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It's Official: Illinois' Summer was Hot, Wet
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) -- State officials now confirm what many likely suspected: This is one of the wettest, warmest summers in recorded Illinois history.

State Climatologist Jim Angel says the average summer temperature of 76.4 degrees was almost three degrees above normal and the seventh highest average ever. The hottest summer ever was 1936 when the average temperature was almost 79 degrees.

Angel says 16.7 inches of rain fell around Illinois on average this summer. That's more than 5 inches more than normal and the sixth highest ever. The wettest summer on record was 1993 with 18.3 inches.

The National Weather Service predicts that warmer than usual weather could continue through September. Forecasters, though, say September could see normal rainfall.<

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