On this Date in 1953, First Documented Tornado Hook Echo Captured on Radar
Today is the 62nd anniversary of the first documented case of a tornado detected by radar. Illinois State Water Survey staff, at Willard Airport in Champaign, IL, captured the historic ...
Hail in Champaign-Urbana
Here is a shot of the hail dents on our hailpad at the Illinois State Water Survey in Champaign from this morning's storm. Most of the dents where in the ...
Cold, Snowy March for Illinois
Temperature The statewide average temperature for March was 38.2 degrees, 3.1 degrees below average. This follows on the heels of a slightly colder-than-average January and much colder-than-average February. As a ...
USDA Soil Moisture Report for Illinois
Yesterday, the USDA released their report on soil moisture conditions for Illinois. Overall the state looks moist, especially in southern Illinois after weeks of rain. Statewide, 95 percent of the ...
90th Anniversary of the Tri-State Tornado: Illinois’ Worst Tornado Disaster
I am a little late in posting this, but March 18, 2015, marked the 90th anniversary of the Tri-State Tornado that struck Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana, on March 18, 1925 ...
