January Brought Winter Weather of Yore
The preliminary statewide average January temperature was 22.3 degrees, 4.4 degrees below the 1991-2020 average and tied for the 34th coldest on record going back to 1895. The preliminary statewide ...
2024 Weather Was Very Warm and Wild
Illinois was both warmer and wetter than the 1991–2020 normal in 2024. The statewide average annual temperature was 55.5 degrees, 2.9 degrees above normal and 2nd warmest on record statewide ...
Mild & Wet Start to Winter
The preliminary statewide average December temperature was 33.4 degrees, 1.8 degrees below the 1991–2020 average and tied for 36th warmest on record going back to 1895. The preliminary statewide average ...
Warm and Wet November Wraps Up Fall
The preliminary statewide average November temperature was 46.6 degrees, 4.4 degrees above the 1991-2020 average and tied for the 10th warmest on record going back to 1895. The preliminary statewide ...
Warm and Dry — But Enjoyable — October
The preliminary statewide average October temperature was 58.6 degrees, 3.8 degrees above the 1991-2020 average and tied for 14th warmest on record going back to 1895. The preliminary statewide total ...