Weather Realness

Welcome to winter (early) in Central Illinois

Produced by Maddie Stover, Trent Ford, Andrew Pritchard and Reginald Hardwick
 
Snow covered Crystal Lake Park in Urbana on December 5, 2025.

Snow covered Crystal Lake Park in Urbana on December 5, 2025. Reginald Hardwick/IPM News

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Today we're talking about winter weather in Illinois. In a typical November, Champaign-Urbana receives just under an inch of snow. 

Co-hosts Maddie Stover and Jeff Frame, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Department of Climate, Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences professor talked with Nutrien and Illinois Public Media meteorologist Andrew Pritchard. They discussed the November 10, 2025 rare lake-effect snowfall in Champaign County and the more than 8.5 inches of snow that fell in late November.

Funding for Weather Realness is partially provided by the Backlund Charitable Trust.  If you have a question for a local scientist on this program, please leave a voicemail at 217.333.2141 or email weatherrealness@illinois.edu.