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Illinois averages around 50 days of thunderstorm activity a year which put it somewhat above average for number of thunderstorm days for the United States. Illinois is vulnerable to tornadoes with an average of 54 occurring annually, which puts much of the state at around 9.7 tornadoes per 10,000 square miles (30,000 km 2 ) annually.
Average wind speeds "blowing off the prairie" are greater in the Chicago area. Statewide, the wind speeds average 8 to 12 miles per hour (13 to 19 km/h), and is greater in the winter than in summer. Snowfall averages 30 inches (760 mm) in the north and 10 inches (250 mm) in the south, although the actual snowfalls vary greatly by year.
Kankakee (/ ˌ k æ ŋ k ə ˈ k iː / KANG-kə-KEE) [3] is a city in and the county seat of Kankakee County, Illinois, United States. [4] Located on the Kankakee River, as of 2020, the city's population was 24,052. [5] Kankakee is a principal city of the Kankakee-Bourbonnais-Bradley Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Mendota Hills Wind Farm in northern Illinois. Wind power in Illinois provided nearly 10% of the state's generated electrical power in 2020 powering 1,231,900 homes. [1] At the end of 2020, Illinois had 6,300 megawatts (MW) of wind power installed, ranking fifth among states for installed wind turbine capacity. [2]
Rantoul is a village in northern Champaign County, Illinois, United States. The population was 12,371 at the 2020 census. ... The average household size was 3.35 and ...
Clark County is a county located in the southeastern part of U.S. state of Illinois, along the Indiana state line. As of the 2020 census , the population was 15,455. [ 1 ] Its county seat is Marshall . [ 2 ]
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Troy is a city in Madison County, Illinois, United States.The population was 10,960 at the 2020 census, [3] up from 9,888 in 2010. Troy is part of the St. Louis Metropolitan Statistical Area.