January 7, 2015

The statewide average temperature for 2014 was 49.4 degrees F, which is 2.9 degrees below average. The year was tied with 1912 and 1979 for fourth place, according to Illinois State Climatologist Jim Angel, Illinois State Water Survey, University of Illinois.

The coldest year on record since 1895 was 1917 with an average of 48.3 degrees F.

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