Station Overview Station Location
Station Number IL-LS-11 Latitude 41.564141
Station Name Mendota 0.9 N Longitude -89.123485
County La Salle Elevation (ft) 778



Month 30 Yr Avg by PRISM Total Prcp Sum Days Covered By All Observations Daily Prcp Sum Daily Observation Count Multiday Prcp Sum Days Covered by Multiday Observations Multiday Observation Count Days With Prcp Days With Trace Total Snowfall Days With Snowfall Days With Snow On Ground
Oct 09 2.84 6.58 31 6.41 26 0.17 5 2 18 0 0.0 0 0
Nov 09 3.02 1.37 30 1.37 26 0.00 4 2 7 1 0.0 0 0
Dec 09 2.18 4.34 31 4.34 29 0.00 2 1 15 4 19.9 10 15
Jan 10 1.38 1.23 31 0.72 29 0.51 2 1 7 2 5.8 4 13
Feb 10 1.50 0.91 28 0.91 28 0.00 0 0 9 5 17.2 10 14
March 10 2.36 1.81 31 1.81 31 0.00 0 0 10 1 0.5 1 5
April 10 3.39 2.44 30 1.20 27 1.24 3 1 6 1 0.0 0 0
May 10 4.18 6.36 31 6.14 27 0.22 4 1 11 0 0.0 0 0
June 10 4.00 9.30 30 8.80 28 0.50 2 1 18 3 0.0 0 0
July 10 4.50 5.84 30 5.38 19 0.46 11 2 8 1 0.0 0 0
Aug 10 3.95 3.33 32 3.20 27 0.13 5 1 10 1 0.0 0 0
Sept 10 3.25 2.04 30 2.04 30 0.00 0 0 13 3 0.0 0 0
Water Year Totals: 36.55" 45.55" 365 days 42.32" 327 3.23" 38 days 12 132 days 22 days 43.4" 25 days 47 days



Days in Water Year Cell Color Key
        Daily Observation with Prcp         Missing Day
        Multiday Observation         Daily/Multiday Observation Conflict

Day of Year Daily Prcp Multiday Prcp
10/1/2009 0.00
10/2/2009 0.67
10/3/2009 0.31
10/4/2009 0.06
10/5/2009 0.00
10/6/2009 0.05
10/7/2009 0.08
10/8/2009 0.00
10/9/2009 0.13
10/10/2009 0.28
10/11/2009 0.00
10/12/2009 0.00
10/13/2009 0.00
10/14/2009 0.08
10/15/2009 0.31
10/16/2009 **
10/17/2009 **
10/18/2009 0.14
10/19/2009 0.00
10/20/2009 0.00
10/21/2009 0.03
10/22/2009 0.02
10/23/2009 2.04
10/24/2009 0.09
10/25/2009 0.03
10/26/2009 0.38
10/27/2009 0.11
10/28/2009 **
10/29/2009 0.03
10/30/2009 1.49
10/31/2009 0.25
11/1/2009 0.00
11/2/2009 0.00
11/3/2009 **
11/4/2009 0.00
11/5/2009 0.00
11/6/2009 0.00
11/7/2009 0.00
11/8/2009 0.00
11/9/2009 0.00
11/10/2009 0.00
11/11/2009 0.00
11/12/2009 **
11/13/2009 0.00
11/14/2009 0.00
11/15/2009 0.00
11/16/2009 0.04
11/17/2009 0.02
11/18/2009 0.15
11/19/2009 0.09
11/20/2009 0.01
11/21/2009 0.00
11/22/2009 0.00
11/23/2009 0.00
11/24/2009 0.00
11/25/2009 0.69
11/26/2009 0.37
11/27/2009 0.00
11/28/2009 0.00
11/29/2009 T
11/30/2009 0.00
12/1/2009 0.00
12/2/2009 **
12/3/2009 0.00
12/4/2009 T
12/5/2009 0.00
12/6/2009 0.00
12/7/2009 0.06
12/8/2009 0.12
12/9/2009 0.73
12/10/2009 0.17
12/11/2009 0.00
12/12/2009 0.00
12/13/2009 0.04
12/14/2009 T
12/15/2009 0.02
12/16/2009 0.00
12/17/2009 0.00
12/18/2009 0.00
12/19/2009 0.13
12/20/2009 T
12/21/2009 0.03
12/22/2009 0.32
12/23/2009 T
12/24/2009 0.68
12/25/2009 1.59
12/26/2009 0.09
12/27/2009 0.19
12/28/2009 0.06
12/29/2009 0.00
12/30/2009 0.00
12/31/2009 0.11
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
1/1/2010 0.00
1/2/2010 0.00
1/3/2010 0.00
1/4/2010 0.00
1/5/2010 0.00
1/6/2010 0.00
1/7/2010 0.17
1/8/2010 0.10
1/9/2010 T
1/10/2010 0.00
1/11/2010 0.00
1/12/2010 0.00
1/13/2010 0.00
1/14/2010 0.00
1/15/2010 0.00
1/16/2010 0.00
1/17/2010 0.00
1/18/2010 0.00
1/19/2010 0.00
1/20/2010 0.00
1/21/2010 0.20
1/22/2010 0.04
1/23/2010 **
1/24/2010 0.51
1/25/2010 0.03
1/26/2010 0.07
1/27/2010 T
1/28/2010 0.11
1/29/2010 0.00
1/30/2010 0.00
1/31/2010 0.00
2/1/2010 0.00
2/2/2010 0.07
2/3/2010 0.06
2/4/2010 0.00
2/5/2010 0.00
2/6/2010 T
2/7/2010 0.00
2/8/2010 T
2/9/2010 0.29
2/10/2010 0.10
2/11/2010 0.00
2/12/2010 0.00
2/13/2010 T
2/14/2010 0.00
2/15/2010 0.00
2/16/2010 0.04
2/17/2010 0.00
2/18/2010 0.00
2/19/2010 0.00
2/20/2010 0.07
2/21/2010 0.00
2/22/2010 0.23
2/23/2010 0.02
2/24/2010 0.03
2/25/2010 T
2/26/2010 0.00
2/27/2010 T
2/28/2010 0.00
3/1/2010 0.00
3/2/2010 0.00
3/3/2010 0.00
3/4/2010 0.00
3/5/2010 0.00
3/6/2010 0.00
3/7/2010 T
3/8/2010 0.29
3/9/2010 0.00
3/10/2010 0.28
3/11/2010 0.21
3/12/2010 0.04
3/13/2010 0.68
3/14/2010 0.01
3/15/2010 0.00
3/16/2010 0.00
3/17/2010 0.00
3/18/2010 0.00
3/19/2010 0.00
3/20/2010 0.08
3/21/2010 0.11
3/22/2010 0.00
3/23/2010 0.00
3/24/2010 0.00
3/25/2010 0.09
3/26/2010 0.00
3/27/2010 0.00
3/28/2010 0.02
3/29/2010 0.00
3/30/2010 0.00
3/31/2010 0.00
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
4/1/2010 0.00
4/2/2010 0.00
4/3/2010 0.20
4/4/2010 **
4/5/2010 **
4/6/2010 1.24
4/7/2010 0.11
4/8/2010 0.10
4/9/2010 0.00
4/10/2010 0.00
4/11/2010 0.00
4/12/2010 0.00
4/13/2010 0.00
4/14/2010 0.00
4/15/2010 0.00
4/16/2010 0.02
4/17/2010 0.00
4/18/2010 0.00
4/19/2010 0.00
4/20/2010 0.00
4/21/2010 0.00
4/22/2010 0.00
4/23/2010 0.00
4/24/2010 0.27
4/25/2010 0.50
4/26/2010 T
4/27/2010 0.00
4/28/2010 0.00
4/29/2010 0.00
4/30/2010 0.00
5/1/2010 0.45
5/2/2010 0.11
5/3/2010 0.00
5/4/2010 0.00
5/5/2010 0.00
5/6/2010 0.00
5/7/2010 1.15
5/8/2010 0.15
5/9/2010 0.02
5/10/2010 0.00
5/11/2010 1.06
5/12/2010 0.14
5/13/2010 2.22
5/14/2010 **
5/15/2010 **
5/16/2010 **
5/17/2010 0.22
5/18/2010 0.00
5/19/2010 0.00
5/20/2010 0.00
5/21/2010 0.27
5/22/2010 0.54
5/23/2010 0.00
5/24/2010 0.00
5/25/2010 0.03
5/26/2010 0.00
5/27/2010 0.00
5/28/2010 0.00
5/29/2010 0.00
5/30/2010 0.00
5/31/2010 0.00
6/1/2010 0.14
6/2/2010 1.03
6/3/2010 0.00
6/4/2010 0.00
6/5/2010 0.91
6/6/2010 0.48
6/7/2010 T
6/8/2010 **
6/9/2010 0.50
6/10/2010 0.00
6/11/2010 T
6/12/2010 T
6/13/2010 0.54
6/14/2010 0.68
6/15/2010 0.03
6/16/2010 0.27
6/17/2010 0.00
6/18/2010 0.05
6/19/2010 1.32
6/20/2010 0.01
6/21/2010 0.01
6/22/2010 0.37
6/23/2010 0.41
6/24/2010 1.67
6/25/2010 0.00
6/26/2010 0.39
6/27/2010 0.12
6/28/2010 0.37
6/29/2010 0.00
6/30/2010 0.00
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
7/1/2010 0.00
7/2/2010 0.00
7/3/2010
7/4/2010 0.00
7/5/2010 0.05
7/6/2010 0.00
7/7/2010 1.34
7/8/2010 0.94
7/9/2010 T
7/10/2010 **
7/11/2010 0.15
7/12/2010 0.15
7/13/2010 **
7/14/2010 **
7/15/2010 **
7/16/2010 **
7/17/2010 **
7/18/2010 **
7/19/2010 **
7/20/2010 **
7/21/2010 0.31
7/22/2010 0.00
7/23/2010 0.00
7/24/2010 1.90
7/25/2010 0.08
7/26/2010 0.00
7/27/2010 0.00
7/28/2010 0.00
7/29/2010 0.81
7/30/2010 0.00
7/31/2010 0.11
8/1/2010 0.03
8/2/2010 0.00
8/3/2010 1.11
8/4/2010 0.53
8/5/2010 0.04
8/6/2010 0.00
8/7/2010 0.04
8/8/2010 0.00
8/9/2010 0.09
8/10/2010 0.02
8/11/2010 0.06
8/12/2010 0.00
8/13/2010 0.00
8/14/2010 1.10
8/15/2010 0.00 **
8/16/2010 **
8/17/2010 **
8/18/2010 **
8/19/2010 0.13
8/20/2010 0.00
8/21/2010 0.18
8/22/2010 0.00
8/23/2010 0.00
8/24/2010 0.00
8/25/2010 0.00
8/26/2010 0.00
8/27/2010 0.00
8/28/2010 0.00
8/29/2010 0.00
8/30/2010 0.00
8/31/2010 T
9/1/2010 0.25
9/2/2010 0.15
9/3/2010 0.55
9/4/2010 0.00
9/5/2010 0.00
9/6/2010 0.10
9/7/2010 T
9/8/2010 0.00
9/9/2010 0.00
9/10/2010 0.00
9/11/2010 0.02
9/12/2010 0.02
9/13/2010 0.00
9/14/2010 0.00
9/15/2010 0.00
9/16/2010 0.00
9/17/2010 T
9/18/2010 0.00
9/19/2010 0.45
9/20/2010 0.01
9/21/2010 0.00
9/22/2010 0.18
9/23/2010 0.01
9/24/2010 0.12
9/25/2010 T
9/26/2010 0.17
9/27/2010 0.01
9/28/2010 0.00
9/29/2010 0.00
9/30/2010 0.00



Observation Date Observation Time Precipitation Snowfall Snowfall SWE Snow Depth Snow SWE Notes
10/1/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 37.5° high 70°. Current conditions: 43° Bar 30.02. Good dew with condensation on gauge. Light to gentle SE-NE variable breeze. Gray overcast with shelf cloud to East, open area of pale yellow with lavender-deep pink horizon. Breathe taking.
10/2/2009 7:00 AM 0.67 M M M M Low 43° high 56.4° Intense report sent on rainfall. Current conditions: 43° Bar 29.54. cold, wet, condensation on gauge. Opaque blue sky with SW gentle breeze.
10/3/2009 8:00 AM 0.31 M M M M Low 43° high 53° Current conditions: 49° Bar 29.65. Damp and chilly, overcast. SW light to gentle breeze.
10/4/2009 6:55 AM 0.06 M M M M Low 41° high 55° Current conditions: 41° Bar 30.00. Cold, grass wet, condensation on gauge. Gentle SW breeze.
10/5/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 35° high 64° current conditions: 35° Bar 30.11. Clear with clouds on horizons. Cold, condensation in gauge, heavy dew with light SW-W breeze. Sept totals 2007 0.25", 2008 11.78" and 2009 1.25".
10/6/2009 6:20 AM 0.05 M M M M Low 34.7° high 70° Current conditions: 48° Bar 29.79. Dark and cold. Must have just rained as trees dripping.
10/7/2009 7:00 AM 0.08 M M M M Low 42.6° high 64° rain off and on with wind increasing late afternoon. Current conditions: 42.6° Bar 29.98. Cold with light dew. Clear sky with clouds to NE. Gentle SW breeze ground level, moderate in tree tops.
10/8/2009 6:40 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 40° high 64° Current conditions: 42.4° Bar 29.96. Dark clouds to NE with red horizon. Gray overcast here. 5:30 AM could see my breath, cold and calm. Welcome stations LS-31, LS-33 and LS-36.
10/9/2009 6:55 AM 0.13 M M M M Low 42° high 54.3° light rain off and on. Current conditions: 44° Bar 29.87. Rain sprinkles, variable NE-NW gentle breeze with moderate gusts. Cold, damp with overcast sky.
10/10/2009 7:10 AM 0.28 M M M M Low 27.6° light rain most of day. 8PM 36.2°. Current conditions: 27.6° Bar 30.16. Heavy frost, calm and clear. Bird bath and gauge tube have layer of ice. Sun rising SE horizon.
10/11/2009 7:25 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 25° high 46° Current conditions: 29° Bar 30.39. Light frost on roof and grass. Very cold with light breeze and overcast.
10/12/2009 6:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 29° high 47.6° Current conditions: 36° Bar 30.00. Dew, very cold, gray overcast,can see breathe. Light breeze with gentle NE gusts.
10/13/2009 7:10 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 30° high 46° Current conditions: 31° Bar 30.38. Fresh N-NE breeze, very cold, dew.
10/14/2009 7:00 AM 0.08 M M M M Low 31° high 52° Current conditions: 37° Bar 30.24. rain in early AM, now light sprinkle,cold, overcast with E-NE light breeze. Canadian geese gathering at lake Mendota and voicing their opinions.
10/15/2009 7:00 AM 0.31 M M M M Low 36.8° high 45° Current condition: 37° Bar 29.96. Very cold, damp, overcast with light breeze.
10/19/2009 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 30° high 59.7°. Current conditions: 42° Bar 30.03. Overcast with SW gentle breeze. Cold with dew.
10/20/2009 6:15 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 42° high 67°. Current conditions: 45° Bar 30.01. Very heavy dew, calm
10/21/2009 8:00 AM 0.03 M M M M Low 45° high 64° lightning with few thunder claps and light rain late evening. Current conditions: 54° Bar 30.05. Overhead clear with mostly cloudy around horizons. Grass wet with gentle SW breeze. Tree leaves turning fast and falling.
10/22/2009 7:20 AM 0.02 M M M M Low 53° high 74­° Current conditions: 53­° Bar 29.96. Raining with light SW breeze. The Maple and Birch trees, beautiful golden leaves stand out against the gray sky.
10/23/2009 7:00 AM 2.04 M M M M Low 46.5° high 55°, rain during day. Current conditions: 54° Bar 29.45. Light rain during OBV time, dim light, overcast, wet and damp with E-NE light breeze. Yard covered with fallen leaves.
10/24/2009 8:00 AM 0.09 M M M M Low 37° high 56° Current conditions: 38° Bar 29.67. Raining, SW moderate breeze with gray overcast sky. Cold
10/25/2009 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M Low 34.5° high 54° Current conditions: 45° Bar 29.89. Mostly dark gray clouds with open areas to East, calm, very chilly. Grass is wet and patio damp, dew or rain?
10/26/2009 7:20 AM 0.38 M M M M Low 44° high 67° Current conditions: 51° Bar 30.03. Very cool, wet. Light breeze with light rain during report. Four large and one hugh flocks of geese lifting off lake headed to fields. I will miss their voices each morning.
10/27/2009 7:50 AM 0.11 M M M M Low 34° high 54° Current conditions: 36° Bar 30.03 steady. Light fog, condensation on gauge, damp and cold. Mostly cloudy with light air.
10/30/2009 8:15 AM 1.49 M M M M Low 50° Current conditions: 64° Bar 29.60 falling. Gentle to moderate S-SE breeze with gray overcast. Water standing in field. Ground soft under foot.
10/31/2009 8:00 AM 0.25 M M M M Low 39.5° high 65° Current conditions: 40° Bar 29.78 falling. Dark shelf cloud reaching SW to N horizons. Cold fresh SW breeze. Sun peeking above E horizon clouds. October totals: 2007 2.18", 2008 2.41" and 2009 6.58"
11/1/2009 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 26.4° high 48° Current conditions: 26.4° Bar 30.22. Heavy frost, bird water frozen, calm and very cold.
11/2/2009 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 26.4 early AM morning, high 58° Current conditions: 43.5° Bar 30.10. Heavy clouds to S-SE, partly cloudy here. Calm with dew and cold. Size of geese flocks increasing, now staying out all night. Food must be diminishing or getting ready for long Southern trip.
11/5/2009 6:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 28° high 57.5° Current conditions: 29° Bar 30.41 rising. Frost, SW-W gentle breeze, cold with opaque sky. Foggy/frosty air and horizons. Welcome station IL-LS-38
11/6/2009 7:15 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 29° high 56° Current conditions: 46° Bar 30.20. Gentle to moderate SE breeze, overcast B2, no dew
11/7/2009 6:40 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 46° high 67° Current conditions: 49° Bar 29.84. Hazy horizons, opaque sky with sun rising SE, dew and gentle SW breeze. Chilly
11/8/2009 6:20 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 42° high 74° Current conditions: 43° Bar 30.13. Pale orange Eastern horizon, light fog, heavy dew & condensation on gauge. Light air with gentle NE gusts. Chilly
11/9/2009 6:20 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 43° high 76° Current conditions: 58° Bar 30.21. Light dew, overcast B2, cool. Calm to light S-SW breeze. More Canadian geese arriving from North daily. When a good breeze from North comes they will be gone. Sad (:(
11/10/2009 6:07 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 46° high 65° Current conditions: 49° Bar 30.46
11/11/2009 7:15 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 34° high 58° Current conditions: 36° Bar 30.51. White heavy frost in shaded areas with dew in open areas. Light air, condensation on gauge and can see breath. Partly cloudy with contrail and sun shine. Cold
11/14/2009 6:06 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 26.7° high 58° Current conditions: 35° Bar 29.82. Dew, frost? too dark, very cold, can see breathe,condensation on gauge. No ice on bird bath, light N breeze with foggy horizons. Sky clear with a sliver of moon.
11/15/2009 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 34° high 65° Current conditions: 39° Bar 30.15. Mostly cloudy B2 with open area to N. No dew, cold, fresh NE breeze with strong gusts. Welcome station IL-LS-35.
11/16/2009 6:35 AM 0.04 M M M M Low 38° high 45° Rain began around 5:30 PM, icy on car window. Current conditions: 43° Bar 30.21. Fresh NE breeze with strong gusts, very cold,gray overcast. Canadian geese are gone and most of Gold finches (:{)
11/17/2009 6:40 AM 0.02 M M M M Low 42° high 47° Several light rain periods. Current conditions: 43° Bar 30.11. Strong NE breeze with gusts that roar through trees in cemetery. All trees, shrubs and grass beds in motion. Overcast with pale orange opening on North horizon. No dew
11/18/2009 7:00 AM 0.15 M M M M Low 41° high 45° periods of rain Current conditions: 43° Bar 30.05. foggy horizons with overcast sky. Misty/light rain during report, E NE gentle breeze. Quiet, already miss the bird chatter (:{)
11/19/2009 6:47 AM 0.09 M M M M Low 42° high 51° Current conditions: 42° Bar 30.06. Trees and gauge dripping from recent rain,puddles of water here and there, misty with gray overcast sky. SW light to gentle breeze.
11/20/2009 6:55 AM 0.01 0.0 M M M Low 32° high 48° Current conditions: 32° Bar 30.22. Roof white with frost, grass stiff and ice covered. Light fog, cold, calm with high thin clouds B2. Condensation on gauge.
11/21/2009 6:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 27.8° high 53°. current conditions: 27.8° Bar 30.21. Moderate frost, light fog, cold, calm and oaque sky.
11/22/2009 6:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 28° high 58° Current conditions: 36° Bar 30.23. Foggy horizons, Light fog here. East red as sun is rising. Dew on grass and gauge. Light air, cold
11/23/2009 7:10 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 34° high 63° Current conditions: 38° Bar 30.18. Fog, can see 1/2 block away. Light to gentle NE-E breeze. Grass and vegetation wet. Last measurement of new snow was 1.3" April 6. January would be good month to start again.
11/24/2009 7:10 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 34° high 45° Current conditions: 38° Bar 30.06. Moderate fog, trees have large drops of water hanging on branches, grass and vegetation wet. Gray overcast. Light to gentle NE breeze.
11/25/2009 7:00 AM 0.69 M M M M Low 38° high 49° Rain off and on, increase in evening. 10PM gauge 0.65". Current conditions: 44° Bar 29.80. Overcast, hazy horizon. Moderate SW-W breeze.
11/26/2009 6:50 AM 0.37 T M T M Low 32° high 46.4° rain began near noon. Gauge 0.12 at 8PM, using only outer cylinder. Current conditions: 35° Bar 29.86. Snow here and there in grass, on roof and W side of tree mulch. Light rain falling,side walk, patio wet, still have flowers blooming near house, NW strong breeze and very cold.
11/27/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 24° high 37.5° cold and windy. Current conditions: 24° Bar 30.06. Light frost, very cold, high thin clouds with sun trying to rise. Light air to light breeze. Ice on bird bath.
11/28/2009 7:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 24° 10 AM 11 migrating Whopping Cranes overhead, flying SE. What a joy to hear their chatter! Great day to work outside. Current conditions: 26.2° Bar 29.87. Heavy frost with frosty horizons, gauge covered with thick frost. Clear sky with visible breath in air.
11/29/2009 6:45 AM T M M M M Low 26° high 56° Current conditions: 35° Bar 29.78. Light fog here that is heavier across field, frosty air. Few drops in gauge cylinder,condensation? gauge frost covered. Mostly cloudy with dark gray clouds. calm.
11/30/2009 6:05 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 30.5° high 44° Current conditions: 32° Bar 30.08
12/1/2009 6:40 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 30° high 43° Current conditions: 31° Bar 29.92
12/4/2009 7:00 AM T T M T M Low 19.7° high 36° Light snow flurries 10:30 AM until around noon. Western sky light yellow with white-gray downward streaks of possible snow. Current conditions: 21.5° Bar 30.19. Gray overcast sky, WSW fresh to strong breeze, bitter cold. Time to bring in bird bath. Gauge now set-up on ground because of wind factor at this station. Gauge 0.00
12/5/2009 6:40 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 13.8° high 27.8° W-SW Moderate to strong breeze most of day. Current conditions: 17.4° Bar 30.18. Frost on gauge and roof, very cold with gray overcast. SW light breeze.
12/6/2009 6:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 17.4° high 36° Current conditions: 19° Bar 30.21. Frost on roof and gauge. Lavender & red streaked SE horizon, high thin clouds with light breeze. Very cold
12/7/2009 6:15 AM 0.06 1.8 0.06 1.8 0.06 Low 18.3° high 35.4° Current conditions: 26° Bar 30.14. Very light snow falling, snow fluffy and crunches when stepped on. Light air. First measurable snowfall.
12/8/2009 6:20 AM 0.12 1.5 0.13 1.5 0.13 Low 25.5° high 35° Only shoveled piles of old snow left. Current conditions: 26° Bar 30.23. Grainy snow falling, can hear it hitting jacket hood. Variable SE-E light breeze, cold. Snow crunches, beginning to pack. Averaged new snow reading. Beginning to look like Christmas!
12/9/2009 6:45 AM 0.73 2.9 0.63 3.9 0.62 Low 26° high 32° mixed of snow, sleet and rain in afternoon and evening, strong to fresh NE-E breeze. Current conditions: 31° Bar 29.00 falling. SW fresh breeze, very cold almost bitter, overcast without snowfall. Snow crystals heavy,wet and packs with icy, wet base. Low roar of wind in cemetery trees. Wind factor at station, averaged measurements.
12/10/2009 7:00 AM 0.17 3.0 0.60 4.0 0.64 Low -3.3° high 31.6° blowing/drifting snow, heard wind gusts hit side of house. Drifts forming. Current conditions: -3.3° Bar 29.86. Snow measures 4" flat area. Board #1 3" #2 swept clear. Drifts 10" to 28". Bitter cold that seeps into clothing, ground snow compact, easy to core, does not pack,icy base. SW moderate breeze. Sky clear. Consider wind factor on results.
12/11/2009 7:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Low -3.1 high 10° Current conditions: 3.5° Bar 30.32. Sky clear, sunny with SW gentle breeze. Very light dusting of drifting snow on boards. Gauge 0.00. Snow sparkles in sunlight. Large group of Starlings here and frantic for food, this is a first, they are very late migrating.
12/12/2009 6:40 AM 0.00 0.0 M 5.0 M Low 3.5° high 24.2° Current conditions: 16° Bar 30.28. Light to gentle S-SW breeze. Lite orange Eastern horizon, clear sky. Frost on gauge. Drifts 7.8" to 23.6". Averaged total snow 3.4", 4.6", 5.8" and 7.8"= 4.95"
12/13/2009 7:15 AM 0.04 0.0 M M M Low 16° high 37° 5:30 pm misty to light rain with short increase rainfall that became ice covered driveway and roads. Current conditions: 32° Bar 29.92. Snow appears more condensed and compacted. Patio ice covered. Light fog here with moderate across field. Boards ice glazed. Overcast with W-SW light breeze with gentle gusts.
12/14/2009 7:30 AM T 0.0 0.00 4.5 1.27 Low 32° high 36° snow and ice melting. Current conditions: 34° Bar 29.79. Moderate fog, calm. Snow compact and packs well, heavy with moisture, crystals. Ground snow average 4.0"+ 5.6"+ 2.0"+ 6.2"= 4.45" SWE taken at 4.5" Drifts now 6.5",9.5", & 16"
12/15/2009 6:45 AM 0.02 0.0 M M M Low 14° high 38° Current conditions: 14° Bar 30.36 Rising. Clouds wrapping around horizons W-S-E moving E-SE. Gentle NW breeze, bitter cold. Ground snow frozen hard, crunchy and dry. Did not see precipitation fall however 0.02 in gauge.
12/16/2009 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 0.6° high 19° Current conditions: 1° Bar 30.58. Clear sky, gauge frost covered, old snow frozen hard. Calm and silent, very very cold.
12/17/2009 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M 3.6 M Low after 6:45 AM report 0.5°. high 28°. Current conditions: 20° Bar 30.32. High pink clouds in blue sky that became overcast during report. Drifts 9", 13.5", 15.4". Total ground snow 3.6" averaged. Snow frozen and hard removed part of numbers on snow stick.
12/18/2009 6:35 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 20° high 36° Current conditions: 31° Bar 30.02 falling. Light air to gentle NE breeze. Cold and appears to be overcast. Very quiet. Old snow not as hard but still frozen.
12/19/2009 6:40 AM 0.13 0.5 0.13 3.8 0.83 Low 27° high 35° Snow began mid-afternoon, melted then accumulated. Current conditions: 27° Bar 29.96. N moderate breeze, very cold, overcast. Wind and drifting of new snow noted. Daily Precipitation from New snow core as gauge 0.03 affected by wind. Boards= 0.06" new snow. Total ground snow averaged 3.75" with core SWE 0.83 taken at 3.8". SWE core consisted of ice base, icy crystals and fluffy snow.
12/20/2009 6:15 AM T T M M M Low 25° high 32° Occasional very light snow flurries in AM= trace. NE moderate breeze caused some drifting. Roof snow melting, forming icicles. Current conditions: 26° Bar 30.12 rising. Light air, snow crunches. Board 1 light dusting of drifted snow, board 2 clear, gauge 0.00.
12/21/2009 6:35 AM 0.03 0.3 0.03 3.5 0.80 Low 24.4° high 29° occasional light snowfall during day. Current conditions: 25° Bar 30.16. Gentle SW-W breeze, overcast,very cold. Tips of grass showing under tree areas. Total ground snow averaged 3.5", SWE core taken at 3.7" has icy base. New snow 0.3 on both boards. No drifting noted.
12/22/2009 7:00 AM 0.32 3.4 0.35 5.8 M Low 25° high 31.1° 9 PM snowing. Current conditions: 27° Bar 30.20. New snow appears light but has light water content,near packing stage, shovels easily, no drifting noted. Overcast, foggy/hazy North horizons. Light SE breeze with gentle gusts. Total ground snow averaged 8.0"+ 6.7"+ 4.5"+4.0". Both boards measured same. ADDED note the total snow DOES NOT contain measurements of drifts which would add significantly to total.
12/23/2009 6:50 AM T T M 6.2 1.08 Low 27° high 34° Hasting to leave town did not empty #2 board, #1 was used for core. Saw very light snow with drifting. Current conditions: 29° Bar 30.20 steady. Board #1 clear, (board # 2 old and new 2.6",not sure of New, so will not report any results). Gauge T, Total ground snow averaged= 6.2" SWE taken at 6.3"= 1.08 of small ice granules. Overcast, E-NE moderate breeze, cemetery trees moaning. Pavement wet under snow. Drifts= 10.5" to 15.0" averaged 12.5"
12/24/2009 7:10 AM 0.68 0.0 M M M Low 28.5° high 31° rain began 8:50 AM Pavement and objects ice covered. Worked a flu clinic in Peru, roads well salted. Current conditions: 31° Bar 30.04. 0.3" ice covering trees and objects, hearing cracking of ice as Gentle breeze blows. Gauge ice coated inside and out. Snow covered with layer of ice but breaks easily. Trees coated, limbs hanging down, top of River Birch broken off. Very cold. Tree branch measures 0.6-7" thick.
12/25/2009 7:00 AM 1.59 0.0 M 3.4 M Low 31° high 39° rain all day. Lost electrical power 2PM. Bailing out sump pump since then. Ice covering everything, tree limbs coming down, sad. Current conditions: 40.2° Bar 29.39. Raining and all ice gone! Snow mushy, few areas standing water. SE strong breeze. ground soft in places, grass tips showing 30% yard. Total snow on ground averaged. Note 5:40 PM electricity on after 27 1/2 hours without. Sump pump working on own YEA! It started snowing 3:30PM.
12/26/2009 7:50 AM 0.09 2.1 0.10 M M Low 14° high 41°.Good to be back online..see reason for yesterdays late report, it was a dark Christmas. Snowing around 3:30 PM. Current conditions: 23° Bar 29.69. Snowing fluffy flakes, new snow reading from #1 board as #2 affected by S-SW gentle breeze 1.8" Also gauge snow against N-NE side. Cold, birds are frantic for food.. they know low temperatures are coming.
12/27/2009 6:55 AM 0.19 2.8 0.19 5.8 0.47 Low 15° high 24.6° Snowfall during day, light and fluffy. Current conditions: 15° Bar 29.89. Board #1= 2.8", board #2= 2.2". Gauge near #2 has snow built up on NE side= 0.15". Wind effected. Gentle SW breeze. Total snow core=base ice granules with fluffy top. Very cold. *Daily precipitation from new snow core due to wind effected gauge. Light grainy snow falling during report.
12/28/2009 7:00 AM 0.06 M M M M Low 11° high 25° Current conditions: 24° Bar 29.98. Major drifting with fresh WSW breeze that kicks up puffs of powder snow. Unable to report new snow inches nor core as can see drift ridges on board. However did measure #2 new snow 1.7", core of 0.18". Snow is dryer than yesterday. Gauge is near #2 and has snow piled on East side, indicating new snow passed over opening.
12/29/2009 7:20 AM 0.00 0.0 M 6.3 1.66 Low 1.5° high 32° Current conditions: 5° Bar 30.50 rising. Bitter cold, snow sparkles in sunlight, calm with clear blue sky. Ground snow firm with ice granules at core base. Total snow averaged= 6.3". Drifts 10.0", 11.8" & 13.5". Frost on top 1/4 of gauge
12/30/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 3° high 32° Current conditions: 21° Bar 30.17. Powder ground snow, variable SE-SW gentle breeze. Frost on West side of empty gauge. Very light grainy snow began at end of observation. (corrected T for next 24° par)
12/31/2009 7:00 AM 0.11 1.6 0.11 7.0 1.28 Low 21° high 32° Light snow during day. Current conditions: 31° Bar 30.00. Variable SW gentle breeze with moderate gust from NW. New snow powder, almost near packing. Total snow, top powder with less ice granules at bottom was averaged. Gauge snow collected on NE side. Snow on both boards appeared level. Happy, Healthy New Year to all!
1/1/2010 7:10 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low -2° high 30.5­° Current conditions: -2° Bar 30.34. Full moon NW horizon with gentle NW breeze. Golden SE horizon with clear sky. Snow crunches, is firm. Bitter cold, seeps into coat. Gauge frost covered. Total 2009 precipitation 51.78
1/2/2010 7:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low -7.8° high 12°. Current conditions: -7.8° Bar 30.49. Gauge frost covered, light drifted snow on both boards, snow sparkles in sunlight. Extreme cold with NW-N light to gentle breeze. Sky clear. 2009 Totals: Precip.Dec 4.34" year 51.78"; Snowfall Dec. 19.9",year 40.8"; Core Dec 2.33" year 6.67".
1/3/2010 6:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low -8° high 8° Current conditions: -7° Bar 30.50. Bitter cold, difficult to breathe, sky and horizons clear. N-NW light to gentle breeze, frost on gauge, ground snow powder top. Remember feathered friends with suet and seeds!
1/4/2010 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M 6.2 2.37 Low -7° high 19° sunny. Current conditions: -1° Bar 30.39. Frost on gauge, NW light to gentle breeze, clouds moving in, very cold. Total snow soft top with 4" of frozen snow base (small granules). Collected figures for average however taking core found I had not penetrated to ground.. average approx. 5"- 6.5" of ground snow. Total core difficult but won battle! Core taken at 6.2". Drifts 6.4", 8.8" and 12.5"
1/5/2010 7:25 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low -2.6°(it's warming up) high 16°. Current conditions: -2° Bar 30.30. Frozen garage door caused late report. Clouds on horizons, snow hard and crunches, gentle NW breeze with moderate gusts. Very cold.
1/6/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low -2° high 18° Current conditions: -2° Bar 30.27. Frost on gauge, few clouds in sky. WNW gentle breeze. Very cold, ground snow frozen hard with light snow top, snow stick is bent and numbers erased due to attempting to measure.
1/7/2010 6:45 AM 0.17 3.2 0.17 9.5 2.47 Low -2° high 24° Current conditions: 13° Bar 30.02. Icy grains of snow falling with slight slant. Looks foggy over field. Calm to E-SE breeze. Daily precipitation from new snow core, gauge piled on NW side 0.16". Total old/new core taken same spot as Mondays, base ice granules; Monday 2.37" today 2.47" Beautiful scene with snow piled on tree branches.
1/8/2010 7:25 AM 0.10 0.7 0.10 9.2 1.66 Low 13° high 25° 10AM stopped snowing,#2 board 0.6". 8 PM No increased wind or drifting noted. Current conditions: 17.7° Bar 30.27. N moderate breeze, snow compact with ripples from drifting. Board #2 0.7" core taken and used for precipitation as gauge 0.09". Total old/new taken same place as last two cores, 9.2" base less ice granules, melted easier. Used New core o.7" due to 10 AM reading felt accurate even with drifting. Did not do Total snow average. Bitter cold
1/9/2010 7:30 AM T T T 8.5 M Low -5° high 24° occasional light snow flurries. Current conditions: -4° Bar 30.53. Heavy frost covering vegetation and gauge, light breeze W-NW. Very cold, mud on bottom of snow stick,#2 board few patches of fluffy snow, clear sky. Total snow range 6.5" to 10.9" averaged, drifts 13.5", 15.5' & 16.6". Snow dense and soft(dry).
1/10/2010 7:05 AM 0.00 0.0 M 7.8 M Low -10.5 high 17.6 Current conditions, -10.2 Bar 30.53. Light W breeze, pink & lavender clouds E horizon, clear here and West. Dangerous cold, doesn't feel bad but fingers quickly began to hurt. Total snow measurement taken in same spots as Saturday.
1/11/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 7.6 M Low -10.2° low from yesterday AM after report. high 18°. Current conditions: 10° Bar 30.17. Overcast B2, light breeze appears Western. Snow squeaks, base ice decreasing. Total old/new snow averaged, drifts 10.1", 14.6" & 15.6". Cold
1/12/2010 6:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 10° high 26° current conditions: 14° Bar 30.49 rising. Mostly cloudy with gray clouds & a pink contrail passing through. NW Gentle breeze with gray and pink clouds on West horizon. Very cold
1/13/2010 6:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M 8.3 1.59 Low 8° high 31° Current conditions: 11° Bar 30.21. Every thing covered with frost. SW gentle breeze, very cold fingers suffering. Total old/new snow averaged, core at 8.25", 0.8" icy base, snow dry does not pack. Drifts 10", 13.5" & 14.8".
1/14/2010 6:40 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 11° at report time, high 37°. Current conditions: 17° Bar 30.05. Frost with light air. Very cold. City crew collecting downed tree branches from Christmas ice storm.
1/15/2010 7:15 AM 0.00 0.0 M 6.4 1.57 Low 15° high 41° Sunny day. Current conditions: 26° Bar 30.31. Ground snow medium granules top & bottom with small in middle,firm holds my wgt. No grass or ground showing. Overcast with NE gentle breeze, cold. Total ground snow averaged = 6.3" core taken at 6.4". Lost 2" since 1-13 at 8.3".
1/16/2010 7:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M 6.4 M Low 21.7° high 30° Current conditions: 22.2° Bar 30.23. Very cold, gray overcast, W-SW gentle breeze. Light fog here & moderate across field/horizons. Total snow averaged, same as yesterday condensed granules. Drifts 13.3", 12",8.5" = 11.3"
1/17/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 19.5° high 27° fog and patchy hoar frost developed in evening. Current conditions: 20° Bar 29.97. Fog, can not see field across N road but light around house. Light hoar frost covering most objects. Light air and very cold.
1/18/2010 7:15 AM 0.00 0.0 M 6.5 1.57 Low 20° high 33° Current conditions: 27° Bar 30.02. Overcast, some hoar frost left on trees, light frost on gauge. Snow firm and crunchy (hard top and bottom with softer center) collapses easily. Total snow averaged at 6.2", unable to find exact inches. Cold with light NW air. Light fog here, heavier across North field. Snow shrinking from tree trunks, mulch visible.
1/19/2010 6:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 24° high 31° foggy most of day.Current conditions: 24° Bar 30.04. Scattered hoarfrost on trees, frost on top of gauge, fog gone clear here and on horizons.Gray overcast with Light North breeze. Very cold. Hugh pile of tree branches at cemetery burn pit from Christmas ice storm.
1/20/2010 6:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M 6.0 1.33 Low 10° high 35° Current conditions: 24° Bar 29.98. Heavy frost on gauge, very cold with SE variable light to gentle breeze. Overcast sky with few low dark gray clouds. Light fog/haze North horizon. Total old snow averaged 6.06" core taken at 6.0". Drifts 12", 7.8" & 12.2" = 10.7" averaged.
1/21/2010 6:45 AM 0.20 0.0 M 5.5 0.92 Low 24° high 32° 11:30 AM rain began, rain & rain sleet mix during day. Current conditions: 28° Bar 29.85. Ground snow coated with 1-1.5 tenth inches ice. Glaze of ice covering everything. NE gentle breeze, can hear ice cracking on trees,branches have 1/10" to 2/10" coating of ice. Total snow averaged 5.62", core at 5.5". Problem.. when collecting core noted air space between ice and snow which collapsed during collection. SO total ground snow IS NOT accurate! Gauge is ice coated inside and out half way down.
1/22/2010 6:55 AM 0.04 0.0 M M M Low 28° high 33° light rain in afternoon. Current conditions: 31° Bar 29.93. Overcast with NE gentle breeze. Last reading until ice melts, ice coated (2/10") snow. Very treacherous. Fence 1/10" ice, tree trunks and some limb 1/10". Driveway and sidewalks ice coated. Cold and damp.
1/25/2010 7:00 AM 0.03 T T M M Low 29° high 39° Current conditions: 29° Bar 29.35. Gloomy, cold moderate SW breeze with fresh gusts. Small snow pellets on ground and in gauge. Considerable snow melted, now 1/2 snow 1/2 grass. Still have large piles of shoveled snow. Glad I did measuring yesterday as ground snow is frozen.
1/26/2010 7:10 AM 0.07 0.9 0.07 M M Low 14.5° high 30° light snow began mid morning. Current conditions: 15° Bar 29.83 Daily precipitation from snow core due to wind factor at station. Bitter cold with fresh to strong SWW breeze. Mostly cloudy. New snow averaged 1",8/10",3/10"= 7/10", core taken 8/10" to 1". Old snow is in form of shoveled piles and drifts,frozen snow/ice mix.
1/27/2010 7:00 AM T T T M M Low 7° high 21° occasion snow flurries during day. Current conditions: 10° Bar 30.21. ESE dark gray clouds with red streaks, N horizon open rest mostly cloudy. SW gentle to moderate breeze, very cold. Snow solid granules,crunchy. Ground covered with snow,tips of grass showing. Gauge light snow at bottom.
1/28/2010 6:20 AM 0.11 1.0 0.11 2.8 0.41 Low 4° high 23° snow blowing & drifting. Current conditions: 4° Bar 30.39. Drift factor here. Board #2 had 1" new light snow. Total core light snow and ice granule base. Does not include frozen old/drift areas, taken where grass patch was. Very cold, clear.Daily Precipitation using new snow core as gauge had 0.04". SW with slight W gentle breeze.
1/29/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low -1° high 18° sunny. Current conditions: 3° Bar 30.55. Light frost, mostly cloudy, clear with NE gentle breeze. Bitter cold.
1/30/2010 7:40 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 2° high 16° sunny. Current conditions: 9° Bar 30.29. Heavy frost, partly cloudy with Cirrus filament reaching from SW to NE, blue sky to NW. very cold, snow hard/frozen crunchy, sparkles in sunlight.
1/31/2010 6:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 8° Current conditions: 8° Bar 30.27. Heavy frost, full moon on low western horizon. Very cold, light fog/haze with SW gentle breeze.
2/1/2010 7:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 8° high 29° Current conditions: 8° Bar 30.35. Overcast, light ENE breeze. Snow hard, crunchy with tips of grass showing near trees/shrubs. Very cold with light foggy/hazy horizons.
2/2/2010 7:30 AM 0.07 0.8 0.07 3.0 0.72 Low 18° high 35° Current conditions: 26° Bar 30.05. Snowing light small granules that melt quickly in hand, light breeze. Snow in gauge piled on NW side= 0.05. Precipitation total using new snow core # 1 board,wind factor. Total old snow light fluffy top with granular base.
2/3/2010 8:30 AM 0.06 0.6 0.06 3.0 M Low 14° high 34° light snowfall after report. Current conditions: 14° Bar 30.33. Cold, overcast with SW gentle breeze. New snow light & fluffy. Gauge snow piled NW corner fell after yesterday report= 0.01. Used new snow core for Precipitation due to wind factor.
2/4/2010 6:25 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 12° high 32°. Current conditions: 20° Bar 30.39. Heavy frost on gauge and roof. Cold, can see breathe. Overcast with light air. Snow shrinking away from base of trees and shrubs, few small spots on North side of grass showing. Still have areas of frozen old snow, will try core tomorrow.
2/5/2010 6:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M 5.6 1.36 Low 20° high 33° Current conditions: 29° Bar 30.08. Overcast with Moderate to Fresh ENE breeze. Total snow has soft top with hard, frozen granular base, unable to penetrate some areas. Ground snow ranges 1.5" to 5.6", drifts range 5.8" to 8.0". Core of ground snow taken at 5.6"= 1.36". Drift taken at 8.0" = 2.04". Should consider error factor as it was difficult to collect clear cut.
2/6/2010 7:30 AM T T M M M Low 23.5° high 35°. 1PM Saw light snow flurries,then horizontal, occasional very light snow. In order to see it needed dark background. Current conditions: 23.5° Bar 30.13. Dark E-SE clouds with sun peeking over. Mostly cloudy here. Ground snow blown into new drifts. Strong NE breeze with gust of near gale. Trees & shrubs waving. Bitter cold. Gauge empty and both boards clear.
2/7/2010 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 22° high 30° Current conditions: 22° Bar 30.23. Clouds with open area of yellow streaks on Eastern horizon and red upward streaks making sky glow, overcast here with occasional snow flake falling. Light SE breeze, very cold. Ground snow 70% grass 30%.
2/8/2010 6:30 AM T 0.1 T 3.6 0.79 Low 21° high 36° very light snow that melted. Current conditions: 21° Bar 30.21. Light snow falling with SE-E gentle breeze, #1 board 1/10", overcast. Used gauge catch for new snow melted value. Total ground snow 0.0" to 6.5" averaged 3.7". SWE core taken at 3.6" of condensed granules, difficult penetration. Drifts 10.8" to 15.0". Ground snow 60% grass 40%.
2/9/2010 7:10 AM 0.29 4.6 0.39 5.1 M Low 20° high 31° Snowing off and on during day. Current conditions: 20° Bar 29.95. Snowing steady light to moderate, new snow is fluffy,dense,soft and crunches. Light drifting noted, NE gentle breeze and overcast. Gauge snow piled on NW side. New snow #1 board 4.6". Ground snow range 4.5" to 6.5" averaged 5.13" No SWE taken.
2/10/2010 6:50 AM 0.10 4.4 0.44 7.4 1.21 Low 17° high 34.5° 5:30 PM stopped snowing, total snow measured 5.8", 6.0",7.6",8.0" averaged= 6.9". Only slight drift noted. Current conditions: 17° Bar 30.05. Clear sky, powder snow cover, significant drifting noted; average total 6.4" and drifts 12.5",22.0" & 22.5". Total snow/ice core taken same place as Monday measured 7.4" with 1.7" ice granule base. NW light to gentle breeze.
2/11/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 7.1 M Low 2° high 32° Current conditions: 4° Bar 30.18. Clear, bitter cold with steady Gentle WNW breeze. Heavy frost on gauge and roof. Averaged total ground snow 4" to 7.1"=5.42"(6.4" yesterday).Old snow Depth taken at same spot of last two days total core area. Snow beginning to compact.
2/12/2010 7:10 AM 0.00 0.0 M 7.0 M Low 2.3° high 33° Current conditions: 11° Bar 30.10. Foggy with heavy frost and mostly cloudy. Eastern sky has pink cast, NW light breeze. Total ground snow averaged 4.83",total old/new core sample area 7.0" with icy base.
2/13/2010 6:30 AM T T M 6.7 M Low 2.8° high 37° 9:30 AM. Scattered snowflakes fell for brief time.Current conditions: 6° Bar 30.01. Frost or freezing fog covering tree and shrub branches, gauge and roof, beautiful. Clear sky with light haze on horizons. NW light breeze and very cold. Snow Depth of 6.7" taken at same core area. Total ground snow 5.1" is silently disappearing.
2/14/2010 6:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 5° high 29° Current conditions: 7° Bar 29.95 falling slowly. Frosty morning with gauge, roof and objects covered. Mostly cloudy with high white and lower dark clouds. Noted shelf clouds to West and East horizons. Gentle NW breeze.
2/15/2010 6:40 AM 0.00 0.0 M 6.2 1.23 Low 5° high 29° Current conditions: 16° Bar 29.84. Overcast, light snow falling with NW gentle breeze. Frost on gauge & roof, very cold. Depth total snow core and inches taken at same core area. Total ground snow averaged= 4.6" Boards clear.
2/16/2010 5:50 AM 0.04 0.9 0.05 6.4 1.31 Low 16° high 35°occasional snowfall during day. Moderate NW breeze cause slight drifting Current conditions: 22° Bar 29.92. Yard light makes new snow sparkle. Total ground snow 4.27", Depth snow/ice core 6.35" taken at usual place,very difficult to obtain due to frozen ice base, allowance must be considered.
2/17/2010 6:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 21° Current conditions: 25° Bar 30.00. Gray overcast sky, NW light to gentle breeze. Snow crunches when stepped on. Three small areas of grass near house and trees. Rest snow covered.
2/18/2010 4:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 18° high 39° Current conditions: 18° Bar 30.09. WNW gentle steady breeze.
2/19/2010 6:20 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 11° high 38° Current conditions: 11° Bar 30.20. Frost covering roof and gauge, sky clear with strands of clouds to E-SE. NW light to gentle breeze. Total ground snow mostly measures 4.0" but averages 4.6", unable to penetrate ice base areas so did not measure core area. Drifts 12" to 16.5".
2/20/2010 7:00 AM 0.07 1.1 0.09 M M Low 11° high 46°(?) I knew it was warm but? Current conditions: 29° Bar 30.17. Very light snow falling which turned to fluffy flakes that fell silently. New snow dense. Snow in gauge piled on West side. Total ground snow 4.5" to 5.8"= 5.2" averaged. New snow #2 board 1" to 1.1". Depth total snow/ice will be done Monday.
2/21/2010 6:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 29° high 43° snow melt increasing. Current conditions: 31° Bar 30.14. NE gentle to moderate breeze. Gray overcast, ground snow becoming granular and solid.
2/22/2010 6:35 AM 0.23 3.8 0.60 7.0 1.26 Low 30° high 34° snowing 4:30 PM N-NE. Current conditions: 30° Bar 29.82 falling. Snow wet, heavy,packs and has standing water below. Wind definite factor here, snow coating tree trunks/gauge North side. All tree limbs coated with snow, beautiful. Overcast with N fresh breeze. Total ground snow 5.0" to 8.5"=6.8" Depth total core taken new area as 1.5" to 2.0" ice base too difficult at old area. New area has grass base. Loss inches due to melting.
2/23/2010 6:45 AM 0.02 0.4 0.02 M M Low 25° high 37° Current conditions: 26° Bar 29.92. Light to fluffy snow falling, variable NW-SW gentle/moderate breeze. Overcast
2/24/2010 7:00 AM 0.03 0.5 0.03 5.4 M Low 15° high 34°. Current conditions: 16° Bar 30.00 rising. Mostly cloudy with high,thin white clouds and to E-SE dark solid clouds. W-NW light to gentle breeze. Wind factor here, used new core value for both gauge and new melted. Gauge collected 0.01". Total depth averaged 3.8" to 7.0".
2/25/2010 7:00 AM T T M M M Low 12° high 31° Light snow flurries late morning. Current conditions: 12.7° Bar 30.17. Light frost on roof. Moderate steady NW breeze, bitter cold, hands hurt/burn when gloves off. Ground snow frozen, blue opaque sky with sun rising.
2/26/2010 6:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 8° high 33°. Current conditions: 8° Bar 30.14. Clear sky with clouds on Eastern horizon. Heavy frost with NW light to gentle breeze, bitter cold. Ground snow frozen. Birds and animals searching for food, I have birds at feeders that have never wintered here.
2/27/2010 6:55 AM T T M 4.2 M Low 7° high 35° Current conditions: 25° Bar 29.97. light snow flurries started during report, NNW gentle breeze making it very cold. Sky gray overcast, old snow drifts 14" to 16", total old ground snow averaged from 0.0" to 8.1". Snow crunchy and firm.
2/28/2010 7:20 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 24° high 39° Current conditions: 25° Bar 30.05. Gray clouds on NE-SE horizons, light to gentle NW breeze. Clear sky here. A few birds voices heard this morning.
3/1/2010 7:10 AM 0.00 0.0 M 4.8 1.63 Low 25° high 46°Question high temp yesterday.. was it really? Current conditions: 31° Bar 30.24. Overcast sky with fresh NE breeze making it feel very cold. Old snow firm and composed of ice granules. Three patches of grass enlarging as snow melts. Total Depth old snow 0.0" to 7.5"= 4.89" core taken 4.8" Three cheers for Illinois, let's win the March Madness!
3/2/2010 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 21° high 38° Current conditions: 25° Bar 30.18. Heavy frost on gauge/roof with light frosty horizons. Light steady N breeze. Mostly cloudy with small blue sky openings. Welcome IL-LS-39. February totals Precip 0.91" Snowfall 17.2", Winter totals Precip 7.85" Snowfall 42.9" Core 5.87" ASK a friend or neighbor to join CoCORaHS!
3/3/2010 6:40 AM 0.00 0.0 M 3.7 M Low 20° high 38° Current conditions: 21° Bar 30.09. Dark blue cloud bank on Eastern horizon. Heavy frost with light frosty horizons. Gentle NE-N breeze. Total snow covering 3/4 of back and 1/2 of front yard. Total depth averaged 0.0" to 6.6". Stood on frozen drifts while measured = 16.5" to 18". "Tell others about CoCoRaHS and how important our work is"
3/4/2010 6:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 18° high 43° Current conditions: 22° Bar 30:19. Half moon SW sky, "sun rising", mostly cloudy white Cumulus. Moderate frost, foggy/frost horizons. North field just showing dirt in few areas. NW steady breeze with new bird voices heard.
3/5/2010 6:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 17° high 49° Current conditions: 18° Bar 30.38 rising. Light fog, heavy frost, calm with opaque sky. Very cold. HELP ILLINOIS RETURN TO FIRST PLACE, ENCOURAGE SOMEONE TO SIGN UP TO BE A NEW OBSERVER.
3/6/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 16° high 42° Current conditions: 19° Bar 30.45. Foggy with very heavy frost. Clear sky, calm, so clear can hear sounds of neighbors carried across field. Saw robin, daffodils & daylilies up 2", wonderful bird voices again. Snow silently disappearing.
3/7/2010 6:55 AM T 0.0 M M M Low 19° high 53° Current conditions: 33° Bar 30.21. Steady light rain that started before report, light to gentle East breeze and overcast. Geese are back.
3/8/2010 6:30 AM 0.29 0.0 M 3.2 1.18 Low 32° high 42°Rain stopped early afternoon. Current conditions: 33° Bar 30.16. Light fog here, heavier horizons, cold and damp with overcast sky, light air. Total snow depth averaged =3.15" of granular wet snow. Soil still frozen. Drifts 13.1" to 16.6". Total yard 1/4 snow 3/4 grass. NEW OBSERVER, if each One found One Illinois would be #1.
3/9/2010 6:35 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 31° high 44° late afternoon could see fog bank coming across North field. 10:30 PM thick fog at station. Current conditions: 32° Bar 29.92. Foggy, can see one block, condensation on gauge. Variable SE-NE gentle to moderate cold breeze. Pavement wet.
3/10/2010 7:15 AM 0.28 0.0 M M M Low 32° high 54.6° rain began around 8PM. Current conditions: 47­° Bar 29.61. Overcast, wet, S-SW light air with fresh gusts. Just piles and drifts left of snow, North field clear, rivers look out! IF YOU KNOW someone that talks and watches weather, ask them to join us.
3/11/2010 7:00 AM 0.21 0.0 M M M Low 40° high 65° 4:30 AM heard thunder, rainfall started around 5:30AM. Current conditions: 48° Bar 29.58. Rain has stopped, gray overcast, dark, NE-E light to moderate breeze. Grass turning green, snow drift shrinking. DID YOU sign up your Observer yesterday?
3/12/2010 6:20 AM 0.04 0.0 M M M Low 32° high 68° Current conditions: 32° Bar 29.70. Dense fog, can only see across road. Condensation on gauge, cold and damp. Calm air, ground firm.
3/13/2010 6:35 AM 0.68 0.0 M M M Low 32°high 53° 9:30 PM heavy rainfall with strong N-NE breeze, wind sock held straight out, gauge 0.29". Current conditions: 44° Bar 29.51. Not raining at this time. Lost electricity around 2:20 AM restored 6:45 AM. Grass becoming greener daily.
3/14/2010 7:00 AM 0.01 0.0 M M M Low 41° high 48° Misty with cold breeze most of day. Current conditions: 41° Bar 29.79. Gray overcast, cold and damp, soil firm. Strong NE breeze that holds wind strip out straight. Snow completely gone.
3/15/2010 6:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 0.00 Low 35° high 53°, did not feel this with wind factor. Current conditions: 38° Bar 30.02. NW light breeze with gentle gust. Cold and damp. Zero snow. Each One Sign Up One New CoCoRaHS.
3/16/2010 6:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Low 33° high 51° Current conditions: 34° Bar 30.26. Foggy/hazy horizons,dark clouds to North and few strands of white clouds in clear sky here. Light frost with condensation on gauge. Light NW breeze.
3/17/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 30° high 60° Current conditions: 31° Bar 30.21. Heavy frost, moderate fog increasing to dense during report,house across street just outline now. Sun behind fog. Frozen condensation on gauge and cold.
3/18/2010 6:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 31° high 66° current conditions: 35° Bar 30.07. Light fog with patchy, scattered heavy frost. Light air, cold. Blue sky with contrails, pink puffy clouds and one dark gray cloud to East. Orange Eastern horizon.
3/19/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 34° high 62° Current conditions: 40° Bar 29.93 falling. Light fog on horizons, partly cloudy with gray clouds to SE, cold. Light SW breeze with gentle gusts. Multitude of bird voices heard, Some trees and shrubs have broken buds. Daffodils ready to bloom, Rhubarb up. AH Spring! Mowing grass next.
3/20/2010 7:50 AM 0.08 0.5 0.10 0.5 0.10 Low 30.5° high 64° No Precipitation at 11:30PM. Current conditions: 30.5° Bar 30.13. Fresh to strong NE breeze, Wind strip straight out, cold. New snow heavy with moisture. Ground snow in grass, both new and total depth taken from #2 board. Consider wind factor at this station as snowfall slanted from NE. Puddles of water on patio.
3/21/2010 6:40 AM 0.11 M M 2.0 0.28 Low 29° high 31.8°blowing snow off and on.During lull #2 board 0.6"(not emptied at report time) Current conditions: 31° Bar 30.14. Gray overcast, not snowing but evidence of more snow during night or drifted snow. Strong NE breeze with fresh gusts. Both board blown clear so unable to get new snow reading, drifting evident. Total snow averaged range 2.0" to 3.4"= 2.6". Core taken at 2.5" Snow heavy and packs. (3-22 correction to total snow as forgot to count bare areas. range 3.4" to 0.00"= 2.2" par)
3/22/2010 6:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M Low 31° high 48° Sunshine in afternoon melted most snow by evening. Current conditions: 32° Bar 29.97 falling. N-NE very cold fresh sharp breeze, clouds on horizons otherwise clear. Few patches of snow in flower bed left.
3/23/2010 6:48 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Low 24.6° high 58.6° Current conditions: 25° Bar 29.95. Heavy frost, clear sky,damp and calm. Sun on horizon. Glad three days of strong winds is past. New leaves continue to emerge.
3/24/2010 7:25 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Low 25° high 67° Current conditions: 42° 30:10. Gray overcast with NE-E light breeze. Damp
3/25/2010 7:15 AM 0.09 0.0 M 0.0 M Low 41°high 56°.9:45AM light rain. Spitting rain off and on during day. Current conditions: 42° Bar 29.92. Overcast, cold and wet from rain, N-NE gentle breeze.
3/26/2010 7:10 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Low 23° high 48° Current conditions: 24° Bar 30.20. Heavy frost on roof, clear sky and horizons. NE-E moderate breeze making it very cold. Sun on Eastern horizon.
3/27/2010 7:15 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Low 24° high 51° sunny with cold wind. Current conditions: 31° Bar 30.13. Mostly cloudy, light fog/haze on horizon. SE-E light to gentle breeze. Cold and grass is damp.
3/28/2010 7:00 AM 0.02 0.0 M 0.0 M Low 31° high 54° Rain during late evening hours. Current conditions 31° Bar 29.78 falling. Gray overcast, very cold with fresh N-NE breeze.
3/29/2010 7:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M 0.00 Low 27.6° high 60° Current conditions: 30° Bar 30.06. Heavy frost covering roof, gauge and objects, can see breath. Clear sky with light NE breeze gusting to gentle.
3/30/2010 7:20 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Low 25° high 61­° Current conditions: 27° Bar 30.02. Light fog here, moderate across road in field. Heavy frost covering everything, 2 bugs in frost covered gauge. Light air to light breeze.
3/31/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 27° high 69° Current conditions: 54° Bar 29.79. Partly cloudy with high thin clouds. Gentle SW-S breeze.
4/1/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 50° Current conditions: 51° Bar 29.82. High clouds with sun behind. Grass wet, air feels damp. Light SW breeze. MARCH total precipitation 1.81"
4/2/2010 7:25 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 50° high 85° Current conditions: 58° Bar 29.80. Gray overcast sky, grass and air feels damp. SE-SW variable gentle breeze. Maple and crab trees have broken buds.
4/3/2010 5:15 AM 0.20 M M M M Low 51° High 79° 6PM strong winds with light rain. 9:30 PM short,heavy rainfall with slight Southern slant. Current conditions: 51° Bar 29.73. Light SW breeze with light rainfall.
4/7/2010 6:15 AM 0.11 0.0 M M M Low 53.4° high 78.8°. Large rain drops during yesterdays report that stopped before finished. Current conditions: 54° Bar 29.62. Very clear atmosphere as train sounds carry like I am standing near it. Gray overcast with very light mist. Calm to light SW breeze. Oak, maple and linden have finally broken buds. Patio wet with rain.
4/8/2010 7:00 AM 0.10 M M M M Low 34° high 64° told we had shower during day. Current conditions: 35° Bar 29.80. Mostly cloudy Southern half with overcast clouds to East, South horizons that appear like mountains. Few clouds with clear sky here. Grass/vegetation wet, cold with Variable NW-N gentle to moderate breeze.
4/9/2010 2:30 PM 0.00 0.0 M M M Heavy frost at 6 AM
4/10/2010 5:10 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M high 62° Bar 30.18. Heavy dew
4/11/2010 6:15 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 38° high 76° but with the wind it felt chilly. Current conditions: 47° Bar 30.26. NE-E variable breeze, feels cold and nippy. Mostly cloudy with dark grey clouds to East of station. Heavy dew
4/12/2010 6:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 44° high 70° Current conditions: 45° Bar 30.38. Mostly cloudy with dark clouds to East. Light dew with light breeze to gentle gusts.
4/13/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 45° high 80°. Current conditions: 47° Bar 30.27. High thin cloud cover with sun peering through. ENE gentle breeze with dew on grass.
4/14/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 45° Current conditions: 46° Bar 30.38. Foggy/hazy horizons, opaque sky with high thin cloud cover. Dew on grass with gentle NE breeze, cold.
4/15/2010 6:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 45° high 84° Current conditions: 58° Bar 30.27. Need rain, ground hard. Light fog with heavy dew. Light South breeze.
4/16/2010 7:35 AM 0.02 M M M M Low 54° high 83° 3:30 AM noted lighting North sky. Current conditions: 58° Bar 30.13. SW-NW variable light to gentle breeze. Dim light, overcast with darker clouds to SE. Wishing for more rain today.
4/17/2010 7:10 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 33° high 70° Current conditions: 41° Bar 30.25. Sun rising NE horizon, light dew with clear opaque sky. Cold with N-NE gentle to moderate breeze. All wind turbines turning. Back to coat weather. Ground dry.
4/18/2010 6:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 29° high 65° Current conditions: 31.2° Bar 30.26. Light frost on roof and grass, very cold with calm to light air. Clear sky.
4/19/2010 6:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 31° high 66° Current conditions: 35.4° Bar 30.28. Very cold with NE gentle breeze. Light frost roof,grass. Mostly cloudy with high thin clouds. Very dry with cracks in ground.
4/20/2010 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 34° high 67° Current conditions: 35.4° Bar 30.13. Patchy frost, 3rd day of frost. Grass wet, Mostly cloudy and cold. Light NE breeze, air clear as can hear church bells South of town.
4/21/2010 6:35 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 35.4°(yesterdays morning temp) high 70° Current conditions: 40.2° Bar 29.93 falling. Light patchy frost again #4, light air, feels very cold and damp. Opaque sky overhead, clouds to East.
4/22/2010 6:25 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 34.3° high 80.6° cold front with wind, dark clouds pass station early evening. Current conditions: 36° Bar 29.92. Partly cloudy with dark Cumulus and tip of orange sun to NE, white clouds overhead. Very Cold, light to gentle NE-E breeze. Grass damp. Ground cracking and very hard. Will start watering plants, new trees and asparagus today.
4/23/2010 6:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 34° high 77° nice sunny day. Current conditions: 42° Bar 29.93. Variable SE-E gentle breeze, cold, grass wet. High cloud cover
4/24/2010 7:50 AM 0.27 M M M M Low 42° high 60° 6:30 pm not raining, gauge 0.16". Current conditions: 56° Bar 29.76. Not raining, added 0.11" over night. Everything wet, I am so glad for this rain! Light to gentle NE-E breeze.
4/25/2010 6:40 AM 0.50 M M M M Low 54° high 68° rain with strong gusting winds. Current conditions: 54° Bar 29.27. Gray overcast sky, NE light breeze to gentle gust. Vegetation enjoying rain. Thus far storm total is 0.77".
4/26/2010 6:45 AM T M M M M Low 45° high 67° Strong winds during day/evening.Crab blossoms everywhere. Current conditions: 45° Bar 29.63 Gray overcast with streaks of open blue sky on horizons. Clear with strong NE-N breeze making it cold. Grass damp
4/27/2010 6:35 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 39° high 68° nice day. Current conditions: 40° Bar 29.77. Cold and blustery with NE strong breeze, wind strip out straight. High thin mostly cloudy sky. Grass green and dry.
4/28/2010 5:40 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 29.4° high 63.6°. Current conditions: 29.4° Bar 30.00. Heavy frost with light breeze. Cold, clear sky and horizons. No ice on bird bath near house.
4/29/2010 6:40 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low of 29.1° happened shortly after AM report taken, thin ice in bird bath. High 70.8°. Current conditions: 48.7° Bar 29.80. Very high thin rippled Cirrocumulus, heavier clouds to SW-W. Grass light dew, clear horizons with light to gentle SW-SE breeze. Chilly
4/30/2010 5:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 48.7° from yesterday morning, high 80°. Current conditions: 61° Bar 29.57. Full moon on SW horizon, light dew with moderate SW breeze. Dark blue cloud bank to East with mixed thin high and Cumulus here. Gauge contained dirt and tree debris. Torn new green leaves and small branches on ground.
5/1/2010 6:50 AM 0.45 M M M M Low 55° high 79°. Sunny, all day, moderate to fresh breeze with strong gust, noted few trees down. Dark threatening sky and clouds. 7:30 PM lightening, thunder with large rain drops and increased winds. Very dark to West. Rain from SW. 9PM gauge 0.44" rain had stopped. Current conditions: 57° Bar 29.65. Clear sky with cloudy East horizon. Everything fresh and clean, heavy dew/rain. SW gentle breeze to moderate gust. Additional 0.01 of rain during night/early morning.
5/2/2010 6:20 AM 0.11 M M M M Low 53° high 70° 4:30 PM few sprinkles. Current conditions: 53° Bar 29.62. Heavy fog on horizons with light fog here, vegetation and gauge dripping with foggy dew or rain. Overcast with calm to light SE breeze. April total rainfall 2.44"
5/3/2010 6:20 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 45° high 72° Current conditions: 48­° Bar 29.81. Cold, can see breath. Heavy dew that is very close to frost. A wind must have come through during night as maple seeds on patio. SW light to gentle breeze.
5/4/2010 6:20 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 44°high 72° Current conditions: 48° Bar 29.94, winds WSW 1.0-2.5 mph, Heavy dew, mostly cloudy, chilly.
5/5/2010 6:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 48° high 81° Current conditions: 53° Bar 29.85, WSW 0 to .04 mph wind. Overcast with opening to ESE. Grass damp and air feels damp.
5/6/2010 6:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 37.7° high 74° Current conditions: 44° Bar 30.06, wind 0-1.2 NNW. Dew, cold and damp. Blue sky with contrail and two Cirrus filaments. We are coming to the Ice Days of May.
5/7/2010 6:55 AM 1.15 M M M M Low 44° high 77° cold front came through around 7:30 PM. Current conditions: 47° Bar 29.78, NNE wind 0.4-7.0 mph gusts 9.7mph. Early morning lightning with thunder/rain. Raining at report time, with lightning and rumbling thunder. At last.. a rainy day!
5/8/2010 6:30 AM 0.15 M M M M Low 41.5° high 65° rain during and after yesterdays report 0.15". Very windy day, trees swaying. Current conditions: 41° Bar 29.97, wind WNW 4.3-7.5 mph with gust 17.3 mph. wind chill 35°. Gray overcast with open NE horizon. Light rain falling with cold wind. Birds frantic for food. Post Office collecting can goods for pantries today.
5/9/2010 6:05 AM 0.02 M M M M Low 31.2° high 53° gauge 0.02 rain during report. Current conditions: 32.3° Bar 30.38. Wind NNW, average 0.5 mph max 1.3 mph. Heavy frost, ice on bird bath, air damp and cold. Clear sky with light fog on horizons.
5/10/2010 6:35 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Yesterday AM Low 32.3° high 68.5°. Current conditions: 38° Bar 30.36. NNW-WSW Wind max 2.3 mph average 0.02. Heavy drippy dew, clear sky and cold.
5/11/2010 6:35 AM 1.06 M M M M Low 38° high 64° Current conditions: 47° Bar 29.77. WSW-W-WNW-N variable wind Max 7.0 mph, average 3.5 mph, low 0.1 mph . Overcast with off and on light rain.
5/12/2010 6:15 AM 0.14 M M M M Low 44° high 61° Current conditions: 44° Bar 30.06. N-NE wind Max 14.3 mph, average 8.3-10.2 mph, low 3.1 mph. Gray overcast with light fog on horizons. Sharp cold wind.
5/13/2010 5:30 AM 2.22 M M M M Low 44° high 56° 3 AM hear thunder with lightning, steady rain. Current conditions: 51° Bar 29.92 North field has large flooded area, street and ditch clear. Grass/ ground a little quishy and few small areas of standing water. Amazinly most of rain has soaked in. Sump pump running constantly. Raining now. Very little wind with rumbles of thunder.
5/18/2010 6:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 51° high 65° Current conditions: 53° Bar 30.07, NE-NNE (corrected par) max 8.5mph av 3.6mpg low 2.1mph winds. Partly cloud, dark bank cloud with shelf reaching N-SE. Chilly
5/19/2010 6:35 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 45.3° high 74° Current conditions: 51° Bar 30.09. NE-NNE wind, max 3.9mph, aver 0.5mph and low 0.0mph. Moderate dew with clear blue sky. Chilly
5/20/2010 6:25 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 46° high 79.7° Current conditions: 48° Bar 30.11. N wind max 1.7mph, aver 0.8. Moderate dew with light haze. Mostly cloudy, chilly.
5/21/2010 6:20 AM 0.27 M M M M Low 48°yesterday report time. High 74° Current conditions: 58° Bar 29.93, wind N-NE max 5.0mph aver 1.4mph. Moderate fog on horizons with light here. Very wet, drippy with dim light.
5/22/2010 6:15 AM 0.54 M M M M Low 57° high 78° Current conditions: 58° Bar 30.00. Wind NNW max 1.0 mph aver 0.0-0.4 mph. Dense fog that is lighter around house. Condensation on gauge,trees and grass. Air is damp. Quiet
5/23/2010 6:10 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 58° high 84° Current conditions: 62° Bar 30.01, Wind N max 2.8mph aver 0.0mph. Fog on horizon, clear sky. Heavy drippy dew. Air humid
5/24/2010 7:05 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 62° high 94.6° Current conditions: 72° Bar 30.10, Wind NNE max 6.0 mph aver 2.7 mph. Light fog, mostly cloudy, heavy dew with humid air.
5/25/2010 6:15 AM 0.03 M M M M Low 66° high 98.7° worked in yard, it was hot. Current conditions: 66° Bar 30.08, variable Wind W, WSW-SW max 1.2-0.9 mph aver 0.1 mph. Light fog on horizons, dark clouds with thunder to East. Partly cloudy here, grass wet from AM rain. Glad for rain to cool off ground. All plants have perked up.
5/26/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 63° high 93° Current conditions: 72° Bar 30.00, winds W-NW max 3.3 mph aver 0.1-1.0 mph. Hazy on horizon, humid with heavy dew. Partly cloudy and a bit cooler. Garden plants love the heat.
5/27/2010 6:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 67° high 91.7° Current conditions: 68° Bar 30.08, winds NNE max 7.7 mph aver 2.3-5.2 mph. overcast, hazy horizons, light dew and a little humid.
5/28/2010 6:18 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 55.7° high 88° Current conditions: 60° Bar 30.09, wind NE max 9.0 mph aver 6.9-7.3 mph.steady. Wow what a difference a day makes, chilly with clear sky, light dew in open areas and dry under trees. Soil becoming dry. Watering tomatoes and peppers.
5/29/2010 6:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 58° high 89° Current conditions: 63° Bar 30.02, wind ENE max 5.7 mpg aver 3.3 mpg. Light dew with haze on horizon. Scattered clouds to SE-S and N horizons.
5/30/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 62° high 97.7° Current conditions: 68° Bar 29.98, wind ENE-E max 4.3 mph aver 0.5 mph. Horizon fog and humid air, clear sky with dew. Soil very dry and hard, starting to water.
5/31/2010 7:20 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 67° high 94° Current conditions: 75° Bar 29.91, wind W-WSW max 5.1 mph aver 3.6 mph. Light fog and dew, mostly cloudy, warm and muggy. Need a good rain! Honor Our Fallen Soldiers
6/1/2010 6:45 AM 0.14 M M M M Low 61° high 83° Current conditions: 65° Bar 29.98, wind Calm. Dense fog barely see house across street, dripping environment, air still and close. May total precipitation 6.36"
6/2/2010 6:40 AM 1.03 M M M M Low 64° high 89° Current conditions: 66° Bar 29.76, wind SSW max 2.8 mph aver 0.0 mph. Rain during early morning, evidence of strong wind as tree blossoms laying on porch indicating wind from NNE. Vegetation happy for nice rain, I am happy as saves watering bill. Overcast with humid air. Sun behind clouds, darker clouds to West.
6/3/2010 6:20 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 56.4° high 81° Current conditions: 57° Bar 29.85, wind ENE max 5.5 mph aver 4.4 mph. Mostly cloudy to start, by end report overcast. Dew and chilly
6/4/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 55° high 85° Current conditions: 60° Bar 29.86, wind NE-ENE max 3.5 mph aver 0.0-1.7 mph. Light sprinkle of rain felt during gust. Overcast, dew and chilly.
6/5/2010 7:00 AM 0.91 M M M M Low 60° high 84° two significant reports entered. Current conditions: 68° Bar 29.77, wind NE max 0.5 mph aver 0.0 mph. Light rain during report, overcast at station with open areas to N & NE. Sultry, gauge covered with condensation. After storm gauge 0.84 plus 0.07 during night collected.
6/6/2010 6:35 AM 0.48 M M M M Low 55° high 81° Wind, heavy short rain period after 8:15 PM. Most of storm passed by,I watched on GRLevel3 radar and they went around this station. Current conditions: 57.5° Bar 29.90, wind variable NE 1.7-0.0 mph, SE 1.0-0.0 mph and SW 2.3-0.0 mph. Clear, heavy dew and cool. Spoke with a Streator friend and tornado traveled south of her.
6/7/2010 6:55 AM T M M M M Low 52° high 82° around 5:30 PM strong winds, trees whipping, dark clouds. Light, short sprinkle rain. Electricity out short time. Current conditions: 57° Bar 30.09, wind ENE max 5.5 mph aver 4.4 mph. Partly cloudy, heavy dew with light fog. Cool
6/10/2010 6:35 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 54° high 85° Current conditions: 59° Bar 30.04, wind calm. NE-E dark grey clouds, partly cloudy with patches of blue sky here. Clouds moving toward station. Heavy dew and chilly.
6/11/2010 6:50 AM T M M M M Low 58.6° high 87° light sprinkle noted on car late afternoon. Current conditions: 67° Bar 29.98, wind E max 1.4 mph aver 0.0 mph. Overcast, humid with light fog on horizon, light dew on grass.
6/12/2010 6:00 AM T M M M M Low 67° high 91° brief light sprinkle late morning. Current conditions: 74° Bar 29.97 steady, wind SW max 2.1 mph aver 0.8 mph. Muggy, close, mostly cloudy with heavy dew. Hazy horizons.
6/13/2010 6:25 AM 0.54 M M M M Low 64° high 86° Two storms around 9 AM and 3 PM. See Significant report on 1st 0.50" mail lady said many tree limbs down, 2nd only light rain= 0.14". Current conditions: 64° Bar 30.05, wind ENE max 6.0 mph aver 2.8 mph. Moderate fog, wet drippy environment. Cool
6/14/2010 6:20 AM 0.68 M M M M Low 64° high 82° 1:40 PM steady rain resulted 0.58" with several showers afterward. Current conditions: 67° Bar 29.97, wind NE-ENE max 3.6 mph aver 2.9 mph. Foggy can see across street, wet and dripping with condensation on gauge. Total rainfall 6-1 to 6-14 = 4.28"
6/15/2010 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M Low 62° high 81° showers in AM. Current conditions: 63° Bar 29.99, wind ENE max 2.7 mph aver 1.4 mph. Overcast, cool with heavy dew and damp.
6/16/2010 6:50 AM 0.27 M M M M Low 60° high 80° rain in afternoon. Current conditions: 64° Bar 30.04, Wind SW-WSW max 6.4 mph aver 2.4 mph. Clear sky, heavy dripping dew. Less humid.
6/17/2010 6:40 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 60° high 84° Current conditions: 64° Bar 30.00, wind ENE max 2.3 mph aver 1.4 mph. Heavy dew,fog/hazy on horizon, clear here with white clouds to SE-S horizons. Less humid.
6/18/2010 7:00 AM 0.05 M M M M Low 64° high 92° 3:45 AM heard rain on roof. Current conditions: 67° Bar 29.96, wind Variable S-SE max 4.4 mph aver 0.4 mph. Mostly cloudy with high thin clouds, rain wet vegetation, abundant mosquitoes attacking freely.
6/19/2010 8:00 AM 1.32 M M M M Low 64° high 90° three storms came over station. 1st 0.55", 2nd 0.38" 3rd 0.39"= 1.32" Tried to get wind reading at beginning of last storm but direction kept changing,did get 14.8 mph once. Current conditions: 70° Bar 29.99, wind SSW max 12.2 mph aver 3.9 mph. Partly cloudy above open horizons west and north. Ground soaked but solid, vegetation wet. Air humid
6/20/2010 7:20 AM 0.01 M M M M Low 63° high 88° Current conditions: 67° Bar 30.09, wind ESE max 15.0 mph aver 8.0 mph. Pavement wet, sprinkling as left house, wind 8.0 mph. Wind and rain increased during report. Air humid, overcast.
6/21/2010 6:45 AM 0.01 M M M M Low 65° high 92° gauge from light rain after report. Current conditions: 66° Bar 30.07, wind SSW max 8.0 mph aver 4.5 mph. Rumbling thunder and lightning across sky to SW, moving in on station. Dark black clouds to S-SW horizons. Beginning sprinkles of rain, dew. Now becoming very dark with lightning flashing, covering entire clouds over head. Station engulfed in dark clouds.
6/22/2010 6:40 AM 0.37 M M M M Low 65° high 90° daytime storms produced 0.35". Current conditions: 70° Bar 30.03, wind S-SSW max 3.9 mph aver 1.9 mph. Humid, muggy and close. Mostly cloudy with heavy dew. Mushrooms growing in grass. Two more storms coming from West. June total thus far 6.34".
6/23/2010 7:45 AM 0.41 M M M M Low 70° high 86° Current conditions: 72° Bar 30.03, wind WSW max 0.8 mph aver 0.0 mph. Overcast and raining with thunder rumbling.
6/24/2010 6:50 AM 1.67 M M M M Low 60° high 90° 3 storms passed through station, see significant reports. Current conditions: 64° Bar 30.08, wind variable SSE 3.4 mph 0.4 mph & NNE 3.7 mph 1.5mph. Few thin clouds with blue sky. Vegetation dripping wet. Had additional 0.02" during night/morning in gauge.
6/25/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 61° high 89° Current conditions: 66° Bar 30.12, wind Calm. Humid air, light fog, partly cloudy. Very heavy dew, gauge dripping wet. Rain Totals 6-1 to 6-24 are 2007 3.55", 2008 2.70", 2009 2.96" and 2010 8.42".
6/26/2010 7:50 AM 0.39 M M M M Low 66° high 87° 3:30AM awakened to lightning,thunder approaching storm. Rain moderate and steady, cloud to ground lightning with 1-2 second loud thunder. Storm moved by 3:50AM. All rain soaked into ground. Gauge 0.39". Current conditions: 71° Bar 29.89, wind S-SW max 6.0 mph aver 2.8 mph. Mostly cloudy, sunny and humid. Vegetation wet.
6/27/2010 7:15 AM 0.12 M M M M Low 70° high 89.7° Current conditions: 75° Bar 29.68, wind SW-WSW max 1.8 mph aver 0.2 mph. Rain fell just before 7 am, not raining now. Can hear rumbling thunder to West. Muggy, overcast with light fog. Storm must be on way again.
6/28/2010 6:55 AM 0.37 M M M M Low 66° high 88° Gauge results from morning shower. Current conditions: 68° Bar 29.77, wind SW-WSW max 7.4 mph aver 1.7 mph. Very heavy dew with hazy horizons. clear sky. Station June record breaking total so far 9.3".
6/29/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 57.5° high 85° Current conditions: 62° Bar 30.12, Wind NE-NNE max 9.1 mph aver 6.0 mph. Clear sky with hazy horizons. Heavy dew, cool.
6/30/2010 6:35 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 52° high 83° Current conditions: 57° Bar 30.30 rising, wind Calm. Very heavy dripping dew, gauge covered with condensation, clear blue sky and cool with light fog. June total rainfall 9.30"
7/1/2010 7:25 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 51° high 84° Current conditions: 60° Bar 30.40, wind E max 3.9 mph aver 1.9 mph. Light fog/haze with heavy dew. Clear blue sky, cool
7/2/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 52° high 85° Current conditions: 59° Bar 30.32, wind E max 4.7 mph aver 0.2 mph. Light fog, heavy dew, humidity rising, clear sky, and cool.
7/4/2010 6:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 60° high 91° Current conditions: 70° Bar 29.99 falling, wind SE-SSW max 5.6 mph aver 3.7- 0.2 mph. Light fog with dew making it feel damp. Clouds forming to West and North. Could use some rain.
7/5/2010 6:50 AM 0.05 M M M M Low 70° high 89° short rain around 5 PM. current conditions: 76° Bar 29.93, wind S max 5.6 mph aver 0.8 mph. Mostly cloudy and muggy, hazy horizons. Japanese beetles are increasing daily, it is a constant fight.
7/6/2010 6:40 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 73° high 91° Current conditions: 74° Bar 29.98, wind W max 1.2 mph aver 0.0 mph. Mostly cloudy with darker clouds to NW, humid
7/7/2010 6:25 AM 1.34 M M M M Low 69° high 93° rainfall 2:50PM 0.08",rain started coming in waves with lightning/thunder 5:50PM to near 7PM. 1.22" see significant report. Current conditions: 69° Bar 30.11, wind ENE-E max 2.5 mph aver 1.2 mph. Fog light here to moderate on horizons, heavy drippy dew, air damp. East half sky Altocumulus with West Cirrostratus covering. Addition rainfall 0.04".
7/8/2010 6:20 AM 0.94 M M M M Low 69° high 93° See significant reports. Current conditions: 72° Bar 30.06, wind started calm but became SSW max 5.8 mph aver 3.4 mph. Foggy, wet from recent rain, gray dim overcast. Mosquitoes in abundance. Light rain began during report. On J-Beetle patrol! Two day rain total 2.28"
7/9/2010 7:30 AM T M M M M Low 69° high 93° Trace from light rain during Thursday report time. Current conditions: 72° Bar 30.07, Wind NE max 6.3 mph aver 3.9 mph. Partly cloudy, pleasant
7/12/2010 6:25 AM 0.15 M M M M Low 62° high 87° 7:15 PM Left church south of town as storm rolled through with wind and heavy rain,time reached home it was past. Current conditions: 63° Bar 29. 78, wind E then ENE, max 2.8 to 3.2 aver 0.8 to 0.6. Fog, dripping vegetation with heavy dew, opaque sky and cool
7/22/2010 6:35 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 67° High 93° Current conditions: 70° Bar 30.02 Wind ENE Max 6.3 mph Aver 0.0 mph. Overcast with light fog here and moderate across North corn field. Soil is dry and cracking. Watering garden and will start small trees today.
7/23/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 70° high 91° Current conditions: 72° Bar 29.95, Wind N max 9.3 mph aver 8.4 mph. Muggy, overcast. Rain began during report.
7/24/2010 7:30 AM 1.90 M M M M Low 69° high 93° 4:45 PM Storm dark clouds moved in with lightning and thunder to West and North. See significant report of 0.90" in 25 minutes. Lost electricity when storm hit, not back on when retired at 11:00 PM. Current conditions: 79° Bar 29.95, Wind WSW-W max 6.0 mph aver 3.9 mph. Light rain with cloud lightning and thunder. Damp air with rain soaked environment. Rain during night was exactly 1.00" I do believe a first for me. All rain has been absorbed as soil was dry and cracking.
7/25/2010 6:45 AM 0.08 M M M M Low 66° high 87° Two rain storms passed through 1st 0.06 2nd 0.02. Current conditions: 67° Bar 30.04, Wind NE max 7.8 mph aver 5.4 mph. Clear blue sky, sunny, very heavy dew.
7/26/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 58° high 90° Current conditions: 61° Bar 30.20, Wind ENE max 3.9 mph aver 1.2 mph. Mostly cloudy with high thin Altocumnulus M5. Very heavy drippy wet dew. Horizon fog/haze.
7/27/2010 7:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 61° high 92° Current conditions: 70° Bar 30.10, Wind E 5.4-1.1 mph ENE 3.9-2.1 mph.Mostly cloudy, muggy with dew
7/28/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 70° high 94° Current conditions: 75° Bar 29.98, Wind SSW 8.7-1.5 mph. Light fog, muggy, overcast with condensation on gauge.
7/29/2010 7:10 AM 0.81 M M M M Low 65° high 91° 3.00 PM storm see significant report. Current conditions: 67° Bar 30.00, Wind NE 10.0-5.8 mph. Party cloudy, heavy dew and cooler, less humid.
7/30/2010 7:10 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 65° high 89° Current conditions: 67° Bar 30.09, Wind SSW,SSE 1.0-0.0 mph. Overcast, cool, heavy dew. Felt a few drops of rain during wind change.
7/31/2010 7:00 AM 0.11 M M M M Low 67° high 81° 6:15 am Pavement wet with recent rain, 6:35 am raining. Current conditions: 69° Bar 29.84, Wind WSW 0.6-0.0 mph.Very fine rain falling, light fog, everything green and fresh. overcast sky. July Total Rainfall 5.84".
8/1/2010 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M Low 62° high 84° Gauge from early AM fine rain. Current conditions: 64° Bar 29.99, Wind SW-SSW 1.0-0.0mph. Thick fog with condensation on gauge and vegetation and heavy dew. Sun trying to burn through. Spider webs are beautiful with dew on them this morning
8/2/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 63° high 84° Current conditions: 65° Bar 30.02, Wind E 1.0-0.0 mph. partly cloudy with high thin clouds, heavy drippy dew with light fog and condensation on gauge.
8/3/2010 7:15 AM 1.11 M M M M Low 65° high 87° 4:00 AM distant lightning and thunder awoke me, cloud to ground lightning with lots of rumbles. Rain from North began with increased lightning and thunder with moderate winds. By 5 AM storm had passed by. Could still see lots of cloud lightning and hear thunder to the East. Current conditions: 70 Bar 30.03, Wind SSE 5.0-2.5 mph. Overcast, dripping wet vegetation. All rain has soaked in.
8/4/2010 7:15 AM 0.53 M M M M Low 70° high 94° 5:00 AM impressive light show with lightning and rumbling thunder to West, 5:20 AM wind with rain following.Lost electricity 10 mins again. Current conditions: 71° Bar 29.93, Wind ENE 1.0-0.4 mph. Raining with overcast sky. Can hear distant thunder.
8/5/2010 6:45 AM 0.04 M M M M Low 67° high 86° Gauge from yesterday morning rain. In evening could see fog coming across North field. Current conditions: 68° Bar 29.90, Wind WNW,NW 3.4-0.8 mph. Heavy drippy dew with light fog. Cloudless sky, cool.
8/6/2010 6:40 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 58° high 87°. Current conditions: 60° Bar 30.00, Wind NW 0.6-0.0 mph. Light fog, chilly, drippy heavy dew with condensation on gauge. Opaque sky.
8/7/2010 7:30 AM 0.04 M M M M Low 60° high 87° Current conditions: 67° Bar 30.01, Wind Calm. Air damp from early morning rain. Drippy, wet conditions. Opaque sky with high thin clouds.
8/8/2010 7:15 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 64° high 85° Current conditions: 66° Bar 29.93, Wind SW 5.8-1.5 mph. Cool,damp with dew and light fog. Cutting grass every 3-4 days all summer which is very unusual as most summers grass had turned brown.
8/9/2010 7:00 AM 0.09 M M M M Low 66° high 88° Muggy, humid day with shower in afternoon. 4 AM cloud lightning with rumbling thunder and around 5AM rain. Current conditions: 73° Bar 29.93, Wind WSW 4.3-1.5 mph. Overcast with few openings, very light rain making it wet and damp. Very large population of Garden spiders have joined the J-beetle fight, my soapy water bucket work is now easier. More spiders then I have seen before.
8/10/2010 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Low 72° high 98° Gauge result from rain during 7-9 report. Current conditions: 74° Bar 30.01, Wind WSW 10.4-5.8 mph. Muggy, dark overcast, once saw cloud lightning with rumbling thunder to West. Dew on grass. Only Wren voicing his opinion this morning. Looks like major storm to my South on radar. End of report saw few drops on window.
8/11/2010 6:50 AM 0.06 M M M M Low 69° high 97.5° 10PM illuminating lightning with rumbles of thunder filled NW,N sky. Current conditions: 72° Bar 29.90, Wind SSW 1.5-0.0 mph. Mostly cloudy Western 1/2 and partly cloudy with high thin clouds Eastern 1/2. Heavy dew, humid.
8/12/2010 6:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 70° high 93° Current conditions: 71° Bar 29.89, Wind calm, can feel ever so slight air movement. Dew and condensation on gauge and vegetation dripping. J-Beetle population greatly reduced, now the grubs!
8/13/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 68.7° high 100° Sultry and miserable. Current conditions: 70° Bar 29.86, Wind NW 0.2-0.0 mph. Moderate fog on horizons, light here. Everything is wet and dripping.
8/14/2010 6:55 AM 1.10 M M M M Low 69° high 96° 6:15 pm storm front approching with Wind NW-WNW 24.5-5.8 mph with big rain drops. During early AM heard another storm, 3:30 AM still raining. Current conditions: 70° Bar 29.84, Wind WNW 0.4-0.0 mph. Mostly cloudy with blue sky peaking through. Vegetation still wet from rains.
8/15/2010 6:40 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 70° high 98° sultry evening. Current Conditions: 73° Bar 29.80, Wind NE 2.5-0.0 mph. Light fog, heavy dew, damp, air humid making breathing difficult. Clear, opaque sky.
8/20/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 67° high 91° Current conditions 70° Bar 29.90, Wind SSW 4.1-0.0 mph. Few high clouds with blue sky, light fog and heavy dew, humid again.
8/21/2010 7:00 AM 0.18 M M M M Low 66° high 96° 4 PM storm with windy front dropped 0.16" rain and early evening raining again. Current conditions: 67° Bar 29.80, Wind bearly readable at 0.1 mph, dark clouds from N-NE moving in making it overcast. Wet and drippy, cool, humid and close with moderate fog on horizons, light here.
8/22/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 65° high 89° Current conditions: 67° Bar 30.09, Wind NE 2.5-1.5 mph. Fog with heavy foggy dew. Plesant and cool. Still mowing lawn every third day.
8/23/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 60° high 89° Current conditions: 62° Bar 30.14, Wind E 3.9-1.9 mph. Light fog with foggy dew, blue sky, sunny and cool.
8/24/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 58° high 90° Current conditions: 59° Bar 30.09, Wind calm. Moderate horizon fog, lighter here. Heavy drippy dew with condensation on gauge and vegetation. Cool
8/25/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 53° high 90° Current conditions: 56° Bar 30.15, Wind NW 0.9-0.0 mph. Light horizon fog with heavy dew, blue sky. Light jacket needed.
8/26/2010 6:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 50.5° high 83° Current conditions: 52° Bar 30.25 rising, Wind WNW 0.4-0.0 mph. Heavy dew, clear blue sky, cold. Possibility of early frost, Squash is maturing late, might not have any to eat or store.
8/27/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 51° high 86° Current conditions: 53° Bar 30.20, Wind SW 4.4-0.4 mph. Moderate fog that disappeared during report. Heavy dew, very cool with clear sky.
8/28/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 53.6° high 88° current conditions: 56° Bar 30.16, Wind NE 2.8-1.6 mph. Heavy dew and fog, moon high in Western sky.
8/29/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 56° high 91.7° Bar 30.14, Wind ENE 2.3-0.4 mph. Light fog on horizon, air feels damp with dew. Eastern sky overcast with few clouds to West.
8/30/2010 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 63° high 95.5° Current conditions: 65° Bar 30.21, Wind 1.4-0.0 mph. Clouds to East and opaque sky rest. Dew with moist air.
8/31/2010 6:50 AM T M M M M Low 65° high 89° dark clouds, few drops of rain late afternoon. Current conditions: 71° Bar 30.10
9/1/2010 5:50 AM 0.25 M M M M Low 68° high 93° Current conditions: 68° Bar 29.97 Steady rain, yea!
9/2/2010 6:45 AM 0.15 M M M M Low 67° high 84° 6 PM gauge 0.04" from morning rain. Current conditions: 70° Bar 29.89, Wind ever so slight air movement. Heard rain 5 AM, gauge 0.11", vegetation dripping, overcast. August Total rainfall 3.20"
9/3/2010 7:00 AM 0.55 M M M M Low 55.5° high 85­ 6:30 PM gauge 0.33 Current conditions: 56° Bar 29.90, Wind W-WNW 8.7-3.1 mph. Cold, dew or rain, clear blue sky. Grass has recovered and growing. First three days of September rainfall 0.95"
9/4/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 47.6° high 74.4° windy all day and cold. Current conditions: 48.5° Bar 30.06, Wind W-WSW 4.6-2.0 mph W.C. 52.8°. Clear blue sky, dew and cold.
9/5/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 44° high 79° Current conditions: 51° Bar 29.92, Wind calm. Heavy dew, cold.
9/6/2010 7:00 AM 0.10 M M M M Low 51° high 81° cloud to cloud lightning late evening. Current conditions: 66° Bar 29.74 falling, Wind SW 12.8-1.8 mph. Pleasant, grass feels damp from rain. Mostly cloudy with high thin clouds.
9/7/2010 6:40 AM T M M M M Low 57° high 87° storm front came through mid-morning, strong winds and only drops of rain. Current conditions: 57° Bar 29.82 rising, Wind SSW 8.7-2.8 mph. Chilly with few clouds.
9/8/2010 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 45° high 77° Windy with strong gusts all day. Current conditions: 46° Bar 30.04 rising, Wind calm. Heavy dew with condensation on gauge, clear,cold with blue sky.
9/9/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 45.5° high 80° Current conditions: 50° Bar 30.03. Mostly cloudy, light fog with dew.
9/10/2010 7:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 50° high 78° Current conditions: 56° Bar 29.92, Wind E 4.3-1.7 mph. Chilly, light fog and dew. Migrating birds beginning to show up, gobbling up seeds and suet.
9/11/2010 6:50 AM 0.02 M M M M Low 57° high 85° Current conditions: 61° Bar 29.73 falling. Wind WSW 0.8-0.0 mph. Misting rain, wet, gray overcast. Main storm slipped below this station.
9/12/2010 6:40 AM 0.02 M M M M Low 47° high 82° Misty rain until mid-morning. Current conditions: 48° Bar 29.97, Wind SW 2.4-0.6. Dew, clear with East horizon clouds. Cold
9/13/2010 6:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 48° high 87° Current conditions: 58° Bar 29.93, Wind SW 2.1-1.0 mph. Partly cloudy,gray clouds and blue sky. Dew, cool, bird chatter is decreasing, I will miss them.
9/14/2010 7:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 52° high 89° Current conditions: 60° Bar 30.00, Wind ENE 4.0-1.4 mph. Mostly cloudy, cool, dew.
9/15/2010 6:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 53° high 89° Current conditions: 54° Bar 30.02, Wind ENE 5.4-2.0 mph. Mostly cloudy with high thin clouds, dew
9/16/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 54° high 86° watering vegetation as very, very dry! Current conditions: 66° Bar 29.64 falling, Wind WSW 6.3-2.8 mph. Air humid with overcast sky.
9/17/2010 5:00 AM T M M M M Low 44.7° high 72.5° 9:15 AM very light and short sprinkle of rain on windows. Current conditions: 44.7° Bar 30.00. Beautiful stars in clear dark sky, cold, heavy dew with condensation on empty gauge.
9/18/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 44° high 83° Current conditions: 59° Bar 29.98, Wind calm. Overcast, air moist with dew. Very dry
9/19/2010 7:40 AM 0.45 M M M M Low 55° high 67° Current conditions: 55° Bar 30.09. Overcast, light rain, cold.
9/20/2010 7:30 AM 0.01 M M M M Low 55° high 70° light mist during Sunday report. Current conditions: 60° Bar 30.01, Wind E 5.1-2.0 mph. Mostly cloudy with dew. Last of garden will be harvested and processed this week. Had a little rain but not enought.
9/21/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 60° high 91.4° Current conditions: 68° Bar 29.80 falling, Wind WSW 5.6-1.7 mph. Fog, heavy dew from condensation. Mostly cloudy with high thin clouds. Mowed yesterday,after 40 days break from Aug 11th.
9/22/2010 7:00 AM 0.18 M M M M Low 61° high 89.7° 6:15 PM storm brought wind and rain. Current conditions: 61° Bar 29.89, Wind ENE 0.6-0.0 mph. Gray overcast with light fog, vegetation wet with foggy dew,patio/driveway dry. Cool
9/23/2010 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Low 61° high 79° Current conditions: 67° Bar 29.86, Wind SSW 4.3-0.4 mph. Yellow Eastern horizon with overcast sky, mostly cloudy here with high thin cloud cover. Dew
9/24/2010 7:00 AM 0.12 M M M M Low 62° high 89° rain during early morning. Current conditions: 62° Bar 29.72, Wind WSW 14.2-2.5 mph. Overcast, chilly and windy. At end of report wind 16.2 mph.
9/25/2010 7:00 AM T M M M M Low 45.5° high 70° Current conditions: 47° Bar 30.01 rising. Wind NNE 5.2-3.4 mph. Light fog, heavy drippy dew covering vegetation. Precipitation per gauge could be from fog condensation. cold
9/26/2010 7:00 AM 0.17 M M M M Low 47° high 63.8° Current conditions: 48.5° Bar 30.07. Overcast, cold and vegetation dripping from recent rain. Robins have not come back to eat crab apples yet.
9/27/2010 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Low 37.4° high 66° 10PM 44° picked last peppers and could see breathe. Current conditions: 43° Bar 29.95, Wind ENE 2.9-1.8 mph. Light fog with heavy dew and drippy condensation on vegetation,(gauge results?)Clear sky, cold.
9/28/2010 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 42° high 73° Current conditions: 43° Bar 29.66, Wind 0.1 slight air movement. Cold, partly cloudy with opaque sky. Dew and light fog.
9/29/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 43° high 78° Current conditions: 47° Bar 29.78, Wind Calm. Clear sky, heavy dew keeping grass green but soil is very dry and hard. Light fog, cold
9/30/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 47° high 80.6° Current conditions: 51° Bar 29.80, Wind ENE 3.2-0.0 mph. Half moon overhead, dew with clear sky. Chilly. Sept total rainfall 2.04". WATER YEARS: 2008=46.66", 2009=48.43", and 2010=45.42". This year was 3.01" less.



Start Date End Date & Time Duration in Days Precipitation Snow Depth Snow Depth SWE Notes
10/16/2009 10/18/2009 7:20 AM 3 0.14 M M precipitation fell Friday. Low 28.9°. Current conditions: 29.1° Bar 30.26. Light frost, very cold, condensation on gauge. Bird bath has layer of ice, calm.
10/28/2009 10/29/2009 6:50 AM 2 0.03 M M
11/3/2009 11/04/2009 6:40 AM 2 0.00 M M Low 35° high 55° current conditions: 40° Bar 30.19. Broken2 with dark clouds to East. Cold, damp with SE gentle breeze.
11/12/2009 11/13/2009 6:50 AM 2 0.00 M M Low 26° high 58° Current conditions: 27° Bar 30.00. Light frost, very cold can see breathe and bird water has ice cover. High thin clouds, calm. Welcome Station IL-LS-35
12/2/2009 12/03/2009 8:00 AM 2 0.00 M M Low 29° high 43° Current conditions: 30° Bar 29.94. Overcast, West moderate breeze, very cold. No snow noted however was out of town all day.
1/23/2010 1/24/2010 6:50 AM 2 0.51 3.5 1.34 Low 31° high 40° Too icy to observe. Foggy entire day, old snow melting. Current conditions: 38° Bar 29.22. Fog continues, patches of grass around trees, ice mostly gone. SW light breeze with gentle gusts. Overcast. Averaged total ground snow 2.65", however took a core precipitation reading at 3.5"= 1.34". Time frame too short to hunt for 2.65".
4/4/2010 4/06/2010 6:45 AM 3 1.24 M M At 4:30 PM yesterday gauge contained 1.24" of rain water. Current conditions: 55° Bar 29.67. Large rain drops falling, dark overcast sky with NOAA hail warnings for North of station. Foggy horizons with a light breeze.
5/14/2010 5/17/2010 12:00 AM 4 0.22 M M At 7 pm emptied gauge of 0.20" and it was sprinkling. This am 0.02 more for total of 0.22" At report time 52° Bar 30.10 NNE wind Max 8.5, mph Avg 7.8 mph,Low 2.3 mph.
6/8/2010 6/09/2010 6:55 AM 2 0.50 M M 56° Bar 29.91, wind SSW max 3.7 mph aver 0.8 mph, humid and drippy environment. High thin cloud cover. Wetness is causing vegetation to rust and mold.
7/10/2010 7/11/2010 7:00 AM 2 0.15 M M Low 62° high 92° Current conditions: 65° Bar 29.92, Wind Calm. Fog with heavy dew, humid.
7/13/2010 7/21/2010 6:45 PM 9 0.31 M M Lost internet connection 9 days ago. Working by way of laptop.
8/15/2010 8/19/2010 6:35 AM 5 0.13 M M



Observation Date Observation Time Notes Largest Stone Size Average Stone Size Smallest Stone Size Stone Consistency Duration Minutes Durration Accuracy Damage Timing More Rain than Hail Hail Started Largest Hail Started Angle of Impact Number of Stones on Pad Distance Between Stones on Pad Depth of Stones on Ground