Precipitation and temperatures were below normal for 2022. 

Ed Shimon at the National Weather Service in Lincoln indicates temperatures were a few degrees below normal for the year while temperatures were also a few degrees below normal for the year.

In the first quarter of the year, things were cold and wet. Shimon highlights two major snowfall events that came in back-to-back weeks in February and bookend a short warm-up that melted snow from the first event.

Spring was cold and wet in central Illinois. Shimon explains it was quite the contradiction to what models offered for so long leading up to March through May time frame.

The summer was expected to be very hot and dry and while it was mostly dry, Shimon indicates the number of 90-degree days was very low for a typical summer.

Shimon indicates the fall ended up being rather pleasant with a dry trend. December saw one winter storm event around Christmas.