Peoria storm history

A 61-year old man was found unresponsive outdoors in Peoria on July 23rd. Temperatures at the time were in the lower 90s while heat index readings were around 107 degrees. The man was given emergency treatment for hyperthermia, but died in the hospital a short time later.

A tree fell onto an RV that was parked on a property off Cedar Bluff Road near the Spoon River south of Elmore. Nearly a week later, on July 23, 2024, a 77-year old man from New York was reported missing after last being seen in his RV. Law enforcement found that his cell phone l…

A two-day stretch of dangerous heat and humidity occurred across the Midwest as high temperatures climbed into the 90s while dewpoints were in the upper 70s or low 80s. In Peoria County, Peoria International Airport recorded high temperatures of 98 degrees on both July 27 and Jul…

A 57-year old man died as a result of hypothermia after he fell outside his Chillicothe home and could not get back inside. Weather conditions were near normal for the time of year, with early morning lows in the teens and afternoon highs reaching the middle 30s.

A 64-year old homeless man from Peoria died in his car around midday on February 13th. Temperatures at the time of his death were in the teens while wind-chill values were sub-zero. An autopsy revealed his cause of death as hypothermia.

An 80 year-old woman was found dead in her home on the morning of January 20th. After an autopsy, the cause of death was determined to be hypothermia due to very cold conditions in her home, which did not have a functioning heater. The low temperature at the Peoria Airport that m…

A 61-year old woman died from heatstroke in Peoria on July 21st. She was found inside a 97-degree house with no air conditioning.

A 40-foot long 6-inch diameter tree branch snapped and hit a 39 year-old man. He later died of his injuries. A 40-50mph wind gust along an outflow boundary from a thunderstorm about 20 miles away caused the branch to fall.

An 86-year old woman fell outside of her home and died of hypothermia in Peoria on December 30th. Temperatures were in the single digits above zero while wind-chill readings ranged from -10F to -15F at the time of her fall. The woman was rushed to the hospital: however, she was l…

A Peoria man died of hypothermia at approximately 10am on December 18th. He was found lying on a sidewalk while wind chill values were hovering around -20F.

High impact flooding on the Illinois River continued from April. Numerous homes along the Illinois River in Chillicothe, Rome, Mossville and Mapleton suffered flood damage due to record river levels. Several businesses were damaged, and numerous streets were flooded, along the Il…

A 64 year-old Chillicothe man died as a result of heat stroke on July 5th. The high temperature at the Peoria Airport reached 101 degrees that day, while heat index values ranged from 105 to 110 degrees.

A man was killed when the vehicle he was driving slid into a retention pond. The accident happened at the chemical plant complex in Mapleton.

Wind-driven hail caused significant damage to the roofs and siding of 50 houses in Elmwood. One house suffered a broken window. Numerous cars were damaged as well.

Weather observers across Peoria County reported ice accumulations of around 0.25. This amount of ice combined with winds gusting as high as 45 to 55 mph caused extensive damage to trees, power poles, and power lines. Several homes were damaged by falling trees and tree branches. …

Thunderstorms moving over the same areas multiple times resulted in 3.00 to 7.50 inches of rain in the northeast half of Peoria County during the early morning hours of June 24th. The locations that experienced the greatest impacts from the flooding included Princeville, Rome, Mo…

Torrential rainfall of 4.00 to 8.00 inches resulted in damage to thousands of houses and businesses in the county, including the city of Peoria where two houses collapsed into the basement injuring two people. Every creek and stream in the county was flooded. Nearly every road in…

A grain bin was blown down. Numerous trees and power lines were knocked down as well. Most homes in the town of Elmwood experienced damage due to falling trees and limbs.

Weather observers measured 5 to 7 inches of snow across Peoria County...including 7.0 inches in Kickapoo and 6.0 inches in Trivoli. Due to snow-covered and slick roadways, numerous traffic accidents occurred.

Due to a four-month precipitation deficit, Severe Drought (D2) was ongoing at the start of the month. While Severe Drought (D2) persisted for much of the month, above normal snowfall occurred during December and a frontal system brought 1 to 3 inches of rain to the area late in t…

Numerous weather observers measured 5 to 10 inches of snow across Peoria County...including 6.2 inches 1 mile north-northwest of Elmwood and 6.0 inches 4 miles south-southwest of Alta. Due to both falling snow and considerable blowing and drifting snow, travel became extremely ha…

Due to a three-month precipitation deficit, Severe Drought (D2) was ongoing at the start of the month. Below normal precipitation persisted during November, with the official observation for Peoria measuring 1.62 of precipitation which was 1.08 below normal. Temperatures were als…

Due to a two-month rainfall deficit, Severe Drought (D2) was ongoing at the start of the month. The Peoria Airport measured 1.96 inches of rain in October, which was 1.21 inches below normal. The continued below normal precipitation resulted in Severe Drought (D2) persisting thro…

The Peoria Airport logged 0.09 rainfall for the month of September, which was 3.39 below normal. Due to a two-month rainfall deficit, Severe Drought (D2) conditions developed across Peoria County on September 30th. Burn bans have been put into place across parts of the county acc…

A trained spotter estimated 60 mph wind gusts on the north side of Peoria.

Several small tree branches were blown down across Peoria.

Several small tree branches were blown down.

A trained spotter measured a 60 mph wind gust on North Sterling Avenue on the northwest side of Peoria.

A 10-inch diameter tree branch was snapped.

A fence and a few decaying trees were blown down.

A large but decaying tree was snapped near its base and blown over.

A large section of sturdy fencing was blown over near Kroger on Route 40.

A rotted tree was snapped at its base at the Peoria Country Club Golf Course.

Multiple trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds.

A restaurant sign was blown over.

Multiple trees were blown down.

A 61 mph wind gust was measured by the emergency manager.

Weather observers measured 1 to 3 inches of snow across Peoria County...including 1.4 inches 5 miles northwest of Peoria. Due to snow-covered roadways, several traffic accidents were reported.

Bitterly cold wind-chill values of -25 to -30 occurred across Peoria County during the morning of January 21st. The coldest hourly wind-chill reading observed at the Peoria ASOS was -25.