Happy new year! We’ll start 2025 by looking back at 2024 and then looking ahead to some significant weather this upcoming week. Official numbers will be released next week, but it’s likely 2024 was a top 5 warmest year on record statewide, with only 2012 and 1998 possibly warmer overall. What we do know is that 2024 was the warmest year on record in both Chicago and Peoria, and a top 5 warmest in most cities around the state.…
This year has been very warm across Illinois, to the tune of 3 to 4 degrees above normal. Through the middle of December, 2024 has been the warmest year on record in Chicago, Peoria, and Carbondale, and a top 5 warmest year on record virtually everywhere else across the state. Ironically, it was July – the climatologically warmest month of the year – that had statewide average temperatures farthest below normal. The mid-summer cool down was welcome following a very warm and dry start to the growing season. …
The first week of climatological winter brought at long last a prolonged taste of winter to Illinois. Average temperatures this week ranged from the low 20s in northern Illinois to the low 30s in southern Illinois, between 8 and 14 degrees below normal. Nighttime low temperatures this week regularly dipped into the teens and single digits, including 8 degrees in Springfield and 9 degrees in Kankakee. Very strong winds added to the cold to push wind chills in the -5 to -10 degree range.…
University of Illinois Extension and the farmdoc Team have scheduled the Farm Assets Conference and Illinois Farm Economics Summits (IFES) starting this coming week. The Farm Assets Conference will be held Friday, December 13 in Champaign and followed by the IFES series in Mt. Vernon (Dec 16), East Peoria (Dec 17), and DeKalb (Dec 18).
You need to attend only one of the four programs to see all of the farmdoc team presentations. The Farm Assets Conferences includes the IFES presentations plus the U of I Extension crop scientists.…
Register for the farmdoc team December Conferences
University of Illinois Extension and the farmdoc Team have scheduled the Farm Assets Conference and Illinois Farm Economics Summits (IFES) for December. The Farm Assets Conference will be held Friday, December 13 in Champaign and followed by the IFES series in Mt. Vernon, East Peoria, and DeKalb the next week.
You need to attend only one of the four programs to see all of the farmdoc team presentations. The Farm Assets Conferences includes the IFES presentations plus the U of I Extension crop scientists.…
Most of this week’s weather was fall-like, with a nice taste of winter. Average temperatures this week ranged from the low 40s in northern Illinois to the low 50s in southern Illinois, between 6 and 8 degrees above normal. November to date has been 5 to 7 degrees above normal, and our fall season to date is among the top 5 warmest statewide. The prolonged mild temperatures made the late week cold a bit more surprising than usual.…
Our mild fall weather continued this week. Average temperatures ranged from the high 40s in northern Illinois to the high 50s in southern Illinois, between 3 and 7 degrees above normal. November to date has been 5 to 10 degrees warmer than normal, following a top 5 warmest October on record statewide.
Most of the state picked up a decent amount of rain this week with totals between a quarter of an inch in western Illinois to nearly 1.5 inches in southeast Illinois.…
The calendar has turned over to November, and temperatures have followed suit. That said, for most of this week our weather continued its mild trend that’s been around for most of fall. 7-day average temperatures ranged from the low 50s in northern Illinois to the mid-60s in southern Illinois, between 3 and 8 degrees above average. October as a whole ended around 1 to 2 degrees above normal statewide. The fall season through the end of October has been a top 10 warmest on record in Chicago,…
Meteorologist Andrew Pritchard provides Red Flag Warning information for University of Illinois licensed radio station WILL AM580.
FIELD FIRES ARE PROBABLE UNDER RED FLAG CONDITIONS
A Red Flag Warning has been issued for parts of Illinois and Indiana for today and tomorrow by the National Weather Service. Farmers are urged to be careful with machinery and prepare for the increased possibility of field fires.
Red Flag Warnings are issued when the following conditions exist.…
This week continued October’s mild trend with average temperatures in the mid to upper 50s statewide, between 1 and 6 degrees above normal. With only one week left in the month, October to date has been 1 to 4 degrees warmer than normal. The mild fall has added to what was a very warm first half of the year. Through October 23rd, this year has been the warmest on record in Peoria, and the second or third warmest on record in Chicago,…