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Illinois Soil Temperatures Higher Than Last Year

Soil temperatures across Illinois are several degrees higher than last year at this time thanks to the mild weather.

Jennie Atkins with the Illinois State Water Survey says the temps are higher based on numbers collected at weather stations across the state.

Soil temperatures are measured at depths of 4 inches under bare earth and at 4 and 8 inches under sod.

From November to January, the median soil temperature at depths of 4 inches was 38 degrees, which is 4.7 degrees warmer than the same time last year.

There were similar increases for soil measured under sod.

The highest temperatures were recorded in southern Illinois, where temperatures at 4 inches were 6.9 degrees warmer than last year.

The median temperatures for northern and central Illinois were also higher.

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