Wet two months in Illinois

Statewide average precipitation for February-March was 8.69 inches.

That total made the period the fourth wettest February-March on record, according to Illinois state climatologist Jim Angel of the Illinois State Water Survey at the University of Illinois.

The wettest February-March was in 1898 with 8.96 inches.

Union County weather observer Dana Cross recorded a total of 17.58 inches of precipitation during February and March in Jonesboro.

The total included 6.60 inches in March and 10.98 inches in February.

The statewide average precipitation for March was 4.03 inches, which was 1.07 inches above normal. 

The largest monthly precipitation total was 8.38 inches at Carlyle.

The snowfall pattern for March was largely the result of one storm on March 24-25 that extended from the Quad Cities to Danville. 

The largest monthly snowfall total for March was 11.4 inches at Eureka.

The rest of the state saw little snow in March.

The statewide average temperature was 38.7 degrees, which was 2.6 degrees below normal. 

The warmest reading for the month was 75 degrees at Kaskaskia River Navigation Dam on March 16. The coldest reading for the month was 10 degrees at Mt. Carroll on March 9.

The National Weather Service’s outlook for April was calling for more of the same: an increased chance of below normal temperatures and above normal precipitation for Illinois and the Midwest.

The Gazette-Democrat

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