IT’S BEEN A WARM, WET JUNE SO FAR IN ILLINOIS
STATE CLIMATOLOGIST JIM ANGEL SAYS TEMPS HAVE BEEN MORE THAN FOUR DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL THIS MONTH.
PRECIPITATION IS ALSO ABOVE NORMAL…BUT VARIES WIDELY ACROSS THE STATE. PARTS OF NORTHERN AND EAST-CENTRAL ILLINOIS HAVE RECEIVED AS MUCH AS 11 INCHES OF RAIN WHILE WESTERN AND FAR SOUTHERN ILLINOIS ARE MUCH DRIER.