Average Snowfall for Illinois in February

The tables below give monthly averages for snowfall during February at cities in Illinois. The numbers are for the total amount of new snow and how many days it snows at least 0.1 inches (0.25 centimetres) this month.

The snowfall totals are averages based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 for the US National Centers for Environmental Information.

You can jump to a separate table for each region of the state: Chicago Area, Northern Illinois, Central Illinois and Southern Illinois.

Chicago Area

Average total snowfall in February

Days	Place	Inches	Centi­metres
4.2	Aurora	7.9	20.1
5.6	Chicago Botanical Garden	7.7	19.6
6.4	Chicago Midway Airport	10.1	25.7
6.4	Chicago O'Hare Airport	10.7	27.2
5.1	Elgin	8.0	20.3
3.4	Joliet	6.2	15.7

Northern Illinois

February snowfall averages

Days	Place	Inches	Centi­metres
5.2	DeKalb	8.7	22.1
3.8	Dixon	5.7	14.5
5.0	Freeport	8.5	21.6
6.0	Moline	8.6	21.8
6.5	Rockford	8.5	21.6

Central Illinois

Average snow for February

Days	Place	Inches	Centi­metres
1.7	Bloomington	0.8	2.0
4.4	Champaign	5.8	14.7
2.6	Charleston	5.5	14.0
2.6	Danville	2.8	7.1
2.3	Decatur	2.5	6.4
4.2	Kankakee	3.4	8.6
3.4	Ottawa	5.2	13.2
4.9	Peoria	6.9	17.5
4.2	Springfield	6.1	15.5

Southern Illinois

Average total snowfall in February

Days	Place	Inches	Centi­metres
1.9	Belleville	3.3	8.4
1.7	Carbondale	4.0	10.2
1.7	Mt Vernon	3.1	7.9