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Dry
June in Illinois
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[JULY
10,
2006]
CHAMPAIGN
-- "Preliminary data for Illinois
indicate that June's 3.49 inches of
precipitation was 0.59 inches below normal.
The driest region, between interstates 70 and
80, generally had 2.5 to 3.5 inches or even
less at some locations, and rainfall in the
Quincy area was near normal. Precipitation in
northeastern and much of southern Illinois was
above normal. Summertime rainfall just varies
a lot," said Jim Angel, state
climatologist with the Illinois
State Water Survey, a division of the
Illinois Department of Natural Resources.
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moisture, stream flows and shallow groundwater
levels are much below normal in west-central
Illinois. Despite the wet March and April with
a combined total of 8.53 inches, 1.51 inches
above normal, precipitation was below normal
statewide in May and June. The largest
deficits in western and central Illinois are
up to 3 inches or more below normal.
The 71.4-degree statewide average June
temperature was 0.5 degrees below normal.
Temperature extremes ranged from 40 degrees at
Mount Carroll on June 10 to 98 degrees at
Hutsonville on June 21. Paris reported the
heaviest one-day precipitation, 4.27 inches on
June 19, and also the highest monthly total,
6.64 inches.
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"If we get substantial rains weekly,
such as those we've already had in July, we
should be OK," Angel said.
"Conditions in areas that were dry in May
and June could deteriorate rapidly after even
a week or two of hot, dry weather. The Water
Survey is monitoring this closely and has a
more detailed
report on current conditions of water
resources in Illinois." [To
download Adobe Acrobat Reader for the PDF
file, click here.]
[Illinois
State Water Survey news release]
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