SOME AREAS OF DROUGHT ARE POPPING UP IN ILLINOIS.

LAST WEEKEND'S SERIES OF STORMS BROUGHT RAIN TO MOST AREAS. BUT THE HEAVIEST RAIN FELL IN TIGHT BANDS ACROSS ILLINOIS, MAKING FOR SIGNIFICANT DISPARITIES IN RAINFALL TOTALS SAYS STATE CLIMATOLOGIST TRENT FORD.

FORD SAYS TIGHT BANDS OF PRECIPITATION BROUGHT THE MOST RAIN TO AREAS STRETCHING ALONG I-74 FROM PEORIA TO CHAMPAIGN, AND FROM MACOMB TO TAYLORVILLE.

FORD SAYS TEMPERATURES THIS PAST WEEK HAVE BEENN THREE TO EIGHT DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.