November 2021 Climate Recap

November 2021 Precipitation Highlights:

November was much drier across central and southeast IL with 0.5 to 1.5" inches of rainfall observed. This is 1.5 to 2.5" below normal for the month of November. Because of this, no precipitation records were tied or broken. A few days of snow occurred at our climate sites in Peoria, Springfield, and Lincoln with trace amounts reported each day. Snowfall during November was 0.5 to 1.5 inches below normal.

November 2021 Temperature Highlights:

Temperatures across central Illinois were about 1 to 2 degrees cooler than normal, though parts of southeast Illinois came in at 2 degrees warmer than normal for the month. No temperature records were tied or broken in the month of November.

Climate Statistics Nov 2021:

Site	Precipitation	Departure from Normal	Snowfall	Departure from Normal	Average Temperature	Departure from Normal
Charleston	1.28"	-2.46"	0.0"	-0.8	-	-
Canton	0.61"	-2.08"	0.0"	-0.8	-	-
Danville	1.42"	-2.28"	T	-	-	-
Decatur	0.86"	-2.11"	T	-0.4	40.9	-1.8
Effingham	1.57"	-2.35"	0.0"	-	-	-
Flora	1.81"	-2.42"	0.0"	-	42.2	-2.0
Galesburg	0.22"	-2.38"	T	-1.7	38.6	-0.4
Morton	0.75"	-2.19"	T	-0.7	-	-
Jacksonville	0.48"	-2.60"	T	-	41.0	-1.0
Lincoln	0.67"	-2.21"	T	-0.6	40.2	-1.5
Normal	1.01"	-1.79"	T	-0.8	39.7	-0.8
Olney	1.95"	-2.31"	0.0"	-0.5	41.5	-2.2
Paris	1.33"	-2.33"	0.0"	-0.6	40.3	-0.7
Peoria	0.61"	-2.09"	T	-1.5	41.3	-0.6
Springfield	0.51"	-2.20"	T	-1.2	41.6	-1.9
Taylorville	0.86"	-2.38"	T	-	41.0	-
Tuscola	1.13"	-2.24"	T	-0.9	43.7	+1.9
Urbana	1.30"	-1.91"	T	-0.9	39.5	+1.9

The following links are the monthly climate summaries for area cities. Only the summaries for Peoria, Springfield, and Lincoln are considered "official", meaning they are the station of record for their respective locations. The other summaries are "supplemental", meaning another location in the area is the official climate station for the city.

Peoria -- Peoria International Airport
Springfield -- Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport
Lincoln -- National Weather Service Office
Champaign -- University of Illinois-Willard Airport
Decatur -- Decatur Airport
Lawrenceville -- Lawrenceville-Vincennes International Airport
Mattoon -- Coles County Memorial Airport

Climate data for other cities is available at http://w2.weather.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=ilx

December 2021 Look Ahead:

The official December 2021 outlooks from NOAA's Climate Predication center show warmer than normal temperatures and drier than normal precipitation chances for central & southeast IL.

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Climate data for other area cities is available at http://w2.weather.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=ilx