Wettest June on Record - Breaking 113 Year-Old Record

It's officially the wettest June on record for the state of Illinois; according to the State Climatologist office for Illinois. Illinois has now passed the old record of 8.12" set back in 1902.  Now surpassing the 113 year-old record, the rainfall total currently sits at 8.91". With almost 2 days left in the month, and more showers and storms in the forecast, we will see this number continue to rise.

For the city of Rockford, we are officially right where we should be in  terms on rain. The official number is observed at the Rockford airport. We are sitting right at 4.39" which is spot on for the month. However, locally we have received much higher amounts, and you can see with this rainfall map of the state.

The areas in green are 5-8 inches of rain. The blue to purple shading is 8 to 11 inches! You can see that most of northern Illinois is in the 5-11 inch category, while southern Wisconsin has seen about 1-5 inches. We don't see much of a break from the rain anytime soon - the Climate Prediction Center has us highlighted again for above normal precipitation through July.