DESPITE THE RECENT RAINS, JUNE ENDED UP DRIER AND WARMER THAN NORMAL IN ILLINOIS.
THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS NEARLY 74 DEGREES LAST MONTH. THAT'S ALMOST TWO DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND TYING FOR THE 26TH WARMEST JUNE ON RECORD IN ILLINOIS. THE BIGGEST DEPARTURES IN TEMPERATURES WERE IN NORTHERN AND NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS SAYS STATE CLIMATOLOGIST TRENT FORD.
FORD SAYS PRECIPITATION VARIED WIDELY LAST MONTH, WITH AREAS OF WESTERN ILLINOIS AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS GETTING MORE THAN EIGHT INCHES OF RAIN AND PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH-CENTRAL ILLINOIS ONLY RECEIVING ABOUT A HALF AN INCH.
FORD SAYS THE SHORT TERM OUTLOOK IS CALLING FOR DRY, HOT WEATHER.
