The NOAA Climate Prediction Center released their monthly outlook for September and 3-month outlooks for September and beyond. At this time, they are not expecting a repeat of last winter for Illinois. According to them, the chance of El Niño has decreased to about 65% during the Northern Hemisphere fall and early winter. If it […]
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Below is a summary of the February and winter weather statistics for Champaign-Urbana: February The average temperature for February was 19.0 degrees, which was 9.9 degrees below average and the 9th coldest on record. The total snowfall for February was 14.6 inches, which was 8.8 inches above average and the 10th snowiest on record. Winter […]
We have had a remarkable contrast in the last two winters in terms of precipitation. While both winters have been relatively quiet in terms of snow (at least up until the last week), this winter has made up for it in rainfall. Here are the January 1 to February 25 precipitation departure maps for 2012 […]
The NWS Climate Prediction Center posted their latest outlook for December and December – February (winter). The temperature outlook for December is for equal chances (EC) for above, below, and near-normal temperatures. The precipitation outlook for December is a little more interesting with an increased chance of above normal precipitation in the southern half of […]