•July 8, 2020•
June temperatures were above average in Illinois and precipitation was below average, according to Illinois State Climatologist Trent Ford at the University of Illinois’ Illinois State Water Survey.
The preliminary statewide average June temperature was 73.7 degrees, 1.8 degrees above normal. The preliminary statewide average total June precipitation was 3.70 inches, 0.51 inches below the 30-year normal.
Temperatures
June was warmer than normal for most of the northern two-thirds of the state following a warm end to May. June average temperatures ranged from the high 60s in northern Illinois to the high 70s in southern Illinois.
In the northern part of the state, June was 1 to 6 degrees warmer than normal, with the highest departures in northern and northeast Illinois.     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.