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Conditions deteriorated this week
as only 0.34 inches of rain fell statewide, 36 percent of normal, during
the period from August 4-10. Meanwhile, temperatures were 3.9 degrees
above normal. As a result, the Illinois Agriculture Statistics Service
reported that surface soil moisture went from 52 percent to 68 percent
in the "very short" category across the state. Much of northern and western
"Extreme" drought is the third of
four stages of drought. Much of the rest of the state is in "moderate"
to "severe" drought. Only far southern
For the period of March 1
to August 10, this is the fifth driest statewide since 1900: Illinois State-Wide
Precipitation Ranking - 3/1/2005 to 8/10/2005
End |<------- Precipitation ------->|<----- Temperature
---->| Rank Year
Actual Deviation Percent
Actual Deviation 1 1936
9.48 -10.97
46 64.3
2.8 2 1930
10.98 -9.47
54 63.5
1.9 3 1914
11.15 -9.30
55 63.4
1.8 4 1988
11.39 -9.06
56 63.2
1.6 5 2005*
11.93 -8.52
58 62.4
0.8 6 1901
12.78 -7.66
63 62.6
1.1 7 1934
12.86 -7.58
63 65.1
3.6 8 1971
14.52 -5.93
71 60.7
-0.8 9 1940
14.65 -5.80
72 61.0
-0.6 10 1925
14.95 -5.50
73 63.2
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