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Nearly 3-Inches of Rain falls in Clinton Saturday; 2-Inches in Lincoln, 2.5-Inches in Monticello

The remnants of Hurricane Olga dropped enough rain on Illinois, farmers are left wondering if they can catch just one break this year.

 

Nearly 3-inches of rain fell in Clinton Saturday, two inches in Lincoln and over 2-and-a-half inches in Monticello.

 

According to CoCoRAHS.org, a reporting service of the National Weather Service, Clinton received 2.85-inches and a nearly identical report came from Farmer City.

 

On the north side of Lincoln in Logan County, a report of 1.9-inches came in yesterday and 1.94-inches in far northern Logan County. At the Mason, Logan County line, there was a report of 2.01-inches was reported. In Elkhart, there was a report of 1.65-inches north of Chestnut. 

 

Just to the south of Monticello in Piatt County, 2.6-inches was reported. South of Cisco near the Macon County line, there was a report of 2.7-inches. In far southeastern Piatt County, there was also a report of 2.7-inches. In the far northern areas of Piatt County, reports ranged around 2.5-inches. 

 

2.8-inches of rain was reported in the Heyworth area of McLean County. 2.85-inches of rain were reported between Heyworth and LeRoy on Route 136. At the McLean/DeWitt County line south of 136 between Heyworth and LeRoy, only 2.5-inches of rain was reported, but it is yet another report of over 2-inches reported in central Illinois.

 

Additionally in McLean County, in Bloomington-Normal, a report of just short of 2.5-inches of rain was reported, but near the airport, there was a report of just over 3.1-inches. Just north of Bloomington-Normal, there is a report of 2.95-inches of rain. 

 

In Champaign County, the largest rainfall totals came from the western portion of the county towards Champaign-Urbana, where rainfall was in the 2.5-inches range. Reports lessen going east in Champaign-County, ranging from 2-inches to an inch-and-three-quarters. 

 

According to cocorahs.org, areas along and just east of Interstate-55 received the heaviest rainfall totals. 

 

Farmers on social media indicate the farther west you go in the midwest, rainfall was not as impactful.

 

This has already been a challenging year for farmers with a very late planting season and now a harvest that appears to be headed into at least the early parts of November. 

 

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