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We had one more week of warm and humid conditions, with temperatures between 4 and 8 degrees above normal. August to date has been around 2 to 4 degrees warmer than average statewide, and this summer so far is among the top 10 warmest in most places. What is notable about this hot summer, though, is the lack of extreme daytime high temperatures; and in fact only a handful of locations in Illinois have seen high temperatures reach into the triple digits this year.…

 
It was back in the fire this week. Average temperatures ranged from the mid-70s to the low 80s, between 2 and 7 degrees above normal statewide. August to date has been around 1 degree above normal so far. The summer season so far has been the 5th warmest on record in Chicago, and the average nighttime low temperature in Peoria so far this summer is the highest since 1887. The extreme nighttime heat this summer is mostly thanks to persistently high humidity.…

 
by Trent Ford, State Climatologist
Illinois State Water Survey | Prairie Research Institute
University of Illinois
We can wrap a bow around a very hot and humid month of July across Illinois. Average temperatures in July were between 2 and 6 degrees above average, and last month will likely be a top 20 warmest July on record statewide. However, the character of the heat was different than past very hot Julys. We did not have several days with temperatures in the triple digits,…

by Trent Ford, State Climatologist
Illinois State Water Survey | Prairie Research Institute
University of Illinois
Another week of hot and humid weather across the state had me October dreaming. Average temperature this week ranged from the mid-70s in northern Illinois to the mid-80s in southern Illinois, between 2 and 6 degrees above normal. Virtually all parts of the state saw multiple days with high temperatures well into the 90s, including 98 degrees in Rock Island and 96 in Mt Vernon.…

by Trent Ford, State Climatologist
Illinois State Water Survey | Prairie Research Institute
University of Illinois
It was another hot, humid, and stormy week across the Prairie State. Average temperatures this week ranged from the low 70s in far northern Illinois to the low 80s in southern Illinois, between 1 and 5 degrees above normal. July temperatures to date have been 1 to 3 degrees above normal across Illinois.
An active stormtrack with abundant humidity created multiple rounds of storms this week.…