Regional Outbreaks of Severe Weather Through Early Next Week; Early Season Heat Wave across the South

Active spring pattern across the center of our nation with several episodes of severe weather and heavy rainfall expected into next week. The potential for very large hail, long track tornadoes, severe wind gusts, frequent cloud to ground lightning strikes and flash flooding are in the outlook. Furthermore, dangerous early season heat wave continues for the Gulf Coast states into early next week. Read More >

Spring (Mar - May) 2022 Precipitation Highlights:

The spring 2022 season produced near or above normal precipitation over parts of eastern IL and the lower IL river valley. Effingham was 1.27 inches above normal while Champaign/Urbana was 1.16 inches above normal. Portions of central and southeast IL had below normal precipitation this past spring. Olney and Flora were 3.31 and 2.83 inches below normal respectively, while Canton, Peoria and Danville were 1.75 to 2 inches below normal.

Spring (Mar - May) 2022 Snowfall Highlights:

Snowfall was generally near or below normal over much of central and southeast IL during the spring 2022 especially from I-72 south. Though pockets of above normal snowfall occurred around Bloomington/Normal, Lincoln, Galesburg and Morton, mainly when 3-5 inches of snow fell from Mar 10-11th.

Spring (Mar - May) 2022 Temperature Highlights:

Temperatures were generally near normal across much of central and southeast IL during spring 2022, though April had much below normal temperatures with most days averaging below normal from the last week of March through the first week of May. Temperatures were as much as 18-25 degrees below normal Mar 11-12th when accumulating snow fell across central IL. Above normal temperatures prevailed in March and May over much of central and southeast IL. An early summer heat wave with tropical humidity levels occurred from May 9-14th with May 11th being the hottest with afternoon temperatures in the 90s and heat indices peaking from 100 to 105. Paris and Bloomington/Normal were 1.4 and 1.5 degrees above normal respectively and Olney was 1 degree above normal this past spring. Champaign/Urbana was 1.2 degrees below normal and Galesburg was 0.7 degrees below normal.

Spring 2022 Climate Statistics

Site	Precipitation	Departure from Normal	Snowfall	Departure from Normal	Average Temperature	Departure from Normal
Canton	10.75"	-1.79"	0.6"	-1.1"	N/A	N/A
Danville	10.48"	-1.84"	0.0"	N/A	53.5	+0.3
Decatur	10.76"	-0.95"	N/A	N/A	53.2	+0.3
Effingham	14.19"	+1.27"	T	N/A	N/A	N/A
Flora	11.40"	-2.83"	0.0"	-0.8"	54.6	-0.3
Galesburg	11.22"	-0.27"	5.0"	+2.3"	49.4	-0.7
Jacksonville	12.75"	+0.85"	2.5"	+0.2"	53.0	+0.6
Lincoln	10.97"	-0.34"	4.3"	+2.5"	52.6	+0.1
Morton	12.60"	+0.84"	4.3"	+0.5"	N/A	N/A
Normal	9.90"	-1.24"	5.0"	+2.3"	50.8	+1.5
Olney	11.52"	-3.31"	0.0"	-1.1"	54.8	+1.0
Paris	12.62"	+0.51"	0.3"	-2.0"	52.4	+1.4
Peoria	9.40"	-1.97"	3.6"	-0.2"	52.6	+0
Springfield	10.50"	-0.75"	3.7"	+0.3"	54.0	-0.2
Taylorville	11.64"	-0.68"	0.3"	N/A	52.6	N/A
Tuscola	10.88"	+0.18"	0.6"	-1.8"	52.7	+0.5
Urbana	11.33"	+1.16"	1.6"	-1.2"	51.9	-1.2

Links below are the seasonal climate summaries for area cities. Only the summaries for Peoria, Springfield and Lincoln are considered "official", meaning they are the station of record for their respective locations. The other summaries are "supplemental", meaning another location in the area is the official climate station for that city.

Peoria -- Peoria International Airport
Springfield -- Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport
Lincoln -- National Weather Service Office
Champaign -- University of Illinois-Willard Airport
Decatur -- Decatur Airport
Lawrenceville -- Lawrenceville-Vincennes International Airport
Mattoon -- Coles County Memorial Airport

Climate data for other area cities is available at http://www.nws.noaa.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=ilx

The webpage summaries for each month of Spring 2022 can be found at the links below:

Look Ahead:

Official Summer 2022 (June to August 2022) outlooks from NOAA's Climate Prediction Center favor above normal temperatures across Illinois, and equal chances of above and below normal precipitation across Illinois.

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Regional Outbreaks of Severe Weather Through Early Next Week; Early Season Heat Wave across the South

Spring 2022 Climate Recap