{"id":45726,"date":"2026-09-02T08:33:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T13:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=45726"},"modified":"2026-09-02T08:33:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T13:33:11","slug":"august-tops-precipitation-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/45726-august-tops-precipitation-records\/","title":{"rendered":"August Tops Precipitation Records"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"asset-masthead \">\n<header class=\"asset-header\">\n<div class=\"meta\"><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"main-content col-lg-8 col-md-7 has-sidebar\">\n<div class=\"main-content-wrap\">\n<div id=\"asset-content\" data-asset-uuid=\"b70a87fd-a1b5-4fd9-ab6a-81a4e97080cf\" data-smart-adunit=\"\/132916964,51853864\/farmweeknow.com\/general\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12\" data-subscription-required-class=\"col-xs-12\">\n<div class=\"asset-body has-fixed-share\" data-subscription-required-class=\"asset-body\">\n<div id=\"tncms-region-article_body_top\" class=\"tncms-region hidden-print\"><strong>BY RHIANNON BRANCH FarmWeek<\/strong><\/div>\n<div id=\"article-body\" class=\"asset-content  subscriber-premium\">\n<div class=\"subscriber-preview\">\n<p>Illinois just concluded one of the wettest Augusts in recent history.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-preview\">\n<p>Preliminary estimates from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration estimate the state averaged 5.7 inches of rain last month, compared to 3.5 inches in a typical year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\">\n<p>\u201cIf that number holds, it will be the fifth-wettest August on record statewide and the wettest since 1993,\u201d Climatologist Trent Ford with the Illinois State Water Survey told FarmWeek.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\">\n<p>Rain events were most notable in central Illinois. Danville saw its wettest August on record with almost 14 inches of rain, 4 inches more than the previous record. It was the fourth wettest August in Champaign, Bloomington-Normal and Galesburg.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\">\n<p>Severe weather picked back up in August bringing storms, tornadoes, straight line winds and derechos.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\">\n<p>\u201cAugust is not usually a real frequent tornado month, but it was this year as every month seemingly is,\u201d Ford said, noting the state has experienced 210 tornados this year so far. \u201cThat&#8217;s more than the next two states per frequency, Iowa and Indiana, combined. Illinois has also had more tornadoes this year than Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, both Dakotas and Minnesota combined.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\">\n<p>August marked the end of meteorological summer and preliminary estimates indicate the season ended about 4 inches wetter than average statewide, due to high totals in June and August.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\">\n<p>\u201cIf that number holds, it would be the eighth-wettest summer on record and the wettest since 2015,\u201d Ford said, noting several top five precipitation records for specific towns.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\">\n<p>While temperatures varied in August and throughout the summer season, Ford said there weren\u2019t many noteworthy deviations from average.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\">\n<p>Although the calendar flipped to September, Illinois residents have yet to feel a shift toward fall weather.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\">\n<p>This month started out hot and dry as characteristics of a strong El Nino begin to appear in the Midwest. Models show a big area in the center of the country is expected to be warmer than average this month.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\">\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a bit of a dry signal especially centered on Missouri that bleeds into southern Illinois and runs up the Ohio Valley. That another El Nino signature,\u201d Ford said. \u201cThat could kick start harvest in that area.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\">\n<p>Beyond the first couple of weeks of September, models aren\u2019t leaning one way or another for temperature or precipitation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\">\n<p>\u201cThis heat that we&#8217;re experiencing now is going to weaken a little bit, but we will probably get into a more variable pattern as we get into fall,\u201d Ford said. \u201cIt does look like we have a decent chance of getting a little bit more seasonable air in the middle of September and we don&#8217;t see a real wet pattern coming, so we should be able to have some decent weather for both harvest and agritourism through much of September.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\">\n<p>Ford also noted tropical storm activity has been mild so far this season, another characteristic of El Nino, so he does not expect harvest to get interrupted by an influx of storms coming up from the Atlantic as it does some years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> BY RHIANNON BRANCH FarmWeek Illinois just concluded one of the wettest Augusts in recent history. 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