SEPTEMBER WAS COOLER AND WETTER THAN NORMAL IN ILLINOIS.

THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE LAST MONTH WAS 64 POINT SIX DEGREES. THAT’S ABOUT ONE AND A HALF DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. AND AFTER MONTHS OF DROUGHT CONDITIONS…STATE CLIMATOLOGIST JIM ANGEL SAYS MANY AREAS SAW PLENTY OF RAIN IN SEPTEMBER.

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ANGEL SAYS THE RAIN WAS SPOTTY THOUGH…AND MUCH OF ILLINOIS STILL SUFFERS FROM DROUGHT CONDITIONS.

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DESPITE THE PRECIPITATION…DROUGHT CONDITIONS PERSIST IN MUCH OF THE STATE. ANGEL SAYS THE NORTHERN THIRD OF ILLINOIS IS THE DRIEST PART OF THE STATE.