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Peoria Climate --- Monthly Snowfall Records

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January
Rank Most Snowfall Year Rank Least Snowfall Year
1 24.7 inches 1979 1 (tie) Trace 1900
2 18.2 inches 2014 1 (tie) Trace 1944
3 18.1 inches 1999 3 (tie) 0.1 inch 1935
4 18.0 inches 1987 3 (tie) 0.1 inch 1954
5 17.9 inches 2019 5 (tie) 0.3 inches 1919
6 16.9 inches 1918 5 (tie) 0.3 inches 1989
7 16.8 inches 1997 7 0.4 inches 2013
8 16.3 inches 1977 8 0.5 inches 2017
9 15.7 inches 1939 9 (tie) 0.6 inches 1933
10 15.5 inches 1927 9 (tie) 0.6 inches 1966

 

February
Rank Most Snowfall Year Rank Least Snowfall Year
1 22.9 inches 2014 1 (tie) Trace 1931
2 20.9 inches 2011 1 (tie) Trace 1998
3 19.2 inches 2022 1 (tie) Trace 2006
4 18.3 inches 2010 4 (tie) 0.1 inch 1915
5 17.0 inches 2008 4 (tie) 0.1 inch 1987
6 16.5 inches 1893 6 (tie) 0.2 inches 1906
7 15.2 inches 1989 6 (tie) 0.2 inches 1920
8 14.7 inches 2021 8 0.3 inches 1921
9 13.9 inches 1986 9 (tie) 0.4 inches 1918
10 13.3 inches 2007 9 (tie) 0.4 inches 1953, 1992

 

March
Rank Most Snowfall Year
1 18.2 inches 1926
2 16.9 inches 1960
3 14.7 inches 1934
4 13.5 inches 1965
5 13.2 inches 1906
6 10.8 inches 2013
7 10.5 inches 1912
8 10.4 inches 1931
9 10.2 inches 1951
10 9.9 inches 1946

 

April
Rank Most Snowfall Year
1 13.4 inches 1982
2 8.3 inches 1920
3 7.4 inches 1926
4 7.2 inches 1997
5 6.3 inches 1980
6 6.2 inches 1938
7 5.0 inches 2019
8 4.6 inches 1970
9 4.5 inches 1912
10 4.0 inches 1911


May: Most snowfall 0.1 inch in 1923 and 1966.

June, July, August: No snowfall recorded.

September:  1.0 inch of snow was recorded in 1942.

 

October
Rank Most Snowfall Year
1 4.2 inches 2019
2 3.3 inches 1929
3 1.9 inches 1925
4 1.8 inches 1967
5 (tie) 0.6 inches 1917
5 (tie) 0.6 inches 1989
7 (tie) 0.3 inches 1916
7 (tie) 0.3 inches 1972
9 0.1 inch 1913

 

November
Rank Most Snowfall Year
1 10.7 inches 1926
2 9.8 inches 2018
3 9.1 inches 1974
4 8.9 inches 1951
5 8.1 inches 1975
6 7.9 inches 2004
7 7.3 inches 1972
8 7.0 inches 1959
9 6.4 inches 1977
10 5.6 inches 1932

 

December
Rank Most Snowfall Year Rank Least Snowfall Year
1 21.7 inches 1977 1 (tie) Trace 1896
2 21.2 inches 2000 1 (tie) Trace 1912
3 19.2 inches 2010 1 (tie) Trace 1971
4 18.9 inches 1973 1 (tie) Trace 1986
5 18.0 inches 1909 1 (tie) Trace 2004
6 15.9 inches 1983 1 (tie) Trace 2014
7 14.6 inches 2009 7 0.1 inch 1979
8 14.4 inches 1914 8 0.3 inches 1940
9 14.2 inches 1978 9 0.4 inches 2001
10 13.0 inches 1997 10 0.5 inches 1994

 

Monthly Record Summary
Month Most Snowfall Year Least Snowfall Year
January 24.7 inches 1979 Trace 1900, 1944
February 22.9 inches 2014 Trace 1931, 1998, 2006
March 18.2 inches 1926 Zero Many years
April 13.4 inches 1982 Zero Many years
May 0.1 inch 1923, 1966 Zero Many years
September 1.0 inch 1942 Zero Many years
October 4.2 inches 2019 Zero Many years
November 10.7 inches 1926 Zero Many years
December 21.7 inches 1977 Trace 1896, 1912, 1971,
1986, 2004, 2014

 

 

Records began in 1883.

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