IT’S BEEN A WARM AND DRY START TO SUMMER IN ILLINOIS. 

LAST MONTH WAS THE 30TH WARMEST JUNE ON RECORD, WITH TEMPERATURES ONE TO TWO DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL OVERALL SAYS STATE CLIMATOLOGIST TRENT FORD.

RAINFALL WAS MORE THAN AN INCH BELOW NORMAL IN JUNE. 

FORD SAYS THE OUTLOOK FOR THE FIRST HALF OF JULY IS CALLING FOR BELOW-NORMAL TEMPS.