Peoria, IL: March

31 March 2026: March 2026 averaged 48°F in Peoria, IL, the warmest March since 2012, 5th warmest of 142.

March 2026

Mean temperature: 48°F; Warmest since 2012; 5th warmest of 142
Precipitation: 3.12 in; Wettest since 2025; 56th wettest of 143

A normal March in Peoria, IL (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 41.1°F, between 36.1°F and 46.6°F in eight years of ten and 2.18 in of precipitation, between 1.08 in and 4.37 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every March in Peoria, IL since 1884: 48°F in 2026; the highest is 55.4°F, in 2012.

Normal range, 36.1 to 46.6°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every March in Peoria, IL from 1883 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2026	48	5	60.8	4	35.3	19	3.12	56	0
2025	47.7	6	59.7	6	35.6	16	3.53	42	0
2024	47.7	6	58.2	9	37.1	9	3.18	54	0
2023	41.2	49	50.3	60	32.1	50	4.68	15	0
2022	42.5	37	52.4	34	32.7	38	3.55	41	0
2021	45.8	16	55.7	15	35.9	15	3.17	55	0
2020	43.9	25	52.3	36	35.5	17	3.19	53	0
2019	37.5	91	46.7	87	28.3	97	4.34	24	0
2018	38.6	81	47.9	77	29.4	81	3.72	38	0
2017	42.4	38	51	51	33.8	29	4.03	31	0
2016	47.1	11	56.5	13	37.6	7	2.32	84	0
2015	40.8	56	51.1	50	30.4	67	0.65	139	0
2014	34.6	117	44.4	108	24.7	131	1.94	99	0
2013	34	126	41.8	126	26.3	123	2.63	69	0
2012	55.4	1	65.8	1	45	1	1.51	119	0
2011	41.1	51	50.4	59	31.8	52	1.52	118	0
2010	44.7	20	53.9	23	35.4	18	3.30	49	0
2009	42.4	38	52.4	34	32.5	40	7.49	1	0
2008	39	75	48.6	72	29.3	82	2.05	93	0
2007	47.3	9	57.5	10	37.1	9	5.79	5	0
2006	41.4	47	50.6	56	32.3	47	3.10	57	0
2005	39	75	49.1	66	28.9	89	1.65	110	0
2004	44.1	23	53.5	26	34.8	25	3.07	58	0
2003	40	65	50.9	52	29.1	88	1.97	98	0
2002	37.2	95	47	84	27.4	109	1.82	101	0
2001	36.3	104	46.1	93	26.6	117	1.09	124	0
2000	46.5	12	56.8	12	36.1	12	1.63	111	0
1999	38.2	84	48.2	75	28.2	99	0.94	130	0
1998	39.5	71	46.7	87	32.3	47	4.67	16	0
1997	41.4	47	52	42	30.8	64	1.68	109	0
1996	34	126	44.4	108	23.5	139	2.04	94	0
1995	42.6	36	52.7	32	32.5	40	1.56	115	0
1994	41	53	52.1	39	29.9	71	0.66	138	0
1993	36.4	102	44.7	106	28.1	101	4.08	29	0
1992	42.2	41	52.1	39	32.4	46	2.58	71	0
1991	42.8	35	52.9	31	32.7	38	3.67	39	0
1990	43.4	29	52.2	38	34.6	27	3.95	33	0
1989	39.2	74	48.9	68	29.5	78	1.14	123	0
1988	39.9	68	50.6	56	29.2	86	2.83	62	0
1987	44.1	23	54.4	21	33.8	29	1.98	97	0
1986	43.2	30	53.4	28	32.9	36	0.87	135	0
1985	43.8	27	53.5	26	34.1	28	5.77	6	0
1984	31.3	138	37.7	139	24.8	130	3.95	33	0
1983	40.3	62	48	76	32.5	40	2.84	61	0
1982	37.7	90	46.6	91	28.8	91	4.80	11	0
1981	40.6	58	52	42	29.3	82	0.92	133	0
1980	35.6	109	44.2	112	27	114	2.79	63	0
1979	37.9	88	46.1	93	29.7	74	4.42	20	0
1978	32.4	135	40.8	134	23.9	136	1.56	115	0
1977	44.6	21	54.1	22	35.1	21	4.41	23	0
1976	43.8	27	55.2	16	32.5	40	4.25	26	0
1975	33.8	131	42.3	124	25.3	129	1.73	107	0
1974	41	53	51.4	47	30.7	65	2.69	66	0
1973	46.5	12	54.6	19	38.4	4	6.95	2	0
1972	36.9	96	46.9	85	26.9	115	2.48	77	0
1971	35.5	110	45	101	26	126	1.09	124	0
1970	35.2	114	43.4	121	27.1	113	1.60	112	0
1969	33	133	43.6	120	22.3	141	1.20	122	0
1968	43	33	54.6	19	31.4	56	0.93	132	0
1967	40.2	64	48.9	68	31.5	54	2.33	82	0
1966	40.6	58	50.9	52	30.4	67	1.78	104	0
1965	28	141	35.7	141	20.2	142	3.40	46	0
1964	36	106	45.3	98	26.7	116	3.76	37	0
1963	41.5	45	51.5	46	31.4	56	5.32	8	0
1962	33.7	132	41.8	126	25.6	127	2.15	91	0
1961	40.5	60	49.2	64	31.9	51	3.26	50	0
1960	22.5	142	31.1	143	14	144	3.24	51	0
1959	38.9	78	48.9	68	28.9	89	3.46	43	0
1958	36.8	98	43.8	117	29.7	74	0.39	142	0
1957	38.2	84	47.3	81	29.2	86	2.63	69	0
1956	38.9	78	49.2	64	28.6	92	0.54	140	0
1955	37.8	89	47.9	77	27.6	106	1.76	105	0
1954	35.4	111	44.3	110	26.5	119	3.41	45	0
1953	39.8	70	48.5	74	31.2	59	4.80	11	0
1952	36	106	44.8	104	27.3	110	4.10	28	0
1951	34.7	116	43.3	122	26.1	124	3.35	47	0
1950	34.6	117	43.1	123	26.1	124	1.73	107	0
1949	39	75	48.6	72	29.5	78	2.57	72	0
1948	37.5	91	46.7	87	28.3	97	3.94	35	0
1947	32.7	134	40.8	134	24.6	132	2.25	87	0
1946	50.1	2	61.2	3	39	2	4.22	27	0
1945	49.5	4	60	5	38.9	3	3.90	36	0
1944	34.3	121	42.1	125	26.6	117	5.92	3	0
1943	34.5	119	44.9	102	24.1	134	2.43	79	0
1942	42	43	50.6	56	33.5	31	2.18	89	0
1941	35.4	111	44.2	112	26.5	119	1.86	100	0
1940	35.9	108	43.7	119	28.1	101	2.10	92	0
1939	41	53	50.9	52	31.1	61	3.24	51	0
1938	47.4	8	57.1	11	37.7	6	4.42	20	0
1937	36.2	105	44.5	107	27.9	104	1.02	127	0
1936	41.9	44	52.3	36	31.5	54	1.80	103	0
1935	44.3	22	53.6	25	35	23	3.32	48	0
1934	34.1	123	43.8	117	24.4	133	1.76	105	0
1933	39.4	72	47.8	79	30.9	63	4.70	13	0
1932	31.8	137	40	138	23.6	138	2.51	74	0
1931	36.8	98	43.9	115	29.6	77	2.50	75	0
1930	38.8	80	49.1	66	28.5	94	1.55	117	0
1929	45.5	18	55.8	14	35.1	21	4.57	17	0
1928	40.3	62	50.3	60	30.4	67	0.96	129	0
1927	43.2	30	51.2	49	35.2	20	4.55	18	0
1926	32	136	40.4	136	23.7	137	2.35	80	0
1925	41.1	51	53	30	29.3	82	1.58	114	0
1924	34.9	115	41.2	131	28.5	94	2.28	85	0
1923	34.1	123	44.3	110	24	135	4.08	29	0
1922	41.2	49	48.8	71	33.5	31	5.09	9	0
1921	47.3	9	58.6	8	36.1	12	4.89	10	0
1920	41.5	45	51.8	44	31.2	59	5.84	4	0
1919	40.8	56	50.3	60	31.4	56	4.52	19	0
1918	45.5	18	58.8	7	32.3	47	0.91	134	0
1917	39.9	68	50.2	63	29.7	74	2.26	86	0
1916	37.5	91	46.7	87	28.2	99	2.33	82	0
1915	34.1	123	41.8	126	26.4	122	0.67	137	0
1914	36.8	98	45.2	100	28.5	94	1.60	112	0
1913	35.4	111	45.3	98	25.5	128	3.46	43	0
1912	28.5	140	37.4	140	19.5	143	2.03	95	0
1911	40.4	61	51.4	47	29.3	82	2.64	68	0
1910	49.8	3	63	2	36.6	11	0.52	141	0
1909	36.9	96	45.9	96	27.9	104	1.81	102	0
1908	42.3	40	52.1	39	32.5	40	2.50	75	0
1907	45.6	17	55.1	18	36	14	2.34	81	0
1906	29.3	139	35.7	141	22.9	140	2.55	73	0
1905	43.9	25	53.1	29	34.7	26	2.00	96	0
1904	39.4	72	46.4	92	32.5	40	4.42	20	0
1903	45.9	15	53.8	24	38	5	3.66	40	0
1902	42.2	41	50.9	52	33.4	33	2.71	65	0
1901			47.2	82	31.6	53	4.31	25	4
1900	34	126	40.9	133	27.2	112	1.42	121	0
1899	33.9	130	41.3	130	26.5	119	2.97	60	0
1898	43.2	30	51.6	45	34.9	24	5.74	7	0
1897	40	65	46.9	85	33	35	4.70	13	1
1896	37.3	94	44.8	104	29.8	72	1.05	126	0
1895	38.6	81	47.8	79	29.5	78	1.02	127	0
1894	46.4	14	55.2	16	37.5	8			0
1893	38.1	86	45.9	96	30.2	70	3.01	59	0
1892	36.8	98	43.9	115	29.8	72	2.45	78	0
1891	34	126	40.1	137	28	103	2.68	67	0
1890	34.4	120	41.4	129	27.3	110	2.73	64	0
1889	43	33	52.5	33	33.4	33	1.50	120	0
1888	36.4	102	44.2	112	28.6	92	4.03	31	0
1887	38.3	83	46.1	93	30.5	66	0.94	130	0
1886	40	65	47.2	82	32.8	37	2.25	87	0
1885	34.3	121	41.1	132	27.5	108	0.24	143	0
1884	38	87	44.9	102	31	62	2.17	90	0
1883					27.6	106	0.76	136	25

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2012	55.4
1946	50.1
1910	49.8
1945	49.5
2026	48
2025	47.7
2024	47.7
1938	47.4
2007	47.3
1921	47.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1960	22.5
1965	28
1912	28.5
1906	29.3
1984	31.3
1932	31.8
1926	32
1978	32.4
1947	32.7
1969	33

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2009	7.49
1973	6.95
1944	5.92
1920	5.84
2007	5.79
1985	5.77
1898	5.74
1963	5.32
1922	5.09
1921	4.89

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1885	0.24
1958	0.39
1910	0.52
1956	0.54
2015	0.65
1994	0.66
1915	0.67
1883	0.76
1986	0.87
1918	0.91

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 87°F; 26 March 2026
Coldest night: 9°F; 17 March 2026
Wettest day: 1.02 in; 15 March 2026

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Every answer in words

March 2026 brought 3.12 in of precipitation in Peoria, IL, the wettest March since 2025, 56th wettest of 143.
The hottest day of March 2026 in Peoria, IL: 87°F on Thursday 26 March 2026.
The coldest night of March 2026 in Peoria, IL: a low of 9°F on Tuesday 17 March 2026.
The wettest day of March 2026 in Peoria, IL: 1.02 in on Sunday 15 March 2026.