THE STATE'S CLIMATOLOGIST TAKES A LOOK AT 2020 WEATHER IN ILLINOIS. 

THE FIRST FIVE MONTHS OF THIS YEAR WERE WETTER THAN NORMAL ACROSS THE STATE. THE RAIN CONTINUED IN SOME AREAS BUT A LARGE PATH ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS IS ENDING 2020 IN ABNORMALLY DRY TO SEVERE DROUGHT CONDITIONS. STATE CLIMATOLOGIST TRENT FORD SAYS THERE WAS SOME SEVERE WEATHER...

15 OF THOSE TORNADOES OCCURED ON AUGUST 10TH IN THE CHICAGO AREA AS A DERECHO SWEPT THROUGH ILLINOIS. 

FORD SAYS TEMPERATURES WERE WARMER THAN AVERAGE FOR MUCH OF THE YEAR, ESPECIALLY IN JANUARY AND NOVEMBER, WITH 2020 ON TRACK TO BE IN THE TOP 30 WARMEST YEARS ON RECORD IN ILLINOIS. ALL OF ILLINOIS WAS WETTER THAN NORMAL FOR THE FIRST FIVE MONTHS OF THE YEAR, BUT FORD SAYS A BIG CHUNK ACROSS THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE STATE IS CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING DROUGHT CONDITIONS.