“I am a townie through and through. Even my birthday is 2/17,” says animal lover, downtown business owner, Champaign Central alumna and cool boss ASHLEY BUERKETT. ¶ Other than college
We ve got our first month of 2021 in the bag, and it felt a little bit like weather was simply background noise locally. I called for a near-average January with respect to temperatures with drier conditions likely, with a potential turn toward bitterly cold conditions late in the month. I wouldn t call it my worst monthly outlook ever, but it wasn t great either when put up against the details. January actually finished 4.5 degrees warmer than average, with a monthly mean of 29.3 degrees. January precipitation came in a tick above average with 2.33 , surpassing the January norm of 2.05 . Snowfall was below average with only 5.1 being measured, compared to an average of 6.8 .