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    Sparta, IL · 39°F

    How much snow does Sparta, Illinois get?

    Nope. Not this week.

    Clear skies now. No snow in the next 5 days.

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    Snow in the next 5 days

    • Satclear skies43° / 36°
    • Sunclouds51° / 29°
    • Monclear skies53° / 33°
    • Tueclear skies55° / 34°
    • Wedclear skies59° / 38°

    Sparta stays snow-free for 5 days. Winter’s still deciding if it’s worth the trip.

    Live 5-day forecast and current temperature from OpenWeatherMap, refreshed about every half hour. Winter warnings from the National Weather Service.

    A typical winter

    Snow a year
    11 in
    Days with 1 in or more
    4
    Winter high
    43°F
    Winter low
    24°F
    First freeze
    Oct 22
    Last freeze
    Apr 12
    Nights at 32°F or below
    109
    Dec, Jan, Feb snow
    2.6, 3.5, 3.4 in

    January is usually the snowiest of the three winter months here, with about 4 inches.

    The first fall freeze usually comes around Oct 22 and the last spring one around Apr 12, which leaves about 193 days without a freeze.

    A typical winter day runs from about 24°F to 43°F, and the low gets down to 32°F or colder on about 109 nights a year.

    Towns with about the same snow

    More towns in Illinois

    • Walnut: about 36 inches of snow a year
    • Mount Carroll: about 33 inches of snow a year
    • Morrison: about 32 inches of snow a year
    • Dixon: about 31 inches of snow a year
    • Marengo: about 31 inches of snow a year

    More about the weather around here

    Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991 to 2020, co-op station USC00118147 at Sparta. Winter means December to February, and the freeze dates are the median dates of the first and last 32°F night.