LAST MONTH TIED FOR FOURTH WARMEST SEPTEMBER ON RECORD IN ILLINOIS.

THE AVERAGE STATEWIDE TEMPERATURE LAST MONTH WAS 71 POINT THREE DEGREES. THAT’S NEARLY FIVE DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL, AND A STATE RECORD SAYS STATE CLIMATOLOGIST TRENT FORD.

STATEWIDE PRECIPITATION AVERAGED OVER FIVE INCHES BUT VARIED QUITE A BIT ACROSS ILLINOIS. 

SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS WAS A DIFFERENT STORY…WITH SOME AREAS GETTING LESS THAN A QUARTER INCH OF RAIN LAST MONTH.