CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Following the warmest spring on record, June continued to be hot and dry in Illinois, according to State Climatologist Jim Angel at the Illinois State Water Survey, University of Illinois.

The statewide average temperature for the month was 72.9 degrees, a full degree above normal. Grundy County's average temperature, according to the Weather Data Division of the Grundy County Emergency Management Agency, was even warmer than that, settling at 74 degrees.

“There were a few cool periods during the month, but everyone will remember the hot ending to the month, with highs in the upper 90s and low 100s,” Angel said. “About 56 sites broke daily records on June 28 and 29.”