Areas of Severe Thunderstorms and Excessive Rainfall Today

Scattered severe thunderstorms capable of damaging wind gusts and some hail are expected this afternoon and evening from the Upper Ohio River Valley into the Northeast, and from the Appalachians into the Mid-Atlantic States. Excessive rainfall from heavy thunderstorms may produce areas of flash flooding from southern New Mexico into the western and northern Gulf Coast into Wednesday. Read More >

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

Peoria Thanksgiving Weather History

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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Areas of Severe Thunderstorms and Excessive Rainfall Today

Thanksgiving Day Weather History for Peoria & Springfield