The 1988-1989 Drought in Illinois: causes, dimensions, and impacts

Angel, James R.; Knapp, H. Vernon; Scott, Robert W.; Bender, G. Michael; Kunkel, Kenneth E.; Semomin, Richard G.; Durgunoğlu, Ali; McConkey, Sally A.; Singh, Krishnan P.; Hollinger, Steven E.; Portis, Diane H.; Wehrmann, H. Allen; Jones, Douglas M.A.; Ramamurthy, Ganapathi S.; Wendland, Wayne M.

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Title

The 1988-1989 Drought in Illinois: causes, dimensions, and impacts

Author(s)

• Angel, James R.
• Knapp, H. Vernon
• Scott, Robert W.
• Bender, G. Michael
• Kunkel, Kenneth E.
• Semomin, Richard G.
• Durgunoğlu, Ali
• McConkey, Sally A.
• Singh, Krishnan P.
• Hollinger, Steven E.
• Portis, Diane H.
• Wehrmann, H. Allen
• Jones, Douglas M.A.
• Ramamurthy, Ganapathi S.
• Wendland, Wayne M.

Contributor(s)

Lamb, Peter, J.

Issue Date

1992

Keyword(s)

• Air circulation
• air masses
• climatic data
• climatology
• Droughts
• evapotranspiration
• fronts (atmospheric)
• groundwater
• Illinois
• long waves
• meteorology
• planned weather modification
• precipitation (atmospheric)
• streamflow
• water levels
• water shortage

Abstract

The 1988-1989 drought was one of the most disastrous droughts in the history of the state. Hydrologic, meteorological, and climatological aspects of the 1988-1989 drought in Illinois are addressed. The drought is evaluated in terms of precipitation, streamflow, lakes and reservoirs, and ground-water resources of the state. The meteorological conditions that produced the drought also are addressed. Impacts and problems resulting from the drought are discussed along with various actions taken to ameliorate the problems. Although the primary goal of the study was to quantify the drought, primarily in a physical sense, an important secondary goal was to assess the impacts and the actions employed in order to derive information needed in future planning and handling of Illinois droughts. The report thus ends with a set of recommendations for coping with future droughts.

Series/Report Name or Number

ISWS RR-121

Type of Resource

text

Language

en

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