Public Information Statement
Issued by NWS Central Illinois
Issued by NWS Central Illinois
095 NOUS43 KILX 302201 PNSILX ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-011015- Public Information Statement National Weather Service Lincoln IL 501 PM CDT Thu Apr 30 2026 ...A LOOK AHEAD AT MAY CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA... Normals are for the period 1991-2020. ...TEMPERATURES... SPRINGFIELD PEORIA Normal high/low 76/54 74/53 May 1 normals 71/49 69/48 May 31 normals 80/59 79/58 Month record high 101 on 5/31/1934 104 on 5/31/1934 Month record low 28 on 5/10/1966 25 on 5/10/1966 Normal occurrences of... Highs 90 or above 1 1 Highs 32 or below 0 0 Lows 32 or below 0 0 Lows 0 or below 0 0 ...PRECIPITATION... Normal liquid equivalent 4.52 4.69 Greatest month total 11.81 in 1899 11.49 in 1915 Least month total 0.32 in 1934 0.47 in 1934 Greatest 24-hour 4.20 on 5/26/1893 5.52 on 5/18/1927 Normal snowfall 0.0 0.0 Greatest month total 0.6 in 1929 0.1 in 1966# Least month total 0.0 0.0 Greatest 24-hour 0.6 on 5/2/1929 0.1 on 5/8/1966# ...DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65)... Normal heating 111 135 Normal cooling 112 88 ...FREEZE DATES... Average last freeze April 14 April 16 Latest last freeze 5/10/1966 5/25/1925 CLIMATOLOGICAL OUTLOOK FOR THE NEW MONTH: Temperatures --- Below Normal favored Precipitation -- No favored trend -- Use Climatology # - Last of several occurrences $$ 07