•August 7, 2019•
The seven-month historic stretch of abnormally wet weather in Illinois ended with drier than average conditions in July, according to Brian Kerschner, spokesperson for the Illinois State Climatologist Office at the University of Illinois’ Illinois State Water Survey.
The preliminary July average statewide precipitation was 3.23 inches, which is 0.85 inches below the long-term average.
Since November 2018, each month has been reported with above average statewide precipitation. Although the amount of rain in July was below average overall, the precipitation across Illinois was not evenly distributed.
Many in southern and northeastern Illinois experienced near to above average precipitation totals in July. A station near Highland in Madison County reported the highest monthly rainfall total of 9.02 inches.     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.