No rain (one and a half inch since June 1st) many lakes are 2 to 5 feet low, some small ponds are are dried up here in Northern Illinois and surrounding states. And only a few spotty showers predicated, no good rainfalls and some lakes water temperature bounce between 83 & 93 degrees. Click on this site 2nd pict on left shows expected rainfall thru first 2 weeks of August. Also of note is the 3rd pict on left side show the bad condition of 2012 Corn crop-Going to be a bad year for many farmers also a lot of pasture land is drying up. Wonder how many fish kills will occur do to high wter temps which equals lack of oxygen......Here's site

Corn Disaster: Rain Coming, But Not Enough