Kendall County, Illinois
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Kendall County is a county
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 located in the U.S. state
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 of Illinois
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, about 40 miles southwest of Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 114,736, which is an increase of 110% from 54,544 in 2000. It was the fastest-growing county in the United States between the years 2000 and 2010. Its county seat
County seat
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 is Yorkville
Yorkville, Illinois
Yorkville is a city located in Kendall County, Illinois, United States. The population was 6,189 at the 2000 United States Census and is estimated to be 16,505, . It is the county seat of Kendall County...

. According to the 2010 Census, the largest city in the county is Oswego
Oswego, Illinois
Oswego is a village in Kendall County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, the village population was 30,355. Its population has more than doubled since the 2000 census count of 13,326...

, Illinois
Illinois
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 with a 2010 Census population of 30,355.

Geography

According to Census statistics, According to the 2010 census, the county has a total area of 322.32 square miles (834.8 km²), of which 320.34 square miles (829.7 km²) (or 99.39%) is land and 1.98 square miles (5.1 km²) (or 0.61%) is water.

Major highways

  • U.S. Highway 30
  • U.S. Highway 34
  • U.S. Highway 52
  • Illinois Route 25
    Illinois Route 25
    Illinois Route 25 is a state road in northeast Illinois. It runs north from U.S. Highway 34 in Oswego to Illinois Route 62 in Algonquin. Illinois 25 is in length.- Route description :...

  • Illinois Route 31
    Illinois Route 31
    Illinois Route 31 is a north–south state road in northeastern Illinois, United States. It runs from U.S. Highway 34 in Oswego north to U.S. Highway 12, near the Wisconsin border, just south of Richmond. Illinois 31 is long.- Route description :...

  • Illinois Route 47
    Illinois Route 47
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  • Illinois Route 71
    Illinois Route 71
    Illinois Route 71 is a long southwest-to-northeast state highway in north central Illinois. It runs from the end of Interstate 180 in Hennepin to U.S. Route 34 in Oswego...

  • Illinois Route 126
    Illinois Route 126
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  • Kendall County is a small, but rapidly growing county that has the majority of its population in the northeast, and along the Fox River (the only river in the county) which runs through the northwestern section of the county. Many new subdivision
    Subdivision (land)
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    s have been constructed in this county, which has produced considerable population growth. Southern Kendall still remains largely agricultural. Kendall County has two primary ranges of low-lying hills formed by what is known as an end moraine
    Moraine
    A moraine is any glacially formed accumulation of unconsolidated glacial debris which can occur in currently glaciated and formerly glaciated regions, such as those areas acted upon by a past glacial maximum. This debris may have been plucked off a valley floor as a glacier advanced or it may have...

    . Ransom, the more predominant of the two moraines, runs through the west and north-central part of the county. This moraine has created elevations of over 800 feet (243.8 m), in contrast to elevations in southern Kendall County that drop to the lower 500 feet (152.4 m) range. Minooka, the other major end moraine ridge in Kendall County, runs along its entire eastern border with Will County. The two moraines intersect at almost a right angle in the township of Oswego
    Oswego, Illinois
    Oswego is a village in Kendall County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, the village population was 30,355. Its population has more than doubled since the 2000 census count of 13,326...

    . The only designated state park in the county is Silver Springs State Park.

    Township 2010 Census Population

    • Oswego 50,870
    • Bristol 26,230
    • Little Rock 13,076
    • Na-Au-Say 8,145
    • Kendall 7,739
    • Fox 1,675
    • Seward 4,455
    • Lisbon 899
    • Big Grove 1,647

    Adjacent counties

    • Kane County
      Kane County, Illinois
      Kane County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 515,269, which is an increase of 27.5% from 404,119 in 2000. Its county seat is Geneva, and its largest city is Aurora.- Geography :...

       - north
    • DuPage County
      DuPage County, Illinois
      As of the 2010 Census, the population of the county was 916,924, White Americans made up 77.9% of Dupage County's population; non-Hispanic whites represented 70.5% of the population. Black Americans made up 4.6% of the population. Native Americans made up 0.3% of Dupage County's population...

       - northeast
    • Will County
      Will County, Illinois
      As of the census of 2000, there were 502,266 people, 167,542 households, and 131,017 families residing in the county. The population density was 600 people per square mile . There were 175,524 housing units at an average density of 210 per square mile...

       - east
    • Grundy County - south
    • LaSalle County - west
    • DeKalb County
      DeKalb County, Illinois
      DeKalb County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 105,160, which is an increase of 18.2% from 88,969 in 2000. Its county seat is Sycamore. DeKalb County is part of the Chicago metropolitan statistical area.-History:DeKalb County...

       - northwest

    History

    Kendall County was formed in 1841 out of LaSalle and Kane Counties
    Kane County, Illinois
    Kane County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 515,269, which is an increase of 27.5% from 404,119 in 2000. Its county seat is Geneva, and its largest city is Aurora.- Geography :...

    .

    The county is named after Amos Kendall
    Amos Kendall
    Amos Kendall was an American politician who served as U.S. Postmaster General under Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren. Many historians regard Kendall as the intellectual force behind Andrew Jackson's presidential administration, and an influential figure in the transformation of America from an...

    . Kendall was the editor of the Frankfort
    Frankfort, Kentucky
    Frankfort is a city in Kentucky that serves as the state capital and the county seat of Franklin County. The population was 27,741 at the 2000 census; by population it is the 5th smallest state capital in the United States...

    , Kentucky
    Kentucky
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     newspaper, and went on to be an important advisor to President Andrew Jackson
    Andrew Jackson
    Andrew Jackson was the seventh President of the United States . Based in frontier Tennessee, Jackson was a politician and army general who defeated the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend , and the British at the Battle of New Orleans...

    . Kendall became the U.S. Postmaster General
    United States Postmaster General
    The United States Postmaster General is the Chief Executive Officer of the United States Postal Service. The office, in one form or another, is older than both the United States Constitution and the United States Declaration of Independence...

     in 1835.

    Elected Officials

    (As of March 2011) County Board members run in two districts. All other officers run county-wide:
    • County Board Members: John P. Purcell, Robert E. Davidson, John Shaw, Nancy Martin, Suzanne Petrella, Elizabeth Flowers, Jessie Hafenrichter, Dan Koukol, Anne Vickery, Jeff Wehrli
    • John P. Purcell - County Board Chairman
    • Becky Morganegg - Clerk of the Circuit Court
    • Ken Toftoy - Coroner
    • Debbie Gillette - County Clerk/Recorder
    • Richard Randall - Sheriff
    • Eric Weis - State's Attorney
    • Jill Ferko - Treasurer

    School districts

    • Lisbon Community Consolidated School District 90
    • Newark Community Consolidated School District 66
    • Newark Community High School District 18
      Newark Community High School District 18
      Newark Community High School is a public high school serving students from LaSalle, Kendall, and Grundy counties in Illinois. It is located in the town of Newark, in Kendall County. In the 2008-2009 school year, there was an enrolment of 186 students in grades 9-12...

    • Oswego Community Unit School District 308
      Oswego Community Unit School District 308
      Oswego Community Unit School District 308 is a public school district in Kendall County, Illinois. The Superintendent of Schools is Daniel O'Donnell. The district headquarters is in Oswego, Illinois. The district includes 20 schools, including one early learning center, 13 elementary schools for...

    • Plano Community Unit School District 88
    • Yorkville Community Unit School District 115
    • School District #101
    • School District #201
    • School District #202
    • School District #429
    • School District #430 (Sandwich Community School District #430)


    The northern half of the county is in Community College District 516 and is served by Waubonsee Community College
    Waubonsee Community College
    Waubonsee Community College is a two-year community college, founded in 1966, located in the western suburbs of Chicago, Illinois. Its four campuses are located in Sugar Grove, Aurora, and Plano....

     in Sugar Grove
    Sugar Grove, Illinois
    Sugar Grove is a far west suburban Chicago village in Kane County, Illinois, United States. The population was 3,909 at the 2000 census. The population was 6,016 in the 2003 special census. The population was 7,958 in the 2005 special census...

     and Aurora
    Aurora, Illinois
    Aurora is the second most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois, and the 112th largest city in the United States. A suburb of Chicago, located west of the Loop, its population in 2010 was 197,899. Originally founded within Kane County, Aurora's city limits have expanded greatly over the past...

    . The southern half is in Community College District 525 and is served by Joliet Junior College
    Joliet Junior College
    Joliet Junior College , a community college based in Joliet, Illinois, was the first public community college founded in the United States. JJC offers pre-baccalaureate programs for students planning to transfer to a four-year university, as well as occupational education leading directly to...

     in Joliet
    Joliet, Illinois
    Joliet is a city in Will and Kendall Counties in the U.S. state of Illinois, located southwest of Chicago. It is the county seat of Will County. As of the 2010 census, the city was the fourth-most populated in Illinois, with a population of 147,433. It continues to be Illinois' fastest growing...

    .

    Demographics

    Kendall County
    Population by year

    2010 - 114,736

    2000 - 54,544

    1990 - 39,413

    1980 - 37,202

    1970 - 26,374

    1960 - 17,540

    1950 - 12,115

    1940 - 11,105

    1930 - 10,555

    1920 - 10,074

    1910 - 10,777

    1900 - 11,467

    1890 - 12,106

    1880 - 13,083

    1870 - 12,399

    1860 - 13,074

    1850 - 7,730


    As of the census
    Census
    A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...

    of 2000, there were 54,544 people, 18,798 households, and 14,963 families residing in the county. (However, since then there has been a dramatic increase in the population, with 103,460 residents in 2008. The population density
    Population density
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     was 170 people per square mile (66/km²). There were 19,519 housing units at an average density of 61 per square mile (24/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 92.88% White
    Race (United States Census)
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    , 1.32% Black
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     or African American
    Race (United States Census)
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    , 0.19% Native American
    Race (United States Census)
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    , 0.88% Asian
    Race (United States Census)
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    , 0.02% Pacific Islander
    Race (United States Census)
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    , 3.38% from other races
    Race (United States Census)
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    , and 1.34% from two or more races. 7.49% of the population were Hispanic
    Race (United States Census)
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     or Latino
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     of any race. 27.2% were of German
    Germans
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    , 12.5% Irish
    Irish people
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    , 7.4% English
    English people
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    , 5.9% Polish, 5.8% Norwegian, 5.1% American
    United States
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     and 5.0% Italian
    Italian people
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     ancestry according to Census 2000. 91.6% spoke English
    English language
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     and 6.5% Spanish
    Spanish language
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     as their first language.

    There were 18,798 households out of which 41.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.80% were married couples
    Marriage
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     living together, 7.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.40% were non-families. 16.40% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.89 and the average family size was 3.27.

    In the county the population was spread out with 29.50% under the age of 18, 7.50% from 18 to 24, 32.40% from 25 to 44, 22.10% from 45 to 64, and 8.50% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 98.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.90 males.

    The median income for a household in the county was $64,625, and the median income for a family was $69,383 (these figures had risen to $74,539 and $81,517 respectively as of a 2007 estimate). Males had a median income of $50,268 versus $30,415 for females. The per capita income
    Per capita income
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     for the county was $25,188. About 2.00% of families and 3.00% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.50% of those under age 18 and 4.50% of those age 65 or over.

    Kendall County was listed as the fastest growing County in the USA from 2000 to 2009 experiencing a population growth rate of over 100% in this period. The reason for this growth is heavy suburbanization stemming from the metro Chicago.

    Townships

    The county is an 18 miles (29 km) square which is divided up into 9 townships. Each township is divided into 36 1 mile square sections, except that the Fox River is used as a Township border, resulting in Bristol being the smallest township with the extra area being assigned to Oswego and Kendall Townships. There are also two exceptions to the section grid to reflect Indian land grants under the Treaty of Prairie du Chien
    Treaty of Prairie du Chien
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     in 1829: the Mo-Ah-Way Reservation in Oswego Township and the Waish-Kee-shaw Reservation in Na-Au-Say Township. These areas were eventually sold to European settlers.
    • Big Grove Township
    • Bristol Township
      Bristol Township, Kendall County, Illinois
      Bristol Township is the smallest township in Kendall County, Illinois.It is located at 41.672412 N, -88.429435 W. According to the United States Census Bureau, Bristol Township covers an area of ; of this, is land and is water. Its population in the 2000 Census was 7,677. It has 2,807...

    • Fox Township
    • Kendall Township
      Kendall Township, Kendall County, Illinois
      Kendall Township is located in Kendall County, Illinois.It is located at 41.619626 N, -88.442966 W. It has 101.455 km². of land and 349,570 square meters covered by water. Its population in the 2000 Census was 4,636...

    • Lisbon Township
      Lisbon Township, Kendall County, Illinois
      Lisbon Township occupies the 6 mile square on the southern edge of Kendall County, Illinois.It is located at 41.506551 N, -88.419992 W. It has 94.76 km². of land. Its population in the 2000 Census was 851...

    • Little Rock Township
      Little Rock Township, Kendall County, Illinois
      Little Rock Township occupies the square in Kendall County, Illinois.It is located at . It has 91.571 km². of land and 420,977 square meters covered by water. Its population in the 2000 Census was 7,662...

    • Na-au-say Township
      Na-Au-Say Township, Kendall County, Illinois
      Na-Au-Say Township occupies the 6 mile square on the eastern edge of Kendall County, Illinois.It is located at 41.590313 N, -88.312618 W. It has 88.525 square meters of land. Its population in the 2000 Census was 1,672...

    • Oswego Township
      Oswego Township, Kendall County, Illinois
      Oswego Township occupies the 6 mile square plus additional land to the South of the Fox River in northeast corner of Kendall County, Illinois....

    • Seward Township
      Seward Township, Kendall County, Illinois
      Seward Township occupies the 6 mile square in southeast corner of Kendall County, Illinois.It is located at 41.502980 N, -88.304570 W. It has 90.533 km². of land and 502,684 square meters covered by water. Its population in the 2000 Census was 846. It has 288 housing units.It contains...


    Cities and towns

    • Aurora
      Aurora, Illinois
      Aurora is the second most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois, and the 112th largest city in the United States. A suburb of Chicago, located west of the Loop, its population in 2010 was 197,899. Originally founded within Kane County, Aurora's city limits have expanded greatly over the past...

       - partly in DuPage
      DuPage County, Illinois
      As of the 2010 Census, the population of the county was 916,924, White Americans made up 77.9% of Dupage County's population; non-Hispanic whites represented 70.5% of the population. Black Americans made up 4.6% of the population. Native Americans made up 0.3% of Dupage County's population...

      , Kane
      Kane County, Illinois
      Kane County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 515,269, which is an increase of 27.5% from 404,119 in 2000. Its county seat is Geneva, and its largest city is Aurora.- Geography :...

       and Will County
      Will County, Illinois
      As of the census of 2000, there were 502,266 people, 167,542 households, and 131,017 families residing in the county. The population density was 600 people per square mile . There were 175,524 housing units at an average density of 210 per square mile...

    • Boulder Hill
      Boulder Hill, Illinois
      Boulder Hill is a census-designated place in Oswego Township, Kendall County, Illinois, United States. The population was 8,108 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Boulder Hill is located at ....

       - census designated place, part of Oswego
      Oswego, Illinois
      Oswego is a village in Kendall County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, the village population was 30,355. Its population has more than doubled since the 2000 census count of 13,326...

       and Montgomery
      Montgomery, Illinois
      Montgomery is a village in Kane and Kendall County, Illinois. The population was 5,471 at the 2000 census, and was 14,407 in a 2006 special census...

    • Bristol
      Bristol, Illinois
      Bristol, Illinois, is an unincorporated community in Bristol Township, Kendall County in the U.S. state of Illinois, just south of the Kane County border...

       (Unincorporated)
    • Helmar (Unincorporated)
    • Joliet
      Joliet, Illinois
      Joliet is a city in Will and Kendall Counties in the U.S. state of Illinois, located southwest of Chicago. It is the county seat of Will County. As of the 2010 census, the city was the fourth-most populated in Illinois, with a population of 147,433. It continues to be Illinois' fastest growing...

       - primarily in Will County
      Will County, Illinois
      As of the census of 2000, there were 502,266 people, 167,542 households, and 131,017 families residing in the county. The population density was 600 people per square mile . There were 175,524 housing units at an average density of 210 per square mile...

    • Lisbon
      Lisbon, Illinois
      Lisbon is a village in Kendall County, Illinois, United States. The population was 248 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Lisbon is located at ....

    • Millbrook
      Millbrook, Illinois
      Millbrook is a village located in Kendall County, Illinois, United States. It was incorporated on November 5, 2002 and had an estimated population of 314 in 2007.The village is part of the Chicago metropolitan area.-Points of interest:...

    • Millington
      Millington, Illinois
      Millington is a village in Kendall and LaSalle counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. The population was 458 at the 2000 census.The Kendall County portion of Millington is part of the Chicago–Naperville–Joliet Metropolitan Statistical Area, while the LaSalle County portion is part of...

      -partly in LaSalle
    • Minooka
      Minooka, Illinois
      Minooka is a village in Grundy, Kendall, and Will Counties, Illinois, United States. The population was 10,924 at the 2010 census. Minooka currently has two high schools in its district, a campus for juniors and seniors and a newer campus for freshman and sophomores. Minooka School District 201 ...

       - partly in Grundy and Will
      Will County, Illinois
      As of the census of 2000, there were 502,266 people, 167,542 households, and 131,017 families residing in the county. The population density was 600 people per square mile . There were 175,524 housing units at an average density of 210 per square mile...

       Counties
    • Montgomery
      Montgomery, Illinois
      Montgomery is a village in Kane and Kendall County, Illinois. The population was 5,471 at the 2000 census, and was 14,407 in a 2006 special census...

       - partly in Kane County
      Kane County, Illinois
      Kane County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 515,269, which is an increase of 27.5% from 404,119 in 2000. Its county seat is Geneva, and its largest city is Aurora.- Geography :...

    • Newark
      Newark, Illinois
      Newark is a village in Kendall County, Illinois, United States. The population was 887 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Newark is located at ....

    • Oswego
      Oswego, Illinois
      Oswego is a village in Kendall County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, the village population was 30,355. Its population has more than doubled since the 2000 census count of 13,326...

    • Plainfield
      Plainfield, Illinois
      Plainfield is a village in Will County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2007 special census, the population is 37,334.The Village includes land in Plainfield and Wheatland townships. Part of Plainfield is located in Kendall County...

       - primarily in Will County
      Will County, Illinois
      As of the census of 2000, there were 502,266 people, 167,542 households, and 131,017 families residing in the county. The population density was 600 people per square mile . There were 175,524 housing units at an average density of 210 per square mile...

    • Plano
      Plano, Illinois
      Plano is a city in Kendall County, Illinois, United States near Aurora, with a population of 5,633 at the 2000 census. The city is rapidly growing with new subdivisions such as Lakewood Springs completed and several other developments under construction or in the planning stages. Former Speaker...

    • Plattville
      Plattville, Illinois
      Plattville is a village in Lisbon Township, Kendall County, Illinois, United States. The village was first formed in 1860 and was named after founder Daniel Platt, who first built a home there in 1834 on the Frink and Walker stagecoach route between Chicago and Ottawa, IL.Plattville was officially...

    • Sandwich
      Sandwich, Illinois
      Sandwich is a city in DeKalb, Kendall, and LaSalle counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. The population was 6,509 at the 2000 census. The 2008 population estimate by the U.S. Census Bureau for the city is 7,337.-History:...

      -primarily in DeKalb County
      DeKalb County, Illinois
      DeKalb County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 105,160, which is an increase of 18.2% from 88,969 in 2000. Its county seat is Sycamore. DeKalb County is part of the Chicago metropolitan statistical area.-History:DeKalb County...

       but also in LaSalle
    • Yorkville
      Yorkville, Illinois
      Yorkville is a city located in Kendall County, Illinois, United States. The population was 6,189 at the 2000 United States Census and is estimated to be 16,505, . It is the county seat of Kendall County...

    • Little Rock
      Little Rock, Illinois
      Little Rock is an unincorporated community in Little Rock Township, Kendall County, Illinois. It is located in the far northwestern corner of the county. Big Rock lies to the northeast, Hinckley lies to the northwest, Plano lies to the southeast and Sandwich lies to the south of the village....

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    Climate and weather

    In recent years, average temperatures in the county seat of Yorkville have ranged from a low of 10 °F (-12.2 °C) in January to a high of 84 °F (28.9 °C) in July, although a record low of -26 °F was recorded in January 1985 and a record high of 111 °F (43.9 °C) was recorded in July 1936. Average monthly precipitation ranged from 1.52 inches (3.9 cm) in February to 4.39 inches (11.2 cm) in July.

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