Princeville, IL Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, plus PlainClimate's derived comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Princeville's primary NOAA station, PRINCEVILLE.
The climate verdict for Princeville
Princeville, Illinois has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 51°F. Its climate comfort score of 59/100 (moderate) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 37% of station-mapped location scores.
- 51°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 59/100
- comfort score, above 37% of station-mapped location scores
- 38.8"
- annual precipitation · 20" snow
- 175 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Princeville: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00117004 · Princeville, IL 51°F mean · 38.8" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 51°F
- RANK-MID #3,019
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ La Harpe
- PRCP-MID 38.8"
- SWING-WIDE 51°F
- COMF-MID 59/100
- LOAD-HEAT 6,102 HDD
- STN-1 USC00117004
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: La Harpe, IL (+ 0 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every IL station list.
- Princeville (this station) 51°F
- Cold Canaday Steam P…, NE 51°F
- Hot Valentine Nwr, NE 51°F
- Near La Harpe, IL 51°F
- Near Unionville, MO 51°F
Climate Living Index · Princeville
Princeville: 55/100 · grade C
Princeville publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Princeville, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 59/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 38.8 in · 3.8 from 35 in | 86/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 140 calendar days | 53/100 · D |
| Snowfall burden | 20.3 inches/year | 49/100 · D |
| Frost-free season | 175 days/year | 46/100 · D |
| Annual temperature balance | 50.8°F · 16.7° from 67.5°F | 44/100 · D |
Princeville · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Princeville is a continental Köppen climate: Dfa
Coldest-month mean 23.5°F and warmest-month mean 74.4°F place this station in continental, no dry season, hot summer climates (Dfa). Class Dfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Dfa
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 74.4°F
- Coldest month
- 23.5°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · heating-led station
Where Princeville sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Princeville's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 44th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- 56th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 83%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Princeville is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Princeville compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Princeville's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
59 37th percentile score exceeds 37% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). This entry sits in this band.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Above this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Above this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33°F (0°C) | 15°F (-10°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 2.2" | 5.4" | 29.4 | 0.0 |
| February | 37°F (3°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 1.9" | 5.5" | 25.6 | 0.0 |
| March | 50°F (10°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 2.4" | 2.0" | 22.5 | 0.0 |
| April | 64°F (18°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 3.7" | 0.1" | 9.1 | 0.1 |
| May | 75°F (24°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 5.0" | 0.0" | 0.7 | 1.4 |
| June | 83°F (28°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 4.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 5.3 |
| July | 86°F (30°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 74°F (24°C) | 4.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 8.0 |
| August | 84°F (29°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 3.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 5.6 |
| September | 78°F (26°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 3.9" | 0.0" | 0.8 | 2.2 |
| October | 65°F (19°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 3.1" | 0.0" | 7.5 | 0.1 |
| November | 51°F (10°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 40°F (5°C) | 2.4" | 0.9" | 18.6 | 0.0 |
| December | 37°F (3°C) | 20°F (-7°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 2.0" | 6.4" | 28.3 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 86°F around July 6, short of 90°F on every date, while 140 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 14°F near January 20.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 29, then returns to freezing around November 11, covering 140 dates in all.
Derived from the normal daily minimum. This is a different measure from the 50%-probability frost dates shown elsewhere on this page, which come from NOAA’s frost product.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is May 1, when 39% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is February 5 at 23%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 108 wet dates a year.
The widest day
September 23 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 27°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Princeville.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 5.4"
7.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 5.5"
6.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.0"
9.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
10.8 days with precipitation
11.8 days with precipitation
10.6 days with precipitation
8.9 days with precipitation
9.4 days with precipitation
8.3 days with precipitation
8.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.9"
8.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 6.4"
7.4 days with precipitation
Princeville spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 31% of the annual total and December through February 16%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Princeville has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 50.9°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 5.0" and February 1.9". The three wettest months together take 35% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
When it rains in Princeville, it arrives in quantity
38.8" of precipitation falls across only about 107 wet days here, averaging 0.36 inches each. Fewer days carry more water: the year's total is delivered in comparatively heavy events rather than persistent damp.
- Days with measurable precipitation
- about 107 a year, 29% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.36 inches
- Most wet days
- May, about 12
- Fewest wet days
- February, about 7
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, and a per-day average is not a forecast of any individual storm.
Winter brings real snow to Princeville
Princeville averages 20.3 inches of snowfall a year, with December the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 14 days that record measurable snow. That is depth accumulating on the ground, which is why it can exceed the annual precipitation figure: precipitation counts the liquid the snow melts down to, and fresh snow is mostly air.
- Annual snowfall: 20.3 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 14 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 5% of the year's precipitation.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. The ten-to-one ratio is a convention, not a measurement: real ratios vary with temperature, so treat the share as an order of magnitude rather than an exact split.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 14
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 22
50% probability date
Growing Season
175 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
6,102
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
964
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside IL closest to Princeville on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (51°F here).
- Ashland, NE 51°F · 0.0°F off
- Attica, IN 51°F · 0.0°F off
- Brady, NE 51°F · 0.0°F off
- Bridgehampton, NY 51°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (38.8" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Blackwell, OK 38.8" · 0.0" off
- Columbus Junction, IA 38.8" · 0.0" off
- Elkader, IA 38.8" · 0.0" off
- Osage City, KS 38.9" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Princeville
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Princeville's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 6,102 annual heating degree days against 964 for cooling. Its 50.9°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Princeville's frost-free season lasts about 175 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
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1. Princeville coldest normal
January
Averaging 24°F (-5°C), this month sits below freezing for the month as a whole, not merely overnight.
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2. Princeville typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Princeville snow peak
December
Princeville averages 20.3 inches of snow a year, with December the snowiest month on the normals.
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Princeville's primary station: PRINCEVILLE (USC00117004). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as an incorporated place (GEOID 1761925). Match rule for Princeville: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Princeville comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.