Station Overview Station Location
Station Number IL-LS-1 Latitude 41.3633
Station Name Ottawa 1.3 NW Longitude -88.85664
County La Salle Elevation (ft) 607



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 13 2.85 3.62 31 3.62 31 0.00 0 0 8 8 0.0 0 0
Nov 13 3.17 2.46 30 2.46 30 0.00 0 0 11 2 0.1 1 0
Dec 13 2.18 1.20 31 1.20 31 0.00 0 0 13 6 9.9 7 2
Jan 14 1.59 1.65 29 1.65 29 0.00 0 0 12 3 13.7 7 0
Feb 14 1.52 2.68 27 2.68 27 0.00 0 0 7 2 19.4 7 1
March 14 2.57 1.86 31 1.86 31 0.00 0 0 10 7 7.6 7 0
April 14 3.28 3.38 30 3.38 30 0.00 0 0 12 3 2.0 1 0
May 14 4.17 4.86 31 4.86 31 0.00 0 0 14 3 0.0 0 0
June 14 3.89 3.39 20 3.39 20 0.00 0 0 9 1 0.0 0 0
July 14 3.99 3.73 31 3.73 31 0.00 0 0 7 7 0.0 0 0
Aug 14 3.84 5.05 31 5.05 31 0.00 0 0 8 5 0.0 0 0
Sept 14 3.27 3.44 30 3.44 30 0.00 0 0 9 1 0.0 0 0
Water Year Totals: 36.32" 37.32" 352 days 37.32" 352 0.00" 0 days 0 120 days 48 days 52.7" 30 days 3 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
10/1/2013 0.00
10/2/2013 0.00
10/3/2013 0.00
10/4/2013 0.66
10/5/2013 T
10/6/2013 0.14
10/7/2013 T
10/8/2013 T
10/9/2013 0.00
10/10/2013 0.00
10/11/2013 0.00
10/12/2013 0.00
10/13/2013 T
10/14/2013 0.00
10/15/2013 0.00
10/16/2013 0.03
10/17/2013 0.02
10/18/2013 0.11
10/19/2013 0.00
10/20/2013 T
10/21/2013 0.11
10/22/2013 0.00
10/23/2013 0.37
10/24/2013 T
10/25/2013 T
10/26/2013 0.00
10/27/2013 0.00
10/28/2013 0.00
10/29/2013 0.00
10/30/2013 T
10/31/2013 2.18
11/1/2013 0.67
11/2/2013 0.03
11/3/2013 0.00
11/4/2013 0.00
11/5/2013 0.00
11/6/2013 0.32
11/7/2013 0.29
11/8/2013 0.00
11/9/2013 0.00
11/10/2013 0.00
11/11/2013 0.00
11/12/2013 0.22
11/13/2013 0.00
11/14/2013 0.00
11/15/2013 0.00
11/16/2013 0.00
11/17/2013 0.08
11/18/2013 0.55
11/19/2013 0.00
11/20/2013 0.00
11/21/2013 0.20
11/22/2013 0.07
11/23/2013 0.02
11/24/2013 T
11/25/2013 0.00
11/26/2013 0.01
11/27/2013 T
11/28/2013 0.00
11/29/2013 0.00
11/30/2013 0.00
12/1/2013 0.00
12/2/2013 0.00
12/3/2013 0.02
12/4/2013 T
12/5/2013 0.03
12/6/2013 0.00
12/7/2013 0.00
12/8/2013 0.00
12/9/2013 0.11
12/10/2013 0.00
12/11/2013 0.06
12/12/2013 0.00
12/13/2013 0.00
12/14/2013 0.24
12/15/2013 0.04
12/16/2013 0.04
12/17/2013 T
12/18/2013 T
12/19/2013 0.00
12/20/2013 0.08
12/21/2013 0.15
12/22/2013 0.31
12/23/2013 0.06
12/24/2013 T
12/25/2013 T
12/26/2013 0.02
12/27/2013 0.00
12/28/2013 0.00
12/29/2013 0.00
12/30/2013 T
12/31/2013 0.04
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
1/1/2014 T
1/2/2014 0.04
1/3/2014 T
1/4/2014 0.00
1/5/2014 0.35
1/6/2014 M
1/7/2014 0.00
1/8/2014 0.00
1/9/2014 0.00
1/10/2014 0.03
1/11/2014 0.72
1/12/2014 0.00
1/13/2014 0.00
1/14/2014 0.00
1/15/2014 0.02
1/16/2014 0.00
1/17/2014 0.01
1/18/2014 T
1/19/2014 0.27
1/20/2014 0.00
1/21/2014 0.02
1/22/2014 0.00
1/23/2014 0.01
1/24/2014 0.00
1/25/2014 0.02
1/26/2014 0.13
1/27/2014 M
1/28/2014 0.00
1/29/2014 0.00
1/30/2014 0.00
1/31/2014 0.03
2/1/2014 0.20
2/2/2014 0.19
2/3/2014 0.00
2/4/2014 0.00
2/5/2014 M
2/6/2014 0.00
2/7/2014 0.00
2/8/2014 0.00
2/9/2014 0.07
2/10/2014 0.00
2/11/2014 0.00
2/12/2014 0.00
2/13/2014 0.00
2/14/2014 T
2/15/2014 0.00
2/16/2014 0.04
2/17/2014 0.00
2/18/2014 0.52
2/19/2014 0.00
2/20/2014 0.49
2/21/2014 1.17
2/22/2014 0.00
2/23/2014 0.00
2/24/2014 0.00
2/25/2014 T
2/26/2014 0.00
2/27/2014 0.00
2/28/2014 0.00
3/1/2014 0.01
3/2/2014 0.17
3/3/2014 0.00
3/4/2014 0.00
3/5/2014 0.00
3/6/2014 0.16
3/7/2014 0.00
3/8/2014 T
3/9/2014 0.04
3/10/2014 T
3/11/2014 0.00
3/12/2014 0.76
3/13/2014 T
3/14/2014 0.00
3/15/2014 0.00
3/16/2014 T
3/17/2014 0.00
3/18/2014 0.00
3/19/2014 0.16
3/20/2014 0.38
3/21/2014 T
3/22/2014 0.00
3/23/2014 0.00
3/24/2014 T
3/25/2014 0.02
3/26/2014 T
3/27/2014 0.04
3/28/2014 0.12
3/29/2014 0.00
3/30/2014 0.00
3/31/2014 0.00
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
4/1/2014 0.00
4/2/2014 0.00
4/3/2014 0.47
4/4/2014 0.84
4/5/2014 T
4/6/2014 0.00
4/7/2014 0.00
4/8/2014 0.08
4/9/2014 T
4/10/2014 0.00
4/11/2014 0.00
4/12/2014 0.00
4/13/2014 0.00
4/14/2014 0.37
4/15/2014 0.13
4/16/2014 T
4/17/2014 0.00
4/18/2014 0.00
4/19/2014 0.00
4/20/2014 0.00
4/21/2014 0.00
4/22/2014 0.33
4/23/2014 0.00
4/24/2014 0.02
4/25/2014 0.08
4/26/2014 0.00
4/27/2014 0.03
4/28/2014 0.45
4/29/2014 0.54
4/30/2014 0.04
5/1/2014 T
5/2/2014 0.04
5/3/2014 0.02
5/4/2014 0.00
5/5/2014 0.00
5/6/2014 0.00
5/7/2014 0.00
5/8/2014 0.02
5/9/2014 0.46
5/10/2014 0.10
5/11/2014 0.00
5/12/2014 0.71
5/13/2014 0.45
5/14/2014 0.13
5/15/2014 0.25
5/16/2014 0.41
5/17/2014 0.10
5/18/2014 0.00
5/19/2014 0.00
5/20/2014 0.03
5/21/2014 0.03
5/22/2014 0.00
5/23/2014 0.00
5/24/2014 0.00
5/25/2014 0.00
5/26/2014 0.00
5/27/2014 T
5/28/2014 T
5/29/2014 2.11
5/30/2014 0.00
5/31/2014 0.00
6/1/2014 0.00
6/2/2014 0.66
6/3/2014 0.17
6/4/2014 0.42
6/5/2014 0.13
6/6/2014 0.00
6/7/2014 0.00
6/8/2014 0.64
6/9/2014 0.00
6/10/2014 0.00
6/11/2014 0.48
6/12/2014 0.08
6/13/2014 0.00
6/14/2014 0.00
6/15/2014 0.00
6/16/2014
6/17/2014
6/18/2014
6/19/2014
6/20/2014
6/21/2014
6/22/2014
6/23/2014
6/24/2014
6/25/2014
6/26/2014 0.00
6/27/2014 0.00
6/28/2014 T
6/29/2014 0.27
6/30/2014 0.54
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
7/1/2014 1.60
7/2/2014 0.00
7/3/2014 0.12
7/4/2014 0.00
7/5/2014 0.00
7/6/2014 T
7/7/2014 0.24
7/8/2014 0.34
7/9/2014 0.00
7/10/2014 0.00
7/11/2014 0.00
7/12/2014 T
7/13/2014 1.21
7/14/2014 0.17
7/15/2014 0.00
7/16/2014 T
7/17/2014 T
7/18/2014 0.00
7/19/2014 T
7/20/2014 0.00
7/21/2014 0.00
7/22/2014 0.00
7/23/2014 0.00
7/24/2014 0.00
7/25/2014 0.00
7/26/2014 0.05
7/27/2014 T
7/28/2014 0.00
7/29/2014 0.00
7/30/2014 T
7/31/2014 0.00
8/1/2014 0.00
8/2/2014 T
8/3/2014 0.00
8/4/2014 0.00
8/5/2014 0.23
8/6/2014 0.00
8/7/2014 0.00
8/8/2014 0.00
8/9/2014 0.00
8/10/2014 0.00
8/11/2014 1.02
8/12/2014 T
8/13/2014 0.00
8/14/2014 0.00
8/15/2014 0.00
8/16/2014 0.00
8/17/2014 T
8/18/2014 0.00
8/19/2014 0.00
8/20/2014 T
8/21/2014 T
8/22/2014 2.78
8/23/2014 0.00
8/24/2014 0.38
8/25/2014 0.00
8/26/2014 0.08
8/27/2014 0.02
8/28/2014 0.00
8/29/2014 0.50
8/30/2014 0.04
8/31/2014 0.00
9/1/2014 0.01
9/2/2014 0.00
9/3/2014 0.00
9/4/2014 0.00
9/5/2014 0.60
9/6/2014 0.03
9/7/2014 0.00
9/8/2014 0.00
9/9/2014 0.32
9/10/2014 1.31
9/11/2014 0.57
9/12/2014 0.00
9/13/2014 0.05
9/14/2014 0.00
9/15/2014 0.00
9/16/2014 0.37
9/17/2014 0.00
9/18/2014 0.00
9/19/2014 0.00
9/20/2014 0.00
9/21/2014 0.18
9/22/2014 0.00
9/23/2014 0.00
9/24/2014 0.00
9/25/2014 0.00
9/26/2014 T
9/27/2014 0.00
9/28/2014 0.00
9/29/2014 0.00
9/30/2014 0.00



Observation Date Observation Time Precipitation Snowfall Snowfall SWE Snow Depth Snow SWE Notes
10/1/2013 4:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 09-30-13: High 80, Low 43, wind SE, S & SW calm-15 mph and no rain. Yesterday morning fog rolled in. The corn harvest is under way and so far good weather to go along with it. Today at 4:45am: heavy dew, temp a mild 60, wind SSW 8 mph, fog trying to roll in from the north, dew point 59, humidity 96%. Normal 71/47. Sunrise 6:52am, Sunset 6:38pm. As I finish my report its 5am and do you know where your government is ???
10/2/2013 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 10-01-13: High 84, Low 57, wind S & SW 5-18 mph w/gust 23 mph, no rain. Clouds & fog broke before noon and it turned into a nice day. Today at 4:50am: mild, very heavy dew and FOG is creeping in, temp 63, wind calm, dew point 62, humidity 98%. Normal 70/47. Sunrise 6:53am, Sunset 6:37pm.
10/3/2013 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 10-02-13: High 86, Low 62, no rain. Due to the approaching weather system from the SW currently by Peoria and I'd like to get my 3 mile walk, your just getting the basics this morning. Today at 4:50am: heavy dew, very mild, temp 67, wind S 4-5 mph, dew point 66, humidity 94%.
10/4/2013 4:59 AM 0.66 M M M M 10-03-13: High 83, Low 65, wind S & SW calm-13 mph w/gust 18 mph. Morning rain .42 and afternoon rain and thunder storm .24 with a total of .66 in my gauge. Today at 4:59am: heavy dew, lightning to the north, clear sky to the south, temp a mild 65, wind calm at my location, dew point 64, humidity 95%. Normal 70/46. Record in 2005/91 degrees at Moline. Sunrise 6:55am, Sunset 6:33pm.
10/5/2013 6:20 AM T M M M M 10-04-13: High 86, Low 64, wind vrbl calm-12 mph and a trace of rain around 3 pm. Received 11 drops of rain on my windshield. Today at 6:20am: very mild, heavy dew, temp 68, wind S 6-8 mph, dew point 67, humidity 96%. Record Low in 1980/28 degrees. Normal 69/45. Sunrise 6:56am, Sunset 6:32pm. A winter storm out west, normal high temp now below 70 and sunrise fast approaching 7am, get ready for some change.
10/6/2013 4:55 AM 0.14 M M M M 10-05-13: High 83, Low 58, wind S, SW, W & WNW calm-16 mph. Rain during the wee hours this morning and it was in pockets. It would rain for 2 minutes and stop for 20 minutes then rain again for 2 minutes and stop and start, total .14 in my gauge. Today at 4:55am: temp 52, wind WSW 5-7 mph, dew point 50, humidity 89%. Normal 69/45. Sunrise 6:57am, Sunset 6:30pm. Today is the last day of Octoberfest in downtown Ottawa. Outdoor Mass 10am at The Jordan Block.
10/7/2013 4:59 AM T M M M M 10-06-13: High 63 (around noon) Low 45 (11:59pm) wind SW & W calm-18 mph w/gust 22 mph. Trace of afternoon rain, car got wet, gauge dry. After the noon high, temps DROPPED rather quickly. Today at 4:59am: wind chill 37, temp 42, wind WSW 8 mph, dew point 40, humidity 96% and a heavy dew. Normal 68/45. Sunrise 6:58am, Sunset 6:25pm.
10/8/2013 4:50 AM T M M M M 10-07-13: High 72, Low 42, wind NW, W & SW 6-17 mph w/gust 22 mph with a misty rain around 7:30am leaving a trace, gauge empty. Today at 4:50am: heavy dew, temp 47, wind calm, dew point 46, humidity 94%. Record for today 90 in 2007. Normal 68/44. Sunrise 6:59am, Sunset 6:27pm. With this weather forecast the 2013 harvest should be in full force today. *SOAPBOX* watching the way our government works its times like this when you enter the voting booth that you'd like to vote them ALL OUT OF OFFICE! Its 5am, do you know where your government is???
10/9/2013 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 10-08-13: High 80, Low 45, wind SW & S calm-14 mph, no rain. Today at 4:50am: moderate dew, temp 48, wind calm, dew point 44, humidity 88%. Normal 68/44 today will be another day above average. Worth mentioning is no frost to date. Sunrise is now 7am, Sunset 6:25pm. 77 shopping days until Christmas.
10/10/2013 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 10-09-13: High 77, Low 46, wind SE & E calm-11 mph, no rain. Today at 4:50am: healthy dew, temp 48, wind calm, dew point 46, humidity 92%. Normal 67/44 and record high 89 degrees in 2010. Sunrise 7:01am, Sunset 6:23pm. Perfect harvest weather for the local farmers.
10/11/2013 4:59 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 10-10-13: High 80, Low 47, wind E, SE & S calm-12 mph, no rain. Beautiful day on the IL & Fox Rivers, Asian carp weren't jumping. Today at 4:59am: light dew, temp 55, wind SE 3 mph, dew point 51, humidity 87%. Normal 67/43. Sunrise 7:03am, Sunset 6:22pm.
10/12/2013 4:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 10-11-13: High 81, Low 55, wind SE & S calm-18 mph w/gust 22 mph, no rain. Today at 4:55am: scattered rain showers on the radar coming out of the SW may soon reach Ottawa, temp a mild 59, wind S to SSE 5 mph, dew point 54, humidity 84%, hardly any dew. Normal 66/43. In about 7 days it looks like we might get our first frost as temps return to normal then below normal by next weekend. Sunrise 7:04am, Sunset 6:20pm.
10/13/2013 4:55 AM T M M M M 10-12-13: High 73, Low 49, wind SE, S, SW, W & NW calm-13 mph. 9am and around noon I had a light drizzle, it got the car wet, driveway and gauge dry. I did hear that downtown Ottawa received a healthy downpour but nothing here NW of Ottawa. Homecoming at Marquette, the young ladies and gentlemen looked very nice. Today at 4:55am: clear sky, moderate to heavy dew, temp 43, wind calm, dew point 41, humidity 88%. Normal 66/43, pretty much where we will be today. Sunrise 7:05am, Sunset 6:19pm. Women folk heading to Utica today for the Burgoo.
10/14/2013 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 10-13-13: High 68, Low 38, wind W, NW, N & NE calm-10 mph w/gust 15 mph, no rain. Beautiful day on the Fox & IL River. Was it my last boat ride? At 7:50am yesterday going to church noticed isolated frost on Catlin & N Poplar St rooftops which is in a low lying area. Today at 4:50am: FROST on car rooftop, temp 37, wind calm, dew point 31, humidity 87%. Normal 66/42. Sunrise 7:06am, Sunset 6:17pm.
10/15/2013 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 10-14-13: High 68, Low 37, wind NE, SE & E calm-14 mph w/gust 19 mph and no rain. Today at 4:50am: rain coming per the radar, mild, temp 52, wind ESE 4 mph, dew point 44, humidity 74%, no dew. Normal 65/42. Sunrise 7:07am, Sunset 6:16pm. 71 shopping days before Christmas.
10/16/2013 4:50 AM 0.03 M M M M 10-15-13: High 71, Low 50, wind SE, S, SW & W 3-15 mph w/gust 22 mph. Morning rain .03 in gauge, not enough to stop the harvest. Today at 4:50am: temp 47, wind WSW 8 mph, dew point 39, humidity 73%, wind chill 43, very little dew this morning. Normal 65/42. Sunrise 7:08am, Sunset 6:14pm. Time to make plans to get the boat out of the water. Extended forecast shows no warm up.
10/17/2013 4:59 AM 0.02 M M M M 10-16-13: High 56, Low 45, wind SW & W 4-18 mph w/gust 23 mph. Its raining right now with .02 in the gauge, temp 48, wind W 3-5 mph, dew point 47, humidity 95%. Normal 65/42. Sunrise 7:09am, Sunset 6:12pm. Note worthy, Princeton weather radio mentioning a chance of the four letter word for Tuesday night???
10/18/2013 4:45 AM 0.11 M M M M 10-17-13: High 61, Low 42, wind W, NW & S calm-17 mph w/gust 22 mph. Rain .11 giving me a total for Thursday of .13 in the gauge. Today at 4:45am: temp 39, wind SW 7 mph, wind chill 34, dew point 37, humidity 94% and there is a heavy dew. Normal temps for today 64/41 and we will be below normal for another day. Full moon is tonight called The Hunter's Moon. Other names are The Dying Grass Moon, Falling Leaves and Travel Moon. Sunrise 7:10am, Sunset 6:11pm.
10/19/2013 5:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 10-18-13: High 52, Low 39, wind SW & W calm-16 mph w/gust 21 mph, no rain. Today at 5:45am: no dew, temp 43, wind W 4-6 mph, dew point 38, humidity 84%. Normal 64/41. Sunrise 7:11am, Sunset 6:09pm. Boats coming out at SRYC on the IL River, hopefully mine comes out tomorrow.
10/20/2013 5:55 AM T M M M M 10-19-13: High 57, Low 39, wind SW & W calm-19 mph w/gust 24 mph. Light rain which wet the deck but not the gauge. Winterized the house yesterday and then went to The Tri-County Girls Volleyball Tournament at Midland High School near Lacon, IL. Today at 5:55am: moderate dew, temp 40, wind calm, dew point 38, humidity 89%. Normal 63/41. Sunrise 7:13am, Sunset 6:08pm. My boat comes out at noon today, good Lord willing and the creek don't rise.
10/21/2013 4:55 AM 0.11 M M M M 10-20-13: High 69, Low 40, wind S, SW & W calm-19 mph w/gust 23 mph. Sprinkles here and there during the afternoon, light rain over night giving me a total of .11 in my gauge. Today at 4:55am: temp 47, wind NW 12 mph, wind chill 41, dew point 42, humidity 80%. Normal 63/41 and we could be -23 degrees from the normal temps. Four letter word Tuesday night? Sunrise 7:14am, Sunset 6:06pm. Boat out of the river for the year. (wah)
10/22/2013 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 10-21-13: High 55, Low 31, no rain, wind N/A. Today at 4:50am: frost everywhere, temp 27, wind NNW 3 mph, dew point 25, humidity 89%. Normal 63/40. Sunrise 7:15am, Sunset 6:05pm. Rain & wet snow in the forecast for tonight.
10/23/2013 4:50 AM 0.37 T M M M 10-22-13: High 43, Low 27, wind NW, W, SW, NE calm-10 mph. Yesterday we had rain briefly changing to our first snow of the season, does this mean we'll get 22 snow events? Trace of snow and .37 in the rain gauge. We may have broke the record for the earliest snow which I thought was 10-26. Today at 4:50am: temp 31, wind NW 6 mph, dew point 29, humidity 95%, wind chill 25. We have a much heavier frost this morning vs. yesterday. I've noticed fewer birds in the morning compared to two or three weeks ago. Normal temps for today 62/40. Sunrise 7:16am, Sunrise 6:04pm. You now have 63 shopping days until Christmas.
10/24/2013 4:50 AM T M M M M 10-23-13: High 47, Low 31, wind N, NW & W calm-13 mph w/gust 19 mph. A couple of rain drops on my windshield gives me a trace of rain to report. Today at 4:50am: temp 36, wind NW 5 mph, wind chill 31, dew point 31, humidity 80%. No frost on my car. Normal 62/40. Our snow the other day broke the record for earliest snow for our area. Sunrise 7:17am, Sunset 6:02pm. One year ago today it was 81 degrees and we had our city pep rally for the 2 football teams who were playoff bound. This year Marquette High is in the playoff's.
10/25/2013 4:55 AM T T M M M 10-24-13: High 46, Low 29, wind W & NW 5-18 mph w/gust 24 mph. Around 7:30am drops of rain and flakes of snow in the air leaving a trace of precipitation. Today at 4:55am: temp 26, wind NW 2 mph, dew point 24, humidity 89% and car windows are frosted. Normal 61/40. Sunrise 7:18am, Sunset 6:01pm. Went to Roanoke yesterday and nearly all fields have been harvested and I saw some plowed fields.
10/26/2013 5:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 10-25-13: High 54, Low 26, wind W & SW calm-19 mph w/gust 26 mph, no precipitation. Today at 5:55am: temp 43, wind SW 16 mph, dew point 27 which is the lowest I've seen it (in the morning) in last 6 months along with the humidity at 57%, wind chill 36. This morning on the WGN Farm Show reports that this might be the largest corn harvest ever. This is our last week of DST. Halloween is Thursday and you only have 60 shopping days until Christmas.
10/27/2013 5:25 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 10-26-13: High 56, Low 35, wind SW, W & NW calm-24 mph w/gust 31 mph. Winter pool cover was blown off yesterday, it wasn't that strong of a wind but there must not have been enough water on top of the cover. Boats came out of the water on The Fox River at Shoreline Boat Club and the docks were brought into the lagoon, time for their long winter nap. Today at 5:25am: temp 29, frost on the car, rooftops and grass, wind calm, dew point 26, humidity 88%. Normal 60/39. Sunrise 7:21am, Sunset 5:58pm.
10/28/2013 4:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 10-27-13: High 58, Low 28, wind W & SW calm-16 mph w/gust 21 mph, no rain as another dry month is coming to a close. Today at 4:55am: temp 32, wind calm, dew point 28, humidity 84%, light frost. At 4am Fox River at Dayton 5.36/Low. IL River at LaSalle 10.63/Low. Normal temps for today 60/39. Sunrise 7:22am, Sunset 5:57pm.
10/29/2013 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 10-28-13: High 63, Low 31, wind SE, E & NE calm-17 mph, no rain. Yesterday at 6am on my morning walk I saw a LARGE CAT, my guess it was a Cougar, I surprised it and it ran off into a corn field. This occurred at Caton & N 30th Rd at the entrance of Oaklane Subdivision. Other than that it was a quiet day. Today at 4:50am: temp 37, wind NE 4-7 mph, dew point 35, humidity 91, wind chill 31, lots of dew on my car. Normal temps 59/39. Sunrise 7:23am, Sunset 5:55pm.
10/30/2013 4:59 AM T M M M M 10-29-13: High 59, Low 37, wind NE, E & SE calm-11 mph and trace of rain around 6pm. Today at 4:59am: light fog, temp 49 and rising, wind E 5 mph, dew point 48, humidity 9%. Normal 59/38. Sunrise 7:24am, Sunset 5:54pm. Season ended for MAHS girls varsity volleyball.
10/31/2013 4:55 AM 2.18 M M M M 10-30-13: High 64 (11:59pm) Low 47, wind SE, E calm-13 mph and A LOT OF RAIN! 2.18 in my gauge. Local rivers handling it right now as they are low. Today at 4:55am: mild, temp 62, wind S 9-13 mph, dew point 61, humidity 97%. Normal 59/38. Sunrise 7:25am, Sunset 5:53pm. Trick or Treat! I'm very surprised to see "pop-up's" at this website.
11/1/2013 4:59 AM 0.67 M M M M 10-31-13: High 65, Low 47, wind S, SW & W 4-24 mph w/gust 31 mph. More rain .67 in gauge giving us a two day total of 2.85 which was too much for the winter pool cover. Today at 4:59am: welcome to the month of greatest weather change and the last month of meteorological autumn. Temp 46, wind WSW 12 mph, dew point 44, humidity 89%, wind chill 40. Normal 58/38. Sunrise 7:27am, Sunset 5:51pm.
11/2/2013 5:50 AM 0.03 M M M M 11-01-13: High 52, Low 43, wind W 7-24 mph w/gust 30 mph. Rain during Marquette High playoff game which they won, .03 in gauge. Today at 5:50am: the last day of DST, temp 37, wind NW 4-6 mph, dew point 36, humidity 96%, wind chill 31, heavy dew. Normal 58/37. Sunrise 7:28am, Sunset 5:50pm.
11/3/2013 4:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 11-02-13: High 52, Low 35, wind W & NW calm-14 mph w/gust 19 mph, no rain. Total rain for October was 3.62 in which 2.18 occurred on the last day of the month. Today at 4:45am CST: clear, heavy frost, temp 30, wind calm, dew point 29, humidity 97%. Normal temps for today 57/37. At 4am IL River at LaSalle 12.59/average. Fox River at Dayton 6.58/average. Sunrise 6:29am, Sunset 4:49pm. You now have 52 shopping days until Christmas.
11/4/2013 5:10 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 11-03-13: High 55, Low 29, wind S & SE calm-15 mph, no rain. Today at 5:10am: temp 43, wind SE 8-11 mph, dew point 35, humidity 70%, wind chill 37 and no dew what so ever. Normal 57/37. Sunrise 6:30am, Sunset 4:48pm.
11/5/2013 4:59 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 11-04-13: High 59, Low 42, windy with gust of 29 out of the SW, no rain and The Bears WON!!! Today at 4:59am: no rain and The Bears WON! Temp 51, wind S 6 mph, dew point 42, humidity 72% and Green Bay LOST! The Sunrise is over Soldier's Field and the Sunset over Lambeau Field. LIFE IS GOOD!
11/6/2013 4:45 AM 0.32 M M M M 11-05-13 High 56, Low 49, wind S & SE calm-20 mph w/gust 25 mph. Daytime rain .04 and over night and early this morning .28 total .32 in gauge. Today at 4:45am: heavy rain, mild, temp 55, wind SSW 14-17 mph, dew point 54, humidity 95%. We are probably approaching our high temp for the day as falling temps are in the forecast. Normal 56/36. Sunrise 6:33am, Sunset 4:45pm.
11/7/2013 4:45 AM 0.29 M M M M 11-06-13: High 58 (9am) Low 33, daytime high 43, wind S, SW, W & NW 6-26 mph w/gust 32 mph. Rain .29 giving me a 24 hour total of .61 in my gauge. Today at 4:45am: heavy frost, temp 29, wind W 5 mph, dew point 28, humidity 94%, wind chill 23. Normal 55/36. Sunrise 6:34am, Sunset 4:44pm.
11/8/2013 4:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 11-07-13: High 46, Low 28, wind vrbl out of the West 3-22 mph w/gust 27 mph, no rain, no snow. Today at 4:55am: heavy frost, temp 28, wind W 2 mph, dew point 27, humidity 92%. Normal 54/35 and falling. Sunrise 6:35am, Sunset 4:43pm. Next week the forecast is calling for WINTER weather, stay tuned!
11/9/2013 5:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 11-08-13: High 51, Low 26, wind W, SW & S calm-24 mph w/gust 31 mph, no rain. Today at 5:30am: temp 44, wind SW 9-15 mph, dew point 36, humidity 72%, wind chill 39, no dew this morning. Back in the 90's we hit both extremes! Record high 80/1999 an a record low 10/1991. Normal 54/35. Sunrise 6:36am, Sunset 4:42pm. Good Luck to Marquette High School as they go into round 2 of the football playoff's.
11/10/2013 4:59 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 11-09-13: High 61, Low 41, wind S, SW, W & NW 9-26 mph w/gust 34 mph, no rain. Today at 4:59am: temp 33, wind WNW 12 mph, dew point 29, light frost, humidity 82%, wind chill 24. Normal 53/35. Sunrise 6:37am, Sunset 4:41pm. Marquette High School wins, moves on to round 3 of the IL State Football Playoff's!!!
11/11/2013 5:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 11-10-13: High 51, Low 31, wind NW, W & SW 6-16 mph w/gust 21 mph, no rain. Today at 4:45am: temp 46 and rising, wind SW 10 mph, dew point 31, humidity 60%, wind chill 38. We should hit 48 and then it crash's and we'll see that 4 letter word falling from the sky later on. Still see a couple of robin's around the neighborhood, they'll be leaving soon. Normal temps for today 53/34. Sunrise 6:39am, Sunset 4:40pm. Thank a Vet today.
11/12/2013 4:40 AM 0.22 0.1 M M M 11-11-13: High 50 (10am) Low 25 (11:59pm) wind SW, W, NW & N 5-17 mph w/gust 24 mph. I had .22 in the gauge, rain turned to snow in the mid afternoon. Stationary objects I'm guessing have 1/8 and never got close to 1/4 of an inch as much of it melted on contact early, by late afternoon it was sticking. Today at 4:40am: welcome to December in November, temp 21, wind NNW 10 mph, wind chill 10, dew point 14, humidity 81%. Normal 52/34. Sunrise 6:40am, Sunset 4:39pm.
11/13/2013 4:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 1-12-13: High 34, Low 19, wind N, NW & W 5-15 mph w/gust 20 mph, no snow. Yesterday was 33 degrees below normal. Today at 4:55am: temp 18, heavy frost, wind WSW 6 mph, wind chill 9, dew point 15, humidity 87%. Looking ahead Sunday could be near 70 degrees?? Normal for today is 52/33. Sunrise 6:41am, Sunset 4:38pm. 15 days until Thanksgiving and 42 shopping days left before Christmas. Yesterday XM radio started Xmas music on two stations.
11/14/2013 4:40 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 11-13-13: High 42, Low 17, wind W, SW & S 5-22 mph w/gust 26 mph, no rain, no snow. Today at 4:40am: clear, temp 33, no frost, no dew, wind SW 14 mph, dew point 21, humidity 58%, wind chill 23. Normal 51/33. Accu Weather has pulled the high back for Sunday from 69 down to 63, that's still nice for this time of year. Sunrise 6:42am, Sunset 4:37pm.
11/15/2013 4:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 11-14-13: High 52, Low 31, wind SW & S calm-22 mph w/gust 27 mph, no rain. Today at 4:55am: another morning with no dew and no frost, temp 36, wind SSW 8 mph, dew point 28, humidity 73%, wind chill 29. Normal 50/33. Sunrise 6:43am, Sunset 4:36pm.
11/16/2013 5:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 11-15-13: High 51, Low 34, wind SW & S 6-17 mph w/gust 21 mph, no rain. Today at 5:30am: temp 47 and rising, wind SSE 9-13 mph, dew point 42, humidity 92%. Weather radio out of Pontiac/Odell calling for spotters with this approaching weather system. A line is being drawn from Rockford to Paxton, IL. Nail down what you don't want blown around and point your leafs to your neighbors to the north. Normal 50/32. Sunrise 6:45am, Sunset 4:36pm. You now have 39 days until Christmas.
11/17/2013 5:40 AM 0.08 M M M M 11-16-13: High 61, Low 38, wind SE & S 10-35 mph w/gust 43 mph. Saturday rain .03 and after midnight Sunday rain .05 leaving .08 in my gauge for the 24 hour period. Today at 5:40am: temp 60, wind S 11-14 mph, dew point 58, humidity 96%. Today at 9:17am is the Full Moon commonly known as The Beaver Moon. Also known as The Snow Moon, Tree, Frost and Trading Moon. There is a High Wind Warning in effect for today with possible gusts up to 60 mph. With 38 shopping days until Xmas it seems weird "keeping an eye to the sky" for this afternoon as there is a chance of isolated tornados. Normal 49/32. Sunrise 6:46am, Sunset 4:35pm. Congrats to Marquette High School boys varsity football on a great season!!!
11/18/2013 4:59 AM 0.55 M M M M 11-17-13: High 69, Low 43 (11:59pm) wind S, SW & W 6-47 mph w/gust 65 mph. Rain that blew into my gauge was .55 and NO HAIL. It all started as church got out at 11:21am, by the time we got home it started to break loose. Rain blowing side ways and howling wind. at 11:45 the TV weather people and the HOWLING wind which by then hit 65 mph gust and my one dog who gets nervous once we hit 50+ mph convinced me it was time to go into the basement. Ottawa made it OK but social media showed a clear picture others didn't fare as well as we did, they are in my prayers! Today at 4:59am: temp 38, wind WNW 15 mph, dew point 33, humidity 79%, wind chill 29. Normal 49/31. Sunrise 6:47am, Sunset 4:34pm. Side note: when we got out of church at 11:21am it was almost as dark as it is at sunset, that was spooky.
11/19/2013 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 11-18-13: High 45, Low 31, wind W & NW 6-28 mph w/gust 36 mph, no rain. Today at 4:50am: reporting from my office, computer at home acting up, temp 24, wind N 2 mph, dew point 21, humidity 90%, hearty frost. Normal 48/31. Sunrise 6:48am, Sunset 4:33pm.
11/20/2013 4:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 11-19-13: High 45, Low 24, wind NW, N, E & SE calm-13 mph, no rain, no snow. Today at 4:55am: temp 29, wind SE 5 mph, dew point 26, humidity 87%, wind chill 23 and frost on the car, deck and rooftops. Normal 47/30. Sunrise 6:48am, Sunset 4:33pm.
11/21/2013 4:50 AM 0.20 M M M M 11-20-13: High 44, Low 29, wind SE & S calm-15 mph w/gust 20 mph. Rain .20 in my gauge. Yesterday at 1pm as I was pulling into our subdivision out "trots" a coyote the size of a german shepherd, very healthy looking, an it is not disturbed by me or my car and continues to cross Autumnwood Drive and trots off to the woods behind a garbage man's house. Today at 4:50am: temp 42, wind SE 4-6 mph, dew point 38, humidity 86, no dew or frost. Normal 47/30. Sunrise 6:50am, Sunset 4:32pm.
11/22/2013 4:59 AM 0.07 M M M M 11-21-13: High 52, Low 42. Rain .07 in gauge. Today at 4:59am: temp 39, wind N 13 mph, dew point 36, humidity 90%, wind chill 31. Ever wonder how much the weather changed history 50 years ago? If it was raining or cold that day would JFK made his 2nd term and how that might had changed the world? To this day I still know where I was at, what I was doing and that whole weekend is still frozen in my mind, the day the music died.
11/23/2013 4:59 AM 0.02 M M M M 11-22-13: High 43 (12:01am) Low 26, wind N, N & W calm-18 mph w/gust 23 mph. Rain .02 in gauge, no snow. Today at 4:59am: Baby its cold outside! Temp 23, wind NW 11-14 mph dew point 18, humidity 81%, wind chill and a healthy frost. Normal 46/29. Sunrise 6:53am, Sunset 4:31pm. 32 shopping days until Christmas. Tree goes up today??
11/24/2013 6:38 AM T T M M M 11-23-13: High 27, Low 14, wind W, NW & N 6-22 mph w/gust 27 mph. The reason for trace is I swear I saw 2 or 3 flakes of snow float by, its my story and I'm sticking with it. Today at 6:38am: coldest morning of the late fall season, temp 10, wind WNW 4 mph, dew point 6, humidity 84%, wind chill 2. Normal 45/28. This is the last week of meteorological autumn/fall. Sunrise 6:54am, Sunset 4:30pm. Xmas tree is up and you now have 31 shopping days until the big guy comes down your chimney.
11/25/2013 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 11-24-13: High 28, Low 8, wind N, NW, W, SW & S calm-12 mph, no snow, first minus zero wind chills of the season. Today at 4:50am: no frost, temp 25, wind SSW 11 mph, dew point 14, humidity 62%, wind chill 14. Normal 45/28 and we are soooo below normal!! Sunrise 6:55am, Sunset 4:29pm.
11/26/2013 4:55 AM 0.01 T M M M 11-25-13: High 34, Low 20, wind S & SW 5-23 mph. Snow around 12 noon leaving .01 in the gauge and that's rounding up the amount, snow pretty much melted less than an hour after falling. Today at 4:55am: temp 29, no frost, wind SW 2 mph, dew point 22, humidity 77%. Normal 44/27. Just noticed that the neighborhood pond is frozen. Sunrise 6:56am, Sunset 4:29pm.
11/27/2013 4:55 AM T T M M M 11-26-13: High 36, Low 17, wind SW, W, NW & N 2-22 mph w/gust 26 mph, afternoon snow flurries for a brief moment leaving a trace of snow that quickly melted. Today at 4:55am: no frost, temp 13, wind N 8 mph, wind chill 1, dew point 3, humidity 62%. Normal 43/27. Sunrise 6:57am, Sunset 4:28pm. Thanksgiving is tomorrow and the women folk are all geared up for shopping at 10pm. As Wilma & Betty used to say "CHARGE IT"!!!
11/28/2013 4:40 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 11-27-13: High 30, Low 13, wind N, NW, W & SW calm-14 mph w/gust 20 mph, no snow. Today at 4:40am: temp 24, wind S 7-11 mph, dew point 12, humidity 59%, wind chill 16. Normal 43/26. Sunrise 6:58am, Sunset 4:28pm. Happy Thanksgiving! May the retailers NEVER take this holiday away from us!!
11/29/2013 5:10 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 11-28-13: High 37, Low 19, wind S, SW, W & NW 3-16 mph w/gust 22 mph, no snow, no rain. Today at 5:10am: frost, temp 15, wind calm, dew point 11, humidity 87%. Normal 42/26. Everyone is excited about the warm up in temps, thing is we're just getting back up to normal. Sunrise 6:59am, Sunset 4:28pm.
11/30/2013 4:59 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 11-29-13: High 38, Low 13, wind E, SE & S calm-15 mph, no rain, no snow. Today at 4:59am: temp 27, wind SSE 8 mph, dew point 21, humidity 86%, wind chill 18 and today is the last day of meteorological autumn. Normal 42/25 and the record is 69 in 1998. Sunrise is 7:01am, Sunset 4:27pm.
12/1/2013 4:59 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 11-30-13: High 55, Low 26, wind S, SW 4-15 mph w/gust 19 mph, no rain. Put up a snow fence yesterday where my driveway gets 3-4 foot drifts and had a coyote watch me as I was putting it up. He was just across the street, brown, grey & white and about the size of a german shepherd. Today at 4:59am: welcome to meteorological winter, temp 28, wind calm, dew point 26, humidity 91%, moderate frost. Normal for today 41/25. Sunrise 7:02am, Sunset 4:27pm. 24 shopping days until Christmas.
12/2/2013 5:14 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 12-01-13: High 47, Low 27, no rain, no snow. Today at 5:14am: temp 33, wind calm, a light haze/fog (?) dew point 31, humidity 91%. Sunrise 7:03am, Sunset 4:27pm. All the decorations are up, shopping 90% completed, busy week ahead.
12/3/2013 4:55 AM 0.02 M M M M 12-02-13: High 44, Low 32, wind E & SE calm-18 mph. Late afternoon rain .02 in my gauge. November rain 1.79 for the month. Today at 4:55am: temp 39, haze, wind ESE 4-6 mph, dew point 37, humidity 91%. Normal 40/24 and the record was a year ago at 72 degrees. In a few days we'll think its the middle of January. Sunrise 7:04am, Sunset 4:26pm (minimum) which means the maximum loss of daylight in the afternoon, we're at the bottom!
12/4/2013 4:55 AM T M M M M 12-03-13: High 53, Low 38, wind E, SE & S calm-14 mph. Trace of rain/mist from day long fog. At times I could not see Route 80 which is approx. 1/4 of a mile away. Today at 4:55am: no fog at this moment, temp 47, wind SE 3-5 mph, dew point 46, humidity 97%. Normal 40/24. Sunrise 7:05am, Sunset 4:26pm (minimum)
12/5/2013 4:55 AM 0.03 M M M M 12-04-13: High 57, Low 32 (11:59pm) which will be our high tomorrow, wind SE, S, SW & W 3-24 mph w/gust 32 mph. Daytime rain .03 in gauge. Today at 4:55am: temp 26 and falling, wind WNW 19 mph w/gust 23 mph, dew point 22, humidity 86, wind chill 13. Normal 39/23. Its going to feel like mid January around here for a while. Sunrise 7:06am, Sunset 4:26pm (minimum)
12/6/2013 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 12-05-13: High 33, Low 22, wind W & NW 10-26 mph w/gust 32 mph, no rain or snow that I'm aware of. Today at 4:50am: cold! temp 18, wind NW 8 mph, dew point 12, humidity 79, wind chill 8. Normal 39/23 which we won't even be close. Sunrise 7:07am, Sunset 4:26pm (minimum) 19 days.....
12/7/2013 6:29 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 12-06-13: High 22 (12:01am) Low 10, wind N & NW 3-12 mph, no snow, single digit wind chills. Today at 6:29am: COLD, temp 7, wind chill minus 4, wind NNW 7 mph, dew point minus 2, humidity 74%, heavy frost. Normal 38/22. Sunrise 7:07am, Sunset 4:26pm (minimum) Snow in tomorrow's forecast, up to one inch?? REMEMBER THE 7th !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
12/8/2013 4:59 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 12-07-13: High 22, Low 6, wind NW, N, NE & E calm-11 mph, no snow, no ice. Today at 4:59am: warmer than yesterday morning, temp 17, wind NE 6-8 mph, dew point 9, humidity 68%, wind chill 8. Normal 38/22. A coating to 1 inch on the way for today. I started my snow blower yesterday afternoon just to get the bugs out, its working! I hope I don't need it all season. Sunrise 7:08am, Sunset 4:26pm (minimum daylight) 17 shopping days until Christmas.
12/9/2013 4:55 AM 0.11 2.0 M 2.0 M 12-08-13: High 25, Low 13, wind NE, E & W calm-16 mph w/gust 22 mph. Snow 2 inches, gauge .11 after melting the snow. City of Ottawa continued to uses its same game plan, no plowing until it quits snowing so all motorist are on their own until then. Today at 4:55am: temp 21, wind W 13 mph w/gust 20 mph, wind chill 9, dew point 17, humidity 81%. Normal 38/22 and the record goes back to 1991/66 degrees. Sunrise 7:09am, Sunset 4:26pm (minimum daylight)
12/10/2013 4:59 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 12-09-13: High 26, Low 1, wind W & SW 4-22 mph w/gust 29 mph, no snow. Today at 4:59am: temp 5, wind SSW 5 mph, wind chill minus 3, dew point 0, humidity 79%. Normal 37/21. If we hit normal temps we'd think a heat wave had hit us! Sunrise 7:10am, Sunset 4:26pm (minimum daylight) Richard, has it really been a year?
12/11/2013 5:45 AM 0.06 1.0 M M M 1 inch of snow at report time and .06 after melting it. Snow plows just went by, no plowing just dropping salt. Get ready for some mid January wind chills.
12/12/2013 5:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 12-11-13: High 21, Low minus 2, wind SE, N & NW calm-16 mph w/gust 22 mph, afternoon wind chills minus 1 to minus 15. Today at 5:50am: temp 1, wind SW 4-7 mph, dew point minus 4, humidity 78%, wind chill minus 12. Normal 36/20 which would be a heat wave to us. Sunrise 7:12am, Sunset 4:26pm (minimum daylight) 13 shopping days until Christmas, hard to believe its less than 2 weeks away.
12/13/2013 4:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 12-12-13: High 26, Low -3, wind SW & S calm-17 mph w/gust 22 mph, no snow. Today at 4:55am: temp 11, wind calm, dew point 7, humidity 86%, frost. Normal 36/20 and record for today was back in 1991/62 degrees. Sunrise 7:12am, Sunset 4:26pm (minimum daylight)
12/14/2013 6:10 AM 0.24 3.5 M M M 12-13-13: High 33, Low 10, wind S, SE & E calm-13 mph. Snow over night and this morning, .24 in gauge and after ten measurements I came up with 3 1/2 inches of snow on the ground. Today at 6:10am: a few flakes in the air, temp 29, wind NE 4-6 mph, dew point 27, humidity 95%, wind chill 25. Normal 36/20. Sunrise 7:13am, Sunset 4:26pm (minimum daylight)
12/15/2013 6:15 AM 0.04 1.2 M 5.0 M 12-14-13: High 33, Low 15, wind E, NE, N & NW 4-18 mph. Snow continued through the morning into early afternoon. There was blowing so measurement is difficult. I came up with 1.25 giving me a total of 4.75 but my guess is we possibly got 5+ inches, it sure looks like it. Gauge .04 after melting the gathered blown snow. Snow fence is working as there was "some" blowing and drifting. Today at 6:15am: temp 10, wind W 11 mph, wind chill minus 4, dew point 4, humidity 75%. Normal 35/19. Sunrise 7:14am, Sunset 4:27pm. We've gained back a minute!!!
12/16/2013 5:40 AM 0.04 1.0 M M M 12-15-13: High 19, Low 9, wind W, NW & N calm-19 mph w/gust 24 mph. Light snow over night or early this morning leaving .04 in gauge and 1 inch on the ground. Today at 5:45am: temp 12, wind E 2-4 mph, dew point 8, humidity 87%. Normal 35/19. Sunrise 7:15am, Sunset 4:27pm. Nine shopping days until Christmas.
12/17/2013 4:55 AM T T M M M 12-16-13: High 22, Low 10, wind NE, E, SE, S & W calm-12 mph. Trace of snow, flurries around 1:30pm which lasted 5 to 10 minutes. Today at 4:55am: temp 20, wind W 6 mph, dew point 19, humidity 94%, wind chill 12, cloudy which is blocking the full moon, known as The Cold Moon. Other names include Moon Before Yule and Long Night's Moon. Normal temps for today are 35/19. Sunrise 7:15am, Sunset 4:27pm. I let the dog's out this morning and we saw a small fox who was running down the plowed street which is better than being greeted by a large wolf one week ago.
12/18/2013 4:55 AM T T M M M 12-17-13: High 36, Low 18, we hit normal temps for once! wind SW & W 5-21 mph w/gust 26 mph, trace of snow as flurries came through mid morning. Today at 4:55am: temp 16, wind W 6 mph, dew point 10, humidity 79%, wind chill 7. Normal 35/19.Sunrise 7:16am, Sunset 4:28pm. The forecast for this weekend is a mixed bag, stay tuned as something is coming this way???
12/19/2013 4:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 12-18-13: High 39 (11:59pm) Low 12, wind W, SW & S calm-25 mph w/gust 30 mph. No rain, no snow. Today at 4:45am: temp 32, wind S 2-4 mph, dew point 29, humidity 87%, dew on the car windshield. Normal 34/18. Sunrise 7:17am, Sunset 4:28pm. RIP Larry Lujack, as he used to say at the end of his show...."I Love You"
12/20/2013 4:59 AM 0.08 M M M M 12-19-13: High 44, Low 30, wind SW, S, SE, E & NE calm-13 mph. Major melt & loss of snow on the ground. This morning I found .08 of rain in my gauge. Today at 4:59am: temp 34, wind ENE 7 mph, wind chill 27, dew point 22, humidity 96%. At 4am Fox River at Dayton 6.13/steady. IL River at LaSalle 11.41/steady. Normal temps for today 34/18. Sunrise 7:17am, Sunset 4:28pm. St. Clare, help and keep us from the bad weather. BTW five days until Christmas.
12/21/2013 4:59 AM 0.15 M M M M 12-20-13: High 36, Low 30, wind E, NE, N & NW calm-15 mph. All rain .15 in my gauge. Snow continues to melt. Today at 4:59am: What watch, warning or advisory am I under??? Temp 29, wind NW 5-7 mph, dew point 26, humidity 94%, wind chill 24. Normal 34/18. Sunrise 7:18am, Sunset 4:29pm. Checklist for today: get gas for the generator (just in case) and hit the grocery store (just in case) I will not travel if there is an accumulation of ice.
12/22/2013 5:14 AM 0.31 M M M M 12-21-13: High 34, Low 28, wind N & NE calm-15 mph. Rain & freezing rain .31 in gauge. Around 8pm last night I went outside and ice was accumulating. As of now its "slush" on my car, mailbox, deck and driveway. Today at 5:14am: sleeting, temp 33, wind calm, dew point 32, humidity 98%. At 4am Fox River at Dayton 6.14/steady. IL River at LaSalle 11.57/steady. Normal 34/18. Sunrise 7:18am, Sunset 4:29pm. Thank you St. Clare.
12/23/2013 4:59 AM 0.06 M M M M 12-22-13: High 34, Low 22, wind NE, N, NW & W calm-17 mph. Left over rain, slush, freezing rain and snow .06 in the gauge and anywhere from 1/4 to a 1/2 of mixed frozen precipitation was on the ground. Cleaning the driveway was like shaving ice. Today at 4:59am: temp 13, wind W 10 mph, wind chill 0, dew point 7, humidity 85% and a flake maybe two in the air, I can't tell if its falling or just blowing around. Normal 33/17. Sunrise 7:19am, Sunset 4:30pm. Note: program won't let me add new snowfall which was a quarter (.25)
12/24/2013 5:20 AM T T M M M 12-23-13: High 23 (12:01am) Low 1, wind W 10-20 mph w/gust 24 mph, wind chills as low as minus 18. Trace of snow, my guess it was moisture in the air freezing. Today at 5:20am: temp minus 4, wind WNW 5 mph, wind chill minus 15, dew point minus 8, humidity 84%. Normal 33/17. Sunrise 7:19am, Sunset 4:30pm. "And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night and lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them and the glory of the Lord shone round them: and they were afraid. And the angel said unto them fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy!"
12/25/2013 6:50 AM T T M M M 12-24-13: High 20 (11:59pm) Low minus 4. Trace of snow over night leaving a trace in the gauge. Right now temp 23, wind SW 10 mph, dew point 16, humidity 74%, wind chill 13. Merry Christmas!
12/26/2013 5:55 AM 0.02 0.2 M M M 12-25-13: High 29, Low 20, wind S, SW & W 6-16 mph w/gust 23 mph. Early Xmas night dusting of light fluffy snow leaving 1/4 of an inch and .02 in my gauge. Today at 5:55am: temp 16, wind W 8 mph, dew point 14, humidity 84%, wind chill 6. At 5am Fox River at Dayton 6.28/steady. IL River at LaSalle 12.14/steady. Sunrise 7:20am, Sunset 4:32pm.
12/27/2013 5:29 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 12-26-13: High 36, Low 14, wind W, SW & S 6-20 mph w/gust 26 mph. No snow, no rain. Today at 5:29am temp 26, wind SSW 3 mph, dew point 25, humidity 92%. Normal 33/17. Sunrise 7:20am, Sunset 4:32pm.
12/28/2013 5:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 12-27-13: High 43, Low 24, wind W, SW & S 3-21 mph w/gust 25 mph. No rain, no snow. A lot of snow has melted and parts of the yard are reappearing. Today at 5:45am: temp 33, wind SW 5-7 mph, dew point 30, humidity 86%, wind chill 27. Normal 32/16. Enjoy today as we'll head back to the deep deep freeze in about 48 hours. Sunrise 7:21am (minimum daylight) Sunset 4:33pm. We've gained back 8 minutes of daylight in the afternoon and have hit bottom in the morning.
12/29/2013 4:59 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 12-28-13: High 52, Low 32, wind SW & S 5-16 mph w/gust 22 mph. No rain. Washed my car yesterday and also got my yard back, 90% of snow has melted. Today at 4:59am: watching temps fall. A loss of 5 degrees since I've been gathering information. Temp 33, wind WNW 14 mph w/gust 19 mph, dew point 29, humidity 86%, wind chill 24. We've already had our high today of 39. Normal 32/16. Sunrise 7:21am (minimum daylight) Sunset 4:34pm. Here comes the deep freeze! GO BEARS!!!!
12/30/2013 5:13 AM T T M M M 12-29-13: High 39 (12:01am) Low 10 (11:59pm) wind SW, W & NW 6-21 mph w/gust 26 mph. We left for church at 10:15am and the sidewalk at our house was ice as it was raining, freezing rain & a little bit of snow. To get my measurement I had to get it from the outside of my gauge not the inside as it was ice/frozen rain. I had .09 outside/inside my gauge. I put the gauge in a large bowl upside down over a heating vent. Today at 5:13am: temp 2, wind NNW 6 mph, dew point minus 4, humidity 75%, wind chill minus 9. Normal 32/16. Sunrise 7:21am (minimum daylight) Sunset 4:34pm. //Edited to T after consultation w/observer -SDH-
12/31/2013 5:15 AM 0.04 1.0 M M M 12-30-13: High 16, Low 2, wind NW calm-17 mph. Snow started around 5pm, I have 1 inch of fluffy snow, melted equals .04 in my gauge. For December that's 1.29 and for the year of 2013 I've got 44.25 and that's if we don't receive any further precip. Today at 5:15am: temp minus 1, wind calm, dew point minus 5, humidity 74%. Normal 32/16 and the record is 62 back in 2002 for the do you remember department. Sunrise 7:21am (minimum daylight) Sunset 4:35pm. Where is Dick Clark when we need him?
1/1/2014 5:40 AM T T M M M 12-31-13: High 17, Low -2, wind N, NW, W, SW, E & NE calm-16 mph. Trace of snow under 1/8 and after melting what was in the gauge it was under .01 so that is truly a trace. Snow turned NNE around 2pm and it was noticeable on the radar. We never got the minus 25 wind chill forecasted for a few days ago and missed the snow event for yesterday, hopefully this new advisory will miss us. Today at 5:40am: temp 14, wind NE 8-10 mph, dew point 10, humidity 78%, wind chill 3. Normal 32/16. Sunrise 7:21am (minimum daylight) Sunset 4:36pm.
1/2/2014 4:55 AM 0.04 1.0 M M M 01-01-14: High 25, Low 13, wind NE 3-21 mph w/gust 25 mph. One inch of snow melted equals .04 in gauge. SNOW FENCE IS WORKING as the snow is blowing & drifting. It is amazing how 1 inch can blow and drift!! Today at 4:55am: temp 12, wind NNE 18 mph, dew point 9, humidity 83%, wind chill minus 7. Extended forecast looks like we are going back to 1984.
1/3/2014 6:55 AM T T M M M 01-02-14: High 18, Low 1, wind NE & N 3-18 mph w/gust 23 mph, trace of snow. Today at 6:55am: temp minus 4 which is up from minus 7, wind calm, dew point minus 10, humidity 69%, lots of frost on the car windshield. I finally got to walk this morning as there was no wind and no snow to shovel, I don't like going out when its minus 10-15 wind chill. Normal 32/16. Sunrise 7:21am (minimum daylight) Sunset 4:38pm. Have you noticed is getting lighter in the late afternoon?
1/4/2014 5:40 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 01-03-14: High 22 (11:59pm) Low minus 7, wind NW, SW & S calm-26 mph w/gust 34 mph. Today at 5:40am: temp 25, wind SSW 18-21 mph, dew point 13, humidity 63%, wind chill 11. Normal 32/16. *For what its worth* My sister is a teacher in MN. They have already been told there will be no school Monday due to the cold, in her 26 years this has never happened before. On a radio show this morning talking about being prepared for the cold I heard them mention "Engine Block Warmer", I haven't heard those mentioned in 26-30 years. Enjoy today as we are going to break some of the record books in the next 48 hours for these dates in January. And to boot we're going to have 4 inches of blowing snow thrown at us! Be careful out there! Its been a while since we've had to fight these kind of conditions. Sunrise 7:21am (minimum daylight) Sunrise 4:39pm.
1/5/2014 9:30 AM 0.35 3.5 M M M 01-04-14: High 34, Low 22 (12:01am) wind S, SW, W & NW calm-26 w/gust 32 mph. The higher gust came in the early morning hours (yesterday). We have snow and it is IMPOSSIBLE to measure what we received due to drifting and blowing of the snow. I had 3 1/2 inches in the gauge, when melted it was .35 so that's what I'm going with. Some spots in my yard are bare and in another I have a 3.8 foot drift. Blowing and drifting is VERY BAD!!! I can only assume I will be stuck in my house for at least 24 hours as winds are going to increase and everything is drifting in. The reason I'm reporting so late is I finally dug out enough to get to the gauge. Today at 9:30am: temp 15 and falling, wind NE 13-20 mph, dew point 12, humidity 88%, wind chill minus 2. Normal 32/15. Sunrise 7:21am (minimum daylight) Sunset 4:40pm. Final note: glad I went to church and the stores yesterday!!!
1/6/2014 6:50 AM M M M M M 01-05-14: High 27 (12:01am) Low minus 6 (11:59pm) wind NE, N & NW 8-33 mph w/gust 41 mph. Snowfall N/A due to drifting and I can't get to the gauge. If I were to guess we got 6-8 inches 48 hour total. Can't make it into work as The City of Ottawa has not plowed our road and it has drifted over. I have one drift that is 4 1/2 feet tall. Today at 6:50am: temp minus 14 (new record) wind WNW 20 mph w/gust 27 mph, dew point minus 22, humidity 64%, wind chill minus 41. Per WCMY Ottawa radio old record was in 1970 at minus 12. Normal 32/15. Sunrise 7:21am (minimum daylight) Sunset 4:40pm. For what its worth: its so bad garbage collection has been cancelled. For me its going on day two stuck in my house. Thank you mother nature and city of Ottawa.
1/7/2014 5:59 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 01-06-14: High minus 6, Low minus 17, lowest wind chill minus 44, wind NW & W 10-31 mph w/gust 36 mph, no snow. Today at 5:59am: temp minus 11, wind calm at my location, dew point minus 16, humidity 68%. Finally got dug out and subdivision opened up at 12 noon yesterday. School is closed again today. Sunrise 7:21am (minimum daylight) Sunset 4:41pm.
1/8/2014 4:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 01-07-14: High 10, Low minus 13, wind W, SW, S & SE calm-16 mph, no snow. Today at 4:55am: temp 0, wind calm, dew point minus 5, humidity 75%. Normal 31/15 and back in 2008 it was 65. Sunrise 7:21am (minimum daylight) Sunset 4:42pm.
1/9/2014 4:59 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 01-08-14: High 16, Low minus 2, wind N & NW calm-9 mph, snow. Today at 4:59am: temp 4, wind E 3 mph, dew point 1, humidity 81%, wind chill minus 2. Normal 31/15. Sunrise 7:21am (minimum daylight) Sunset 4:43pm Ottawa streets remain snow covered, city fathers must not remember Mike Bilandic.
1/10/2014 4:50 AM 0.03 0.2 M M M 01-09-14: High 30 (11:45pm) Low 2, wind E, SE & S calm-11 mph. Afternoon and evening snow, freezing rain and rain leaving .03 in gauge and a 1/4 inch of snow on my vehicle and deck. Today at 4:50am: some fog and haze with possible mist moving in, temp 31, wind vrbl from the S with some movement back and forth from the SSW TO SSE 4-6 mph, dew point 30, humidity 97%, wind chill 26. Normal 31/15. Sunrise 7:21am (minimum daylight) Sunset 4:44pm.
1/11/2014 5:30 AM 0.72 M M M M 01-10-14: High 40, Low 30, wind SW, S & SE 4-23 mph. At times very heavy rain which left .72 in my gauge. Major snow melt, keep an eye on the rivers as they are rising slightly and an ice jam could cause immediate flooding in some areas. Today at 5:30am: temp 34, wind WNW 9-13 mph, dew point 33, humidity 97%, wind chill 27 and no fog at this moment probably due to the wind. In the do you remember department it was minus 15 in 1979 and normal for today is 31/15. Sunrise 7:21am (last day of minimum daylight) Sunset 4:46pm. Think spring 64 days until St. Patrick Day
1/12/2014 4:59 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 01-11-14: High 39, Low 32, wind W 6-23mph w/gust 29 mph, no snow or rain. At 4am Fox River at Dayton 7.98/rising. IL River at LaSalle 16.08/rising. Today at 4:59am: temp 30, wind SW 8 mph, dew point 26, humidity 87%, wind chill 22. Normal 31/15. Sunrise 7:20am, Sunset 4:47pm.
1/13/2014 4:59 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 01-12-14: High 44, Low 28 wind W, SW & S 5-22 mph w/gust 28 mph, no rain, major snow loss/melt continues. At 4am IL River at LaSalle 18.07/flood stage 20. Today at 4:59am: temp 37, wind S 3 mph, dew point 32, humidity 80%. Normal 31/15. Sunrise 7:20am, Sunset 4:48pm.
1/14/2014 4:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 01-13-14: High 47, Low 28, wind S, SW & W calm-19 mph w/gust 24 mph, no rain. At 4am Fox River at Dayton 9.09/flood stage 12. IL River at LaSalle 17.49/flood stage 20. Here we are at the half way mark for meteorological winter, just think its approx. 30 days until pitchers and catchers report to spring training camp! Today at 4:55am: temp 29, wind S 4 mph, dew point 28, humidity 96%, wind chill 25, heavy frost. Sunrise 7:20am, Sunset 4:49pm.
1/15/2014 4:50 AM 0.02 T M M M 01-14-14: High 36, Low 22, wind S, SW, W & NW 4-29 mph w/gust 41 mph. A light dusting of snow yesterday morning and I think got some over night (today) leaving .02 in my gauge and a dusting on the ground which melted by 2pm. Today at 4:50am: rivers retreating, temp 17, wind NW 13 mph, wind chill 3, dew point 11, humidity 74%. Full Moon tonight which is called The Wolf Moon. Other names are The Old Moon & Ice Moon. Normal temps for today 31/15 per AccuWeather. Sunrise 7:19am, Sunset 4:50pm.
1/16/2014 8:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M No rain, no snow, high 22. Late report due to modem and computer problems at home.
1/17/2014 4:55 AM 0.01 T M M M 01-16-14: High 38, Low 17, wind S, SW, W & NW 9-28 mph w/gust 37 mph. A sprinkle of rain mid afternoon and barely a dusting of snow this morning leaving .01 in my gauge. Today at 4:55am: very light flurries, temp 12, wind WNW 16 mph, dew point 5, humidity 67%, wind chill minus 5. Normal 31/15. Snow event coming Saturday. NWS says 3-5 inches and AccuWeather says 1-2 and I hope its the second forecast. Sunrise 7:18am, Sunset 4:52pm.
1/18/2014 5:59 AM T T M M M 01-17-14: High 20 (12:01am) Low 9, wind NW & W 7-21 mph w/gust 26 mph. A light dusting of snow through out the day leaving a trace of snow and more of it on the outside of my gauge due to the wind. Today at 5:59am: temp 11, wind SSE 5 mph, dew point 9, humidity 84%, wind chill 2, heavy frost. Winter weather advisory going into effect. NWS calling for 4 inches in Ottawa and Accuweather calling for 1-3 inches. Normal temps for today 31/15. Get ready for another polar plunge next week. Sunrise 7:18am, Sunset 4:53pm.
1/19/2014 5:59 AM 0.27 5.5 M M M 01-18-14: High 23, Low 4 (11:59pm) wind SW, S, SE, E, NE, N & NW 3-18 mph w/gust 24 mph. Snow storm started around 9am and kicked in at 9:30am and kept going hard and heavy until 4:20pm. leaving 5 and a half inches of fluffy light snow and .27 melted in my gauge. Today at 5:59am: temp 13 and rising, wind SW 7-13 mph, dew point 11, humidity 91%, wind chill 3. Normal 31/15 and in the extreme department it was 61/1996 and minus 20 in 1994. Sunrise 7:17am, Sunset 4:55pm (almost 5pm) *Post script* in the award department Accuweather predicted 1-3 inches and NWS 4-7 and the award goes to the NWS for the more accurate prediction!
1/20/2014 4:59 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 01-19-14: High 41, Low 4, wind W, SW & W 6-24 mph w/gust 28 mph, no rain, no snow. Today at 4:59am: temp 34, wind WNW 8 mph, dew point 27, humidity 83%, wind chill 28. Sunrise 7:17am, Sunset 4:56pm.
1/21/2014 5:20 AM 0.02 T M M M 01-20-14: High 38, Low 15, wind W,NW, NE & N 6-31 mph w/gust 37 mph. Snow amount unknown due to blowing & drifting, my guess is under an inch, gauge reading .02 after melting what was in it. My problem is I have a 6 foot drift at the end of my driveway!!! Today at 5:20am: temp 2, wind N 17 mph w/gust 25 mph, dew point minus 1, humidity 69%, wind chill minus 17. Normal 31/15. Sunrise 7:16am, Sunset 4:58pm.
1/22/2014 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 01-21-14: High 15 (12:01am) Low minus 3, wind N, NW & W calm-25 mph w/gust 32 mph, no snow. Today at 4:50am: temp 5, wind S 5 mph, dew point 1, humidity 76%, wind chill minus 5. Normal 31/15. We are now entering the coldest 7 days of the year. If you flip flopped to July it would be the warmest week, this being January it is the coldest week. Sunrise 7:15am, Sunset 4:58pm. We've gained over a half hour of daylight in the afternoon.
1/23/2014 5:59 AM 0.01 T M M M 01-22-14: High 19, Low minus 3, wind S, SW, W & NW calm-27 mph w/gust 35 mph. Light snow during the afternoon before the cold front came through leaving an 1/8 which blew all over the place and .01 in my gauge when melted. Today at 5:59am: temp minus 5, wind NW 12 mph w/gust 17 mph, dew point minus 9, humidity 68%, wind chill minus 24. Normal 31/15. Sunrise 7:15am, Sunset 4:59pm.
1/24/2014 4:59 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 01-23-14: High 6, Low minus 6, wind NW & W 8-20 mph w/gust 25 mph, no snow. Ottawa radio WCMY recorded a wind chill of minus 29, I had minus 27. Today at 4:59am: temp minus 5, wind SSW 5-9mph, wind chill minus 16, dew point minus 8, humidity 73%, car windshield frosted over. Normal 32/15. Sunrise 7:14am, Sunset now at 5:01pm. Nine days until we see the Groundhog!
1/25/2014 4:25 AM 0.02 1.0 M M M 01-24-14: High 30 (9:15pm) Low minus 6, wind SW 5-34 mph w/gust 42 mph. Morning & afternoon snow missed Ottawa leaving a dusting at best, overnight and this morning possible inch maybe more but hard to tell due to blowing, there is drifting occurring on north/south roads. Gauge reading was .02 of melted snow. In the "its been a while" department, IL River is freezing, noticed a barge breaking ice and the lagoon of Shoreline Boat Club on the Fox River is frozen enough to support trucks and automobiles. I read on Facebook that up north on one of the great lakes (Ashland, WI area) an "ice highway" has opened up for travel. Today at 4:25am: temp 34, wind W 19 mph w/gust 26 mph, dew point 31, humidity 89%, wind chill 23. Normal 32/15. Sunrise 7:13am, Sunset 5:02pm. Enjoy today as another vortex is coming our way!
1/26/2014 5:29 AM 0.13 2.0 M M M 01-25-14: High 34, Low 8, wind SW, W & NW calm-33 mph w/gust 38 mph. Over night snow, I'm coming up with 1.75 to 2.0 inches of very fluffy light snow and .13 in the gauge. This stuff is going to blow very easily when the winds kick in. Today at 5:29am: temp 13, wind SE 13 mph w/gust 18 mph, dew point 6, humidity 82%, wind chill minus 2. Normal 32/15. Sunrise 7:13am, Sunset 5:03pm. Everyone be careful out there for he next 72 hours!
1/27/2014 5:29 AM M M M M M 01-26-14: High 37, Low 4, wind S, SE, W & NW 3-46 mph w/white out gusts of 56 mph around 9 to 11pm. It might have snowed but with all of the blowing amounts are unavailable. Any snow I got is in Ransom. Today at 5:29am: temp minus 2, wind W 18 mph w/gust 24 mph, wind chill minus 24, humidity 70%. If it was normal it would be 32/15. Sunrise 7:12am, Sunset 5:04pm. This is the first year I've been excited about Groundhog's Day coming. ***6:20am UPDATE*** Numerous cars in the ditch on Route 6 west of Ottawa. State Police advise due not travel unless necessary!!
1/28/2014 5:44 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 01-27-14: High 4, Low minus 7, wind NW & W 6-24 mph w/gust 36 mph, no snow. Yesterday morning driving to work around 8:45am I saw 3 sun's which I looked up and its called a "Parhelion" or otherwise known as a "Sun Dog". It reminded me of a old 1950's sci-fi movie. Today at 5:44am: temp minus 12, wind W 6 mph, dew point minus 15, humidity 68%, wind chill minus 26. Normal 32/15 and in 2002 it reached 62 degrees. Sunrise 7:11am, Sunset 5:06pm. ***SOAP BOX TIME*** Once again there is no school in the town of Ottawa, our teachers and kids will be in school well into June. My real point is we are raising a generation of wimps when it comes to cold weather, they are learning how NOT to deal with minus 0 conditions. I know school boards worry about a bus breaking down full of kids but hey!.....I'm still alive and I rode the bus and I went to school when it was -15 air temp. I guess the big difference is in my day MOM was home to rescue me and today she's at work.
1/29/2014 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 01-28-14: High 9 (Bank had 10) Low minus 13, wind W & SW 3-14 mph w/gust 19 mph, no snow. Today at 4:50am: temp 1, wind SW 5 mph, dew point minus 5, humidity 76%, wind chill minus 9. Saturday is Groundhog Day and 16 days before pitchers and catchers report to spring training camp! (think spring) And believe it or not a year ago we broke the record with 66 degrees. Normal is 32/15 and that would be nice. Sunrise 7:10am, Sunset 5:07pm.
1/30/2014 4:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 01-29-14: High 28, Low -3, wind W, SW & S 4-22 mph w/gust 28 mph, no snow. Today at 4:55am: temp 22, wind S 15 mph w/gust 25 mph, dew point 12, humidity 62%, wind chill 9. Normal 32/15. Sunrise 7:09am, Sunset 5:08pm. Last night I had 3 coyote's in our yard, one acted aggressive as in coming towards us, assuming they were coyote's as we have now had 3 wolf's seen in our county, one was in my yard 2 months ago. **8:45am update** Where did this new snow storm for the weekend come from?!!! Weekend forecast from Accuweather predicts 3-6 and NWS 8 inches for Peru-Morris and Skilling 10 inches.
1/31/2014 4:50 AM 0.03 0.5 M M M 01-30-14: High 34, Low 19. Snow under 1/2 but hard to tell as it blew around. The amount I'm recording is what was found in my gauge and it was .03 after melting. Today at 4:50am: temp 17, wind NW 5-8 mph, dew point 11, humidity 72%, wind chill 9. Another weekend winter storm approaching. Today I will be hoarding supplies and making sure I have enough gas for the snow blower.
2/1/2014 5:55 AM 0.20 2.0 M M M 01-31-14: High 20 (11pm) Low 14, wind W, NW, N & NE calm-15 mph. Snow 2 inches so far and .20 in gauge. At 5:55am: snowing and some sleet(?) temp 23 and rising, wind NE 6 mph, dew point 21, humidity 95%, wind chill 16. Normal 33/16. Sunrise 7:07am, Sunset 5:11pm. Possible "heavy" snow coming Tuesday? Stay tuned in.
2/2/2014 6:20 AM 0.19 3.5 M M M 02-01-14: High 32, Low 19, wind NE, N & NW calm-13 mph. Additional snow 3.5 and gauge .19 giving me a TOTAL SNOW of 5 1/2 inches. No drifting/THANK YOU! Today at 6:20am: temp 10, wind WNW 6-10 mph, dew point 8, humidity 91%, wind chill 1. Normal 33/16. Sunrise 7:06am, Sunset 5:12pm. Happy Super Bowl Sunday, wait can I say that? And Happy Groundhog's Day. **UPDATE** SIX MORE WEEKS OF WINTER per the rodent.
2/3/2014 5:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 02-02-14: High 21, Low -6, wind W & NW calm-13 mph, no snow. Today at 5:50am: temp minus 9, wind NW 2 mph, dew point minus 14, humidity 69%. Storm coming our way Tuesday, Accuweather predicting 4-8 inches and NWS 2-6. Normal temps for today 33/16 and the record low is minus 21 back in 1996. Sunrise 7:05am, Sunset 5:13pm.
2/4/2014 3:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 02-03-14: High 20, Low -13, wind NW calm-7 mph, no snow. Today at 3:55am: no sleep, no wind, no wind chill, dew point minus 1, humidity 68%, temp 5. Incoming storm later today and mainly tonight. Accuweather calling for 4-8 inches, NWS 2-4 but if you zero in on Ottawa it says 3.8 inches of snow. The bad news is its going to blow and drift. Yesterday morning driving to Ottawa High School I went via Route 6 East on to Canal Road where I noticed temp readings of minus 20, returning home it was minus 10. Earlier station readings from Wedron of minus 22 and Bourne Golf Course of minus 20 were correct, temps dropped the farther you got from town. Yesterday afternoon there were snowmobiles on the Fox River, so much for my observations. Normal temps for today 33/16. Sunrise 7:04am, Sunset 5:14pm.
2/5/2014 4:45 AM M 5.5 M M M 02-04-14: High 23, Low 2, wind E, NE & N calm-14 mph w/gust 17 mph. **REVISED REPORT at 7:45am** Funnel knocked over, with blowing and drifting its impossible to get a correct snow amount reading, my estimated guess 5-6 inches so I'm going with 5.5 inches of fine light snow that is drifting so bad I can't get out of my subdivision! At 7:45am: temp 20 wind N 16-20 mph, dew point 18, humidity 88%, wind chill 6. Normal 33/16. Sunrise 7:03am, Sunset 5:16pm.
2/6/2014 5:24 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 02-05-14: High 23, Low 3, wind N, NW & W 5-21 mph w/gust 26 mph. Today at 5:24am: temp minus 5, wind WNW 7-10 mph, dew point minus 12, humidity 73%, wind chill minus 19. Per the weather experts January was the 8th coldest in the history of weather reporting. Chicago snow fall is slowly catching up to the top 10 record book. Normal temps for today 34/17 and the record for today goes back to 2005 and it was 57 degrees. Sunrise 7:02am, Sunset 5:17pm.
2/7/2014 5:59 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 02-06-14: High 8, Low -7, wind W & SW 3-15 mph w/gust 20 mph, no snow. Today at 5:59am: temp minus 4, wind SW mph, wind chill minus 15, dew point minus 11, humidity 72%. Normal 34/17. Another weekend snow is on the way, Accuweather calling for 1-2 inches and NWS 1-3 inches of snow. Chicago is 3 inches away from the 1977-1978 record, that must mean 1978-1979 is not to far off!! We will have to get t-shirts that say "We survived the winter of 2013-2014." Sunrise 7:01am, Sunset 5:18pm. One week until Cubs pitchers and catchers report to spring training camp. (yawn)
2/8/2014 6:29 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 02-07-14: High 15, Low -9, wind W, SW & S 3-14 mph, no snow. Today at 6:29am: light flurries just started which will be in tomorrow's report, temp 10, wind calm, dew point 6, humidity 85%. Normal 34/17. Sunrise 7am, Sunset 5:19pm. Is today the day Chicago ties or goes head of the 1977-1978 snowfall record?
2/9/2014 4:50 AM 0.07 2.0 M M M 02-08-14: High 20, Low 4, wind E, SE & S calm-10 mph w/gust 14 mph. Light fluffy snow most of the day leaving .07 in the gauge and 2 inches of snow. Light dusting this morning included in the total. Today at 4:50am: temp 13, wind NW 2-3 mph, dew point 10, humidity 86%. Normal 34/17 and in 1990 it was 62 degrees. For the record: Sub Zero low temps for Chicago & Rockford and the 2013-2014 winter season have now tied for 8th place and we are a heartbeat away from the top 5 spots, so hang in there weather fans, we're going for the record books this winter! Sunrise 6:58am, Sunset 5:21pm. BTW Dept: Where were you 50 years ago tonight?
2/10/2014 4:59 AM 0.00 0.0 M 10.0 3.05 02-09-14: High 19 (12:01am) Daytime High 15, Low minus 4 (11:59pm) wind W & NW calm-14 mph w/gust 17 mph, no snow. Today at 4:59am: temp minus 10, wind chill minus 20, wind NW 4-6 mph, dew point minus 14, humidity 74%. Normal 35/17. Sunrise 6:57am, Sunset 5:32pm. **6:40am UPDATE** Core & TS&I reading taken from the middle of my field, WE BETTER HOPE FOR A SLOW THAW!!!
2/11/2014 5:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 02-10-14: High 8, Low -12, wind W & NW calm-11 mph, no snow. Today at 5:55am: temp minus 14, no wind, dew point minus 18, humidity 67%. Normal 35/18. With this cold spell we should be in either 6th or 5th place for the sub zero (low) record book for 2013-2014 winter season. Sunrise 6:56am, Sunset 5:23pm.
2/12/2014 4:59 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 02-11-14: High 16, Low -20 (new record) at 7:35am, wind vrbl calm-9 mph, no snow. Yesterday morning was so cold I saw little ice crystals in the air floating around, any moisture in the air was freezing. Today at 4:59am: temp minus 4, wind calm, dew point minus 5, humidity 82%. Normal 35/18 and in 1999 it was 70 degrees. Sunrise 6:55am, Sunset 5:24pm. Another day and another notch upwards on the sub zero record book.
2/13/2014 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 02-12-14: High 26, Low -6, wind S & SE calm-8 mph, no snow. Today at 4:50am: temp 8, wind SSE 3 mph, dew point 4, humidity 67%. Rivers frozen, thought I heard someone mention that a tug & barge are stuck in the ice in the IL River "Ottawa pool". Normal temps for today 36/18. Sunrise 6:54am, Sunset 5:26pm.
2/14/2014 4:59 AM T T M M M 02-13-14: High 35, Low 6, wind SE, S, SW, W & NW calm-27 mph w/gust 34 mph, trace of snow as a few flakes were floating around mid morning. It's been 13 days since the last above freezing day. Today at 4:59am: temp 11, wind WNW 10 mph, dew point 4, humidity 73%, wind chill minus 2. Normal 36/19. Full Moon is in the sky but clouded over. This month's moon is called The Snow Moon. Other names include Hunger & Opening Buds Moon. Sunrise 6:52am, Sunset 5:27pm.
2/15/2014 6:20 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 02-14-14: High 20, Low 3, wind W & NW 6-17 mph w/gust 23 mph, no snow. Today at 6:20am: temp 1, wind calm-3 mph, dew point minus 5, humidity 74%, wind chill minus 6. Normal 36/19. Sunrise 6:51am, Sunset 5:28pm. Cubs pitchers & catchers are in camp, White Sox report today. Both teams are plotting how to break our hearts this spring & summer.
2/16/2014 5:10 AM 0.04 0.7 M M M 02-15-14: High 21, Low -3, wind NW, W, S & SE calm-14 mph, light snow in the early evening 3/4 of an inch and .04 in the gauge. Today at 5:10am: temp 18, wind NNW 5-7 mph, dew point 16, humidity 86%, wind chill 11. Normal 37/19. This was the 5th Saturday out of 6 that we've had snow. Weather Advisory for tomorrow, NWS predicting 3-7 inches and Accuweather 1-3. I hope AW is correct. IL River is ice & slush, Fox River frozen solid. Later this week we will need to keep an eye on the rivers. Shoreline Boat Club is all ready taking minor steps in preparation. Sunrise 6:50am, Sunset 5:29pm.
2/17/2014 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 02-16-14: High 25, Low 16, wind N, NW, E & SE calm-18 mph, no snow. Some melting occurred, beware of patchy ice. Today at 4:50am: Winter Storm Warning in effect, temp 23, wind SE 6-10 mph, dew point 15, humidity 82%, wind chill 14. Accuweather at this moment on their website calling for 2-4 inches, needs updating! NWS calling for 5-9 and if you zero in on Ottawa its 7 inches, thunder snow is in the forecast with some snow falling at the rate of 3 inches an hour. Could be the worst storm of the season. Normal temps for today 37/20. Sunrise 6:48am, Sunset 5:31pm. If you live near a river you should be in preparation of sudden flooding. Its not a question of if, its a question of when and what day. Back to snow prediction, if the season ended yesterday it would be The NWS are The Cards and AW are The Cubs for the 2013-2014 winter season predicting snowfall amounts.
2/18/2014 4:59 AM 0.52 5.5 M M M 02-17-14: High 35, Low 19, wind SE, S & W calm-24 mph w/gust 30 mph. Lots of snow, not as bad as what was predicted. I received 5.5 inches and melted it was .52 in the gauge. We did get some thunder snow around 1:15pm. The thunder lasted forever and rumbled from one end of the sky to the other. Today at 4:59am: temp 21, wind calm, dew point 19, humidity 91%. Normal 37/20. Sunrise 6:47am, Sunset 5:32pm.
2/19/2014 4:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 02-18-14: High 46, Low 19, wind S, SW & W 4-24 mph w/gust 29 mph, no rain. Extreme melting of snow & ice. Flood Watch in effect. Today at 4:55am: temp 32, wind W 7 mph w/gust 14 mph, dew point 29, humidity 88%, wind chill 26. Normal 38/20. Sunrise 6:45am, Sunset 5:33pm.
2/20/2014 4:45 AM 0.49 M M M M 02-19-14: High 44, Low 30, wind W, SW, S & SE calm-14 mph w/gust 18 mph. This morning brought thunder storms, heavy rain & sleet leaving .49 in my gauge. Today at 4:45am: temp 35, wind ENE 8-12 mph, dew point 34, humidity 98%, wind chill 28. Normal 38/21. Sunrise 6:44am, Sunset 5:34pm.
2/21/2014 5:20 AM 1.17 0.2 M M M 02-20-14: High 49 (6:30pm) Low 33, wind NE, E, SE, S, SW & W 3-40 mph w/gust 51 mph. 1.17 rain which included a hail storm in downtown Ottawa at 10:15am. BB to pea sized which came down straight and in sheets. Thrown in a dusting of snow this morning and my previous reading from 4:50am yesterday I've had a total of 1.66 in my gauge, throw in the melting snow and the rivers are rising. At 4am Fox River at Dayton 10.45/flood stage 12. IL River at LaSalle 17.33/flood stage 20. Today a 5:20am: temp 29, wind 26 mph w/gust 35 mph, dew point 27, humidity 86%, wind chill 17. Normal 39/21. Sunrise 6:43am, Sunset 5:35pm. P.S. new snowfall includes hail. Forgot to mention dense fog yesterday and at 5pm I saw the fog "run", never have seen that before.
2/22/2014 11:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 02-21-14: High 38, Low 26, wind W, SW, NW 6-35 mph w/gust 46 mph, no rain or snow. The reason for my late report, I was in Peoria for the IRBBA winter games, boat clubs from up and down the IL River gathered at The Grand Hotel and let some steam out and dream of the up coming boating season. As I drove back this morning, going over the bridge at Lacon the IL River is frozen solid, I hope we have a slow thaw. At 10am Fox River at Dayton 13.25/flood stage 12. IL River at LaSalle 22.58/flood stage 20. Today at 11:30am: temp 34, wind WNW 7 mph, dew point 21, humidity 62%, wind chill 30. Normal 39/21. Sunrise 6:41am, Sunset 5:37pm. Put an extra log on the fire, its going to be a cold week ahead.
2/23/2014 5:59 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 02-22-14: High 36, Low 22, wind W & NW 3-15 mph, no rain, no snow. Today at 5:59am: temp 17, wind WNW 6-9 mph, dew point 8, humidity 67%, wind chill 8. At 5am Fox River at Dayton 10.37/flood stage 12. IL River at Ottawa 462.15/flood stage 463. LaSalle reading incorrect/malfunctioning. Normal temps for today 39/22 and in the year 2000 we hit 65 for the record. Sunrise 6:40am, Sunset 5:38pm.
2/24/2014 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 02-23-14: High 28, Low 15, wind NW & W 5-14 mph w/gust 21 mph, no snow, no rain. Here we are, the last week of "Meteorological Winter" and by the middle of this week we'll all think its the end of January again. Today at 4:50am: temp 13, wind W 6 mph w/gust 12 mph, dew point 7, humidity 75%, wind chill 4. At 4am IL River at Starved Rock Lock & Dam 454.12/flood stage 450. Normal temps for today 40/22. Sunrise 6:38am, Sunset 5:39pm. Its getting lighter and brighter everyday.
2/25/2014 4:55 AM T T M M M 02-24-14: High 25, Low 11, wind W & NW 5-18 mph w/gust 23 mph. A dusting of snow this morning leaving less than half a .01 in the gauge so thats a trace. Today at 4:50am: temp 15, wind NW 5 mph, dew point 10, humidity 82%, wind chill 7. At 4am IL River at The Starved Rock Lock & Dam 453.37/flood stage 450. Normal temps for today 40/22 as we head into another deep freeze this week. Sunrise 6:37am, Sunset 5:40pm.
2/26/2014 5:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 02-25-14: High 23, Low 6, wind W & NW 5-23 mph w/gust 28 mph, no snow. Today at 5:45am: temp minus 1, wind NNW 10 mph, dew point minus 6, humidity 70%, wind chill minus 17. Normal 41/23. We are making HISTORY this winter! Chicago is tied for the 5th coldest winter and Rockford is coming in at the 4th coldest winter and we're right behind 1976-1977 with 1977-1978 in striking distance. Accuweather is saying that Saturday we could have 8-12 inches of snow. Yesterday on Facebook all sorts of predictions were floating around. Sunrise 6:35am, Sunset 5:41pm.
2/27/2014 5:25 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 02-26-14: High 18, Low -2, wind NW, W, SW back to W 7-22 mph w/gust 27 mph, no snow. Today at 5:25am: temp 7 and not as cold as forecasted, wind NNW 12 mph w/gust 18 mph, dew point minus 2, humidity 61%, wind chill minus 8. Normal 41/23. The major snow storm forecast has disappeared, thank you St. Clare. Sunrise 6:34am, Sunset 5:43pm.
2/28/2014 4:47 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 02-27-14: High 21, Low 3, wind W, NW & N calm-29 mph w/gust 35 mph, no snow. Here we are, the last day of meteorological winter! Today at 4:47am: temp 5, wind E with a touch of ESE 5 mph, dew point minus 4, humidity 65%, wind chill minus 5, nice enough for a morning walk which has been tough to do this winter. Normal 41/23. NWS & Accuweather calling for 2-4 inches Saturday, southern Illinois getting the blunt of this snow system. Sunrise 6:32am, Sunset 5:44pm.
3/1/2014 4:55 AM 0.01 0.1 M M M 02-28-14: High 35, Low 0, wind E, SE & S calm-19 mph w/gust 23 mph. Snow this morning giving us a dusting to 1/8 of an inch maximum with .01 in the gauge. Welcome to March 1st and Meteorological Spring! Today at 4:55am: temp 27, wind NNW 6 mph, dew point 25, humidity 91%, wind chill 21. IL River at 4am LaSalle is back 20.88/flood stage 20. Snow storm later today both NWS & Accuweather are in the same ballpark 3-7 inches and if you zoom in on Ottawa its 5 inches that's predicted. Farm Show on WGN calling for a cold and wet spring, go figure. Expect delays in planting. Normal temps for today 42/24 and back in 2000 it was 70. A week from tonight we'll be setting our clocks ahead. Sunrise 6:31am, Sunset 5:45pm.
3/2/2014 5:55 AM 0.17 2.2 M M M 03-01-14: High 33 (12:35am) Low 12, wind NW & N calm-16 mph w/gust 23 mph. Snow last evening and over night, hard to tell what we got by the blowing and drifting. I'm going by what my gauge is telling me and that's 2 to 2.25 inches and .17 after melting it. Today at 5:55am: temp 6, wind NNE 0 mph, dew point minus 1, humidity 70%, wind chill minus 9. Last week of CST. Sunrise 6:29am, Sunset 5:46pm. Normal temps for today 42/24. Back in 1992 it was 75, dream on!
3/3/2014 4:58 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 03-02-14: High 13, Low 0, wind NE, N & NW 5-18 mph, no snow. Today at 4:58am: temp minus 4, wind N 5-7 mph, dew point minus 14, humidity 58%, wind chill minus 16. Normal temps for today 43/25. In the FYI department: 3rd coldest February in Rockford since 1906 and by my records out of the 59 days in January & February 38 of them were below 32 degrees. Last week of CST. Sunrise 6:27am, Sunset 5:47pm.
3/4/2014 8:20 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 03-03-14: Late report as I had computer problems earlier this morning. New record low yesterday morning of minus 7. No rain or snow. Hopefully I'll be able to sign on early tomorrow with no set backs from Ms. Dell and Mr. Microsoft.
3/5/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 03-04-14: High 30, Low 9, wind S calm-9 mph, no snow or rain. Reporting from my office as I am still having computer problems at home. Today at 9:00am: snowing/heavy, temp 21, wind E 12 mph, dew point 19, humidity 93%, wind chill 8. All gauge and snow measurements will be in my report tomorrow. Currently we have 1 & 1/2 inches and its still coming down, so much for a dusting that was forecasted! Normal temps for today 44/25. Sunrise 6:24am, Sunset 5:50pm. Be careful out there.
3/6/2014 6:25 AM 0.16 3.0 0.16 M M 03-05-14: High 26, Low 18, wind NE & E 6-16 mph w/gust 22 mph. 3 inches of snow and .16 from the gauge after melting the snow. Today at 6:25am: temp 14, wind ENE 7 mph, dew point 9, humidity 80%, wind chill 4. Normal 44/26 and in 2000 it hit a record of 72. Sunrise 6:23am, Sunset 5:51pm.
3/7/2014 6:25 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 03-06-14: High 31, Low 14, wind E, SE & S calm-13 mph w/gust 18 mph, no rain, no snow. Today at 6:25am: temp 14, wind calm, dew point 12, humidity 90%, frost on the windshields. Sunrise 6:21am, Sunset 5:52pm. Second to last day of CST.
3/8/2014 5:59 AM T T M M M 03-07-14: High 47, Low 13, wind S, NW & N calm-12 mph. Today at 5:59am: snow starting to fall, recording a trace, full report of snowfall tomorrow. Temp 32, wind NE 9 mph, dew point 30, humidity 92%, wind chill 24. Normal 45/26 and in 2000 it was 78 degrees. Warm up coming next week! Keep an eye on the rivers!!! Last day of CST. Sunrise 6:19am, Sunset 5:53pm.
3/9/2014 5:58 AM 0.04 0.1 M M M 03-08-14: High 37, Low 24, wind NE, N & NW calm-17 mph. Yesterday morning rain, sleet then snow, it was over by 8am leaving a heavy dusting of snow and .04 in the gauge. Today at 5:58am:temp 19, wind WSW 6 mph, dew point 17, humidity 91%, heavy frost, wind chill 10. Normal 46/27 and 2000 must have been a warm early March, temp for today was a record of 79. Welcome to CDT. Sunrise 7:18am, Sunset 6:54pm. I wish they'd leave it at CST.
3/10/2014 4:55 AM T M M M M 03-09-14: High 45 (11:59pm) Low 18, wind W & SW calm-18 mph w/gust 24 mph. Today at 4:55am: drizzle leaving a trace of rain on my deck and driveway but not my gauge, temp 42, wind WSW 7-12 mph, dew point 34, humidity 74%, wind chill 37. At 4am IL River at LaSalle 16.16/flood stage 20. Fox River at Dayton 6.49/flood stage 12. Pot holes becoming a major problem along with heaving of blacktop/roads. Due to deep ground freeze some concrete heaving/raising, haven't seen this in a while. Normal temps for today 46/27. Sunrise 7:16am, Sunset 6:55pm.
3/11/2014 8:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 03-10-14: High 57, Low 39, wind SW & W calm-18 mph w/gust 25 mph, no rain, no snow. Today at 8:45am: temp 37, wind calm, dew point 33, humidity 92%. RIVERS R RISING! At 8am IL River at LaSalle 19.80/flood stage 20. Fox River at Dayton 9.80/flood stage 12. Major snow melt! Approaching winter storm, many different forecast anywhere from 3-9 inches being broadcasted by the media. NWS predicting 3-5 and if you zero in on Ottawa it says 5.20 inches, Accuweather saying 3-6 inches. ROBINS ARE BACK! I've seen 2 in the past 24 hours and on my walk this morning I could hear them singing. Normal temps for today 46/28. Sunrise 7:14am, Sunset 6:57pm.
3/12/2014 4:59 AM 0.76 2.0 M M M 03-11-14: I found a computer that works! My readings were at 4:59am: yesterday's High 50. Two inches of wet heart attack snow. Gauge reading .21 liquid and .55 frozen/slush & snow, total reading .76 and once again this was at 4:59am. Sunrise 7:13am, Sunset 6:58pm. Need new router at home.
3/13/2014 8:20 AM T T M M M 03-12-14: High 36, Low 23, wind NE, N & E calm-25 mph, trace of afternoon snow & a few cold robins. Today at 8:20am: temp 21, wind S 4-6 mph, dew point 19, humidity 87%, wind chill 16. At 7am IL River at LaSalle 21.95/flood stage 20. Fox River at Dayton 10.82/flood stage 12. IL River at Ottawa ice free, Fox still ice covered but melting is occurring, isolated open spots visible. Normal 47/28. Sunrise 7:11am, Sunset 7pm.
3/14/2014 4:20 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 03-13-14: High 41, Low 14, wind SE & S calm-22 mph w/gust 26 mph, no rain & no snow. Today at 4:20am: temp 38, wind SSW 12 mph, dew point 32, humidity 79%, wind chill 30. At 3am IL River at LaSalle 21.35/flood stage 20. Fox River at Dayton 10.06 including a 11.3 reading (ice movement?)/flood stage 12. Should see some ice movement any day on The Fox in Ottawa along OSF Hospital, Shoreline Boat Club, Ottawa Flats and YMCA. Normal temps for today 48/29 and in 2007 it hit 77. Sunrise 7:10am, Sunset 7pm. Its good to be back on the early shift!
3/15/2014 5:19 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 03-14-14: High 56, Low 36, wind S, SW & W 7-31 mph w/gust 40 mph, no rain. I saw a field full of robins yesterday afternoon and we had massive snow melt, even drifts and piles are reducing quickly. I have a yard again but now its a pond. Today at 5:19am: temp 33, wind W 7-10 mph, dew point 26, humidity 81, wind chill 27 and dew on the mailbox. At 4am Fox River at Dayton 11.39/flood stage 12. IL River at LaSalle 21.75/flood stage 20. Normal 48/29 and 2 years ago it was 81 degrees. Sunrise 7:08am, Sunset 7:01pm. St. Pat's celebration in Utica today & tonight.
3/16/2014 6:40 AM T 0.1 M M M 03-15-14: High 45, Low 29, wind W, NW, N, E & NE calm-19 mph w/gust 25 mph. Snow over night. With the wind howling, if we had any accumulation I'd have drifting and I DON'T, that tells me we had under or about a 1/8 inch of snow. Also with the very little bit I had in the gauge it didn't leave anything after melting it. Today at 6:40am: temp 22, wind NE 12 mph w/gust 25 mph, dew point 13, humidity 76%, wind chill 10. Normal 49/29 and in 2012 it was 82 degrees. Full Moon today which is called The Worm Moon. Other names include The Crust Moon, Death, Sap, Maple Sugar, Windy, Crow & Lenten Moon. Sunrise 7:06am, Sunset 7:02pm.
3/17/2014 4:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 03-16-14: High 31, Low 19, wind E & NE 7-29 mph w/gust 34 mph, no snow. I believe the high was at the start of the day. Today at 4:55am: temp 19, wind ENE 4-6 mph, dew point 14, humidity 83%, wind chill 13, frost. At 4am IL River at LaSalle 22.07/flood stage 20. Normal 49/30 and Accuweather is telling me it was 80 back in 2012. Sunrise 7:05am, Sunset 7:03pm. Erin Go Bragh!!!
3/18/2014 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 03-17-14: High 39, Low 17, wind NE, E, SE & S calm-15 mph, no snow, no rain. Today at 4:50am: temp 30, frost, wind SE 6 mph, dew point 26, humidity 86%, wind chill 24. Fox River: ice went out sometime Saturday, clean exodus. At 4am IL River at LaSalle 21.24/flood stage 20. Normal 50/30. Sunrise 7:03am, Sunset 7:04pm.
3/19/2014 4:59 AM 0.16 M M M M 03-18-14: High 52, Low 28. Rain .16 in gauge. Sunrise 7:01am, Sunset 7:05pm.
3/20/2014 4:55 AM 0.38 M M M M 03-19-14: High 46, Low 33, wind S, SW & W 7-25 mph w/gust 31 mph. Rain .38 in gauge with a total of .54 for the day. Today at 4:55am: temp 31, wind SW 4 mph, dew point 29, humidity 89% and there is frost on the car windshield. Normal 51/31. Sunrise 7am, Sunset 7:06pm. Happy Spring Equinox.
3/21/2014 4:55 AM T T M M M 03-20-14: High 51, Low 28, wind N, NW & SW calm-15 mph, a couple of snow flakes floating around at 7:30am. Today at 4:55am: temp 35, wind ESE 6 mph, dew point 29, humidity 80%, wind chill 29. At 4am IL River at LaSalle 21.15/flood stage 20. Normal temps for today 51/31 and back in 2012 it was 83. Sunrise 6:58am (again) Sunset 7:08pm.
3/22/2014 4:00 PM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/23/2014 3:59 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 03-22-14: High 43, Low 29 wind NW & N 5-22 mph w/gust 28 mph, no snow, no rain. Got back from Jacksonville, IL where it was 73 Friday afternoon. Marquette Girls Varsity Softball played in the Jacksonville tournament and is now 1-2. BTW when they played the last 2 games yesterday morning it was 35 degrees. Today at 3:59am here in Ottawa the temp is 24, wind N 10 mph w/gust 17 mph, dew point 13, humidity 59%, wind chill 14. At 3am IL River at LaSalle 20.07/flood stage 20. Normal 52/32 and its going to be below normal for 4 more days. Sunrise 6:54am, Sunset 7:10pm.
3/24/2014 4:59 AM T T M M M 03-23-14: High 33, Low 20, wind N & NW calm-16 mph w/gust 20 mph, trace of snow at 9:20am with a couple of snow flakes in the air for a few seconds. Today at 4:59am: temp 20, wind NW 2-4 mph, dew point 14, humidity 74%. Normal 53/33. Sunrise 5:53am, Sunset 7:11pm.
3/25/2014 4:55 AM 0.02 0.1 M M M 03-24-14: High 39, Low 17, wind N, NW, W & SW calm-12 mph, snow over night leaving a 1/10 on the ground. Today at 4:55am: temp 25, wind NW 11-14 mph, dew point 20, humidity 78%, wind chill 14. Normal 53/33. Sunrise 6:51am, Sunset 7:12pm.
3/26/2014 4:50 AM T T M M M 03-25-14: High 32, Low 20, wind W & NW 5-25 mph w/gust 30 mph. A snow event at lunch time around noon leaving a trace of snow, nothing in the gauge. Today at 4:50am: temp 17, wind calm, dew point 12, humidity 80%, moderate frost. Normal temps for today 54/33. Sunrise 6:49am, Sunset 7:12pm. Less than a week until the baseball season opens up.
3/27/2014 4:55 AM 0.04 M M M M 03-26-14: High 42, Low 15, wind S calm-19 mph w/gust 25 mph. Rain early this morning .04 in gauge. Today at 4:55am: light rain, temp 35,wid S 12 mph, dew point 27, humidity 86%, wind chill 26. Normal 54/33. Sunrise 6:48am, Sunset 7:14am.
3/28/2014 4:50 AM 0.12 M M M M 03-27-14: High 55 (11:59pm) Low 34, wind S, SW & W 11-30 mph w/gust 39 mph. Daytime rain .09 and over night .03 leaving .12 in the gauge, total .16 for yesterday counting my 4:55am reading. Today at 4:50am: temp 41, wind W 16 mph w/gust 27 mph, dew point 39, humidity 94%, wind chill 33. Normal 54/34. Sunrise 6:46am, Sunset 7:5pm.
3/29/2014 4:59 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 03-28-14: High 56 (12:20am) Low 37, wind W, NW & N calm-33 mph w/gust 44 mph. Today at 4:59am: temp 35, wind NE 4-6 mph, dew point 29, humidity 74%, wind chill 30. Normal 55/34. Sunrise 6:44am, Sunset 7:16pm.
3/30/2014 5:40 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 03-29-14: High 46, Low 30, wind NE, N & E calm-14 mph w/gust 19 mph, no rain, no snow. Signs of spring are appearing! Some trees have hard buds active, color returning to some plants and the grass is waking up and some flower sprouts are coming up. Today at 5:40am: frost, temp 25, wind calm, dew point 21, humidity 88%. Normal 55/34 and in 1986 it hit 85 degrees. The 2014 baseball season starts today or should I say tonight. Sunrise 6:43am, Sunset 7:17pm. RIP Kerry otherwise known to the citizens of Ottawa as Arrows.
3/31/2014 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 03-30-14: High 60, Low 22, wind S & SW calm-15 mph w/gust 21 mph, no rain, no snow. Took down the snow fence and washed the convertible. Today at 4:50am: temp 41, wind SSE 6-9 mph, dew point 36, humidity 75%,wind chill 36. Normal 56/35. Sunrise 6:41am, Sunset 7:18pm. Chicago baseball season opens up today, Sox at home and The Cubs in Pittsburgh. Hope springs eternal. PLAY BALL!
4/1/2014 5:25 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 03-31-14: High 67, Low 39, power went down over night so I don't have much info, I know it didn't rain or snow. Total precept 1.86 for March. Today at 5:25am: temp 34, wind W 13 mph w/gust 20 mph, dew point 22, humidity 63%, wind chill 24.
4/2/2014 4:59 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 04-01-14: High 57(12:01am) Low 31, wind W & NW 6-34 mph w/gust 40 mph no rain. Today at 4:59am: temp 35, wind N 4 mph, dew point 31, humidity 81%. Normal 57/35. Sunrise 6:38am, Sunset 7:21pm.
4/3/2014 5:29 AM 0.47 M M M M 04-02-14: High 50, Low 33, wind NW, N, NE & E calm-20 mph w/gust 25 mph. Thunder storm this morning .47 in the gauge and its still blowing and raining. At 5:29am: temp 42, wind E 14 mph w/gust 20 mph, dew point 40, humidity 92%, wind chill 34. Normal 57/36. Sunrise 6:36am, Sunset 7:22pm.
4/4/2014 4:50 AM 0.84 M M M M 04-03-14: High 47, Low 37, wind E, NE 7-22 mph w/gust 29 mph. It continued to rain through the morning .84 in the gauge with a total amount of 1.31 for the day. My sump pump died and thank goodness I noticed it not running and replaced it. Today at 4:50am: temp 42, wind ESE 5-8 mph, dew point 41. humidity 97%, wind chill 38, light fog. At 4am Fox River at Dayton 9.52 and rising/flood stage 12. IL River at LaSalle 18.30 and rising/flood stage 20. Normal 58/36 and in 2012 it was 84 degrees. Grass is waking up but still no flowers. Sunrise 6:34am, Sunset 7:32pm. After 34 innings the Cubs finally win one!
4/5/2014 4:59 AM T 0.0 M M M 04-04-14: High 47, Low 36, wind E, SE, SW, W & NW 5-29 mph w/gust 37 mph, mist in the morning. Today at 4:59am: temp 32, wind WNW 6 mph, dew point 25, humidity 77%, wind chill 26. At 4am IL River at LaSalle 19.83 & cresting/flood stage 20. Normal temps for today 58/36. Sunrise 6:33am, Sunset 7:24pm.
4/6/2014 6:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 04-05-14: High 55, Low 30, wind W, NW & S calm-12 mph, no rain. Today at 6:50am: temp 33, wind SE 5 mph, dew point 26, humidity 79%, wind chill 28. At 6:45am IL River at LaSalle 19.76 & crested/flood stage 20. Normal temps for today 59/37. Sunrise 6:31am, Sunset 7:25pm. Yard/grass coming back to life, I'll bet in 2 weeks it will need cutting.
4/7/2014 4:59 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 04-06-14: High 60, Low 32, wind S, SE & E calm-12 mph w/gust 17 mph, no rain. Today at 4:59am: temp 37, wind ENE 3 mph, dew point 31, humidity 76%. Normal 59/37. Sunrise6:29am, Sunset 7:26pm.
4/8/2014 4:50 AM 0.08 M M M M 04-07-14: High 58, Low 35, wind E & NE calm-18 mph, rain over night/this morning .08 in the gauge. Today at 4:50am: temp 44, wind NW 5-7 mph, dew point 40, humidity 89%, wind chill 41. Normal 59/37 and back in 2001 it hit 84 degrees. My yard is waking up, turning green. Yesterday a neighbor was raking up old dead grass and bagging it. After today it starts to warm up! Sunrise 6:28am, Sunset 7:27pm.
4/9/2014 4:50 AM T M M M M 04-08-14: High 63, Low 40, wind N & NW calm-17 mph w/gust 21 mph, late afternoon I had 5 rain drops on my windshield, I could see scattered rain to the W & NW of Ottawa around 4:35pm. Today at 4:50am: temp 35, wind NNW 5 mph, dew point 30, humidity 82%. Normal 60/38 and in 1997 it was 12 for a low. Sunrise 6:26am, Sunset 7:28pm.
4/10/2014 4:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 04-09-14: High 64, Low 33, wind NW, W, SW & S calm-15 mph w/gust 21 mph, no rain. Today at 4:55am: clear sky, temp 50, wind SSW 15 mph w/gust 25 mph, dew point 35, humidity 57%. My yard is now GREEN. Moved the snow blower to the rear of the garage and moved up the lawn mower. Normal 60/38. Sunrise 6:24am, Sunset 7:29pm.
4/11/2014 4:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 04-10-14: High 66, Low 45, wind S, SW, W & NW 5-21 mph w/gust 28 mph, no rain. Today at 4:55am: clear sky, temp 38, wind NW 3-5 mph, dew point 30, humidity 68%. Normal 61/38 and the record goes back to 1930 when it hit 93 degrees. Sunrise 6:23am, Sunset 7:30pm.
4/12/2014 6:17 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 04-11-14: High 73, Low 37, wind NW, W, SW calm-17 mph w/gust 23 mph. Friday was the first 70 degree day for 2014, a very nice day for Marquette Academy's Prom. Today at 6:17am: temp 54, wind SSE 6-9 mph, dew point 37, humidity 52%, very low readings for the dew point & humidity. Normal 61/39. Heavy rains coming our way! At 5am Fox River at Dayton 6.67/flood stage 12. IL River at LaSalle 16.52/flood stage 20, keep an eye on the rivers late Sunday & Monday morning. Sunrise 6:21am, Sunset 7:31pm.
4/13/2014 5:25 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 04-12-14: High 82, Low 49, lots of wind S & SW calm-30 mph w/gust 39 mph, no rain. No sooner did we get our first 70's degree day then we got our first 80's degree day, go figure! Today at 5:25am: awaiting the heavy rain for today, temp 61, wind S 7 mph, dew point 55, humidity 79%. Normal 62/39. Sunrise 6:20am, Sunset 7:32pm. For what its worth: farm radio worried about "dust bowl" conditions returning in some area's. Happy Palm Sunday.
4/14/2014 4:59 AM 0.37 M M M M .37 in gauge. Computer down, hopefully it will be back up tomorrow.
4/15/2014 4:40 AM 0.13 2.0 M M M 04-14-14: High 62 (12:01am) average daytime high 40. Rain in the morning and by afternoon a system came in with heavy snow leaving 2 inches of fluffy wet snow and .13 in the gauge. 29 degrees at reporting time. Computer still down.
4/16/2014 8:40 AM T T M M M 04-15-14: Trace of snow yesterday as a few times during the day there were some flakes of snow in the air, hopefully this will be it for the snow and what little bit of the winter of 2013-2014 that is trying to hang on. A sign of spring: new home construction will be coming to the neighborhood as a lot was purchased and was measured off yesterday. I haven't seen new construction in the last 7 years, maybe a change in the economy is coming?? I GET MY COMPUTER BACK TODAY!!! Happy Spy Wednesday.
4/17/2014 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 04-16-14: High 55, Low 28, wind S & SE calm-27 mph w/gust 35 mph, no rain. Today at 4:50am: temp 40, wind SSE 11 mph, dew point 32, humidity 67%, wind chill 33. Normal 63/41. Back in 2002 we had a record of 89 degrees. Sunrise 6:13am, Sunset 7:37pm.
4/18/2014 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 04-17-14: High 61, Low 37, wind SE, S, SW & W calm-15 mph w/gust 21 mph, no rain. Today at 4:50am: temp 39, wind NNW 4 mph, dew point 35, humidity 86%, wind chill 36. Normal 64/41. Record for today was in 2002 with 92 degrees. Sunrise 6:12am, Sunset 7:38pm. Take a second today to reflect how much someone loves you that they died for you & me.
4/19/2014 5:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 04-18-14: High 66, Low 37, wind E & NE calm-15 mph, no rain. Today at 5:50am: sick dog/reason for late report, temp 35, wind E 4-7 mph, dew point 28, humidity 82%, wind chill 30. Normal 64/41. Sunrise 6:10am, Sunset 7:39pm. I saw some large farm equipment coming out of the machine shed south of Grand Ridge. My yard needs cutting?
4/20/2014 4:43 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 04-19-14: High 72, Low 35, wind E, SE & S calm-16 mph, no rain. Today at 4:43am: Clear sky, temp 46, wind SE 8 mph, dew point 35, humidity 69%. Normal for today 64/42. At 3am Fox River at Dayton 7.95/steady. IL River at LaSalle 14.07/steady. Went to Putman County yesterday and didn't see one piece of farm machinery in the fields. I did cut my front yard. BTW: HAPPY EASTER! Sunrise 6:09am, Sunset 7:40pm. Hard to believe its been 10 years since the Utica Tornado.
4/21/2014 4:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 04-20-14: High 82, Low 44, wind SE, S & SW calm-16 mph w/gust 21 mph, no rain, what a beautiful day! Went to Dimmick Twp. yesterday and noticed 2 fields that had been planted. Today at 4:55am: partly cloudy, temp 56, wind SSE 5 mph, dew point 41, humidity 65%. Normal 65/42. Sunrise 6:07am, Sunset 7:41pm.
4/22/2014 4:50 AM 0.33 M M M M 04-21-14: High 79, Low 55, wind SE, S, SW, W & NW calm-17 mph w/gust 25 mph. Afternoon rain with one rumble of thunder leaving .33 in my gauge. Today at 4:50am: temp 46, wind NNW 12 mph, dew point 40, humidity 77%, wind chill 40. Normal 65/42. Sunrise 6:07am, Sunset 7:41pm.
4/23/2014 4:57 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 04-22-14: High 63, Low 40, wind N, NW & E calm-18 mph w/gust 25 mph, no rain. Temps started to dive around 7 to 8pm. Today at 4:57am: clear sky, temp 34, wind calm, dew point 28, humidity 80%. All conditions are in place for some frost. Normal 66/43. Sunrise 6:04am, Sunset 7:43pm.
4/24/2014 4:40 AM 0.02 M M M M 04-23-14: High 58, Low 33, frost yesterday morning, wind NE & E calm-10 mph w/gust 16 mph. Rain over night or this morning leaving .02 in my gauge. Today at 4:40am: temp 42, wind E 8 mph, dew point 38, humidity 83%, wind chill 37. Normal 66/43. Sunrise 6:03am, Sunset 7:44pm. Sad accident on a farm yesterday, be careful out there.
4/25/2014 4:50 AM 0.08 M M M M 04-24-14: High 69, Low 41, wind E & SE calm-25 mph w/gust 33 mph, rain .08 in my gauge. One thing you can say about a cool spring is that the storm season is off to a slow start, knock on wood! Today at 4:50am: temp 50, wind NNW 14 mph, dew point 47, humidity 90%, wind chill 45. Normal 66/43. Here we are, a few days away from the final month of meteorological spring (May) and the kids are counting down how many days until school lets out. I'll bet the teachers are too! Still waiting for the planting in the fields to truly kick in. Sunrise 6:02am, Sunset 7:45pm. My thoughts are slowly turning to the boat and pool preparation. Roughly a month until Memorial Day.
4/26/2014 6:08 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 04-25-14: High 72, Low 47, wind N, NW & W calm-23 mph w/gust 30 mph, nothing in the gauge. Today at 6:08am: heavy dew, temp 48, wind NNE 10-12 mph, dew point 44, humidity 80%, wind chill 44. Normal 67/44. Sunrise 6:00am, Sunset 7:46pm. April will be quickly coming to an end in a matter of a few days.
4/27/2014 5:05 AM 0.03 M M M M 04-26-14: High 68, Low 48, wind NW, N, NE & E calm-22 mph w/gust 27 mph. Rain .03 in my gauge from the wee hours of this morning. Today at 5:05am: drizzle, temp 46, wind E 14 mph w/gust 24 mph, dew point 36, humidity 68%, wind chill 40. A lot of rain is coming our way today and in this weeks forecast. Normal 67/44. Sunrise 5:59am, Sunset 7:47pm. When I let the dogs out and its dark I bring a loud whistle to scare off coyote's. This morning it must have scared off a skunk and it must have been to our East. (pew)
4/28/2014 4:50 AM 0.45 M M M M 04-27-14: High 69, Low 41, wind NE & E 6-28 mph w/gust 35 mph. Rain 4pm reading .05 and 8pm reading .39 and over night reading .01 total .45 in my gauge. At 4:50am: more rain on the way, temp 48, wind ESE 12 mph, dew point 43, humidity 84%, wind chill 43. At 4am IL River at LaSalle 12.19/flood stage 20. Fox River at Dayton 7.24/flood stage 12. Normal temps for today 67/44. Sunrise 5:57am, Sunset 7:49pm.
4/29/2014 4:44 AM 0.54 M M M M 04-28-14: High 60, Low 48, wind E & SE 3-26 mph w/gust 30 mph. Morning rain .07 and late afternoon early evening rain .43 and over night rain .04 giving me a total of .54 in my gauge. Didn't warm up enough to get any storm action. Today at 4:44am: Fog to the north, large earthworms scattered on the driveway and street, temp 53, wind SE 8-10 mph, dew point 52, humidity 98%. Normal 68/45. Sunrise 5:56am, Sunset 7:50pm.
4/30/2014 5:10 AM 0.04 M M M M 04-29-14: High 60, Low 49, I had .04 of rain in my gauge. Today at 5:10am: temp 49, wind SW 5-8 mph, dew point 48, humidity 93% and mist droplets are in the air. Normal 68/45. A year ago it was very warm, where is it this year?? Sunrise 5:55am, Sunset 7:51pm.
5/1/2014 4:15 AM T M M M M 04-30-14: High 52 (12:01am) Low 41, wind S, SW & W calm-18 mph w/gust 24 mph, trace of rain/mist. Welcome to the last month of "Meteorological Spring." Today at 4:15am: temp 42, wind WSW 8-12 mph, dew point 38, humidity 85%, wind chill 36 and the radar showing that rain is probably on the way from the NW. Total rain for April 3.38 in my gauge. Normal 68/46 and today our high temp will be 30 degrees cooler than a year ago. Sunrise 5:53am, Sunset 7:52pm.
5/2/2014 4:55 AM 0.04 M M M M 05-01-14: High 52, Low 41 (repeat of yesterday) wind SW & W 5-17 mph w/gust 25 mph, rain .04 in my gauge. Today at 4:55am: temp 46, wind W 6-8 mph, dew point 43, humidity 89%, wind chill 42. At 4am Fox River at Dayton 7.28 and IL River at LaSalle 13.63 both rivers steady and holding their own. Normal temps for today 69/46. Sunrise 5:52am, Sunset 7:53pm.
5/3/2014 5:49 AM 0.02 M M M M 05-02-14: High 58, Low 43, wind W, SW & S calm-15 mph w/gust 22 mph, rain .02 in my gauge. Today at 5:49am: temp 46, wind WNW 8-10 mph, dew point 42, humidity 82%, wind chill 41. Sunrise 5:51am, Sunset 7:54pm. Good Luck to the athletes today in Spring Valley at the Regional Special Olympic Games.
5/4/2014 5:20 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 05-03-14: High 69, Low 45, wind NW & W calm-21 mph w/gust 29 mph, no rain. Today at 5:20am: temp 51, wind NW 8 mph, dew point 40, humidity 65%. Normal for today 69/47. Took winter cover off of the pool yesterday and cut grass for the 2nd time. Thursday 88 degrees?? Sunrise 5:49am, Sunset 7:55pm.
5/5/2014 4:59 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 05-04-14: High 62, Low 48, wind NW, N, NE & E calm-12 mph w/gust 19 mph, no rain. Today at 4:59am: no rain so far as its to my NE, temp 47, wind E 7-10 mph, dew point 34, humidity 65%, wind chill 44. Normal 69/47. Sunrise 5:48, Sunset 7:56pm.
5/6/2014 4:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 05-05-14: High 68, Low 43, wind E & NE 3-25 mph, no rain. Today at 4:45am: temp 43, wind E 6 mph, dew point 36, humidity 75%, wind chill 40. Normal 70/47. Looks like our warm up is finally coming! Sunrise 5:47am, Sunset 7:57pm.
5/7/2014 4:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 05-06-14: High 74, Low 43, wind NE & E calm-20 mph w/gust 28 mph, no rain. Today at 4:55am: temp 55, wind ESE 7-10 mph, dew point 40, humidity 57. Normal temps for today 70/48. Opened up our windows yesterday afternoon. Sunrise 5:46am, Sunset 7:58pm.
5/8/2014 4:55 AM 0.02 M M M M 05-07-14: High 88, Low 55, wind E, SE & S calm-22 mph w/gust 29 mph, afternoon rain .02 in my gauge, most of the rain and thunderstorms went to the W & N of Ottawa. Today at 4:55am: temp 65, wind SW 7-10 mph, dew point 58, humidity 78%. Accuweather telling me that rain will start in about 2 hours. Normal 70/48. Sunrise 5:45am, Sunset 7:59pm. In Wallace Twp. planting well under way in the farm fields.
5/9/2014 4:55 AM 0.46 M M M M 05-08-14: High 93, Low 64, wind S & SW calm-25 mph w/gust 33 mph. Rain over night and this morning .46 in my gauge. Today at 4:55am: stopped raining for now, looks like more is on the way per the radar, temp 65, wind S 12 mph, dew point 64, humidity 96%. Normal 71/48. Cut my grass/yard twice in one week. Sunrise 5:43am, Sunset 8:00pm.
5/10/2014 5:10 AM 0.10 M M M M 05-09-14: High 75, Low 52, wind S, SW, W & NW calm-22 mph w/gust 28 mph. Rain started after my reading and was over by mid morning .10 in my gauge, total .56 for yesterday's rain event. Today at 5:10am: HEAVY Dew, temp 47, wind SSE 5 mph, dew point 45, humidity 92%. At 4am IL River up 2 feet, at LaSalle 14.56/flood stage 20. Normal temps for today 71/49. Sunrise 5:42am, Sunset 8:01pm. Watch out for the runners today!
5/11/2014 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 05-10-14: High 81, Low 47, wind vrbl calm-12 mph w/gust 17 mph, no rain. Today at 4:50am: temp 59, wind SE 10 mph, dew point 54, humidity 78%. Normal 71/49. Sunrise 5:41am, Sunset 8:02pm. Ready to start working on the pool, winter covers around the neighborhood are shedding off like winter coats. Happy Mother's Day.
5/12/2014 4:55 AM 0.71 M M M M 05-11-14: High 87, Low 58, wind SE, S, SW & W calm-22, wind during thunder storm 30-40 mph, rain .71 in gauge and BB to rice sized hail lasting 30 seconds maximum. Today at 4:55am: temp 67, wind S 10 mph, dew point 65, humidity 95%. At 4am IL River at LaSalle 14.55/rising due to run off from the concrete jungle north of us (city and suburbs) Normal temp 71/49. Sunrise 5:40am, Sunset 8:03pm.
5/13/2014 4:59 AM 0.45 M M M M 05-12-14: High 89, Low 65, wind S, SW calm-26 mph w/gust 32 mph. Afternoon storms went around my house but over night rain delivered .45 in my gauge. Today at 4:59am: steady rain, temp 64, wind S 8 mph, dew point 63, humidity 96%. At 4am RIVERS R RISING due to up stream rain. Fox River at Dayton 7.05/flood stage 12. IL River at LaSalle 16.73/flood stage 20. Normal temps for today 72/50. Sunrise 5:39am, Sunset 8:04pm.
5/14/2014 4:30 AM 0.13 M M M M 05-13-14: High 66 (12:01am) Low 50 (11:59pm) wind S, SW then cold front came through, NW & W calm-17 mph w/gust 22 mph. Rain continued after my measurement leaving .13 in my gauge. Three days of rain has left 1.29 inches of rain in the ole gauge. Can't plant beans with that much precipitation. Today at 4:30am: temp 47, wind NNW 7-10 mph, dew point 44, humidity 88%. Normal temps for today 72/50. At 3am IL River at LaSalle 18.21/flood stage 20. The Full Moon is pretty well hidden by the cloud cover. The May Moon is known as The Flower Moon, Grass, Milk and Corn Planting Moon. Sunrise 5:28am, Sunset 8:05pm. Pool filters are hooked up, water level is up, ready to start cleaning, should take 2 weeks with busy schedule. Last week of Marquette High School Girls Varsity Softball. Currently record 20-10, not bad!!!
5/15/2014 4:49 AM 0.25 M M M M 05-14-14: High 59, Low 47, wind NW & N calm-14 mph w/gust 20 mph. Rain .25 and that is now a four day total of 1.54 in the gauge. At 3am IL River at LaSalle 19.23/flood stage 20. In Ottawa 461.46/flood stage 463. The twist in Ottawa is that The IL River is backing into The Fox River raising levels noticeable at Shoreline Boat Club, the launch ramp was 1/2 under at 5pm yesterday. Today at 4:49am: it is raining, temp 46, wind N 11 mph, dew point 44, humidity 94%, wind chill 40 and earthworms are everywhere! Normal temps for today 72/50. Sunrise 5:37am, Sunset 8:06pm.
5/16/2014 4:50 AM 0.41 M M M M 05-15-14: High 56, Low 43, wind N, NW & E calm-14 mph w/gust 21 mph. More rain .41 in my gauge giving me a five day total of 1.95 in my gauge and pool, that's less city water that I have to pay for, thank you mother nature. Today at 4:50am: drizzle, temp a damp 41, wind ENE 7 mph, dew point 39, humidity 94%, wind chill 36. At 4am Fox River at Dayton 8.66/flood stage 12. IL River at LaSalle 19.35/flood stage 20. A year ago it was 85 and tonight we won't be to far off from the record low. Normal 72/51. Sunrise 5:36am, Sunset 8:07pm. We have roughly 20 minutes before we hit the maximum sunlight in the morning which will be later this month and early next month.
5/17/2014 4:59 AM 0.10 M M M M 05-16-14: High 49, Low 38, wind E, NE & N calm-16 mph. Rain .10 in gauge, NO SNOW but it was close by to our N & W. We now have had 2.05 inches of rain over the last 6 days, enough is enough! Today at 4:59am: its COLD! heavy dew, temp 38, wind W 5-7 mph, dew point 36, humidity 95%, wind chill 34. At 4am IL River at LaSalle 19.88/flood stage 20. Fox River at Dayton 9.12 & rising/flood stage 12. Normal temps for today 73/51. Sunrise 5:35am, Sunset 8:08pm. The Johnny Mac varsity baseball tourney is in Ottawa all day, parking will be at a premium down at the diamonds.
5/18/2014 5:19 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 05-17-14: High 63, Low 38, wind NW & W calm-14 mph, finally a day with no rain! Today at 5:19am: temp 43, wind SSW 6 mph, dew point 38, humidity 84%, wind chill 39. At 4am The Fox River at Dayton 9.10 & holding/flood stage 12. IL River at LaSalle 20.37/flood stage 20. Normal temps for today 73/51. Sunrise 5:34am, Sunset 8:09pm. The Marquette Girls Varsity Softball Team finished the regular season at 23-10 equal to &/or better than the 2003 team, now the post season begins! ***(edit at 6:11am)***
5/19/2014 5:19 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 05-18-14: High 71, Low 42, wind SW & S calm-16 mph, no rain. Today at 5:19am: radar showing incoming rain from the N & W. Temp 47, wind SE 5 mph, dew point 42, humidity 84%, wind chill 45. Normal 73/52. Sunrise 5:33am, Sunset 8:10pm. Pool is hooked up and running, should be ready in a week, now we need some heat!!
5/20/2014 4:55 AM 0.03 M M M M 05-19-14: High 72, Low 47, wind S & SE calm-26 mph w/gust 32 mph, morning showers leaving .03 in my gauge. Today at 4:55am: temp 61, wind S 7-10 mph, dew point 56, humidity 85%. Normal temps for today 74/52. Sunrise 5:32am, Sunset 8:11pm. Memorial Day is coming, do you know where your summer is?
5/21/2014 4:45 AM 0.03 M M M M 05-20-14: High 88, Low 60, wind S & SW calm-15 mph w/gust 22 mph. Thunder storm just came through leaving .03 in my gauge. Today at 4:45am: wind just switched directions to the NNW 10-13 mph, temp 67 it was 70 a half hour to 45 minutes ago, dew point 64, humidity 88%. Normal temps for today 74/52. Sunrise 5:32am, Sunset 8:12pm.
5/22/2014 5:19 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 05-21-14: High 91, Low 65, no rain. Today at 5:19am: temp 57, wind NE 6 mph, dew point 49, humidity 79%. Normal 74/53. Sunrise 5:31am, Sunset 8:13pm. Depending on the school we're down to the final 5-7 days until summer vacation. M.A. seniors and 8th graders are done after tomorrow.
5/23/2014 6:25 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 05-22-14: High 75, Low 56, wind NE, N & NW calm-12 mph w/gust 16 mph, no rain. Today at 6:25am: slept in, temp 50, wind calm maybe an occasional 2 mph out of the NE, dew point 48, humidity 88%. Normal 74/53. We'll be much warmer than we were a year ago! Sunrise 5:30am, Sunset 8:14pm. Quickly closing in on our maximum daylight in the morning.
5/24/2014 6:23 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 05-23-14: High 79, Low 49, no rain. Today at 6:23am: temp 48, wind calm, dew point 43, humidity 83%. Today will be 12 degrees warmer than last year's high temp so enjoy the day, we are going to an outside wedding, the couple did good picking out today's date!! Normal for today 75/53. Sunrise 5:29am, Sunset 8:15pm. Good luck Doug & Erin.
5/25/2014 4:53 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 05-24-14: High 80, Low 47, wind vrbl but mainly influenced from the E calm-8 mph, no rain. Large boats were lifted by crane into the Fox River at Shoreline Boat Club, let the season begin! Today at 4:53am: temp 52, wind calm and my "W" flag is not moving, dew point 47, humidity 84%. Normal temps for today 75/54. Cooking out this afternoon and the grad parties are already starting later this afternoon, good luck to all Marquette HS seniors. Sunrise 5:29am, Sunset 8:16pm.
5/26/2014 5:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 05-25-14: High 88, Low 52, wind NE, E, SE, S & SW calm-13 mph w/gust 18 mph, no rain. Grilled out and finished cleaning the pool, now waiting for it to warm up, water temp 73 degrees. Today at 5:45am: temp 63, wind SSE 4-5 mph, dew point 56, humidity 84%. Normal temps for today 75/54. Sunrise 5:28am, Sunset 8:17pm.
5/27/2014 5:17 AM T M M M M 05-26-14: High 91, Low 63, wind SE, S & SW calm-14 mph w/gust 18 mph, trace of rain not enough to coat the bottom of my measuring gauge. Today at 5:17am: temp 67, wind SW 5-7 mph, dew point 64, humidity 90%. normal 76/54 as we continue to be above average these last few days. Sunrise 5:27am, Sunset 8:18pm.
5/28/2014 4:44 AM T M M M M 05-27-14: High 86, Low 66, wind W, SW S & E and not in that order, calm-15 mph w/gust 20 mph and about 7 drops of rain on my windshield which gave me a trace of rain for the day. Today at 4:44am: muggy, temp 65, wind ESE 5 mph, dew point 62, humidity 92%. Normal 76/55. Yesterday out in Wallace Twp I noticed corn sprouting out of the ground. Sunrise 5:27am, Sunset 8:18pm.
5/29/2014 4:50 AM 2.11 M M M M 05-28-14: High 87, Low 60, wind SE, E & NE calm-20 mph w/gust 32 mph during thunder storm. 2.11 inches of rain in my gauge in which 1.94 came to us in 60 minutes along with a 19 degree temp drop. Pool is over flowing, power went out at 6pm which sent me scrambling for the generator to keep the sump pump working. Today at 4:50am: temp a cool 58, wind ENE 6 mph, dew point 55, humidity 88%. Normal 76/55. Sunrise 5:26am, Sunset 8:19pm.
5/30/2014 4:59 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 05-29-14: High 84, Low 58, wind NE & E calm-14 mph w/gust 19 mph, no rain. Today at 4:59am: temp 57, wind ENE 4 mph, dew point 54, humidity 84% and some geese flying over head as I type this. Enjoy your 2nd to last meteorological spring day. Normal for today 76/55. Sunrise 5:26am, Sunset 8:20pm.
5/31/2014 4:49 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 05-30-14: High 88, Low 57, wind SE & E 3-15 mph, no rain. Today at 4:49am: temp 59, wind ENE 4-6 mph, dew point 52, humidity 83%. Normal 77/56. Sunrise 5:25am, Sunset 8:21pm. Very soon we will be approaching our maximum daylight in the morning.
6/1/2014 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 05-31-14: High 92, Low 57, wind E, SE & S calm-15 mph w/gust 20 mph, no rain. Today at 4:45am: may I be the first to say welcome to Meteorological Summer! My pool opens today. Temp 66, wind calm with gust of 3-4 mph from the south, dew point 54, humidity 64%. Total rain for May 4.86 in my gauge. Normal 77/56. Sunrise 5:25am, Sunset 8:22pm. Marquette Girls Traveling Softball Team 1-0 with a win against The Plainfield Twisters 8-4. GO BLACKHAWKS!
6/2/2014 4:55 AM 0.66 M M M M 06-01-14: High 91, Low 65, wind SW & S calm-25 mph w/gust 32 mph during thunder storm in which 2 of them left .66 in my gauge. Today at 4:55am: temp 71, wind just changed from the S and is now out of the SE 11-15 mph, dew point 67, humidity 89%. Normal 77/56. Sunrise 5:24am, Sunset 8:22pm.
6/3/2014 4:50 AM 0.17 M M M M 06-02-14: High 86, Low 66, wind S, SW & W 6-28 mph w/gust 40 mph, morning rain .17 in my gauge. Today at 4:50am: temp 67, wind WNW 10 mph, dew point 64, humidity 84%. Might be getting over an inch of rain per tonight's forecast. Normal 78/57. Sunrise 5:24am, Sunset 8:23pm. (edit 8:59am)
6/4/2014 5:25 AM 0.42 M M M M 06-03-14: High 85, Low 66, wind vrbl calm-17 mph w/gust 23 mph. I listened to the hype and thought a gully washer was coming last night or this morning, didn't happen as I have .42 in my gauge. Today at 6:25am: rain coming to an end, temp 63, wind ESE 8-10 mph, dew point 61, humidity 92%. Normal 78/57. Yesterday afternoon around 3:30pm or so I saw something on the radar I've never seen before. Between Columbus & Omaha the storm system on the radar reading turned from purple to "white". I later confirmed that that area had massive hail some softball size. Sunrise 5:23am, Sunset 8:24pm. (edit 6:55am)
6/5/2014 4:55 AM 0.13 M M M M 06-04-14: High 71 (12:01am) Low 59, wind SE, E & NE calm-15 mph w/gust 22 mph, left over rain .13 it finally stopped raining after lunch. Today at 4:55am: Heavy dew and light fog, clear sky, temp a cool 53, wind calm, dew point 52, humidity 97% and everything is wet & dripping from the dew. Normal 78/57. Sunrise 5:23am, Sunset 8:25pm.
6/6/2014 4:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 06-05-14: High 80, Low 51, wind NE, E & SE calm-12 mph w/gust 17 mph, no rain. Today at 4:55am: hug a vet and remember the sacrifice that many gave 70 years ago on today the anniversary of D-Day. Temp 52, wind calm, dew point 48, humidity 76%. Normal 79/58 per Accuweather. Sunrise 5:23am, Sunset 8:25pm. *watch the first 20 minutes of Saving Private Ryan*
6/7/2014 5:19 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 06-06-14: High 86, Low 52, wind vrbl calm-10 mph, no rain. Today at 5:19am: temp 60, wind calm, dew point 50, humidity 73%. Normal for today 79/58. Sunrise 5:22am, Sunset 8:26pm. Tonight in downtown Ottawa is Jazz & Wine Fest, Dr. Steve Hawk & band will be on the stage for your listening pleasure and a dozen or so wineries from through out the state of Illinois.
6/8/2014 4:50 AM 0.64 M M M M 06-07-14: High 85, Low 58, wind E, SE, NW, N & NE calm-20 mph w/gust 26 mph. Rain .64 in my gauge. Today at 4:50am: temp 61, wind N 13-16 mph, dew point 58, humidity 90%. Normal for today 79/58. Sunrise 5:22am, Sunset 8:26pm.
6/9/2014 4:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 06-08-14: High 77, Low 58, wind N & NE 8-23 mph, no rain. Today at 4:55am: temp 52, wind calm, dew point 45, humidity 72%. Normal 79/59. Sunrise 5:22am, Sunset 8:27pm. One more minute to go until maximum sunlight in the morning.
6/10/2014 4:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 06-09-14: High 83, Low 50, wind N, NE, E, SE back to E calm-17 mph, no rain. Today at 4:45am: cloudy, rain approaching, temp 61, wind E 7-10 mph, dew point 53, humidity 74%. Normal 80/59. Sunrise 5:22am, Sunset 8:28pm.
6/11/2014 4:50 AM 0.48 M M M M 06-10-14: High 71, Low 59, wind E & NE 3-18 mph w/gust 23 mph. Rain .48 in my gauge. Today at 4:50am: mist and a light fog/overcast, temp 61, wind ENE 5-7 mph, dew point 60, humidity 97%. Normal 80/59. Sunrise 5:22am, Sunset 8:28pm.
6/12/2014 4:40 AM 0.08 M M M M 06-11-14: High 68, Low 59, wind NE, N, NW & W calm-13 mph w/gust 18 mph, left over rain .08 in my gauge. Today at 4:40am: fog rolling in from the north, temp 57, wind calm, dew point 57, humidity 100%. At 3am Rivers R Coming Up: Fox River at Dayton 7.59/rising. IL River at LaSalle 16.80/rising. June Full Moon is tonight and is called The Strawberry Moon, other names include Rose Moon, Honey, Hot & Mead Moon. Normal temps for today 80/60. Sunrise 5:21am (maximum) Sunset 8:29pm.
6/13/2014 4:10 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 06-12-14: High 80, Low 57, wind W & NW calm-18 mph w/gust 23 mph, no rain. Today at 4:10am: clear sky with a bright strawberry moon shining down on us and its cool, temp 52, wind NNW 9-11 mph, dew point 50, humidity 83%. Normal 81/60. Sunrise 5:21am maximum morning daylight, Sunset 8:29pm.
6/14/2014 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 06-13-14: High 77, Low 51, wind N, NW, W & SW calm-18 mph w/gust 24 mph, no rain and no bad luck on Friday the 13th. Today at 4:50am: cool, temp 50, wind calm, dew point 47, humidity 88%. Normal 81/60. Sunrise 5:21am maximum morning daylight, Sunset 8:30pm.
6/15/2014 4:20 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 06-14-14: High 82, Low 50, wind S & SE calm-19 mph w/gust 24 mph, no rain. Today at 4:20am: watching strong thunder storms making their way east from the central plains, sun and heat will add fuel to these already strong storms, not good! Right now temp is 59, wind SE 5-7 mph, dew point 51, humidity 75. Normal 81/61. Sunrise 5:21am maximum morning daylight, Sunset 8:30pm. St. Christopher protect me.
6/26/2014 5:19 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 06-25-14: High 88, Low 64, wind NW, N, NE & E calm-16 mph, no rain. Heavy rain coming back from O'Hare Airport mid-afternoon. Today at 5:19am: temp 61, wind ESE 7 mph, dew point 60, humidity 98%, a light haze/fog present but not much to speak off. At 4am IL River at LaSalle 20.17/flood stage 20. Normal 84/63. Sunrise 5:23am, Sunset 8:33pm (maximum) Just back from Ireland, spent 11 days. It was the longest dry/warm spell in 35 years. Good to be back!
6/27/2014 4:40 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 06-26-14: High 85, Low 61, wind E & SE calm-16 mph, no rain. Today at 4:40am: temp 65, wind SSE 6 mph, dew point 63, humidity 94%. At 3am IL River at LaSalle 20.26/flood stage 20. Normal temps for today 84/64. Sunrise 5:24am, Sunset 8:33pm (maximum daylight)
6/28/2014 4:40 AM T M M M M 06-27-14: High 90, Low 64, wind E, SE & S calm-15 mph w/gust 22 mph. Trace of rain around 5pm when seven raindrops hit my windshield as I pulled into our driveway, that was it. Today at 4:40am: temp 71, wind SE 4-6 mph, dew point 68, humidity 90%. At 3am IL River at LaSalle 20.06/flood stage 20, strong under tow as we have had 2 life's lost this past week. Normal temps for today 84/64. Sunrise 5:24am, Sunset 8:33pm (maximum)
6/29/2014 4:59 AM 0.27 M M M M 06-28-14: High 87, Low 70, wind SE & S calm-18 mph w/gust 25 mph. Rain over night .27 in my gauge. Today at 4:59am: temp 68, wind SW 7-9 mph, dew point 66, humidity 96%. Normal 84/64. Sunrise 5:25am, Sunset 8:33pm (maximum) East Peoria was the winner of Miss Riverbottom 2014 held at the SRYC last night.
6/30/2014 5:25 AM 0.54 M M M M 06-29-14: High 89, Low 68, wind S & SW 6-18 mph w/gust 25 mph. Over night thunder storm dropped .54 in my gauge. Today at 5:25am: temp 68, wind SE 5 mph, dew point 66, humidity 98% and a drop or two of rain continues to fall. Normal 84/64. Sunrise 5:25am, Sunset 8:33pm (maximum)
7/1/2014 4:45 AM 1.60 M M M M 06-30-14: High 89, Low 67, wind vrbl calm-18 mph w/gust 42 mph. Late afternoon storm 1.60 in gauge. At 3am RIVERS R RISING! Fox River at Dayton 9.06 and rising/flood stage 12. IL River at LaSalle 19.55 and rising/flood stage 20. Today at 4:45am: temp 67, wind SW 4 mph, dew point 66, humidity 96%. Welcome to the middle of meteorological summer. Normal temp 84/64. Sunrise 5:26am, Sunset 8:33pm (maximum) *9:15am UPDATE* Reporting from my insurance office, a lot of wind damage on the westside of Ottawa along Ottawa Ave and along the streets that border the river. Possible downburst as a lot of trees and branches are down. Report of tornado last night during 2nd storm in northern LaSalle County (Earlville area)
7/2/2014 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 07-01-14: High 83, Low 65, wind S, SW & W 4-19 mph w/gust 25 mph, no rain. Westside of Ottawa still picking up after wind damage which seems to be in an area south of Main Street and West of Leland Street all the way down to Naplate, from the Monday storm. A lot of trees came down and too many on homes and dwellings. Today at 4:50am: temp 61, wind W 6 mph, dew point 59, humidity 93%. At 3am Fox River at Dayton 11.50/flood stage 12. IL River at Ottawa 463.70/flood stage 463 and at LaSalle 22.81/flood stage 20. Normal temps for today 85/64 and we will be well below that. Sunrise 5:26am, Sunset 8:33pm (maximum)
7/3/2014 4:47 AM 0.12 M M M M 07-02-14: High 70, Low 60, wind W & NW 4-14 mph w/gust 19 mph. Rain .12 in my gauge. Today at 4:47am: temp 57, wind calm, dew point 57, humidity 98%. At 3am IL River at LaSalle 23.41 and has crested/flood stage 20. Normal temps for today 85/64. Sunrise 5:27am, Sunset 8:32pm. We have maxed out on our maximum daylight in the morning and evening as we now descend back into the darkness of winter.
7/4/2014 4:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 07-03-14: High 78, Low 57, wind W & NW calm-13 mph w/gust 18 mph, no rain. Today at 4:45am: clear, heavy dew, temp 54, wind calm, dew point 52, humidity 95%. At 3am IL River at LaSalle 22.38/flood stage 20. Not a good night to be watching the fireworks on the river, I believe LaSalle/Peru cancelled their fireworks on the river. Sunrise 5:27am, Sunset 8:32pm. Happy 04/07.
7/5/2014 4:40 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 07-04-14: High 82, Low 52, wind vrbl calm-10 mph, no rain. Today at 4:40am: temp 60, wind SE 3 mph, dew point 57, humidity 89%. At 2am IL River at LaSalle 21.40/flood stage 20. Normal temps for today 85/65. Sunrise 5:28am, Sunset 8:32pm.
7/6/2014 5:11 AM T M M M M 07-05-14: High 79, Low 59, wind SE, S & SW calm-14 mph w/gust 20 mph, periods of drizzle leaving a trace, gauge is dry. Today at 5:11am: temp 62, wind SSE 5 mph, dew point 60, humidity 91%. At 4am IL River at LaSalle 20.47/flood stage 20. Normal temps for today 85/65. Sunrise 5:28am, Sunset 8:32pm.
7/7/2014 4:55 AM 0.24 M M M M 07-06-14: High 88, Low 62, wind S & SW 5-21 mph w/gust 28 mph. Over night/early morning fast moving thunder storm with a lot of cloud to cloud lightning around 1:30am or so leaving .24 in my rain gauge. Today at 4:55am: temp 72, wind SW 7 mph, dew point 70, humidity 90%. Normal 85/65. Sunrise 5:29am, Sunset 8:31pm. We have lost 10 minutes of daylight.
7/8/2014 4:58 AM 0.34 M M M M 07-07-14: High 90, Low 70, wind SW & W 4-15 mph w/gust 23 mph. Today at 4:58am: heavy summer rain with a brief break for me to get reading of .18 from ten minutes of heavy rain, wind SSW 11-18 mph w/gust 35 mph during heavy rain, dew point 68, humidity 94%, rain is now starting back up with heavy down pours. Normal 86/65. Sunrise 5:30am, Sunset 8:31pm. *REVISED at 8:58am* additional rain .16 total rain for Tuesday morning .34
7/9/2014 4:44 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 07-08-14: High 83, Low 65, wind SW & W 3-26 mph w/gust 36 mph. Today at 4:44am: temp 62, wind WNW 6 mph, dew point 58, humidity 94%, slight dew on the mailbox and automobiles. Is it me or is this a cooler than normal summer? Seems like we've only had 1 heat wave and that's been it. Normal temps for today 86/65 and today's forecast is for around 78. Sunrise 5:30am, Sunset 8:31pm.
7/10/2014 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 07-09-14: High 81, Low 59, wind W, NW & N 5-14 mph w/gust 19 mph, no rain. Today at 4:50am: cool, temp 56, wind calm, dew point 55, humidity 93%. The cool summer of 2014 continues. Sunrise 5:31am, Sunset 8:30pm.
7/11/2014 4:25 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 07-10-14: High 83, Low 55, wind vrbl. calm-12 mph, no rain. Today at 4:25am: clear, temp 58, wind calm, dew point 55, humidity 88% and its getting darker and darker every morning. Normal 86/65 or that's what Accuweather sez. Sunrise 5:32am, Sunset 8:30pm.
7/12/2014 5:29 AM T M M M M 07-11-14: High 85, Low 57, wind S, SE & E calm-15 mph, trace of rain in the early evening. I was working on the pool and some drizzle fell, nothing in the gauge. Today at 5:29am: temp 70, first line of storms missed Ottawa, second one coming from the west will not miss us, wind SSE 6-8 mph, dew point 66, humidity 87%. Full Moon today which is called The Buck Moon. Other names are The Thunder Moon and Hay Moon. This full moon is also called The Super Moon as it will look like its closer to us. This will also occur in August & September. Sunrise 5:32am, Sunset 8:29pm.
7/13/2014 4:47 AM 1.21 0.0 M M M 07-12-14: High 88, Low 69, wind S, SW, W & NW calm-18 mph w/gust 25 mph. A lot of rain! I have 1.21 in my gauge. The loin's share fell during the night. Today at 4:47am: temp 68, wind NW 8 mph, dew point 66, humidity 96%. At 4am IL River at LaSalle 17.73 and rising/flood stage 20. Sunrise 5:33am, Sunset 8:29pm.
7/14/2014 4:50 AM 0.17 M M M M 07-13-14: High 85, Low 67, wind NW, W & SW calm-14 mph w/gust 20 mph. Rain after the evening meal, I call it dinner, the rain event left .17 in my gauge. There are low area's in my yard/field that I can't cut due to light ponding. Today at 4:50am: FOG, temp 62, wind calm, dew point 62, humidity 100%. At 4am IL River at LaSalle 20.40/flood stage 20. Sunrise 5:34am, Sunset 8:28pm. The other day The Chicago Tribune on the back weather page stated this is the 6th wettest summer on record. It's also one of the worst for boating and we've hardly used our pool due to cooler than normal temps. Our electric bill has been lower than other summers.
7/15/2014 4:23 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 07-14-14: High 81, Low 58 (11:59pm) wind SW, W & NW calm-18 mph w/gust 23 mph, no rain. Today at 4:23am: Mother Nature has turned on the A/C !!! Temp 53, wind NW 13 mph, WIND CHILL 48, dew point 48, humidity 86%. This will set the pool back 7 days. At 3am IL River at LaSalle 20.27/flood stage 20. Normal 85/65. With today's forecast we'll be 27 degrees below the high & low normal. Sunrise 5:35am, Sunset 8:28pm.
7/16/2014 4:47 AM T M M M M 07-15-14: High 71, Low 52, wind NW & W 6-17 mph w/gust 24 mph. Light rain after 7pm didn't last long and only left a trace, barely wet the deck or driveway. Today at 4:47am: clear sky, cool, temp 52, wind WNW 2-3 mph, dew point 51, humidity 95%. A year ago it was 90+ degrees and next week the heat returns! It is the middle of July, it should be hot not cool like the end of September. You can tell I like my warmth!! Sunrise 5:36am, Sunset 8:27pm.
7/17/2014 4:40 AM T M M M M 07-16-14: High 77, Low 51, wind W, NW, N & NE calm-15 mph, trace of rain as I had 11-21 rain drops on my windshield. Today at 4:40am: heavy dew (again) temp 54, dew point 54, humidity 97%, wind SE 2-3 mph. Sunrise 5:36am, Sunset 8:27pm.
7/18/2014 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 07-17-14: High 81, Low 54, wind E, SE, S, NW & W calm-10 mph, no rain. Today at 4:50am: temp 58, wind calm, dew point 57, humidity 95%. Crickets are active already, they seem early this year. Not many Japanese Beetles. Want a taste of Fall? One week until Bears training camp opens up, football isn't far off and The Cubs start up the 2nd half of their season today, baseball is half over and less than 30 until school starts up. Sunrise 5:37am, Sunset 8:26pm. We've lost 23 minutes of sunlight.
7/19/2014 5:24 AM T M M M M 07-18-14: High 83, Low 57, wind SE & E calm-10 mph. Trace of rain after dinner as I was cleaning the pool a few drops fell. Today at 5:24am: cool, heavy dew, temp 55, wind calm, dew point 54, humidity 97%. Normal temps for today 86/65. Sunrise 5:38am, Sunset 8:25pm.
7/20/2014 5:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 07-19-14: High 83, Low 54, wind E, SE & S calm-11 mph, no rain. Today at 5:55am: Heavy dew, temp 58, wind calm, dew point 58, humidity 99%. Normal 87/65. This week "on average" is the warmest week of the year. If you flip flop it in January this is the coldest week of the year. Sunrise 5:39am, Sunset 8:25pm.
7/21/2014 4:48 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 07-20-14: High 85, Low 57, wind S & SW calm-12 mph, no rain. The mild summer of 2014 continues, except for today & tomorrow! Speaking of today at 4:48am: temp is 62, wind is S 2 mph, dew point 60 with heavy dew, humidity is 97%. Normal 87/65. Sunrise 5:40am, Sunset 8:24pm.
7/22/2014 4:40 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 07-21-14: High 89, Low 62, wind S calm-14 mph, no rain. Today at 4:40am: temp 67, wind S to SSE 6-8 mph, dew point 63, humidity 88%. Sunrise 5:41am, Sunset 8:23pm.
7/23/2014 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 07-22-14: High 93, Low 67, wind SE, S, SW & W 3-14 mph w/gust 20 mph, no rain, storms missed us & or fell apart. *Late report due to hardware problems* Today at 4:50am: temp 67, wind NE 7-11 mph, dew point 62, humidity 86%. Sunrise 5:42am, Sunset 8:22pm.
7/24/2014 4:08 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 07-23-14: High 82, Low 57, wind N & NE 7-15 mph w/gust 22 mph, no rain. Today at 4:08am: clear & cool, temp 53, wind N 6 mph, dew point 48, humidity 89%. On the NWS website they make note of the LACK of 90 degree temps for July, to date I only have 2 days with 90 degree readings, double check your thermometer's. The cool summer of 2014 continues. Sunrise 5:42am, Sunset 8:21pm.
7/25/2014 3:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 07-24-14: High 81, Low 54, four degrees from the record low, wind N, NE, E & SE calm-10 mph w/gust 15 mph, no rain. Today at 3:50am: no sleep, temp 56, wind calm, dew point 53, humidity 87%. Thunder storms approaching from the WNW currently in Iowa and appear to be heading our way. I did some checking and it was this cool in the morning a year ago today. Sunrise 5:43am, Sunset 8:20pm. We've lost 37 minutes of daylight. High school opens up in 20 days and Bear's football training camp starts today.
7/26/2014 4:50 AM 0.05 M M M M 07-25-14: High 75, Low 55, wind SE, S & SW calm-16 mph w/gust 23 mph. Light morning rain .05 in gauge. Should have cut my grass twice this week but I didn't. I cut it yesterday and today they are bring the bailer. At 4:50am: mild, temp 68, wind SE 7 mph, dew point 61, humidity 78%, two rain events to the north the south of Ottawa heading east. Slight warm up for todays forecast. Normal 85/64. Sunrise 5:44am, Sunset 8:19pm.
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7/28/2014 4:35 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 07-27-14: High 85, Low 66, wind W & NW calm-26 mph w/gust 38 mph, no rain. Started to water my trees as one is showing some stress. Today at 4:35am: stars are out, temp 59, wind N 8 mph, dew point 55, humidity 87%. Worth noting, we have a robin who has had a 2nd batch of young ones, must have something to do with food supply and weather conditions?? Sunrise 5:46am, Sunset 8:18pm. 17 days left of summer vacation until Ottawa High School opens its doors.
7/29/2014 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 07-28-14: High 74, Low 59, wind N, NW & W 5-18 mph w/gust 24 mph, no rain. The cool summer of 2014 continues. Today at 4:50am: temp 55, wind NNW 6 mph, dew point 52, humidity 91%. Normal 83/64. Sunrise 5:47am, Sunset 8:17pm.
7/30/2014 4:50 AM T M M M M 07-29-14: High 83, Low 55, wind NW & W calm-17 mph w/gust 22 mph. Rain around 5pm didn't even wet the sidewalk, gauge was empty. The cool summer of 2014 continues. Today at 4:50am: cloud cover, temp 61, wind is either calm with occasion W 2 mph, dew point 59, humidity 92%. Normal 83/64. Sunrise 5:48am, Sunset 8:15pm. Ottawa is gearing up for Riverfest 2014.
7/31/2014 4:24 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 07-30-14: High 84, Low 58, wind NW & W calm-10 mph w/gust 17 mph, no rain and the cool summer of 2014 continues. Riverfest is now under way in the city of Ottawa which means limited parking, street closures and open season for drinking and a field day for the police. Today at 4:24am: clear sky, temp 57, wind calm, dew point 55, humidity 94%. Normal 83/64. Sunrise 5:49am, Sunset 8:15pm. 14 days until Ottawa High opens the doors and 18 days for Marquette High School. Summer is almost over and it feels like it never really got going temperature wise. A summer like this makes you wonder why we have a pool and a boat. BTW.....I got my electric bill yesterday, Ameren owes me.
8/1/2014 4:40 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 07-31-14: High 86, Low 55, wind NW, W & SW calm-10 mph w/gust 15 mph, no rain. July precipitation accumulation 3.73 goes into the books. NWS for Chicago & Rockford reports that July 2014 had 19 out of 31 days below normal/temps and is now on the top 10 list for cooler July's. Today at 4:40am: welcome to the last month of meteorological summer. Temp 63, wind calm, dew point 60, humidity 89%. On the radar pop-up t-storms north of Ottawa and one north of Princeton/Spring Valley. Rain needed, yards starting to turn brown. Sunrise 5:50am, Sunset 8:13pm. Riverfest 2014 in full gear in downtown Ottawa, good times never seemed so good, so good, so good. Simply Diamond entertained the crowds last night.
8/2/2014 4:55 AM T M M M M 08-01-14: High 87, Low 62, wind vrbl calm-16 mph w/gust 22 mph, gusts were in the afternoon and late evening as thunder storms surrounded the area. Trace of rain around 6:30pm at my house, it did rain downtown briefly and we did get some thunder and lightning. Today at 4:55am: temp 58, wind calm, dew point 57, humidity 95%. NWS reports that July of 2014 tied as the 3rd coolest on record for Rockford. We add another "cold record" for 2014 on the books and no warm-up in sight on the 7 day extended forecast. The cool summer of 2014 continues. Sunrise 5:51am, Sunset 8:12pm. Tonight on stage at Riverfest in downtown Ottawa is Without U2. 12 days until school. **edit at 5:41am**
8/3/2014 5:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 08-02-14: High 90, Low 58, wind vrbl calm-8 mph, no rain. Today at 5:45am: patchy field fog, temp 62, wind calm, dew point 61, humidity 97%. Sunrise 5:52am, Sunset 8:11pm. Last day of Riverfest in downtown Ottawa.
8/4/2014 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 08-03-14: High 88, Low 60, wind SW & W calm-12 mph, no rain in my gauge but I did get rain on the IL River west of Naplate and east of Utica by Buffalo Rock Park. Today at 4:50am: Heavy dew, temp 64, wind calm, dew point 63, humidity 96%. Sunrise 5:53am, Sunset 8:10pm. Riverfest is now over (thank you) Count down 10 days until SCHOOL! ***5:25am UPDATE*** Field Fog
8/5/2014 4:47 AM 0.23 M M M M 08-04-14: High 90, Low 64, wind SW & S changing to N during rain event late in the evening giving me .23 in the gauge. The weeds got watered! Today at 4:47am: temp 67, wind calm, dew point 65, humidity 96%. Sunrise 5:54am, Sunset 8:09pm.
8/6/2014 4:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 08-05-14: High 82, Low 65, wind vrbl calm-10 mph, no rain. Today at 4:45am: Heavy dew, temp 62, wind E 4-5 mph, dew point 61, humidity 95%. Normal 83/63. Sunrise 5:55am, Sunset 8:08pm. 8 days until school.
8/7/2014 4:40 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 08-06-14: High 83, Low 62, wind E & NE calm-7 mph, no rain, it was all to the SW of Ottawa. Today at 4:40am: temp 59, wind E 5 mph, dew point 56, humidity 87%. Sunrise 5:56am almost 6am and Sunset 8:05pm. 7 days until Ottawa High opens up and let me be the first to say that you now have 141 shopping days until Christmas.
8/8/2014 4:47 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 08-07-14: High 81, Low 59, wind SE & E calm-17 mph, no rain as it was west and south of Ottawa. Today at 4:47am: temp 65, wind E 3-5 mph, dew point 60, humidity 83%. Sunrise 5:57am, Sunset 8:05pm. If your a Cub fan we now have a new 4 letter word for hope and its spelled BAEZ.
8/9/2014 6:13 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 08-08-14: High 84, Low 64, wind E & NE 3-17 mph w/gust 22 mph, no rain. Yards brown and ground cracking, haven't cut the grass in 8 days where before it was twice a week. Today at 6:13am: clear, temp 64, dew point 59, humidity 81%. Sunrise 5:58am, Sunset 8:04pm. A lot of sunlight has been lost in the last 30 days!
8/10/2014 4:47 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 08-09-14: High 85, Low 63, wind NE & E 5-15 mph w/gust 20 mph, no rain. My yard is turning brown, need to water the trees. Finally got out on the Fox & IL River, the Asian carp were active on the Fox by the Main Street bridge and Central Life Building. Go to You Tube and type in Ottawa Asian Carp, its the same spot! Today at 4:47am: temp 67, wind E 6 mph, dew point 62, humidity 82%. Full Moon today at 1:10pm which is called The Sturgeon Moon, also called The Grain, Lightning, Fruit & Dog Days Moon. Sunrise 5:59am, Sunset 8:11pm. Four days until school.
8/11/2014 4:59 AM 1.02 M M M M 08-10-14: High 88, Low 67, wind E & NE calm-14 mph. Rain this morning around 12:30am or so leaving 1.02 in a short period of time. Today at 4:59am: temp 66, wind ENE 5 mph, dew point 64, humidity 96% and it looks like some low lying haze in some areas. Sunrise 6:00am, Sunset 8:01pm. 3 days until school, looks like a possible warm-up next week??
8/12/2014 4:20 AM T M M M M ***your system down/ATT problem until now, submitting report taken at 4:20am*** 08-11-14: High 87, Low 66, wind NE, N, NW & W calm-16 mph w/gust 22 mph, trace of rain at around 6:20am and 6pm. Today at 4:20am: temp 63, wind NW 13-15 mpg, dew point 61, humidity 88%. Sunrise 6:01am, Sunset 8pm. RIP Robin.
8/13/2014 4:44 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 08-12-14: High 76, Low 58, wind N, NW & W 3-19 mph w/gust 25 mph, no rain. Today at 4:44am: is it September? Temp 54, wind calm, dew point 51, humidity 88%. Last day of summer vacation, school starts tomorrow! Sunrise 6:02am, Sunset 7:59pm.
8/14/2014 4:49 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 08-13-14: High 85, Low 52, wind NW & W calm-17 mph w/gust 23 mph, no rain. Today at 4:49am: partly cloudy, temp 60, wind N 5 mph, dew point 58, humidity 91%, no fog. Sunrise 6:03am, Sunset 7:57pm. SCHOOL STARTS TODAY!
8/15/2014 4:43 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 08-14-14: High 81, Low 57, wind W, NW, N & NE calm-12 mph w/gust 17 mph, no rain. Today at 4:43am: cool, temp 52, wind calm, dew point 51, humidity 89%. Sunrise 6:04am, Sunset 7:56pm.
8/16/2014 4:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 08-15-14: High 79, Low 50, wind SE, S & SW calm-11 mph, no rain which went to the SW of Ottawa. Today at 4:55am: temp 64, wind SSE 5 mph, dew point 61, humidity 90%. Normal temps for today 83/63. Sunrise 6:05am, Sunset 7:54pm.
8/17/2014 4:45 AM T M M M M 08-16-14: High 80, Low 62, wind SE, S & SW calm-11 mph w/gust 15 mph, trace of rain around 1:30pm, heavier around Route 80 and frontage road. Today at 4:45am: cloudy, temp 64, wind calm, dew point 62, humidity 92%. Normal 83/63. Sunrise 6:06am, Sunset 7:53pm.
8/18/2014 4:58 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 08-17-14: High 83, Low 63, wind NE & E calm-13 mph, no rain. Today at 4:58am: FOG, temp 64, wind calm, dew point 64, humidity 98%. Normal temps for today 83/62. Sunrise 6:07am, Sunset 7:52pm.
8/19/2014 4:42 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 08-18-14: High 87, Low 63, wind E, SW & S calm-10 mph w/gust 14 mph, no rain. Today at 4:42am: temp 69, wind S 6 mph, dew point 66, humidity 91% and a fast moving storm NE along the Wisconsin/Northern IL state line. Normal 83/62. Sunrise 6:08am, Sunset 7:50pm. Marquette High School opens their doors today.
8/20/2014 4:35 AM T M M M M 08-19-14: High 89, Low 67, wind S, SW & W 5-19 mph w/gust 29 mph, trace of rain around 11am, nothing in my gauge although downtown Ottawa received a quick downpour, heavier as you went south. Today at 4:35am: temp 65, wind calm-WNW 2mph, dew point 63, humidity 93%, no fog. Kids are back to school, here comes the HEAT WAVE!! So far I only have two 90 degree readings for this month. Normal 83/62. Sunrise 6:09am, Sunset 7:49pm.
8/21/2014 4:40 AM T M M M M 08-20-14: High 88, Low 63, wind W & SW calm-13 mph w/gust 17 mph, trace of rain, I had 25-30 rain drops on my windshield late yesterday afternoon. Today at 4:40am: storm approaching, lightning to the WSW, temp 71, wind SE 3-5 mph, dew point 68, humidity 92%. Normal 82/62. Sunrise 6:10am, Sunset 7:47pm.
8/22/2014 4:13 AM 2.78 M M M M 08-21-14: High 90, Low 71, wind SE, S & SW calm-13 mph. A lot of rain! Yesterday morning after my report I received .13 and this morning/over night's thunderstorm and light show I got 1.50 total rainfall 1.63 in my gauge. At 3am Fox River at Dayton 7.60/rising. IL River at LaSalle 11.30/flood stage 20. Radar showing possible "TRAINING" developing, stay tuned. Today at 4:13am: temp 73, muggy, wind SE 3-5 mph, dew point 73, humidity 98%. Normal 82/62. Sunrise 6:11am, Sunset 7:46pm. Check your sub-pumps. I am now going to drain the pool as it is nearing the top! ***UPDATE at 5:40*** Between 5 and 5:30am received another 1.15 inches of rain total now 2.78
8/23/2014 4:35 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 08-22-14: High 88, Low 71 (11am) wind vrbl out of every direction except N & NE, no rain. Ottawa radio (WCMY) had many local callers (20 mile radius) reporting anywhere from 3-5 inches of rain. Today at 4:35am: muggy, no fog at this moment, temp 73, wind calm, dew point 71, humidity 95%. At 3am IL River at LaSalle 15.55/up 4.25 feet in a 24 hour period, flood stage 20. Normal 82/62. Sunrise 6:12am, Sunset 7:45pm.
8/24/2014 4:59 AM 0.38 M M M M 08-23-14: High 88, Low 71, wind S, SE & E calm-9 mph except during thunder storm W, NW & NE 23 mph w/gust 34 mph. Radar showed a bow that came through just before noon, that storm left .38 in my gauge and it dropped temps 17 degrees. Today at 4:59am: muggy, temp 69, wind ESE 6 mph, fog trying to roll in but its fighting the 6 mph wind, dew point 69, humidity 98%. At 4am IL River still rising 17.16/flood stage 20. Normal temps for today 82/62. Sunrise 6:13am, Sunset 7:43pm. Looks like a day for the pool.
8/25/2014 4:20 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 08-24-14: High 92, Heat Index 105, Low 69, wind E & SE calm-13 mph, no rain. Today at 4:20am: outside of my windows clouded up from humidity, temp 75, wind SSE 5-7 mph, dew point 74, humidity 98%. At 3am IL River at LaSalle 16.59/receding, any heavy rain will probably shot it back up near flood stage. Normal 82/61. Marquette Academy going to half day due to heat index. Today appears to be the hottest of this heat wave. Sunrise 6:14am, Sunset 7:41pm.
8/26/2014 4:53 AM 0.08 M M M M 08-25-14: High 93, Heat Index 104, Low 71, wind S turning vrbl calm-18 mph w/gust 26 mph. Late afternoon storm that was going to go north of us but instead came south and thank goodness split as it came towards Ottawa leaving only .08 in my gauge. Temps dropped 17 degrees as front approached. A lot of cloud to ground lightning to the W by SW at 4:50pm. Today at 4:53am: temp 69, wind S with a touch of SSE 5-7 mph, dew point 66, humidity 89%. Normal 82/61. Sunrise 6:15am, Sunset 7:40pm. Farmers Almanac predicting another BAD winter!
8/27/2014 4:59 AM 0.02 M M M M 08-26-14: High 88, Low 69, wind S, SW, W, NW, N & NE calm-18 mph w/gust 25 mph. Here is the rain report: I got .02 downtown got a trace and Reynolds Manor got .10 in the ole gauge. Today at 4:59am: temp 69, wind NNE 2-4 mph, dew point 67, humidity 94%. Normal 82/61. Sunrise 6:16am, Sunset 7:38pm. We have just about lost an hour of daylight in the morning.
8/28/2014 4:35 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 08-27-14: High 87, Low 65, wind N, NE & E calm-11 mph, no rain. Counting down the last 4 days of meteorological summer. Today at 4:35am: the stars are out, must be clear, a refreshing 63 degrees, wind E 3-5 mph, dew point 61, humidity 93%. Normal 82/61. Sunrise 6:17am, Sunset 7:36pm. Local high school football starts up tomorrow night. 118 shopping days left before Christmas.
8/29/2014 4:49 AM 0.50 M M M M 08-28-14: High 82, Low 62, wind NE, E & SE 3-12 mph w/gust 17 mph. Early evening rain .50 in my gauge. Today at 4:49am: temp 69, wind SSE 4 mph, dew point 68, humidity 96%. Normal temps for today 82/61 which means yesterday was about as normal as you can get. Sunrise 6:13am, Sunset 7:35pm. Good luck to all area football teams and be safe out there.
8/30/2014 4:45 AM 0.04 M M M M 08-29-14: High 89, Low 68, wind E, SE, S & SW calm-16 mph w/gust 25 mph. Some light rain .04 in my gauge. Right here and now at 4:45am: temp 72, wind S to SSW 6-9 mph, dew point 69, humidity 92%, stars are out at the moment but rain is on the radar coming our way from the SSW. Rivers steady and near normal. Normal temps for today 82/60. Sunrise 6:19am we have now lost an hour of daylight in the morning, Sunset 7:13pm.
8/31/2014 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 08-30-14: High 86, Heat Index 90, Low 70, wind S, SW, W and briefly out of the NW calm-19 mph w/gust 26 mph, no rain. Today at 4:50: the last day of meteorological summer, temp 67, wind calm, dew point 65, humidity 95%, presently no fog. Normal temps for today 81/60. Sunrise 6:20am, Sunset 7:32pm.
9/1/2014 6:13 AM 0.01 M M M M 08-31-14: High 87, Low 66, wind SW & S calm-12 mph w/gust 16 mph. Rain this morning around 4:30ish which left .01 in my gauge along with 3 snails and 8 bugs. This will go down as a September rain, total 5.05 precipitation for August. Welcome to meteorological Autumn. Today at 6:13am: cloudy, temp 69, wind SSW 6-9 mph, dew point 67, humidity 96%. Normal 81/60. Sunrise 6:21am, Sunset 7:30pm. Happy Labor Day.
9/2/2014 4:40 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 09-01-14: High 85, Low 69, wind S, SW & W calm-16 mph w/gust 22 mph, no rain, no storm no nothing. This was the 3rd time this summer I cancelled outdoor activity plans because of pending bad weather forecast...NO MORE and NOT AGAIN! Today at 4:40am: temp 67, wind calm, dew point 66, humidity 94%. Normal 81/60. Sunrise 6:22am, Sunset 7:18pm.
9/3/2014 4:35 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 09-02-14: High 86, Low 66, wind NW & W calm-13 mph w/gust 18 mph, no rain. Today at 4:35am: FOG rolling in, everything is dripping wet with dew, temp 61, wind calm, dew point 61, humidity 100%. Normal 81/59. Sunrise 6:23am, Sunset 7:27pm. Just looked over the long range forecast and I'll be closing down the pool real soon!!!
9/4/2014 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 09-03-14: High 88, Low 60, wind SW, S & SE calm-12 mph w/gust 17 mph, no rain. Today at 4:50am: Radar indicating a storm coming at us from the west, vivid lightning to the W & NW, temp 72, wind S 9-13 mph, dew point 67, humidity 80%. Normal 80/59. Sunrise 6:24am, Sunset 7:25pm. As I close out I can now hear thunder. If any large amounts of rain I will edit later, otherwise it will be in tomorrows report.
9/5/2014 4:48 AM 0.60 M M M M 09-04-14: High 88, Low 68 (10:15am) wind SE & S 3-24 mph w/gust 33 mph except during rain events and winds were from the E, NE, N, NW & W. Rain .60 in my gauge. Today at 4:48am: warm, temp 75, wind S 6 mph w/gust 11 mph, dew point 72, humidity 88%, heat index 78. Normal 80/58. Sunrise 6:25am, Sunset 7:23pm. God bless Roy Leonard.
9/6/2014 5:35 AM 0.03 M M M M 09-05-14: High 89, Low 62, wind S, SW, W & NW calm-18 mph w/gust 26 mph. Rain .03 in my gauge, very hot & humid yesterday until the front came through. Today at 5:35am: cool, temp 58, wind NNW 7 mph, dew point 55, humidity 92%, wind chill 57, yesterday morning I had heat index in my report now its wind chill. Normal 80/58. Sunrise 6:26am, Sunset 7:22pm. Crops are starting to turn color and once again yards need cutting twice a week.
9/7/2014 5:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 09-06-14: High 77, Low 57, no rain. Today at 5:50am: cool, temp 53, wind calm, dew point 52, humidity 94%. Sunrise 6:27am, Sunset 7:20pm.
9/8/2014 4:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 09-07-14: High 84, Low 53, wind W, SW, S & SE calm-10 mph, no rain. Beautiful day yesterday on the Fox & Illinois Rivers, no Asian carp jumping. Today at 4:45am: temp 55, wind calm, dew point 52, humidity 96%. Normal 80/57. Tonight at 8:39pm is the full moon which is called The Harvest Moon, seemed early, triple checked and it is correct, other names Nut & Corn Moon. Sunrise 6:28am, Sunset 7:18pm. So much for The Chicago Bear season, can't win with a defensive line that spreads like butter.
9/9/2014 4:20 AM 0.32 M M M M 09-08-14: High 80, Low 53, wind E, SE & S calm-10 mph w/gust 17 mph. Today/this morning the thunder storm started sometime after 3:30am so with one hour of rain I have .06 in my gauge. We have much more rain on the way, over a two day period the Ottawa forecast calls for 1.50+ of rain fall. Some areas calling for 2-5 inches and possible "training". Today at 4:20am: thunder storm, rain, lightning & thunder, temp 62, wind was calm now W 5-9 mph, dew point 59, humidity 93%. Normal 79/57. Sunrise 6:29am, Sunset 7:17pm. 114 days left in the year 2014. ***6:20am Update*** additional 0.26 of rain, total so far 0.32
9/10/2014 4:45 AM 1.31 M M M M 09-09-14: High 82, Low 62, wind SW, S, SE & E calm-20 mph w/gust 26 mph. So far I have 1.31 in my gauge and more rain is coming. Today at 4:45am: rain, temp 67, wind SE 7-11 mph, dew point 66, humidity 97%. Rivers holding steady at the moment. Normal 79/56. Sunrise 6:30am, Sunset 7:15pm.
9/11/2014 4:55 AM 0.57 M M M M 09-10-14: High 81, Low 56 (11:59pm) wind SE, S, SW, W & NW 7-27 mph w/gust 35 mph. Rain .57 in my gauge total 1.88 for yesterday's rain event. Today at 4:55am: Cool! Temp 53, wind NW 8-12 mph, dew point 47, humidity 84%, wind chill 50. At 4am IL River at LaSalle 16.28/flood stage 20. The river is up 3.32 and is forecasted to stay under flood stage. Normal temps for today 79/56. Sunrise 6:32am, Sunset 7:11pm.
9/12/2014 4:47 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 09-11-14: High 56 (12:01am) Low 49, wind NW, N, NE & E 4-18 mph w/gust 23 mph, no rain. Today at 4:47am: cool for this time of the year, cloudy, temp 49, wind N 6 mph, wind chill 47, dew point 46, humidity 87%. Rivers are below flood stage. Normal 78/56. Looks like a warm-up next weekend just in time for Marquette High School's Homecoming. Sunrise 6:32am, Sunset 7:11pm.
9/13/2014 4:30 AM 0.05 M M M M 09-12-14: High 58, Low 42 (11:59pm) wind mainly out of the N calm-18 mph w/gust 22 mph. Rain .05 in my gauge. Today at 4:30am: flirting with the record low, temp 38, wind WNW 6 mph, wind chill 34, dew point 38, humidity 96%. Heard on the news there was snow in Montana the other day. Today there are frost advisories in MN, WI, NE & IA. Our record low is 33 in 2006 also shows 38 in 1953. BO-YAH! Sunrise 6:33am, Sunset 7:10pm. ***UPDATE @ 7:30am*** just got back from my morning walk ROOFTOP FROST North Ottawa in the flats of Caton, Catlin & N Poplar Streets, spotty on Caton Rd. Let the changing of the leaves begin!!!
9/14/2014 5:20 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 09-13-14: High 63, Low 37, wind N, NW, W, SW, S & SE calm-15 mph, no rain. Started to drain/lower the level of water in the pool yesterday, first step to winterizing it, noticed a neighbor doing the same. Today at 5:20am: Haze/light fog, temp 40, wind calm, dew point 39, humidity 97%, very heavy dew. Normal for today 78/55, we were 33 degrees below normal. Sunrise 6:34am, Sunset 7:08pm.
9/15/2014 4:35 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 09-14-14: High 69, Low 39, wind S & SW calm-11 mph, no rain. Another beautiful afternoon on the Fox & Illinois Rivers and no Asian carp attacking the boat!! Today at 4:35am: temp 51, wind calm, dew point 49, humidity 91%. Normal 77/54. Sunrise 6:35am, Sunset 7:06pm. Bears Win!
9/16/2014 4:43 AM 0.37 M M M M 09-15-14: High 58, Low 47, wind SE, E, NE, N & NW calm-9 mph. Rain most of the day 0.37 in my gauge and a couple of rumbles of thunder were thrown in for the heck of it. Today at 4:43am: earlier there was some light haze which seems to have blown off, temp 44, wind NW 4-6 mph, wind chill 42, heavy dew, dew point 43, humidity 97%. Normal 77/54. Sunrise 6:36am, Sunset 7:05pm. 45 days until Halloween and you now have 100 shopping days until Christmas.
9/17/2014 5:14 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 09-16-14: High 71, Low 41, wind vrbl calm-9 mph, no rain. Today at 5:14am: cool, temp 43, wind calm, dew point 42, humidity 95%. Normal 76/53. Sunrise 6:37am, Sunset 7:03pm. Last night at 7pm I was out in the yard and noticed the grass was already collecting dew.
9/18/2014 4:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 09-17-14: High 75, Low 42, wind vrbl calm-10 mph, no rain. Today at 4:45am: temp 49, wind NNE 2 mph, dew point 48, humidity 97%. Normal 76/53. Sunrise 6:38am, Sunset 7:01pm.
9/19/2014 4:35 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 09-18-14: High 75, Low 46, wind NE, E & SE calm-11 mph w/gust 17 mph, no rain. Today at 4:35am: HEAVY FOG! temp 49, wind calm, dew point 49, humidity 100%. Normal 76/52. Summer of 2014 report: 90 degree days. I had -0- so far for September, 5 in August, 2 in July and for June I was in Ireland for 2 weeks, I have 1 recorded but I know we had 2 while I was gone and 4 in May giving me a total of 14 for the spring/summer of 2014. For Chicago the normal is 17 days. At Rockford it was the fewest 90 degree days since 2004. No wonder the pool water was so cold this summer! Sunrise 6:39am, Sunset 6:59pm which is now before 7 o'clock. We are losing sunlight hand over fist.
9/20/2014 4:43 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 09-19-14: High 80, Low 49, wind E, SE & S calm-17 mph w/gust 23 mph, no rain. Yesterday was a day to put in a bottle and save it for a month from now. I noticed a corn field that had partial harvest. A test cut or a early bird? Today at 4:43am: Mild! temp 59, wind was S now SSW 7-11 mph, dew point 55, humidity 84%, hardly any dew this morning. Normal 75/52. Sunrise 6:40am, Sunset 6:58pm. Marquette High School Homecoming tonight.
9/21/2014 6:44 AM 0.18 M M M M Yesterday afternoon we had a lightning strike less than 1/4 mile away, I forgot how loud and quick it can happen! Today at 6:44 am: temp 56, wind WNW 8-10 mph, dew point 53, humidity 89%. Rain .18 in my gauge from yesterday afternoon.
9/22/2014 4:40 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 09-21-14: High 72 (12:01am) Low 48 (11:59pm) wind W, NW & N 3-25 mph w/gust 31 mph, no rain. Today at 4:40am: cool, damp with dew, temp 45, wind N 5 mph, dew point 43, humidity 90%, wind chill 42. Normal 74/51. Sunrise 6:42am, Sunset 6:54pm. Six weeks until we fall back to CST.
9/23/2014 4:29 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 09-22-14: High 73, Low 43, wind N, NW, W & SW calm-9 mph, no rain. Today at 4:29am: clear, temp 46, wind SE 2-3 mph, dew point 44, humidity 94%. Normal 74/50. Sunrise 6:43am, Sunset 6:53pm. Some trees are starting to get some hint of color.
9/24/2014 4:25 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 09-23-14: High 77, Low 45, wind S, SE & E calm-8 mph, no rain. Today at 4:25am: temp 51, wind SE 3-5 mph, dew point 49, humidity 90%. Normal 74/50. Sunrise 6:44am, Sunset 6:51pm.
9/25/2014 4:25 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 09-24-14: High 81, Low 49, wind S, SE & E calm-11 mph, no rain. Today at 4:25am: temp 54, wind calm, dew point 52, humidity 87%. Normal 73/50. Sunrise 6:45am, Sunset 6:49pm. Back to some summer time temps in the 80's for the next few days.
9/26/2014 4:13 AM T M M M M 09-25-14: High 81, Low 53, wind SE & E calm-9 mph, trace of rain around 7am as I had about 7 drops of rain on my car windshield. Today at 4:13am: Possible Haze/Fog, temp 55, wind calm, dew point 53, humidity 95%. Normal 73/49 as we continue with above normal temps which is good for homecoming, Oktoberfest weekend in downtown Ottawa and a wedding planned for tomorrow.
9/27/2014 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 09-26-14: High 85, Low 54, wind vrbl calm-8 mph, no rain. Today at 4:50am: mild, temp 57, wind calm, dew point 54, humidity 90%. Normal 72/49. Sunrise 6:47am, Sunset 6:46pm. Good Luck Ashley & Eric.
9/28/2014 5:19 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 09-27-14: High 87, Low 56, wind NE, E & SE calm-8 mph, no rain. Today at 5:19am: Haze/Fog, temp 55, wind calm, dew point 54, humidity 96%. Normal 72/48. The harvest is in full gear, yesterday I saw a lot of combines in the fields on the way to Utica. Sunrise 6:48am, Sunset 6:44pm.
9/29/2014 5:11 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 09-28-14: High 86, Low 52, wind NE & E and for a short time out of the SE going back to the E calm-9 mph w/gust of 14 mph, no rain. Yesterday enjoyed Oktoberfest Mass in downtown Ottawa at The Jordon Block and it was a beautiful day on the IL & Fox Rivers as the boating season will soon be coming to a close in about another 30 days. Today at 5:11am: temp 54, clear and no fog, wind calm, dew point 51, humidity 91%. Normal 72/48. Sunrise 6:50am, Sunset 6:42pm.
9/30/2014 4:40 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 09-29-14: High 87, Low 54, wind SW, W, NW & NE calm-17 mph w/gust 22 mph, no rain. Today at 4:40am: overcast, no dew, temp 54, wind NE 8-12 mph, dew point 52, humidity 86%. Normal 71/47. Sunrise 6:51am, Sunset 6:41pm. Regular baseball season is now over and for the first time that I can remember I can honestly say "Wait Until Next Year!"



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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
2/20/2014 10:15 AM BB to pea sized hail, it looks like it snowed, its all over!!! Came down straight and very heavy. Reported from downtown Ottawa at my office. Sent photos to NWS. (edit at 12:38pm first submitted at 10:30am) 1/4" Pea Size Rice Rice Hard 5 no damage Continuous False After smaller hail 0 .25
5/11/2014 6:15 PM BB to Rice Sized Hail...Hail Chasers & Storm Chasers.......DON'T BOTHER! Rice Rice Rice 1 1min no damage Intermittent False Same time as rain 5