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 The statewide
average precipitation for May in Illinois was 4.26 inches, just
0.34 inches below average. Some of the heaviest rainfall totals
for May occurred in Cook County, including Burnham-Hegewisch
with 7.64 inches and Homewood with 7.58 inches.
The area of
concern for May was a large section across western and central
Illinois, where rainfall totaled only 1 to 3 inches. One of the
drier locations in west-central Illinois was Roseville with a
total of only 1.32 inches. The U.S. Drought Monitor list parts
of western Illinois as “abnormally dry.”
Illinois State Climatologist report
[Text received; JIM ANGEL, PhD,
ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY, PRAIRIE RESEARCH INSTITUTE] |
