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Wetter weather in state
by Shaw Media
Trend points to higher rainfall totals in Illinois
By Martha Blum AGRINEWS PUBLICATIONS
SYCAMORE, Ill. — Increasing rainfall amounts at higher intensity has been the trend in Illinois for several decades.
“We’re seeing a wetting trend across the state over the last 100 years and a lot of the change in rainfall has come in the spring,” said Trent Ford, Illinois state climatologist for the Illinois State Water Survey at the University of Illinois.
“No counties are getting drier. We haven’t seen a drying trend across the state,” said Ford during a presentation at the Illinois Crop Management Conference, hosted by U of I Extension. “DeKalb County is about 5 inches wetter and the spring wetting trend is not going away.”
Some places in Illinois have experienced intense rainfall events during the last couple of years.
“In Freeport, there was 11 inches
