According to the National Hurricane Center, what’s left of Subtropical Storm Alberto will reach Illinois on Wednesday, bringing widespread rain to areas that are driest in the state. By the time it reaches Illinois, it will have weakened considerably with the greatest risk from flooding instead of high winds. Here is the projected path:
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Second Coldest April on Record in Illinois
Temperature
Based on the official data, the statewide average temperature was 44.5 degrees, 8.1 degrees below normal. It was the second coldest April on record, only beaten by 43.1 degrees set in April 1907. Our statewide records go back to 1895. Normal refers to a specific benchmark, the 1981-2010 average. See the longer explanation here.
Here are the temperature departures from normal look like across the Midwest. Areas in green are 1 to 9 degrees below normal, while areas in icy blue are 9 or more degrees below normal. The lowest temperature reported in Illinois for April was -1 at both Avon and Lincoln on April 2. At the other extreme, we did reach into the 80s at times during the month. The warmest reading was 86 degrees at Kaskaskia on April 13.
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