Paris, IL
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from PARIS STP, IL US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Paris has an annual average temperature of 51.4°F with about 42.7 inches of precipitation per year and 19.1 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 84.4°F), and the coldest is January (average low 16.6°F). June is typically the wettest month (5.02 in) and February the driest (2.33 in). Snow typically falls from November through April.
Best time to visit Paris
Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →22 of 366 (6%) of Paris's all-time daily heat records have been set since 2015. If records were spread evenly across the station's history, only about 5% would fall in any given decade.
| 1890s | 50 | |
| 1900s | 21 | |
| 1910s | 44 | |
| 1920s | 28 | |
| 1930s | 75 | |
| 1940s | 26 | |
| 1950s | 35 | |
| 1960s | 6 | |
| 1970s | 13 | |
| 1980s | 16 | |
| 1990s | 11 | |
| 2000s | 9 | |
| 2010s | 17 | |
| 2020s | 15 |
Bars: number of all-time daily heat records still standing that were set in each decade.
Monthly averages
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Avg Temp | Precipitation | Snow | Rainy days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.0°F | 16.6°F | 25.3°F | 2.81 in | 8.6 in | 10 |
| February | 38.8°F | 19.9°F | 29.3°F | 2.33 in | 3.6 in | 9 |
| March | 49.9°F | 29.1°F | 39.5°F | 3.00 in | 2.0 in | 10 |
| April | 62.8°F | 40.0°F | 51.4°F | 4.94 in | 0.3 in | 11 |
| May | 73.0°F | 51.2°F | 62.1°F | 4.17 in | — | 12 |
| June | 81.6°F | 60.7°F | 71.2°F | 5.02 in | — | 10 |
| July | 84.4°F | 63.8°F | 74.1°F | 3.83 in | — | 9 |
| August | 83.0°F | 61.7°F | 72.3°F | 3.57 in | — | 8 |
| September | 77.7°F | 53.8°F | 65.8°F | 2.94 in | — | 7 |
| October | 65.5°F | 42.6°F | 54.1°F | 3.62 in | — | 9 |
| November | 50.8°F | 31.2°F | 41.0°F | 3.66 in | 0.6 in | 9 |
| December | 38.8°F | 22.5°F | 30.6°F | 2.85 in | 4.0 in | 10 |
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