Top 10 Lists for Peoria

Winter Season (December 1 to February 29)

Top 10 Warmest Winters
Rank Average
Temperature
Season
1 37.0 degrees 1889-90
2 36.1 degrees 1931-32
3 33.9 degrees 2001-02
4 33.0 degrees 1982-83
5 32.9 degrees 1930-31
6 32.6 degrees 1890-91
7 32.4 degrees 1920-21, 1991-92
8 32.2 degrees 1918-19
9 31.8 degrees 1953-54
10 31.1 degrees 1891-92, 1952-53


Top 10 Coldest Winters
Rank Average
Temperature
Season
1 17.0 degrees 1978-79
2 17.2 degrees 1977-78
3 18.3 degrees 1935-36
4 18.4 degrees 1962-63
5 18.5 degrees 1976-77
6 19.1 degrees 1917-18
7 19.3 degrees 1884-85
8 22.0 degrees 1911-12, 1961-62
9 22.1 degrees 1969-70
10 22.2 degrees 1919-20


Top 10 Wettest Winters
Rank Total Season
1 13.18 inches 1949-50
2 10.56 inches 2007-08
3 10.16 inches 1964-65
4 8.90 inches 1895-96
5 8.85 inches 1973-74
6 8.67 inches 1948-49
7 8.59 inches 1937-38
8 8.58 inches 1936-37
9 8.22 inches 1992-93
10 7.90 inches 1915-16


Top 10 Driest Winters
Rank Total Season
1 1.37 inches 1962-63
2 1.50 inches 1919-20
3 1.60 inches 1930-31
4 1.72 inches 1955-56
5 1.92 inches 1960-61
6 2.31 inches 1939-40
7 2.33 inches 1969-70
8 2.34 inches 1963-64
9 2.55 inches 1976-77
10 2.58 inches 1995-96


Records began in 1883.


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