Hot-summer humid continental
Grandwood Park, Illinois
Lake County, Illinois · Population 5.3k · 751 ft elevation
Living in Grandwood Park
Grandwood Park has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 83°F) and cold winters (January lows around 15°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 38″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (43″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (58% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 29 muggy days a year.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 39, with about 5 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Grandwood Park at a glance
- Population
- 5.3k
- Elevation
- 751 ft
- Average daily high
- 58°F10th percentile
- Average daily low
- 40°F19th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 38″32th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 43″83th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,610 hrs23th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3930th percentile
- Median home value
- $313k60th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,797/mo80th percentile
- Median household income
- $125k86th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 3.10%99th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 5.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.9%
- Unemployment rate
- 2.0%
- Homes with broadband
- 97%89th percentile
- Walkability index
- 12.481th percentile
- Average commute
- 27 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 43%47th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 32%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9668th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 3938th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 5%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 2%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 361 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 30°F | 15°F | 2.1″ | 15.7″ | 136 hrs |
| Feb | 34°F | 18°F | 1.9″ | 8.0″ | 156 hrs |
| Mar | 45°F | 27°F | 2.6″ | 5.8″ | 194 hrs |
| Apr | 57°F | 37°F | 4.1″ | 1.5″ | 220 hrs |
| May | 69°F | 48°F | 4.4″ | — | 258 hrs |
| Jun | 79°F | 58°F | 4.2″ | — | 298 hrs |
| Jul | 83°F | 63°F | 3.9″ | — | 331 hrs |
| Aug | 81°F | 62°F | 3.3″ | — | 300 hrs |
| Sep | 74°F | 55°F | 3.4″ | — | 255 hrs |
| Oct | 61°F | 43°F | 3.0″ | 0.1″ | 188 hrs |
| Nov | 47°F | 31°F | 2.5″ | 3.1″ | 150 hrs |
| Dec | 35°F | 21°F | 2.3″ | 9.2″ | 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