Station Overview Station Location
Station Number IL-FD-8 Latitude 40.456368
Station Name Paxton 0.5 ESE Longitude -88.0903
County Ford Elevation (ft) 806



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 10 3.22 1.20 31 1.20 31 0.00 0 0 7 1 0.0 0 0
Nov 10 3.19 3.09 30 3.09 30 0.00 0 0 7 1 0.0 0 0
Dec 10 2.54 2.50 31 2.50 31 0.00 0 0 12 8 20.3 10 15
Jan 11 1.94 0.85 31 0.51 29 0.34 2 1 8 9 2.8 6 15
Feb 11 1.82 2.74 28 2.74 28 0.00 0 0 11 4 12.8 7 16
March 11 2.67 2.41 31 2.41 31 0.00 0 0 8 5 0.5 1 1
April 11 3.63 8.31 30 8.31 30 0.00 0 0 16 3 0.0 0 0
May 11 4.30 4.73 31 4.13 27 0.60 4 1 13 3 0.0 0 0
June 11 4.01 3.98 30 3.98 30 0.00 0 0 13 3 0.0 0 0
July 11 4.21 1.81 31 1.81 31 0.00 0 0 6 3 0.0 0 0
Aug 11 3.69 2.15 31 0.55 21 1.60 10 2 3 1 0.0 0 0
Sept 11 2.89 3.36 30 3.36 30 0.00 0 0 10 4 0.0 0 0
Water Year Totals: 38.11" 37.13" 365 days 34.59" 349 2.54" 16 days 4 114 days 45 days 36.4" 24 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
10/1/2010 0.00
10/2/2010 0.13
10/3/2010 0.02
10/4/2010 0.00
10/5/2010 0.00
10/6/2010 0.00
10/7/2010 0.00
10/8/2010 0.00
10/9/2010 0.00
10/10/2010 0.00
10/11/2010 0.00
10/12/2010 0.00
10/13/2010 0.00
10/14/2010 0.42
10/15/2010 0.00
10/16/2010 0.00
10/17/2010 0.00
10/18/2010 0.00
10/19/2010 0.00
10/20/2010 0.00
10/21/2010 0.00
10/22/2010 0.00
10/23/2010 0.00
10/24/2010 0.03
10/25/2010 0.31
10/26/2010 0.20
10/27/2010 0.09
10/28/2010 T
10/29/2010 0.00
10/30/2010 0.00
10/31/2010 0.00
11/1/2010 0.00
11/2/2010 0.00
11/3/2010 0.00
11/4/2010 0.00
11/5/2010 0.06
11/6/2010 0.00
11/7/2010 0.00
11/8/2010 0.00
11/9/2010 0.00
11/10/2010 0.00
11/11/2010 0.00
11/12/2010 0.00
11/13/2010 0.00
11/14/2010 0.03
11/15/2010 0.00
11/16/2010 T
11/17/2010 0.00
11/18/2010 0.00
11/19/2010 0.00
11/20/2010 0.00
11/21/2010 0.00
11/22/2010 0.15
11/23/2010 0.83
11/24/2010 0.00
11/25/2010 0.96
11/26/2010 0.16
11/27/2010 0.00
11/28/2010 0.00
11/29/2010 0.00
11/30/2010 0.90
12/1/2010 0.01
12/2/2010 T
12/3/2010 T
12/4/2010 0.44
12/5/2010 0.15
12/6/2010 0.00
12/7/2010 0.00
12/8/2010 0.00
12/9/2010 0.00
12/10/2010 0.03
12/11/2010 0.00
12/12/2010 0.84
12/13/2010 0.05
12/14/2010 0.00
12/15/2010 0.00
12/16/2010 0.24
12/17/2010 0.01
12/18/2010 T
12/19/2010 0.00
12/20/2010 T
12/21/2010 0.26
12/22/2010 T
12/23/2010 T
12/24/2010 T
12/25/2010 0.44
12/26/2010 T
12/27/2010 0.00
12/28/2010 0.00
12/29/2010 0.00
12/30/2010 0.02
12/31/2010 0.01
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
1/1/2011 0.16
1/2/2011 0.00
1/3/2011 0.00
1/4/2011 0.00
1/5/2011 0.00
1/6/2011 T
1/7/2011 T
1/8/2011 0.01
1/9/2011 T
1/10/2011 0.00
1/11/2011 **
1/12/2011 0.34
1/13/2011 T
1/14/2011 0.00
1/15/2011 0.00
1/16/2011 0.00
1/17/2011 0.00
1/18/2011 0.15
1/19/2011 0.02
1/20/2011 0.04
1/21/2011 0.04
1/22/2011 T
1/23/2011 T
1/24/2011 0.08
1/25/2011 T
1/26/2011 T
1/27/2011 T
1/28/2011 0.01
1/29/2011 0.00
1/30/2011 0.00
1/31/2011 0.00
2/1/2011 0.23
2/2/2011 1.14
2/3/2011 0.01
2/4/2011 0.00
2/5/2011 0.00
2/6/2011 0.11
2/7/2011 T
2/8/2011 T
2/9/2011 0.00
2/10/2011 0.00
2/11/2011 0.00
2/12/2011 0.00
2/13/2011 0.00
2/14/2011 0.00
2/15/2011 0.00
2/16/2011 0.00
2/17/2011 0.00
2/18/2011 0.00
2/19/2011 0.00
2/20/2011 0.26
2/21/2011 0.01
2/22/2011 0.23
2/23/2011 T
2/24/2011 0.09
2/25/2011 0.18
2/26/2011 0.01
2/27/2011 T
2/28/2011 0.47
3/1/2011 0.00
3/2/2011 0.00
3/3/2011 0.00
3/4/2011 T
3/5/2011 1.11
3/6/2011 0.04
3/7/2011 0.00
3/8/2011 T
3/9/2011 0.49
3/10/2011 T
3/11/2011 T
3/12/2011 0.00
3/13/2011 0.00
3/14/2011 0.00
3/15/2011 0.46
3/16/2011 0.01
3/17/2011 0.00
3/18/2011 0.00
3/19/2011 T
3/20/2011 0.00
3/21/2011 0.06
3/22/2011 0.00
3/23/2011 0.22
3/24/2011 0.02
3/25/2011 0.00
3/26/2011 0.00
3/27/2011 0.00
3/28/2011 0.00
3/29/2011 0.00
3/30/2011 0.00
3/31/2011 0.00
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
4/1/2011 0.00
4/2/2011 0.03
4/3/2011 0.00
4/4/2011 0.22
4/5/2011 T
4/6/2011 0.00
4/7/2011 0.00
4/8/2011 0.57
4/9/2011 T
4/10/2011 0.02
4/11/2011 0.77
4/12/2011 0.00
4/13/2011 0.00
4/14/2011 0.00
4/15/2011 0.00
4/16/2011 0.28
4/17/2011 0.10
4/18/2011 0.01
4/19/2011 1.09
4/20/2011 1.21
4/21/2011 0.00
4/22/2011 0.19
4/23/2011 1.22
4/24/2011 0.00
4/25/2011 0.10
4/26/2011 1.92
4/27/2011 0.13
4/28/2011 0.45
4/29/2011 T
4/30/2011 0.00
5/1/2011 0.00
5/2/2011 0.20
5/3/2011 T
5/4/2011 0.00
5/5/2011 0.00
5/6/2011 **
5/7/2011 **
5/8/2011 **
5/9/2011 0.60
5/10/2011 0.00
5/11/2011 0.00
5/12/2011 0.00
5/13/2011 0.01
5/14/2011 0.99
5/15/2011 0.52
5/16/2011 0.13
5/17/2011 0.00
5/18/2011 0.01
5/19/2011 T
5/20/2011 0.00
5/21/2011 0.00
5/22/2011 0.02
5/23/2011 0.06
5/24/2011 0.00
5/25/2011 0.05
5/26/2011 1.54
5/27/2011 0.03
5/28/2011 T
5/29/2011 0.56
5/30/2011 0.01
5/31/2011 0.00
6/1/2011 0.00
6/2/2011 0.00
6/3/2011 T
6/4/2011 0.00
6/5/2011 0.32
6/6/2011 0.16
6/7/2011 0.00
6/8/2011 0.00
6/9/2011 0.00
6/10/2011 0.41
6/11/2011 0.33
6/12/2011 0.00
6/13/2011 0.00
6/14/2011 0.00
6/15/2011 0.78
6/16/2011 0.29
6/17/2011 0.00
6/18/2011 0.00
6/19/2011 T
6/20/2011 0.57
6/21/2011 0.02
6/22/2011 0.12
6/23/2011 0.01
6/24/2011 0.01
6/25/2011 0.00
6/26/2011 0.48
6/27/2011 0.48
6/28/2011 T
6/29/2011 0.00
6/30/2011 0.00
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
7/1/2011 0.02
7/2/2011 0.13
7/3/2011 0.00
7/4/2011 T
7/5/2011 0.00
7/6/2011 0.00
7/7/2011 0.00
7/8/2011 0.60
7/9/2011 0.00
7/10/2011 0.00
7/11/2011 0.00
7/12/2011 0.00
7/13/2011 0.10
7/14/2011 T
7/15/2011 0.00
7/16/2011 0.00
7/17/2011 0.00
7/18/2011 0.00
7/19/2011 T
7/20/2011 0.00
7/21/2011 0.00
7/22/2011 0.00
7/23/2011 0.00
7/24/2011 0.00
7/25/2011 0.91
7/26/2011 0.00
7/27/2011 0.00
7/28/2011 0.00
7/29/2011 0.00
7/30/2011 0.05
7/31/2011 0.00
8/1/2011 0.00
8/2/2011 0.00
8/3/2011 0.00
8/4/2011 0.00
8/5/2011 0.00
8/6/2011 0.00
8/7/2011 0.00
8/8/2011 0.00
8/9/2011 **
8/10/2011 0.22
8/11/2011 0.00
8/12/2011 0.00
8/13/2011 0.00
8/14/2011 0.37
8/15/2011 0.00
8/16/2011 0.00
8/17/2011 0.00
8/18/2011 0.00
8/19/2011 T
8/20/2011 0.16
8/21/2011 **
8/22/2011 **
8/23/2011 **
8/24/2011 **
8/25/2011 **
8/26/2011 **
8/27/2011 **
8/28/2011 1.38
8/29/2011 0.00
8/30/2011 0.00
8/31/2011 0.02
9/1/2011 0.00
9/2/2011 0.00
9/3/2011 0.00
9/4/2011 0.19
9/5/2011 T
9/6/2011 0.00
9/7/2011 0.00
9/8/2011 0.00
9/9/2011 0.50
9/10/2011 T
9/11/2011 0.00
9/12/2011 0.00
9/13/2011 0.00
9/14/2011 0.00
9/15/2011 0.55
9/16/2011 0.00
9/17/2011 0.00
9/18/2011 T
9/19/2011 0.32
9/20/2011 0.05
9/21/2011 0.00
9/22/2011 0.00
9/23/2011 0.00
9/24/2011 0.03
9/25/2011 T
9/26/2011 0.57
9/27/2011 0.76
9/28/2011 0.37
9/29/2011 0.00
9/30/2011 0.02



Observation Date Observation Time Precipitation Snowfall Snowfall SWE Snow Depth Snow SWE Notes
10/1/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/2/2010 7:00 AM 0.13 M M M M
10/3/2010 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
10/4/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/5/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/6/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/7/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/8/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/9/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/10/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/11/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/12/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/13/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/14/2010 7:00 AM 0.42 M M M M
10/15/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/16/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/17/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/18/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/19/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/20/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/21/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/22/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/23/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/24/2010 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M
10/25/2010 7:00 AM 0.31 M M M M
10/26/2010 7:00 AM 0.20 M M M M all fell overnight
10/27/2010 7:00 AM 0.09 M M M M
10/28/2010 7:00 AM T M M M M
10/29/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/30/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/31/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/1/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/2/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/3/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/4/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/5/2010 7:00 AM 0.06 M M M M
11/6/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/7/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/8/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/9/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/10/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/11/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/12/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/13/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/14/2010 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M
11/15/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/16/2010 7:00 AM T M M M M the little bit that fell yesterday morning was frozen solid in bottom of gauge, and had to be thawed to measure!
11/17/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/18/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M one more day without snow. 'Tis good since I don't have a snow board ready yet!
11/19/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M down to 24.2 degrees last night.
11/20/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M heavy dew this morning, heavy fog in open country
11/21/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/22/2010 7:00 AM 0.15 M M M M trace amounts fell after 6pm, observable capture after 11 pm. some hail fell, based on sharp "plink" against rain gutters? Not observed
11/23/2010 7:00 AM 0.83 M M M M at times rain was heavy between 6 and 8 pm
11/24/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/25/2010 7:00 AM 0.96 M M M M rain began 8:45 am, period of sleet starting at 9:20 am, rain off and on through most of the day, heavy at times, with periods of heavy rain between 8 and 10 pm also.
11/26/2010 7:00 AM 0.16 M M M M out of town, had our dog sitter trained to read and empty each morning.
11/27/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/28/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/29/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/30/2010 7:00 AM 0.90 M M M M rain began approximately 3pm and ended after 9:30 pm, sometime during night.
12/1/2010 7:00 AM 0.01 0.1 0.01 0.1 0.01 snowfall amounts very non-uniform (quite a bit of blowing) from T to approximately 2-3 tenths. Very light, powdery snow.
12/2/2010 7:00 AM T T T T T flurries from approximately 8 am to approximately 1 pm. No appreciable accumulation, and very dry snow.
12/3/2010 7:00 AM T T T T T flurries again 4-6 pm, no appreciable accumulation, little wind so it fell straight down
12/4/2010 7:00 AM 0.44 5.8 0.45 6.0 M began 7:15 pm, continuous through night (at least 4 times checked between 12 and 6:30 am), tapering off at 7 am.
12/5/2010 7:00 AM 0.15 2.0 0.16 5.5 0.57 snow continued to fall from 7 am to approx 2:30 pm, measured on board, began to melt immediately.
12/6/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 3.5 0.55 a few flakes in bottom of rain tube, but likely from significant blowing afternoon/overnight.
12/7/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 3.5 0.47 cold conditions, sunny. Several yardstick measurements of existing snowpack (outside of drifts) still yield average of 3.5" total
12/8/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 3.5 0.48
12/9/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 3.5 0.44 still noting some drift areas of 4-6" along walls and wind breaks
12/10/2010 7:00 AM 0.03 0.4 M M M snow blew quite a bit - too small an amt to pick up a "core"
12/11/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/12/2010 7:00 AM 0.84 0.3 M M M .83 was rain between approx 7:15 am and 7 pm, .01 was snowfall amount melted from gauge. snowfall too light to take core of new snow. Depth measured from snow board. Snowfall fell between 2:30 and 6:30 am.
12/13/2010 7:00 AM 0.05 0.4 M M M new snow depth pretty much impossible to measure. Heavy winds (near constant at 30 mph all afternoon) scoured the existing snow, with new depths between 0" (T) and 2.3 feet. Snow board completely bare, but new snow did fall at several times during the afternoon. Gauge did collect new snow. Snow amount averaged from a 7 wind sheltered locations in and around official location (all in our yard).
12/14/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 2.0 0.29
12/15/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/16/2010 7:00 AM 0.24 2.8 0.22 4.0 0.72 snowfall fell straight down - little to no wind throughout duration, as of report time.
12/17/2010 7:00 AM 0.01 0.1 M M M
12/18/2010 7:00 AM T T T 4.5 0.56 later rept only because I let existing snowpack core melt naturally, instead of adding hot water. Minor flurries at 8:40 AM, which is recorded as T, rather than the heavy frost that existed at report time Snow core from total depth slightly higher - new measurements averaged high enough to bump from 4.0 to 4.5
12/19/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/20/2010 7:00 AM T T T M M a few flakes in the bottom of the rain gauge. Very much a "T" only!
12/21/2010 7:00 AM 0.26 3.1 0.34 6.5 1.01 snowfall did not blow much as it fell. unfortunately I was unable to measure snowfall before freezing rain fell, covering/compressing the new snow underneath.
12/22/2010 7:00 AM T 0.0 M 5.0 M a bit of fine mist in the morning as the storm waned. No snowfall however. post edited as I discovered total snow depth missing from report
12/23/2010 7:00 AM T T M 5.0 M rather strong flurries for a brief time around 9 am, some collection in low spots but otherwise only a "dusting" for appearance.
12/24/2010 7:00 AM T T M M M snow had started to fall at about 6:15 am, but had not accumulated sufficiently to be more than a "dusting." Not enough to be measurable (at least that is what showed when attempting to measure it!)
12/25/2010 7:00 AM 0.44 5.3 0.51 9.5 M snow continued to fall (lightly) at report time
12/26/2010 7:00 AM T T M M M as I go to enter some zero's and today's entry (12/30) I see that I missed the day after Christmas, so here it is.
12/27/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/28/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/29/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/30/2010 7:00 AM 0.02 0.0 M 6.0 1.24 a light amount of rain has fallen overnight, combined with temperatures that stayed near 35-36 degrees and there has been significant melting of the existing snow on ground
12/31/2010 7:00 AM 0.01 0.0 M T M most of the snow is gone at this time. However, there is still a slight cover across approximately 1/3 of the yard.
1/1/2011 7:00 AM 0.16 0.0 M 0.0 M
1/2/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
1/3/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
1/4/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/5/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/6/2011 7:00 AM T T M M M a few flakes collected on hard surfaces and in gauge overnight. Very minor flurries only.
1/7/2011 7:00 AM T T M T M flurries in the morning, sometimes heavy, but not enough to leave more than a little bit of white collected in the corners and cracks.
1/8/2011 7:00 AM 0.01 0.1 M T M snow flurries at approx 11 pm, blowing snow, enough to make everything white, with grass still showing. Snowboard was blown clean, low sidewalks showed just under .1"
1/9/2011 7:00 AM T T M T M a bit late in entering the last couple of days' worth of reports...
1/10/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M
1/13/2011 7:00 AM T T M M M
1/14/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M the busy-ness of the day prevented me from taking a total snow and ice measurement today.
1/15/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 2.5 0.38
1/16/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/17/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 3.0 M edit note: missed total snow depth in report yesterday.
1/18/2011 7:00 AM 0.15 0.0 M 1.0 M light mist and rain fell, mostly overnight. Temps 34-37 throughout.
1/19/2011 7:00 AM 0.02 T M 1.0 M drizzle off and on throughout day, then freezing drizzle, followed by a a dusting of snow - not even enough to completely cover the whole bottom of gauge but enough to dust sidewalks white.
1/20/2011 7:00 AM 0.04 0.8 M 1.5 M light snow continues to fall at time of reading
1/21/2011 7:00 AM 0.04 0.7 M 2.5 M actual new snowfall amount may be low due to blowing snow overnight. No noticeable drifts other than dog's paw prints from previous evening filled in.
1/22/2011 7:00 AM T 0.4 M M M very light, dry, fluffy snow falling at report time - no appreciable moisture content from gauge contents
1/23/2011 7:00 AM T T M 2.5 M checking monthly zeros and missed reports and see this one was missed.
1/24/2011 7:00 AM 0.08 0.6 M 3.0 M
1/25/2011 7:00 AM T 0.0 M 3.0 M mist/drizzle mid morning hours yesterday
1/26/2011 7:00 AM T T M 2.5 M a few small flakes were in bottom of collection tube from overnight.
1/27/2011 7:00 AM T T M 2.5 M very light flurries (a few flakes visible only) off and on throughout day. a dusting in bottom of collector.
1/28/2011 7:00 AM 0.01 0.2 M 2.5 M
1/29/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 2.5 M just now getting to entering the last couple of days' worth - had a death in community I've been dealing with as a pastor.
1/30/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 2.0 M catching up on a few entries over the last couple of days (see yesterday's note)
1/31/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 2.0 M
2/1/2011 7:00 AM 0.23 0.7 M M M
2/2/2011 7:30 AM 1.14 5.9 M 8.5 M snow continues to fall intermittently, strong gusty winds and blowing snow. had sleet/freezing rain mixed with snow up to midnight CST (approx). Because of significant blowing snow throughout storm, likely the total new snowfall is not accurate, though measurement avg from gauge readings is 5.4"
2/3/2011 7:00 AM 0.01 0.2 M 8.0 M measurements of total snow cover between 6.5 and 8.5 inches around area of snowboard, and drifts in excess of 3 feet exist.
2/4/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/5/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/6/2011 7:00 AM 0.11 2.6 M 10.0 M snow falling at time of gauge reading
2/7/2011 7:00 AM T T M 9.5 M entered a day late - just noticed it hadn't been entered yesterday.
2/8/2011 7:00 AM T T M 9.5 M Brief flurries 6:15-6:30 pm
2/9/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/10/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 9.0 M
2/11/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 8.5 M a cold day yesterday (stayed in the low teens) but the sun did a good job of taking some snow away, it would seem. .5" down from the previous day.
2/12/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 8.0 M
2/13/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 7.5 M
2/14/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 6.0 M may have been above freezing all night, 36.4 at 7 am, gusty winds.
2/15/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 5.0 M attempted a snow core this morning but snow was too hard to push outer gauge tube through.
2/16/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 4.5 M snow was hard enough again to not be able to take a core sample
2/17/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 2.0 M heavy dew making all things wet. Average snow on the ground taken from an average across yard, as approximately half of yard is now bare.
2/18/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M the only snow remaining are the piles, and a very small amount of drifted snow in shady spots. Yards are now almost totally bare.
2/19/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/20/2011 7:00 AM 0.26 0.0 M M M collection of rain and sleet, some of which was observed having collected on the grass. Sunday reports are difficult for me to get in on time as I work all day. Therefore I can observe as a result of this late reporting, that the sleet and ice crystals had melted by mid morning.
2/21/2011 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M
2/22/2011 7:00 AM 0.23 0.1 M 0.1 M rain frozen solid in gauge, AFTER snow fell overnight. precip. fell as light mist and rain intermittently throughout day, and light snow overnight.
2/23/2011 7:00 AM T T M T M
2/24/2011 7:00 AM 0.09 0.0 M 0.0 M rain in the early evening
2/25/2011 7:00 AM 0.18 3.1 M 3.0 M began as rain around 10 pm, turned to snow overnight and ended before 7 am.
2/26/2011 7:00 AM 0.01 0.2 M 2.0 M light dusting of snow overnight.
2/27/2011 7:00 AM T T M T M a bit of snow flurry activity in the morning hours (around 9 am) and a bit of misting in the evening hours (6-7 pm)
2/28/2011 7:00 AM 0.47 0.0 M 0.0 M rain fell overnight, at times heavy, with occasional sleet. No accumulation. Gauge contents not frozen.
3/1/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
3/2/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/3/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/4/2011 7:00 AM T M M M M ok, entered wrong, using laptop, making corrections now. Resorting to other computers to enter data as a result of ethernet port going out on desktop
3/5/2011 7:00 AM 1.11 0.0 M 0.0 M Entered wrong day's data here, needed to edit report to correct. Correct amount now reported.
3/6/2011 7:00 AM 0.04 0.5 M 0.5 M snow began melting with sunrise, and was gone at time of report, but covered ground at observation time.
3/7/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
3/8/2011 7:00 AM T 0.0 M 0.0 M pavement showed some dampness, small amount of water in bottom of gauge from overnight. took up snowboard this morning, as it is losing paint. Will continue to report snowfall amounts, if any, through start of spring.
3/9/2011 7:00 AM 0.49 0.0 M 0.0 M
3/10/2011 7:00 AM T T M 0.0 M total trace amount includes both rain and snow - neither of which accumulated. A very light snow fell overnight, with a dusting still visible on roof edges. Snow did not accumulate on ground.
3/11/2011 7:00 AM T T M T M
3/12/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
3/13/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/14/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/15/2011 7:00 AM 0.46 0.0 M 0.0 M
3/16/2011 7:00 AM 0.01 0.0 M 0.0 M this little bit was the final rain from the previous day's rainfall that fell after collection time yesterday.
3/17/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
3/18/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
3/19/2011 7:00 AM T 0.0 M 0.0 M a light sprinkle at approximately 11:10 am
3/20/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/21/2011 7:00 AM 0.06 0.0 M 0.0 M
3/22/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
3/23/2011 7:00 AM 0.22 0.0 M 0.0 M rain fell overnight
3/24/2011 7:00 AM 0.02 0.0 M 0.0 M near as I can tell, there was NO snowfall overnight. No flakes in gauge (removed inner collection tube with onset of possible freezing temps), none visible on any surface outside, though 4 blocks away, a resident reported a dusting on their grill cover and table. None on ours here.
3/25/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
3/26/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
3/27/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/28/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
3/29/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M still having nights below freezing - 29 degrees
3/30/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/31/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/1/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/2/2011 7:00 AM 0.03 0.0 M 0.0 M
4/3/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/4/2011 7:00 AM 0.22 0.0 M 0.0 M all rain fell overnight.
4/5/2011 7:00 AM T 0.0 M 0.0 M it was close to .01, but didn't measure up.
4/6/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/7/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/8/2011 7:00 AM 0.57 0.0 M 0.0 M rain fell overnight, after approximately 10 pm.
4/9/2011 7:00 AM T 0.0 M 0.0 M
4/10/2011 7:00 AM 0.02 0.0 M 0.0 M
4/11/2011 7:00 AM 0.77 0.0 M 0.0 M rather intense storm with a lot of strong wind (-35 mph est) around 2:30 am.
4/12/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/13/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/14/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/15/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/16/2011 7:00 AM 0.28 0.0 M 0.0 M
4/17/2011 7:00 AM 0.10 0.0 M 0.0 M
4/18/2011 7:00 AM 0.01 0.0 M 0.0 M
4/19/2011 7:00 AM 1.09 0.0 M M M All rain fell overnight. At times rainfall was heavy.
4/20/2011 7:00 AM 1.21 0.0 M 0.0 M rain broken into 2 periods - residual rains from the morning totaled .35, while the rain overnight totaled .86.
4/21/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M wow. A day without rain. I think the sun was even out for a bit yesterday.
4/22/2011 7:00 AM 0.19 0.0 M M M rain overnight again, with a possible trace amount from previous morning (beginning of 24 hour report period)
4/23/2011 7:00 AM 1.22 0.0 M 0.0 M all but .03 fell between 7 am and 2:30 pm.
4/24/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
4/25/2011 7:00 AM 0.10 0.0 M 0.0 M
4/26/2011 7:00 AM 1.92 0.0 M 0.0 M no detailed info but rains were at times quite heavy overnight.
4/27/2011 7:00 AM 0.13 0.0 M M M .04 in the morning, and .09 overnight.
4/28/2011 7:00 AM 0.45 0.0 M M M
4/29/2011 7:00 AM T 0.0 M M M some sprinkles in the early evening - around 6 pm CDT. Gauge had obvious trace amount in it.
4/30/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/1/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/2/2011 7:00 AM 0.20 M M M M rain overnight, beginning at around 7:30 pm.
5/3/2011 7:00 AM T 0.0 M M M
5/4/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/5/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/10/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M partial day reading - from 9pm last night to this morning.
5/11/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/12/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/13/2011 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M
5/14/2011 7:00 AM 0.99 0.0 M 0.0 M rain fell overnight, beginning with spotty showers around 6:45 pm
5/15/2011 7:00 AM 0.52 0.0 M M M
5/16/2011 7:00 AM 0.13 M M M M
5/17/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/18/2011 7:00 AM 0.01 0.0 M M M lite shower early this morning - pavement was still wet in spots at 6 am.
5/19/2011 7:00 AM T M M M M
5/20/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/21/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/22/2011 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M .01 at approx 8 am, and .01 early am, approximately 6.
5/23/2011 7:00 AM 0.06 0.0 M M M
5/24/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/25/2011 7:00 AM 0.05 0.0 M M M
5/26/2011 7:00 AM 1.54 0.0 M M M
5/27/2011 7:00 AM 0.03 0.0 M M M Seems I missed logging this one yesterday.
5/28/2011 7:00 AM T 0.0 M M M
5/29/2011 7:00 AM 0.56 0.0 M M M noticed a typo in my report - changing it to the correct amount of .56 inches
5/30/2011 7:00 AM 0.01 0.0 M M M all of the storms were visibly north of us yesterday- dark skies with "SLC's" everywhere to the north. a few sprinkles in the afternoon and early evening was all that happened here.
5/31/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/1/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/2/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/3/2011 7:00 AM T 0.0 M M M Few sprinkles in the morning, but no measurable precip. Lateness of entry is from me being out of town and reporting what our gauge checker recorded for me while i was gone.
6/4/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M at convention in Springfield, but had someone recording gauge readings when they let our dog out in the morning at report time! (hence the late entries)
6/5/2011 7:00 AM 0.32 0.0 M M M
6/6/2011 7:00 AM 0.16 0.0 M M M rain in the am, and had moved out by around noon.
6/7/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/8/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/9/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/10/2011 7:00 AM 0.41 0.0 M M M Brief cell hit around 5:30 pm, a small amount of pea sized hail fell, but it was mixed in with the heavy rain.
6/11/2011 7:00 AM 0.33 0.0 M M M
6/12/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/13/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/14/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/15/2011 7:00 AM 0.78 0.0 M M M rain continues to fall at report time, at times somewhat heavy
6/16/2011 7:00 AM 0.29 0.0 M M M amount recorded at normal time, but as I left for Indiana for the day, didn't have time to report til now.
6/17/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/18/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M I'm a bit surprised the gauge was dry this morning...
6/19/2011 7:00 AM T 0.0 M M M some sprinkles right before report time...
6/20/2011 7:00 AM 0.57 0.0 M M M rain early AM, at beginning of report period, lasting off n on through about noon. Early AM showers (3am onward), with .09 of total falling in final hour from 6am to 7am.
6/21/2011 7:00 AM 0.02 0.0 M M M forgot to enter this morning. Report is at standard obs. time however.
6/22/2011 7:00 AM 0.12 0.0 M M M
6/23/2011 7:00 AM 0.01 0.0 M M M
6/24/2011 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M
6/25/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M First day in several without some form of precipitation. The sun is actually shining outside.
6/26/2011 7:00 AM 0.48 0.0 M M M
6/27/2011 7:00 AM 0.48 0.0 M M M yes, its the same reading as yesterday! Not sure that's ever happened before!
6/28/2011 7:00 AM T 0.0 M M M
6/29/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/30/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/1/2011 7:00 AM 0.02 0.0 M M M early AM shower - approx 5:30-6 am, brief, 2-3 thunderclaps heard, not very loud.
7/2/2011 7:00 AM 0.13 0.0 M M M just a tad earlier than the 7 am report time, but its sunny out and I don't think any more rain will collect in the next 5 minutes, LOL. This rainfall is from 23 hours ago.
7/3/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/4/2011 7:00 AM T 0.0 M M M brief shower early am
7/5/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/6/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/7/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/8/2011 7:00 AM 0.60 0.0 M M M Heavy, intense rain that didn't show up as much of a system on radar that I could tell.
7/9/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/10/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/11/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/12/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/13/2011 7:00 AM 0.10 0.0 M M M
7/14/2011 7:00 AM T 0.0 M M M
7/15/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/16/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/17/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/18/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/19/2011 7:00 AM T 0.0 M M M brief sprinkles around 1:30 pm
7/20/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/21/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/22/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/23/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/24/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/25/2011 7:00 AM 0.91 0.0 M M M for the tenth year in a row, my sweet corn in our residential garden has been knocked down by the gust front/downdrafts from a storm. Over all, just a lot of heavy rain, but there is some significant crop damage ten miles north in Iroquois county
7/26/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/27/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/28/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/29/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/30/2011 7:00 AM 0.05 M M M M
7/31/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/1/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/2/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/3/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/4/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/5/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/6/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/7/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/8/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/11/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/12/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/13/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/14/2011 7:00 AM 0.37 0.0 M M M
8/15/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/16/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/17/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/18/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/19/2011 7:00 AM T 0.0 M 0.0 M light sprinkle at just after 2 pm
8/20/2011 7:00 AM 0.16 0.0 M 0.0 M Good "sunny" shower at 6 pm that lasted nearly 20 minutes - the sun was shining the entire time it rained!
8/29/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/30/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/31/2011 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
9/1/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/2/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/3/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/4/2011 7:00 AM 0.19 M M M M
9/5/2011 7:00 AM T M M M M
9/6/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/7/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/8/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/9/2011 7:00 AM 0.50 M M M M heavier rains overnight, but generally a mist to light rain falling in the evening
9/10/2011 7:00 AM T M M M M
9/11/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/12/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/13/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/14/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/15/2011 7:00 AM 0.55 0.0 M 0.0 M
9/16/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/17/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/18/2011 7:00 AM T 0.0 M 0.0 M
9/19/2011 7:00 AM 0.32 0.0 M 0.0 M
9/20/2011 7:00 AM 0.05 0.0 M 0.0 M must've missed this report in entry - as I reviewed and noticed the amount had never been reported.
9/21/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/22/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/23/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/24/2011 7:00 AM 0.03 0.0 M 0.0 M
9/25/2011 7:00 AM T 0.0 M 0.0 M
9/26/2011 7:00 AM 0.57 0.0 M 0.0 M
9/27/2011 7:00 AM 0.76 0.0 M 0.0 M rain continues to fall at report time.
9/28/2011 7:00 AM 0.37 0.0 M 0.0 M busy morning kept me from reporting til now...
9/29/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/30/2011 7:00 AM 0.02 0.0 M 0.0 M



Start Date End Date & Time Duration in Days Precipitation Snow Depth Snow Depth SWE Notes
1/11/2011 1/12/2011 7:00 AM 2 0.34 3.0 M was gone overnight, so this represents the total of snow that fell starting the evening of the 10th into the 11th.
5/6/2011 5/09/2011 9:00 PM 4 0.60 0.0 M in Oklahoma, not far from NWS offices in Norman.
8/9/2011 8/10/2011 7:00 AM 2 0.22 0.0 M at conference in Ohio - this measurement was taken 2 days and rain fell both evenings according to my recorder
8/21/2011 8/28/2011 12:00 AM 8 1.38 M M On vacation in WI, so not sure on what days this rain fell.



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