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===Climate and weather===
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|[[Paxton, Illinois]]
|14|30|1.66
|19|35|1.40
|29|48|3.17
|39|61|3.41
|50|72|4.38
|59|82|3.47
|62|85|3.75
|60|83|3.26
|53|77|3.20
|41|65|3.30
|31|49|3.02
|20|35|3.04
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|source=The Weather Channel<ref name=WX>{{cite web|url=http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/USIL0928|title=Monthly Averages for Paxton IL|access-date=January 27, 2011|publisher=The Weather Channel}}</ref>}}
In recent years, average temperatures in the county seat of Paxton have ranged from a low of {{convert|14|°F}} in January to a high of {{convert|85|°F}} in July, although a record low of {{convert|-25|°F}} was recorded in January 1999 and a record high of {{convert|102|°F}} was recorded in June 1988. Average monthly precipitation ranged from {{convert|1.40|in}} in February to {{convert|4.38|in}} in May.<ref name=WX/>