Blustery. Snow or rain likely in the evening... then snow likely after midnight. Light snow accumulation possible. Lows in the mid 20s. Northwest winds 20 to 25 mph. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
Thursday and Thursday Night
Colder. Mostly cloudy with a chance of flurries. Highs in the mid 30s. Lows in the lower 20s.
Friday
Mostly cloudy with a chance of flurries. Highs in the upper 20s.
Friday Night and Saturday
Partly cloudy. Lows around 16. Highs in the lower 30s.
Saturday Night through Monday
Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s. Highs in the upper 30s.
There are currently no warnings or advisories for this location.
Public Information Statement
Statement as of 10:15 PM CST on November 30, 2009
... A look ahead at December climatological data...
Normals are for the period 1971-2000
... Temperatures... Springfield Peoria normal high/low 38/23 36/20 Dec 1 normals 43/28 41/25 Dec 31 normals 34/18 31/16
Month record high 74 on 12/28/1984# 71 on 12/02/1982# month record low -21 on 12/23/1989 -24 on 12/28/1924
Normal occurrences of... highs 90 or above 0 0 highs 32 or below 10 13 lows 32 or below 25 27 lows 0 or below 2 3
... Precipitation... normal liquid equivalent 2.54 2.40 greatest month total 8.94 in 1982 7.15 in 1873 least month total 0.15 in 1955 0.28 in 1876 greatest 24-hour 6.12 on 12/2-3/1982 2.52 on 12/24/1965
Normal snowfall 6.0 7.1 greatest month total 22.7 in 1973 21.7 in 1977 least month total 0.0 in 1889 0.0 in 1890# greatest 24-hour 10.9 on 12/19/1973 10.2 on 12/19-20/1973
... Degree days /base 65/... normal heating 1061 1138 normal cooling 0 0
Climatological outlook for the new month:
temperature ---- below normal precipitation -- equal chances of above and below normal