Sizzling Summer For Illinois? See Farmers' Almanac Forecast

ILLINOIS — Scorching, broiling, sizzling — that's how the Farmers' Almanac describes summer 2022 for most of the country. But while the almanac predicts "no rain, no gain" in other parts of the U.S., it could be a wet, hot summer in Illinois.

The Farmers' Almanac predicts a warm, showery summer in the Midwest, including Illinois — and to the south of the Land of Lincoln, a "hot, humid, thundery" summer.

Generally, storminess will mark the transition from spring to summer, especially along the Eastern Seaboard and the Great Lakes regions, according to the Farmers’ Almanac.

Summer will be “a hot one nationwide,” the Farmers’ Almanac said. The closest thing to a mild summer will be in New England and the Great Lakes region, including Illinois, but that prediction is based on a wave of cool air arriving in September, according to the Farmers’ Almanac.

According to the forecast, the dog days of summer in late July are expected to be “brutally hot,” with highs in the 90s and triple digits, and “blistering hot” temperatures are expected to persist over Central and Western states.

The worst of the heat should be over by mid-August, though, the almanac said.

Rainfall is expected to be about normal in the middle of the country, including in the Great Lakes and north and south-central United States; above normal in the Southeast; and below normal in the Northeast.

Drought conditions are expected to persist in the Southwest, where even the Desert Southwest monsoon rains aren’t expected to deliver any drought relief. The Pacific states will be unusually dry as well, according to the almanac.