Cold temperatures will continue across much of the eastern U.S. into today. Heavy lake effect snow continues into today east of Lakes Erie and Ontario. Two Pacific cold fronts will cross the Pacific Northwest early this week followed by another atmospheric river. Heavy rain and gusty winds are expected through midweek, with the potential for renewed urban and river flooding. 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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