 "2008 will be remembered for the considerable flooding problems
throughout the state from January to December," Angel said.
Temperatures were cooler in 2008 as well. The statewide average
temperature was 50.6 degrees, 1.1 degrees below normal and the
18th-coolest year on record. The coolest year in Illinois was 1917,
with an average temperature of 48.6 degrees.
Cold and wet conditions prevailed in December. Statewide
precipitation was 4.5 inches. This was 1.8 inches above normal and
the eighth-wettest December since 1895. Statewide temperatures
averaged 26.3 degrees, 3.5 degrees below normal and the 24th-
coldest December since 1895.
The Illinois State Water Survey at the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, under the Institute of Natural Resource
Sustainability, is the primary agency in Illinois concerned with
water and atmospheric resources.
[Text from file received from
the Illinois
State Water Survey] |
