First snow · Illinois
When is the first snow in Illinois?
Illinois’s first snow usually lands first in Chicago, around November 17, and last in Springfield, around December 1.
Illinois gets its first snow in Chicago first, and the rest of the state hears about it from Chicago for weeks.
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That makes Illinois number 20 of the 36 states we track, earliest first.
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Snow in the next 5 days?
- No. There’s no snow in the Chicago forecast for the next 5 days.
- No. There’s no snow in the Quad Cities forecast for the next 5 days.
- No. There’s no snow in the Rockford forecast for the next 5 days.
- No. There’s no snow in the Peoria forecast for the next 5 days.
- No. There’s no snow in the Springfield forecast for the next 5 days.
Live 5-day forecast and current temperature from OpenWeatherMap, refreshed about every half hour. Winter warnings from the National Weather Service.
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First snow, city by city
| City | Usually around | 8 winters in 10 | Snow a winter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago | November 17 | October 31 to December 9 | about 40 in |
| Quad Cities | November 22 | October 26 to December 8 | about 37 in |
| Rockford | November 22 | November 4 to December 10 | about 37 in |
| Peoria | December 1 | November 6 to December 16 | about 26 in |
| Springfield | December 1 | November 7 to December 25 | about 22 in |
Usually around is the middle date across 30 winters. In 8 winters out of 10, the first snow lands inside the range.
States on the same snow schedule
Source: NOAA daily snowfall records for each city’s official station, winters 1991 to 2020, via the Applied Climate Information System. First snow here means the first day with at least a tenth of an inch.