Seasonal Snowfall Records for Peoria

SNOWIEST WINTER
Rank Total Season
1 51.6 inches 1978-78
2 47.1 inches 1977-78
3 46.9 inches 1981-82
4 44.0 inches 1925-26
5 42.4 inches 1942-43
6 42.3 inches 1974-75
7 41.6 inches 1959-60
8 37.7 inches 1969-70
9 37.6 inches 1935-36
10 36.2 inches 1983-84

 

LEAST SNOWIEST WINTER
Rank Total Season
1 7.8 inches 1965-66, 1994-95
2 8.6 inches 1920-21, 1936-37
3 9.5 inches 1916-17
4 10.1 inches 1921-22, 1948-49
5 11.2 inches 1927-28
6 11.7 inches 2001-02
7 12.1 inches 1902-03
8 12.3 inches 1901-02
9 12.6 inches 1934-35
10 12.8 inches 1995-96

 

LEAST SNOWIEST PERIODS
Rank Sep 1 - Jan 31 Sep 1 - Feb 29 Sep 1 - Mar 31 Sep 1 - Apr 30
1 2.3 inches (1933-34) 4.8 inches (1905-06) 7.7 inches (1965-66) 7.7 inches (1965-66)
2 2.8 inches (2001-02) 6.9 inches (1965-66) 7.8 inches (1994-95) 7.8 inches (1994-95)
3 3.4 inches (1943-44) 7.1 inches (1994-95) 8.5 inches (1920-21) 8.6 inches (1920-21)
4 4.3 inches (1995-96) 7.4 inches (1936-37) 8.6 inches (1936-37) 8.6 inches (1936-37)
5 4.6 inches (1979-80) 8.0 inches (1952-53) 8.9 inches (1948-49) 9.5 inches (1916-17)


MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS
Element Amount Date
Earliest measurable snowfall 1.0 inch Sep. 25, 1942
Latest measurable snowfall 0.1 inch May 8, 1966
Latest first measurable snowfall Jan. 4, 1913
Earliest last measurable snowfall Feb. 5, 1987
Most snow in a 24-hour period 18.0 inches Feb. 27-28, 1900
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