IT WAS AN UNUSUALLY DRY APRIL WEEK IN ILLINOIS.
NO AREA OF THE STATE SAW ANY MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION THIS PAST WEEK, WHICH IS QUITE A RARITY SAYS STATE CLIMATOLOGIST TRENT FORD. HUMIDITY WAS ALSO LOWER THAN NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.
TEMPERATURES OVER THE PAST SEVEN DAYS WERE FOUR TO 15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL, WITH MOST OF THE STATE HITTING THE 80'S ON MULTIPLE DAYS.
DESPITE THE DRY WEEK, THE LATEST U-S DROUGHT MONITOR SHOWS NO AREAS OF CONCERN IN ILLINOIS.
