Illinois State Water Survey
Institute of Natural Resource Sustainability
University of Illinois

Illinois State Climatologist Office

Jim Angel, state climatologist

Current Climate Conditions in Illinois

Current climate conditions in Illinois are based on preliminary reports. Illinois is divided into 9 climate divisions or crop reporting districts. Temperatures are reported in degrees Fahrenheit. Precipitation is reported in inches.

Current Month

                                  Illinois 
                        07/01/2009 to 07/03/2009

Climate          <------Temperature----->   <---------Precipitation--------->
Division         Actual   Normal      Dev   Actual   Normal     Dev   Percent
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Northwest          63.1     72.2     -9.1     0.00     0.39    -0.39        1
Northeast          61.9     71.6     -9.7     0.01     0.40    -0.39        3
West               67.0     75.1     -8.1     0.00     0.42    -0.42        0
Central            65.2     74.0     -8.8     0.00     0.36    -0.35        1
East               64.3     73.4     -9.1     0.00     0.38    -0.38        1
West-southwest     68.3     75.9     -7.6     0.00     0.36    -0.36        0
East-southeast     68.1     75.7     -7.6     0.00     0.44    -0.44        0
Southwest          71.8     76.9     -5.1     0.00     0.44    -0.44        0
Southeast          70.9     76.9     -6.0     0.00     0.52    -0.52        0

State              66.5     74.5     -8.0     0.00     0.41    -0.41        1

Dev means Deviation From Normal, Percent means Percent of Normal

Last Month

                                  Illinois 
                        06/01/2009 to 06/30/2009

Climate          <------Temperature----->   <---------Precipitation--------->
Division         Actual   Normal      Dev   Actual   Normal     Dev   Percent
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Northwest          69.0     69.9     -0.9     5.60     4.44     1.16      126
Northeast          67.7     69.2     -1.6     5.51     4.13     1.38      133
West               71.9     72.0     -0.1     6.45     3.98     2.47      162
Central            71.5     71.6     -0.1     5.33     4.03     1.30      132
East               71.5     71.4      0.1     4.65     4.14     0.51      112
West-southwest     73.3     72.8      0.5     5.07     3.81     1.25      133
East-southeast     74.1     73.0      1.1     5.14     4.07     1.08      127
Southwest          75.8     73.8      1.9     4.77     4.00     0.76      119
Southeast          76.3     74.1      2.2     4.47     4.08     0.38      109

State              72.2     71.9      0.3     5.24     4.08     1.16      129

Dev means Deviation From Normal, Percent means Percent of Normal

Last 90 Days

                                  Illinois 
                        04/04/2009 to 07/03/2009

Climate          <------Temperature----->   <---------Precipitation--------->
Division         Actual   Normal      Dev   Actual   Normal     Dev   Percent
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Northwest          59.3     60.8     -1.5    15.19    12.14     3.05      125
Northeast          58.4     60.1     -1.7    15.06    11.80     3.26      128
West               62.0     63.3     -1.3    18.41    12.24     6.18      150
Central            61.6     62.8     -1.2    17.10    11.83     5.26      144
East               61.6     62.4     -0.8    15.46    11.79     3.67      131
West-southwest     63.5     64.4     -0.9    15.79    11.92     3.87      133
East-southeast     64.2     64.5     -0.3    18.68    12.44     6.24      150
Southwest          65.8     65.7      0.0    18.71    12.75     5.95      147
Southeast          66.4     66.0      0.4    17.59    13.46     4.13      131

State              62.4     63.2     -0.9    16.81    12.22     4.59      138

Dev means Deviation From Normal, Percent means Percent of Normal

Last 120 Days

                                  Illinois 
                        03/05/2009 to 07/03/2009

Climate          <------Temperature----->   <---------Precipitation--------->
Division         Actual   Normal      Dev   Actual   Normal     Dev   Percent
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Northwest          54.6     55.3     -0.7    21.21    14.64     6.56      145
Northeast          54.0     54.7     -0.7    21.01    14.33     6.68      147
West               57.5     58.0     -0.5    24.20    15.03     9.17      161
Central            57.2     57.4     -0.3    22.98    14.76     8.22      156
East               57.4     57.1      0.4    20.56    14.85     5.71      138
West-southwest     59.4     59.3      0.1    19.51    15.15     4.36      129
East-southeast     60.4     59.5      0.9    22.10    15.99     6.11      138
Southwest          62.1     61.0      1.1    22.06    16.72     5.34      132
Southeast          62.6     61.3      1.4    21.60    17.66     3.93      122

State              58.2     58.0      0.1    21.61    15.37     6.24      141

Dev means Deviation From Normal, Percent means Percent of Normal

Last 180 Days

                                  Illinois 
                        01/04/2009 to 07/03/2009

Climate          <------Temperature----->   <---------Precipitation--------->
Division         Actual   Normal      Dev   Actual   Normal     Dev   Percent
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Northwest          42.7     44.5     -1.8    24.19    17.61     6.58      137
Northeast          42.6     44.6     -2.0    24.92    17.61     7.31      142
West               46.5     47.7     -1.3    26.72    18.33     8.39      146
Central            45.7     47.2     -1.4    25.87    18.25     7.62      142
East               46.0     46.9     -0.9    23.73    18.41     5.32      129
West-southwest     48.7     49.4     -0.7    22.08    19.09     2.99      116
East-southeast     49.4     49.9     -0.5    26.52    20.77     5.75      128
Southwest          51.8     51.8     -0.1    26.29    21.89     4.40      120
Southeast          52.3     52.1      0.2    26.38    23.73     2.65      111

State              47.1     48.1     -1.0    25.07    19.37     5.71      129

Dev means Deviation From Normal, Percent means Percent of Normal

Year-To-Date

                                  Illinois 
                        01/01/2009 to 07/03/2009

Climate          <------Temperature----->   <---------Precipitation--------->
Division         Actual   Normal      Dev   Actual   Normal     Dev   Percent
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Northwest          42.4     44.2     -1.8    24.20    17.84     6.36      136
Northeast          42.3     44.2     -2.0    24.92    17.85     7.07      140
West               46.2     47.4     -1.2    26.72    18.53     8.19      144
Central            45.4     46.8     -1.4    25.87    18.47     7.40      140
East               45.7     46.6     -0.9    23.73    18.65     5.08      127
West-southwest     48.4     49.1     -0.6    22.08    19.32     2.76      114
East-southeast     49.1     49.6     -0.4    26.53    21.05     5.47      126
Southwest          51.5     51.5      0.0    26.29    22.21     4.08      118
Southeast          52.1     51.8      0.3    26.39    24.07     2.32      110

State              46.8     47.7     -0.9    25.08    19.62     5.46      128

Dev means Deviation From Normal, Percent means Percent of Normal