Peoria Climate -- Monthly and All-Time Records

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**Monthly Temperature Records**
Month	Highest Temp	Day and Year	Lowest Temp	Day and Year	Coldest High	Day and Year	Warmest Low	Day and Year
January	71	23/1909	-27	05/1884	-16	05/1884	59	02/1897
February	74	10/1932 20/2017	-26	13/1905	-7	13/1905	54	24/1930
March	87	21/1907	-11	08/1943	8	06/1899	64	30/1998
April	92	10/1930 25/1986 29/1894 29/1899	14	05/1920 06/1982 07/1982 02/2018	29	06/1982	72	28/1896
May	104	31/1934	25	10/1966	38	01/1909	75	29/1895 31/1895
June	105	01/1934 25/1988 29/1936	39	01/1993 04/1931 04/1945	49	03/1945	80	25/1890
July	113	15/1936	46	26/1911	62	05/1909	80	24/1892
August	106	18/1936	41	26/1910 28/1986 31/1915	61	25/1987	82	22/1936
September	104	05/1899	24	28/1942	45	25/1942	76	03/1939
October	93	03/2006	7	30/1925	21	29/1925	72	05/1884
November	81	01/1937 01/1950	-2	26/1977	8	24/1950	62	03/1938 06/1924 23/1931
December	71	02/1982 03/1970	-24	28/1924	-11	24/1983	59	02/1982

**Monthly Calendar Day Precipitation and Snowfall Records**
MONTH	Maximum Precipitation	Day and Year	Maximum Snowall	Day and Year
January	4.43 inches	01/1965	12.2 inches	13/1979
February	2.85 inches	11/1887	11.8 inches	1/2011
March	2.88 inches	14/1944	8.1 inches	25/1957
April	5.06 inches	24/1950	6.0 inches	04/1920 08/1938
May	5.52 inches	18/1927	0.1 inch	08/1923 08/1966
June	4.74 inches	24/1911	Zero	None
July	4.09 inches	17/1895	Zero	None
August	4.32 inches	29/1955	Zero	None
September	4.11 inches	13/1961	1.0 inch	25/1942
October	3.62 inches	10/1969	3.9 inches	31/2019
November	4.26 inches	27/1990	6.8 inches	26/1975
December	2.60 inches	18/1895	8.0 inches	02/1893 11/2000

**Top 10 Wettest and Driest Months on Record**
Rank	Wettest	Month and Year	Rank	Driest	Month and Year
1	13.09 inches	September 1961	1 (tie)	0.03 inches	October 1964
2	12.34 inches	September 2008	1 (tie)	0.03 inches	September 1979
3	12.30 inches	September 1911	3 (tie)	0.07 inches	November 1917
4	11.69 inches	June 1974	3 (tie)	0.07 inches	January 1919
5	11.60 inches	June 2015	5	0.10 inches	October 1904
6	11.55 inches	September 1926	6	0.12 inches	November 1904
7 (tie)	11.49 inches	September 1970	7	0.14 inches	February 1907
7 (tie)	11.49 inches	May 1915	8	0.20 inches	November 1914
9	10.58 inches	September 1936	9	0.22 inches	January 1986
10	10.53 inches	October 1941	10	0.24 inches	March 1885

Longest Dry Streaks
Rank	Days Without Measurable Precipitation	Dates
1	34	August 16 to September 19, 1893
2	33	October 16 to November 18, 1999
3	32	November 9 to December 11, 1904
4	31	September 12 to October 13, 1892
5 (tie)	30	October 12 to November 11, 1964 August 12 to September 11, 2013

**Top 10 Snowiest Months on Record**
Rank	Snowiest	Month and Year
1	24.7 inches	January 1979
2	22.9 inches	February 2014
3	21.7 inches	December 1977
4	21.0 inches	December 2000
5	20.9 inches	February 2011
6	19.2 inches	December 2010
7	18.9 inches	December 1973
8	18.3 inches	February 2010
9 (tie)	18.2 inches	January 2014
9 (tie)	18.2 inches	March 1926

**All Time Records**
Event	Value	Date
Record High Temperature	113 degrees	July 15, 1936
Record Coldest High Temperature	-16 degrees	January 5, 1884
Record Low Temperature	-27 degrees	January 5, 1884
Record Warmest Low Temperature	82 degrees	August 22, 1936
Record Precipitation (calendar day and for any 24-hour period)	5.52 inches	May 18, 1927
Record Snowfall (calendar day)	12.2 inches	January 13, 1979
Record Snowfall (snowstorm)	15.0 inches	February 1-2, 2011

Temperature and precipitation records date from 1883, and snowfall records date from 1896.

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