Peoria Climate -- Miscellaneous Snowfall Records

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PEORIA MISCELLANEOUS SNOW RECORDS

**SNOWIEST MONTHS ON RECORD**
Rank	Amount	Month
1	24.7 inches	January 1979
2	22.9 inches	February 2014
3	21.7 inches	December 1977
4	21.2 inches	December 2000
5	20.9 inches	February 2011
6 (tie)	19.2 inches	February 2022
6 (tie)	19.2 inches	December 2010
8	18.3 inches	February 2010
9 (tie)	18.2 inches	January 2014
9 (tie)	18.2 inches	March 1926

**GREATEST SNOW DEPTHS**
Rank	Amount	Dates
1	20 inches	January 14, 1979
2	18 inches	January 15, 1979
3	17 inches	January 16, 28, 31, 1979 February 1-3 and February 9-14, 1979

**MOST SNOW IN 24 HOURS**
Rank	Amount	Dates
1	12.2 inches	January 13, 1979
2	11.8 inches	February 1, 2011
3	10.7 inches	January 12, 2019
4	10.3 inches	January 6, 1918
5	9.0 inches	February 18, 1908
6	8.8 inches	March 30, 1926
7	8.7 inches	January 2, 1999
8	8.3 inches	January 13, 1927
9	8.2 inches	February 2, 2022
10	8.1 inches	March 25, 1957

**DAYS WITH AT LEAST 1" OF SNOW**
Rank	Most Number of Days	Year
1 (tie)	18 days	2014
1 (tie)	18 days	1977
3	16 days	1982
4 (tie)	15 days	1960
4 (tie)	15 days	1951
6 (tie)	14 days	2010
6 (tie)	14 days	2009
8 (tie)	13 days	1972
8 (tie)	13 days	1926
8 (tie)	13 days	1914

EARLIEST AND LATEST DATES OF
FIRST MEASURABLE SNOW OF THE SEASON
Rank	Earliest	Rank	Latest
1	Sep. 25, 1942 (1.0")	1	Jan. 4, 1913 (5.0")
2	Oct. 18, 1972 (0.3")	2	Dec. 30, 1927 (3.8")
3	Oct. 19, 1989 (0.4")	3	Dec. 26, 1939 (0.7")
4	Oct. 20, 1916 (0.3")	4 (tie)	Dec. 24, 2017 (3.1")
5	Oct. 23, 1929 (3.3")	4 (tie)	Dec. 24, 2002 (2.8")
6	Oct. 26, 1967 (1.4")	6	Dec. 23, 1918 (0.2")
7 (tie)	Oct. 29, 1913 (0.1")	7	Dec. 20, 2012 (2.2")
7 (tie)	Oct. 29, 1917 (0.6")	8	Dec. 16, 1970 (2.8")
7 (tie)	Oct. 29, 1925 (1.9")	9	Dec. 14, 2001 (0.4")
7 (tie)	Oct. 29, 2019 (0.1")	10	Dec. 12, 1946 (0.4")

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