 The highest temperature for the month was 67 degrees at Cairo on
Dec. 5. The lowest temperature was zero degrees at Monmouth on Dec.
10.The statewide average precipitation for December in Illinois
was 3.43 inches, 0.74 inches above average or 127 percent of
average. The highest precipitation total for the month was at
Brookport Dam, along the Ohio River, with 7.70 inches.
Snowfall totals for December were much below average across the
state. The highest snowfall total for the month was at Stockton, in
the far northwestern corner of Illinois, with 4.0 inches. Snowfall
totals were less than an inch in southeastern Illinois and 1 to 2
inches elsewhere in the state. By mid-December last winter, much of
Illinois had experienced 10 to 25 inches of snow.
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] |
