Peoria, Ill. (WMBD) — Temperatures across Central Illinois are getting cooler and its only a matter of time before we start waking up with frost on our windshields and lawns. But when might Central Illinois experience it’s first freeze of the season? Here’s a look at our average first, earliest and latest freezes on record for many central Illinois communities.
Average date of first freeze
LOCATION | DATE |
Peoria | October 16th |
Normal | October 13th |
Princeville | October 4th |
Lacon | October 9th |
Peru | October 12th |
Lincoln | October 13th |
Chenoa | October 14th |
Galesburg | October 16th |
Pontiac | October 18th |

Earliest freeze on record
LOCATION | DATE |
Peoria | September 20th, 1991 |
Normal | September 11th, 1917 |
Princeville | September 15th, 2007 |
Lacon | September 20th, 1991 |
Peru | September 14th, 1923 |
Lincoln | September 23rd, 2012 |
Chenoa | September 18th, 1959 |
Galesburg | September 19th, 1901 |
Pontiac | September 16th, 1916 |
Latest freeze on record
LOCATION | DATE |
Peoria | November 12, 2016 |
Normal | November 8th, 1956 |
Princeville | November 4th, 1971 |
Lacon | November 5th, 1983 |
Peru | November 9th, 2016 |
Lincoln | November 2nd, 2021 |
Chenoa | November 4th, 1973 |
Galesburg | November 22, 1944 |
Pontiac | November 12th, 2016 |