WARM Program at UIUC
@warm-isws
Water & Atmospheric Resources Monitoring (WARM) Program at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Providing data on Illinois' waters, weather, & soils.
Growing degree days from 2000 - 2600 as of yesterday, 50 - 500 DDs above normal #ilwx
After a short cooling off period, soil temps reached the triple digits again in central IL yesterday #ilsoils
It was hit or miss with precipitation yesterday. 1.58" at ICN St Charles with 0" at nearby ICN DeKalb. #ilwx
The air temps only tell part of the story today. Heat indexes are >95° at all ICN stations at noon. Stay safe out there! #ilwx
Soils have cooled off from the high 90s and 100s of last week. 4bare highs yesterday mainly in the 80s and low 90s with 70s at the northern stations. #ilsoils
Another WARM day in the forecast. Temps in the 70s and 80s at 9am #ilwx
Last week was very wet for ICN Carbondale. The station reported 9.55" with >3" on both 7/9 and 10. #ilwx
Growing degree days from 1400 - 1900 as of yesterday in IL, running from near normal in the north to 200 - 300 above the long-term averages in the south. #ilwx
Temperatures in the 80s across the network this afternoon #ilwx
Temps in the 80s at most ICN stations this morning with relative humidities in the 70s and 80s. Another hot one! #ilwx
Growing degree days are running near normal at the end of June for most of the state. Totals from 1110 to just under 1600 DDs as of yesterday. #ilwx
A "stop light" map yesterday with >20° temperature difference between north and south #ilwx
ICN Charleston, our Coles County station, was 0.6 mile from the Charleston tornado tonight. Maximum measured wind gust tonight of 63.1 mph. #ilwx
Soils are drier at the beginning of June, especially at the northern and central ICN stations. ICN Champaign' 4" soil moisture is >50% lower today than May 1. Figure from @ilclimatologist.bsky.social . #ilsoils
Japanese Beetle PDDs increasing in Illinois. DDs are > 1020 in southern Illinois, the number associated with the beginning of adult emergence. @ilpestsurvey.bsky.social