To truly say the drought is over, the Chicago region needs about a weekly inch to 1 1⁄2 inches of rain through the beginning of September.
Emily Wahls has your Chicago weather update!It’s almost hard to imagine that the city and the rest of Illinois have been experiencing a drought. April 1 through June 30 gave us the 11th-driest such period since record-keeping began in the early 1800s, state climatologists say.
So far, the rain has come in repeated deluges, leading to a total — measured at O’Hare Airport — through July 11 of about 4.6 inches, according to the National Weather Service. The typical rainfall for the entire month is about 5.3 inches. Sharon Yiesla, a horticulturist at the Morton Arboretum, agrees that it’s been a tough time for plant life.
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