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Perryville is located in central Perry County, approximately 12 miles southwest of the Mississippi River. Its official coordinates are 37°43’34”N 89°52’18”W. It lies in the upland part of the county, in gently rolling ground between Saline and Cinque Hommes creeks, with the low river floodplains well to the east and northeast. The city has a total area of 7.96 square miles, and an average elevation of 581 feet.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt</ref>
Perryville is located in central Perry County, approximately 12 miles southwest of the Mississippi River. Its official coordinates are 37°43’34”N 89°52’18”W. It lies in the upland part of the county, in gently rolling ground between Saline and Cinque Hommes creeks, with the low river floodplains well to the east and northeast. The city has a total area of 7.96 square miles, and an average elevation of 581 feet.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt</ref>
The major highways in the city are Interstate 55, which passes along the city's southwestern edge and along which many of its service businesses are located; U.S. Route 61, which runs through the center of Perryville from northwest to southeast, paralleling I-55; and Missouri State Highway 51, which runs north to south through the west of town.
Perryville's climate can be described as humid subtropical, with hot summers, cool to cold winters, and a moderately high amount of precipitation. January temperatures average about 30°F, compared to 77°F in July, and the average annual precipitation is 41.2 inches.<ref>https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/climatenormals/clim20/mo/236641.pdf</ref> As is common in the Midwest, severe weather occasionally strikes the area; an F4 [[tornado]] struck the northwestern neighborhoods of Perryville on February 28, 2017, inflicting significant damage and killing one person.<ref>https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/wx/afos/p.php?pil=PNSPAH&e=201703041744</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Category !! January !! February !! March !! April !! May !! June !! July !! August !! September !! October !! November !! December !! Average
|-
| Average high (°F) || 39.7 || 46.2 || 56.4 || 67.0 || 76.0 || 84.1 || 88.6 || 87.1 || 79.9 || 69.9 || 55.9 || 43.9 || 66.2
|-
| Average low (°F) || 20.2 || 24.2 || 33.3 || 42.4 || 51.8 || 61.6 || 65.8 || 63.2 || 54.7 || 42.6 || 34.0 || 24.6 || 43.2
|-
| Average precipitation (in) || 2.37 || 2.32 || 3.73 || 4.15 || 4.53 || 3.59 || 3.40 || 3.36 || 2.95 || 3.03 || 4.52 || 3.29 || 41.24
|}
==References==
==References==