Hot-summer humid continental
Glendale Heights, Illinois
DuPage County, Illinois · Population 33k · 745 ft elevation
Living in Glendale Heights
Glendale Heights has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 84°F) and cold winters (January lows around 15°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 40″ a year, and it is a snowy place (76″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (58% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 29 muggy days a year.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 42, with about 6 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Glendale Heights at a glance
- Population
- 33k
- Elevation
- 745 ft
- Average daily high
- 59°F13th percentile
- Average daily low
- 39°F15th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 40″38th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 76″96th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,609 hrs22th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4252th percentile
- Median home value
- $249k47th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,562/mo70th percentile
- Median household income
- $82k58th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 2.56%96th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 5.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.9%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.2%
- Homes with broadband
- 96%82th percentile
- Walkability index
- 9.360th percentile
- Average commute
- 26 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 27%19th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 37%
- Violent crime rate
- 104 per 100k32th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 741 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9879th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 3131th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 3%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 2%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 328 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 31°F | 15°F | 2.2″ | 15.8″ | 137 hrs |
| Feb | 35°F | 18°F | 2.0″ | 13.1″ | 157 hrs |
| Mar | 47°F | 26°F | 2.4″ | 12.8″ | 194 hrs |
| Apr | 59°F | 36°F | 3.8″ | 5.9″ | 220 hrs |
| May | 70°F | 47°F | 4.8″ | 0.1″ | 258 hrs |
| Jun | 81°F | 58°F | 4.4″ | — | 297 hrs |
| Jul | 84°F | 62°F | 4.3″ | — | 330 hrs |
| Aug | 83°F | 60°F | 4.3″ | — | 300 hrs |
| Sep | 76°F | 52°F | 3.4″ | — | 255 hrs |
| Oct | 62°F | 40°F | 3.6″ | 1.8″ | 188 hrs |
| Nov | 48°F | 30°F | 2.8″ | 11.7″ | 150 hrs |
| Dec | 36°F | 20°F | 2.3″ | 14.6″ | 124 hrs |
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology