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Snowfall since July 1 is 5.4 inches less than the normal total of 15.1 inches.
Before the most recent storm, the Peoria snow total was 6.7 inches since Dec.1, about half of normal, and 5.7 inches in January.
Precipitation for January was 2.68 inches, almost 1 inch above normal. Since Dec. 1, precipitation at Peoria is 3.95 inches, about one-quarter inch below normal.
December, January and February are considered to be meteorological winter, per the National Centers for Environmental Information.
The only central Illinois area that had been receiving its usual amount of snow and rain this winter is Decatur, according to Auten. He said the level of drought is a bit unusual.
PEORIA A predicted big snow turned out to be a bit of a bust around central Illinois.
The storm that was expected to dump a respectable amount of snow on Peoria didn t. Instead, much of the snow fell much farther north.
As of about 11 a.m. Tuesday, the official total at the Peoria international airport was 0.7 inches of snow from this storm. Of that amount, 0.3 inches fell Monday.
Some forecasts Monday called for snowfall in Peoria to be in the 1- to 3-inch range. Earlier forecasts suggested higher totals. Most of the snow stayed north, for some reason, said James Auten, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service office in Lincoln. Once it left Iowa, (the storm) really decreased quite a bit. I m not exactly sure why, except not a lot of moisture got pulled into it.