PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — ST. Patrick’s Day is sort of a weather benchmark for several reasons.

As a holiday that lands around late winter and early spring, Central Illinois can see a wide variety of weather on St Patrick’s Day.

Over the years, here is what we have seen:

  • Average High: 52
  • Average Low: 32
  • Warmest: 80 (1894)
  • Coldest high: 20 (1941)
  • Coldest Low- 5° (1906)
  • Most snow on St. Patrick’s Day- 4.4″ (1934)
  • Most amount of snow on the ground on St. Patrick’s Day- 6″ in 1960