Meteorologist & climatologist. SLU. Former dir. @MidwestClimate. CoCoRaHS blogger, IL CoCoRaHS coord., winter weather fan, diehard Cubs fan. Opinions my own.
Champaign County, IL
Joined October 2015
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Steve Hilberg retweeted
Big Rain Bullseye - Florida's Central East Coast Over the past 48 hours torrential rain fell along Florida’s central east coast from Titusville in Brevard County south to Port St. Lucie. The hardest hit area was around Melbourne where 2-day measured totals exceeded 20 inches.
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On October 1, we're launching The Grand Daily Reporting Challenge.
How many precipitation reports CoCoRaHS observers can send in on a single day? Help set a new daily record!
Whether your gauge catches a downpour, a few drops, some snow, or 0.00", your report counts.
CoCoRaHS Condition Monitoring Reports (CMR) provide ground truth for the U.S. Drought Monitor and other users. View the map at cocorahs.org/Maps/conditionm… #drought
2025 was the second driest year on record in Champaign-Urbana, IL with a total of 24.45" of precipitation. The driest year was 1894 with 23.95". Precipitation was below normal every month in 2025. Here is our drought status as of 12/30/2025.
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4 of the 6 RCC's (Southeast, Midwest, High Plains, Western) are currently down. It is unclear when (if) they return.
Thanks, I hate it.
Steve Hilberg retweeted
Retired 4-Star Navy Admiral and former Navy SEAL William McRaven on Donald Trump: "Through your actions, you have embarrassed us in the eyes of our children, humiliated us on the world stage and, worst of all, divided us as a nation."
RETWEET if you stand with Admiral McRaven!
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A real question from a Trump supporter: ‘Why do liberals think Trump supporters are stupid?’
THE SERIOUS ANSWER: Here’s what the majority of anti-Trump voters honestly feel about Trump supporters.....🧵
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Because the media is already getting everything as wrong as they possibly can, let's go over what actually happened with Colombia yesterday.
Under Biden/Harris, Colombia accepted more than 400 deportation flights, 120 just in 2024 alone. These were normal commercial planes. 1/
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BREAKING: 🚨 Something’s rotten in D.C.: The McConnell “no recess appointments” report just vanished off the face of the internet.
A reporter based in D.C.—ground zero for this story—deletes her scoop without a retraction or correction. No explanation. Nothing.
This isn’t some random blog. It’s the New Yorker. And now, after @BasedMikeLee and all of X zeroed in, the quote’s gone, and we’re left with questions.
Did the blowback scare her? Or was there a call from above to bury this? The silence from mainstream media is deafening.
What’s being covered up?
Steve Hilberg retweeted
Southeast Champaign County received less than an inch of rain in the past 24 hrs. The report from the ISWS is delayed this morning. It will likely be a new daily record for the date. The old record was 1.46" set 122 years ago in 1898. 2/2
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The heaviest band of precip in central Illinois extended from Jacksonville to Champaign-Urbana. Locally, more than 3 inches of rain fell in Urbana and west Champaign, causing several viaducts to flood. There was one unofficial report of 4.45" in north Urbana. 1/2 #ilwx
