TODAY 2:30pm on WILL AM580 | Drought of 2025

Todd Gleason

Extension Farm Broadcaster
University of Illinois

October 20, 2025
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According to the U-S Drought Monitor, Champaign, Coles, Douglas, Moultrie and Piatt Counties are experiencing extreme drought. The rest of Illinois is experiencing abnormally dry to severe drought conditions. This week, our Weather Realness podcast is diving into the definition and its effects on agriculture and trees.

Host Maddie Stover talked with Illinois State Climatologist Trent Ford, including the deficit in rain that we’re currently facing.

LISTEN TODAY (Oct 20) at 2:30pm central on WILL AM580 or on demand here. The Weather Realness podcast will air just after the daily Closing Market Report with Todd Gleason starting at 2:06pm.

Funding for Weather Realness is partially provided by the Backlund Charitable Trust.  If you have a weather or climate question for the scientists on this program, please leave a voicemail at 217.333.2141 or email weatherrealness@illinois.edu.

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