A lot of rain, and a little heat are the two weather highlights from last month.
The rainfall total for the month was 9 and 16-hundredths inches. That’s over twice the normal rainfall for June. The normal rainfall is just a tick under 4 and 6 tenths inches.
Rain fell in 13 of the 30 days in June, causing flood threats along the Illinois River.
The biggest one day rain was 3 inches on the 11th, and close to 4 inches when you include the rainfall on the 12th.
There were also heavy rains on the 9th with just over an inch, the 18th with an inch and two thirds, and the 22nd with a nearly 1 and a half inch rain.
It’s not close to the record June rains of 2011 with 14 and a third inches. But it is the most in June since 2021’s measurement of nearly 9 and a half inches.
We have had over 20 and a half inches of rain total in the last three months. Our yearly total to date is 22 and 12 hundredths inches. 19 and a half inches precipitation is normal for Jacksonville through the first half of the year.
The mercury averaged 72-point-4 degrees. 71-point-2 is normal.
We had four days of 90 or better, topping out at 91 on the 29th and 30th. The lowest reading for the month was 52 degrees on the 3rd. There were eight nights in the 50s.
A typical day last month saw the mercury rise to 83, and fall to just under 62 at night.
WLDS-WEAI is an official weather observer for the National Weather Service.