SEPTEMBER IS WRAPPING UP AS A WARM AND DRY MONTH.
IT LOOKS LIKE THIS MONTH WILL END UP AS THE 20TH WARMEST SEPTEMBER ON RECORD IN ILLINOIS. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE HAS BEEN 69 POINT THREE DEGREES…WHICH IS ABOUT THREE DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL SAYS STATE CLIMATOLOGIST JIM ANGEL.
THIS MONTH IS ALSO COMING IN AS THE FIFTH DRIEST SEPTEMBER ON RECORD IN ILLINOIS…WITH AVERAGE STATEWIDE RAINFALL NEARLY TWO AND A HALF INCHES BELOW NORMAL.
ACCORDING TO THE LATEST U-S DROUGHT MONITOR REPORT…NEARLY ALL OF ILLINOIS IS RATED AS “ABNORMALLY DRY.” AREAS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS ARE CONSIDERED TO BE IN A “MODERATE DROUGHT.”