The last three weeks have been a wild ride for many across central Illinois with several rounds of snow and bouts of record ...

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) — We’ve had an eventful start to November with some big temperature swings, a little bit of rain, and even our first round of measurable snow. The next few days are looking rather ...

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) — Comet Lemmon, officially named C/2025 A6, has become brighter through the first half of October as it’s made it’s approach to the sun. As the sun makes it’s closest pass to Earth ...

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 ...

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 ...

It’s one of the most common things seen and heard during a weather forecast, “We have a 30% Chance of rain in today”, but do you really know what that means? It may seem like a simple phrase, but that ...

Peoria, IL (WMBD)– We have a rare opportunity to see the Aurora Borealis here in Central Illinois. The Space Weather Prediction Center has issued their first G4 Watch since 2005. This means that there ...

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — Watch live as Chief Meteorologist Chris Yates shares updates on our severe weather Friday.

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 ...