December 27, 2012, By National Weather Service, Lincoln's smattering of ice and snow last week was definitely a pain to travel in but it wasn't any huge measure of precipitation. The 2/10 of an inch however took us out of the running for the most snowless dates in a row in Illinois. The following chart shows snowless data in Illinois.

Snowless Stretch Stats
Southeast Illinois has not seen any measurable snow of 0.1 inch or more since March 5th making it 296 days through Dec 25th.  On Dec 17th, a couple tenths of snow fell in Lincoln, Springfield and Jacksonville during midday on Monday Dec 17th ending their snowless stretch at 287 days.  The snowless stretch ended on Dec 20th for Bloomington/Normal (1.2 inches), Decatur (1 inch), Peoria (2.2 inches) and Urbana (0.9 inches).  Charleston had a trace of snow on Dec 20th so their stretch of days with less than 0.1 inch snow continues along with Olney and Palestine which had no snow since early March.  A blizzard with heavy snow is expected over southeast IL overnight Tuesday night and Wednesday so the snowless stretch in Charleston, Olney and Palestine will likely end by Dec 26th.
Here are some statistics for 10 cities in central Illinois:
Location Consecutive Days with less than 0.1 inch snow Mar 5 - Dec 25, 2012 2012 Rank
as of Dec 25		 Day Snowless Stretch ended Record & Ending Date
Bloomington/Normal 290 days 8th longest Dec 20 321 days (12/14/1987)
Charleston 296 days 9th longest   362 days (12/21/1935) 
Decatur 290 days 14th longest Dec 20 323 days (1/21/1966)
Jacksonville 287 days 18th longest Dec 17 348 days (2/20/1960) 
Lincoln 287 days 9th longest Dec 17 310 days (1/29/1980) 
Olney 296 days 19th longest   365 days (3/2/1954)
Palestine 296 days 19th longest   350 days (12/23/1920)
Peoria 290 days 4th longest Dec 20 302 days (12/26/1939)
Springfield 287 days 8th longest Dec 17 311 days (12/23/1918)
Urbana 290 days 4th longest Dec 20 307 days (11/30/1987)