Climate · Richview

Richview, IL climate

Richview has chilly winters and warm summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 87°, a January night drops to 23°, and about 12 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.

NOAA 1991-2020 climate normals Updated once a decade
July high
87°
455th hottest of 2,886 Illinois towns
January low
23°
344th mildest of 2,886 Illinois towns
Rain + melted snow
45 in
324th wettest of 2,886 Illinois towns
Snow a winter
12 in
485th least snowy of 2,880 Illinois towns
A normal year

What a year in Richview feels like

Winter

42° / 25°
Typical high / low · 4 days with an inch or more of snow

Spring

66° / 45°
Typical high / low · Last frost around Apr 7

Summer

86° / 65°
Typical high / low · 31 days reach 90° in a normal year

Fall

68° / 46°
Typical high / low · First frost around Oct 26
Best months to be outsideAprMaySepOctHighs of 62–84° and lows of 40° or more
Month by month

Richview weather by month

Average highs, lows, rain and snow for every month, from NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals.

MonthHighLowRain + meltSnowWet daysSnow on ground30-yr range
January39°23°3.0" 3.7"87 25° – 41°
February44°27°2.5" 3.7"74 25° – 45°
March55°35°3.8" 1.2"101 37° – 58°
April67°44°4.9" 0100 48° – 61°
May75°55°5.2" 0110 60° – 72°
June84°64°4.7" 090 69° – 77°
July87°67°3.9" 080 72° – 84°
August86°65°3.4" 070 70° – 82°
September80°57°3.4" 070 65° – 75°
October69°46°3.4" 0.1"80 52° – 62°
November54°36°4.0" 0.5"91 37° – 51°
December43°27°3.0" 2.5"93 21° – 45°
Year65°45°45.0"11.7"10315

“Wet days” have at least 0.01" of rain or melted snow. “Snow on ground” counts days with 1" or more. The 30-year range is the coldest and warmest that month’s average temperature got between 1991 and 2020.

Rain & snow

Rain and snow in Richview

Richview gets 45 inches of rain and melted snow a year. May is the wettest month and February the driest. Rain or snow falls on about 103 days a year. Snow covers the ground about 15 days of the year.

45 in
Rain + melted snow a year
More rain than 69% of U.S. towns
12 in
Snow in a normal winter
Less snow than 70% of U.S. towns
15 days
With 1"+ of snow on the ground
Fewer than 63% of U.S. towns

Rain + melted snow by month

Inches of water
5.2"

Snowfall by month

Inches of snow
3.7"
Frost & the growing season

About 201 frost-free days a year

In half of years the last 32° night comes by April 7 and the first one by October 26. That leaves about 201 frost-free days for gardens, longer than 73% of U.S. towns.

94
nights at or below 32° in a normal year
2
nights below 0° in a normal year
31
days that reach 90° in a normal year

Freezing nights by month

Average nights at or below 32°

90° days by month

Average days at 90° or more
Heating & cooling

Heating and cooling a home in Richview

Engineers use “degree days” to estimate how hard a furnace or air conditioner works. In Richview, 79% of that work is heating and 21% is cooling.

79%heating
4,859 heating degree daysLess heating than 68% of U.S. towns
1,304 cooling degree daysMore cooling than 73% of U.S. towns

Degree days measure how far each day’s average temperature falls below or rises above 65°, added up over a year. Source: NOAA station normals.

Compared with other towns

How Richview compares

Summer heat87° July high