Standardized Precipitation Index Table

East Climate Division

Illinois, Climate Division 05

Precipitation Data Table

Time Scale in Months (As of the end of Mar. 2024)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 15 18 24 30 36 48 60 72
Accumulated Precipitation (in.) 2.34 2.93 7.5 10.67 11.46 15.8 18.36 22.79 27.55 29.13 31.1 32.96 41.78 48.57 67.45 86.36 111.28 147.56 191.07 231.86
Accumulated Precipitation Departure from Normal (in.) -0.53 -1.71 0.84 1.68 -0.13 1.37 0.7 1.7 2.64 0.16 -1.89 -3.64 -1.48 -2.5 -5.83 -1.35 1.33 0.99 7.88 12.04
Accumulated Precipitation Percent of Average 81 63 113 119 99 110 104 108 111 101 94 90 97 95 92 98 101 101 104 105
Accumulated Precipitation Percentile (non-exceedance) 40.4 15 68.6 77.2 51.5 68.9 60.1 68.4 73.2 53.6 38.1 26.7 41.6 36.1 23.4 44.9 56.6 54.4 72.9 79.7
Standardized Precipitation Index -0.24 -1.04 0.49 0.74 0.04 0.49 0.26 0.48 0.62 0.09 -0.3 -0.62 -0.21 -0.35 -0.73 -0.13 0.17 0.11 0.61 0.83