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Steve Hilberg

@wxclisteve.bsky.social
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Meteorologist & climatologist. SLU. Former dir. MRCC. CoCoRaHS blogger, IL CoCoRaHS coord., winter weather fan, diehard Cubs fan. Opinions my own.

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Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and Snow Network @cocorahs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A dry day is still a reportable day! An important reminder: 0.00" is a report. When you check your gauge and report 0.00", you're telling us something important: you checked, and there was no measurable precipitation. That's different from having no report at all.
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Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and Snow Network @cocorahs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
On October 1, we're launching The Grand Daily Reporting Challenge. How many precipitation reports CoCoRaHS observers can send in on a single day? Help set a new daily record! Whether your gauge catches a downpour, a few drops, some snow, or 0.00", your report counts! Mark your calendar!
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Chris Vagasky @coweatherman.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Well that’s not exactly true, AccuWeather… The gold standard National Lightning Detection Network detected a couple in-cloud lightning flashes within 5 miles of the hotel within 15 minutes of the first cloud-to-ground flash.
The fatal strike happened at 6:32 p.m. EDT and was the first lightning detected from the thunderstorm moving over the area, according to data from the AccuLightning Network™.

Because it was the first lightning from the storm, there had been no earlier thunder to serve as an audible warning that lightning was becoming a threat.
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SAR Times (Ryan) @sartimes.com · 10/09/2026
SAR Times Weekly #021 Coast Guard Rescues Survivor Off St. Lawrence Island; Nepal Woman Found Alive After 10 Days; Drones Deliver Flood Aid sartimes.com/sar-times-we... #sar #searchandrescue #drones % #floods #napal
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SAR Times Weekly #021
Coast Guard Rescues Survivor Off St. Lawrence Island; Nepal Woman Found Alive After 10 Days; Drones Deliver Flood Aid
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Colorado Climate Center @climate.colostate.edu · 09/09/2026
NOAA data confirms that we just went through the warmest August and the warmest climatological summer (June-July-August) on record for Colorado. Stay tuned for our monthly summary (coming soon!) which will include stats on the many, many records broken this summer. #cowx
"Quadrant chart" showing precipitation on the horizontal axis and temperature on the vertical axis for all June-July-August periods since 1895 in Colorado. 2026 stands above all other years as the warmest summer on record. It was also the 22nd driest summer.
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Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and Snow Network @cocorahs.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Big Rain Bullseye - Southeast and East-Central Texas Tropical Depression Edouard produced heavy rain and gusty winds spreading well inland into Texas. The highest amount reported by CoCoRaHS observers so far is 9.00 inches near Woodville, TX in Tyler County. #Texas #Edouard 1/2
CoCoRaHS reportsRadar estimated rainfallRadar at 9:25 a.m.Excessive rainfall outlook from the NWS
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SAR Times (Ryan) @sartimes.com · 31/08/2026
An introduction to SAR Times' new automated disaster-alerting tool: what it monitors, how it works, and where things currently stand. sartimes.com/what-is-disaster-watch
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What Is Disaster Watch?
An introduction to SAR Times' new automated disaster-alerting tool: what it monitors, how it works, and where things currently stand.
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Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and Snow Network @cocorahs.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
CoCoRaHS Condition Monitoring Reports (CMR) provide ground truth for the U.S. Drought Monitor and other users. View the map at www.cocorahs.org/Maps/conditi... #drought
Condition Monitoring Map
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SAR Times (Ryan) @sartimes.com · 26/08/2026
🐾 SAR dogs must recertify every 1-2 years to maintain operational standards. Continued training keeps the team deployment-ready. #K9SAR #CertStandards
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Richard Heatwave Berler @heatwavekgns.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Saturday 6:14 pm: Big Picture Weathermap: A hot airmass remains in control of the southern Great Plains in particular, and east into the Ohio Valley and southeastern U.S. Dry air above has stirred in with daytime heating, lowering dewpoints into the 50’s. Reached at least 104F.
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Steve Hilberg @wxclisteve.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Big Rain Bullseye - Central Illinois This morning's highest rain totals are found in central Illinois, where CoCoRaHS observers reported more than seven inches of rain in a wide band of four to six inches of rain. The band extended from the Mississippi River on the west well into Indiana. #CoCoRaHS
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Steve Hilberg @wxclisteve.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The precipitation impacts of the Central Plains upper ridge as visualized by CoCoRaHS daily maps from August 8-13. #CoCoRaHS
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Jeff Frame @vortexjeff.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Another day, another upstream storm cluster over Iowa
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Steve Hilberg @wxclisteve.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The storm parade continues around the ridge.
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Steve Hilberg @wxclisteve.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
This infrared satellite image at 6:46 am CDT shows the two clusters of storms, one in eastern Iowa and the other in western Iowa, that will be impacting Illinois today. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch was just issued, valid until until 1:00 p.m. today for much of the northern half of Illinois.
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Steve Hilberg @wxclisteve.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Big Rain Bullseye - New York's Hudson Valley, New Jersey Highlands www.facebook.com/share/p/1DFS... #CoCoRaHS #heavyrain
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SAR Times (Ryan) @sartimes.com · 29/07/2026
🐕 K9 SAR handlers: 'The dog does the work - the handler gets them to the right place.' Human-canine teamwork is the foundation of every K9 deployment. #K9SAR
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Steve Hilberg @wxclisteve.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Nice mammatus in east-central Illinois well south of the main storms to the north and northeast.
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Steve Hilberg @wxclisteve.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Training thunderstorms dropped an estimated 8+" of rain near Effingham, IL overnight, just east of the I-57/I-70 intersection. Only one CoCoRaHS observation captured the heavy rain, and it was half of the estimated maximum. #ilwx #CoCoRaHS
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Steve Hilberg @wxclisteve.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
The CoCoRaHS Blog cocorahs.blogspot.com/2026/07/cata...
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Catastropic Flooding in Texas Hill Country Second Year in a Row
Heavy rain produced major flooding in Texas Hill country July14-16, 2026
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Steve Hilberg @wxclisteve.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
This is the fourth day in a row with afternoon temperatures near 90°F and dewpoints hovering around 80°F from noon to 6:00 p.m.
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Steve Hilberg @wxclisteve.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
You know, in three weeks we'll be really wishing we had these days of warm, dry weather again. Warm days with highs in the low 80s, dewpoints in the mid 40s to low 50s, and cool nights. We need the rain, though., and the price to pay for that is higher humidity.
Graph showing temperature and dewpoint the past four days
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Jan Null, CCM @ggweather.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
I've developed a new vehicle heating infographic. Please share and maybe save a life!. More at www.noheatstroke.org
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Steve Hilberg @wxclisteve.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Buffalo Sabres totally being outplayed by the Canadiens tonght. #NHLplayoffs
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Colorado Climate Center @climate.colostate.edu · 02/04/2026
Mountain snowpack in Colorado should be peaking around now. This year, it's almost gone. New blog post that shows how it is now clear that this is the worst snowpack year on record for Colorado, following the record-shattering March warmth. 1/
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Mountain snowpack should be peaking around now. This year, it's almost gone - Colorado Climate Blog
We’ve reached April 1, which is a key date in assessing where things stand with snow in the mountains, which then informs the likely water supply in streams and rivers later in the spring and summer. ...
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Kyle Thiem @kylethiem.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
This incredible heat wave 🥵 is rewriting the record books for Colorado’s snowpack. 🏔️ We're currently witnessing a snow drought of historic proportions.🤯 With ~2 weeks of record-smashing temps across the Western US, our mountains are losing what little snow they had—fast. 📉 🧵 1/9 #cowx
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Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety @ibhs.org · 18/03/2026
Illinois has a new #hail record. 🧊 This week, IBHS joined scientists at NIU to confirm the largest hailstone ever recorded in the state, using our advanced 3D scanning technology. From the March 10 storm, the stone measured 168.05 mm at its max and 93.03 mm at its minimum, weighing 557.2 grams.
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Lynn Miclea @lynnmiclea.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
She was absolutely right. And she would have been an amazing President.
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Steve Hilberg @wxclisteve.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Wow...Indiana is destroying Oregon in the first half. Oregon is it's own worst enemy tonight.
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Tim Ballisty @irisheagle.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
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BlueRidgeHippy AKA Aunt Arctica 🥶 @blueridgehippy.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
The Truth about Venezuela.
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Steve Hilberg @wxclisteve.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
2025 was the second driest year on record in Champaign-Urbana, IL with a total of 24.43" of precipitation. The driest year was 1894 with 23.95". Precipitation was below normal every month in 2025. Here is our drought status as of 12/30/2025.
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Alerts from NWS Lincoln IL (UNOFFICIAL) @ilx.nws-bot.us · 13/12/2025
ILX upgrades Winter Weather Advisory to Winter Storm Warning for Champaign, De Witt, Douglas, Edgar, McLean, Piatt, Vermilion [IL] till Dec 13, 8:00 PM CST at Sat, 13 Dec 2025 18:40:46 +0000 via IEMbot Additional Details Here.
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Steve Hilberg @wxclisteve.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
9:34 pm in east- central IL. Not visible withe naked eye.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 10/11/2025
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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Andrew Pritchard @skydrama.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Planting the seed of fire safety as we head into #Harvest2025 at Nutrien with this Weather Safety Update - consider sharing with your crews ahead of what could be a season of dangerous fire weather conditions from the Midwest into the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 20/07/2025
EXCLUSIVE: Not only does an Excel spreadsheet of Trump mentions in the Epstein files exist, but so do training videos explaining how to flag the files for Trump mentions. Plus, the number of people who had access is larger than previously known. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/the-epstei...
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The Epstein Cover-Up at the FBI
Inside the chaotic review process of the Epstein and Maxwell files at the Bureau
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charlie potatos @charliepotatos.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
fwiw - i am a met, worked for the world's largest airline, worked in broadcast, did litigation, gave presentations to committees/sub committees, directors in nws family, i still USE THIS. if the resume was different, would still USE THIS.
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altNOAA 🇺🇸 @altnoaa.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Blue states need to immediately pass a law directing state law enforcement officers to detain anyone performing an arrest or detention in public while masked or failing to visibly display identifying credentials, for the purpose of protecting public safety. And yes, they can do so.
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Paul Heggen @paulheggenwx.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Via @stormchasertang.bsky.social on Twitter… Gateway Arch webcam captured this tornado as it moved over the west suburbs of St. Louis
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Steve Hilberg @wxclisteve.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Great news! The Regional Climate Centers are back online.
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Texas Climate Office @climatexas.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Howdy folks, As the most of the data and tools used by the office are currently no longer available, services provided by the Office of the Texas State Climatologist will be drastically impacted to discontinued due to the laps of federal funding for the NOAA Regional Climate Centers.
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 17/04/2025
Oh no! Several of the Regional Climate Centers have had their funding lapse through DOC/NOAA. These institutes are critical for connecting weather and climate data and services to local communities across the United States. Spread the word to drive attention and support!
Funding for the Regional Climate Center program lapsed on April 17, 2025 due to a suspension of federal funding from NOAA through the Department of Commerce. It is unknown if or when funding will resume. All data and services offered under the HPRCC contract, including this website, are unavailable.

If there are particular products and services you rely upon, please fill out this form so we can identify products to prioritize for continuance. Unfortunately, some products will be discontinued indefinitely because of their association with the Regional Climate Center program.Support for all MRCC-hosted products and services is currently suspended as of April 17, 2025, due to a lapse in federal funding from the Department of Commerce through NOAA.Federal funding for the Regional Climate Center program lapsed on April 17, 2025.  It is unknown when or if funding will resume, pending decisions by NOAA and the Department of Commerce. If there are particular products and services that you rely upon, please contact us at sercc@sercc.com or reach out to your federal representatives and communicate their value and why you need them.
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Steve Hilberg @wxclisteve.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
The Midwestern Regional Climate Center is offline. No idea when or if a new contract will be approved.
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Russ Schumacher @rschumacher.cloud · 06/04/2025
We often (rightly) see maps like these showing how good SPC convective outlooks are; let's also give some kudos to WPC for some outstanding excessive rainfall outlooks for this event. Especially impressive are the day 5 outlooks, giving advance notice of prolonged excessive rainfall and flood risk.
NOAA Weather Prediction Center Excessive Rainfall Outlooks all valid for 2-3 April 2025. The outlooks were very consistent in their location and the observed flooding occurred essentially right in the locations where the outlooks showed the highest probabilities.NOAA Weather Prediction Center Excessive Rainfall Outlooks all valid for 3-4 April 2025. The outlooks were very consistent in their location and the observed flooding occurred essentially right in the locations where the outlooks showed the highest probabilities.NOAA Weather Prediction Center Excessive Rainfall Outlooks all valid for 4-5 April 2025. The outlooks were very consistent in their location and the observed flooding occurred essentially right in the locations where the outlooks showed the highest probabilities.NOAA Weather Prediction Center Excessive Rainfall Outlooks all valid for 5-6 April 2025. The outlooks were very consistent in their location and the observed flooding occurred essentially right in the locations where the outlooks showed the highest probabilities.
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Steve Hilberg @wxclisteve.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
The area around Mobile, AL received from 5 to more than 10 inches of rain in the past 24 hours, with the highest amounts south and west of the city. Hats off to our #CoCoRaHS observers for their reports!
24 hr rainfall amounts around Mobile Bay, AL
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 02/04/2025
This is a United States Senator MACK: I was laid off from HHS and now people aren’t getting social services, especially people with disabilities BANKS: You probably deserved it MACK: Why did I deserve it? BANKS: Because you look like a clown
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National Lightning Safety Council @lightningsafety.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Thunderstorm season is ramping up. If you're outside and a thunderstorm approaches, quickly move to a safe place! The lightning crouch hasn't been recommended in 17 years, so don't use it...just keep heading towards your safe place! #LightningSafety www.einpresswire.com/article/7988...
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The National Lightning Safety Council Reiterates Stance on Outdated Outdoor Safety Messaging
Educators and weather broadcasters urged to stop citing outdated lightning safety recommendation known as the "crouch"
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born miserable @bornmiserable.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
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