WARM Program

Soils are drier at the beginning of June, especially at the northern and central ICN stations. ICN Champaign' 4" soil moisture is >50% lower today than May 1. Figure from the IL State Climate Office.

Today's soil temps. We will be stopping our daily posting for this planting season but the maps are always available at our website (https://warm.isws.illinois.edu/warm/soil/),

Japanese Beetle PDDs increasing in Illinois. DDs are > 1020 in southern Illinois, the number associated with the beginning of adult emergence. IL Pest Survey

Today's soil temps

Today's soil maps

April was wet and WARM in Illinois with rising streamflows and soil moisture. Details in the latest IL Water & Climate Summary (https://blogs.illinois.edu/view/8935/1757724702).