Top 10 Lists for Peoria

Calendar Year

Top 10 Warmest Years
Rank Average
Temperature
Year
1 55.6 degrees 1931
2 55.2 degrees 1921
3 54.2 degrees 1938
4 54.0 degrees 1890, 1941
5 53.8 degrees 1933, 1987
6 53.6 degrees 1939, 2005
7 53.3 degrees 1934, 1946, 1953
8 53.2 degrees 1954
9 53.1 degrees 1891
10 53.0 degrees 1922

 

Top 10 Coldest Years
Rank Average
Temperature
Year
1 48.1 degrees
1979
2 48.7 degrees
1972, 1978
3 49.2 degrees
1951, 1976
4 49.3 degrees
1950, 1963
5 49.4 degrees
1969
6 49.5 degrees
1961, 1962, 1989
7 49.6 degrees
1967
8 49.8 degrees
1929, 1945
9 49.9 degrees
1970, 1985
10 50.0 degrees
1885, 1926,
1958, 1966

 

Top 10 Wettest Years
Rank Total Year
1 55.35 inches 1990
2 54.07 inches 1993
3 51.66 inches 1927
4 50.22 inches 1973
5 50.00 inches 1926
6 49.28 inches 1902
7 48.26 inches 1965
8 46.57 inches 2008
9 45.12 inches 1982
10 44.76 inches 1985

 

Top 10 Driest Years
Rank Total Year
1 22.16 inches 1988
2 22.53 inches 1989
3 23.18 inches 1910
4 24.03 inches 1930
5 24.65 inches 1914
6 24.82 inches 1962
7 24.98 inches 1890
8 25.20 inches 1994
9 25.42 inches 2005
10 25.62 inches 1956

 

Top 10 Snowiest Years
Rank Calendar
Year Total
Year Seasonal
Total
Season
1 52.3 inches 1977 51.6 inches 1978-79
2 45.7 inches 1926 47.1 inches 1977-78
3 41.2 inches 1951 46.9 inches 1981-82
4 39.9 inches 1982 44.0 inches 1925-26
5 36.9 inches 1972 42.4 inches 1942-43
6 36.5 inches 1975 42.3 inches 1974-75
7 36.3 inches 1914 41.6 inches 1959-60
8 35.8 inches 1978 37.7 inches 1969-70
9 35.7 inches 1979 37.6 inches 1935-36
10 35.4 inches 1983 36.2 inches 1983-84

 

Top 10 Least Snowiest Years
Rank Calendar
Year Total
Year Seasonal
Total
Season
1
7.3 inches
1928, 1966
7.8 inches
1965-66, 1994-95
2
7.8 inches
1910
8.6 inches
1920-21, 1936-37
3
9.1 inches
1922
9.5 inches
1916-17
4
9.2 inches
1921
10.1 inches
1921-22, 1948-49
5
9.4 inches
2001
11.2 inches
1927-28
6
10.9 inches
1995
11.7 inches
2001-02
7
11.2 inches
1948
12.1 inches
1902-03
8
12.0 inches
1949
12.3 inches
1901-02
9
12.9 inches
1923
12.6 inches
1934-35
10
13.1 inches
1937
12.8 inches
1995-96

 


 

Temperature and precipitation records began in 1884; snowfall records began in 1896.


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