Highwood, IL Weather & Climate Normals
Highwood's real weather, in one number
Highwood, IL scores 44/100 on this site's reading of NOAA's own 30-year normals: strongly seasonal. Comfortable weather is limited to a shorter window; summers, winters, or precipitation swing wide. 5 of the year's 12 months average between 55 and 75°F, the range this site counts as mild.
Highwood's hottest and coldest months
Highwood's hottest month is Jul, averaging 74°F; its coldest is Jan, averaging 24°F, a 49.2°F swing across the year, one of the widest gaps in this dataset.
Rain and snow in Highwood
Highwood averages 39.51in of precipitation a year across roughly 130 days with measurable rain or snow, and 33.6in of snow a year.
Where Highwood ranks
Highwood ranks 3934 of 4876 US cities in this dataset for comfort score, and 226 of 330 within IL. About 5,358 people live there.
If you need tomorrow's forecast, not the 30-year average
Everything above is a 30-year average from CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDEN, IL US, 4.8 miles from Highwood, not a prediction for any specific day.
More on how this is worked out
How the comfort score is calculated · Why some cities show no snow or rain figure