PEORIA, Ill. – 2019 was a year of weather extremes for Central Illinois.
News partner 25 News Chief Meteorologist Chuck Collins provided WMBD News a summary.
Peoria had a visit from the Polar Vortex on January 30th, with temperatures reaching a low of 20-below, then we had 41 consecutive hours of temperatures at or below zero.
Spring of 2019 was one of the wettest on record.
Flood Warnings stayed in effect along the Illinois River for nearly 6 months.
The Illinois river at Peoria climbed to 28 feet, the fifth highest on record.
The spring time was not helpful to farmers in Central Illinois, as the spring planting season was delayed by weeks.
Summer of 2019 was a hot one.
Peoria was crazy from the heat with record setting high temperatures in July.
The fall of 2019 had the wildest ride of all, with a high temp of 88 kicking off October 1st.
Peoria went from summer to winter in one of the shortest periods of time.
On October 31st, and trick-or-treaters went door to door in accumulating snow on Halloween.
And of course, fresh in our minds, Peoria saw its warmest Christmas on Record, as the mercury climbed to 63 degrees.
That record goes back to 1883.
“Central Illinois had some wild weather events to say the least in 2019,” said news partner 25 News Chief Meteorologist Chuck Collins.
