Station Overview Station Location
Station Number IL-LS-17 Latitude 41.372759
Station Name Ottawa 1.6 N Longitude -88.841506
County La Salle Elevation (ft) 630



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 2.87 1.22 31 1.22 31 0.00 0 0 6 1 0.0 0 0
Nov 10 3.17 2.56 30 2.56 30 0.00 0 0 10 2 0.0 0 0
Dec 10 2.20 3.01 31 3.01 31 0.00 0 0 11 7 21.7 9 0
Jan 11 1.60 1.34 31 1.34 31 0.00 0 0 11 11 7.2 10 0
Feb 11 1.54 4.65 28 4.65 28 0.00 0 0 13 3 20.0 8 0
March 11 2.57 1.37 31 1.37 31 0.00 0 0 9 2 0.6 1 0
April 11 3.29 6.09 30 6.09 30 0.00 0 0 18 0 0.0 0 0
May 11 4.18 5.62 31 5.62 31 0.00 0 0 15 4 0.0 0 0
June 11 3.92 7.28 30 7.28 30 0.00 0 0 13 3 0.0 0 0
July 11 4.01 1.64 31 1.64 31 0.00 0 0 5 4 0.0 0 0
Aug 11 3.85 3.44 31 3.44 31 0.00 0 0 7 0 0.0 0 0
Sept 11 3.29 3.95 30 3.95 30 0.00 0 0 12 0 0.0 0 0
Water Year Totals: 36.49" 42.17" 365 days 42.17" 365 0.00" 0 days 0 130 days 37 days 49.5" 28 days 0 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 0.05
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 0.00
10/9/2010 0.00
10/10/2010 0.00
10/11/2010 0.00
10/12/2010 0.00
10/13/2010 0.14
10/14/2010 0.03
10/15/2010 0.00
10/16/2010 0.00
10/17/2010 0.00
10/18/2010 0.00
10/19/2010 T
10/20/2010 0.00
10/21/2010 0.00
10/22/2010 0.00
10/23/2010 0.00
10/24/2010 0.38
10/25/2010 0.48
10/26/2010 0.14
10/27/2010 0.00
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 0.00
11/4/2010 0.01
11/5/2010 0.01
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 0.01
11/13/2010 0.01
11/14/2010 0.02
11/15/2010 0.08
11/16/2010 T
11/17/2010 0.00
11/18/2010 0.00
11/19/2010 0.00
11/20/2010 0.00
11/21/2010 0.00
11/22/2010 T
11/23/2010 1.22
11/24/2010 0.00
11/25/2010 0.37
11/26/2010 0.01
11/27/2010 0.00
11/28/2010 0.00
11/29/2010 0.00
11/30/2010 0.82
12/1/2010 T
12/2/2010 T
12/3/2010 T
12/4/2010 0.45
12/5/2010 0.13
12/6/2010 0.00
12/7/2010 T
12/8/2010 0.00
12/9/2010 0.00
12/10/2010 0.17
12/11/2010 0.00
12/12/2010 0.41
12/13/2010 T
12/14/2010 0.00
12/15/2010 0.00
12/16/2010 0.14
12/17/2010 0.05
12/18/2010 0.00
12/19/2010 0.00
12/20/2010 0.00
12/21/2010 0.58
12/22/2010 0.00
12/23/2010 T
12/24/2010 0.00
12/25/2010 0.39
12/26/2010 0.03
12/27/2010 0.00
12/28/2010 T
12/29/2010 0.00
12/30/2010 0.02
12/31/2010 0.64
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
1/1/2011 0.39
1/2/2011 0.00
1/3/2011 0.00
1/4/2011 0.00
1/5/2011 T
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 0.20
1/12/2011 0.04
1/13/2011 T
1/14/2011 T
1/15/2011 T
1/16/2011 0.00
1/17/2011 0.06
1/18/2011 0.36
1/19/2011 0.01
1/20/2011 0.02
1/21/2011 T
1/22/2011 0.02
1/23/2011 T
1/24/2011 0.05
1/25/2011 0.00
1/26/2011 0.00
1/27/2011 T
1/28/2011 0.15
1/29/2011 0.00
1/30/2011 0.04
1/31/2011 T
2/1/2011 0.21
2/2/2011 1.89
2/3/2011 0.00
2/4/2011 0.00
2/5/2011 0.00
2/6/2011 0.07
2/7/2011 0.06
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 0.10
2/17/2011 0.00
2/18/2011 0.00
2/19/2011 0.00
2/20/2011 0.62
2/21/2011 0.71
2/22/2011 0.09
2/23/2011 0.01
2/24/2011 T
2/25/2011 0.02
2/26/2011 0.11
2/27/2011 0.02
2/28/2011 0.74
3/1/2011 0.00
3/2/2011 0.00
3/3/2011 0.00
3/4/2011 T
3/5/2011 0.46
3/6/2011 0.08
3/7/2011 0.00
3/8/2011 0.00
3/9/2011 0.21
3/10/2011 0.06
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 T
3/17/2011 0.00
3/18/2011 0.00
3/19/2011 0.00
3/20/2011 0.01
3/21/2011 0.22
3/22/2011 0.05
3/23/2011 0.23
3/24/2011 0.05
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 0.08
4/3/2011 0.00
4/4/2011 0.32
4/5/2011 0.00
4/6/2011 0.00
4/7/2011 0.00
4/8/2011 0.60
4/9/2011 0.26
4/10/2011 0.00
4/11/2011 0.04
4/12/2011 0.00
4/13/2011 0.00
4/14/2011 0.00
4/15/2011 0.00
4/16/2011 0.58
4/17/2011 0.06
4/18/2011 0.24
4/19/2011 0.12
4/20/2011 1.21
4/21/2011 0.00
4/22/2011 0.49
4/23/2011 0.78
4/24/2011 0.05
4/25/2011 0.10
4/26/2011 0.80
4/27/2011 0.09
4/28/2011 0.26
4/29/2011 0.01
4/30/2011 0.00
5/1/2011 0.10
5/2/2011 0.00
5/3/2011 0.00
5/4/2011 T
5/5/2011 0.00
5/6/2011 0.10
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 0.02
5/13/2011 0.00
5/14/2011 0.25
5/15/2011 0.23
5/16/2011 0.02
5/17/2011 0.00
5/18/2011 0.00
5/19/2011 0.06
5/20/2011 0.00
5/21/2011 0.02
5/22/2011 T
5/23/2011 0.07
5/24/2011 0.00
5/25/2011 0.31
5/26/2011 2.59
5/27/2011 0.04
5/28/2011 T
5/29/2011 1.40
5/30/2011 0.30
5/31/2011 0.00
6/1/2011 0.00
6/2/2011 0.00
6/3/2011 0.05
6/4/2011 0.00
6/5/2011 T
6/6/2011 T
6/7/2011 0.00
6/8/2011 0.00
6/9/2011 0.57
6/10/2011 1.16
6/11/2011 0.37
6/12/2011 0.00
6/13/2011 0.00
6/14/2011 0.00
6/15/2011 0.98
6/16/2011 0.27
6/17/2011 0.00
6/18/2011 0.00
6/19/2011 0.00
6/20/2011 2.44
6/21/2011 0.39
6/22/2011 0.87
6/23/2011 0.02
6/24/2011 0.03
6/25/2011 0.00
6/26/2011 0.06
6/27/2011 0.07
6/28/2011 T
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 T
7/9/2011 0.00
7/10/2011 0.00
7/11/2011 0.00
7/12/2011 0.05
7/13/2011 0.00
7/14/2011 0.00
7/15/2011 0.00
7/16/2011 0.00
7/17/2011 T
7/18/2011 0.00
7/19/2011 0.28
7/20/2011 0.00
7/21/2011 0.00
7/22/2011 0.00
7/23/2011 0.00
7/24/2011 0.00
7/25/2011 0.72
7/26/2011 0.00
7/27/2011 T
7/28/2011 0.39
7/29/2011 0.20
7/30/2011 0.00
7/31/2011 0.00
8/1/2011 0.00
8/2/2011 0.00
8/3/2011 0.02
8/4/2011 0.00
8/5/2011 0.00
8/6/2011 0.00
8/7/2011 0.13
8/8/2011 0.00
8/9/2011 0.92
8/10/2011 0.00
8/11/2011 0.00
8/12/2011 0.00
8/13/2011 0.00
8/14/2011 0.07
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 0.47
8/22/2011 0.00
8/23/2011 0.00
8/24/2011 1.55
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 0.28
9/1/2011 0.00
9/2/2011 0.00
9/3/2011 0.00
9/4/2011 0.61
9/5/2011 0.00
9/6/2011 0.00
9/7/2011 0.00
9/8/2011 0.00
9/9/2011 0.10
9/10/2011 0.02
9/11/2011 0.00
9/12/2011 0.00
9/13/2011 0.00
9/14/2011 0.00
9/15/2011 0.07
9/16/2011 0.00
9/17/2011 0.00
9/18/2011 0.13
9/19/2011 0.53
9/20/2011 0.00
9/21/2011 0.00
9/22/2011 0.00
9/23/2011 0.00
9/24/2011 0.00
9/25/2011 0.02
9/26/2011 0.64
9/27/2011 1.66
9/28/2011 0.10
9/29/2011 0.01
9/30/2011 0.06



Observation Date Observation Time Precipitation Snowfall Snowfall SWE Snow Depth Snow SWE Notes
10/1/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear; heavy dew; cool 46º. Sept total rainfall 2.49 compared to Sept 2009 1.40.
10/2/2010 7:00 AM 0.05 M M M M A light passing shower overnite. Some clouds, some sun; breezy; cool 51º.
10/3/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear; breezy; cool 40º. A fairly nice day until clouds covered sky.
10/4/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clouds moving in from east; calm; chilly 36º. Rooftop frost, very lite frost on grass, frost on top deck rail & deck first board.
10/5/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear; calm; chilly 37º with frost on rooftops & lite frost on grass. Being a farmer's daughter & wife most of my life, don't recall seeing so much corn & beans harvested this early in the harvest season.
10/6/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Another beautiful fall day, but we do need rain. Clear; calm; no frost with the 44º temp. There is one stem of flowers on one hosta plant.
10/7/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear; breeze; pleasant 48º.
10/8/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear; very lite breeze; heavy dew; cool 44º.
10/9/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/10/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/11/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/12/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear; calm; pleasant 53º.
10/13/2010 7:00 AM 0.14 M M M M The most beautiful sight & sound I have heard in a long time was lightning & thunder with the small amount of rain that fell between 6 - 7am. Clouds; cool NW breeze; 59º.
10/14/2010 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M Yesterday's left-over shower. Clear; lite frost; very lite breeze; cool 41º. 10/14/41 weather history - the first regularly scheduled TV weathercast was seen on WNBT (later, WNBC) in New York City.
10/15/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/16/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Nothing but dry weather. Clear; lite breeze; lite frost; cool 42º.
10/17/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/18/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Just a beautiful fall day! 5:15pm Sat. there was enuf rain south of Ottawa to turn on windshield wipers,
10/19/2010 7:00 AM T M M M M Rooftop frost; chilly 36º. 2 drops in gauge.
10/20/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/21/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/22/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Rooftop frost; calm; chilly 34º.
10/23/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M No rain as of now; rainy looking S, W, N. Warm 60º.
10/24/2010 7:00 AM 0.38 M M M M Better than nothing precip. Cloudy; S breeze; mild 59º.
10/25/2010 7:00 AM 0.48 M M M M Clear; calm; pleasant 56º. 2-day total .86, most rainfall since Sept 22 with .59 & .52 since that time.
10/26/2010 7:00 AM 0.14 M M M M Breezy nite; cloudy; windy; mild 66º. Some lightning, thunder with rain 5:30am. Weekend rains greened up the grass.
10/27/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Lots of wind yesterday. Clouds W; breezy; cool 49º.
10/28/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Another windy day. Cloudy; grass damp; (not as) windy; chilly 43º.
10/29/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Frosty; clear; lite breeze; cold 29º.
10/30/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Cloudy; breezy; cool 44º.
10/31/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Rooftop frost, lite frost on grass & frost on 1rst & 3rd deck board; clear; chilly 36º. Oct rainfall 1.22, Oct 2009 6.88.
11/1/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Frosty rooftops; chilly 32º.
11/2/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/3/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Beatiful sunrise.
11/4/2010 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Enuf rain to measure; breezy; cool 39º.
11/5/2010 7:00 AM 0.01 0.0 M M M Very few ladybugs this fall (unusual). For as dry as it was this summer, seems like I collected more dust than precip. Chilly 30º.
11/6/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Nippy 25º. 1951-Early season snow in St. Louis, MO recieves 13.3".
11/7/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Bright sun; breezy; cool 35º.
11/8/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/9/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Bright sunny day. Cool 43º.
11/10/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Brilliant sunrise traveling far to the W. Very gentle breeze; cool 44º & very dry conditions. A 1" throw-away foam paint brush works great to clean inner tube of gauge; to extend handle, I drilled hole in end of handle & glued in dowel.
11/11/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Pink outlined E clouds; calm; cool 53º after another 72º day. Remember the Veterans.
11/12/2010 7:00 AM 0.01 0.0 M M M A little shower late yesterday. Cloudy; cool 49º.
11/13/2010 7:00 AM 0.01 0.0 M M M Overnite shower; cloudy; mild 53º; 71º yesterday. 4 days this week with 70+ days.
11/14/2010 7:00 AM 0.02 0.0 M M M Blustery night; cloudy; windy; chilly 41º. 11/14/69-36 seconds into its flight to the Moon, Apollo 12 was struck by lightning, and again 20 seconds later, knocking out its electronic navigation system, and nearly forcing the mission to be "scrubbed".
11/15/2010 7:00 AM 0.08 0.0 M M M Frosty; calm; bright sun; cool 34º. Water on deck frozen but not in gauge.
11/16/2010 7:00 AM T 0.0 M M M A few drops in gauge amounted to T.
11/17/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Hazy; cloudy; gentle breeze; chilly 35º. Hope I mowed grass for last time Nov 12; high last 4 days was 55º.
11/18/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/19/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Frosty; clear; lite breeze; chilly 28º.
11/20/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Frosty; cloudy; calm; chilly 31º.
11/21/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Cloudy; damp; cool 48º. 11/21/06-Snowflakes fell on Orlando, FL.
11/22/2010 7:00 AM T 0.0 M M M Misty day with no measurable precip. Cloudy; warmer now @ 61º than it was yesterday.
11/23/2010 7:00 AM 1.22 0.0 M M M String of mild days coming to end for now; much, much, much needed rain with heavy rains at times during rain event yesterday pm; possibility of tornados developing; 1-day total equalled all of Oct total. Chilly breeze; sun shining; cool 29º.
11/24/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Hi of 39º yesterday and a nice day. Cloudy; frosty; chilly 30º.
11/25/2010 7:00 AM 0.37 0.0 M M M Ice pellets began falling 11am turning to lite rain. Cloudy with fine mist obs time; cool 41º. 43º @ 2:56am. Happy Thanksgiving! Are the stores trying to do away with Thanksgiving?
11/26/2010 7:00 AM 0.01 0.0 M M M Frozen precip in gauge last night was measurable. Sunny; cold wind; 22º.
11/27/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/28/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Frosty; chilly 27º. Beautiful afternoon yesterday.
11/29/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Beautiful day with hi of 53º. Cloudy; cool 37º.
11/30/2010 7:00 AM 0.82 0.0 M M M 9:30pm had .76 rain; colder now than 51º @ 1:13am today. Cloudy; cool 36º.
12/1/2010 7:00 AM T T T M M SNOWflurries. Cloudy; cold wind; cold 25º. Precip started as ice pellets with flurries late PM. Nov total rainfall 2.56"; 2009 1.51 & not even a T of snow.
12/2/2010 7:00 AM T T M M M Snow flurries most of AM & on & off PM with no measurable amount with the wind. Cloudy; lite breeze; chilly 26º.
12/3/2010 7:00 AM T T M M M A little flaky late pm. Sunny, expecting clouds later; lite breeze; chilly 21º.
12/4/2010 7:00 AM 0.45 5.6 0.39 M M 10:30pm measured .8" snow. Very gentle SE breeze @ obs & snowing; later snow falling strate down. Beautiful picture post card scene.
12/5/2010 7:00 AM 0.13 2.0 0.12 M M Cloudy; no breeze; chilly 17º. Another 2" snow during shoveling driveway & warm enuf to melt some snow; lite - heavy flurries all morning & flurries on & off pm; non-measurable snow coating sometime overnite. Hi 41º. 2-day snow total 7.6".
12/6/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 M M Cloudless sky; lite breeze; gauge frost-covered; COLD 7º. Overnight low 6º (as cold as it is, 1º warmer now doesn't feel any warmer).
12/7/2010 7:00 AM T T M M M Sunny; lite breeze; cold 9º. Lite flurries pm.
12/8/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Cold morning's; temps rise enuf for afternoon's to be more tolerable. Cold 7º,very light breeze. High 27º.
12/9/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Gauge frosted-covered; cloudy; cold.
12/10/2010 7:00 AM 0.17 1.8 0.17 M M Snow started 6:20pm, don't know when it stopped as I was gone (all vehicles were same color), measured snow when I came home 9:15pm. Clear; gentle breeze; mild 27º (34º @ 1:13am), snow piled N side inside gauge.
12/11/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M A beautiful day yesterday. Cloudy with rain not to far away; frosty; cool 31º.
12/12/2010 7:00 AM 0.41 0.3 0.02 M M Foggy yesterday morning; .40" liquid precip, 3:40am lite snow starting & coming straight down. Did measure .3" from board. Winds picking up by obs. time. High 39º.
12/13/2010 7:00 AM T 0.0 M M M I know it snowed yesterday & with strong wind, nothing collected on board. Clear; cold wind; Cold 6º.
12/14/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Cold -4º. Sunny; very lite breeze.
12/15/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Cloudy; cold nothing @ obs.
12/16/2010 7:00 AM 0.14 1.8 0.14 M M Lite snow started 9:30pm; don't know if lite snow thru the nite or quit then began again. Cloudy; hardly any wind with snow in gauge slanted to NW; mild 24º. Saw coyote mid-day crossing back yard stalking squirrels and/or birds @ neighbor's bird feeder (it left hungry).
12/17/2010 7:00 AM 0.05 0.8 0.04 M M Lite snow most of day. Cloudy; some frost on gauge; cool 16º w very lite breeze.
12/18/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Nice sunny day. Low 8º; high 28º.
12/19/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Frosty; gentle wind; cold 8º.
12/20/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Cloudy; frosty; 10º @ 1:37am, 18º obs time. An exceptional total eclipse of the moon & the beginning of winter on the same day happened 372 yrs ago; will happen again in 2084.
12/21/2010 7:00 AM 0.58 4.1 0.54 M M Snow began sometime before 12 noon. 4.45pm = 2.8" snow; 8.45pm = 4.1" snow with freezing mist leaving a thin ice crust on snow; thin coat ice on gauge. Cloudy; didn't notice any precip falling @ obs time; calm; mild 33º. Winter officially begins 5:38pm (CST) and already with 16.4" snow this month.
12/22/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Hazy to start the day becoming heavy to thick fog by evening. High 41º to help take care of some driveway snow along side of driveway. Cloudy; windy; cool 26º. 21º @ 2:11am.
12/23/2010 7:00 AM T 0.0 M M M A T of precip on car windshield yesterday. Some fog; frost on vegetation; cold 11º. Foggy overnight; clear @ 6am; becoming foggy obs time. 87 days until spring.
12/24/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Very lite snow obs time.
12/25/2010 7:00 AM 0.39 4.5 0.35 M M Snow started obs time yesterday & continued 17 hrs until 12 midnight. I think there may have been a little more to report as a small amount melted; there was a little bit of ice beneath snow on board. No matter what, it was enuf lite, fluffy snow to shovel. Snow fell straight down or with slite slant. Calm; mild 22º. MERRY CHRISTMAS!
12/26/2010 7:00 AM 0.03 0.8 0.03 M M Very lite breeze; mild 22º. After seeing TV weather map, snow was lake-affect. Must have melted some yesterday - 133 icicles short span of gutter, thin coating ice outline small area unshoveled driveway snow.
12/27/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Hoar frost on anything to collect on; ground not frozen under snow but hard to soak into ground with ice layer when melting occurs; measured 9" total snow in one place. Cold 14º; very little wind; cloudy.
12/28/2010 7:00 AM T T T M M A dusting of snow on driveway/sidewalk midday; didn't look like it drifted in (too even; no build-up along edge). Cloudy; very lite breeze; cold 18.
12/29/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M A nice day with some melting. About 8" old snow total on ground and ground not frozen under snow.
12/30/2010 8:30 AM 0.02 0.0 M M M
12/31/2010 8:20 AM 0.64 0.0 M M M I can see green grass in front yard in places.
1/1/2011 7:00 AM 0.39 0.0 M M M See a lot more grass; some sun, some fog yesterday. Dec. precip total 3.01", snow total 21.7" Happy New Year!
1/2/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Beautiful sunrise. No snow disappeared in last 24 hrs.
1/3/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/4/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/5/2011 7:00 AM T T T M M Snowflakes in air twice yesterday morning.
1/6/2011 7:00 AM T T T M M Very, very lite dusting snow sometime before 10pm; few flakes about 6:30am.
1/7/2011 7:00 AM T T T M M Brief snow shower around 8:30am. Flurries are fine with me if it has to snow.
1/8/2011 7:00 AM T T T M M Snow flurry yesterday PM.
1/9/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 M M Sparkling frost.
1/10/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Cloudy; chilly.
1/11/2011 11:50 AM 0.20 1.8 0.11 M M Still litely snowing.
1/12/2011 7:45 AM 0.04 0.3 0.04 M M Bright sun.
1/13/2011 7:00 AM T T T M M Non-measurable flurries.
1/14/2011 7:00 AM T T T M M
1/15/2011 7:00 AM T T T M M Non-measurable flurry overnight.
1/16/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/17/2011 7:30 AM 0.06 0.9 0.06 M M Started snowing before 6am. Lite, fluffy snow.
1/18/2011 7:00 AM 0.36 0.1 0.02 M M There was a little more snow than reported as it started to melt upon landing on surfaces; lite rain 8pm; very little ice on sidewalk/driveway.
1/19/2011 7:00 AM 0.01 0.1 0.01 M M Thin sheet ice on driavewary; snow @ obs.
1/20/2011 7:00 AM 0.02 0.9 0.02 M M There was a little more snow than measured as it started to melt; large, fluffy flakes all morning; great to see sun shinning PM; non-measurable dusting snow overnite.
1/21/2011 7:00 AM T T T M M T snow after obs time; -6º.
1/22/2011 7:00 AM 0.02 0.3 0.02 M M Snow stopped just before obs time. Mild; no wind. Sun didn't melt anything yesterday.
1/23/2011 7:00 AM T T T M M Cloudy; cold; not much wind. Flurries yesterday.
1/24/2011 7:00 AM 0.05 0.5 0.05 M M Cloudy; mild.
1/25/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 M M
1/26/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 M M
1/27/2011 7:00 AM T T T M M T midday.
1/28/2011 7:00 AM 0.15 1.9 0.15 M M Snow began 11am as fine, becoming heavier with larger flakes on & off thru the the 4-hr event. Mild, sun peaking thru clouds E; frosty.
1/29/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 M M Some melting occured yesterday; a little fog rolled in after obs time. Cloudy; mild.
1/30/2011 7:00 AM 0.04 0.4 0.04 M M A little fog overnite. Foggy; lite, gently falling snow; calm; mild.
1/31/2011 7:00 AM T T T M M Cloudy; breeze.
2/1/2011 7:00 AM 0.21 1.5 0.14 M M Snow a little wet to shovel; few flakes @ obs time; mild; lite breeze.
2/2/2011 7:00 AM 1.89 14.5 1.89 M M Began as fine, lite flurries 7am 2/1; intensified about 11:30am & wind picked up; heavier PM & really snowing early nite along with thunder, lightning 8:30pm and more like snow granules at that time. Drifts here & there. Not snowing @ obs time. Snow measurement as close as I could come. Jan precip 1.34"; snow 7.2".
2/3/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 M M -8º and glad there is not a strong wind. Sun came out yesterday AM; rosy pumpkin-colored sunrise; clear. Think spring - only 45 days away.
2/4/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 M M Nothing to report except the 2º temp with very lite breeze; clear; sunny.
2/5/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 M M Cloudy with a break of blue sky NW; chilly.
2/6/2011 7:00 AM 0.07 1.4 0.07 M M Gently falling snow; mild.
2/7/2011 7:00 AM 0.06 0.8 0.06 M M Glad I measured yesterdays' snow before all melted on board; while shoveling driveway, snow on tree started melting & dripping on sidewalk; board was clear of snow this morning when I went to measure. Mild.
2/8/2011 7:00 AM T T T M M BRRRRRRR -8º. Lite flurries amounting to T everywhere & few drops in gauge melted.
2/9/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 M M Cloudy, cold. Sun felt good yesterday.
2/10/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 M M Clear; cold sunny -12º.
2/11/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 M M Cloudy with a line break WNW; chilly with breeze. As of yesterday, Tom Skilling reported 12 days above freezing is the fewest days since Dec 1 in 141 yrs of weather records & is a record.
2/12/2011 7:00 AM T T T M M Flurry PM & again yesterday evening. Clear; calm; frosty; mild 21º.
2/13/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 M M Cool; cloudy.
2/14/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 M M Yesterday's sunny, warm temps shrunk snow depth on level & piled; don't see any grass here yet. Cloudy; cool.
2/15/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 M M Beautiful spring-like day. Cloudy; cool.
2/16/2011 7:00 AM 0.10 0.0 0.00 M M Exact amount. Cloudy; mild; calm. Starting to see grass in yard.
2/17/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 M M A beautiful spring-like day yesterday. Quite a bit of snow in front yard; several puddles in backyard & see more grass there. Sump pump running. Mild; cloudy; 48º.
2/18/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 M M Broken clouds; very lite breeze; mild 38º. Puddles gone; snow remains from huge pile & shaded SE corner.
2/19/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 M M Sunny right now; lite breeze. Ground in backyard is not frozen; some piles of snow remain (shrinking). 1871 - The first official U.S. government weather predictions (called probabilities) were published on this date.
2/20/2011 7:00 AM 0.62 0.0 0.00 M M Looked out just before 7am thought there was chunky ice; when I went out to gauge it was slush with very little on board. Thought slush was snow/rain mixture. On closer obs, looks more like ice pellets mixed with rain for slush. Cloudy & dreary.
2/21/2011 7:00 AM 0.71 0.0 0.00 M M Rain most of day. Sump pump running frequently. There was a pond & some snow in SE corner yard & pond gone by yesterday evening.
2/22/2011 7:00 AM 0.09 0.3 0.02 M M Thin coating ice under snow on board; lite snow falling & coming straight down; ground not frozen under sod; cool 25º.
2/23/2011 7:00 AM 0.01 0.1 0.01 M M Dreary; snow remaining in SE corner & small pile next to driveway.
2/24/2011 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 M M Looked like it rained more than a T; only a few drops in gauge.
2/25/2011 7:00 AM 0.02 0.4 0.02 M M More clouds than blue @ obs time; mostly sunny at this time; glad we didn't get what snow was predicted.
2/26/2011 7:00 AM 0.11 1.0 0.11 M M Snow piled SE side gauge. Snow did stick to shovel. Cloudy; mild.
2/27/2011 7:00 AM 0.02 T T M M Dreary, drizzly, foggy, gloomy day with T snow mid day. Clear, sunny, calm right now.
2/28/2011 7:00 AM 0.74 0.0 0.00 M M Lightning/thunder early with the rain; rain most of night; driveway slick with coating of ice; thin coating ice elsewhere; water partially frozen in gauge; did empty gauge 10:15pm with .49 @ that time.
3/1/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 M M February total precip 4.65; snowfall 20.0; snow fall should be more but was hard to measure the blizzard snow. Cloudy E, blue sky W; frosty.
3/2/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 M M Sunny with some thin, wispy clouds; breezy; chilly. Beautiful day yesterday.
3/3/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 M M Cloudy & frosty.
3/4/2011 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 M M A few drops in gauge. Mild & cloudy.
3/5/2011 7:00 AM 0.46 0.0 0.00 M M Few snowflakes just before obs time.
3/6/2011 7:00 AM 0.08 0.6 0.08 M M Wintry mix - lite snow all day turning to rain/lite mist by evening eventually freezing moisture & turning to snow. Thin coating of ice under snow. Present - more clouds than sun; chilly.
3/7/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 M M A beautiful day yesterday & saw some 'Snowdrop' flowers in the city park ready to flower. Frosty & cloudy.
3/8/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 M M
3/9/2011 7:00 AM 0.21 0.0 0.00 M M Gloomy. Saw first earth worm this morning.
3/10/2011 7:00 AM 0.06 0.0 0.00 M M
3/11/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 M M Gauge & house roofs covered with frost; bright sun.
3/12/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 M M A bright, beautiful day yesterday. Clouds @ obs time; windy; sunny as of this report.
3/13/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 M M
3/14/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 M M Cloudy; frosty.
3/15/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 M M Cloudy. Encountered first fly.
3/16/2011 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 M M
3/17/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 M M HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!!! And I don't have one drop of Irish blood in me.
3/18/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 M M
3/19/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 M M Frosty. One crocus flower; tulips about 2"; bleeding hearts are up.
3/20/2011 7:00 AM 0.01 0.0 0.00 M M Deck was wet; rain sometime overnight; there was the reported amount in the gauge. Cloudy; breezy; mild. Spring begins today 6:21pm CDT.
3/21/2011 7:00 AM 0.22 0.0 0.00 M M It was a beautiful day by Sunday afternoon. Cloudy; some fog; mild.
3/22/2011 7:00 AM 0.05 0.0 0.00 M M
3/23/2011 7:00 AM 0.23 0.0 0.00 M M Cloudy; gloomy; cool.
3/24/2011 7:00 AM 0.05 T T M M Dusting of snow on deck.
3/25/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 M M Cloudy; chilly. Cold day yesterday for spring.
3/26/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 M M Frosty; chilly; sunny.
3/27/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 M M Frosty; chilly; sunny; clear so far.
3/28/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 M M Sunny; clear; chilly 25º; very gentle breeze.
3/29/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 M M Cloudy; slight breeze; chilly. Cool, sunny but nice day.
3/30/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 M M Cloudy; calm; cool. A large pile of dumped snow from Feb 1 blizzard remains N side Il River, W side Veterans bridge.
3/31/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 M M
4/1/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 M M Cloudy; cool; lite breeze. March 2011 precip 1.37"; snow .6".
4/2/2011 7:00 AM 0.08 0.0 0.00 M M Clear; frosty; cool; lite breeze.
4/3/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 M M Mild & breezy; sun shining thru break in clouds.
4/4/2011 7:00 AM 0.32 0.0 0.00 M M Cloudy; very breezy; cool 49º. Lot of lightning NE around 11pm & several streaks cutting across sky; warm 82º.
4/5/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 M M Sunny; chilly; breezy.
4/6/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 M M Cloudy; breezy; mild. Nice day yesterday but not quite shirt sleeve weather.
4/7/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 M M Dense fog with visibility .1 mile & as of this typing, .2 mile visibility. Chilly; slight breeze.
4/8/2011 7:00 AM 0.60 0.0 0.00 M M Exact amount. .17" at 9:45pm, rest overnite. Quite a bit of field work done, especially bean stubble where corn will be planted this year, from Ottawa north on way to DeKalb & NW to Rockford.
4/9/2011 7:00 AM 0.26 0.0 0.00 M M Rain shower early AM.
4/10/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 M M Breezy; clear; warm 65º. Noticed some ponds in fields, water in ditches as I zig-zagged my way to Triumph yesterday eve; 68º on car thermometer at 11pm; high 78º. Gas 1 yr ago $2.83 (and we were complaining), today $3.89.
4/11/2011 7:00 AM 0.04 0.0 0.00 M M The high for today is to be cooler than the low yesterday morning.
4/12/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 M M Sunny; lite breeze; heavy dew.
4/13/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 M M More clouds than blue sky.
4/14/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 M M Cloudy at obs, sunny as I type; E wind; cool.
4/15/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 M M Chilly wind & cloudy with rain expected later on.
4/16/2011 7:00 AM 0.58 0.0 0.00 M M Cloudy; cool; less wind; wet.
4/17/2011 7:00 AM 0.06 T T M M I hate to report snowflakes this time of year as there was snowflakes 1:45pm mixed with the falling rain. Saw the sun earlier and quickly becoming cloudy; chilly.
4/18/2011 7:00 AM 0.24 0.0 0.00 M M Looks like a cold, wet week.
4/19/2011 7:00 AM 0.12 0.0 0.00 M M
4/20/2011 7:00 AM 1.21 0.0 0.00 M M Another cold, wet, miserable day.
4/21/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 M M Frosty & very cool.
4/22/2011 7:00 AM 0.49 0.0 0.00 M M Lite rain just began at obs time.
4/23/2011 7:00 AM 0.78 0.0 0.00 M M Cloudy; wet; fairly mild with lite breeze. 16 - 23 = 3.41" rain and closing in on 5" for entire month (more than twice amount April 2010)& not done with rain for this month; fog during the nite, gone by obs time; a few puddles in neighbor's backyard.
4/24/2011 7:00 AM 0.05 0.0 0.00 M M There was one nice day out of the week. Very lite sun shining through thin clouds. Hoppy Easter! all you volunteer weather reporters.
4/25/2011 7:00 AM 0.10 0.0 0.00 M M Lite rain at obs time; mild. Shiny soil to large ponds along Rt 23 while traveling to DeKalb.
4/26/2011 7:00 AM 0.80 0.0 0.00 M M Exact amount. Cloudy; breezy; mild 58º.
4/27/2011 7:00 AM 0.09 0.0 0.00 M M Raining. Northern half of IL green with a few yellow spots NW corner.
4/28/2011 7:00 AM 0.26 0.0 0.00 M M Mostly cloudy.
4/29/2011 7:00 AM 0.01 0.0 0.00 M M Clear as a whistle; heavy dew. Enuf lite showers for measurement. Did watch the Royal wedding.
4/30/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 M M Cloudy; breeze feels cool. Beautiful day.
5/1/2011 7:00 AM 0.10 M M M M The day has started out sunny & bright. Gauge collected 6.09" rain in April - more than 3X amount than in Apil 2010 with 2.02"
5/2/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Heavy dew.
5/3/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear sky with a bright sun; coolish; heavy dew.
5/4/2011 7:00 AM T M M M M Cold, frosty with cloud cover with some holes far W.
5/5/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Cloudy; cool. A nice day yesterday for a change.
5/6/2011 7:00 AM 0.10 M M M M Clear sky with sun shining brightly; mild.
5/7/2011 7:00 AM 0.11 M M M M Gloomy-looking right now.
5/8/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Noted some fields planted in the area. Happy Mother's Day! to all mothers.
5/9/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/10/2011 7:00 AM T M M M M Sprinkled 10:30am.
5/11/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Feels humid at this time of day. It was hot & humid yesterday.
5/12/2011 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Shower about 6:30pm. Warm.
5/13/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/14/2011 7:00 AM 0.25 M M M M T yesterday & rest overnite; cooler.
5/15/2011 7:00 AM 0.23 M M M M Cold; spitting rain at obs time. Small amount standing water in fields around Grand Ridge midday; quite a few fields with emerged corn & a couple fields with some standing water between Ottawa & Triumph late PM.
5/16/2011 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M It stays cold for this time of year. Windy night with sun shining brightly so far today.
5/17/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/18/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Cloudy; cool.
5/19/2011 7:00 AM 0.06 M M M M Light fog; sunny; cool.
5/20/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/21/2011 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Warm & cloudy.
5/22/2011 7:00 AM T M M M M You would need to be outside when the T rain came along, no visible spots on deck or driveway. Warm & breezy; blue sky can be seen W.
5/23/2011 7:00 AM 0.07 M M M M Lightning WNNE & not much rain at this station. Cloudy; mild.
5/24/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M The wind has settled down making for a very pleasant morning.
5/25/2011 7:00 AM 0.31 M M M M Brief shower yesterday PM dropping .06" rain & remaing rain overnite. Raining at obs time; lightning & thunder.
5/26/2011 7:00 AM 2.59 M M M M 1.81" fell overnight; spitting rain obs time. See no ponding in backyards.
5/27/2011 7:00 AM 0.04 M M M M A little leftover precip. Sunny; cool; heavy dew.
5/28/2011 7:00 AM T M M M M Non-measurable sprinkle evening.
5/29/2011 7:00 AM 1.40 M M M M Medium fog; mild; calm.
5/30/2011 7:00 AM 0.30 M M M M Clear; warm; very gentle breeze; heavy dew; dew on windows. It rained hard on Rt 52 between Prairie Center & Rt 178 mid-day; lots of standing water in fields.
5/31/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Warm; gentle breeze.
6/1/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Pleasantly cool. May rainfall 5.62" (May 25-31 was 4.64") just short of May 2010 rainfall 5.89".
6/2/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M A great day yesterday. Pleasantly cool; breezy; cloudy.
6/3/2011 7:00 AM 0.05 M M M M Shower yesterday eve. Cloudy with sun peeking thru here & there; pleasant.
6/4/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Warm nite; dewy; lite breeze.
6/5/2011 7:00 AM T 0.0 M M M Cloudy; warm; rain W, SW.
6/6/2011 7:00 AM T M M M M Brief shower AM. Warm; lite breeze; thin clouds.
6/7/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear; warm; gentle breeze. Hot day yesterday.
6/8/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Warm; gentle breeze; clear. Warm day with a decent humidity level.
6/9/2011 7:00 AM 0.57 M M M M
6/10/2011 7:00 AM 1.16 M M M M .98" yesterday AM with .72" in 10 min at 7:30am, lightning & thunder, .18" overnite, add yesterday's total of .57". Cloudy; cool.
6/11/2011 7:00 AM 0.37 M M M M Overnight rain. Light fog rolled in; cloudy; mild; wet.
6/12/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M There was nothing in this gauge. Cloudy; cool; grass wringing wet with dew; slight breeze.
6/13/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Cloudy; lite dew; pleasant.
6/14/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Cloudy with rain at Princeton, Lacon.
6/15/2011 7:00 AM 0.98 M M M M
6/16/2011 7:00 AM 0.27 M M M M Mid-day rain. Sky clearing beautifully; pleasant.
6/17/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Sunny; warm; heavy dew.
6/18/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Sun barely shining.
6/19/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Cloudy & warm at this time of day.
6/20/2011 7:00 AM 2.44 M M M M Heard rain falling on roof 4:30am, light rain or stopped a time then started again & in the meantime I had gone to sleep again. Lightning & thunder accompanied rain. One large puddle on lot line. Sprinkling at ob time. Sump pump running frequently.
6/21/2011 7:00 AM 0.39 M M M M Yesterday's leftover rain. 15-21 rain totaled 4.18" rain; total of 6.23" rain for June. Large lot-line puddle gone. Heavy, dripping dew; warm; cloudy W. Summer arrives 12:16pm CDT.
6/22/2011 7:00 AM 0.87 M M M M Sunny with some scattered clouds; warm; gentle breeze. Rain started 7:20pm; very little wind to calm during rain; beautiful rainbow arch visible E above treetops.
6/23/2011 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Overnight rain; cloudy; warm; breezy.
6/24/2011 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M
6/25/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Thin clouds; heavy dew; calm; cool.
6/26/2011 7:00 AM 0.06 M M M M Lite shower yesterday eve; cloudy; mild; calm.
6/27/2011 7:00 AM 0.07 M M M M Started to spit rain @ obs time. Beautiful sunny day yesterday. Cloudy; warm; grass wet from early morning rain.
6/28/2011 7:00 AM T M M M M Sprinkle at obs time yesterday. Bright sun; warm; lite breeze.
6/29/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M More clouds than sun and quiet.
6/30/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Heavy dew; very lite breeze; some clouds; warm & getting warmer.
7/1/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M No precip to report, not even dew. Sunny; windy; warm. June 2011 total 7.28" & 16 days with moisture; June 2010 total 7.74" & 19 days with moisture.
7/2/2011 6:00 AM T M M M M Warm, muggy nite.
7/3/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M A hot one yesterday along with humidity.
7/4/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Cloudy; mild; grass damp. Have a safe & enjoyable July 4th.
7/5/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Pleasant; clear; calm. A beautiful night for a great fireworks display.
7/6/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Warm with calm to gentle breeze.
7/7/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M No rain in this gauge. Pleasant; sunny; calm to very gently breeze. Grass losing its bright green color & showing dry spots.
7/8/2011 7:00 AM T M M M M Clear; calm; pleasant; a beautiful morning. T occured mid pm.
7/9/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear; sunny; calm; pleasant 64º. With all the rain in June, it is dry & rain is needed.
7/10/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Light dew; gentle breeze.
7/11/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Warm night. Radar shows rain activity north of I-80.
7/12/2011 7:00 AM 0.05 M M M M A dust settler. Sunny; heavy dew; warm.
7/13/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Cloud cover; grass barely damp; very gentle breeze; mild. Brown spots appearing in grass due to lack of rain. Rain passed to the north, to the south & did not notice a drop here.
7/14/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M No rain & getting drier.
7/15/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Few clouds NW N & doesn't look like rain clouds. Sunny; warm; calm; med dew. Don't see or hear many lawn mowers being used. Thank you, Pat.
7/16/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Rainy-looking with showers ready to enter Ottawa. Warm; don't see a leaf moving.
7/17/2011 7:00 AM T M M M M Sunny; warm; dew; gentle breeze. T mid day. Sounds like it is to be hot & humid.
7/18/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M If there was a few drops here, I missed it. Thin clouds; very warm for this time of day; lite breeze; no dew. Haze covered area yesterday PM.
7/19/2011 7:00 AM 0.28 M M M M Sunny; muggy; dew; warm. Lite rain most of morning & enuf rain to perk up the grass; 82º at 11pm.
7/20/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Sunny; warm; grass damp; calm. 100º yesterday along with humidity; 84º at 10pm.
7/21/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Dry, dry, dry! Clear sky; warm; lite breeze, grass barely damp. 100.7º yesterday (.7º more than day before, when it's that hot .7 won't make much difference as far as heat is concerned).
7/22/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Mostly cloudy; warm; slite breeze; warm. Hot & humid 101.1º yesterday. Lightning to the east at 9:45pm.
7/23/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Nothing in this gauge.
7/24/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Nothing in this gauge. Very dark W. Warm.
7/25/2011 7:00 AM 0.72 M M M M Wow! it can rain; first decent rain since June 26. A little more would have been better & thankful to get this much. Farmers reporting corn flattened & possibly broken off during strong winds; lightning hit historic Reddick Mansion throwing some bricks onto street & lightning started grass fire fed by a gas leak along I&M canal. Cloud cover cleared by obs time; warm; lite breeze.
7/26/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M With the recent rain, brown spots in lawn is starting to show some life. Warm; mod dew; sun shining.
7/27/2011 7:00 AM T M M M M Sprinkled mid PM with dark cloud N. Cloud cover; cooler than previous mornings; gentle breeze.
7/28/2011 7:00 AM 0.39 M M M M Lite rain at obs time. Radar shows rain for a few hours to come. Distance lightning & thunder occuring. Last time I mowed grass was July 7, trimmed it yesterday in some places & actually mowed in some places, especially where it was more shaded.
7/29/2011 7:00 AM 0.20 M M M M Exact reading. Large area rain to the south. T before obs time. Cloudy; warm; static on radio from lightning someplace. Sun appeared yesterday for most of PM.
7/30/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear; calm; very heavy, drippy dew; warm. Dew is so heavy & with a wet deck, I thought there must have been a light shower; saw no evidence any other place that might indicate a lite shower.
7/31/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Sun shining at the moment, but clouds seen S SW; calm; heavy dew.
8/1/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Heavy dew; warm; calm. This station collected 1.64" rain for July; July 2010 = 2.48".
8/2/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/3/2011 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Not much rain out of all that lightning but not much thunder around 10pm; 84º at 10:15pm; still warm & humid with sun shining and lite breeze.
8/4/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Less humid this morning making it more pleasant. Sunny; lite breeze; pleasant. Enjoy the day!
8/5/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M More cloudy than sunny; rather pleasant; don't see a leaf moving.
8/6/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Looks like a solid cloud cover; warm.
8/7/2011 7:00 AM 0.13 M M M M T rain 5pm, passing 4am shower with some wind, more lightning than thunder; cloudy; calm; pleasant.
8/8/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/9/2011 7:00 AM 0.92 M M M M A heavy rain in a short time 4pm with a shower around 7:30pm; could have sent in 'significant report' but was busy & didn't get any info (.63" rain in about 10 - 12 min). A most welcome rain as it has been DRY at this station; from June 27-Aug 3 there has been 1.64" rain. Sun shining as I type; gentle breeze; 68º.
8/10/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Pleasant day for a change with overnite low of 59º, first nite below 60º since June 14. Clear; lite breeze and downright pleasant with windows open, AC turned off. On my way to Rockford via Rt 23, standing water in ditch just south of Rt 34 & standing water seen in several fields north of Rt 34 & grass a nice rich green.
8/11/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M What a gorgeous day!! Clear; calm; heavy dew; very pleasant with windows open.
8/12/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M High, thin clouds; gentle breeze; pleasant.
8/13/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Sun shining; humid; lite breeze. There was some drops of rain 6:30pm downtown 2 miles away; since I wasn't home don't know if there was a T at this station.
8/14/2011 7:00 AM 0.07 M M M M Rain fell yesterday pm. Clear; heavy dew; lite breeze; pleasantly cool.
8/15/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M No precip, other than heavy dew, to report after such a beautiful day. Sitting in the shade, the sun obscured by the clouds, the NNW wind blowing, it did become cool with the temp 84º. At present it is clear, calm & very pleasant.
8/16/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M It is dry; hear very,very few lawm mowers running.
8/17/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Cloud cover; pleasant; mod dew.
8/18/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M With the shorter days & students returning to the classroom, it is beginning to feel more like autumn and only 36 more days til autumn begins. A nice soaking rain would be most welcome as the lawns are brown again at this station.
8/19/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/20/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Cloud cover & mild.
8/21/2011 7:00 AM 0.47 M M M M A little refreshing rain with .45 falling AM.
8/22/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M A warm but nice day yesterday. Pleasant with bright sun & clouds W.
8/23/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Did see a peek of the sun before the large area of rain moving this way. The ground needs a good soaking several inches of rain. Mowed the grass & almost unable to see where I mowed.
8/24/2011 7:00 AM 1.55 M M M M 2 brief heavy rains during the most welcome rain yesterday AM. The rains this month have been far & few between. Calm; heavy dew; muggy. Noticed leaves are turning lighter color due to shorter days or lack of rain or a combination of both; there hasn't been much rain in this area July & August.
8/25/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Sun rose into clear blue sky; heavy dew; pleasant after a warm day.
8/26/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Standing water in a few fields & in roadway ditches along I-80 just W of Morris on way to see Cubs lose to Braves (nothing new). Clear; pleasant; heavy dew; hazy.
8/27/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Very slight air movement; clear; pleasant.
8/28/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear, bright blue sky; very pleasant; heavy dew.
8/29/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear; heavy dew; pleasant.
8/30/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Overcast; pleasant.
8/31/2011 7:00 AM 0.28 M M M M Sun shining at the present. Pleasant.
9/1/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M A little warmer at obs than previous mornings. Calm to gentle breeze.
9/2/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M No precip to report. 82º at 12am. Mild with lite breeze; about 50% cloud cover; 77º. Was digging sporadic weeds and there is moisture below sod. Aug precip total 3.44".
9/3/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Very little dew; more clouds than sun; warm.
9/4/2011 7:00 AM 0.61 M M M M Rain with lotsa hail cooled the temps; one sharp crack of lightning before rain began. Some hail as large as quarters & sounded like it when it hit the roof; larger hail stones were bumpy, more flat than round with uneven edges; many leaves blown off trees with wind but not limbs; about 35 holes torn in one screen from the hail. Pleasnt temps; breezy; clearing skies from NW.
9/5/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Cool nite & really pleasant for a change. Clear; lite breeze; almost chilly 50º. Enjoy your Labor Day.
9/6/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Peeks of blue sky seen between clouds; calm to very lite breeze; dew so heavy, beads appeared on deck; cool 48º.
9/7/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clouds were moving out yesterday as I was typing yesterday making for a nice day. Clear; cool; very lite breeze.
9/8/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Partly cloudy; lite breeze; pleasant temps.
9/9/2011 7:00 AM 0.10 M M M M A T rain starting 4:10pm & lasting for couple of hrs.; overnite rain. Cloudy; calm; pleasant 63º.
9/10/2011 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Cool with dense fog & visibility about .2 mile; calm.
9/11/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Cloudy; very heavy dew; mild.
9/12/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Very foggy yesterday morning. Clear; heavy dew; calm; mild.
9/13/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear; gentle breeze; pleasant.
9/14/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Cloudy; cool; heavy dew.
9/15/2011 7:00 AM 0.07 0.0 M M M Rooftop frost with overnite 36º. Clear; chilly; lite breeze.
9/16/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Cloudy; mod dew; chilly 47º.
9/17/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear; chilly; calm; dewey.
9/18/2011 7:00 AM 0.13 M M M M Early AM shower; looks like more to come later. Cloudy; mild; damp.
9/19/2011 7:00 AM 0.53 M M M M Most of the amount fell overnite. Cloudy; wet; mild.
9/20/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Fog with 1/4 mile visibility at obs time, more dense as I type.
9/21/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Beautiful day yesterday. Mostly cloudy; heavy dew; gentle breeze; mild.
9/22/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Thin clouds moving in from the W. Very gentle breeze; sun shining as I type; mild. This will be my last report of the summer of 2011 as fall arrives 4:05am CDT tomorrow. Will report again in the fall.
9/23/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Beautiful sunrise turning clouds orange. Cloudy; heavy dew; chilly 46º.
9/24/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Cloud cover; cool.
9/25/2011 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Shower late yesterday PM. Cloudy; heavy dew; cool 50º.
9/26/2011 7:00 AM 0.64 M M M M Sprinkling. Cool 53º.
9/27/2011 7:00 AM 1.66 M M M M A miserable day all day long; we did need the rain. Cloudy; damp & not raining; cool. Temp hasn't changed much in last 36 hrs with low of 53 & high of 55. Sump pump running but not frequently.
9/28/2011 7:00 AM 0.10 M M M M Cool; gentle breeze; 52º. Haven't turned the furnace on for heat.
9/29/2011 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Showered enuf to measure in gauge at 4:30pm. Heavy dew; cool; calm.
9/30/2011 7:00 AM 0.06 M M M M Quite windy yesterday. Clear with wispy cloud strands; breezy; very little dew; cool 48º. Sept rain total at this station 3.95", grass is a nice green color again; 2010 total 2.49".



Start Date End Date & Time Duration in Days Precipitation Snow Depth Snow Depth SWE Notes



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
9/3/2011 2:35 PM There was some quarter-sized hail found. Tore about 35 holes in W side screen. 1" Quarter Size 3/8" 1/4" Pea Size Hard|Clear Ice|White Ice 2 1min Continuous True After rain After smaller hail 30-40