Heading into 2021, we were too dry. Then things got better thanks to a wet stretch in February and March. 

Now as we head to the summer, things are drying out again. Chris Miller at the National Weather Service in Lincoln told Regional Radio News Wednesday on the WHOW Morning Show, there are parts of southern Illinois that are just fine, but much of central and northern Illinois is dry.

Normally this time of the year, we can expect around three-quarters of an inch of rain on a weekly basis. Miller indicates once again, a stretch that goes from Lincoln to Clinton over towards Champaign and as far south as Effingham and Shelbyville that is under a dome of dry weather and is well below normal for moisture.

Towards the end of the week and into the weekend are the best chances for rain showers that could relieve this dry run we're on. Miller indicates because the storms will be developing over parts of Illinois, not every area that needs moisture is going to get it. 

Through the rest of the summer, Miller says right now nothing is showing a truly wet pattern coming in July or August. He says temperatures will be hot and then cool off slightly for a short time and then return to hot and cycle that way through the next few months.