Thanksgiving Day Weather History for Peoria & Springfield

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Here is a look at Thanksgiving Weather History for Peoria and Springfield.

Springfield Thanksgiving Weather History

While Thanksgiving had been celebrated unofficially in the United States for many years, it was on October 3, 1863 that President Abraham Lincoln officially declared the last Thursday of November as Thanksgiving Day. In 1941, Congress moved the date to the fourth Thursday of November (effective in 1942), in part to clear confusion caused by a Proclamation issued by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The statistics compiled here use the last Thursday of November through 1941, and the fourth Thursday from 1942 to present.

Thanksgiving climate statistics for Peoria and Springfield

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