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Now 4th Wettest June on Record in Illinois

Right now the statewide precipitation average of 7.20 inches makes this the 4th wettest June on record. Statewide records go back to 1895. Here are the top 5 …

  1. 8.37 inches in 1902
  2. 7.68 inches in 1998
  3. 7.31 inches in 1928
  4. 7.20 inches in 2010 (as of June 25)
  5. 7.13 inches in 2000

With rain in the NWS forecast for the weekend, it is possible to move up to third or perhaps even second place. However, it would take widespread heavy rains to beat 1902. By the way, normal statewide June rainfall is 4.1 inches.
Of the ten wettest Junes, in 7 out of 10 cases rainfall returned to within an inch of normal conditions in July and August. Only in 1993 did the wet conditions persist into July and August. Only in 1945 and 1947 did we experience much drier conditions in July and August.
Meanwhile temperatures have been above normal for June so far. The statewide average temperature of 74.9 degrees is 3.6 degrees above normal. This is now the tenth warmest June on record (as of June 25). The warmest June on record for Illinois is 1934 with 78.5 degrees. The only recent year in the top 10 list is 2005 with 74.8 degrees.

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Wettest June on Record for Lincoln IL

The National Weather Service just posted the message below. As noted in an earlier posting Galesburg has already experienced its wettest June on record with 11.25 inches.

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1055 PM CDT TUE JUN 22 2010
...RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM RAINFALL 2.46 INCHES IN LINCOLN IL JUNE 22...
...WETTEST JUNE ON RECORD IN LINCOLN WITH 9.85 INCHES SO FAR THIS
MONTH...
A RECORD RAINFALL OF 2.46 INCHES WAS SET AT LINCOLN IL TODAY WITH
2.42 INCHES FALLING IN LESS THAN 6 HOURS THIS MORNING. THIS BREAKS
THE OLD RECORD OF 2.33 INCHES SET IN 1924.
SO FAR THIS MONTH 9.85 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN LINCOLN THROUGH
JUNE 22ND AND THIS BECOMES THE WETTEST JUNE ON RECORD...JUST BEATING
THE 9.83 INCHES SET IN 1947. THERE ARE STILL EIGHT MORE DAYS IN THE
MONTH TO GET MORE PRECIPITATION...AND MORE HEAVY RAINS ARE STILL
POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
HUETTL