AUGUST WEATHER WAS ABOUT NORMAL IN ILLINOIS, WRAPPING UP A MILD AND DRIER SUMMER. 

ACCORDING TO PRELIMINARY NUMBERS, AUGUST TEMPERATURES WERE PRETTY AVERAGE. THAT’S EVEN WITH THE HEAT WAVE WHERE THE FEELS LIKE TEMP ROSE WELL ABOVE 100 DEGREES. STATEWIDE AVERAGE PRECIPITATION WAS AROUND AN INCH ABOVE NORMAL LAST MONTH, BUT STATE CLIMATOLOGIST TRENT FORD SAYS TOTALS VARIED LOCALLY.

FORD SAYS TOTALS VARIED LOCALLY.

THIS WAS THE 13TH DRIEST SUMMER ON RECORD IN MOLINE WHILE IT WAS ONE OF THE WETTEST IN FAR SOUTHERN ILLINOIS.OIS.