State Climatologist says 2022 was a fairly quiet weather year in Illinois

2022 was a fairly quiet year weather-wise in Illinois.

Overall, last year was about half a degree below the 30 year average.  Rainfall was 3.5 inches below normal.  What’s more remarkable says State Climatologist Trent Ford is that there wasn’t a ton of severe weather.

Also of not, Ford says the early May heatwave broke over 300 daily temperature records and intense rainfall and flooding this summer affected the Metro East and our area.