Station Overview Station Location
Station Number IL-LV-17 Latitude 40.940341
Station Name Emington 2.2 SSE Longitude -88.341639
County Livingston Elevation (ft) 726



Month 30 Yr Avg by PRISM Total Prcp Sum Days Covered By All Observations Daily Prcp Sum Daily Observation Count Multiday Prcp Sum Days Covered by Multiday Observations Multiday Observation Count Days With Prcp Days With Trace Total Snowfall Days With Snowfall Days With Snow On Ground
Oct 10 3.01 1.64 31 1.64 30 0.00 1 1 4 4 0.0 0 0
Nov 10 3.23 2.66 30 2.66 30 0.00 0 0 3 5 0.0 0 0
Dec 10 2.34 2.01 27 2.01 27 0.00 0 0 8 4 16.8 4 8
Jan 11 1.90 0.91 25 0.91 25 0.00 0 0 5 9 4.5 4 11
Feb 11 1.67 2.27 9 2.27 9 0.00 0 0 7 0 6.0 4 4
March 11 2.66 1.29 12 1.29 12 0.00 0 0 6 0 0.0 0 0
April 11 3.44 1.77 27 0.00 0 1.77 27 1 0 0 0.0 0 0
May 11 4.19 6.10 30 0.00 3 6.10 27 2 0 0 0.0 0 0
June 11 3.94 2.80 30 2.80 30 0.00 0 0 14 2 0.0 0 0
July 11 4.12 2.69 31 2.69 31 0.00 0 0 5 2 0.0 0 0
Aug 11 3.70 2.98 27 2.98 27 0.00 0 0 6 2 0.0 0 0
Sept 11 2.94 4.57 30 3.69 27 0.88 3 1 8 1 0.0 0 0
Water Year Totals: 37.14" 31.69" 309 days 22.94" 251 8.75" 58 days 5 66 days 29 days 27.3" 12 days 23 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 0.22
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 0.00
10/14/2010 0.45
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 T
10/24/2010 0.68
10/25/2010 T
10/26/2010 T
10/27/2010 0.29
10/28/2010 T
10/29/2010 0.00
10/30/2010 0.00
10/31/2010 0.00
11/1/2010 0.00
11/2/2010 0.00
11/3/2010 0.00
11/4/2010 0.00
11/5/2010 T
11/6/2010 0.00
11/7/2010 0.00
11/8/2010 0.00
11/9/2010 0.00
11/10/2010 0.00
11/11/2010 0.00
11/12/2010 0.00
11/13/2010 0.00
11/14/2010 T
11/15/2010 T
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 T
11/23/2010 1.10
11/24/2010 0.00
11/25/2010 0.83
11/26/2010 T
11/27/2010 0.00
11/28/2010 0.00
11/29/2010 0.00
11/30/2010 0.73
12/1/2010 T
12/2/2010 T
12/3/2010 T
12/4/2010 0.11
12/5/2010 T
12/6/2010 0.00
12/7/2010 0.00
12/8/2010 0.00
12/9/2010 0.00
12/10/2010 0.04
12/11/2010 0.00
12/12/2010 0.44
12/13/2010 0.01
12/14/2010 0.00
12/15/2010 0.00
12/16/2010 0.05
12/17/2010 0.00
12/18/2010 0.00
12/19/2010 0.00
12/20/2010 0.00
12/21/2010 0.11
12/22/2010
12/23/2010
12/24/2010
12/25/2010 0.32
12/26/2010 0.00
12/27/2010 0.00
12/28/2010 0.00
12/29/2010
12/30/2010 0.00
12/31/2010 0.93
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
1/1/2011 0.47
1/2/2011 0.00
1/3/2011 0.00
1/4/2011 0.00
1/5/2011 0.00
1/6/2011 0.00
1/7/2011 T
1/8/2011 T
1/9/2011 0.00
1/10/2011 0.00
1/11/2011 T
1/12/2011 0.21
1/13/2011 T
1/14/2011 0.00
1/15/2011 0.00
1/16/2011 0.00
1/17/2011 0.00
1/18/2011 0.17
1/19/2011 T
1/20/2011 T
1/21/2011 0.04
1/22/2011
1/23/2011
1/24/2011 0.02
1/25/2011
1/26/2011 T
1/27/2011
1/28/2011
1/29/2011
1/30/2011 T
1/31/2011 T
2/1/2011 0.06
2/2/2011 0.35
2/3/2011
2/4/2011
2/5/2011
2/6/2011
2/7/2011
2/8/2011
2/9/2011
2/10/2011
2/11/2011
2/12/2011
2/13/2011
2/14/2011
2/15/2011
2/16/2011
2/17/2011 0.00
2/18/2011
2/19/2011 0.00
2/20/2011 0.35
2/21/2011
2/22/2011
2/23/2011
2/24/2011 0.09
2/25/2011 0.22
2/26/2011 0.08
2/27/2011
2/28/2011 1.12
3/1/2011
3/2/2011
3/3/2011
3/4/2011
3/5/2011 0.67
3/6/2011 0.04
3/7/2011 0.00
3/8/2011 0.00
3/9/2011 0.26
3/10/2011 0.02
3/11/2011 0.00
3/12/2011 0.00
3/13/2011 0.00
3/14/2011 0.00
3/15/2011 0.19
3/16/2011 0.11
3/17/2011
3/18/2011
3/19/2011
3/20/2011
3/21/2011
3/22/2011
3/23/2011
3/24/2011
3/25/2011
3/26/2011
3/27/2011
3/28/2011
3/29/2011
3/30/2011
3/31/2011
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
4/1/2011
4/2/2011
4/3/2011
4/4/2011 **
4/5/2011 **
4/6/2011 **
4/7/2011 **
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4/10/2011 **
4/11/2011 **
4/12/2011 **
4/13/2011 **
4/14/2011 **
4/15/2011 **
4/16/2011 **
4/17/2011 **
4/18/2011 **
4/19/2011 **
4/20/2011 1.77
4/21/2011 **
4/22/2011 **
4/23/2011 **
4/24/2011 **
4/25/2011 **
4/26/2011 **
4/27/2011 **
4/28/2011 **
4/29/2011 **
4/30/2011 **
5/1/2011 **
5/2/2011 **
5/3/2011 **
5/4/2011 **
5/5/2011 **
5/6/2011 **
5/7/2011 **
5/8/2011 **
5/9/2011 **
5/10/2011 **
5/11/2011 **
5/12/2011 **
5/13/2011 **
5/14/2011 **
5/15/2011 **
5/16/2011 **
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5/18/2011 **
5/19/2011 **
5/20/2011 **
5/21/2011 **
5/22/2011 **
5/23/2011 **
5/24/2011 **
5/25/2011 5.57
5/26/2011
5/27/2011 0.00
5/28/2011 **
5/29/2011 0.53
5/30/2011 0.00
5/31/2011 0.00
6/1/2011 T
6/2/2011 0.00
6/3/2011 0.00
6/4/2011 0.00
6/5/2011 0.00
6/6/2011 0.02
6/7/2011 0.00
6/8/2011 0.00
6/9/2011 0.15
6/10/2011 0.75
6/11/2011 0.01
6/12/2011 0.00
6/13/2011 0.00
6/14/2011 0.00
6/15/2011 0.89
6/16/2011 0.29
6/17/2011 0.00
6/18/2011 0.03
6/19/2011 0.00
6/20/2011 0.02
6/21/2011 0.28
6/22/2011 0.01
6/23/2011 0.01
6/24/2011 0.06
6/25/2011 T
6/26/2011 0.11
6/27/2011 0.17
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 0.00
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 0.00
7/12/2011 0.00
7/13/2011 0.05
7/14/2011 0.00
7/15/2011 0.00
7/16/2011 0.00
7/17/2011 0.00
7/18/2011 0.00
7/19/2011 0.02
7/20/2011 0.00
7/21/2011 0.00
7/22/2011 0.00
7/23/2011 0.00
7/24/2011 T
7/25/2011 1.20
7/26/2011 0.00
7/27/2011 0.00
7/28/2011 T
7/29/2011 0.02
7/30/2011 1.40
7/31/2011 0.00
8/1/2011 0.00
8/2/2011 0.00
8/3/2011 0.00
8/4/2011
8/5/2011 0.00
8/6/2011 0.02
8/7/2011 T
8/8/2011 0.00
8/9/2011 0.65
8/10/2011 0.00
8/11/2011
8/12/2011
8/13/2011
8/14/2011 0.98
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 T
8/21/2011 0.28
8/22/2011 0.00
8/23/2011 0.00
8/24/2011 0.96
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 0.09
9/1/2011 0.00
9/2/2011 0.00
9/3/2011 0.00
9/4/2011 0.89
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 0.81
9/11/2011 0.00
9/12/2011 0.00
9/13/2011 0.00
9/14/2011 0.00
9/15/2011 0.13
9/16/2011 0.00
9/17/2011 0.00
9/18/2011 T
9/19/2011 0.46
9/20/2011 0.01
9/21/2011 0.00
9/22/2011 0.00
9/23/2011 0.00
9/24/2011 **
9/25/2011 **
9/26/2011 0.88
9/27/2011 1.11
9/28/2011 0.18
9/29/2011 0.00
9/30/2011 0.00



Observation Date Observation Time Precipitation Snowfall Snowfall SWE Snow Depth Snow SWE Notes
10/2/2010 6:00 AM 0.22 M M M M
10/3/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/4/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Frost predicted but none seen on vehicles or grass.
10/5/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M No frost noticed even though temperature is a few degrees above freezing.
10/6/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/7/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/8/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/9/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/10/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/11/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/12/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Thick fog before dawn
10/13/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Hazy, lightening off to the NW
10/14/2010 6:00 AM 0.45 M M M M
10/15/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/16/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/17/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/18/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/19/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/20/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/21/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/22/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/23/2010 6:00 AM T M M M M misting
10/24/2010 6:00 AM 0.68 M M M M Rained from 8 AM - 2 PM Saturday. Trace of rain this morning.
10/25/2010 6:00 AM T M M M M Lightening most of the evening.
10/26/2010 6:00 AM T M M M M very windy, tornado watch until 11 AM, high wind warning.
10/27/2010 6:00 AM 0.29 M M M M
10/28/2010 6:00 AM T M M M M misting rain at 6 AM
10/29/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/30/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/31/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/1/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/2/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/3/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/4/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/5/2010 6:00 AM T M M M M Freezing rain at 3 PM and again around 6 PM.
11/6/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/7/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/8/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/9/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/10/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/11/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/12/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/13/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/14/2010 6:00 AM T M M M M
11/15/2010 6:00 AM T M M M M
11/16/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/17/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/18/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/19/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/20/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/21/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/22/2010 6:00 AM T M M M M Misting yesterday afternoon around 12:30 PM
11/23/2010 6:00 AM 1.10 M M M M Poured from 4:15 PM until about 7 PM
11/24/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/25/2010 6:00 AM 0.83 M M M M Still misting at 8 AM.
11/26/2010 6:00 AM T M M M M
11/27/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/28/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/29/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/30/2010 6:00 AM 0.73 M M M M
12/1/2010 6:00 AM T T M M M Light snow was still falling. Edges of the sidewalk had snow on them.
12/2/2010 6:00 AM T T M M M Light flurries ost of the day on Wednesday.
12/3/2010 6:00 AM T T M M M
12/4/2010 6:00 AM 0.11 5.0 M 5.0 M
12/5/2010 6:00 AM T T M 5.0 M
12/6/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/7/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 4.0 M
12/8/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/9/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/10/2010 6:00 AM 0.04 M M M M Snow started around 6PM, heaviest around 8 PM; WHen checking on animals in barn, shoe tracks were filled in by the time I returned a few minutes later. By 12 midnight the sky was clear and stars were out.
12/11/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 3.5 M Fog rolled in as the day ended, clear by morning.
12/12/2010 6:00 AM 0.44 M M M M Mist started around 9 AM truning to rain later in the day. By 9 PM temperature was starting to go down.
12/13/2010 6:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Snow lightly falling when I went out to do chores at 8:30 AM, by 9 the snow was coming down harder and the wind was picking up. By 11 AM, drifts were across the road and visibility was poor; whiteouts at time throughout the afternoon. Little precipitation was caught in the gauge. Drifts 2-3 feet high were observed on the SE side of our windbreak trees.
12/14/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/15/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/16/2010 6:00 AM 0.05 2.5 M M M Light snow started around 9PM last night. Light snow was falling when I did chores this morning at 5 AM.
12/17/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/18/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/19/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/20/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/21/2010 6:00 AM 0.11 4.0 M 8.0 M Snow coming down hard when I got home from work around 5 PM on Monday. Thunder snow about 8:30 PM - vibrated the house with the bang & bright flash of light, never witnessed it before. Misting when I did chores at 5:30 AM this morning, trees coated in ice, coat of ice on south side of rain gauge.
12/25/2010 6:00 AM 0.32 5.3 M M M Snow started lightly around 8am yesterday; from 8 - 10:30 we rec'd .5" of snow; from 10:30 am - 4:30 PM we rec'd another 1.75" of snow; from 4:30 PM through 6 AM today we rec'd another 3". It was still snowing at midnight when we went to bed; Snow stopped sometime during the middle of the night.
12/26/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 10.5 M
12/27/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Freezing fog around 7 AM.
12/28/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 10.0 M
12/30/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 6.0 M Reduced visibility from 12 noon through 3 PM yesterday due to fog. Hazy this morning, temperature of 35 degrees with wind moving branches of trees. Snow has melted down to the grass in a few areas.
12/31/2010 6:00 AM 0.93 M M 0.0 M Snow is melted except for the large drifts. Thunder storm with pelting rain around 5 AM. Our pasture is a lake with a river running from it through the windbreak to the creek, watch out for flooding later.
1/1/2011 6:00 AM 0.47 M M M M Rained on and off throughout the morning. Tornado Warning - saw 2 small funnels come down out of the clouds and go back up about 1:45 PM, to the SW of our garage. Water in pasture is slowing going down. Temperature was still around 48 degrees when I went to bed around 11:30 last night.
1/2/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/3/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/4/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/5/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/6/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/7/2011 6:00 AM T T M M M Blowing snow during yesterday morning.
1/8/2011 6:00 AM T T M M M
1/9/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/10/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/11/2011 6:00 AM T 0.5 M 0.5 M My husband came to bed around 3 AM and still wasn't snowing. I did chores at 5 AM and snow was on the ground with moderate amount coming down, light wind.
1/12/2011 6:00 AM 0.21 3.0 M 3.0 M
1/13/2011 6:00 AM T T M 3.0 M
1/14/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 3.0 M
1/15/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 3.0 M
1/16/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 3.0 M
1/17/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 2.5 M
1/18/2011 6:00 AM 0.17 0.0 M 1.0 M Participation was in the form of rain. Most of the snow has melted, a few spots left with snow 2" deep or so.
1/19/2011 6:00 AM T T M T M
1/20/2011 6:00 AM T T M T M
1/21/2011 6:00 AM 0.04 0.5 M 0.5 M The temperature was -7 degrees when I did chores this morning. Our first ewe lamb of the season was born last night when the winds started kicking in.
1/24/2011 6:00 AM 0.02 0.5 M 0.5 M No snow was found on the Snow Board but 1/2" was on the sidewalk, road and deck. In other areas, drifts as high as 6". I am recording the 1/2" since it seems more reasonable.
1/26/2011 6:00 AM T T M 0.5 M
1/30/2011 6:00 AM T T M T M Snow melted tremendously during the day Saturday. There are areas that are bare grass and other places with several inches left throughout the homestead.
1/31/2011 6:00 AM T T M T M
2/1/2011 6:00 AM 0.06 1.0 M 1.0 M Snow mixed with sleet during the afternoon and evening, drifts up to 6" deep in spots.
2/2/2011 6:00 AM 0.35 1.5 M 1.5 M Snow began around 11 AM. Winds strong enough that snow was blowing parallel to the ground before dark. Numerous lightening strikes between 9 & 10 PM. Drifts everywhere ranging between 3 and 4 feet common, some as tall as 5 ft. Roads are imapssable, no plows have been through. Relative tried using tractor w snowblower but didn't get anywhere near our farm, drifts to high and long.
2/17/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M All but the tallest of the snow drifts have melted. Snow is also still in the windbreak trees on the North & West sides of the farm. Water is sitting in the pasture. The creek at the South end of the farm is only about 1/2 full.
2/19/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M All snow has melted even in the ditches and wind break. All water ponding in pastures has disappeared.
2/20/2011 6:00 AM 0.35 M M M M Freezing rain at 3:30 AM on my way out to bottle feed a lamb. By 6:00 when I went out again, it had changed over to rain.
2/24/2011 6:00 AM 0.09 M M M M
2/25/2011 6:00 AM 0.22 2.5 M 2.5 M
2/26/2011 6:00 AM 0.08 1.0 M 3.0 M
2/28/2011 6:00 AM 1.12 M M M M Ditches and Pasture were full of water this morning. Creek at edge of farm was 1/2 full.
3/5/2011 6:00 AM 0.67 M M M M Poured all evening. We went out for supper last night & the high windshield wipers couldn't keep up to the amount of rain coming down. Friday's temperature was in the 60's.
3/6/2011 6:00 AM 0.04 M M M M
3/7/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/8/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/9/2011 6:00 AM 0.26 M M M M
3/10/2011 6:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
3/11/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/12/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/13/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/14/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/15/2011 6:00 AM 0.19 M M M M
3/16/2011 6:00 AM 0.11 M M M M
5/27/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/30/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/31/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/1/2011 6:00 AM T M M M M
6/2/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/3/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/4/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/5/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/6/2011 6:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
6/7/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/8/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/9/2011 6:00 AM 0.15 M M M M
6/10/2011 6:00 AM 0.75 M M M M
6/11/2011 6:00 AM 0.01 M M M M
6/12/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/13/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/14/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/15/2011 6:00 AM 0.89 M M M M
6/16/2011 6:00 AM 0.29 M M M M
6/17/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/18/2011 6:00 AM 0.03 M M M M
6/19/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/20/2011 6:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
6/21/2011 6:00 AM 0.28 M M M M
6/22/2011 6:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Tons of watches and warnings yesterday but all seemed to skirt around us. Enough wind to blow a child's plastic lawn chair across the yard but nothing else. Lots of lightning across the sky.
6/23/2011 6:00 AM 0.01 M M M M It started misting when I went out to do chores at 5:30 AM.
6/24/2011 6:00 AM 0.06 M M M M
6/25/2011 6:00 AM T M M M M
6/26/2011 6:00 AM 0.11 M M M M
6/27/2011 6:00 AM 0.17 M M M M Thunder woke me around 4:20 AM, stomr was over by 5:45 AM. Waiting for the next round to come.
6/28/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M No other storms materialized yesterday afternoon or evening.
6/29/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/30/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/1/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Overcast
7/2/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/3/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/4/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/5/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/6/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/7/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/8/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/9/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/10/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/11/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/12/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/13/2011 6:00 AM 0.05 M M M M Just a teasing of rain last evening. We picked all of the apricots over the weekend. Only about 1/2 as many as usual. Apple trees have little if any fruit, leaves are dry - either disease or got hit with overspray from crops. Pasture is dry, sheep have little to eat.
7/14/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/15/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/16/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/17/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/18/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/19/2011 6:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
7/20/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M While in the pasture last evening I located cracks in the ground big enough to put my hand in up to my wrist.
7/21/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/22/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/23/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Lightening off to the East around 11 PM, no rain here!
7/24/2011 6:00 AM T M M M M Thunder & Lightning between 2 and 3 AM. Deck was wet but vehichle and sidewalk were dry this morning.
7/25/2011 6:00 AM 1.20 M M M M Rain started around 8AM yesterday, tapered off & quit by noon. Corn is flattened in areas of fields in a 3 mile radius. One field of 20 acres is completely flattened from the wind.
7/26/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/27/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/28/2011 6:00 AM T M M M M Sprinkling at 5:30 AM, dark off to the north, lightening to the NW.
7/29/2011 6:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
7/30/2011 6:00 AM 1.40 M M M M Rain yesterday morning, clear by noon. Fog hanging over the fields this morning, grass and trees heavy with dew.
7/31/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/1/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Fog handing over the fields & heavy dew on the grass & trees, .o1" in rain gauge but think it is actually dew.
8/2/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/3/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Lots of beautiful lightening last night but no rain here!
8/5/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Fog rolled in just before 6 AM.
8/6/2011 6:00 AM 0.02 M M M M I am going to assume that it rained during the night. I let the dog out at 3AM, the deck and bushes were wet.
8/7/2011 6:00 AM T M M M M
8/8/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Lightening to the North last evening but no rain here.
8/9/2011 6:00 AM 0.65 M M M M Rained steady from 3 PM for about an hour. Two other storms passes through with just sprinkles. Sunny & cool this morning, strange weather for IL State Fair.
8/10/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/14/2011 6:00 AM 0.98 M M M M Several bands of storms went through Saturday afternoon with the 1st storm having pea size hail, wind was parallel to the ground coming from the South.
8/15/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/16/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/17/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/18/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/19/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/20/2011 6:00 AM T M M M M Started sprinling around 6:10 AM on Friday, nothing in rain gauge.
8/21/2011 6:00 AM 0.28 M M M M
8/22/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/23/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/24/2011 6:00 AM 0.96 M M M M
8/25/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/26/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Extremely heavy dew on the grass this morning, layers of fog hanging over the fields.
8/27/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/28/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/29/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/30/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/31/2011 6:00 AM 0.09 M M M M
9/1/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/2/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Temp was 101 degrees when I got off work at 3pm yesterday. Another hot day predicted for today.
9/3/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/4/2011 6:00 AM 0.89 M M M M
9/5/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/6/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/7/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/8/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/9/2011 6:00 AM 0.10 M M M M
9/10/2011 6:00 AM 0.81 M M M M
9/11/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/12/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/13/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/14/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/15/2011 6:00 AM 0.13 M M M M
9/16/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/17/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/18/2011 6:00 AM T M M M M
9/19/2011 6:00 AM 0.46 M M M M Slight mist still coming down at observation time. Soggy day on Sunday for the end of Harvest Days weekend in Dwight.
9/20/2011 6:00 AM 0.01 M M M M
9/21/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/22/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/23/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/27/2011 6:00 AM 1.11 M M M M The clouds were so low this morning that they hid the wind turbines from the rest of the wind towers.
9/28/2011 6:00 AM 0.18 M M M M
9/29/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/30/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M



Start Date End Date & Time Duration in Days Precipitation Snow Depth Snow Depth SWE Notes
9/30/2010 10/01/2010 6:00 AM 2 0.00 M M
4/4/2011 4/20/2011 10:00 PM 17 1.77 0.0 0.00 Broke my ankle on the morning of April 4th. Extremely hard to get to the rain guage until after the cast comes off.
4/21/2011 5/25/2011 3:30 PM 35 5.57 M M Pea size hail on Sunday, May 22, 2011. Wind strong enough that is knocked over the concrete goose at the NW corner of the house. Wasn't able to see the barn because the rain and wind.
5/28/2011 5/29/2011 8:00 PM 2 0.53 M M
9/24/2011 9/26/2011 7:00 AM 3 0.88 M M



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