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Overview

An early season winter storm took shape across the Mid-Mississippi Valley on Saturday, November 29, 2025. Central Illinois received between 5 and 12 inches of snow in the span of 12 to 18 hours, making for one of the most prolific late November snowfalls on record. Daily snowfall records were broken at all 3 of our official observing sites for this date; Peoria (5.2"), Springfield (8.9"), and Lincoln (7.8").


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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
1046 AM CST Sun Nov 30 2025
...SNOWFALL REPORTS - NOVEMBER 29, 2025 SNOW STORM...

Location                     Amount    Time/Date       Lat/Lon

...Illinois...

...Cass County...
3 SE Bluff Springs           6.3 in    0700 AM 11/30   39.95N/90.33W

...Champaign County...
Champaign 0.4 SSE            8.5 in    0700 AM 11/30   40.11N/88.26W
Urbana 2.2 SE                8.5 in    0700 AM 11/30   40.09N/88.17W
3 NW Willard Airport         8.3 in    0730 PM 11/29   40.07N/88.31W
Savoy 0.6 SSE                8.1 in    0700 AM 11/30   40.06N/88.25W
Sidney 0.9 N                 7.5 in    0700 AM 11/30   40.04N/88.07W
Ogden                        7.2 in    0630 PM 11/29   40.11N/87.96W
Homer 2.0 N                  7.1 in    0700 AM 11/30   40.06N/87.96W
St. Joseph 1.1 ENE           7.0 in    0600 AM 11/30   40.12N/88.02W
2 N Homer                    6.9 in    0700 PM 11/29   40.07N/87.96W
Champaign 0.3 NNE            6.3 in    0800 AM 11/30   40.12N/88.26W
Mahomet 1.6 E                6.2 in    0645 AM 11/30   40.20N/88.37W
2 SSW Champaign              5.8 in    0426 PM 11/29   40.09N/88.28W
Urbana                       5.8 in    0700 AM 11/30   40.10N/88.20W
1 NE Rantoul                 4.4 in    0700 AM 11/30   40.32N/88.14W

...Christian County...
Pana                         12.3 in   0900 AM 11/30   39.39N/89.08W
Morrisonville 0.5 SSE        11.8 in   0730 AM 11/30   39.41N/89.45W
Edinburg 3.0 W               10.7 in   0700 AM 11/30   39.65N/89.45W
2.5 W Taylorville            6.8 in    0700 AM 11/30   39.53N/89.31W

...Clay County...
Clay City 6 SSE               T in     0600 AM 11/30   38.61N/88.31W

...Coles County...
1 NW Paradise                10.5 in   0430 PM 11/29   39.42N/88.46W
Charleston 4.7 SSW           6.7 in    0800 AM 11/30   39.42N/88.19W
Charleston                   5.9 in    0600 PM 11/29   39.48N/88.17W

...Cumberland County...
3 NNE Neoga                  8.5 in    0446 PM 11/29   39.36N/88.44W

...De Witt County...
Lane                         6.0 in    0730 PM 11/29   40.12N/88.86W

...Douglas County...
1 SW Tuscola                 8.5 in    0745 PM 11/29   39.79N/88.29W
Tuscola                      8.0 in    0700 AM 11/30   39.79N/88.29W
Tuscola 0.5 WSW              8.0 in    0700 AM 11/30   39.79N/88.29W
Newman                       7.0 in    0600 AM 11/30   39.79N/87.98W

...Edgar County...
Brocton                      5.5 in    0630 PM 11/29   39.72N/87.93W
Paris                        2.0 in    0700 AM 11/30   39.62N/87.67W

...Effingham County...
2 NNW Effingham              4.3 in    0543 PM 11/29   39.15N/88.55W
Watson                       3.5 in    0350 PM 11/29   39.03N/88.57W
Altamont 3.8 SSW             2.6 in    0800 AM 11/30   39.00N/88.77W

...Fulton County...
2 S Canton                   9.5 in    0830 PM 11/29   40.53N/90.04W
Canton 1.2 ESE               8.4 in    0600 AM 11/30   40.56N/90.02W
Farmington                   8.2 in    0500 PM 11/29   40.70N/90.01W
Bryant 0.1 ENE               8.2 in    0700 AM 11/30   40.47N/90.09W
Lewistown                    7.2 in    0430 PM 11/29   40.40N/90.16W
Avon                         6.6 in    0700 AM 11/30   40.66N/90.44W

...Jasper County...
1.1 W Newton                 2.8 in    1200 AM 11/30   38.99N/88.18W

...Knox County...
Knoxville                    8.0 in    0800 AM 11/30   40.90N/90.29W

...Logan County...
Lincoln                      9.9 in    0600 PM 11/29   40.15N/89.36W
Lincoln                      8.3 in    0700 AM 11/30   40.16N/89.37W
NWS Lincoln                  7.8 in    0600 PM 11/29   40.15N/89.34W
Lincoln 0.6 NNW              7.7 in    0700 AM 11/30   40.16N/89.37W
New Holland                  7.5 in    0700 AM 11/30   40.18N/89.58W

...Macon County...
2 N Decatur                  10.2 in   0405 PM 11/29   39.87N/88.95W
Warrensburg                  8.5 in    0607 PM 11/29   39.93N/89.07W
Oreana 1.3 S                 8.5 in    0800 AM 11/30   39.92N/88.87W
Decatur                      8.0 in    0555 PM 11/29   39.84N/88.95W
Macon                        8.0 in    0645 PM 11/29   39.71N/89.00W
Illiopolis 4.4 NNE           7.0 in    0700 AM 11/30   39.91N/89.22W
3 SSW Forsyth                6.5 in    0455 PM 11/29   39.89N/88.98W

...Marshall County...
Lacon                        8.5 in    1237 AM 11/30   41.02N/89.41W
1 NNW Hopewell               7.4 in    0501 PM 11/29   40.99N/89.46W
Henry                        7.0 in    0730 PM 11/29   41.11N/89.36W

...Mason County...
Havana                       7.8 in    0400 PM 11/29   40.30N/90.06W

...McLean County...
Downs                        6.5 in    0824 PM 11/29   40.40N/88.87W
2 NNE Normal                 6.0 in    0630 PM 11/29   40.54N/88.97W
3 ESE Central Illinois Airpo 5.8 in    0848 PM 11/29   40.46N/88.87W
Bloomington 1.6 WSW          5.5 in    0700 AM 11/30   40.47N/89.00W
4 NE Normal                  5.0 in    0500 AM 11/30   40.55N/88.95W
Bloomington 2.7 NE           4.6 in    0700 AM 11/30   40.50N/88.93W
3 N Shirley                  4.0 in    0715 PM 11/29   40.45N/89.06W
Bloomington 5.0 WSW          4.0 in    0700 AM 11/30   40.46N/89.06W
Carlock 2.1 NNE              3.8 in    0700 AM 11/30   40.61N/89.11W
3 N Towanda                  3.2 in    0710 PM 11/29   40.60N/88.90W

...Menard County...
Athens                       9.8 in    0430 PM 11/29   39.96N/89.72W
Petersburg                   7.5 in    0430 PM 11/29   40.01N/89.85W
Petersburg 1.3 N             6.0 in    0700 AM 11/30   40.03N/89.85W

...Morgan County...
Jacksonville                 10.0 in   0340 PM 11/29   39.73N/90.23W
Jacksonville 2.6 SE          6.0 in    0700 AM 11/30   39.71N/90.19W

...Moultrie County...
1 ENE Bethany                8.0 in    0730 PM 11/29   39.65N/88.72W
Lovington                    6.4 in    0700 AM 11/30   39.71N/88.63W

...Peoria County...
1 NNW Elmwood                6.2 in    0406 PM 11/29   40.79N/89.97W
4 SSW Alta                   6.0 in    0345 PM 11/29   40.77N/89.67W
Peoria Intl Airport          5.2 in    0600 PM 11/29   40.66N/89.69W
Peoria 3.4 WNW               4.7 in    0700 AM 11/30   40.77N/89.67W

...Sangamon County...
Rochester                    11.5 in   0430 PM 11/29   39.75N/89.54W
Chatham                      10.0 in   0430 PM 11/29   39.68N/89.70W
1 ESE Chatham                9.5 in    0600 PM 11/29   39.67N/89.69W
Capital Airport              8.9 in    0600 PM 11/29   39.84N/89.68W
2 W Riverton                 8.9 in    0700 AM 11/30   39.85N/89.58W
Springfield                  8.5 in    0430 PM 11/29   39.80N/89.65W
Buffalo                      8.0 in    0700 AM 11/30   39.86N/89.42W
Springfield 2.2 SE           8.0 in    0700 AM 11/30   39.76N/89.61W
1 WNW Spaulding              7.8 in    0855 PM 11/29   39.87N/89.55W
Springfield 4.4 W            7.0 in    0700 AM 11/30   39.78N/89.73W

...Schuyler County...
4 E Rushville                10.0 in   0245 PM 11/29   40.12N/90.49W
Littleton                    7.5 in    0450 PM 11/29   40.23N/90.62W

...Shelby County...
Windsor                      9.5 in    0630 AM 11/30   39.45N/88.60W
Moweaqua 2 S                 5.5 in    0600 AM 11/30   39.59N/89.02W

...Tazewell County...
Washington                   7.7 in    0730 PM 11/29   40.70N/89.41W
3 W Washington               6.5 in    0824 PM 11/29   40.70N/89.46W
Morton                       6.5 in    0700 AM 11/30   40.61N/89.45W
Pekin                        5.0 in    0830 PM 11/29   40.57N/89.64W
Morton 1.0 S                 4.2 in    0700 AM 11/30   40.60N/89.47W
Morton                       4.0 in    0700 AM 11/30   40.60N/89.47W

...Vermilion County...
Westville                    7.5 in    0645 PM 11/29   40.04N/87.64W
Sidell 4N                    7.4 in    0700 AM 11/30   39.97N/87.82W
Danville                     7.1 in    0830 PM 11/29   40.14N/87.63W
1 N Westville                7.0 in    0910 PM 11/29   40.05N/87.64W
2 S Georgetown               7.0 in    0910 PM 11/29   39.95N/87.64W
Tilton                       6.7 in    0910 PM 11/29   40.10N/87.64W
Hoopeston 0.6 E              6.5 in    0600 AM 11/30   40.46N/87.66W
Fithian 0.6 NNW              6.5 in    0700 AM 11/30   40.12N/87.88W
Georgetown                   6.0 in    0910 PM 11/29   39.98N/87.64W
Henning 3.4 SE               6.0 in    0700 AM 11/30   40.26N/87.67W
Georgetown 0.1 NNW           6.0 in    0700 AM 11/30   39.98N/87.64W
4 W Vermilion Regional Airpo 5.2 in    0600 AM 11/30   40.19N/87.67W
Danville 4.2 NW              5.2 in    0600 AM 11/30   40.19N/87.67W

...Woodford County...
Metamora                     5.1 in    0200 PM 11/29   40.79N/89.36W
El Paso 5.2 NNW              4.0 in    0700 AM 11/30   40.81N/89.05W
Germantown Hills 0.5 SSW     3.9 in    0730 AM 11/30   40.76N/89.47W
Roanoke                      3.8 in    0700 AM 11/30   40.80N/89.19W

Observations are collected from a variety of sources with varying
equipment and exposures. We thank all volunteer weather observers
for their dedication. Not all data listed are considered official.

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