A quick moving clipper system will bring a burst of snow resulting in light snow accumulations Thursday night. The snow may ...

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — Snowfall reports across our local area generally ended up where our forecast expected them to, with many locations receiving anywhere from 6 to 10 inches of snow. Snowfall ...

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — A blast of frigid, arctic air will bring the potential of record low temperatures into late week. Nathan Kitchens walks us through what to expect over the next few days. Skies ...

LERNA, Ill. (WMBD) — The United States Geological Survey says a 3.3 earthquake occurred at 11:43 p.m. near Lerna, Illinois, roughly 50 miles south of Champaign. No damage was observed, but there were ...

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) –Two things we tend to hear a lot when summer rolls around are heat index, and dew point. The dew point is used to figure things like humidity and plays a role in the development ...

Peoria, Ill. (WMBD) — The last three weeks have been a wild ride for many across central Illinois with several rounds of snow and bouts of record setting cold. The pattern is set to turn “milder” for ...

Peoria, Ill. (WMBD) — The Storm Prediction Center has once again placed Central Illinois within a day 3 Enhanced Risk (Level 3 Risk level on a scale of 1-5) for severe weather. Like Friday, all severe ...

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — September 2025 is now in the books, and the weather was exceptionally quiet across Central Illinois. While the dry weather was ideal for outdoor activities, it allowed drought to ...

Peoria, Ill. (WMBD) — The first widespread freeze of the season occurred across Central Illinois this past weekend as many areas saw their thermometers drop to 32°, though Peoria managed to stay a few ...

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) – The NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center has issued a rare “severe” geomagnetic storm watch for just the second time in 20 years. We saw one issued back in May this year, when ...

The month of May puts us well into spring. By this point we’re far less likely to see a hard freeze, though we can’t rule out frost, and our snow chances are almost nonexistent. The coldest low ...