LAST MONTH WAS THE SEVENTH WARMEST OCTOBER ON RECORD IN ILLINOIS.
OCTOBER WAS ONE FOR THE RECORD BOOKS SAYS STATE CLIMATOLOGIST JIM ANGEL…AS THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE CAME IN AT 59 POINT EIGHT DEGREES. THAT’S NEARLY FIVE AND A HALF DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL…AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE MAY BE IN FOR MORE OF THE SAME THIS MONTH.
STATEWIDE AVERAGE RAINFALL FOR OCTOBER WAS TWO POINT THREE EIGHT INCHES. THAT’S NEARLY AN INCH BELOW NORMAL. AREAS OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND ALONG THE INTERSTATE 70 CORRIDOR RECEIVED THE MOST RAIN LAST MONTH.
