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 10 2.84 1.00 31 1.00 26 0.00 5 2 4 0 0.0 0 0
Nov 10 3.02 2.02 30 2.01 28 0.01 2 1 9 0 0.0 0 0
Dec 10 2.18 2.31 31 1.87 26 0.44 5 1 9 6 14.4 6 14
Jan 11 1.38 1.24 31 1.24 31 0.00 0 0 11 6 6.7 10 16
Feb 11 1.50 1.86 26 1.86 26 0.00 0 0 11 4 4.9 8 9
March 11 2.36 1.99 31 1.99 29 0.00 2 1 10 0 0.4 2 2
April 11 3.39 5.39 30 5.39 30 0.00 0 0 16 2 0.0 0 0
May 11 4.18 5.23 31 5.23 31 0.00 0 0 14 4 0.0 0 0
June 11 4.00 3.74 30 3.74 28 0.00 2 1 13 3 0.0 0 0
July 11 4.50 1.90 31 1.73 29 0.17 2 1 10 2 0.0 0 0
Aug 11 3.95 5.13 31 5.13 31 0.00 0 0 9 0 0.0 0 0
Sept 11 3.25 3.75 30 3.75 28 0.00 2 1 10 0 0.0 0 0
Water Year Totals: 36.55" 35.56" 363 days 34.94" 343 0.62" 20 days 8 126 days 27 days 26.4" 26 days 41 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 0.02
10/3/2010 0.00
10/4/2010 0.00
10/5/2010 0.00
10/6/2010 0.00
10/7/2010 0.00
10/8/2010 **
10/9/2010 **
10/10/2010 0.00
10/11/2010 0.00
10/12/2010 0.00
10/13/2010 0.00
10/14/2010 0.00
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 0.58
10/25/2010 0.13
10/26/2010 0.27
10/27/2010 **
10/28/2010 0.00
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 **
11/4/2010 0.01
11/5/2010 0.02
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 0.04
11/13/2010 0.02
11/14/2010 0.03
11/15/2010 0.07
11/16/2010 0.00
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 0.01
11/23/2010 1.10
11/24/2010 0.00
11/25/2010 0.25
11/26/2010 0.00
11/27/2010 0.00
11/28/2010 0.00
11/29/2010 0.00
11/30/2010 0.47
12/1/2010 T
12/2/2010 T
12/3/2010 T
12/4/2010 0.41
12/5/2010 0.07
12/6/2010 0.00
12/7/2010 T
12/8/2010 T
12/9/2010 0.00
12/10/2010 0.10
12/11/2010 0.00
12/12/2010 0.33
12/13/2010 0.02
12/14/2010 0.00
12/15/2010 0.00
12/16/2010 0.16
12/17/2010 **
12/18/2010 **
12/19/2010 **
12/20/2010 **
12/21/2010 0.44
12/22/2010 T
12/23/2010 0.00
12/24/2010 0.00
12/25/2010 0.30
12/26/2010 0.00
12/27/2010 0.00
12/28/2010 0.00
12/29/2010 0.00
12/30/2010 0.03
12/31/2010 0.45
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
1/1/2011 0.32
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 T
1/9/2011 0.00
1/10/2011 0.00
1/11/2011 0.03
1/12/2011 0.08
1/13/2011 T
1/14/2011 0.00
1/15/2011 0.01
1/16/2011 0.00
1/17/2011 0.05
1/18/2011 0.51
1/19/2011 0.01
1/20/2011 T
1/21/2011 0.00
1/22/2011 0.02
1/23/2011 T
1/24/2011 0.02
1/25/2011 0.00
1/26/2011 0.00
1/27/2011 0.00
1/28/2011 0.12
1/29/2011 0.00
1/30/2011 0.07
1/31/2011 0.00
2/1/2011 0.10
2/2/2011 M
2/3/2011 M
2/4/2011 0.00
2/5/2011 0.00
2/6/2011 0.08
2/7/2011 0.07
2/8/2011 T
2/9/2011 0.00
2/10/2011 0.00
2/11/2011 0.00
2/12/2011 T
2/13/2011 0.00
2/14/2011 0.00
2/15/2011 0.00
2/16/2011 T
2/17/2011 0.00
2/18/2011 0.00
2/19/2011 0.00
2/20/2011 0.43
2/21/2011 0.62
2/22/2011 0.03
2/23/2011 T
2/24/2011 0.07
2/25/2011 0.01
2/26/2011 0.09
2/27/2011 0.02
2/28/2011 0.34
3/1/2011 **
3/2/2011 0.00
3/3/2011 0.00
3/4/2011 0.11
3/5/2011 0.50
3/6/2011 0.01
3/7/2011 0.00
3/8/2011 0.00
3/9/2011 0.43
3/10/2011 0.03
3/11/2011 0.00
3/12/2011 0.00
3/13/2011 0.00
3/14/2011 0.00
3/15/2011 0.00
3/16/2011 0.00
3/17/2011 0.00
3/18/2011 0.00
3/19/2011 0.00
3/20/2011 0.02
3/21/2011 0.18
3/22/2011 0.28
3/23/2011 0.40
3/24/2011 0.03
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 0.09
4/3/2011 0.00
4/4/2011 0.44
4/5/2011 0.00
4/6/2011 0.00
4/7/2011 0.00
4/8/2011 0.77
4/9/2011 0.15
4/10/2011 0.08
4/11/2011 0.00
4/12/2011 0.00
4/13/2011 0.00
4/14/2011 0.00
4/15/2011 0.00
4/16/2011 0.59
4/17/2011 0.07
4/18/2011 0.42
4/19/2011 T
4/20/2011 0.85
4/21/2011 0.00
4/22/2011 0.49
4/23/2011 0.53
4/24/2011 T
4/25/2011 0.01
4/26/2011 0.72
4/27/2011 0.04
4/28/2011 0.11
4/29/2011 0.03
4/30/2011 0.00
5/1/2011 0.00
5/2/2011 0.00
5/3/2011 0.00
5/4/2011 0.00
5/5/2011 0.00
5/6/2011 T
5/7/2011 0.11
5/8/2011 0.00
5/9/2011 0.00
5/10/2011 T
5/11/2011 0.00
5/12/2011 0.01
5/13/2011 0.00
5/14/2011 0.36
5/15/2011 0.03
5/16/2011 T
5/17/2011 0.00
5/18/2011 0.00
5/19/2011 0.11
5/20/2011 0.01
5/21/2011 0.00
5/22/2011 T
5/23/2011 0.82
5/24/2011 0.02
5/25/2011 0.09
5/26/2011 2.54
5/27/2011 0.01
5/28/2011 0.05
5/29/2011 0.13
5/30/2011 0.94
5/31/2011 0.00
6/1/2011 T
6/2/2011 0.00
6/3/2011 0.12
6/4/2011 0.00
6/5/2011 T
6/6/2011 0.00
6/7/2011 **
6/8/2011 0.00
6/9/2011 0.69
6/10/2011 0.68
6/11/2011 0.20
6/12/2011 0.00
6/13/2011 0.00
6/14/2011 0.00
6/15/2011 0.93
6/16/2011 0.23
6/17/2011 0.00
6/18/2011 0.00
6/19/2011 0.00
6/20/2011 0.40
6/21/2011 0.21
6/22/2011 0.08
6/23/2011 0.08
6/24/2011 T
6/25/2011 0.02
6/26/2011 0.07
6/27/2011 0.03
6/28/2011 0.00
6/29/2011 0.00
6/30/2011 0.00
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
7/1/2011 0.00
7/2/2011 T
7/3/2011 0.00
7/4/2011 0.00
7/5/2011 0.00
7/6/2011 0.00
7/7/2011 0.00
7/8/2011 0.00
7/9/2011 0.00
7/10/2011 0.00
7/11/2011 0.01
7/12/2011 0.22
7/13/2011 0.01
7/14/2011 0.00
7/15/2011 0.00
7/16/2011 0.01
7/17/2011 T
7/18/2011 0.00
7/19/2011 0.30
7/20/2011 0.00
7/21/2011 0.00
7/22/2011 **
7/23/2011 0.17
7/24/2011 0.01
7/25/2011 0.93
7/26/2011 0.00
7/27/2011 0.01
7/28/2011 0.05
7/29/2011 0.18
7/30/2011 0.00
7/31/2011 0.00
8/1/2011 0.00
8/2/2011 0.00
8/3/2011 0.24
8/4/2011 0.00
8/5/2011 0.00
8/6/2011 0.15
8/7/2011 0.08
8/8/2011 0.01
8/9/2011 1.88
8/10/2011 0.00
8/11/2011 0.00
8/12/2011 0.00
8/13/2011 0.00
8/14/2011 0.04
8/15/2011 0.00
8/16/2011 0.00
8/17/2011 0.00
8/18/2011 0.00
8/19/2011 0.00
8/20/2011 0.00
8/21/2011 0.96
8/22/2011 0.00
8/23/2011 0.00
8/24/2011 1.50
8/25/2011 0.00
8/26/2011 0.00
8/27/2011 0.00
8/28/2011 0.00
8/29/2011 0.00
8/30/2011 0.00
8/31/2011 0.27
9/1/2011 0.00
9/2/2011 0.00
9/3/2011 0.00
9/4/2011 1.00
9/5/2011 0.00
9/6/2011 0.00
9/7/2011 **
9/8/2011 0.00
9/9/2011 0.00
9/10/2011 0.08
9/11/2011 0.00
9/12/2011 0.00
9/13/2011 0.00
9/14/2011 0.00
9/15/2011 0.03
9/16/2011 0.00
9/17/2011 0.00
9/18/2011 0.09
9/19/2011 0.43
9/20/2011 0.00
9/21/2011 0.00
9/22/2011 0.00
9/23/2011 0.00
9/24/2011 0.02
9/25/2011 0.00
9/26/2011 0.65
9/27/2011 1.36
9/28/2011 0.04
9/29/2011 0.00
9/30/2011 0.05



Observation Date Observation Time Precipitation Snowfall Snowfall SWE Snow Depth Snow SWE Notes
10/1/2010 6:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 40.8° high 78° Current conditions: 41° Bar 30.04, Wind WNW 1.2-0.0 mph. Clear lavender, pink and blue sky.Cold,breathe visible,heavy dew with moon overhead.
10/2/2010 8:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Low 40.6° high 79.5° Current conditions: 46° Bar 30.06, Wind NNE 19.5-14.2 strong gusty. Cold, clear sunny blue sky,Light dew/rain on grass.
10/3/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 35.4° high 59° Current conditions: 36.8° Bar 30.29 rising. Wind NE 13.1-8.3 mph wind chill 34.1°. Sunny, very cold, hands sting and hurt. Clear & dew.
10/4/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 32° high 62° Windy day. Current conditions: 36° Bar 30.31, Wind NNE 3.9 NNW 0.9 variable. Frost covering roof/fields, patchy frost yard. Condensation on gauge with foggy frosty horizons. Without wind doesn't feel cold like yesterday. Milky Spore on yard working, animals digging up neighbor's grass for grubs.
10/5/2010 6:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 31° high 68° Current conditions: 33° Bar 30.28. Calm to light air, frost on roof and scattered frost on grass. Condensation on gauge. Birds & squirrels battle for acorns.
10/6/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 33° high 74° Current conditions: 42° Bar 30.11 falling. Wind calm. Cold, clear blue sky, light fog on horizons, with moderate dew.
10/7/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 40°(yesterday morning report time) high 81.8° Current conditions: 43° Bar 30.02. Wind E 1.3-calm, gentle breeze in tree tops. Cold, sky clear with light dew. My Tree man was here, warned me to water ALL trees as ground very dry and in danger of loosing them. It is dry, dry,dry here.
10/11/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 50.5° high 86.9° Beautiful outdoor wedding, Amber and Brent. Current conditions: 51° Bar 29.75 falling. Wind calm with slight air movement. Light fog/hazy, mostly cloudy, chilly with dew. Last significant rainfall Aug. 14th of 1.10". Very dry, watering every tree and bush.
10/12/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 49° high 87° very dry. Current conditions: 49° Bar 29.80, Wind ENE 2.5-1.0 mph. Light fog/hazy, dew/condensation present.Sky opaque blue/pink,damp and cold
10/13/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 49° high 88° 5:30 AM lightning, thunder and wind, not a drop of rain. Current conditions: 58° Bar 29.95, Wind NE-ENE 7.4-3.2 mph wind is cold. Overcast with dark gray clouds, getting darker every day. Very Dry
10/14/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 35° high 71° Current conditions: 36° Bar 30.04, Wind: slight air movement 0.1 mph. Patchy frost on roofs, grass damp, high thin clouds on horizons with heavier formation to North. Cold and dry.
10/15/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 36° high 69° Current conditions: 36° Bar 29.91, Wind NNW 1.2-0.0 mph. cold, clear sky, grass damp, DRY
10/16/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 32° high 68° Current Conditions: 32° Bar 30.02, Wind calm. Moderate frost on roof and grass with light foggy/frosty horizons. Cold, sky clear.
10/17/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 32°(during AM report) high 74° Current conditions: 45° Bar 30.03, Wind NNE 10.0-5.0 mph. Cold, clear.
10/18/2010 4:15 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/19/2010 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 31° high 72° at 5:30 am yesterday, 5 miles south of town drove into few sprinkle on windshield. Current conditions: 30.7° Bar 29.94, Wind NE 0.9-0.4 mph. Cold, breathe visible, dim light, few clouds N-E horizons. Frost on roofs
10/20/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 30° high 66° Current conditions: 38° Bar 29.74, Wind WSW 3.2-1.0 mph. Clouds on horizons, clear above. Cold, detect very light frost, near frozen dew on blades of grass. October rainfall thus far 0.02". Very dry! Anticipating hugh water bill this month.
10/21/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 33° high 73° Current conditions: 33° Bar 29.84, Wind ESE-SE 0.8-0.0 mph. Frost, high thin clouds that are thicker on horizons. Cold and dry. October 0.02"
10/22/2010 6:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 27.8° high 62° Current conditions: 29° Bar 30.03, Wind calm. Large golden moon sinking slowly on NW horizon, beautiful. Eastern horizon has orange glow. Frost on rooftops and grass, cold with breathe visible. Ugh.. winter cometh!
10/23/2010 6:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 28.7° high 69.4° Current conditions: 58° Bar 29.87, Overcast with dark clouds, air feels moist, no dew, flashlight in use. Very dry, afraid to burn yard trash pile.
10/24/2010 6:40 AM 0.58 M M M M Low 52° high 69° Rain during day 0.54". Current conditions: 55° Bar 29.71. Dark overcast, rain during night 0.04. As I type report can hear beginning rain on roof. Need more than tenths of rain to ease drought.
10/25/2010 7:30 AM 0.13 M M M M Low 51° high 68.5° Current conditions: 52° Bar 29.46, Wind SSW 2.9-0.5 mph. Moderate fog with condensation covering everything. Total weekend rainfall 0.71"
10/26/2010 7:30 AM 0.27 M M M M Low 52° high 73° Current conditions: 58° Bar 29.00, Wind SSW 20.0-8.5 mph. overcast with dark clouds, small openings to W-NW. Damp, windy with gusts.
10/29/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 22.6° high 44° Current conditions: 23° Bar 30.25, Wind W-WSW 1.8-1.4 mph. Hard frost,nippy cold, bird water frozen. Clear sky.
10/30/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 23° during yesterday report time. high 55° Current conditions: 40° Bar 29.76. Mostly white clouds in blue sky, cold with dew. Bird voices decreasing as they leave for winter(:(. Still watering trees.
10/31/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 33° high 64° Current conditions: 33.6° Bar 30.02, Wind ENE 7.0-3.8 mph. Dim light, high thin clouds, icy dew, cold. Orange Eastern horizon. Oct. totals: 1st-23rd=0.02", 24th-30th=0.98" Total 1.00" '
11/1/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 28° high 56° Current conditions: 29° Bar 30.29, Wind NNE 1.3-1.0 mph. Heavy frost, bird water frozen, few high clouds. Very dry. October totals,2008 2.41", 2009 6.58" & 2010 1.00".
11/2/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 28° high 60° Current conditions: 28.4° Bar 30.36. Heavy frost, cold with clear sky overhead and clouds on Southern horizon. Still watering trees because very DRY.
11/5/2010 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Low 27° high 53° 5:40 PM dark clouds strong winds NNE 12.1-5.5 mph(missed measuring front, which was much stronger). Current conditions: 27.1° Bar 29.94, Wind NNE 5.4-2.9 mph. Cold, fingers burn. Light frost, frozen bird water, clear sky. Eight sock feeders covered with Goldfinches, Housefinches and Junco. Varity of birds draining regular bird feeders daily. Two day storm total 0.03"
11/6/2010 5:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 17.4° high 44.2° Current conditions: 18.6° Bar 30.15, Wind Calm with very slight air movement. Night sky full of stars, hard frost. clear air as sounds travel from highway.
11/7/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 18.6° high 50° Current conditions: 32° Bar 30.12. Clear sky, cold
11/8/2010 5:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 30° high 64° Current conditions: 31° Bar 29.91, Wind calm. Dark with stary sky,can bearly see high clouds. Heavier clouds on Eastern horizon. Scattered light frost. Last chance to do windows, screens and gather up leaves. Remains dry.
11/9/2010 6:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 31° high 73° Current conditions: 33° Bar 29.84, Wind calm. Dew, opaque sky, cold. Ground hard, dry, unable to fork over for winter. Dew is keeping grass green but trees, shrubs very dry.
11/10/2010 6:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 32° high 75.7° Current conditions: 35° Bar 29.94, Wind 0.4-0.0 mph. High clouds with contrails, horizons have heavier cloud cover. Dew and cold.
11/11/2010 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 32.3° high 73° Current conditions: 48° Bar 30.13, Wind NW 0.6-0.0 mph. Mostly cloudy, to East towering Cumulus with red sun reflecting up from base. Ever so slight dew, light hazy on horizons.
11/12/2010 7:00 AM 0.04 M M M M Low 47° high 72.5° Light off and on rain showers began round 11:30 AM. Current conditions: 47° Bar 30.25, Wind E 8.6-5.0 mph. Mostly cloudy, grass damp, cold. Put out your snow board today.
11/13/2010 5:40 AM 0.02 M M M M Low 47° high 67° Current conditions: 49° Bar 29.82 falling. Cold with vegetation wet from rain. Grass is responding to the rain.
11/14/2010 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M Low 34° high 52° Current conditions: 36° Bar 29.80, Wind W 13.6-7.3 mph. Gray overcast, wind making it feel very cold.
11/15/2010 6:45 AM 0.07 M M M M Low 26° high 50° Current conditions: 27° Bar 29.76 falling. Wind E 0.8-0.0 mph. Dense fog with hard frost, cold. Only a Red Headed woodpecker out and about after suet.
11/16/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 27° high 52° Current conditions: 28° Bar 29.67 falling, Wind ENE 1.8-0.0 mph. Frost,light fog heavier on horizons, cold. Flower buds near opening on White Spiraea shrub. Opaque sky with clouds on horizons.
11/17/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 27° at yesterday AM report time. High 60° Current conditions: 36° Bar 29.78, Wind NW 7.8-2.7 mph. Light fog, condensation or dew on gauge and vegetation. Grass feels wet,unable to detect any frost as too dark to see, cold.
11/18/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 31° high 46.5. Current conditions: 33° Bar 30.19 up/down like a yo-yo, Wind E 0.9-0.0 mph. Increased air movement in tree tops. Mostly cloud, blue sky showing. Cold. Watering evergreens, looks like one is dying. Soil very dry, winter cold will go to roots and kill trees/shrubs.
11/19/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 24.6° high 42° Current condition: 27° Bar 30.03 going down, Wind S 12.5-4.1 mph. Heavy frost, bird water frozen, mostly cloudy,very cold, hands burn, wind cuts through coat. They are talking snow! UGH winter! Probably no snow at all here, being station is so dry.
11/20/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 24.8° high 52° Current conditions: 27° Bar 30.13, Wind ENE 7.3-4.6 mph. Heavy frost, bird water frozen again. Frosty horizons with high thin cloud cover. Cold
11/21/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 25° at yesterday report time. high 47° Current conditions: 45° Bar 29.88 falling. Hazy/fog on horizons, damp with gray overcast
11/22/2010 6:30 AM 0.01 M M M M Low 45° high 58° misty day. Current conditions: 50° Bar 29.71, ENE 1.3-0.4 mph. 6:00 am lightning with thunder, storm coming. Report time light rain, grass wet, full sky lightning with 1-3 sec. thunder. Dark with overcast sky seen with aid of lightning. Oh how this station needs rain!
11/23/2010 6:45 AM 1.10 M M M M Low 25° high 67.6° Storm passed through 3:10 PM to 3:30 PM, hail rice size. Current conditions: 25.7° Bar 30.03, Wind SWW 7.7-2.4 mph. Dark clouds to E-S-SW horizons. Scattered dark clouds in sky, full moon. Cold, wind is sharp. Joy in having rain! Last significant rain 9-19-2010 0.45"
11/24/2010 7:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 18° high 34° Current conditions: 28° Bar 30.05, Wind E 8.7-1.0 mph. Gray overcast, cold wind with frost on roof. Snow boards out, small inside gauge tube in house for winter.
11/25/2010 7:00 AM 0.25 M M M M Low 28° high 36° Temperture hovered around 30-31° in AM with rain freezing on tree limbs & cement. Then warmed up. Current conditions: 36° Bar 29.65, Wind NW 6.6-1.0 mph. Gray overcast, horizon fog/hazy. Everything wet from fog/rain? Give thanks on this Thanksgiving Day.
11/26/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 15.4° high 36° Putting out cemetery flowers very cold because of strong, sharp wind. Current conditions: 16° Bar 29.83. Wind SW 10.4-4.1 mph. Light frost, bitter cold wind with clear sky and sun peaking to SE. Put out your snow boards and bring in your inner gauge tube!
11/27/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 16.1° report time. High 35°. Current conditions: 24° Bar 29.96. Wind W 7.9-2.1 mph. Frost, clear sky with 1/2 moon, sharp cold wind.
11/28/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 16° high 36° Current conditions: 17° Bar 30.08 rising, Wind slight air movement. Heavy frost with frosty-foggy air.
11/29/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 17° High 51° great weather to put up outside Christmas decorations. Current conditions: 32° Bar 29.84 slowly dropping, Wind SSE-S 0.8-0.0 mph. Partly cloudy with dark gray clouds that are heavier to NE-E. Light frost, damp.
11/30/2010 7:00 AM 0.47 M M M M Low 30° high 47° Current conditions: 30° Bar 29.59 rising, Wind SW 17.7-7.7 mph. Cold, bitter, gray overcast sky, gloomy. Icy snow boards and gauge water.
12/1/2010 7:00 AM T M M M M Low 19.7° high 30° windy,bitter cold with light snow showers most of day. Current conditions: 19.7° Bar 29.81, Wind WNW 10.3-307 mph. Wind making it very cold with light horizonal snow flurries. Gray overcast sky. Trace of snow in gauge and on ground. Thankful for warm home! Nov total precipitation 2.02", Nov 2009= 1.37". Jan-Nov totals 2009= 47.44", 2010= 36.15"
12/2/2010 7:00 AM T T M T M Low 19° high 24.4° light snow flurries during day, collected in cracks, along driveway. Current conditions: 20° Bar 30.04, Wind SW 2.4-1.4 mph. Gray overcast, light frost, cold. Bird population decreasing.
12/3/2010 6:45 AM T T M T M Low 13° high 31° snow fluries through out day.Collected in cracks and grass. Current conditions: 13.2° Bar 30.13, Wind SW 0.6-0.0 mph. Scattered pink clouds in blue sky, heavy frost, clear and damp. Very cold with breathe visible.
12/4/2010 7:00 AM 0.41 4.6 0.46 5.0 0.46 Low 13° high 27° cold,damp day, light snow began around 6:15 PM. Current conditions: 27° Bar 29.91, Wind ENE 7.7-4.6 mph. Still snowing, overcast, damp. New snow pack well, appears fluffy however is wet. Gauge 1/2 full with build up on West side. #1 Board 4.6" #2 board 5.4"= 5.0". New/Total core taken #1 Board due to slight drift on #2. Drifts 6.2" & 6.6". Thanks Bill, measuring was easy!
12/5/2010 7:00 AM 0.07 1.2 0.17 5.4 0.48 Low 16° high 31° noted melting snow on driveway, sidewalks during day. 9pm light snow flurries. Current condition: 19° Bar 30.02 rising. Wind light to calm. Mostly cloudy with Cumulus in blue sky. Snow crunches under foot. Total Depth snow taken from #3 board, Drifts 6.4"(averaged). New snow both boards same, with icy base that I am unable to collect.
12/6/2010 7:30 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 5.4 M Low -1.2° high 27° 8PM 5° Current conditions: 0.3° Bar 30.18, Wind NNE 3.4-0.4mph. Clear sky, extreme cold, snow light & fluffy.
12/7/2010 6:20 AM T T 0.00 M M Low 0.3° yesterday report time. High 18° light snow 3:30 pm zero in gauge. Current conditions: 7° Bar 30.07. Dark,cold and few fluffy flakes falling. Snow crunchy.
12/8/2010 7:30 AM T T 0.00 4.7 M Low 1.7° high 24° Light snow flakes fell during yesterdays report. Current conditions: 3° Bar 30.12, Wind NW 2.8-0.9 mph. Clear sky with contrails, cold that burns fingers. Snow crunches and sparkles in sunlight. Total snow averaged from three locations is sneakily disappearing.
12/9/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low -4.8° High 24° Current conditions: 6.4° Bar 30.11. Gauge frost covered, can see breathe, snow crunchy under foot
12/10/2010 7:00 AM 0.10 1.4 0.19 5.9 0.67 Low 6° high 30° New snow started early evening. Current conditions: 19° Bar 29.80, Wind W 5.8-4.4 mph. High thin clouds, frosty atmosphere and horizons. New snow averaged. Total snow average to 5.85".
12/11/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 16° high 37° Fog rolled in around 8PM. Current conditions: 28° Bar 29.71, Wind E 6.6-0.9 mph. Frosty-foggy and some objects covered with light hoar frost. Overcast, cold with moist air.
12/12/2010 6:45 AM 0.33 M M M M Low 18.3° high 34° Rain most of day, by 8 PM begining to be slippery & icy. At 4:00 AM new snow covering patio 21°. Current conditions: 24° Bar 24.47 falling. Wind NNE 22.2-10.1 mph, Wind howling and gusts cause me to loose my balance. White out with horizonal grainy snow that stings eyes and looks like fog.Entire yard,patio and all boards blown clear with only frozen old snow left. Unable to measure. Trees and shrubs whipping around, major drifting. Few birds trying to find food.
12/13/2010 7:30 AM 0.02 0.6 0.08 4.8 0.98 Low 0.3° high 24° Blowing, drifting, whiteout horizontal snowfall. Windows coated with snow in AM. Current conditions: 0.3° Bar 30.00, Wind 3.2-0.4 mph. clear sky, total powder snow has icy base, only #2 board with snow left on it(questionable due to drifting). Major drifting with 4.2" to 24.4" measured. Total snow 4.8", 4.2", 4.8" & 5.4". Drifts 18.6", 24.4" & 23.6". Difficult to obtain accurate total average. Suprised by low winds.
12/14/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low -5° high 16° sunny cold day. Current conditions: -3° Bar 30.13, Winds calm but I feel slight movement. Opaque sky with blue/lavendar West horizon and yellow to East. Very cold, ground snow firm and crunchy. Frost on gauge. HAPPY RETIREMENT IL-LS-19 Well done good and faithful observers. YOU WILL BE MISSED
12/15/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low -9° high 21° It was -6 at 8 PM. Current conditions: -2° Bar 29.98, Wind calm. Frosty air and frost covered objects. Few small patches of blue in mostly cloudy sky. Does not feel as cold as readings say. Quiet. Old snow frozen.
12/16/2010 7:00 AM 0.16 2.6 0.35 5.9 0.87 Low -2° high 23° Current conditions: 18° Bar 29.67, Wind calm. Gray overcast, new snow appears fluffy but has weight when shoveling. Snow uneven due to drifting. New snow averaged between 3 boards, Total snow averaged 5.85", has ice at base. Drifts 17", 19.8" & 24". Gauge is set up on ground because of wind factor. Few snow flakes falling during report.
12/22/2010 7:00 AM T T T 8.5 M Low 13° high 34° heavy fog most of day, gone by 8PM. Current conditions: 24° Bar 30.06 rising. Wind NE 2.7-0.4 mph. Thin layer of ice on top of snow, trees clear. Trace of snow bottom of gauge, all boards clear. Total snow starting to compact. Air moist, overcast. Driveway, patio wet.
12/23/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 7.7 1.23 Low 14° high 33° partly sunny. Current conditions: 18° Bar 30.38 rising, Wind W 3.7-1.5 mph. Moon to West, very heavy frost covering some vegetation and 1/2 gauge inside and out. Ice layer still on top of ground snow. Did Total as possible new snow, averaged Total snow= 7.8", core taken at 7.7".
12/24/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 7.8 M Low 12° high 33° sunny. Current conditions: 23° Bar 30.27 going down. Wind NE 1.7-0.5 mph. Overcast sky, dark, very cold and damp. Frost on boards. Ice on top of snow. Total snow value from yesterday. No sight of snow at this time. Merry Christmas
12/25/2010 7:00 AM 0.30 4.0 0.36 11.5 1.58 Low 22° high 35° 8 AM snow beginning, 3.30 PM 2.4" new snow & still snowing. Current conditions: 23° Bar 30.14, Wind NE 8.1-4.3 mph. Horizons have dark clouds, Mostly cloudy with stratocumulus above. Gauge has snow piled NE outside & SW inside. Total snow has ice layer below and small crystal snow near base, dense. Drifts 21.4", 22.6", & 24.7". New snow 3.8" to 4.2" core at 4.0". Does not feel cold but air moist. Drive way plowed snow piles above my head.
12/26/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 22° high 32° no new snowfall observed. Current conditions: 22° Bar 30.16, Wind NE 6.7-2.5 mph. Active drifting noted on patio, boards, driveways and North hard road. Gauge is on ground and had 0.01", board # 1 0.3" near gauge (determined to be drifted snow), rest clear. Overcast overhead with few openings to E, NE & NW. Feels very cold, fingers burn.
12/27/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 8.8 M Low 7° high 29° Current conditions: 16° Bar 30.21, Wind N,NW,NNE 3.1-0.1 mph. Gray overcast, very cold, frost on gauge. Snow compacting, crunches. Total ground snow averaged. Icy layer prevails in middle of ground snow. Drifts 16", 21", 23" & 26". Glad for the slow melt as needed ground moisture.
12/28/2010 7:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M 9.4 M Low -2° high 20° sunny. Current conditions: 15° Bar 30.01, Wind SW 3.1-1.7 mph. Very cold, hoar frost covering most objects, beautiful! Open area overhead blue sky, all horizons Cirrostratus, Cirrus cloud cover. Birds hungry. Never seen before, two crows working together attacked squirrel, I assisted squirrel to even fight. Total snow shows uneveness of ground snow.
12/29/2010 6:40 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 4° high 28° Sunny. Current conditions: 5.5° Bar 29.86 down, Wind ever so slight, feel but not seen. Thick fog with HEAVY THICK hoar frost, measuring 1 to 1 1/4" covering everything, looks like everything grew feathers. Beautiful to behold! Very cold, snow firm, crunches.
12/30/2010 7:00 AM 0.03 0.0 M 7.5 1.53 Low 5° high 35.6° chilly most of day. 4 PM foggy driving home from Peru. Current conditions: 35.6° Bar 29.61 falling, Wind Calm to every so slight. Foggy, for short time fog appear to have light rosy color,can feel a fine mist on face, hear drips from trees. Old snow has softned, condensed forming small crystals and icy layer. Total snow range average 6.2"-8.0". Grass underneath green.
12/31/2010 7:00 AM 0.45 0.0 M M M Low 33° high 44° around 6 am loud clap thunder awoke me, it was raining then. Current conditions: 42.5° Bar 29.62. Dark, using flashlight & yardlight. Rain coming straight down, steady. Funny to see all snow boards held up by snow under them but snow around has melted. Open areas of green grass. No standing water seen.
1/1/2011 8:00 AM 0.32 0.0 M M M Low 17° high 52° 3:30 pm sun came out and fog lifted, steam rising from ground snow. Current conditions: 17° Bar 29.81, Wind WSW 20.6-8.2 mph. Blustery, overcast with small breaks, cold, gauge frozen solid. Only shoveled & drifted snow piles left. Grass green.
1/2/2011 6:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 10° high 20° Current conditions: 10.4° Bar 30.08 rising. Wind SW 5.5-4.0 mph. Clear sky with sliver moon and Venus to SE, heavy frost, very cold. Snow piles & drifts left. Eastern horizon orange-yellow with few dark Cirrus strands.
1/3/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 10° high 27° Current conditions: 20° Bar 29.97, Wind SSW 3.7-2.4 mph. Horizons W-N lavendar clouds, few Cumulus overhead, very cold with frost. Yard clear of snow except drifts 6.6" to 8.5" and snow piles 14.6" to 34" Dec total 2.31"precip, 14.4" snow, 2.98 core. 2010 Year 38.46" precip, 37.9" snowfall, 6.62" core
1/4/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 15° high 36° Current conditions: 15° Bar 29.88, Wind W 12.5-7.8. Frost, wind make it feel bitter cold. Clear sky with orange colored Eastern horizon.
1/5/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 6° high 22° Current conditions: 11° Bar 29.88 steady. Wind very slight to calm. Heavy frost, partly cloudy.
1/6/2011 6:40 AM T T M M M Low 11° high 34° Current conditions: 24° Bar 29.63 falling. Wind W 6.7-4.4 mph. Light granular snow falling around flashlight. Hard snow piles & drifts shrinking. Very cold
1/7/2011 6:30 AM T T M M M Low 15° high 32° occasional very light snow drifting down during morning, collected in cracks and along drive. Current conditions: 16° Bar 29.38 falling, Wind variable mostly WSW 2.4-0.0 mph. Cold. Gauge empty.
1/8/2011 7:15 AM T T T T M Low 8° high 23° 3:15 pm noted light snow falling. Current conditions: 9.5° Bar 29.65, Wind WSW,SW 2.7-1.8 mph. New snow fluffy, small patches on boards & in grass on roof, piled on South side in gauge, bitter cold with clouds on E,N,W horizons & few wisps here and there. Reduced piles/drifts of old hard, frozen snow.
1/9/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 3.2° high 24.6° Current conditions: 6° Bar 30.12. Very heavy frost, cold with opaque sky.
1/10/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M Low 6° high 34° Current conditions: 13° Bar 30.26 rising. Slight air movement. Heavy frost, very cold. Horizons cloudy, overhead blue sky with few thin clouds. Snow drifts and piles secretly disappearing.
1/11/2011 6:30 AM 0.03 0.1 0.04 0.1 0.04 Low 13° high 32° 4:30 am snowing. Current conditions: 22° Bar 30.03, Wind ENE 8.5-5.5 mph. South West slanted falling snow glitters in yardlight, sparkles on ground. Gauge snow slanted toward SWW. Overcast, old snow piles/drifts remain. New and Total snow measured 0.09"
1/12/2011 7:00 AM 0.08 1.0 1.17 1.4 M Low 13° high 30° light snow during day, afternoon rain sleet mixed,car and ground coated with layer of ice. Current conditions: 13° Bar 30.25, Wind W 3.9-1.1 mph. New snow even with very slight drift. Boards 1.0, 0.8 & 1.0. Icy crust gone. Clear overhead with clouds on horizons.
1/13/2011 7:00 AM T T M 1.2 M Low 4.4° high 34° Very light snow floating down for short time mid-morning. Current conditions: 4.4° Bar 30.40, Wind SWS 4.4-2.8 mph. Frost, clear above with contrails that are turning pink, NE,E,SE dark cloud bank on horizons. Bitter cold as coldest part of 24°. Snow crunches.
1/14/2011 7:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 2° high 19° Current conditions: 7° Bar 30.13 falling, Wind calm. Frost, foggy horizons. Slight formation of frost on tree branches.
1/15/2011 7:00 AM 0.01 T 0.01 1.2 M Low 6° high 31° 10:30 pm light fluffy flakes floating down. Current conditions: 22° Bar 29.96 falling. Wind N-NNE 7.4-1.3 mph. New snow measured 0.01 entered a T because not near 1/10th. Both gauge and new melted same.
1/16/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 5° high 28° Current conditions: 8° Bar 30.17 rising. Barometric pressure is like a yo-yo lately. cold, heavy frost, clear overhead with clouds on all horizons.
1/17/2011 7:00 AM 0.05 0.6 0.05 1.6 0.23 Low 7° high 27° Current conditions: 22° Bar 29.79, Wind ESE 6.7-4.6 mph. Snowing,is in flake form but can hear snow hit hood. Has SE slant. Light to shovel. Snowfall increased during report.
1/18/2011 7:00 AM 0.51 1.2 0.26 1.8 0.42 Low 22° high 33° periods of snow during morning, rain later. Windy 10:30 pm dense fog. Current conditions: 29° Bar 29.65, Wind NE 16.9-7.1 mph gusting. snow ice coated and saturated with water. Gauge coated with ice. No ice on trees.
1/19/2011 6:15 AM 0.01 0.1 0.01 1.9 M Low 16° high 29° Very difficult driving, cars and semi in ditch.Misting around 5PM. Current conditions: 16° Bar 29.94. Few snow flakes falling, ground snow frozen, crunches. Cold and dark
1/20/2011 6:30 AM T 0.3 T 2.4 M Low 10° high 28° Large fluffy flakes in late morning. Noon measured 0.3" board #1.Driveway & sidewalks ice covered. Current conditions: 13° Bar 30.05, Wind WSW 2.0-1.0 mph. Old snow hard, ice on driveway, sidewalks still. Gray overcast, no falling precipitation noted. Curious thing.. a mouse running around on top of snow, looking? Last seen in neighbors yard. Light frost. Total snow averaged.
1/21/2011 7:15 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low -10° high 20° working last evening at fund raising event the wind and cold made it miserable to be out. Current conditions: -10° Bar 30.01, Wind WNW 3.6-1.2. wind chill -20° Heavy frost, ground snow frozen hard. Noted drifting across 2 boards, clear sky, bitter.
1/22/2011 7:00 AM 0.02 1.0 0.02 3.5 M Low -9.6° high 9.6°. 10:15 pm snowing. Current conditions: 9.6° Bar 29.78 falling. Wind WNW 7.0-5.8 mph. Snow in gauge piled on NW side. Light snow falling, overcast with crunchy snow below and fluffy snow on top. Total snow averaged due to drifting. Amazing totals on sensor #2 9.6°now,-9.6°low and 9.6° high. Sensor #1 close but not even numbers. Use #2 as out in open area.
1/23/2011 7:00 AM T T T 3.5 M Low -3.7° high 23° occasional very light flurries morning until early afternoon. Current conditions: -3.7 Bar 30.14. Wind NE 3.3-2.4 mph. Partly cloudy, bitter cold. Ground snow frozen.
1/24/2011 6:45 AM 0.02 0.2 0.02 2.8 0.46 Low -4° high 19° Current conditions: 27.6° Bar 30.14, Wind ever so slight to calm. Foggy can't see horizons or sky. Total snow averaged X4 range 2.7" to 3.3", lost some and gained some. Drifts 7.4", 9.5" & 11.0". Total snow granular with crust mid-way.
1/25/2011 7:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 19° high 26° Current conditions: 24° Bar 30.06, Wind SW 3.2-2.1 mph. Gray sky, ground snow softer. Driveway solid ice.
1/26/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 3.2 M Low 21° High 31°Noted snow melt resulting in areas of standing water. Current conditions: 21° Bar 29.93, Wind NW 5.0-2.7 mph. Overcast gray sky, snow crunches and is deminishing. Drifts 10" 8.7" 6" Ground snow averaged
1/27/2011 6:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 16° high 23° Current conditions: 20° Bar 29.81 falling, Wind W 10.5-3.7 mph. Frost covering gauge, objects and trees, snow firm, wind sharp and very cold.
1/28/2011 7:30 AM 0.12 1.4 0.13 4.5 M Low 11° high 28° at Malden, snow started near 11AM increasing to heavy snowfall, 12:30 Pm unable to clear snow off one side of car fast enough before piled up again on other side, could not distinguish where road was & drove according to telephone pole location. Perdicted light dusting to 1". Current conditions: 11° Bar 29.82, Wind NNE 0.8-0.3 mph. Snow in gauge piled SE side, foggy-frosty with trees and objects frost covered. New snow same this AM as yesterday at 3PM. Ground total averaged 4.2" to 4.8" No core taken. New snow powder.
1/29/2011 7:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M 4.5 M Low 10.4° high 36.5° due to melting able to clear driveway of thick layer of ice..yea. Current conditions: 26° Bar 29.76, Wind NW 4.4-3.3 mph. Light fog on horizons, overcast with hint of blue behind thinner clouds. Cold, ground snow soft top with icy crust below. Drifts 9.5" 5.8".
1/30/2011 7:00 AM 0.07 0.8 0.08 4.8 M Low 26° high 41° 4PM light snow falling. Current Conditions: 29° Bar 30.06, Wind NNE 2.1-1.7 mph. Winter wonderland! snow piled on branches and limbs, light fog. New snow fluffy, overcast sky, quiet, damp making it feel very cold. Patio/driveway very slippery with thin layer ice.
1/31/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 4.5 0.74 Low 20° high 30° Current conditions: 20° Bar 30.26, Wind ESE 6.9-3.7 mph. Overcast with orange-yellow SE horizon. Ground snow consists of ice granuals. Total ground snow averaged 4.4",core taken 4.5". Drifts 8.6", 11.0" & 11.4". Driveway ice coated again.
2/1/2011 7:00 AM 0.10 0.9 0.12 5.0 0.94 Low 19° high 27° 7:15 pm Blowing snow out of NE with sleet falling and drifting across road. Current conditions: 20° Bar 30.07, Wind E 16.9-13.5 mph. New/old snow granular, dense. Did SWE total to monitor water content of snow to come. Overcast with gusting East winds. Birds are frantic for food, they stayed late last night to almost dark. Everyone be careful. Two boards blown clear, used #1 as had 0.9" snowfall but know not accurate due to blowing drifting conditions. Best I could do
2/2/2011 7:30 AM M M M M M Low 14.5° high 23.3° See several Significant reports; 8:30-9:00 pm lightning and thunder, white out horizontal snow, winds gusting, lights blinked once. Current 15° Bar 29.98. high winds and drifting continues, horizons barely visible. Most drifts way above my 40" snow stick. Gauge, #1 & total board under 2' drift. #2 has 11" snow but in drift area. Rest board cleared. My yard front/back have hugh drifts near top or over chain link fence and above my chest and some my head (5'6 3/4"). Still blowing and drifting. City pickup plow stuck in front, needed two big plow truck to pull out and clear drift. The men could not believe their eyes at the size of the drifts. Drift on driveway above my head. This station will be shut down until I can find a set-up place that is not drifting.
2/3/2011 7:00 AM M 0.0 M M M Low -11° high 23° snow bound as not plowed out. Gauge placed in snow bank for now. Current conditions: -11° Bar 30.39, light breeze. Clear blue sky, snow sparkles in sunlight. Old snow hard, new snow soft and dense. Happy to see snow plow man here during night. Learned many roads closed, 251, 34, 39 and 52 yesterday, all roads leading out of Mendota.
2/4/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Low -10.5° yesterday report time. high 15° Sunny, snow drift lost 0.02" in height. Probably compacting. Current conditions: 1° Bar 30.09, Wind SW 9.0-5.9mph. Sunny, very cold, quiet. Gauge put in drift yesterday empty. Dug out main gauge and #1 boards from 19.8" drift, setup in corridor between drifts which mesures 2-3" of snow. Largest drifts between 6'and 7'.Finally driveway cleared yesterday.
2/5/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 4.6 M Low -1 high 27° current conditions: 8° Bar 29.56 falling, Wind SSW 0.2-0.0 mph. At report begining mostly cloudy, at end clear overhead with clouds around. Can see breathe, very cold. Took 7 reading for total level ground snow ranging 2.5" to 6.3", mostly between 4"-5.7". Drifts 50+",47",28.5",19.8",10.5". They are shrinking (compacting & melting) able to walk up them.
2/6/2011 6:45 AM 0.08 1.0 0.08 M M Low 8° high 29° not snowing at 2:30 am. Current conditions: 26° Bar 29.74. Wind Calm to light. Snowing large flakes straight down but turned smaller after report. Snowy foggy horizons. New snow soft. I am so glad for more snow..really need it as we were very dry.
2/7/2011 6:45 AM 0.07 1.4 0.10 7.6 1.40 Low 8° high 37° Current conditions: 15° Bar 29.93, Wind WNW 1.6-1.0 mph. Frost, thin overcast & to East broken clouds, apricot colored horizon. Very cold, new snow looks like shaved peices with multi colors. Brief sunshine during report. Total snow average 7.7" taken at 7.6".
2/8/2011 7:00 AM T 0.2 0.06 M M Low -7° high 35° Light snow most day drifting down. Current Conditions: -7° WC -17° Bar 30.17 rising, Wind NW 5.0-4.6 mph. Frosty air and horizons with heavy frost on gauge, roof. Extreme cold, partly cloudy with pink & gray clouds. New snow on board 0.1" to 0.2" sample taken at 0.2" had icy base with fluff top which surprised me as didn't appear to be. Gauge had zero in it but saw snow so called Trace.
2/9/2011 6:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low -7° during yesterday report. High 19° Current conditions: 1° Bar 30.22, Wind N 7.0-3.3 mph. wind chill -13°. Gray overcast, extreme bitter cold, ground snow some with hard crust and crunches other soft.
2/10/2011 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low -17.4° high 12.5° Current conditions: -17.2° Bar 30.06, Wind 0.1-0.1 mph WC-16. Ever so slight breeze making it bitterly cold, clear sky with frost on gauge. Clear air allowing noise to be audible from afar. Snow crunchy. Furnace exhust slowly drifting SE.
2/11/2011 7:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 2/10 report time -17.5° high 20° Current conditions: 12° Bar 29.88, Wind WSW 1.3-0.6 mph. Overcast, can see breathe. Gray day
2/12/2011 7:00 AM T 0.1 0.01 7.9 M Low 12° high 29° Light snowfall off and on during day. Current conditions: 20° Bar 29.99, Wind WSW 6.7-3.2 mph. Can see breathe, sun rising, clear with few whisps of contrails. Large drifts shrinking.
2/13/2011 6:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 19° high 39.5° Current conditions: 28.5° Bar 29.69 Wind WSW-W 4.0-3.2 mph. Blue sky with red-orange SE & S horizons, overcast clouds moving in fast. Cold, can hear geese at Lake Mendota discussing the weather.
2/14/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 12.0 3.87 Low 28° high 45.8° Current conditions: 36° Bar 29.78, Wind W 10.2-5.1 mph. Overcast, snow melting, Yard mostly drifts and I can walk on top without sinking in as snow dense and packs well. Measurements today include 0.0" grass showing up to 41.6" drifts which were averaged resulting in 30.25". Took core at 31.0". Core #1 3.87", #2 3.25" #3 2.84"= 9.96" melted. Felt that this is more accurate report for possible run-off to rivers. edited and re-entered only 1st gauge which was completely full par
2/15/2011 6:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 21° High 54° Current conditions: 25° Bar 30.19. gauge white with heavy frost. Clouds on East horizon that turned red during report and streaks of blue sky. Partly cloudy overhead. Very cold.
2/16/2011 6:30 AM T 0.0 M M M Low 25° high 42° snow drifts shrinking. Appears to have rained during night.Snow board has drops of water on it. Current conditions: 35° Bar 29.89, GL Wind 2.8-1.1 mph. Overcast, cold humid air, hazy on horizons. Gauge has several large drops of water in it.
2/17/2011 6:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 34° high 58° Current conditions: 45° Bar 29.62, Ground Level Wind SSW 5.8-0.0 mph. Gray overcast, moist air. Wind comes and goes, patio/driveway wet.
2/18/2011 6:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 34° high 54° Current conditions: 34° Bar 29.92, GL Wind 8.7-4.7 mph. Heavy dark gray clouds to East-South West, look threatening, during report turned red-dark grey. Cold, grass squishes under feet. Lillies and Jonquils are up 1/2", awaking dormant night animal signs noted.
2/19/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 25° high 49.8° ground snow gone, only drifts and piles left. Current conditions: 25° Bar 30.30, GL Wind 8.7-4.7 mph. Mostly cloudy, bird voices heard, cold. 12 drifts measured in back yard ranged 4.2" to 25.6" which average to 15.16". Snow firm. Did not measure front yard drifts.
2/20/2011 6:30 AM 0.43 0.0 M M M Low 25° high 45° Current conditions: 31° Bar 29.95 steady. Light rain, patio and grass white ice coated, suet feed has ice on East & South side with North & West dry. Tree branches ice coat with 0.02-0.03" of ice, boards have frozen drops of rain. Gauge ice coated inside and out with rain at bottom. This should reduce the 4.2" to 25.6" drifts.
2/21/2011 7:00 AM 0.62 0.0 M M M Low 31° high 37° periods of heavy rain off and on. Current conditions: 31° Bar 29.59, GL Wind East 8.9-5.4 mph. WC 24°. Very cold, gray overcast, damp and wet. Old snow granular in yard full of drift that is very slowly decreasing. Still a lot of snow in Mendota. Total core taken from drifts that Saturday measured 4.2"-27.6". Snow 8.0" Core 3.31" still melting.
2/22/2011 6:00 AM 0.03 0.2 0.02 0.2 0.02 Low 32.5° high 26° Current conditions: 26° Bar 29.96, Wind GL ENE 6.2-3.1 mph WC 19°. Light snow falling, appears granular at times. Board has ice crystals at base. Bitter cold. Yard has open areas but mostly large drifts I can walk on.
2/23/2011 7:00 AM T T T T M Low 25° high 29° Light snow continued after report. Current conditions: 26° Bar 30.13, GL Wind SSW 5.4-1.0 WC 20° Overcast, snow drifts frozen hard, crunch as I walk on top of them. Just 0.01 on total snow board so called trace as frozen solid. Can hear sounds from town and bird voices. Feels very cold.
2/24/2011 6:45 AM 0.07 0.0 M T M Low 26° high 36° 6 PM rain, 6:45 pm turned to wet sleet that was gone when church let out 7:45 pm. Current conditions: 32° Bar 29.99, GL wind NE 10.5-8.8 mph. Gray overcast, damp, hazy horizons. Drifts 3" to 22" remain frozen ice granules over 1/2 back and front yard. Storm approaching with more snow!
2/25/2011 6:45 AM 0.01 0.2 0.03 0.2 0.03 Low 25° high 35° 9PM cold NE wind,no snow yet.Current conditions: 25° Bar 29.95. Slight breeze. Snow coated grass appears sculptured, crunches. Opaque sky with few clouds on N horizon. Gauge has snow caked on North outside. Cold, many old snow drifts remain with slight change. Winds made difference in gauge to new snow figures.
2/26/2011 7:00 AM 0.09 0.9 0.10 0.9 M Low 23° high 46° Current conditions: 23° Bar 29.96, GL Wind NE 3.6-1.6 mph. New snow fluffy, piled in gauge on East side, overcast and cold. Daffodils and Daylilies now 1 1/2" tall.
2/27/2011 6:30 AM 0.02 0.0 M M M Low 23­° high 33° misty rain late afternoon into early evening. 10:45 AM Saw very light snow flakes traveling West of town however do not know if it reached Mendota. Current conditions: 24° Bar 29.75. Gray overcast, very cold. Ground snow turning to ice granules, crunchy. Gauge ice coated outside SE side, inside NW side. Melted to more than I expected.
2/28/2011 6:30 AM 0.34 0.0 M 0.4 0.12 Low 24° High 34° misty rain to rain, 8:30 pm rain, lightning with thunder, heavy at times. Skunk left den in ditch due to rising rain water. Ah the aroma! Current conditions: 27° Bar 29.84, Wind NNE 11.6-7.1 mph. Gray sky, trees coated with 1/100th of ice sound like dry bones rattling. Everything coated with ice that froze while dripping. Total snow board icy, able to collect 1/2 of sample as rest frozen hard. Drifts less than 1/2 of back and front yards, range 8.6" to 22.0", frozen and able to walk on top.
3/3/2011 7:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 23° high 36° Current conditions: 27° Bar 30.23, Wind ESE 2.1-0.2 mph. Frost, very cold, frozen drifts remain, gray overcast sky, horizons clear.
3/4/2011 7:00 AM 0.11 0.0 M M M Low 27° high 45° Current conditions: 36° Bar 29.88, GL wind SE 2.0-0.0 mph. Raining, dark gray sky,vanilla colored West horizon. Snow drifts softening and shrinking.
3/5/2011 7:00 AM 0.50 0.1 0.02 0.1 0.02 Low 32° high 58° After report gauge put on post with center tube. Waves of rain during evening hours. 8PM changed gauge 0.19 and put out new gauges without inner tube, one on ground other on post to test Wind factor here. Current conditions: 32° Bar 29.97, GL Wind NE 16.1-8.6 mph. WC 21°. Light snow falling, gray overcast sky with occasional dark gray thin clouds & dark gray to SE, cold, wet and damp. Old drift remain but smalled. Test for Wind factor: ground gauge 0.30 and Post gauge 0.31. Both had snow caked on North outside and South inside. Used both Post readings for gauge report.
3/6/2011 6:30 AM 0.01 0.3 0.03 0.3 0.03 Low 19° high 33° all day light snow with short periods of moderate from NE-NNE. Current conditions: 20° Bar 30.21, GL wind NE 7.0-5.5 mph WC 11°. High very thin cloud in blue sky. Horizons heavy clouds. New snow crunchy, ice base on boards. Gauge had snow caked on NW-NNW outside and ESE inside. Fingers burn from cold. Sunny. Did total as could be melted by tomorrow.
3/7/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Low 20° high 46° Current conditions: 28° Bar 30.09, GL wind E 1.3-0.1 mph. Heavy frost roof and gauge, cold. Good to hear Backwing and Cardinal voices. Snow drift measurement: 1/4 front/side yard 5.2", 8.0", 14.8", 18.4" and 1/4 back yard 6.2", 9.5", 13.2", 15.5", 16.2". all granular and firm, can walk on top. Small plowed pile of driveway left. Did Total measurements yesterday.
3/8/2011 6:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Low 28° high 35° Current conditions: 30° Bar 30.08, GL Wind E 6.2-2.7 mph. Light frost, foggy-frosty horizons. Overcast with contrail, can see breath. Cold
3/9/2011 7:00 AM 0.43 0.0 M 0.0 M Low 30° high 48° 6 AM light rain. Current conditions: 40° Bar 29.65. Light fog here, heavier on horizons. Gray overcast sky, everything dripping wet.
3/10/2011 7:00 AM 0.03 0.0 M M M Low 33° high 43° Current conditions: 33° Bar 29.96, GL wind NNE 5.8-3.3 mph. Gray overcast, damp and cold. Drifts shrinking fast.. yea!
3/11/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 24° high 44° Current conditions: 27° Bar 30.01, GL wind NW 3.1-1.8 mph. Frosty-foggy air and horizons, heavy frost covering gauge and objects. Strange sight.. blue sky with sun in East. Cold
3/12/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 28° high 52° Snow drifts remain but shrinking. Current conditions: 34° Bar 29.70 falling, GL winds SW 13.8-7.4 WC 25°. Mostly cloudy with dark gray clouds can see glimpses of blue here and there. Feels very cold with strong wind gusts. WELCOME IL-LS-43
3/13/2011 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 24° high 42° Current conditions: 24° Bar 30.17 rising. Dark, very cold, snow drifts remain from 2-14.
3/14/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 24° high 45° Current conditions: 27° Bar 30.29 rising, GL wind ENE 4.0-1.8 mph. Red open area on Eastern horizon with blue clouds above. Very heavy frost,frosty air and overcast sky. Snow drifts 2.5", 6.0", 9.0", 10.2" & 12.0" on NW-N side of yard. Very hard and granular snow. Feb 14th they were 24" to above chainlink fence. Garden visible again.
3/15/2011 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 24° high 51° Current conditions: 31° Bar 30.05, GL wind NE 7.0-5.0 mph. Frost, cold wind, partly cloudy with dark blue clouds. Tree buds swelling, many spring flowers coming up. Snow drifts softer, granular.
3/16/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 28° High 48°. Current conditions: 28° Bar 29.99 falling. GL wind slight to calm. Frost with frosty horizions and air. Opaque sky, snow drifts slowly becoming smaller. Spring plants peaking through leaf covering. Time to put Wren houses out.
3/17/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 28° high 63° Current conditions: 43° Bar 29.81, GL wind SSW 6.0-2.3 mph. Hazy horizons, high thin white clouds in pale blue sky. Ground wet and air damp, pleasant and snow drifts fading fast, mostly on North side of house.
3/18/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 34° high 67° nice day! Current conditions: 34° Bar 30.05, GL wind WSW 4.1-2.1 mph. Frost, cold, damp and mostly cloudy. Snow only in bushes and front ditch. Mouse trails in grass where drifts were.
3/19/2011 6:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 26° high 59° Current conditions: 26° Bar 30.36, GL Wind ever so slight air movement. Frosty foggy air and horizons. Heavy frost, gauge covered. Cold, crisp. Just small amount of drift snow left in front from 2-14 blizzard.
3/20/2011 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Low 26° high 59° 6 AM patio dry, 7 AM raining. Current conditions: 43° Bar 30.14, GL S 6.2-2.9 mph missed strong gust reading. Cold Small snow drifts left.
3/21/2011 7:00 AM 0.18 0.0 M M M Low 42° high 70° rain in morning with thunder, sunny afternoon and rain again after 7PM with lightning and thunder. Current conditions; 45° Bar 29.96, GL wind E 0.9-0.0 mph. Light fog here, heavier on horizons. Overcast, damp. Very small patches of drift snow in bushes.
3/22/2011 6:50 AM 0.28 0.0 M M M Low 40° high 67° in evening and around 2AM quick storm passed by. Current conditions: 41° Bar 29.88, GL wind E 12.4-7.3 mph. Gray overcast, damp, dim light and cold wind.
3/23/2011 7:00 AM 0.40 0.0 M M M Low 37° high 48° Heard rain early AM. Current conditions: 41° Bar 29.38, GL wind ENE 3.9-2.8 mph. Chilly, wet with damp air. Foggy horizons, grey overcast. Grass turning green. Snow drifts gone, took 50 days to melt, Feb. 1st to Mar 22, 2011.
3/24/2011 7:00 AM 0.03 T T T T Low 25° high 51° Drizzle rain late afternoon and evening, wetting pavement. 6PM emptied gauge and removed inner gauge=0.03. Gusty winds increasing. Current conditions: 25° Bar 30.00, GL winds NE 14.4-8.9 mph, gusting, WC 13°. Small amount of snow in cracks,crevives and on top of fallen leaves. Bitter cold. Birds frantic for food.
3/25/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 23° high 40° Current conditions: 26° Bar 29.99 steady, GL wind ENE 4.0-1.8 mph WC 21°. Frost, overcast and cold. A grey day for sure!
3/26/2011 7:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 22° high 45° Current conditions: 24° Bar 30.05, GL wind ENE 11.2-8.7 mph. WC 14° Sunny, wind sharp and cold. Mostly cloudy with high thin clouds.
3/27/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 19.5° high 35° Current conditions: 20.6° Bar 30.09, GL wind NE 5.6-5.0 mph. WC 13°. Heavy frost, blue sky, sunny and last quarter moon, very cold.
3/28/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Low 21° high 42° Current conditions: 21° Bar 30.15, GL wind NNE 8.2-6.4 mph. Light frost, sun coming up, clear sky except few clouds on horizon. Cold
3/29/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 21° high 46° Current conditions: 27° Bar 30.21, GL wind ENE 4.3-3.2 mph. Gray Altocumulus overcast with pale apricot horizons. Cold, Birds frantic for food, squirrels hungry also.
3/30/2011 7:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 27° high 46° Sunny. Current conditions: 31° Bar 30.03, GL wind NE 6.9-4.3 mph. WC 24°. Gray overcast, sharp wind. Cold fingers burn.
3/31/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 17° high 56° Current conditions: 20° Bar 29.80, GL wind Calm. Heavy hard frost, frosty cold air. Altostratus. March totals precip 1.99" snow 0.4"
4/1/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 21° high 56° Current conditions: 31° Bar 29.56 falling. Frost, gray Altostratus with sun bearly visible above East horizon. Started sprinkling 7:17 AM during report.
4/2/2011 7:00 AM 0.09 T T T T Low 31° high 49° Mid AM Light rain then at 10:40 AM rain and large fluffy snow flakes together that collected momentarly, then melted. A new sight for me. Current conditions: 33° Bar 29.72. Heavy frost, frosty foggy horizons. Sun above tree tops.
4/3/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Low 33°high 62­° Current conditions: 46° Bar 29.68. Cirrus moving SE becoming Cumulus. As I type this sun peeking over dark cloud bank on Eastern horizon. Wind makes air feel cold.
4/4/2011 7:00 AM 0.44 0.0 M 0.0 M Low 45° high 79.8° 9PM full NNE sky white lightning with thunder once. 9:50 PM rain with hail, frequent lightning with thunder. see Significant report & hail report. 10:30PM gauge 0.29". Current conditions: 46° Bar 29.35 rising, GL wind WSW 14.7-9.6 mph. Overcast with thin dark clouds moving NE from SW. Cold wind sharp
4/5/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 29° high 48° Current conditions: 32­° Bar 29.74. Frost on roofs and is turning to dew on blades of grass. Cold, can see my breathe. Sun on East horizon.
4/6/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 32° high 56° Current conditions: 42° Bar 29.57, GL wind 0.5-0.0 mph. Gray overcast with thin dark lower clouds. Air moist.
4/7/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 33° high 67° Current conditions: 33° Bar 29.95, GL wind E 4.4-2.3 mph. Foggy can see 1/2 block, very heavy frost on parts of roof, looks like snow but is not. Cold, condensation on objects and grass.
4/8/2011 8:00 AM 0.77 0.0 M M M Low 32.7° high 57° Current conditions: 45° Bar 29.77, GL wind E 7.8-2.3 mph. Light mist with Nimbostratus, wet from night rains. Cool wind
4/9/2011 5:35 AM 0.15 0.0 M M M Low 44.4° high 51° 5:10 AM Awakened by NOAA with storm warning, not raining but thunder heard. 5:25 AM rain started. Current conditions: 46.7° Bar 29.88. Moderate rain coming almost straight down, frequent lightning and thunder. Water pouring out of downspouts. 5:45AM storm passing through. Rain decreasing
4/10/2011 7:00 AM 0.08 M M M M Low 48° high 78° beautiful day, trees bursting buds. Current conditions: 63° Bar 29.60 falling, GL wind SSW-SW 5.8-0.0 mph. Blue sky with high Cirrocumulus to NW. hazy horizon with heavy dew that sparkles in sunlight. Warm moist air.
4/11/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 46° high 84° Current conditions: 49° Bar 29.66, GL wind SSW 4.4-3.3 mph. Altostratus with sun behind Nimbostratus to East. North horizon dark clouds moving from West to NE. Chilly and damp
4/12/2011 6:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 34.5°high 68° Current conditions: 35° Bar 29.96 rising, GL wind ENE 7.1-5.6 mph. Cold wind, damp with heavy dew. Clear blue sky with rising sun coloring Eastern horizon.
4/13/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 33° High 67° Early morning red-blue NE horizon. Possible very lite frost. Current conditions: 35° Bar 30.01, GL wind NE 0.5-0.0 mph. Cold, can see breathe, heavy dew, Altostratus.
4/14/2011 7:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 34° high 77° Beautiful day. Current conditions: 46° Bar 30.03, GL wind E 14.8-5.8 mph. Cold gusty wind, M3 Altocumulus.
4/15/2011 4:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 39° high 60° very wind day. Current conditions: 39° Bar 29.86 falling, GL wind 19.5-10.9 mph. Cold wind.
4/16/2011 4:30 AM 0.59 0.0 M M M Low 37° high 52° Current conditions: 46.5° Bar 29.26 falling. Light rain at report time. Puddles of water on sidewalk.
4/17/2011 7:00 AM 0.07 0.0 M M M Low 32° high 46.5° Very wind, twisting Wren houses around, blew downspouts into yard. Current conditions: 33° Bar 29.73 rising, GL wind SW-WSW 6.4-4.4 mph. Cold wind, heavy frost or snow? on roof and patchy areas on gound. H2 Cirrus, L4 Stratocumulus. Sun beginning to peek through.
4/18/2011 8:00 AM 0.42 0.0 M M M Low 33° high 52° Sun came out around 2 PM. Light short rain 8 PM, rain again 2-3 AM. Current conditions: 35° Bar 29.77, GL wind E 12.8-7.3 mph. M2 gray Altostratus, wet and cold. Grass rich dark green.
4/19/2011 6:50 AM T 0.0 M M M Low 33° high 46.5° Windy. Current conditions: 35° Bar 29.72, GL winds E 17.4-10.9 mph. L6 Stratus, cold wind
4/20/2011 6:45 AM 0.85 0.0 M M M Low 33° high 38.8° I was out of town 9AM until 6 PM, heavy rain & strong winds, occasional lightning as arrived home. Current conditions: 34° Bar 29.85 rising, GL winds NW 4.8-0.8 mph. L-6 Stratus, wet grass and soil. Tree and shrub buds have burst forth small leaves.
4/21/2011 6:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 28° high 44° Current conditions: 30° Bar 30.26 rising, GL wind WSW 1.2-0.8 mph. Heavy frost, cold and can see breathe. H2 Cirrus,H6 Cirrostratus to North
4/22/2011 6:15 AM 0.49 0.0 M M M Low 30° high 55° 9:50 pm rain started. Current condition: 42° Bar 29.87 Light rain falling that increased after back in house. Chilly
4/23/2011 7:00 AM 0.53 0.0 M M M Low 41° high 51° Driving in Peoria 10 AM heavy rain with flooded streets as drains could not keep up. Wipers on high and still difficult to see. Was told Mendota had rain, lightning and thunder. 4:15 PM Gauge 0.38" Current conditions: 49° Bar 29.67. H2 Cirrus, grass wet, chilly.
4/24/2011 6:45 AM T 0.0 M M M Low 42° high 62° nice spring day. Current conditions: 42° Bar 29.92 rising. Light fog on horizons, grass, soil and vegetation wet. H6 Cirrostratus
4/25/2011 6:15 AM 0.01 0.0 M M M Low 42° high 67° Current conditions: 45° Bar 29.83. M2 Altostratus gray overcast, light sprinkle heard on jacket hood and seen on bird water. Chilly
4/26/2011 7:15 AM 0.72 M M M M Low 44° high 57° Current conditions: 57° Bar 29.25 falling. Light rain stopped just before report. Nice day to pull weeds as soil is loose and wet. L8 Cumulus & Stratocumulus.
4/27/2011 6:15 AM 0.04 M M M M Low 47°high 67° 5:50 AM not raining. Current conditions: 47° Bar 29.43 rising, GL winds WNW 0.05-0.0. Light rainfall, overcast M2 Altostratus. Soil still absorbing the rain, grass very happy and lush.
4/28/2011 8:00 AM 0.11 0.0 M M M Low 37.7° high 56° Current conditions: 38.6° Bar 29.53, GL winds SSW 11.0-3.9 mph. Grass wet, cold sharp wind, L5 Stratocumulus.
4/29/2011 6:50 AM 0.03 0.0 M M M Low 32.5° high 47° cold, sharp wind all day. Current conditions: 36° Bar 29.91 rising, GL winds NW 3.7-2.3 mph. Light frost on roof with heavy dew on grass. Blue sky without a cloud! Can see breathe.
4/30/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 36° high 68° Current conditions: 51° Bar 29.80, GL winds SSE 5.6-3.1 mph. L5 Stratocumulus, chilly wind. More birds arriving on North flowing winds.
5/1/2011 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 45° high 74° current conditions: 47° Bar 29.81. Heavy dew, chilly, cloud bank on Eastern horizon. Blue sky all around. Spring has arrived... Mr. Wren is back! and White Crowned sparrows too.
5/2/2011 7:20 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 42° high 60° Current conditions: 48° Bar 30.07. Cold wind, heavy dew with cloud bank on Eastern horizon. April total rainfall 5.39"
5/3/2011 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 31.8° high 63° Current conditions: 36° Bar 30.09, light NE breeze. Clear sky, light frost on roof and shaded grass areas, heavy dew on grass in sunny areas. Can see breathe, cold.
5/4/2011 6:10 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 28.7° high 59° Current conditions: 30­° Bar 30.26 rising. Very cold, heavy frost on roof and grass with dew in shaded areas. Ice coating bird water. To East layers H2 Cirrus, L1 Cumulus and base of L5 Stratocumulus. Clear to West.
5/5/2011 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 30° high 67° Current conditions: 43° Bar 30.17, GL winds SSW 5.9-0.1. L5 Stratocumulus with small openings for occasional sunshine. Cold, ground hard and dry, asparagus trying to push through. Time to start watering.
5/6/2011 7:30 AM T M M M M Low 41° high 65° Around 8 PM Blackie's fur wet with rain, but not in gauge or on side walk. Current conditions: 51° Bar 29.81 falling, GL winds SSW 4.3-2.1 mph. Blue sky and sunshine, heavy dew,light fog/hazy on horizon. Need a good rain as ground becoming dry. Gauge 0.00
5/7/2011 7:30 AM 0.11 M M M M Low 50° high 73° Current conditions: 53° Bar 29.70,GL winds SE 5.1-0.0 mph. Wet from rain, chilly and damp. L5 Stratocumulus with sun occasionally seen briefly. Grosbeaks and Baltimore Oriole arrived yesterday.
5/8/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 42° high 73° Current conditions: 48° Bar 29.87 rising. Light fog on horizon, blue sky with sunshine and dew, chilly.
5/9/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 48° high 78° Current conditions: 57° Bar 29.84, Wind ESE 7.7-3.2 mph. No dew, chilly
5/10/2011 6:45 AM T M M M M Low 57° High 79.7° Brief light sprinkle after report. Current conditions: 64° Bar 29.62 falling. Winds calm. Gauge 0.00. Muggy, close with foggy horizons. L1 Cumulus with L4 stratocumulus on horizons.
5/11/2011 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 64° high 94.8° Current conditions: 66° Bar 29.71, slight breeze, light fog here with moderate on horizons. Foggy dew, muggy and close.
5/12/2011 6:25 AM 0.01 M M M M Low 62° high 93° Current conditions: 63° Bar 29.70. Sprinkle of rain around 2:30 AM. Very dry, dusty compacted soil at this station, need rain as May total so far 0.12". Air moist & cool, light fog on horizons. Overcast with pale yellow small opening to NE, L5 Stratocumulus.
5/13/2011 7:25 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 58° high 90° Hard to beleive that the large storm passed this dry and thirsty station but it did! I am losing a 17 year old Maple tree, as unable to open buds. Current condtions: 64° Bar 29.62, Wind SSW 2.7-0.0 mph. Grass and shrubs are green but it is the trees that are suffering loss of moisture. Ground is hard, dry and cracking.
5/14/2011 8:00 AM 0.36 M M M M Low 49° high 84° Rain began in afternoon, I am very thankful. Current conditions: 49.8° Bar 29.64, Wind NE-ENE 15.0-13.1 mph. Gray overcast, cold and wet. Remember to put can goods out for Postal Service Hunger Drive.
5/15/2011 6:20 AM 0.03 M M M M Low 46.4° high 53° Current coditions: 46.4° Bar 29.67. Raining, windy and cold
5/16/2011 7:20 AM T M M M M Low 34.3° high 53° Current conditions: 41° Bar 29.92, Wind ENE 17.8-10.2 mph. Dew, cold wind. No ice on bird bath and no frost noted at report time. Blue sky.
5/17/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 34.5° High 63° Current conditions: 42° Bar 29.94. No frost, very light dew, cold with sun rising.
5/18/2011 7:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 42° high 69° Current conditions: 50° Bar 29.77. Gray overcast sky, feels cold, gauge has only dust and bugs.
5/19/2011 7:00 AM 0.11 M M M M Low 46° high 59.5° 10:15 AM very light sprinkle of rain. Current: 52° Bar 29.90 rising, Wind: very slight air movement. Light fog here with moderate several blocks away. Rising sun to East. Wet vegetation makes pulling weeds easy.
5/20/2011 6:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Low 50° high 80.9° Current Conditions: 49.8° Bar 29.99. Light fog here moderate horizons. Cool, moist air, light dew. Gauge foggy dew or rain?
5/21/2011 7:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 52° high 86.5° Current conditions: 65° Bar 29.78. mostly cloudy with H2 Cirrus. Muggy with light fog
5/22/2011 6:45 AM T M M M M Low 59° high 84° light rain late morning that wet pavement, did not stop me from forking garden. Gauge 0.00. Current conditions: 64° Bar 29.70. L5 Stratocumulus with NE to SE horizon open.
5/23/2011 8:00 AM 0.82 M M M M Low 60° high 87° Very welcomed rain. Current conditions: 66° Bar 29.52 falling. Wind W 9.7-4.8 mph. Pleasant, wet vegetation that looks refreshed. As I type this raining again. Mostly cloudy L1 cumulus with L4 Stratoculumus SE-SW horizons.
5/24/2011 6:25 AM 0.02 M M M M Low 58° High 79° Brief shower after report. Current conditions: 59° Bar 29.69. Light fog with heavy foggy dew. Air is moist, high thin clouds in blue sky.
5/25/2011 6:00 AM 0.09 M M M M Low 49° High 79° Current conditions: 52° Bar 29.63, Winds ENE 9.8-6.3 mph. Thunder, lightning and beginning to sprinkle. Tree tops swaying back and forth. Cold front has moved in. Gray overcast.
5/26/2011 7:00 AM 2.54 M M M M Low 45.6° high 85° Gauge 3 PM 0.79" from morning rains. 6 PM cold wind arrived than rain 6:15 PM. Tree tops whipping around. Continual rainfall beating against North side of house. Water collecting in low areas. Quite cold. 6 AM raining. Current conditions: 45.8° Bar 29.64, Wind E 12.3-7.5 mph. Light rain falling, cold with gray overcast. Soil soaked up all the rain. Gauge inner tube overflowed. Station has wind factor involved in total rainfall.
5/27/2011 7:45 AM 0.01 M M M M Low 38° high 63° light rain of short duration during yesterday report. Very chilly day. Current conditions: 49° Bar 29.92, Wind ENE 11.6-7.1 mph. Heavy dew, high thin clouds. Wind makes it feel cold. Welcome IL-LS-44
5/28/2011 7:45 AM 0.05 M M M M Low 49° high 71° Evening rain. Current conditions: 58° Bar 29.70 falling. Wind SSW 4.0-1.7 mph. Gray overcast, dew. Cool and damp with humid air from light fog.
5/29/2011 6:30 AM 0.13 M M M M Low 57° high 69° rain storms training through station. Current conditions: 61° Bar 29.73, Slight air movement with moderate fog. Humid and everything wet.
5/30/2011 7:00 AM 0.94 M M M M Low 59° high 76° Noon storm hit as church let out. Strong wind with driving rain. 1PM on way to Amboy wind with down pour of rain. 4:15 PM gauge 0.94. Current conditions: 69° Bar 29.88, Wind calm. Light fog, heavy dew with clear blue sky. Muggy, humid air.
5/31/2011 6:40 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 66° high 91° Current conditions: 71° Bar 29.93 rising. Barometer in up and down mode. Heavy dew, few high Cirrus. May totals= 1-22nd= 0.63" and 23rd-31= 4.60" for Total of 5.23". Wild ending for sure!
6/1/2011 7:30 AM T M M M M Low 57° high 82° precipitation fell some time during last 24 hour, did not observe but in gauge,was out of town. Current conditions: 63° Bar 30.14 rising, Wind slight air movement noted. High Cirrus with contrails, cool with mosit air. Heavy dew sparkles in sunlight.
6/2/2011 8:15 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 55° high 82° 10 PM dew on grass and cool. Current conditions: 62° Bar 30.14, Wind E 10.6-2.3 mph. Wearing jacket as cool. Overcast with L8 Cumulus & Stratocumulus. Garden finally planted.
6/3/2011 7:00 AM 0.12 M M M M Low 61° high 81° rained between 9-10 PM. Current conditions: 65° Bar 29.98, Wind slight to calm. Light fog/haze on horizons, humid, grass and vegetation wet. M1 Altostratus. Sun broke through during report.
6/4/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 65° high 94° Current conditions: 76° Bar 29.92, Wind Report started with lite air and increased to SSW 6.7-3.2 mph. Muggy and close with light fog on horizons and heavy dew. Air smells of smoke. Bad day for people with asthma and breathing difficulties.
6/5/2011 6:30 AM T M M M M Low 62° high 97.3° Late afternoon big drops of rain wet pavement and passed on. Current conditions: 64° Bar 29.97, Wind NNE 7.3-3.9 mph. Overcast M1 Altostratus, moist air, heavy dew. Dark SE to SW horizons as storm approaches.
6/6/2011 6:15 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 64° high 93° Storms passed on South and North sides. Current conditions: 66° Bar 29.86, Wind E 1.0-0.9 mph. M-1 Altostratus with light fog on horizons and heavy dew. Humid air and close.
6/9/2011 6:15 AM 0.69 M M M M Low 64° high 95° Major storm moved across Northern sky, lightning with thunder heard, 10:40 PM wind increase with short period of big rain drop, 10:45 PM cold front with cold wind from North. Current conditions: 65° Bar 29.79, Wind S 3.1-0.8 mph. Cloud to cloud lightning with thunder rumbles. L7 Stratus Fractus. Clouds moving NW with bottom layer of dark thin clouds moving faster. Tree tops swaying in wind, dark and getting darker.6:50 AM rain started.
6/10/2011 8:00 AM 0.68 M M M M Low 52° high 82° Current conditions: 59° Bar 29.83 Wind E 6.6-0.0 mph. Tree tops swaying. Very cool, wet environment with M-1 AltoStratus cloud cover. Few puddles but most of rain soaked in."Welcome IL-LS-45"
6/11/2011 7:00 AM 0.20 M M M M Low 59° high 77° a couple of quick showers early evening. Current conditions: 63.5° Bar 29.81, Wind calm. Light fog, damp and wet from fresh rain. M-2 Altostratus. Three days rain total 1.57", sure glad for it as ground was very dry.
6/12/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 53° high 72° Bar 29.99, feeling ever so slight breeze with moderate fog around and above me. Condensation on gauge, zero inside. Everything is dripping wet including my boots, cool and damp
6/13/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 55° High 75° Current conditions: 59° Bar 30.05. Cumulus & Stratocumulus with open horizon to East. Light dew, cool. Soil damp
6/14/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 54° high 79° Current conditions: 56° Bar 29.97, Wind E 4.7-2.3 mph. Dew, cool to chilly, damp. M-1 AltoStratus
6/15/2011 7:00 AM 0.93 M M M M Low 56° high 81° awakened 2:00 AM by lightning/thunder, rain followed at 2:15 AM. Current conditions: 61° Bar 29.65, Wind S-SSW 3.6-0.0. M-1 Altostratus with thin dark clouds below traveling NW.
6/16/2011 7:00 AM 0.23 M M M M Low 57° high 73° Current conditions: 62° Bar 29.68. M-2 Altostratus to East, M-8 Altocumulus overhead and to West. Recent rain puddles and vegetation wet.
6/17/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 61° high 85° Current conditions: 67° Bar 29.74, calm wind. Very heavy dripping dew, everything soaking wet. Humid air with hazy horizon. H-2 Cirrus. Next fight will be with mold.
6/18/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 62° high 92° Current conditions: 65° Bar 29.75. H-9 Cirrocumulus with clouds moving in. Light haze/foggy horizons. Heavy dew. Humid air.
6/19/2011 6:20 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 62° high 87° Current conditions: 66° Bar 29.64, moderate fog and moist air. Condensation on gauge and environment. M-1 Altostatus with dark thin clouds moving underneath.
6/20/2011 6:30 AM 0.40 M M M M Low 66° high 87° 3:45 AM bright white lightning with 2 second loud thunder. Can hear light rain on roof. Current conditions: 66° Bar 29.62, SSW occasion light gusts. Raining almost straight down, overcast with cloud to cloud lightning and thunder rumbles.
6/21/2011 6:40 AM 0.21 M M M M Low 66° high 84° Monday 3:15AM friend SW of town reported to me lightning, thunder and heavy rainfall with pea size hail. Current conditions: 74° Bar 29.57, Wind S 2.9-1.7 mph. Heavy dew, fog/hazy horizon, muggy. A cloud of mosquitos looking for bkf. M-2 Altocumulus
6/22/2011 6:15 AM 0.08 M M M M Low 64° high 89° Storm passed on East side with wind and light rain. Beautiful, first time ever seeing full double rainbows that lasted long time in East sky. Inside center bow sky light gray and between medium gray and darker grey around both. Bright full range of colors. Took many pixs. Current Conditions: 65° Bar 29.50, Light breeze. Damp with heavy dew, cool. Various kinds of clouds on all horizons and clear blue overhead.
6/23/2011 7:15 AM 0.08 M M M M Low 62° high 68.5° Peoria most of day, drove through occasional light rain. Current conditions: 63.6° Bar 29.50, Wind SSW 7.4-4.7 mph. Gray overcast M-2 Altostratus. Recent rain or heavy dew? Chilly
6/24/2011 6:45 AM T 0.0 M M M Low 60° high 70° Misty rain at time in afternoon. Current: 60° Bar 29.66, Wind WSW 5.0-0.0 mph. Light dew, chilly, blue sky to NW, dark clouds to East & South. M-3 Altocumulus. Gauge empty.
6/25/2011 6:30 AM 0.02 M M M M Low 54.5° high 71° Current conditons: 62° Bar 29.82, very light breeze. Very heavy dew sparkles in sunlight, cool, condensation on outside of gauge, light horizon fog/haze. Damp air. M-8 Altocumulus
6/26/2011 7:00 AM 0.07 M M M M Low 59° high 80° Around 4 PM light rain began. Current conditions: 64° Bar 29.88 rising. Moderate horizon fog, very heavy dew with damp air. Mix of Stratocumulus & Altocumulus.
6/27/2011 6:30 AM 0.03 M M M M Low 64° high 85° Between 5:00-5:30 AM Brief rainfall. Current conditions: 66° Bar 29.60. Light rain began during report.
6/28/2011 10:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Note: bird droppings in funnel and gauge so unsure of anything else.
6/29/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/30/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 59° high 88°
7/1/2011 7:20 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 70° high 92° Current conditions: 78° Bar 29.83. Temperature increased to 79 during report time.
7/2/2011 7:00 AM T M M M M Low 75.3° high 95.1° brief, light sprinkles mid-morning. Current conditions: 78° Bar 29.86. Dew, moderate fog/haze on horizons. Clear blue sky, muggy. Needing to water as ground dry with small cracks. 2011 June Total Precipitation= 3.74", June 2010= 9.30" and June 2009 3.49".
7/3/2011 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 66° high 97° Current conditions: 70° Bar 29.90. Light haze on horizons, dew
7/4/2011 7:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 65° high 89° Current conditions: 72° Bar 29.91.
7/5/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 62° high 93° Current conditions: 70° Bar 29.91. Dew, clear blue sky, bugs awake and at the plants. J-beetles increasing, even with milky spore in sod.
7/6/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 67° high 91° Current 78° Bar 29.88
7/7/2011 6:15 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 62.4° high 96° miserable hot humid day. Current conditions: 65° Bar 29.89, Wind E 4.7-3.2 mph. Cool, hugh population of J-Beetles are eating anything green. Ground very dry,hard and cracking.
7/8/2011 7:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 58° high 84° Current conditions: 66° Bar 29.78, Wind East 3.5-2.4 mph. Cool, dew with moderate fog/hazy across North field.
7/9/2011 7:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 59.5° high 93° Very humid day. Current conditions: 69° Bar 29.86, calm with hazy horizon.
7/10/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 69° high 94° Current conditions: 73° Bar 29.81. Dew, light fog, high thin Cirrus.
7/11/2011 6:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Low 73° high 96.2° 5 Pm big rain drops in brief shower that wet patio. Current conditions: 76° Bar 29.70 falling. Fog with foggy dew on grass, oppressive, humid air, Very warm already.
7/12/2011 6:45 AM 0.22 M M M M Low 65° high 93° 7 am storm with damage in town as large tree limbs down, West of town toward Sublette corn fields, corn flattened and some leaning toward E-NE. Looks like a whirlwind smashed the stalks down, some will come up but appears not good for farmers. Gauge at 7:30 pm 0.21". Current conditions: 69° Bar 29.85, slight breeze. Heavy dew with fog across N field. Gauge dripping with dew, Gauge = 0.01" rain or dew? Less humid, cooler. J-beetles eating holes through center of rose buds.
7/13/2011 6:50 AM 0.01 M M M M Low 66° high 94° 7:15 pm light sprinkles off and on for about one hour. Current conditions: 66° Bar 29.94, can feel light air movement. Cool, no dew, L6 Stratus. Dry conditions continue here. Ground hard, dry with many cracks
7/14/2011 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 54° high 82° Very dry here. Current conditions: 58° Bar 29.95. Heavy dew, light fog, cool and dry. H2 Cirrus.
7/15/2011 7:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 58.6° high 89° Current conditions: 68° Bar 29.90, Calm, light fog, dew, blue sky with H2 Cirrus.
7/16/2011 6:15 AM 0.01 M M M M Low 69° high 91° around 3-3:30 AM noted patio damp with rain. Current conditions: 69° Bar 29.92, very slight air movement with damp, humid air. M-2 Altostratus. Grass brown in areas not growing,ground dry, hard and cracked. J-beetles coming in waves as new ones show up. Many leaves brown and lacey. It's a battle!
7/17/2011 7:00 AM T M M M M Low 65° high 91° 11:30 am felt light, fine rain drops on arms and face a couple of times while walking dog. Current conditions: 68° Bar 29.99, wind calm. Fog, humid, dew on vegetation.
7/18/2011 7:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 68° high 95.5° Current conditions: 80° Bar 29.94 falling. Humid, muggy and close. Light breeze. Watering all trees, shrubs, garden and flowers. Very dry at this station. Hazy/foggy horizons.
7/19/2011 6:30 AM 0.30 M M M M Low 74° high 90° Two rain showers, 9:30-9:45 am 0.16" & 10:40 am 0.14". muggy/sultry day. Current conditions: 78° Bar 29.81 with slight air movement. Foggy/hazy horizons with dew. Looks to be same as yesterday or worse. Watering large trees.
7/20/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 76° high 105°?(other sensor 106.8°?), I was gone most afternoon so not here to check temps during day. Morning and after 5pm I observed it was hot, humid and sultry. Current conditions 79° Bar 29.75 going down, light Western breeze. Horizons fog/hazy. Humid, warm and close. H-6 Cirrostratus in blue sunny sky.
7/21/2011 6:15 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 74° high 98° Current conditions: 76° Bar 29.70. Hazy on horizons, less humid with dew present and condensation on gauge. Clear blue sky. Electric and water bills will increase greatly due to this weeks weather!
7/24/2011 6:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Low 73° high 101° Current conditions: 76° Bar 29.82, M-1 Altostratus. warm and muggy
7/25/2011 6:00 AM 0.93 M M M M Low 69° high 85° Storm hit after report with strong damaging wind that whipped and bent my large oak and River birch around, do not know how they survived! The blades of grass pointed to SE. Many trees broken and down in Mendota. My electricity was off for 7 1/2 hours. See two Significant Weather reports. Cemetery tree branches and leaves were blown across street and landed all over pasture to my West. North side trim on neighbors house blown off. Gardens a mess. 8:07 pm gauge 0.85" emptied, under catch as with strong wind this is not all of rainfall received into ground. Current conditions: 73° Bar 29.86. Cool, humid with dew. Mostly cloudy here with SE opening of scattered clouds.
7/26/2011 7:20 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 67° high 98° Current conditions: 75° Bar 29.77, Wind SW 0.8-0.2 mph. Light fog, muggy with everything wet with heavy dew.
7/27/2011 6:45 AM 0.01 M M M M Low 66° high 98° brief light shower, wet sidewalk late afternoon. Current conditions: 66° Bar 29.77, Wind NE light. No dew but grass damp, less humid and cooler, Nice! Gray overcast with lower airy dark clouds M-1 Altostratus.
7/28/2011 6:15 AM 0.05 M M M M Low 66° high 94° Current conditions: 73° Bar 29.81. Wind light. Light rain! yea, sultry. New crop J-beetles yesterday, now added my Ferns to their diet.
7/29/2011 6:45 AM 0.18 M M M M Low 73° high 94° Humidity 80% 7 pm Gauge 0.18". Current conditions: 75° Bar 29.86, Wind calm. Gauge T. M-8 Altocumulus, mostly cloudy with gray bank to East. Dew, humid with light fog.
7/30/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 64° high 94° Current conditions: 72° Bar 29.99, Wind calm. Clear sky, heavy dew, humid with light to moderate fog.
7/31/2011 5:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 64.5° high 95° Current conditions: 65° Bar 29.97. Heavy dew with condensation on gauge, light fog, cool. High thin H-2 Cirrus. JULY total 1.90" would have been below 1" but for 7-25 storm 0.93". Ground dry with cracks. Refreshed grass now drying up again.
8/1/2011 6:15 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 64° high 95.5° 10 pm fog moving in. Current conditions: 71° Bar 29.95, Wind calm. Moderate fog, can see sun outline on East horizon, cool with heavy foggy dew. Condensation on gauge and vegetation.
8/2/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 71° high 96° Current conditions: 79° Bar 29.76. M-1 Altostratus, haze/fog on horizons, humid with dew.
8/3/2011 7:40 AM 0.24 M M M M Low 73° High 97° 8:45 pm impressive light show in Northen sky, cloud-cloud lighting,few lightning strikes, constant thunder,hugh pink top Cumulonimbus. very muggy. 9:30 pm Lost electricity for about 20 mins. Strong variable gusty winds which took second top out of River Birch, other one last year with one to go. Current conditions: 75° Bar 29.68 falling, Wind NE-N-NW 9.8-4.4 mph. Cooler, less humid, heavy dew, light haze on horizons
8/4/2011 6:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 64° high 93° Current conditions: 65° Bar 29.85, calm to slight wind, fog with heavy drippy dew/condensation and cool.
8/5/2011 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 65° high 95° Current conditions: 65° Bar 29.85. Cool, dew with condensation on gauge. H-9 Cirrocumulus
8/6/2011 7:00 AM 0.15 M M M M Low 65° high 91° 4-5 am, Heard rain dripping off roof onto patio. Current conditions: 70° Bar 29.75, Slight breeze, light fog with light rain falling. Need more rain!
8/7/2011 6:00 AM 0.08 M M M M Low 67° high 92° 4 am awoke to lightning, thunder and rain. Current conditions: 67° Bar 29.65, Wind calm. East horizon has open area reflecting orange streaks of sunlight on over head Mammatus clouds. All vegetation is dripping from rain, Birch leaves scattered East across lawn from tree by apparent storm winds. Cool
8/8/2011 6:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Low 63° high 91° Early evening light brief rain. Current conditions: 65° Bar 29.68, Wind calm. Cool,light fog with foggy dew dripping off vegetation and boots. New batch of J beetles to battle. H-1 Cirrus
8/9/2011 6:15 AM 1.88 M M M M Low 64° high 88° 2:30 pm to 5:05 pm Heavy rain with hail etc see 2 Significant and 1 hail report, gauge 1.38". Then rain again at 5:10 pm, gauge = 0.03". Current conditions: 64° Bar 29.59 falling, light breeze with moderate fog and heavy dew as vegetation wet. Cool with M-1 Altostratus. Gauge 0.47"
8/10/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 55.5° high 83° Current conditions: 58° Bar 29.75, light SW breeze. Light fog with very heavy drippy dew, chilly. H-2 Cirrus
8/11/2011 8:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 53.2° high 85° Current conditions: 74° Bar 29.88, slight breeze, blue sky and dew.
8/12/2011 6:15 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 52.7° high 84.5° Current conditions: 53° Bar 29.88, Slight breeze, heavy dew, chilly with moderate fog. Light, thin high cirrus with H-5 Cirrostratus on Eastern horizon.
8/13/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 53° high 86° Current conditions: 66° Bar 29.78 going down. Fog, dew with opaque sky. Sweet Corn Festival this week end.
8/14/2011 6:30 AM 0.04 M M M M Low 60° high 86° Storms passed by except at 8:40 pm cold rainfall for short time and wind turned cool. Friend in Tonica had heavy rainfall and hail. Current conditions: 61° Bar 29.88 steady with variable winds N-NE-NW, a lot cooler. Clear sky and very heavy wet dew with light fog.
8/15/2011 6:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 51° high 80° Current conditions: 54.6° Bar 29.92, Calm. Moderate fog, drippy heavy dew, band of clouds and full moon on West horizon.
8/16/2011 6:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 53° high 89° Current conditions: 54° Bar 29.92 with slight air movement. Light hazy on horizon, very cool, clear sky with Western moon and heavy dew.
8/17/2011 6:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 54° high 87° Current conditions: 59° Bar 29.97, Calm, dew with light fog on horizon.L-5 Stratocumulus.
8/18/2011 6:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 59° high 88° Current conditions: 63° Bar 29.91, light NE breeze, foggy hazy on horizon, dew, cool with few scattered small L-1 Cumulus in blue sky.
8/19/2011 6:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 63° high 90° Current conditions: 63° Bar 29.78 going down, Calm with fog, dew and cool. H-2 Cirus overhead with M-4 Altocumulus moving in on SE,S & West horizons.
8/20/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 63° High 95° Current conditions: 70° Bar 29.81, Calm, moderate fog with distent thunder as storm approaches. Sure need a very good rain!
8/21/2011 6:15 AM 0.96 M M M M Low 64° high 88° Morning storms #1 0.30", #2 0.32" #3 0.28" T 0.90" Rain again after 8 pm not measured. Current conditions: 64° Bar 29.86, slight air movement, recent rain as pavement wet, Gauge 0.06". Cool with L-7 Stratus Fractus overcast with broken areas at horizons.
8/22/2011 6:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 56° high 87° Current conditions: 64° Bar 29.96, Calm. Clouds on East horizon look like mountains with sun rising behind them. Very cool, light fog with very heavy dew, vegetation wet. Clear blue sky.
8/23/2011 4:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 56° high 87° Current conditions: 58° Bar 29.85 falling. Very cool, can see very heavy dew sparkles in flashlight. Condensation on gauge.
8/24/2011 4:30 AM 1.50 M M M M Low 58° high 80° Morning rain storm, not home to witness, gauge read 6:30 pm 1.50". In Peru downpour with lightning and thunder. Current conditions: 67° Bar 29.61 falling. Very heavy dew with light fog and condensation covering everything. Gauge 0.00
8/25/2011 7:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 57° high 94° Current conditions: 60° Bar 29.86, light breeze, cool with very heavy dew. Sky clear blue
8/26/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 53.6° high 87° 8:30 pm heavy dew on grass. Current conditions: 56° Bar 29.95, Calm with moderate fog on horizons and light here. Cool, clear sky, heavy drippy dew, condensation on gauge and vegetation.
8/27/2011 6:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 56° high 86° Current conditions: 64° Bar 29.83 falling. Light breeze gusts, light fog with heavy dew. Irene near land. Coast observers report 5" to 7" of rain.
8/28/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 56° high 86° Current condition: 56.6° Bar 29.85. Dew, chilly, clear sky
8/29/2011 6:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 52° High 83° Current conditions: 56° Bar 29.93. Light fog, dew and condensation on gauge and vegetation. Clear sky, chilly. Some birds are leaving already. Wrens are gone.
8/30/2011 7:15 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 52.7° high 87° Current conditions: 58° Bar 29.96. very slight breeze, heavy dew, H2 Cirrus West half and Mammatus East half. Gold Finch population is increasing, migration has started. Feeders have heavy traffic.
8/31/2011 6:30 AM 0.27 M M M M Low 58° high 80° Rain after 7:30 PM. Current conditions: 63° Bar 29.86 down. Slight breeze, clear sky with dew and light fog. Cool
9/1/2011 7:20 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 63° high 92° Current conditions: 68° Bar 29.84 down, calm with fog, heavy drippy dew and condensation on vegetation. Clear sky.August total 5.13"
9/2/2011 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 68° high 97° Current conditions: 73° Bar 29.78 down, Wind SSW 3.3-2.0 mph. Light fog with dew. Mixed clouds L-2 Cumulus West & H-9 Cirocumulus E, SE with sun behind them.
9/3/2011 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 71° high 98° Current conditions: 72° Bar 29.80, wind from NE, light fog, dew,moist air and opaque sky.
9/4/2011 6:00 AM 1.00 M M M M Low 61° high 92° Gauge read after each rainfall, 3:40 pm 0.78", 8:30 pm 0.15". It cool off after first rain, 1st had strong winds and frequent lightning with 2 to 7 seconds thunder, broke off tree branches. Current conditions: 61° Bar 29.82, wind NNE 0.9-0.0 mph. Cool air, dew, M-5 Altocumulus. My son in LA welcomed the rain from Lee as has been extremely dry all summer. Gauge at report time 0.07"
9/5/2011 7:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 47.8° high 75° signs of fall. Current conditions: 51° Bar 30.04 rising. Heavy dew with cold brisk wind from NE. Jacket on and birds are lined up on socks and feeders. Clear blue sky
9/6/2011 4:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 45° high 68.5° chilly wind most of day. Current conditions: 46.5° Bar 30.05. Heavy drippy dew with condensation on gauge. Can see my breath by flash light. Cold
9/9/2011 7:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 52° high 79° Current conditions: 60° Bar 29.86, Wind NE 10.0-4.3 mph. Dew, chilly, M-2 Altostatus that is heavier to SW.
9/10/2011 7:00 AM 0.08 M M M M Low 55° high 76° Rain late evening. Current conditions: 56° Bar 29.91, Calm, heavy fog, heavy dew and chilly. Opaque sky
9/11/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 54° high 82° Current conditions: 56° Bar 29.94. Very heavy dew with condensation on gauge and vegetation. Chilly, M-2 Altostratus overcast
9/12/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 56° high 88° Current conditions: 65° Bar 29.92, SSW 5.1-2.7 mph. Light fog, heavy dew, watering small trees, shrubs and garden. Cool with L-1 Cumulus.
9/13/2011 6:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 59° high 86° Current conditions: 59° Bar 29.75 falling. Calm, clear sky, light fog, dew with condensation on gauge. Cool. Less bird talk as migration continues. Have not seen Cedar Wax Wings yet. I Will need to bring tomotoes into the garage to ripen.
9/14/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 45.8° high 76° Current conditions: 48° Bar 29.96, slight air movement, heavy dew with condensation, air damp and cold. L-5 Stratocumulus.
9/15/2011 6:30 AM 0.03 M M M M Low 36.5° high 63° 10:20 am rain sprinkles began. Current conditions: 37° Bar 30.21 rising, Wind ENE 10.1-6.4 mph. Clear, light dew, cold. No frost, wind during night removed some of coverings I placed on garden.
9/16/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 36.8° high 67° Current conditions: 45° Bar 30.26, calm, dew, can see breath and appears to be overcast.
9/17/2011 4:40 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 43° high 62° Current conditions: 43° Bar 30.16. Stary sky with dew, cold.
9/18/2011 6:30 AM 0.09 M M M M Low 42° high 75° 5am raining. Current conditions: 53° Bar 30.07. Light Rain falling. Patio, driveway wet.
9/19/2011 7:00 AM 0.43 M M M M Low 53° high 64° 5 am raining. Current conditions: 60° Bar 29.84. light fog, not raining but everything wet. M-2 Altostatus overcast.
9/20/2011 7:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 46° high 77° Current conditions: 48° Bar 29.95, calm, dense fog can see one block, environment wet and dripping. Chilly
9/21/2011 6:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 48° high 81° Current conditions: 56° Bar 29.83 SW wind. Heavy dew, cool with L-1 Cumulus. Becoming quiet as birds are leaving.
9/22/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 44° high 73° Current conditions: 45° Bar 29.99, SSW wind, clear, damp cold with dew. Condensation on gauge. High thin Cirrus
9/23/2011 7:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 44° high 66° Current conditions: 46° Bar 30.01, wind ENE 2.05-1.7 mph. Clear with very heavy dew, leaves turning and falling.
9/24/2011 7:45 AM 0.02 M M M M Low 46° high 67° Current conditions: 49° Bar 29.91 falling, wind calm to light breeze. Recent rain, pavement wet, damp cold. L-7 Stratus Fractus
9/25/2011 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 44° high 67° Current conditions: 46° Bar 29.82, calm, fog, dew with condensation on gauge, damp cold. L-1 scattered Cumulus, blue gray and white with orange streaks on East horizon.
9/26/2011 7:30 AM 0.65 M M M M Low 45° high 70° 5 am raining nice and steady..yea!! Total September rainfall as of yesterday 1.65". Current conditions: 50° Bar 29.52. Nice Rain falling during report. Need so much more! I fear for large trees as lost 17 year old maple, water bill high.
9/27/2011 5:50 AM 1.36 M M M M Low 50° high 53° rain all day. Current conditions: 53° Bar 29.53 steady. Not raining but everything wet from recent rain. Total rain from storm so far 2.01" Map shows rain storm circling around again.
9/28/2011 7:00 AM 0.04 M M M M Low 47° high 63° Current conditions: 49° Bar 29.70, wind E 3.5-1.0 mph. Light fog, dew with condensation on gauge. M-2 Altostratus
9/29/2011 5:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low 47° high 71° Current conditions: 48° Bar 29.70 Dew so heavy it looks like recent rain, cold, can see two stars in apparent overcast sky.
9/30/2011 7:00 AM 0.05 M M M M Low 45° high 71° at 6:30 pm gauge 0.05" from rain while I was gone. Current conditions: 45° Bar 29.89, Calm, clear with very light dew, cold. Small branches scattered around yard from wind during evening/night. 9-25 to 9-30 rainfall 2.10". September total precipitation 3.75"



Start Date End Date & Time Duration in Days Precipitation Snow Depth Snow Depth SWE Notes
10/8/2010 10/10/2010 7:00 AM 3 0.00 M M Low 50° high 91° Bar 29.88 falling. Very dry, light fog and dew. Clear sky, chilly.
10/27/2010 10/28/2010 7:00 AM 2 0.00 M M
11/3/2010 11/04/2010 6:30 AM 2 0.01 M M Low 34° high 61° short, light rain between 9-10 AM. Current conditions: 36° Bar 29.78, Wind NE-ENE 1.6-0.0 mph. Cold, damp, dark, using flashlight to see
12/17/2010 12/21/2010 7:00 AM 5 0.44 9.4 1.37 Low 23° high 29° heavy snow fall followed by misty rain. Current conditions: 29° Bar 29.88, slight wind. Ground snow coated with 0.02" of ice, tree branches 0.015"of ice, difficult to walk. #3 board 5.6" with core 0.70", Total ground snow averaged 8.6", 9.6" & 10.0". Gathered core by gently tapping bottom of gauge until it passed through the ice layer. Gauge has ice coating on outside. Overcast with fog. Drifts 22", 11.4" & 24".
3/1/2011 3/02/2011 7:00 AM 2 0.00 M M High 50° Current conditions: 27° Bar 30.29, ENE 8.5-4.8 mph. Second day of heavy frost, mostly cloudy and cold. Old frozen drifts and piles remain, sure tired of looking at them. Sun appearing.
6/7/2011 6/08/2011 7:00 AM 2 0.00 M M 77.7° Bar 29.72 Low 75° High 96°. clear blue sky, horizon hazy with humid air. Very light dew. Watering garden and new shrubs as top soil is bone dry. All evergreen trees have heavy new growth to maintain.
7/22/2011 7/23/2011 7:00 AM 2 0.17 M M 7/22 Thursday, early am heard rain on roof but to sick to check gauge. Noted 24 hour temperature 101.1° 7/23 report: Current conditions: 73° Bar 29.84. Overcast sky with openings to south-West, dark sky NW. Humid and damp. Heard rain on roof again in early morning, thunder woke me.
9/7/2011 9/08/2011 6:30 AM 2 0.00 M M Low 45° high 74° Current conditions: 53° Bar 30.07. dew and chilly.



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
11/22/2010 3:13 PM NA NA Rice Hard 3 1min no damage True Same time as rain
4/3/2011 9:50 PM 1/4" Pea Size 1/4" Pea Size 1/4" Pea Size White Ice 5 1min no damage Continuous False Same time as rain Same time as smaller hail 10-20
8/8/2011 2:40 PM 1/2" Grape 1/4" Pea Size Rice Hard|Clear Ice|White Ice 10 2min Continuous True After rain After smaller hail 10-20