OCTOBER WEATHER WAS WARM AND WET IN ILLINOIS.
IT DIDN'T REALLY FEEL LIKE FALL LAST MONTH, ESPECIALLY DURING THE FIRST FEW WEEKS. OVERALL, STATE CLIMATOLOGIST TRENT FORD SAYS TEMPERATURES WERE FIVE TO EIGHT DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE IN OCTOBER.
THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE RECORDED LAST MONTH WAS 91 DEGREES IN CONGERVILLE, IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS. FORD SAYS OCTOBER WAS ALSO PRETTY SOGGY. RAINFALL WAS ONE TO THREE INCHES ABOVE NORMAL IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND THREE TO SIX INCHES ABOVE AVERAGE IN CENTRAL AND NOTHERN ILLINOIS.
FORD SAYS THE WARMTH WILL LIKELY PUT LAST MONTH AMONG THE TOP 10 WARMEST OCTOBERS ON RECORD, AND AMONG THE TOP FIVE FOR NORTHERN ILLINOIS.
