Wet June and wettest year to date in Illinois
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[July 08, 2013]
CHAMPAIGN -- The statewide
average precipitation for June 2013 in Illinois was 5.2 inches,
which is nearly 1 inch above the 1981-2010 average. It was more than
double the June 2012 total of 1.8 inches, according to Jim Angel,
state climatologist, at the Illinois State Water Survey, Prairie
Research Institute, University of Illinois.
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The two wettest areas in Illinois were in northern Illinois and an
area just south of Interstate 70. The highest monthly total in the
state was at Flora with 12.63 inches.
The area in northern Illinois was part of a larger area of heavy
precipitation amounts in northeastern Iowa and southern Wisconsin.
The area in southern Illinois extended into southern Indiana and
Kentucky. Both regions had rainfall totals in excess of 8 inches and
even 10 or more inches in some locations.
Most of the remainder of the state had close to average
precipitation for June with 3 to 6 inches. The Midwest in general
experienced a wet June, including the Ohio River Valley, which
experienced drier conditions early in the month.
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The year-to-date (January-June) statewide precipitation for
Illinois was 28.7 inches, which was 8.9 inches above average and the
wettest January-June on record. It is more than double the 12.7
inches accumulated in January-June of 2012, during the height of the
drought.
The statewide average temperature in June was 71.5 degrees, which
was 0.3 degrees below average.
[Text from file received from
the Illinois
State Water Survey] |