• August capped off a summer of wild weather

    Sep 3, 2026 10:45 am by Trent FordWater Survey
    Blue skies make way for storm clouds over a corn field

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    • Blue skies make way for storm clouds over a corn field

    Illinois’ fifth wettest August brought more severe weather in an already record-breaking year, according to Illinois State Climatologist Trent Ford at the Prairie Research Institute.