June is trending warmer and dryer.

John Bumgardner at the National Weather Service in Lincoln says thanks to this dry, warm stretch we've experienced the last few weeks, the monthly temperature is rising while the precipitation total is stagnant.

According to Bumgardner, the average temperature is only slightly above normal for June. He explains the month started with very seasonable temperatures before we warmed up the last several days.

Severe weather was hit and miss in Illinois during June. Bumgardner says there were some pretty nasty storms a few weeks ago but spared many parts of central Illinois.

July is shaping up to be warm and dry as well. We'll have more on the July outlooks later this week on Regional Radio.