The latest drought monitor from the National Drought Mitigation Center
shows drier than normal conditions expanding east to cover Ogle, Lee and
DeKalb counties. Rainfall during the last two and a half months has
been very widespread across northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin,
with locations near the Wisconsin/Illinois border receiving most of the
rain and areas south of there with only a little. Officially, the
rainfall recorded in Rockford during the month of August has been 0.52
inches, with the deficit growing to now a little over two and a half
inches.
The months of June, July and August have totaled just over seven inches
of rain, but that is still a little more than four inches below our
Meteorological Summer average. Any rain chance during the next few days
looks to remain few and far between, unfortunately. Friday will be
another warm and dry afternoon with temperatures reaching the mid 80s.
There is a chance for an isolated shower/storm Saturday into Sunday with
the arrival of a cold front, but that front will then lift back north
as a warm front Monday afternoon. Warming temperatures, possibly well
into the 90s, next week will continue to limit any chance for rain and
continue to provide little relief in the dry areas. There may be a
better chance for rain late next week as a stronger cold front comes
through next Thursday.
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