is predominantly out of the south from June 1 to June 30 and from August 4 to August 31 and the west from June 30 to August 4.

Wind Direction in the Summer in Crystal Lake

Wind Direction in the Summer in Crystal LakeSWSJunJulAug0%100%20%80%40%60%60%40%80%20%100%0%SpringFallwestsoutheastnorth
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The percentage of hours in which the mean wind direction is from each of the four cardinal wind directions, excluding hours in which the mean wind speed is less than 1.0 mph. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries are the percentage of hours spent in the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

Crystal Lake is located near a large body of water (e.g., ocean, sea, or large lake). This section reports on the wide-area average surface temperature of that water.

The average surface water temperature in Crystal Lake is very rapidly increasing during the summer, rising by 22°F, from 49°F to 71°F, over the course of the season.

The highest average surface water temperature during the summer is 72°F on August 13.

Average Water Temperature in the Summer in Crystal Lake

Average Water Temperature in the Summer in Crystal LakeJunJulAug35°F35°F40°F40°F45°F45°F50°F50°F55°F55°F60°F60°F65°F65°F70°F70°F75°F75°F80°F80°FSpringFallAug 1372°FAug 1372°FJun 149°FJun 149°FAug 3171°FAug 3171°FJul 163°FJul 163°F
The daily average water temperature (purple line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

The growing season in Crystal Lake typically lasts for 5.5 months (168 days), from around April 26 to around October 11, rarely starting before April 8 or after May 14, and rarely ending before September 23 or after October 28.

The summer in Crystal Lake is reliably fully within the growing season.

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in the Summer in Crystal Lake

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in the Summer in Crystal Lakegrowing seasonJunJulAug0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%SpringFall100%Jul 17100%Jul 1790%May 1490%May 1490%Sep 2390%Sep 23very coldcoldcoolcomfortablewarmhot
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The percentage of time spent in various temperature bands. The black line is the percentage chance that a given day is within the growing season.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

The average accumulated growing degree days in Crystal Lake are very rapidly increasing during the summer, increasing by 1,858°F, from 497°F to 2,354°F, over the course of the season.

Growing Degree Days in the Summer in Crystal Lake

Growing Degree Days in the Summer in Crystal LakeJunJulAug500°F500°F1,000°F1,000°F1,500°F1,500°F2,000°F2,000°F2,500°F2,500°FSpringFallJun 1497°FJun 1497°FAug 312,354°FAug 312,354°FJul 11,055°FJul 11,055°FAug 11,746°FAug 11,746°F
The average growing degree days accumulated over the course of the summer, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy in Crystal Lake is decreasing during the summer, falling by 1.1 kWh, from 6.6 kWh to 5.5 kWh, over the course of the season.

The highest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the summer is 7.0 kWh on June 30.

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in the Summer in Crystal Lake

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in the Summer in Crystal LakeJunJulAug0 kWh0 kWh1 kWh1 kWh2 kWh2 kWh3 kWh3 kWh4 kWh4 kWh5 kWh5 kWh6 kWh6 kWh7 kWh7 kWh8 kWh8 kWh9 kWh9 kWhSpringFallJun 307.0 kWhJun 307.0 kWhJun 16.6 kWhJun 16.6 kWhAug 315.5 kWhAug 315.5 kWhAug 16.4 kWhAug 16.4 kWh
The average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground per square meter (orange line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Crystal Lake are 42.241 deg latitude, -88.316 deg longitude, and 912 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Crystal Lake contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 135 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 901 feet. Within 10 miles also contains only modest variations in elevation (308 feet). Within 50 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (745 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Crystal Lake is covered by artificial surfaces (80%) and trees (11%), within 10 miles by cropland (41%) and artificial surfaces (36%), and within 50 miles by cropland (51%) and artificial surfaces (25%).

This report illustrates the typical weather in Crystal Lake, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016.

Temperature and Dew Point

There are 6 weather stations near enough to contribute to our estimation of the temperature and dew point in Crystal Lake.

For each station, the records are corrected for the elevation difference between that station and Crystal Lake according to the International Standard Atmosphere , and by the relative change present in the MERRA-2 satellite-era reanalysis between the two locations.

The estimated value at Crystal Lake is computed as the weighted average of the individual contributions from each station, with weights proportional to the inverse of the distance between Crystal Lake and a given station.

The stations contributing to this reconstruction are:

To get a sense of how much these sources agree with each other, you can view a comparison of Crystal Lake and the stations that contribute to our estimates of its temperature history and climate. Please note that each source's contribution is adjusted for elevation and the relative change present in the MERRA-2 data.

Other Data

All data relating to the Sun's position (e.g., sunrise and sunset) are computed using astronomical formulas from the book, Astronomical Algorithms 2nd Edition , by Jean Meeus.

All other weather data, including cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed and direction, and solar flux, come from NASA's MERRA-2 Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis . This reanalysis combines a variety of wide-area measurements in a state-of-the-art global meteorological model to reconstruct the hourly history of weather throughout the world on a 50-kilometer grid.

Land Use data comes from the Global Land Cover SHARE database , published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Elevation data comes from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) , published by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Names, locations, and time zones of places and some airports come from the GeoNames Geographical Database .

Time zones for airports and weather stations are provided by AskGeo.com .

Maps are © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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