 The warmest temperature reported in the state was at Chicago O'Hare
on March 21 with 87 degrees. The coldest temperature reported was in
Monmouth on March 5 with 5 degrees.
The three-month winter period from January to March 2012 was
another record-breaker, as it was the warmest of that period on
record since 1895. The statewide average temperature from January to
March was 40.9 degrees, 9.1 degrees above normal.
The statewide average precipitation was 2.11 inches, which is 1.1
inches below normal, or 66 percent of normal. Precipitation was
below normal across much of the state. However, there were a few wet
spots, with Fairview Heights reporting the highest monthly total of
4.88 inches of precipitation.
Despite the warm temperatures, there was some snow in March. The
largest monthly total was reported at Roscoe with 5.6 inches of
snow.
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The Illinois State Water Survey at the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, a division of the Prairie Research Institute, is
the primary agency in Illinois concerned with water and atmospheric
resources.
[Text from file received from the
Illinois State Water Survey] |
