The stop light maps was back yesterday with highs ranging from the 50s to the 80s #ilwx

Out today preparing the ICN stations for winter

Much needed rain yesterday and this morning. Highest totals were in the northeast and south. But much more is needed. Champaign county is in severe drought -- stations there recorded < 0.1". #ilwx #morerainplease

Our website is back up! Thank you for your patience this morning.

A WARM last day of September in Illinois with highs yesterday in the high 80s and low 90s #ilwx

Southern IL received much needed rain yesterday with ICN Carbondale recording 2.24" #ilwx

Rain at many ICN stations yesterday but much, much more is needed. #ilwx

WARM dry weather = WARM dry soils. 2bare soil temps >90° yesterday for much of southern and central IL #ilsoils

A dry August in Illinois, with soil moisture, water tables, and reservoirs all falling. Details in the latest IL Water and Climate Summary (blogs.illinois.edu/view/8935/96...) #ilwx #ilsoils #ilgw @prairieresearch.bsky.social

Hot enough for ya? #ilwx

Summer temperatures are back. Forecasted highs from the high 80s to the high 90s this weekend. Is anyone else ready for fall? #ilwx

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Hope you have been enjoying the cooler weather. Forecasts have temps in the mid 80s to low 90s this weekend. It is not fall quite yet. #ILwx

What a difference a day makes! 1.04" of rain at ICN Champaign yesterday caused soil moisture levels to double (or more) in the first 8". #ilsoils

It's National Preparedness Month. Are you ready?

ICN Champaign received 1.15" in August, 2.31" less than its long-term average. Soil moisture levels fell for most of the month, ending August low in the top 20". #ilsoils @ilclimatologist.bsky.social

First work day in September and there is a touch of fall in the air. Temperatures in the 60s at 9am. #ilwx

It was a great day at the Farm Progress Show today and looking forward to tomorrow. If you are visiting, stop by the IL State Water Survey table in the ACES tent and say hi.

At Farm Progress? Stop by and see us at the ISWS table in the ACES tent. Would love to talk with you about IL's weather and water.

ICN Charleston is up and we are beginning to collect data. Look for it on our website by the end of the year. #ilwx

Enjoying the cooler weather? Lows in the 50s yesterday across the state. #ilwx

Cooler weather moved into the state yesterday as highs at ICN DeKalb and St Charles dropped to the 70s. However, it was still WARM at the southern stations. #ilwx

Dry at most ICN stations yesterday except for ICN Carbondale and Fairfield. The Carbondale station received >2" in an hour yesterday afternoon while Fairfield recorded 0.6" in just 35 minutes. #ilwx #summerstorms

A WARM and wet July for IL -- details in the latest IL Water & Climate Summary (blogs.illinois.edu/view/8935/21...) #ilwx #ilsoils

The daily temperature maps are back on our website. We apologize for this week's technical issues. #ilwx #ilsoils

Growing degree days (base 50°, from 4/1) are ranging from 1900 - 2500 in early August. DDs are running -20 to +150 DDs above the long-term averages. #ilwx

Be heat aware. Temperatures will be dangerously high again today.

2bare soil temps >100 throughout central IL yesterday #ilsoils

Thank you AASC for the 30 Year Mesonet Award celebrating ICN's 30+ years of collecting high quality weather and soil data for Illinois @prairieresearch.bsky.social

WARM's Kohen Hernandez presenting his poster on solar radiation instruments during this week's AASC Mesonet Meeting @prairieresearch.bsky.social

A warmer, drier June for IL with declining water tables and soil moistures. Details in the latest IL Water & Climate Summary -- blogs.illinois.edu/view/8935/59.... #ilwx #ilsoils #ilgw @prairieresearch.bsky.social

Growing degree days (since 4/1, base 50) are 100 - 300 DDs above the long-term average in mid-July. #ilwx

Breaking ground at the newest ICN station in Coles County yesterday. The station is made possible thanks to funding from the Lumpkin Family Foundation. Look for the new station on our website this fall. #ilwx #ilsoils

Rain at all ICN stations this July #ilwx

Happy 4th everyone! It will be a WARM one across IL. Temps in the 70s and 80s at 9am. #ilwx

Growing degree days (since 4/1, base 50) are running near normal at the beginning of July with DDs from the 1100s in the north to 1600 in the south. #ilwx #ilcrops

0.13" of rain at ICN Freeport yesterday, bringing the 2025 total up to 11.07", >5" below the long-term average. Soil moisture continue to fall with low moisture levels in the top 4". #ilwx #ilsoils @ilclimatologist.bsky.social

The current heat wave is caused soil temps to soar especially in southern and central IL where highs yesterday >100° at many ICN stations #ilsoils

Ready for another WARM day? Temps are in the 80s at 10am but highs forecasted in the 90s today with a heat advisory in effect across the state. Stay cool, IL! #ilwx

A colder, drier May for Illinois with decreases in streamflows, soil moisture, and water tables. More details at blogs.illinois.edu/view/8935/98... #ilwx #ilsoils #ilgw @prairieresearch.bsky.social

You find the most interesting things at monitoring stations. Thankfully it was fake. @prairieresearch.bsky.social

A large difference between north and south at least for soil moisture at end of May. ICN Dixon Springs 4" soil moisture is near the historical median while seeing very low levels at ICN Freeport. Plots from @ilclimatologist.bsky.social #ilsoils

Adult Japanese Beetles begin emerging when pest degree days are greater than 1020. We have reached that at the ICN Dixon Springs and Rend Lake stations and the DDs are quickly rising at other stations. Keep track at warm.isws.illinois.edu/warm/warm_pd.... #ilwx #PDDs @ilpestsurvey.bsky.social

Today's 10am soil temps #ilsoils #plant25

Highs yesterday in the 50s at the northern stations, 30 - 40° cooler than 2024 #ilwx

Rain at all ICN stations this week with the highest totals in western IL. ICN Perry has received 3.19" as of noon today. #ilwx

Today's 4bare soil temps #ilsoils #plant25

Today's soil temps #ilsoils #plant25

2025 has been a wet year in southern Illinois, especially at ICN Dixon Springs (Pope County). The station has received 30.48" of precipitation as of yesterday, 63% of its normal annual total. #ilwx #silwx