I try to use technically accurate terms that are known and used in common parlance in law. MARTIN: Ruben, near the end of your piece, you write that for me the preferred term is illegal immigrant, but you said-frankly, I think the whole debate amounts to a silly waste of time and energy.
CLIMATE OVERVIEW. Decatur, Alabama, gets 51 inches of rain per year. The US average is 37. Snowfall is 4 inches. The average US city gets 25 inches of snow per year. The number of days with any measurable precipitation is 108.
Average yearly precipitation for Illinois varies from just over 48 inches (1,200 mm) at the southern tip to 35 inches (890 mm) in the northern portion of the state.Normal annual snowfall exceeds 38 inches (970 mm) in Chicago, while the southern portion of the state normally receives less than 14 inches (360 mm).he highest temperature recorded in Illinois was 117 Â°F (47 Â°C), recorded on July 14, 1954, at East St. Louis, while the lowest temperature was -37 Â°F (-39 Â°C), recorded on January 15, 2009, at Rochelle.