SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The record has already been broken in Chicago, but Peoria is not quite there yet.
We’re talking about the latest first snowfall date of the Winter season. The National Weather Service says for Peoria, that occurred on January 4th, 1913, when five inches fell.
Illinois State Climatologist Trent Ford says that may not change.
“(Computer) Models are reasonably confident we’ll have a wetter start to the new year,” says Ford. “Whether this means we’ll get our first taste of snow in most places in the state the first week of January remains to be seen.”
Ford says temperatures this month statewide have been trending eight to fourteen degrees above normal.
“The outlooks for the last few days of the year, and the first week of January, are showing the potential for a pattern change, with odds leaning slightly toward colder than normal weather,” said Ford.
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