Tropical Storm Watches have been issued for Agrihan, Pagan and Alamagan in the Northern Mariana Islands, as Tropical Depression 16W moves towards the islands and strengthens. Heavy rain and gusty winds are expected through Saturday. Severe thunderstorms and heavy rain are expected across the Northern Plains this afternoon into tonight. A few tornadoes, large hail, and severe winds are expected. Read More >
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| Climate Maps are from the Midwest and Northeast Regional Climate Centers and Illinois State Water Survey |
Third Wettest July on Record for Illinois (State Climatologist)
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 750 AM CDT MON AUG 1 2016 ...A LOOK BACK AT THE CLIMATE FOR THE MONTH OF JULY 2016 FOR CHICAGO AND ROCKFORD... AT CHICAGO...THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 84.4 DEGREES WHICH IS 0.3 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 66.5 DEGREES WHICH IS 2.6 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 75.5 DEGREES WHICH IS 1.5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. DURING THE MONTH OF JULY...6.23 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED WHICH IS 2.53 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. NO SNOW WAS RECORDED WHICH IS NORMAL. NO RECORDS WERE SET FOR CHICAGO FOR THE MONTH OF JULY 2016... * JULY 2016 WAS THE 13TH WETTEST JULY ON RECORD SINCE 1871 AT ROCKFORD...THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 84.5 DEGREES WHICH IS NORMAL. THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 65.3 DEGREES WHICH IS 2.3 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 74.9 DEGREES WHICH IS 1.1 DEGREE ABOVE NORMAL. DURING THE MONTH OF JULY...7.87 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED WHICH IS 3.92 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. NO SNOW WAS RECORDED WHICH IS NORMAL. THERE WERE NO RECORDS FOR ROCKFORD FOR THE MONTH OF JULY 2016... * JULY 2016 7TH WETTEST JULY ON RECORD SINCE 1906 $$ ACS
| CITY (COUNTY) | RAINFALL (IN INCHES) | SOURCE |
| Downers Grove 3.1 SSE (DuPage) | 16.13 | CoCoRAHS |
| Hammond 0.6 SSW (Lake Indiana) | 11.28 | CoCoRaHS |
| Burnham-Hegewisch 1.6 NNW (Cook) | 10.37 | CoCoRaHS |
| Geneva 1.7 WSW (Kane) | 9.87 | CoCoRaHs |
| Dwight 4.1 NNW (Grundy) | 9.43 | CoCoRaHs |
| Valparaiso 2.2 WNW (Porter) | 9.26 | CoCoRaHS |
| Rensselaer 6.2 SE (Jasper) | 9.06 | CoCoRaHS |
| Peotone 0.4 ENE (Will) | 8.92 | CoCoRaHS |
| Bourbonnais 3NW (Kankakee) | 8.60 | COOP |
| Cissna Park 0.6 S (Iroquois) | 8.44 | CoCoRaHs |
| Dwight (Livingston) | 8.28 | COOP |
| Lake Village 7SE (Newton) | 8.27 | COOP |
| Rockford Airport (Winnebago) | 7.87 | Official NWS Obs |
| LaSalle 0.1 W (LaSalle) | 7.81 | CoCoRaHs |
| Algonquin 0.7 N (McHenry) | 7.47 | CoCoRaHs |
| Gibson 3.0 WNW (Ford) | 7.15 | CoCoRaHs |
| Plainfield 4.8 SW (Kendall) | 7.02 | CoCoRaHS |
| Byron 3.2 N (Ogle) | 6.80 | CoCoRaHS |
| Cortland 0.3 SSW (DeKalb) | 6.49 | CoCoRaHS |
| Ashton 0.4 SSW (Lee) | 6.48 | CoCoRaHS |
| Highwood 0.9 S (Lake Illinois) | 6.43 | CoCoRaHS |
| Capron 0.1 N (Boone) | 6.39 | CoCoRaHS |
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