there have been unconfirmed reports of minute flakes in very small quantity in and around the shawnee area. but nothing substantial to b worth it.
Tornadoes are in Southern and Central Illinois because the moist air from the Gulf of Mexico comes up to Illinois, and the cold air from the northern states can come down there, and the dry air from the Southwest US comes northeast into central Illinois, and the warm air from the east coast moves west into southern Illinois, causing numerous tornadoes not just in Illinois, but in Indiana, Kentucky, Tennesse, Missouri and every state in Tornado Alley.
1909 05 26 - Aurora, Illinois - M 5.11968 11 09 - Southern Illinois - M 5.41987 06 10 - Near Olney, Illinois - M 5.12004 06 28 - Illinois - M 4.22006 01 02 - Illinois - M 3.62008 04 18 - Illinois - M 5.4
Fluorite (mostly abandoned), quartz (sandstone), calcite (limestone), clay minerals, and galena (also mostly abandoned). Mineral mining is not what it used to be in Illinois. Fluorite mines which once flourished in southern Illinois are now closed due to overseas competition. Galena was once mined in northern Illinois, but no longer.
................. The US Dept of the interior and the US Geological Survey both report that Illinois has an average yearly rainfall of 38.82 inches. Although, for the past 2 years we have been experiencing higher amounts of rainfall in the spring, and cooler temperatures during the summer. This April we are expected to reach 12 inches of rain in some parts of the state. The average for April is 3.4 inches.
No there are not any hurricanes in Illinois because it is not by the ocean.
The population of Southern Illinois is 1,200,000.
There are two Southern Illinois University locations, one in Carbondale Illinois, and the other in Edwardsville Illinois.
The address of the University Museum At Southern Illinois University In Carbondale is: Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901-4508
The phone number of the Southern Illinois University is: 618-453-5388.
The airport code for Southern Illinois Airport is MDH.
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville was created in 1957.
First Cellular of Southern Illinois ended in 2006.
Southern Illinois University Press was created in 1956.
Southern Illinois University Carbondale was created in 1869.
Southern Illinois Roller Girls was created in 2009.
Southern Illinois District - LCMS - was created in 1907.
The web address of the Southern Illinois - University Museum is: http://www.museum.siu.edu/