Mitchell has milder winters than most of Illinois
Mitchell has chilly winters and warm summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 88°, a January night drops to 23°, and about 11 inches of snow falls in a normal winter. Normal November highs come to 55°, and lows to 36°.
Getting the latest forecast from the National Weather Service…
What stands out about Mitchell’s weather
Read from 30 years of NOAA records. Each one opens the full story on the Climate page.
Where today sits in Mitchell’s year
Typical highs and lows month by month, from 30 years of NOAA records.
Weather talk
Road reports, first frosts and storm memories from neighbors in Mitchell.
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Forecast, conditions and alerts: National Weather Service. Climate: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020 and 1901–2000. Temperatures and rainfall come from NOAA’s gridded normals for Mitchell itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Edwardsville 2 W, IL (5 mi, snow) and Alton - Melvin Price L&d, IL (8 mi, frost, heat and degree days). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.