Perrysville, Indiana climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Perrysville's normal year runs from 17°F January nights to 86°F July afternoons, with 39.0 inches of precipitation and 19 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 11.2°C, January lows of −8°C, July highs of 30°C, 992 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationPerrysville (4 mi WNW)
- Station IDUSC00126830
- Location40.07°N 87.51°W
- Elevation611 ft (186 m)
- Population461
On October 23, the normal high in Perrysville is 64°F and the normal low 40°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 33%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Perrysville.
- Jan 35° 17°
- Feb 40° 21°
- Mar 51° 30°
- Apr 64° 40°
- May 75° 52°
- Jun 83° 61°
- Jul 86° 63°
- Aug 85° 61°
- Sep 80° 53°
- Oct 68° 42°
- Nov 52° 32°
- Dec 40° 23°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Perrysville each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 86°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 17°F. The most precipitation falls in June (4.78 in), the least in February (1.99 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35°F | 17°F | 26.4°F | 2.42 | 5.6 | 9 | <1 | 27 | 9 h 40 min |
| February | 40°F | 21°F | 30.4°F | 1.99 | 5.2 | 9 | <1 | 24 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 51°F | 30°F | 40.4°F | 2.68 | 2.6 | 10 | <1 | 20 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 64°F | 40°F | 52.0°F | 3.93 | 0.3 | 11 | <1 | 7 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 75°F | 52°F | 63.2°F | 4.42 | 0.0 | 13 | 1 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| June | 83°F | 61°F | 71.9°F | 4.78 | 0.0 | 11 | 6 | <1 | 15 h |
| July | 86°F | 63°F | 74.2°F | 4.14 | 0.0 | 9 | 7 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| August | 85°F | 61°F | 72.5°F | 3.17 | 0.0 | 9 | 6 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 80°F | 53°F | 66.4°F | 2.72 | 0.0 | 8 | 4 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 68°F | 42°F | 54.8°F | 3.23 | 0.0 | 10 | <1 | 5 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 52°F | 32°F | 42.1°F | 3.14 | 1.0 | 10 | <1 | 16 | 10 h |
| December | 40°F | 23°F | 31.6°F | 2.42 | 4.5 | 10 | <1 | 25 | 9 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 63°F | 41°F | 52.2°F | 39.04 | 19.2 | 118 | 24 | 124 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2°C | −8°C | −3.1°C | 61 mm | 14 cm |
| February | 4°C | −6°C | −0.9°C | 51 mm | 13 cm |
| March | 11°C | −1°C | 4.7°C | 68 mm | 7 cm |
| April | 18°C | 4°C | 11.1°C | 100 mm | 1 cm |
| May | 24°C | 11°C | 17.3°C | 112 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 29°C | 16°C | 22.2°C | 121 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 30°C | 17°C | 23.4°C | 105 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 29°C | 16°C | 22.5°C | 81 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 27°C | 12°C | 19.1°C | 69 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 20°C | 6°C | 12.7°C | 82 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 11°C | 0°C | 5.6°C | 80 mm | 3 cm |
| December | 5°C | −5°C | −0.2°C | 61 mm | 11 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00126830; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
When is the best weather to visit Perrysville?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, August, September and October. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (8).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00126830.
When is the last frost in Perrysville?
In Perrysville, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 23 in half of years and after May 7 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 14 in half of years and before September 29 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- April 231 year in 10 after May 7; 9 in 10 after April 10
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 141 year in 10 before September 29; 9 in 10 before October 27
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 171 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 192 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 13 in half of springs and before October 24 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Perrysville in zone 6a in ZIP code 47974, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Perrysville's NOAA station is in zone 6a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −10°F (27 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Indiana · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00126830; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get in Perrysville?
In a normal year in Perrysville, 24 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 124 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 118 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 24a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 124a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 33high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 118a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 7a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1981) is 105°F, on August 18, 1988; the lowest is −26°F, on January 21, 1985.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1990, with 53.54 in; the snowiest season is 2002–03, with 36.2 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00126830; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00126830. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Perrysville?
Over a year 74% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Perrysville, 4.0 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (81%) and December the cloudiest (60%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 62% | 1.8 |
| February | 66% | 2.7 |
| March | 67% | 3.6 |
| April | 70% | 4.8 |
| May | 72% | 5.5 |
| June | 79% | 6.3 |
| July | 81% | 6.3 |
| August | 81% | 5.6 |
| September | 80% | 4.6 |
| October | 72% | 3.1 |
| November | 69% | 2.1 |
| December | 60% | 1.5 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How much heating and cooling does Perrysville need?
A normal year in Perrysville brings 5,650 heating degree days, 5% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,003 cooling degree days, 11% more than the median (908). Seven months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 3,483 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,196 | 0 |
| February | 970 | 0 |
| March | 765 | 3 |
| April | 403 | 13 |
| May | 144 | 88 |
| June | 20 | 227 |
| July | 3 | 288 |
| August | 7 | 241 |
| September | 79 | 121 |
| October | 340 | 23 |
| November | 687 | 1 |
| December | 1,037 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,650 | 1,003 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00126830. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
Has Perrysville been warmer than normal lately?
2024 averaged 54.3°F, 2.1°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 52.2°F. 2 of the 2 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 53.3°F | +1.1°F | 44.29 | 20.1 |
| 2024 | 54.3°F | +2.1°F | 34.80 | 13.3 |
Over 38 complete years from 1983 to 2024, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 2.6°F per century (+0.14°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00126830; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Perrysville's climate compare?
Perrysville is warmer than 58 of the other 98 places with their own NOAA record in Indiana, and wetter than 8. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 52.2°F is warmer than 50%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Perrysville is Dfa: continental, no dry season, hot summer. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Which places near Perrysville share this climate record?
12 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- Westville, IL3,035 people · 7 mi W
- Georgetown, IL3,001 people · 10 mi SW
- Tilton, IL2,533 people · 7 mi W
- Catlin, IL1,919 people · 11 mi W
- Oakwood, IL1,275 people · 14 mi W
- Chrisman, IL1,273 people · 21 mi SW
- Ridge Farm, IL753 people · 15 mi SW
- Bismarck, IL569 people · 14 mi NW
- Belgium, IL344 people · 7 mi W
- Alvin, IL224 people · 17 mi N
- Henning, IL201 people · 19 mi NW
- Olivet, IL156 people · 11 mi SW
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Perrysville's climate
What is the coldest month in Perrysville?
January, with a normal high of 35°F and a normal low of 17°F. The warmest is July (86°F by day, 63°F at night).
Does it snow in Perrysville?
Yes: 19 inches in a normal year, falling on 17 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (5.6 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Perrysville?
June, with 4.78 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 1.99 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Perrysville in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Perrysville in zone 6a in ZIP code 47974, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Perrysville's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −10°F (27 years, 1991-2020): zone 6a.
How late can frost come in Perrysville?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 23; in one year in ten it comes after May 7. Waiting until May 7 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Indiana climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Danville, IL9 miles from this station, 53.1°F a year
- Sidell, IL18 miles from this station, 51.5°F a year
- Attica, IN22 miles from this station, 50.8°F a year
- Ogden, IL24 miles from this station, 52.2°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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