Tracking Illinois Soil Temperatures
As the snow turns to mud this week, this is a good time to advertise links for the soil temperatures in Illinois. The Water Survey operates a 19-station network of ...
Historical Tornadoes in Illinois and the US
While tornadoes can happen any time of the year, the tornado season really starts to ramp up in March in Illinois (see plot below) and remains active through the spring ...
How February and This Winter Stacked Up in Illinois
Here are the time series plots of the statewide average temperature for February and winter (December-January-February) from 1895 to present (source: NOAA NCDC). February In the first plot, I have ...
Last Below Zero Weather of the Season? I Hope.
Here are the lows this morning, courtesy of the National Weather Service office in Lincoln. Areas in blue were below zero. Champaign-Urbana reached -9 degrees, breaking the old record of ...
A Weak El Nino Has Arrived, Another Winter Storm for Southern Illinois
Today the National Weather Service reported that the long-awaited El Niño has arrived in the Pacific Ocean. El Niño occurs when we have above-average temperatures in the Pacific Ocean along ...
