Rainfall The statewide average rainfall for Illinois in the first half of July is only 0.8 inches. That is 1.2 inches below average or 40 percent of average. The statewide 1981-2010 average rainfall for the first half of July is 2.0 inches. The driest July on record was July 1930 with only 1.01 inches. Next in […]
Category: Drought
How Much Rain Do We Need to End the Drought
[Updated July 20 for a more frequently updated map from the Climate Prediction Center] People have asked me several times this week, “how much rain do we need to end the drought?” There is no easy way to answer this. The normal rainfall per week in Illinois is about an inch. So we need that inch per […]
How Much Rain Do We Need to End the Drought
[Updated July 20 for a more frequently updated map from the Climate Prediction Center] People have asked me several times this week, “how much rain do we need to end the drought?” There is no easy way to answer this. The normal rainfall per week in Illinois is about an inch. So we need that inch per […]
Drought Worsens in Illinois
The U.S. Drought Monitor just increased the drought coverage in Illinois to 100 percent. In addition, the area of D2 “severe drought” expanded in eastern Illinois and east of St. Louis and along the Illinois-Wisconsin border. The statistics for July so far (July 1 – 11) show why the drought has worsened so quickly. The […]