Station Overview Station Location
Station Number IL-WL-63 Latitude 41.49964
Station Name New Lenox 1.8 SE Longitude -87.96025
County Will Elevation (ft) 701



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 14 3.05 3.15 31 3.15 31 0.00 0 0 15 2 0.0 0 0
Nov 14 3.27 1.94 30 1.94 30 0.00 0 0 10 13 2.1 2 5
Dec 14 2.31 1.04 31 1.04 31 0.00 0 0 8 7 0.0 0 0
Jan 15 1.81 1.46 31 1.46 31 0.00 0 0 12 3 9.5 9 20
Feb 15 1.70 1.91 28 1.91 28 0.00 0 0 10 7 24.8 9 28
March 15 2.45 0.70 31 0.70 31 0.00 0 0 9 3 5.3 6 14
April 15 3.58 3.22 30 3.22 30 0.00 0 0 14 1 0.0 0 0
May 15 4.22 4.62 31 4.62 31 0.00 0 0 18 1 0.0 0 0
June 15 4.17 8.24 30 8.24 30 0.00 0 0 17 1 0.0 0 0
July 15 4.18 3.57 31 3.57 31 0.00 0 0 11 1 0.0 0 0
Aug 15 4.05 3.45 31 3.45 31 0.00 0 0 11 0 0.0 0 0
Sept 15 3.20 5.95 25 2.04 22 3.91 3 1 6 2 0.0 0 0
Water Year Totals: 37.99" 39.25" 360 days 35.34" 357 3.91" 3 days 1 141 days 41 days 41.7" 26 days 67 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
10/1/2014 0.00
10/2/2014 0.03
10/3/2014 1.72
10/4/2014 0.13
10/5/2014 0.05
10/6/2014 0.02
10/7/2014 0.01
10/8/2014 T
10/9/2014 0.00
10/10/2014 T
10/11/2014 0.00
10/12/2014 0.00
10/13/2014 0.02
10/14/2014 0.46
10/15/2014 0.37
10/16/2014 0.07
10/17/2014 0.01
10/18/2014 0.03
10/19/2014 0.02
10/20/2014 0.00
10/21/2014 0.00
10/22/2014 0.00
10/23/2014 0.00
10/24/2014 0.00
10/25/2014 0.00
10/26/2014 0.00
10/27/2014 0.00
10/28/2014 0.20
10/29/2014 0.00
10/30/2014 0.00
10/31/2014 0.01
11/1/2014 0.01
11/2/2014 0.00
11/3/2014 0.00
11/4/2014 0.08
11/5/2014 0.01
11/6/2014 0.02
11/7/2014 T
11/8/2014 0.02
11/9/2014 0.00
11/10/2014 T
11/11/2014 T
11/12/2014 0.26
11/13/2014 T
11/14/2014 T
11/15/2014 T
11/16/2014 T
11/17/2014 0.01
11/18/2014 T
11/19/2014 T
11/20/2014 T
11/21/2014 0.00
11/22/2014 0.06
11/23/2014 T
11/24/2014 1.14
11/25/2014 0.33
11/26/2014 0.00
11/27/2014 0.00
11/28/2014 T
11/29/2014 T
11/30/2014 0.00
12/1/2014 T
12/2/2014 T
12/3/2014 0.00
12/4/2014 0.00
12/5/2014 0.00
12/6/2014 0.00
12/7/2014 0.00
12/8/2014 0.03
12/9/2014 0.20
12/10/2014 0.02
12/11/2014 T
12/12/2014 0.00
12/13/2014 0.00
12/14/2014 0.00
12/15/2014 T
12/16/2014 0.21
12/17/2014 0.07
12/18/2014 0.00
12/19/2014 0.00
12/20/2014 0.00
12/21/2014 0.00
12/22/2014 T
12/23/2014 0.40
12/24/2014 0.03
12/25/2014 0.08
12/26/2014 T
12/27/2014 T
12/28/2014 0.00
12/29/2014 0.00
12/30/2014 0.00
12/31/2014 0.00
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
1/1/2015 0.00
1/2/2015 0.00
1/3/2015 0.19
1/4/2015 0.65
1/5/2015 0.04
1/6/2015 0.22
1/7/2015 0.00
1/8/2015 0.00
1/9/2015 0.05
1/10/2015 0.00
1/11/2015 0.00
1/12/2015 0.10
1/13/2015 T
1/14/2015 T
1/15/2015 0.00
1/16/2015 0.00
1/17/2015 0.00
1/18/2015 0.00
1/19/2015 0.00
1/20/2015 0.00
1/21/2015 0.02
1/22/2015 0.04
1/23/2015 0.00
1/24/2015 0.00
1/25/2015 0.01
1/26/2015 0.08
1/27/2015 0.05
1/28/2015 0.00
1/29/2015 0.01
1/30/2015 T
1/31/2015 0.00
2/1/2015 0.91
2/2/2015 0.64
2/3/2015 0.00
2/4/2015 0.02
2/5/2015 0.06
2/6/2015 0.00
2/7/2015 0.00
2/8/2015 0.00
2/9/2015 0.01
2/10/2015 T
2/11/2015 T
2/12/2015 0.01
2/13/2015 0.00
2/14/2015 T
2/15/2015 0.01
2/16/2015 0.00
2/17/2015 T
2/18/2015 T
2/19/2015 T
2/20/2015 0.00
2/21/2015 0.01
2/22/2015 0.00
2/23/2015 0.00
2/24/2015 0.00
2/25/2015 T
2/26/2015 0.22
2/27/2015 0.02
2/28/2015 0.00
3/1/2015 0.01
3/2/2015 0.04
3/3/2015 0.04
3/4/2015 0.05
3/5/2015 0.00
3/6/2015 0.00
3/7/2015 0.00
3/8/2015 0.00
3/9/2015 T
3/10/2015 0.00
3/11/2015 0.00
3/12/2015 0.00
3/13/2015 0.00
3/14/2015 0.00
3/15/2015 0.00
3/16/2015 0.00
3/17/2015 0.00
3/18/2015 0.00
3/19/2015 0.00
3/20/2015 T
3/21/2015 0.00
3/22/2015 0.00
3/23/2015 0.01
3/24/2015 0.30
3/25/2015 0.17
3/26/2015 0.00
3/27/2015 0.02
3/28/2015 T
3/29/2015 0.00
3/30/2015 0.06
3/31/2015 0.00
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
4/1/2015 0.00
4/2/2015 0.06
4/3/2015 0.36
4/4/2015 T
4/5/2015 0.00
4/6/2015 0.00
4/7/2015 0.11
4/8/2015 0.02
4/9/2015 0.21
4/10/2015 0.36
4/11/2015 0.00
4/12/2015 0.00
4/13/2015 0.26
4/14/2015 0.02
4/15/2015 0.00
4/16/2015 0.09
4/17/2015 0.02
4/18/2015 0.00
4/19/2015 0.00
4/20/2015 0.70
4/21/2015 0.02
4/22/2015 0.00
4/23/2015 0.00
4/24/2015 0.00
4/25/2015 0.48
4/26/2015 0.51
4/27/2015 0.00
4/28/2015 0.00
4/29/2015 0.00
4/30/2015 0.00
5/1/2015 0.00
5/2/2015 0.00
5/3/2015 0.00
5/4/2015 0.12
5/5/2015 0.76
5/6/2015 0.23
5/7/2015 0.00
5/8/2015 T
5/9/2015 0.52
5/10/2015 0.20
5/11/2015 0.07
5/12/2015 0.22
5/13/2015 0.00
5/14/2015 0.00
5/15/2015 0.10
5/16/2015 0.02
5/17/2015 0.53
5/18/2015 0.01
5/19/2015 0.00
5/20/2015 0.00
5/21/2015 0.08
5/22/2015 0.00
5/23/2015 0.00
5/24/2015 0.05
5/25/2015 0.08
5/26/2015 0.11
5/27/2015 0.40
5/28/2015 0.00
5/29/2015 0.00
5/30/2015 0.66
5/31/2015 0.46
6/1/2015 0.00
6/2/2015 0.00
6/3/2015 0.00
6/4/2015 0.00
6/5/2015 0.00
6/6/2015 0.00
6/7/2015 0.00
6/8/2015 1.16
6/9/2015 0.04
6/10/2015 0.00
6/11/2015 0.91
6/12/2015 0.11
6/13/2015 0.28
6/14/2015 1.28
6/15/2015 0.32
6/16/2015 1.56
6/17/2015 0.15
6/18/2015 0.13
6/19/2015 0.02
6/20/2015 0.00
6/21/2015 0.67
6/22/2015 0.00
6/23/2015 0.11
6/24/2015 0.00
6/25/2015 0.21
6/26/2015 T
6/27/2015 0.62
6/28/2015 0.00
6/29/2015 0.61
6/30/2015 0.06
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
7/1/2015 0.00
7/2/2015 0.01
7/3/2015 0.00
7/4/2015 0.00
7/5/2015 0.00
7/6/2015 0.00
7/7/2015 0.61
7/8/2015 0.15
7/9/2015 0.14
7/10/2015 0.01
7/11/2015 0.00
7/12/2015 0.07
7/13/2015 0.00
7/14/2015 0.77
7/15/2015 0.00
7/16/2015 0.00
7/17/2015 1.02
7/18/2015 0.64
7/19/2015 0.04
7/20/2015 0.00
7/21/2015 0.00
7/22/2015 0.00
7/23/2015 0.00
7/24/2015 0.00
7/25/2015 0.00
7/26/2015 0.00
7/27/2015 T
7/28/2015 0.00
7/29/2015 0.11
7/30/2015 0.00
7/31/2015 0.00
8/1/2015 0.00
8/2/2015 0.00
8/3/2015 0.35
8/4/2015 0.00
8/5/2015 0.00
8/6/2015 0.00
8/7/2015 0.00
8/8/2015 0.00
8/9/2015 0.02
8/10/2015 0.01
8/11/2015 0.14
8/12/2015 0.00
8/13/2015 0.00
8/14/2015 0.00
8/15/2015 0.29
8/16/2015 0.02
8/17/2015 0.00
8/18/2015 1.75
8/19/2015 0.55
8/20/2015 0.00
8/21/2015 0.00
8/22/2015 0.00
8/23/2015 0.00
8/24/2015 0.25
8/25/2015 0.00
8/26/2015 0.00
8/27/2015 0.00
8/28/2015 0.00
8/29/2015 0.04
8/30/2015 0.03
8/31/2015 0.00
9/1/2015 0.00
9/2/2015 0.00
9/3/2015 0.00
9/4/2015 0.00
9/5/2015 0.15
9/6/2015 0.13
9/7/2015 0.00
9/8/2015 0.00
9/9/2015 1.20
9/10/2015 0.00
9/11/2015 0.38
9/12/2015 0.14
9/13/2015 0.04
9/14/2015
9/15/2015
9/16/2015
9/17/2015
9/18/2015 **
9/19/2015 **
9/20/2015 3.91
9/21/2015
9/22/2015 0.00
9/23/2015 0.00
9/24/2015 0.00
9/25/2015 0.00
9/26/2015 0.00
9/27/2015 0.00
9/28/2015 T
9/29/2015 0.00
9/30/2015 T



Observation Date Observation Time Precipitation Snowfall Snowfall SWE Snow Depth Snow SWE Notes
10/1/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Sunny, slight wind from southeast, and 47.6° following overnight low of 46.2° and puny high of 59.1°. September totaled 3.37" rain but only 0.13" after the first half of the month,
10/2/2014 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M October began with a deluge of 0.03" some time during the early morning hours. Yesterday was again pleasant with high of 72.8° after low of 47.6°. At present, 62.6°, calm, and overcast.
10/3/2014 7:00 AM 1.72 M M M M Raining lightly and 53.7° (24-hour low) after high of 71.7°.
10/4/2014 7:00 AM 0.13 T T M M Light SNOW and 35.4° (24-hour low) after rainy and windy Friday which featured an abysmal high of but 48.5°.
10/5/2014 7:00 AM 0.05 T T M M Very difficult day to have logged 11 miles on my bike: high of only 45.6°, a bit of snow, irritating rain, and strong winds from west. This morning wind has shifted to southwest, skies are clear, and mercury is at 39.2° after 35.4° low.
10/6/2014 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Another dreary, overcast morning with 45.3° reading after chilly high of but 54.6°, low of 39.2°, and a spit of rain mid-afternoon.
10/7/2014 7:00 AM 0.01 0.0 M M M Dreary, 48°, and south wind after hi/lo of 60.4° and 43.8°.
10/8/2014 7:00 AM T M M M M Clearing, wind from west, and 43.1° (24-hour low) after high of 66.3° and a trace of rain. Would've been wonderful biking weather if not for those strong WSW winds most of yesterday.
10/9/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Calm, sunny, and 49.1° after windy high of 62.7° and low of 42.6° (0715 hours 10/8).
10/10/2014 7:00 AM T M M M M Decent autumn day with 62.2°, sun, and less wind than in previous days. 24-hour low is present reading of 41.1° under clear skies and with slight north wind.
10/11/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear, calm, heavy frost in the park behind us, and 37.9° after hi/lo of 60.4° and 37.7°. Pleasant day ahead before rainy period commences.
10/12/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Wind from southeast, clear, and 41.7° after halcyon Saturday with 62.2° high that followed 37.9° low.
10/13/2014 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Gloomy, calm, and 57.3° after high of but 62.4° and low (0715 hours 10/12) of 41.5°. Rained on us much of the way to Springfield and back yesterday but very disappointing total here.
10/14/2014 7:00 AM 0.46 M M M M SE wind, threatening skies, and 60.2° after high temperature of 67.1° and low of 57.3°. For mid-October, grass is still verdant. We're already within 1/2" of normal rainfall for the entire month.
10/15/2014 7:00 AM 0.37 M M M M Dank, wind from northwest, and 50° after dreary day with high of 61.5° and low of 49.6°. We're closing in on our eighth month of above average rainfall; only March and April were below normal.
10/16/2014 7:00 AM 0.07 M M M M Fourth consecutive dreary day in row with 52.8° high, 50° low, and drizzle that continued for hours and hours. At present, overcast, calm, and 50.3°.
10/17/2014 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Clearing with southwest wind and overnight low of 47.8° after fifth straight dreary day with high of 54.5°.
10/18/2014 7:00 AM 0.03 0.0 M M M Six consecutive dreary days behind us and it appears today will be another. Yesterday's high was a very windy 57°, the overnight low 44.4° and present overcast reading is a tick up at 45.5°.
10/19/2014 7:00 AM 0.02 T T M M Clear, calm, and 32.1° (24-hour low) after a day of drizzle, light rain, a few flakes of snow, and a puny 49.1° high. Ugh, lovely weather but at least the trees are at their peaks of color.
10/20/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Southerly winds, 45.5°, and clear after low of 32° (0715 10/19) and high of 55°. Decent day but after the Packer victory when I went out to ride the bike the winds picked up quite nastily from the west.
10/21/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Overcast, wind from north, and 47.3° after hi/lo of 63.8° and 45.5°.
10/22/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Calm, clear, frost in the park behind us, and 24-hour low of 35° after yet another windy day on which high temperature was but 52.8°.
10/23/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear, slight wind from south, and 37.5° after pleasant autumn day featuring high of 59° and low of 35°.
10/24/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Overcast, calm, and 48.2° following high of 60.6° and low of 37.5° (0715 hours yesterday).
10/25/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Yesterday's high was 65.8°, the low 48.2° (0715 hours on 10/24) and present sunny reading is 56.6°.
10/26/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear, calm, and 39.9° (24-hour low) after happy high of 70.3°. In 64 years of life I don't believe I've ever seen so many people doing yardwork at one time. Everywhere I drove or biked, there were mowers, rakes, and blowers all picking up after Mother Nature.
10/27/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Great day for raking leaves! 66.5° high (after low of 35.7°)and very little wind. Alas, this morning it looks like we never touched the backyard as it has a solid cover of yellow maple leaves amidst a 55.2° temperature.
10/28/2014 7:00 AM 0.20 M M M M Yesterday's balmy high of 77.7° is in the rear-view mirror as the present/24-hour low temp is but 51.4° and the skies are overcast with a stiff west wind. The only thing that's not different from yesterday is that the yard is again full of leaves for the fourth straight day.
10/29/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Unpleasant day with misleading high of 60.2° that was greatly minimized by cold winds that blew and blew. Overnight low was 42.8° and present overcast reading is 44.4°.
10/30/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear, calm, and cold with mercury at 31.8° after overnight low of 31.4°. Yesterday's high of but 46.5° felt even colder with another round of powerful west winds.
10/31/2014 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Miserable late autumn day shaping up as .01" cold rain has fallen, skies are overcast, and powerful winds are roaring along at 20-30 MPH from the north. Temperature is 37.9° after yesterday's high of 53.2° and low of 31.8°. Batten down the hatches, mates!
11/1/2014 7:00 AM 0.01 T T M M Abysmal day to end October: 40 MPH+ winds from north, four brief falls of snow, light rain, and temperatures which never got past 42.9°. Overnight low reached 32.9°, present reading is 35° with mostly cloudy skies, and wind is still from north albeit much less punishing than 24 hours ago. October ended with 3.18" rain, making it the eighth month of ten in 2014 to have exceeded norms.
11/2/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M High was but 54.5°, low 24°, and current, sunny reading is 25.3°. Did yeoman yardwork yesterday and, at maximum, have two more times in 2014 of cutting the lawn. Due to the cool and rainy summer, this has been the first autumn since 2009 that I've not had to make significant repairs to the turf.
11/3/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Partly sunny, windy from southwest, and 43.7° after hi/lo of 52.5° and 25.3° (0715 hours 11/2). Yesterday was another epic struggle of man (old) versus Mother Nature and for the first time this autumn the former prevailed: awakened this morning to see that none of the spots in the yard that received my blood, toil, sweat, and tears yesterday afternoon had been re-covered by overnight winds.
11/4/2014 7:00 AM 0.08 0.0 M M M Gloomy start with overcast skies and more rapier winds from the southwest, but a temperature of 52.7° which might be the highest it'll be today. Yesterday's extreme's were 63.8° and 43.7° (0715 hours). For all you "gotta do this yard task one more time this year" people, beware: the gremlins are out there. On my last pass on the hedges with the electric machetes, I laid open my index finger yesterday and it took five hours to finally stop the bleeding. Lesson learned.
11/5/2014 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Chilly day but hot voting results: 53° high, 33.4° low and present sunny reading of 33.8°. Only dampening factor on this November 4th was .01" rain in mid-morning.
11/6/2014 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Blustery morning with strong northwest winds, overcast skies and 45.8° reading. Yesterday's high reached an unseasonal 62.7° while the low was 33.8° (0715 hours 11/5). Rainfall was less than predicted (what's new?) but will make some of the year's final yardwork easier to accomplish.
11/7/2014 7:00 AM T M M M M Strangely calm, overcast, and 24-hour low of 34.8° after chilly, unpleasant day with early high of 45.8° which slowly fell throughout the day.
11/8/2014 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Overcast, northwest wind, and 42° after hi/lo of 52.3° and 34.8° (0715 hours 11/7).
11/9/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Partly cloudy, near-calm, and 32.3° after nippy overnight low of 29.6° which followed unseasonal low of 46.9°. Front yard has been completely put to bed for the year. There'll be no more joy, calluses, sweat, and beauty out there until next April.
11/10/2014 7:00 AM T 0.0 M M M Overcast, wind from southeast, and 41.9° after surprising high of 52.3° and low of 32.5° (0715 hours 11/9).
11/11/2014 7:00 AM T M M M M South winds, very overcast, and 49.2° after hi/lo of 62° and 41.9° (0715 on 11/10). Kindly remember that today is Veterans' Day.
11/12/2014 7:00 AM 0.26 M M M M Overcast with northwest wind and 26.4° (24-hour low) after rainy high of 49.2°. Precipitation was cold and miserable but we need even more of it for the trees and shrubs to survive winter in a healthy way.
11/13/2014 7:00 AM T T T M M High of 28.9°, low of 23.1°, and a few snowflakes just for irritation. Present temperature is 23.3° with west winds and overcast sky.
11/14/2014 7:00 AM T T T M M Overcast, northwest wind, and 22.8° after 17.6° low and 29.3° high. All three readings are far, far below average for this time of year.
11/15/2014 7:00 AM T T T M M Nippy in the garden spot of the southwest suburbs. Under overcast skies and gentle south winds, present temperature is 15.8° after hi/lo of but 29.3° and 15.4°. These readings would be more typical of late January and early February.
11/16/2014 7:00 AM T T T M M The one to three inches of snow that the weather guessers predicted at mid-week ended up as a few pathetic flakes yesterday. These people give more losing efforts more than the Cubs and Bears! Present overcast reading is 27.1° after hi/lo of 35.4° and 15.4° (0715 hours 11/15).
11/17/2014 7:00 AM 0.01 0.1 0.01 T M Nippy weekend concluded with high of but 30.3° and present 24-hour low of 10.7°. The sporadic little spits of snow finally resulted in some measurable precipitation.
11/18/2014 7:00 AM T T T M M Stiff west winds, mostly sunny, and 9.3° after overnight low of 9.1° and high of 27.1° (0715 hours 11/17). One has to go back to 1951 - the first full year of my life - to see arctic temperatures this low in what's now acting as if it's winter.
11/19/2014 7:00 AM T T T M M Overcast, wind from south, and 24-hour high of 22.4° after low of 9.3° early last evening.
11/20/2014 7:00 AM T T T T M Sunny, slight west wind, and 15.6° after surprising high of 35.7° (albeit far below normal) and low of 15.4°. For more than a week, we've had a daily inconsequential spray of snow. Today might bring a break before - as predicted by the "Your-guess-is-as-good-as-mine" forecasters - we experience some messy weather.
11/21/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Calm and sunny but a frigid 6.6° after high of but 33° and low of - brrrr - 5.7°. This is mid/late-November? No now flurries yesterday. Been a bit since we were free of those omens of winter.
11/22/2014 7:00 AM 0.06 M M M M BE VERY CAREFUL: our driveway is slick enough to be used for a Blackhawks' practice. 24-hour high is present reading of 34.7° with SW winds and leaden skies. At 0715 hours yesterday, 6.4° on the thermometer was lowest mark for the most recent 48 hours.
11/23/2014 7:00 AM T M M M M South winds, overcast, and 48° after forecasted downpour (yea, right) which amassed a trace yesterday. Low of 34.7° (0715 hours on 11/22) and relatively pleasant high of 50.7°. In the afternoon's decent weather, any stray leaves, accursed honey locust seed pods, and itinerant twigs were put to rest.
11/24/2014 7:00 AM 1.14 M M M M Rain from west and 40.2° with temperatures steady and then falling for the last 22 hours from high of 50.5° (1000 hours 11/23) to this reporting time.
11/25/2014 7:00 AM 0.33 2.0 0.33 2.0 M Overcast, cold west wind, and 20.1° after 40.2° high (0715 hours 11/24) and low of 19.5°. As much of yesterday's precipitation seemed to arrive horizontally, I believe my gauge sample to be erroneously low.
11/26/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 1.5 M Another chilly mid-winter morning with clouds, sharp wind from east, and 21.9° after hi/lo of 24.6° and 14.7°. Snow on ground has already begun to settle into a pack despite no temperatures near 32° on 11/25.
11/27/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 1.0 M Light west winds, overcast, and 21° (24-hour low) after chilly high of but 27.5°. As we're stuffing ourselves today, let's remember to Whom we are giving thanks.
11/28/2014 7:00 AM T T T 1.0 M Wind from south, overcast, and 18.5° after high of 26.2°. Temperature has been rising slowly since late last evening when 24-hour low of 12.2° was reached. Flurries punctuated Thanksgiving Day but in no appreciable amount.
11/29/2014 7:00 AM T T T 0.5 M Sunny, south winds, and 30.9° after hi/lo of 33.4° and 19° (0715 hours 11/28). Snow cover will likely be gone if today's predicted highs materialize.
11/30/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 M Clearing, south wind, and 43.5° after low of 30.9° (0715 hours 11/29) and high of 54.3° that enabled some late-year yard work to be accomplished. Even in shaded and otherwise protected areas, snow is totally gone.
12/1/2014 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 M From high temperature of 59.7° at 11:15 a.m., mercury fell steadily and at times rapidly until it hit present mark of 19.5°. A spit of rain occurred near 0845 hours but only 1.94" fell for November along with 2.1" snow.
12/2/2014 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 M Slight east wind, clearing, and 17.4° after meager high of 24.6° and low of 16.1°. Unknown precipitation fell at 2130 hours on 12/1.
12/3/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear, wind from west, and 22.4° after high of 33.6° and low of 17.4° (0715 hours 12/2). Every day without snow is one closer to next spring.
12/4/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 M Overcast, wind from northeast, and 24.8° after super sunny day with 44.6° high and 21.2° low.
12/5/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 M Overcast, 32°, and calm after hi/lo of 37° and 24.8°. Rode the bicycle outside yesterday after almost five weeks of indoor stuff. Hallelujah!
12/6/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 M Windy from north (no riding of bike today), 34.7°, and overcast after high of 42° (no wind: pleasant conditions!) and low of 32°.
12/7/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 M Clear, light winds from southeast, and 24° (24-hour low) after windy, raw high of 44°. The day looked far more pleasant than the omnipresent cold gales caused it to be.
12/8/2014 7:00 AM 0.03 0.0 0.00 0.0 M Miserable morning with cold south winds, chilly rain, and 32° after 39° high and 24° low (0715 hours 12/7).
12/9/2014 7:00 AM 0.20 T T T M Lousy December morning with 33.9°, strong north winds, light rain, and dense overcast. Traces of snow at various times yesterday along with 1/5th" rain. High of but 36.8° and low of 31.4° kept matters from becoming treacherous on sidewalks and roads.
12/10/2014 7:00 AM 0.02 T T T M North winds, overcast, and 30° after unremarkable hi/lo of 37.5° and 29.8.
12/11/2014 7:00 AM T T T T M Several very brief episodes of snowflakes yesterday as a dreary early winter continues. 24-hour high was 33.8° and low/present temperature is 26° with leaden skies and north winds.
12/12/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Hard frost, slight northwest wind and 24.6° after high of only 31.8° and early morning low of 21.3°. Every day without snow is one closer to next spring.
12/13/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 M Overcast, foggy, 34.5° and light wind from southwest after hi/lo of 35.2° and 24.6° (0715 hours 12/2).
12/14/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 M Light fog, slight south wind, overcast, and 43.7° after unseasonal high of 46.9° and low of just 34.5° (0715 hours 12/13).
12/15/2014 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 M Drizzle from south, overcast, and 44° after dreary hi/lo of 49.7° and 43.7°.
12/16/2014 7:00 AM 0.21 0.0 0.00 0.0 M Light rain, wind from south, and 42.9° after narrow span of extremes with 44.7° and 41°. Two good aspects of the rains of late: 1) puts water into the shrubs and trees for the winter and 2) we don't shovel rain. Were the temperatures of the last 24 hours 10 degrees colder, we might be moving three inches of heart attack snow.
12/17/2014 7:00 AM 0.07 0.0 0.00 0.0 M Light west winds, overcast, and 24.7° after early 44° high. You have eight weather days of chances for a white Christmas.
12/18/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Overcast, calm, and 23° after chilly high of 26° and overnight low of 22.4°.
12/19/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 M Slight northwest winds, overcast, and 25.8° after narrow range of high (26.6°) and low (23°) temperatures. You have six days and very little chance of enjoying a statistically white Christmas. Hope the weather geniuses are wrong.
12/20/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 M Calm, overcast, and 27.5° after hi/lo of 33.9° and 25.8°. Dreary but seasonal temperatures for late December.
12/21/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 M Am suffering from one of those wonderful colds which are going around and, thus, overslept. Sorry. Overcast and dreary with slight wind from south and 30.5° after extremely narrow range of readings: 31.8° high and 27.5° low. You now have less than a handful of days by which to achieve a statistical white Christmas.
12/22/2014 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 M Yet another dreary morning with overcast skies, southeast winds, and 30.9° after hi/lo of 36.6° and 28.2°. White Christmas? Bah, humbug!
12/23/2014 7:00 AM 0.40 0.0 0.00 0.0 M Well, whaddya know, the boys at the bureau now seem to have us in line for a white Christmas. The past 24 hours haven't been of that sort of weather with 46° high, 30.9° low, .4" rain, and current 43.1° with SUNNY skies.
12/24/2014 7:00 AM 0.03 0.0 0.00 0.0 M Ah yes, the inevitable drawback of severe snow predictions as we enter the realistic 36-hour frame of forecasting. You can keep the tarp over the snow-thrower in your garage. Yesterday's high was 49.4°, low 37.2° and at present 37.4° under overcast skies.
12/25/2014 7:00 AM 0.08 0.0 0.00 0.0 M Same weather record for 12/24 as for almost every other day this dreary, rhinitis-engendering month: overcast, damp (0.08" rain), raw southwest winds, and present temperature of 32.7° after hi/lo of 38.3° and 32.1°. Well, a blessed Christmas anyhow!
12/26/2014 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 M Had a pale-green, tan, brown Christmas featuring a bit of drizzle, some sun, 44° high temperature, 32.7° low and now 34.3° with clearing skies.
12/27/2014 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 M More of what they used to call "pneumonia weather" with a damp, windy high of 51.2°, low of 43.5° and present drizzly reading of 46.2°. I'd take traditional cold, snowy late December conditions if it meant that so many around us would not have these illnesses that have been going on and on and on.
12/28/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 M Overcast, slight west wind, and 23° (24-hour low) after day in which temperatures steadily declined from 1100 hours high of 47.6° to present reading. We're 88 hours from completing a December with ZERO measurable snow. Incredible!
12/29/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 M Clearing, heavy frost, north wind, and 24.4° after hi/lo of 33.6° and 19°. 29 days of December and we've not had ANY measurable snow!
12/30/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 M 28 hours until we've recorded a snow-free December. How rare will that be? Yesterday's high was 37.9° but overnight and present low are but 10.7° with north winds.
12/31/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 M Baby, it's cold outside! High of 22.6°, low of 2.8° and our furnace churns away with the backyard temperature having risen all the way to 3° (weren't they a 70's singing group?). Abundant sun but west wind makes it quite unpleasant as we finish December with zero measurable snow and only 1.04" rain. After being saturated with rain for ten months we had less than 3" in all of November and December to total 43.87" for 2014. By comparison, 2012 was a drought year with only 24.39" and last year we received 36.98".
1/1/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 M No snow but 3° low (0715 hours 12/31), 20.3° high and current sunny, windy reading of 13.2°.
1/2/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 M Calm, clear, and 15° after reasonably seasonal extremes of 31.8° and 13.2°.
1/3/2015 7:00 AM 0.19 0.4 0.40 0.4 0.19 Rain from east and 31.8° after 35.4° high and low of 15° (0715 hours 1/2). Very difficult to measure snow or if the substance on the ground is indeed snow due to the types of moisture that have fallen, passage of time, and the near-32° temperatures.
1/4/2015 7:00 AM 0.65 0.8 M 0.8 M Overcast, cold northwest wind, and 30.2° (24-hour low) after high of but 33.9°. I shudder to think what the 2/3s inch of rain might have been in terms of snow had the temperatures been 2-3 degrees lower.
1/5/2015 7:00 AM 0.04 0.8 0.04 1.6 M Windy and sunny but -3.3° after high of 30.2° (0715 hours 1/4) and overnight low of -4.4°.
1/6/2015 7:00 AM 0.22 2.6 0.22 4.2 M Sunny, wind from northwest, and 5.1° after hi/lo of 8.6° and -3.3°. Snowfall was 33% lower than the lower end of what the boys at the bureau (NWS) had predicted. I'll take it!
1/7/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 4.0 M Wicked northwest wind, -1.7° (24-hour low), and clear after high of but 10.2°
1/8/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 4.0 M Overcast, wind from southwest, and -7.3° after overnight low of -9.6° and paltry high of 5.3°. Well, it's getting to be mid-January, isn't it?
1/9/2015 7:00 AM 0.05 2.4 0.50 5.0 M Aside from my temperature reports (high of 17.6°, low of -7.1°, present reading of 3.3°) and noting a west wind under clear skies, my precip amounts are largely 'guesstimates'. The Dr. Zhivago-like winds resulted in very little snow in the gauge but many deep spots in the back yard.
1/10/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 4.8 M -4°, windy from southwest, and sunny after another cold night of -4.8° which followed high of but 8.6°.
1/11/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 4.4 M 25.7° (24-hour high) and cloudy after dry day of rising temperatures with 0715 hours (1/10) low of -4.4°.
1/12/2015 7:00 AM 0.10 1.1 0.10 5.2 M 21.0° (24-hour low) and overcast with sharp north wind. Yesterday's high of 31.2° created some melting before Mother Nature gifted us with over an inch of snow.
1/13/2015 7:00 AM T 0.2 T 5.2 M East wind, flurries, and 12.0° (24-hour low) after high of 25.7°.
1/14/2015 7:00 AM T T T 5.0 M -3.5° (24-hour low) and calm after 28° high and a brief fall of flakes.
1/15/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 4.8 M Southwest winds, light overcast, and 16.8° after hi/lo of 18.3° and -3.5°. Today we reach the halfway point of meteorological winter.
1/16/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 2.5 M Unremarkable winter day with 33.8° high, 16.7° low and present temperature of 19.2° under dome of light fog and light SW winds. Yesterday's thaw allowed me to strain my back while picking away at compressed snow in the driveway. Getting too old for this!
1/17/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 1.8 M Strong winds from south, sunny, and 32.5° after high of 41.1° and low of 16.7° (0715 hours 1/16). Two things surprise me about the snow in our yard: how little we've had yet how much still remains despite some above-freezing days.
1/18/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 1.0 M Overcast, windy from southwest, and 32.9° after sub-forecast high of 42° and low of 32.5°. At this point, determination of amount of snow on ground is strictly a guess. In many spots there's 3" whereas many places are bare.
1/19/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.5 M Calm, sunny morning with 22.6° of mercury on what is usually one of the coldest days of the year. High yesterday of 39.7° liquified some of the snow in the yard but overnight low of 21.2° refroze it. Be careful out there!
1/20/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 T M Sunny, slight southwest wind, and 30.2° following 46.2° high and 22.6° low (0715 hours 1/19). On our property snow can now only be found in broad, shallow patches.
1/21/2015 7:00 AM 0.02 T T T M Wind from east, overcast, and 31.1° (slippery out there!) after hi/lo of 35.6° and 30.5°. Some form of precipitation fell overnight but it can't be discerned whether it was sleet, freezing rain, or snow.
1/22/2015 7:00 AM 0.04 T T T M Various forms of precipitation accompanied high of 32.7° and low of 25.5°. Overcast but calm skies now present with 27.6° temperature.
1/23/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 T M Dreary 24 hours with high of 32.5° and low of 27.6°. At present 29.3°, overcast, and sharp little wind from west. Snow still exists in broad, shallow patches all over the yard.
1/24/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 T M 31.2° high, 25.7° low and present temp of 29.3° under sunny skies. RIP Ernie Banks, Mr. Cub.
1/25/2015 7:00 AM 0.01 0.0 0.00 T M Same old same old: NWS had us worked into a lather over a 2"-4" snowfall and I've awakened to but .01" rain with northeast winds, drizzle, and a temperature of 33.6°. Yesterday's extremes were 43.7° and 29.3°.
1/26/2015 7:00 AM 0.08 0.5 0.08 0.5 M A piddly 1/2" of snow sits under sunny skies in the backyard where the high was 33.8° and low was 14.3°. Present temperature is 16.7° with a light wind from the northwest.
1/27/2015 7:00 AM 0.05 0.7 0.08 1.2 M Overcast with light east winds and 26.2° after high of only 26.6°. Once readings emerged from the teens (16.6° low at 0715 hours 1/26), they remained near 26° all day and through this past night.
1/28/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.6 M Sunny, light west winds, and 20.8° after hi/lo of 33.9° and 18.5°.
1/29/2015 7:00 AM 0.01 0.0 0.00 T M Overcast, sharp northwest winds, and 33.4° after middle-of-the-night high of 36.3° and low of 20.8° (0715 hours 1/28). Paltry amount of rain fell around 2230 hours.
1/30/2015 7:00 AM T T T T M 20.3° (24-hour low), north wind, and clear after 34.1° high. Flurries fell near 0830 hours but amounted to almost nothing. With nearly two months of meteorological winter in the books, we've had 11.6" snow. No complaints here.
1/31/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 T M 23.5°, overcast, and wind from southwest after pleasant, placid day (32.9° high, 16.8° low) which allowed me to take my first outdoor bicycle ride of 2015. Terrific cartoon in yesterday's local paper. Showed weather forecaster throwing darts at boards which showed various types of weather. They've been wrong every single time this winter; perhaps this is the one time their dart will hit the "Heavy Snow" category. The cartoon can be found at: www.davegranlund.com/cartoons/2015/01/29/meteorologists.
2/1/2015 7:00 AM 0.91 7.2 0.91 7.2 0.91 31.2° and snowing after high of 38.8° and low of 23.6° (0715 hours 1/31). Rain turned into snow near 1900 hours and has stayed as such right through collection time. 7.2" is general total of wet snow and it is definitely HEART ATTACK SNOW! Be careful or pay a teen good money to remove it.
2/2/2015 7:00 AM 0.64 8.8 0.64 15.0 M Wind from north, clear, and 24-hour low of 15.2° after high of 31.8° amid 8.8" snow. Two-day totals reached 15" and more than doubled what we'd had since the beginning of November. Early rounds of snow were of heart attack variety but later-day falls turned to cold, fluffy stuff. Odd snow totals for this season: 2.1" Nov, 0.0" Dec (!), 9.5" Jan, and 15" for two days of February.
2/3/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 14.0 M Overcast, slight southeast breeze, and 11.8° after overnight low of but 5.1°. Yesterday's high was only 18.5° but unblocked sunshine and longer length of day helped to reduce snowpack by one inch. We'll take it!
2/4/2015 7:00 AM 0.02 0.2 0.02 12.5 M High of 27.8°, low of 11.8° (0715 hours 2/3) and present overcast reading of 23.7° with wind from north. Burst of snow yesterday was just enough to make surfaces slippery again and this morning's forecasted little storm should do even more.
2/5/2015 7:00 AM 0.06 1.5 0.60 14.0 M So much for the predicted -11! It's -3.1° (24-hour low), sunny, and calm after high of 23.7° and 1.5" snow. Until last weekend we'd had a grand total of around 11" for the winter. This morning we rest at 28.3".
2/6/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 13.0 M Partly cloudy, 12.3°, and wind from southwest on President Reagan's 104th birthday. Low of -3.1° occurred at 0715 hours 2/5. Should get some melting of snow today which will help my unhappy job of digging a grave for our dying little 14 year-old dog. We've had three dogs over a 41 year span.
2/7/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 12.0 M Sunny, south winds, and already 25.3° after high of only 28.2° (prediction by Chicago media tea-leaf readers was low 30s) after low of 12.3° (0715 hours 2/6).
2/8/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 9.0 M Calm, overcast, and 32.5° after pleasant high of 40.4° and low of 23.7° (0715 hours 2/7). Lost three inches of snow depth yesterday.
2/9/2015 7:00 AM 0.01 0.0 0.00 8.0 M Stiff north winds, overcast, and 26° (24-hour low) after brief high of 43.8° before temperature tumbled quickly at midday. Snow pack fell only one inch despite some light form of moisture that fell overnight. ADDENDUM: It's now 1130 hours and I've corrected the typo on rain amount that I typed in four hours ago. Sorry!
2/10/2015 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 7.0 M 21.2°, slight northwest wind, and overcast after hi/lo of 28.7° and 20.1°. Brief falls of snowflakes during midday amounted to only a trace of precipitation.
2/11/2015 7:00 AM T T T 6.5 M Present temperature of 31.4° under cloudy skies with west wind is also high for last 24 hours. Low of 21° was at 0715 hours yesterday and followed by several brief episodes of drizzle and light snow.
2/12/2015 7:00 AM 0.01 0.2 0.20 5.0 M Stiff northwest wind, sunny, and 10° (24-hour low) after normal high of 34.1°. Surprising .2" snow in backyard.
2/13/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 4.5 M Sunny and calm but only 2.6° after overnight low of 0.1°. Yesterday's high was but 17.9° and a constant rapier wind made for a very raw day on which to celebrate Mr. Lincoln's 216th birthday.
2/14/2015 7:00 AM T T T 4.5 M Snowflakes, fierce northwest wind, and 18.6° (falling rapidly since the middle of the night) after high of 27.3° and low of 2.3° (0715 hours 2/13).
2/15/2015 7:00 AM 0.01 0.1 0.10 4.5 M Clear, winds from north, and -0.4° after frigid (for mid-February) hi/lo of 18.6° (0715 hours 2/14) and -2.4°. With brief, horizontal blasts of flurries and white-outs, snow total is questionable.
2/16/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 4.5 M Snowpack has remained constant at just around 5" with yesterday's high of but 18.5°, low of -0.6°, and present reading of 6.2°. Remember that sissy month of December we had? Just KNEW that we'd pay for it later and we are now!
2/17/2015 7:00 AM T T T 4.5 M Light snow and 16.8° (24-hour high) after low of 6.2° (0715 hours yesterday). In the last week, high readings in the garden spot of the southwest suburbs have regularly been nearly 15-20° below normal.
2/18/2015 7:00 AM T T T 4.5 M Another lovely late February day with high of but 21.5°, low of 5°, some flurries, and present sunny reading of 5.1° with stiff northwest winds.
2/19/2015 7:00 AM T T T 4.5 M Incredibly cold for this late in February with overnight low of -8.5°, present reading of -8.0, and yesterday's 'high' being 10° with some flurries. A taunting sun is shining but the frigid air and stiff northwest wind make it nearly unwise to stay outdoors for more than a few minutes.
2/20/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 4.5 M Overcast, wind from south, and 3.3° after bone-chilling hi/lo of 5.3° and -8.2°. We're a week from March and seemingly stuck in early January.
2/21/2015 7:00 AM 0.01 0.3 0.01 4.8 M 17.6° (24-hour high), overcast, and slight south wind after low of 3.3° (0715 hours 2/20). Both my snow amount and precipitation caught in the gauge are less than precise due to the horizontal nature the snow fell and the occasional blowing/drifting once the snow landed.
2/22/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 4.6 M Relatively balmy day with high of 30°, low of 16.5° and present reading of 16.8° with north winds. If the dart throwers at NWS are right, yesterday's high will have been the peak reading for the duration of this awful month. We've had but six days when the high exceeded 30° and only two of them topped out at over 40°. The black/gray ugly snow drifts continue to taunt us as we drive past.
2/23/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 4.6 M Arctic weather continues with high of 21.2° (nearly 20 degrees below average), low of -4.6° (28 degrees below average), and sunny current temperature of -3.1° with northwest winds. In six days it'll be March which typically dishes up the most erratic weather of the year.
2/24/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 4.6 M Strong southwest winds and clearing but only 6.9° after hi/lo of 13.8° and -3.1 (0715 hours 2/23). According to the weather wizards, today appears to be the best chance at grinding out one last temperature at or above freezing for the rest of February. We've had but six in the first 3 1/2 weeks.
2/25/2015 7:00 AM T T T 4.5 M High of 29.3° and abundant sunshine did not cut into the ugly snowpack we've had to look at every day of this month. As well, brief spat of flurries in early afternoon had no effect on the landscape. Low of 6.9° for 2/24 was at 0715 hours and present 14.7° reading is forecast to rise but 6-8 degrees.
2/26/2015 7:00 AM 0.22 4.5 0.22 9.0 M Snowing, wind from northeast, and 16.5° after high of 33.8° and early morning low of 14.7°. Our 4.5 inches of new snow guarantees that we will have had at least a half-foot of the stuff on the ground for most of February AND through the bitter end of it.
2/27/2015 7:00 AM 0.02 2.0 0.02 11.0 M -4.9°, northwest wind, and sunny after another early January day in late February with high of but 20.6° and overnight low of -6.7°. With two more inches of snow falling after reporting time on 26 February, yard is now covered with 11 inches of snow.
2/28/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 10.0 M Sunny, light southeast winds, and 8° after another frigid day with extremes of 17.4° and -6.4°. Fluffy snow from Thursday sank more than one inch yesterday.
3/1/2015 7:00 AM 0.01 0.2 0.10 9.7 M Overcast, slight southeast wind, and 18.3° after hi/lo of 26.9° and 8°. We greet March with 9.7" of snow still covering the backyard. I dare say that's happened precious few times in 140+ years of Chicago area record-keeping,
3/2/2015 7:00 AM 0.04 0.2 0.04 8.5 M Sunny and southwest wind after 27.5° high, 6.6° low, and present reading of 9.8°. Temperature never reached a thawing point yesterday but abundant sunshine and our progressively longer day put an appreciable dent in the snow pack (despite a brief period of snow).
3/3/2015 7:00 AM 0.04 0.3 0.04 7.9 M Freezing rain, strong winds from south, and 26.6° after hi/lo of 30° and 9.8° (0715 hours 3/3). We must again be down to the height of the snow pack at which it's highly compacted. Despite much unclouded sunshine yesterday and temperature near thawing, the level fell from 8.5" to only 7.9".
3/4/2015 7:00 AM 0.05 0.0 0.00 6.9 M Sunny, northwest wind, and 14.1° (24-hour low) after 30° high. As there was little sun early in the day and light precipitation fell, snow pack melted less than in previous days with the same high reading on the mercury. The hard core that's left will take much sun/heat and rain to melt.
3/5/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 6.9 M It's 5 March and due to yesterday's high of but 21.9° and overnight low of 6°, we're still staring at 6.9" of snow pack. Sunny and wind from north at present but we'll lose nothing of the accumulated snow until well into the weekend.
3/6/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 6.8 M Sunny, southwest wind, and 6.8° after January extremes of 17.6° and -3.1°. The only positive aspect of yesterday's weather was that all the sunlight we had reduced the snow pack by a whole, whopping, stunning 0.1".
3/7/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 6.5 M 31.4° (24-hour high), sunny, and wind from south after 0715 hours low (4/6) and a shrinking snow pack. We lost 0.3" yesterday/overnight but have had no less than 4.5" since 1 February. If the forecasters are correct, that should change drastically in the nexct 2-5 days.
3/8/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 4.5 M 28.4°, overcast, and wind from west following high of 45.6° and low of 28°. Snow pack shrank two inches yesterday and now we're down to the rock-hard glacial stuff. For those of you who'd like to read a spoof on our dice-rolling weather forecasters, check this article from yesterday's Wall Street Journal: http://imarketreports.com/my-dream-forecast-different-weathermen-review.html. A regular riot!
3/9/2015 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 3.0 M 41.9° high, 24.2° low (present temperature) and a spattering of rain at 1145 hours. Clearing and wind from south should further reduce the snow cover that lost 1 1/2" yesterday.
3/10/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 2.0 M Thick fog, 36.3°, and calm after 48.3° high and 24° low (0715 hours 3/9). This morning is the first day in the last 38 when our 12" ruler would not stick snuggly into the snow for depth measurement. Two or three days of predicted 50° highs and there will be almost nothing to measure.
3/11/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 1.0 M Sunny, slight south winds, and 30.9° after balmy high of 51.9° and overnight low of 30.3°. Today may well be the final day this report will include any measurable level of snow (unless we get whacked by a storm: a very real possibility in this part of the world) for quite some time.
3/12/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 T M Snow pack is all but gone in open spaces after 55.9° high and plenty of sunshine. 28.9° was low reading and under sunny but windy skies (from the east) it's 30°.
3/13/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 M Der Schneee ist schließlich gegangen! Jawohl, with a 59.2° high and present reading of 37.9°, the only snow is where it drifted into a pile and can't be melted by the Sun. 24-hour low of 30° was at 0715 hours yesterday and at present overcast exists with a slight south breeze.
3/14/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 M Clearing, light wind from north, and 43.1° after hi/lo of 61.7° and 37.7 (0715 hours 3/13). Have done plenty of bicycling the last few days. All we need is one rainy day to wash the slop off the surfaces where the snow has melted and then dried.
3/15/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Have had but 0.14" rain the first half of March and need much more to ease us into the growing season. Yesterday's unseasonal high of 59.9° was somewhat blunted by the constant winds from the northwest. 24-hour low is present sunny reading of 28.7°.
3/16/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 M Sunny, west wind, and 47.1° after hi/lo of 62.2° and 28.7° (0715 hours 3/15). Enjoy today's weather: it'll be back to normal for mid-March starting tomorrow.
3/17/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 M Enjoyed our 71.2° high but it's back to typical March weather with overcast skies, brisk northeast winds, and present reading of 37° after 36.8° low. WE NEED RAIN!
3/18/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 M Sunny and calm but cold with 27.3° reading after hi/lo of 47.8° (seasonal) and 25.8°. It'll be April two weeks from now and we've had only a paltry 0.12" rain in March. The farmers need the precip as do our lawns and also the streets so the enormous amounts of road salts can be washed off.
3/19/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 M Overcast, light east wind, and 35.4° after surprising high of 51.2° and low of 27.1° (0715 hours 3/18). Where's the rain? 0.12" in 19 days isn't good.
3/20/2015 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 M Trace of rain at 2045 hours that accomplished exactly nothing except for darkening the color of the asphalt. High of 53.9°, low of 35.4°, and present calm, misty reading of 36.8°.
3/21/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 M Clear, calm, and 31.6° after extremes of 47.6° and 31.4°. In desperation, I performed a rain dance yesterday. The results were immediate: my wife told me to come back inside lest the neighbors think I'd completely lost my marbles.
3/22/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 M Sunny, windy from northeast, and 30.4° after hi/lo of 58.1° (forecasters were way off and low on that) and 28.4°. Nine days left in this month and tonight and tomorrow stand the best chance of giving us the precipitation we badly need.
3/23/2015 7:00 AM 0.01 0.1 0.01 0.1 M Heavily overcast skies, raw northeast wind, a light cover of snow pellets, and 29.4° (24-nour low) after very unpleasant Sunday with raw high of just 44.4° which actually declined all afternoon. Yes, we're just a little over a week from April.
3/24/2015 7:00 AM 0.30 4.0 0.30 4.0 0.30 Clearing, east wind, and 21.7° after high of but 31.2° and low of 21.0°. Most snow fell between 0730 and 1045 hours yesterday and is concreted in place this fine morning. Seven days until April....
3/25/2015 7:00 AM 0.17 0.0 0.00 T M Snow is gone after 0.17" rain, high of 40.4°, and periodic sunshine. Low of 21.7° was at 0715 hours on 24 March and present temperature is 37.9° under foggy, overcast skies.
3/26/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 M Weather wizards blew it again yesterday as predicted high of 55° with rain made it all the way to 41.1° and with nary a drop of the wet stuff. Overnight low was 30.9° and present cloudy reading rests at 31.2° accompanied with sharp northwest winds.
3/27/2015 7:00 AM 0.02 0.5 0.02 0.5 M 0.5" snow, wind from northeast, and 25.8° (24-hour low) after high of 44°. Ah, the gift that keeps on giving: the winter of '14-15 which continues as we get to within four days of April.
3/28/2015 7:00 AM T T T 0.0 M Slight north wind, sunny, and darned cold for this time of year (19.9°). Ridiculous hi/lo for yesterday was 35.2° and 15°. Ample sunshine melted the 1/2" snow.
3/29/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 M Windy from south, 26.6° and partly cloudy after high of 42.8° (10° below normal) and low of 19.9° (0715 hours 3/28). Two more days of this wretched month and then we get our next Roman-named disappointment.
3/30/2015 7:00 AM 0.06 0.0 0.00 0.0 M Sunny, wind from west, and 31.1° after late-arriving high of 47.4° and early-morning low of 26.6°. Freezing rain/sleet/rain occurred at 1100 hours and was gone within the hour. Garden spot of southwest suburbs has recorded but 2/3s inch of precipitation for first 29 days of the March and the final two don't look promising.
3/31/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 M We'll finish March with far, far less than just one inch of rain if today's forecast holds true. In fact, this will be the lowest monthly total I've had in 5+ years of CoCoRaHS reporting. At present, skies are cloudy, sharp wind blowing from north and mercury is at 42.4° after hi/lo of 62° and 30.9°.
4/1/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 M Our wretched but dry March (0.70" precip) is over and it's time to wish for April showers - in moderation - to occur. At 0700 hours, 36.8° and sunny in the garden spot of the southwest suburbs after pleasant high of 58.8° (with the abundance of sunlight it felt even warmer) and an overnight low of 36.6°.
4/2/2015 7:00 AM 0.06 0.0 0.00 0.0 M Thunder with a small amount of rain in the pre-dawn hour after high of 71.2° and low of 36.8° (0715 hours 4/1). At present, slight wind from east, threatening skies, and 50.3°.
4/3/2015 7:00 AM 0.36 0.0 0.00 0.0 M Productive storm yesterday morning gave us more than 1/3" rain. High of 62.4°, low of 44.6° and present overcast reading of 49.2° are all much more bearable than what we've had since early last November.
4/4/2015 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 M Sunny but frost on the ground, wind from south, and 27.3° (nearly 10° below normal) after hi/lo of 55.9° and 25°. Felt brief traces of rain three different times yesterday afternoon.
4/5/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 M Mostly cloudy, southwest wind, and 42.4° after windy high of 58.4° and low of 27.3 (1715 hours 4/4). A blessed Easter to everyone. "For God so loved the world He gave His...."
4/6/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 M Overcast, slight southeast wind, and 49.4° after high of 66.2° and low of 41.9°. If the your-guess-is-as-good-as-mine crystal ball-gazers are correct, the next 2-4 days will be the wettest we've had in months. We need the rain!
4/7/2015 7:00 AM 0.11 0.0 0.00 0.0 M Overcast, chilly wind from northeast, and 42.4° following 64.2° high and 40.6° low. Just 100 miles southwest of here the high temperature is forecast to be in the 70s today, tomorrow, and Thursday. Unfortunately we don't live there.
4/8/2015 7:00 AM 0.02 0.0 0.00 0.0 M Foggy, slight wind from north, and 47.4° after hi/lo of 48° and 42°. Sorry for late report; we've had two deaths in the family in the last 72 hours.
4/9/2015 7:00 AM 0.21 0.0 0.00 0.0 M Overcast, wind from east, and 52.8° after high of 58.4° and low of 45.1° (0715 hours 4/8). Drove through various rain storms on a New Lenox/Champaign round-trip yesterday but nothing fell here until the middle of the night.
4/10/2015 7:00 AM 0.36 0.0 0.00 0.0 M How 'bout them boomin' April showers? We had over 1/3" rain with a high temperature of 69.8° and then the mercury crashed to a low of 40.1° before recovering to 41.3° with stiff west winds and overcast skies.
4/11/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 M Nice to have a sunny sky, 32.9° temperature, and calm after yesterday's powerful winds which consistently buffeted us with blasts of between 30 and 45 mph. Hi/lo on 10 April was 60.6° (which felt much colder because of the winds) and 32.7°. Slight layer of frost covers the park behind us. P.S. Three more days and I dispense with recording a "0" for snowfall until many months from now.
4/12/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 M Clear, light south wind, and 43.8° after balmy, calm high of 63.6° and low of 32.8° (0715 hours 4/11). Vastly improved of late, the weather has still not germinated any of the grass seed that we've put down.
4/13/2015 7:00 AM 0.26 0.0 0.00 0.0 M Light rain from southwest and 54.1° after hi/lo of 66.9° and 43.8° (0715 on 4/12). Grass is finally sprouting from seed I put down three weeks ago. Next thing you know I'll be squawking about having to cut it.
4/14/2015 7:00 AM 0.02 0.0 0.00 0.0 M Slight fall of rain after collecting time yesterday but then day turned pleasant with high of 63.8° and had low of 42.4° (present reading). With sun and slight north wind, today is last day (for many months) I'll be reporting a numeral for snowfall.
4/15/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 M It was a beautiful day in the neighborhood! High of 70.3°, low of 42°, and at present calm and sun prevail with reading of 42.2°. After today, my use of "0" for snow in the '14-'15 period will no longer be entered.
4/16/2015 7:00 AM 0.09 M M M M East wind, light rain, and 46.9° after hi/lo of 71° and 42.2° (0715 hours 4/15). For you history types, on this day 150 years ago Americans were celebrating the the rising of Jesus while mourning the death of Lincoln.
4/17/2015 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M 47.6°, extremely foggy (100-yard visibility), and calm after hi/lo of 68° and 45.6°. Yesterday's rain continued past collection time, thus the 0.02" I'm reporting.
4/18/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Warmest day since back in meteorological autumn with 77° high, 47.6° low, and present calm, sunny reading of 56.1°.
4/19/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Where's the rain? Thought we'd have some by now but all we have is partly cloudy skies, east wind, and 53.9° after hi/lo of 70.3° and 50.9°.
4/20/2015 7:00 AM 0.70 M M M M Brr! Stout west winds, 47.6° (24-hour low), and battleship-gray overcast after early high of 71.6° on 4/19. Rain began at 1350 hours and fell in light but consistent amounts for much of the rest of the day and throughout the night.
4/21/2015 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Very strong southwest winds, sunny, and but 39° after abysmal 'high' of 47.6° and chilly overnight low of 38.4°.
4/22/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Fun early March day: strong west winds, temperature of 34.7°, and totally overcast following high of 53.9° and freezing low of 32.3°.
4/23/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Sunny, cold northwest wind, frost in the park behind us, and 31.8° after greatly unseasonal hi/lo of 46.9° and 28.7°. This abysmal weather must be driving coaches of outdoor spring sports to their wit's ends.
4/24/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Sunny, calm (been awhile since we could report THAT), and 33.8° after bearable high of 55.1° but frosty overnight low of 29.8°.
4/25/2015 7:00 AM 0.48 M M M M Cold, driving rain from east and 42.4° which is sure to both green the lawn and force me to make my first cut of 2015. Yesterday's pleasant high of 64.4° (24-hour low)low of 33.8° was at 0715 hours 4/24) quickly turned blustery and nasty in late afternoon as rain approached.
4/26/2015 7:00 AM 0.51 M M M M Sunny, slight northeast wind, and a chilly 37.7° after dreary hi/lo of 44.7° and 33.8°. I got my annual begin-grass-cutting hint yesterday. My wife glanced out at the backyard and remarked, "Is it me or does it seem that the grass has all of a sudden grown out of control?".
4/27/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Sunny, dry beginning to what's predicted to be a sunny, dry week as high reached only 58.1° and low was 36.8°. At present, northwest winds bring a chill to the air as mercury has risen to 40.6°.
4/28/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M What, no wind? 42.4°, sunny, and calm after pleasant hi/lo of 60.8° and 32°.
4/29/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Sunny, slight north wind, and 40.6° after nice high of 63.6° and overnight low of 36.8°.
4/30/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Overcast, raw northeast wind, and 43.3° after fine day with high of 70.8° and low of 40.4°.
5/1/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Raw Thursday with consistent northeast winds of 15-30 MPH and a high temperature that was 10° below normal (55.9°). Overnight low came perilously close to freezing at 35.6° and current sunny reading is 41.5°. Rain for April was below average with 3.17" having fallen.
5/2/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Gorgeous day with plenty of sunshine, little wind, 71.7° high, and overnight low of 41.5° (0715 hours 5/1). At present 52.5°, calm, and sunny.
5/3/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Mostly cloudy with peeks of sun, wind from south, and 58.6° after warm Saturday that featured 76.8° high after unseasonally high low reading of 52.5°. Last eight consecutive months have had below averages amount of rainfall. We may get a jump start on our May totals the next few days.
5/4/2015 7:00 AM 0.12 M M M M Hi/lo of 80.9° and 58.6° preceded overnight 1/8" rain. Present conditions include temperature of 60°, slight west winds, and overcast skies.
5/5/2015 7:00 AM 0.76 M M M M Overcast, east wind, and 52.7° after muggy high of 75.9° and thunderstorm-aided low of 50.9°.
5/6/2015 7:00 AM 0.23 M M M M Intense, heavy fog, 56.4°, and slight east wind after high of 68.9° and low of 51.2°. One-quarter inch rain yesterday morning gave us exactly one inch for the 36-hour span. The grass in the yard is exploding!
5/7/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Sunny, light south winds, and 64.4° after hi/lo of 82.5° and 56.4°. It's back out to the lawn mower this morning.
5/8/2015 7:00 AM T M M M M How did all that rain miss us? High of 83.3°, low of 64.4°, and at present 66.6° with light southwest winds and partly cloudy skies.
5/9/2015 7:00 AM 0.52 M M M M High of 81.5° and low of 60.9° accompanied the 1/2+" of rain. Far more rain fell in our drive to Central Illinois yesterday.
5/10/2015 7:00 AM 0.20 M M M M Dank, wind from northeast,and 47.4° after blustery hi/lo of 64.4° and 47.3°. This is the weather for the 10th of May: where are we, Hibbing, Minnesota?
5/11/2015 7:00 AM 0.07 M M M M Light rain and 62.9° after hi/lo of 64.5° and 47.4° (0715 hours 5/10). Grass is exploding upward in the yard but when will it dry enough to cut?
5/12/2015 7:00 AM 0.22 M M M M Strong west winds, overcast, and 48.5° after high of 67.2° and low of 48.2°. 96 hours between mowings of lawn and I feel as if I need a baler.
5/13/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M What, no rain? Before yesterday, last eight of nine days had produced some of that evil, grass-growing liquid. High of only 58.1°, overnight low of 41° (both readings far below normal), and now 43.7° with ample sun and northeast breezes.
5/14/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Overcast, slight southwest wind, and 48.9° after another below average hi/lo of 60°/41.9°. If able, you might want to cut your backyard jungle today before we hit another rainy spell the next few days.
5/15/2015 7:00 AM 0.10 M M M M Thinning clouds, southwest breeze, and 60.8° after hi/lo of 66.2° and 48.9° (0715 hours 5/14). To paraphrase Cher, "And the grass goes on...." as we've had rain 9 of the last 12 days.
5/16/2015 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Slight southwest wind, drizzle, and 63.6° following pleasant high of 77.9° and overnight low of 60.8°. 2.24" rain in first two weeks of May, easily surpassing January, February, and March, and closing rapidly on April's total.
5/17/2015 7:00 AM 0.53 M M M M Drizzle and 65.6° after muggy hi/lo of 77.3° and 63.6°. Rain in 10 of last 13 days as we near 3" for our 2 1/2 weeks of May.
5/18/2015 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Sunny, light southwest winds, and 69.2° after late high of 82.5° and early morning low of 63.8°. I'd hate to think how many outdoor events yesterday were delayed or even cancelled by the wildly incorrect precipitation forecasts the dice-rollers peddled for two days.
5/19/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Chilly northwest winds, overcast, and 46° after pleasant albeit windy high of 77.7° and early morning low of 45.5°. Hooray: no rain!
5/20/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Overcast, slight northeast wind, and cold at 42.4° after puny hi/lo of but 53.9° and 39.2°. Five days from Memorial Day and we're getting THESE temperature readings.
5/21/2015 7:00 AM 0.08 M M M M Overcast, west wind, and 46.2° after 1/10" rain and high of but 51.9° (20+° beneath normal high) and low of 41.7°.
5/22/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Sunny, calm, and 52.1° following late high of 71.6° and 0715 hours (5/21) low of 41.7°.
5/23/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Sunny, southeast wind, and 61.7° after pleasant day with 76.2° high and 50.9° low (0715 hours 5/22).
5/24/2015 7:00 AM 0.05 M M M M Calm, overcast, and 62° after hi/lo of 81.3° and 58.6°.
5/25/2015 7:00 AM 0.08 M M M M Powerful southwest winds, overcast, and 70.3° after high of 79.5° and low of 62°.
5/26/2015 7:00 AM 0.11 M M M M Strong south winds, muggy, overcast, and 68.7°. Overnight low of 64.9° followed late-occurring high of 84.9°.
5/27/2015 7:00 AM 0.40 M M M M Clearing, southwest wind, and 66.5° after turbulent day/night of winds and rain with hi/lo of 74.1° and 62.2°. And the grass just keeps growing.
5/28/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Sunny, calm, and 62.9° after pleasant day for a root canal with 77.9° high and 56.1° low.
5/29/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M South winds, increasingly overcast, and 68.9° after late high of 86° and low of 62.9°.
5/30/2015 7:00 AM 0.66 M M M M Light rain and 66.7° after hi/lo of 81.1° and 65.6°. If the NWS dice-rollers are correct, ourpresent reading may be the high for the day.
5/31/2015 7:00 AM 0.46 M M M M Stout northeast winds, overcast, and 44.9° (this is the final day of May?) after 0715 hours high (5/30) of 68.1° and low of 42.4°. 4.59" rain for the month which has made for one heckuva lot of lawn-mowing.
6/1/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Overcast, slight northeast winds, and 50.1° after cold high of 58.8° and sub-normal low of 44.9° (0715 hours 5/31). As if Mother Nature flipped a switch when the calendar turned, looks as if the rain will abate and the grass will grow slower.
6/2/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Sunny, calm, and 46.4° after pleasant day featuring 68° high and 42.9° low.
6/3/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M South wind, sunny, and 60° after late and unexpected high of 79.1° and low of 51.9°.
6/4/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Overcast, light south winds, and 62.4° after wonderful day with 78.8° high and 59.9° low. Hawks-O-Meter: 13 down and just three to go.
6/5/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Five consecutive days without rain as we racked up a sanguine high of 82.5°, low of 62.4°, and present overcast reading of 64.4°.
6/6/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Northeast wind, sunny, and 55.9° following windy 68.3° high and 52.1° low. Rate of growth of grass has slowly slightly (six straight days without rain) but heavy downfalls tomorrow will send it back on its merry way.
6/7/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Threatening skies, south winds, and 66° after high of 81.3° and low of 55.9° (0715 hours 6/6).
6/8/2015 7:00 AM 1.16 M M M M Southeast wind, overcast, and muggy after 77.5° high (what happened to that predicted 86°?), low of 64°, and present 67.4°. Almost all our rain occurred before noon but for the rest of the day we saw dark clouds and heard rumbles to the south.
6/9/2015 7:00 AM 0.04 M M M M Gentle west winds, overcast, and 62° after 81.1° high, 59.3°, and a bit of small hail along with our 0.04" rain.
6/10/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Mostly cloudy, strong winds from west, and already 73.5° after hi/lo of 87.9° and 62° (0715 hours 6/9). And the grass grows on....
6/11/2015 7:00 AM 0.91 M M M M East winds, muggy, 64.5°, and threatening after hi/lo of 90.3° and 64.4°. Rain was heavy and consistent from 1800 hours until 19:45.
6/12/2015 7:00 AM 0.11 M M M M Will the rain ever stop? Light rain, 69.4°, and gloom after humid high of 83.4° and low of 64.4°. Honest to Pete: I can't keep up with the grass growing! Been like this since late April.
6/13/2015 7:00 AM 0.28 M M M M Sunny, 63.1°, and calm after abysmal high of but 69.8° and low of 59.3°. Lawn mower is out in the driveway panting from overuse in last six weeks with no end in sight.
6/14/2015 7:00 AM 1.28 M M M M Rainiest day in over eight months! Light rain at present, calm, and 68.5° after hi/lo of 83.6° and 63.1° (0715 hours 6/13). It's rained 25 out of the last 43 days with 17 of those wet days producing at least 1/10th". Little wonder that the grass growth is simply exploding and requiring mowing every 3th or 4th day.
6/15/2015 7:00 AM 0.32 M M M M Yet another day of rain, high humidity, and grass growth with high of 81.3°, low of only 68.3° and present overcast reading of 70.5°. In the first 14 days of June we've had 4.1" rain and it's become a matter of when it'll rain and not if it will.
6/16/2015 7:00 AM 1.56 M M M M News flashes: HAWKS WIN! RAIN STOPS! 5 2/3" rain in first half of June after 1.56" yesterday. High of 79.8° made for sauna conditions before the rain finally stopped and low early this morning hit 62.4° before risisng to sunny 62.7°.
6/17/2015 7:00 AM 0.15 M M M M Rain AGAIN and 57.5° after pleasant day featuring high of 73.2° and early morning low of 56.3°. We've had rain nine of the last ten days and are nearing the six-inch mark for June despite being barely halfway through the month. Don't look now but the mosquitoes are flexing their muscles. It's gonna get brutal, folks.
6/18/2015 7:00 AM 0.13 M M M M 10th day of last 11 with rain. Yesterday's occurred in the late morning and was followed by temperatures stuck in the upper 50s/lower 60s. Mercury didn't rise until this morning when we reached 24-hour high of 70.5°. Low was 57.5° at 0715 hours 6/17.
6/19/2015 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Northeast wind, 56.4°, and sunny after 79.8° high and pleasant low of 54.5°. Rain came early in the day and then backed off nicely so I could tend to all yard tasks. Nevertheless, we added to our skein of 11 of the last 13 days with precipitation.
6/20/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Tranquil morning with no wind, overcast skies, and 60.9°. Overnight low was 56.3° and high yesterday of 72.5° was accompanied by no rain. Three cheers! First day in the last ten we've had none.
6/21/2015 7:00 AM 0.67 M M M M Murky, near-calm, and 66.5 after 2/3" rain and brief hail followed high of 83.6° and low of 60.9°. 12 of last 14 days have brought rain and the latest episode bumped the June total to 6.63" with nine days to go.
6/22/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Alas, no rain, but high of 80.9° and low of 66.5°. At present winds from south are strengthening, sky is overcast, and mercury has already broken its way to 72.5°.
6/23/2015 7:00 AM 0.11 M M M M Humid 83.8° high preceded powerful winds but very little rain or damage in the garden spot of the southwest suburbs. Many leaves and small branches are down but aside from a drastic cooling (present temperature of 64.4° is 24-hour low) we were very fortunate.
6/24/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Overcast, calm, and 64.2° following beautiful today with high of 79.1°, low of 61.7° and NO RAIN. Looks as if our one-day 'streak' will end today.
6/25/2015 7:00 AM 0.21 M M M M Instead of 1-2 inches of rain we got but 0.21". Fine with me! High of 77.1°, low of 64.2° and present, calm temperature of 66.9°. Since early April we've gone without rain for over a three day span just twice. Total for June is just under seven inches with slightly under a week to go.
6/26/2015 7:00 AM T M M M M Muggy, calm, and 62.6° after hi/lo of 78.4° and 61.8° with but a trace of rain.
6/27/2015 7:00 AM 0.62 M M M M Another deluge brings us to 7.57" rain with four days yet to go in this soggy month. Murky, dreary high of but 69.2°, low of 57.7°, and present sunny (thank the Lord!) reading is 59.7°.
6/28/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Only the fourth day of last 21 that no rain fell. Present, calm, sunny Sunday features reading of 58.6° after hi/lo of 76.1° and 54.3°.
6/29/2015 7:00 AM 0.61 M M M M East wind, overcast, and 63.8° after bizarre Sunday in which we were deluged with late afternoon storm when areas less than two miles west had almost nothing. Yesterday's high was a muggy 76.4° and overnight low reached 58.6°. With 40 hours to go in June, we've had 8.18" rain, the highest monthly total in my five years of CoCoRaHS measurement.
6/30/2015 7:00 AM 0.06 M M M M Sunny, slight west wind, and 62° after high of 72.6° and low of 60.6°. Ended June with rain on 19 of final 23 days and a total of 8.24". Caught in a frog-strangler yesterday afternoon while biking on the Old Plank Road Trail east of here but when I returned home there was but a pittance in the gauge.
7/1/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M High of 77.1°, low of 58.4°, and present cloudy reading of 58.6°. Opposites yesterday: lots and lots of mosquitoes but no rain.
7/2/2015 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M A freak rainfall occurred at 2015 hours giving the mosquitoes sustained conditions for breeding. Yesterday's high was far sub-normal at 71.7°, the low 51.2° and at present it's 56.4° under an overcast sky.
7/3/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clearing, slight northeast wind, and 60° after far sub-normal high of 73° and low of 56.4°. The rate of the lawn's growth has slowed a bit. Fine with me.
7/4/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Calm, sunny, and 63.5°. Hi/lo yesterday of 78.8° and 57.9° with no rain.
7/5/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Sunny, calm, and 66° after high of 79.8°, low of 62.2° - no rain again - and my wife and I surviving hours of aerial bombardment that lasted until after 2300 hours. Let's hope these people have no sense of delayed gratification and depleted their arsenal last night.
7/6/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Moist south winds and 70.3° after seasonal high of 81.6° and early low of 62.2°. Didn't know it would come to this so soon but ground in front flower bed is cracking. Just a drop of rain in the last six days.
7/7/2015 7:00 AM 0.61 M M M M Here we are back in May/June again with nearly 2/3s" rain, gloomy and windy skies, and a far below normal forecast for the next few days. Yesterday's high of 84.3° is long-gone and present 58.4° is 24-hour low.
7/8/2015 7:00 AM 0.15 M M M M Gloomy and 56.4° after another sub-seasonal day with paltry high of 66.3° and morning low of 52.5°. Just as you noticed the rate of growth in your lawn slowing along comes this forecast for 1-2 inches of rain tonight.
7/9/2015 7:00 AM 0.14 M M M M Overcast, slight north wind, and 59.7° after another autumnal day featuring 69.8° high and 56.4° low.
7/10/2015 7:00 AM 0.01 0.0 M M M Clearing, calm, and 61.3° after hi/lo of 73.2° and 59.5°. Late day revision: wife reported light amount of rain falling early this morning before I was able to speak to her.
7/11/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Misty, calm, and 63.6° after near-seasonal high of 79.8° and low of 60.6°. July is one-third of the way completed and still doesn't feel like a traditional seventh month of the year.
7/12/2015 7:00 AM 0.07 M M M M Overcast, calm, and 69.6° after yet another unseasonal day with 76.4° high and 63.6° low. In the next 10-15 days we reach the point of the year when temperatures are traditionally the highest. As of yet, we haven't come close to that kind of heat.
7/13/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Came back indoors from checking an empty gauge but the heavens opened up mere moments later. 68.1° (24-hour low) following humid 81.5° high. Nearly halfway through the hottest month of the year and we've yet to come across a spell of traditional summer weather.
7/14/2015 7:00 AM 0.77 M M M M Sunny, west wind, and 70.8° after muggy hi/lo of 84.5° and 65.4°. To paraphrase a 60s song: "And the grass grows on....".
7/15/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Halfway through July the garden spot of the southwest suburbs stands at 1.75" rain with largely sub-normal temperatures after yesterday's high of 81.1° and low of 58.4°. Current conditions show sunny skies, slight northeast wind, and no sign of rain anywhere on the radar.
7/16/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Calm, gloomy, and 64.7° after hi/lo of 77° and 60.6°. Heat is coming along with our three month-old friend: lots of rain.
7/17/2015 7:00 AM 1.02 M M M M Sunny, steamy, and 73.8° after high of 77.7° and low of 62.7° (0715 hours 7/16).
7/18/2015 7:00 AM 0.64 M M M M Good grief, 2/3s inch of rain? With the AC on, don't know when it arrived but it's very humid this morning. and 76.1° and sunny. This follows high of 89.7° and low of 67.4° (0715 hours 7/17).
7/19/2015 7:00 AM 0.04 M M M M Humid with slight west wind, mostly cloudy, and 76.2° after hi/lo of 87.9° and 72.5°.
7/20/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Sunny, calm, heavy dew, and 66.5° after humid high of 84.3° and overnight low of 62.4°. All stats are typical of the third week of July.
7/21/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Sunny, light north winds, and 68° after hi/lo of 85.1° and 65.6°. Thickness and growth rate of grass has finally begun to scale back.
7/22/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Gorgeous morning with sun, calm, and 63.6° after sub-normal high of 79.8° (we'll take it!) and early morning low of 61.5°.
7/23/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Calm, sunny, and 68.9° after pleasant extremes of 80.6° and 63.3°. For the first time this growing season, the back lawn is showing signs of slowing, thinning, uneven growth. No complaints here.
7/24/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Sunny, calm, and 66.2° after high of 82.2° and low of 64.2°. Growth of grass has slowed considerably with string of dry days.
7/25/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Mostly cloudy, southwest wind, and 73° after dry day with 81.8° high and 66.2° low.
7/26/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Calm, humid, and 70.3° after 90.3° high and overnight low of 67.8°.
7/27/2015 7:00 AM T M M M M Slight bit of rain in afternoon that had high of 83.6° before dropping to overnight low of 67.8° and recovering to current clear, calm reading of 70.3°.
7/28/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Sunny, near-calm, and 73° after slightly above average day featuring 86.9° high and 70.3° low.
7/29/2015 7:00 AM 0.11 M M M M Slight west wind, gloomy, and 72.5° after hi/lo of 88.3° and 71.7°. Gentle showers accompanied by light thunder in the middle of the night gave us the first measurable rain we've had in ten days.
7/30/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Sunny, west wind, and 68° after seasonal extremes of 82.5° and 63.5°. We will end July with approximately 3.5" rain, the great majority of which fell in the first half of the month.
7/31/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear, calm, and 68.1° after seasonal high of 84.7° and pleasant overnight low of 64°. July ended with 3.57" rain and most of it fell in the first two weeks of the month. 2014 had nearly six inches of rain for July while 2013 had but 0.70".
8/1/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Sunny, calm, and 64.2° following windy, warm final day of July which featured high of 84.5° and low of 60°.
8/2/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Southwest wind, clear, and 71.6° after hi/lo of 82.9° and 64.2°.
8/3/2015 7:00 AM 0.35 M M M M Humid, northwest wind, and 64.7° after late night storms brought us a bit of light hail and quick, heavy rain. High yesterday was 88.3° and low was 63.6°.
8/4/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Sunny, calm, and 63.5° after pleasant late summer day featuring high of 78.8° and low of 59.9°.
8/5/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Slight northeast wind, sunny, and 61.7° after 79.8° high and 60.4° low: unremarkable but pleasant conditions.
8/6/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Light northeast wind, sunny, and 70.3° after hi/lo of 81.6° and 61.7°.
8/7/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Sunny, gentle wind from northeast, and 63.8° after seasonal high of 81.6° and low of 63.8°. Grass is getting burned up: fine with me!
8/8/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Sunny and 70.3° after dry high of 80.7° and low of 63.8°. Report is late today and tomorrow's will not come in until late on 8/10 due to internet and phone failures in our neighborhood that can't be remedied until Monday. MONDAY?
8/9/2015 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Overcast, muggy, calm, and 67.8° after hi/lo of 81.6° and 63.8°. With our phone and internet still out, this report coming to you courtesy of Peace Lutheran Church in New Lenox where all the weather stats are above average.
8/10/2015 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Muggy and calm with temperature at 71.7° after high of 80.4° and low of 67.8°.
8/11/2015 7:00 AM 0.14 M M M M Sunny, north breeze, and 65.4° after muggy high of 83.1° and low of 64.5°. Rain occurred in mid-afternoon and seemed more intense in areas east of here where I was shopping.
8/12/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Sunny, calm, and 60.8° after hi/lo of 79.8° and 58.8°.
8/13/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Sunny, light southwest wind, and 62.6° after below average high of 79.8° and low of 60.8°. Here comes the heat.
8/14/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Overcast, west wind, and already 70.3° after 81.8° high and 62.6° (0715 hours 8/13) low.
8/15/2015 7:00 AM 0.29 M M M M Sunny, muggy, calm, and 65.3° after overnight rains washed away high of 86° and brought low of 63.3°.
8/16/2015 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Sunny, slight southwest wind, muggy, and 70.5°. Yesterday's 84.7° high (after 65.3° low) seemed worse with the 60-70% humidity we had.
8/17/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Sunny, light winds, and 69.9°. Yesterday was warm at 86.5° with humidity but overnight low dipped to 67.4°.
8/18/2015 7:00 AM 1.75 M M M M Slept through this near-Biblical deluge and couldn't believe it when I saw how much water was in the tube. Sunny, 65.8°, and calm now after hi/lo of 83.4° and 64.9°.
8/19/2015 7:00 AM 0.55 M M M M Humid, overcast, and 68.3° after high of 79.3° and low of 65.8°. Moderate rainfall landed on terrain already softened by previous night's precipitation so there was no run-off.
8/20/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Coolest 24-hour period in quite some time with high of but 73.2°, low of 58.4°, and current sunny but windy (from west) reading of 58.6°.
8/21/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Pleasant morning after 54.5° low as we experience 58.1° and sun. Yesterday's high was but 73°.
8/22/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Sunny, calm, and 64° after hi/lo of 79.5° and 58.1° (0715 hours 8/21). We're at the point in the year where there's no sun after 1945 hours and none before 0600.
8/23/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M High of 78.8°, low of 63.8° and a humid 66.7° with soft southwest winds at present.
8/24/2015 7:00 AM 0.25 M M M M Sunny, west wind, and 56.1° after 71.9° high and 54.1° low. Yesterday's rain seemed almost on a timer: it began precisely at 0900 hours and packed up at 0930.
8/25/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 59.7°, sunny, and steady west wind (but nowhere as powerful as yesterday's 30 MPH gusts) following mid-autumnal high of but 71.2° and low of 56.1°.
8/26/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Chilly day with 70.3° high, 55.5° low, and present cloudy reading of 57.9°.
8/27/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Overcast, calm, and 55.7° after 65.4° high and 52.1° low.
8/28/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Glum, calm, and 60.6° after yet another sub-normal day with high of 71.7° and low of 55.7°.
8/29/2015 7:00 AM 0.04 M M M M Drizzle and 63.6° after hi/lo of 73° and 60.6°. From the looks of the western sky additional rain is due very soon.
8/30/2015 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M Calm, muggy, and 65.6° after murky day with little rain but high of 74.1° and low of 63.6°
8/31/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Hazy, calm, and 63.6° after humid high of 78.6° and low of 62.4°. This week looks to be far warmer than those in the majority of August.
9/1/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear, slight south wind, and 69.4° after toasty high of 84.9° and low of 63.6° (0815 hours 8/31). August concluded with 3.45 inches of rain.
9/2/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear, light southwest wind, and 69.9° after hi/lo of 86.1° and 67.4°.
9/3/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear, light south zephyr, and 71.6° after unseasonal high of 88.8° and low of but 69.9°.
9/4/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Light southeast breeze, sunny, and 71.7° after 89.7° high and 66.7° low. Report from garden spot of southwest suburbs will be late tomorrow: youngest of our children is marrying in Chicago tonight. "Ding dong the bells are gonna chime!"
9/5/2015 7:00 AM 0.15 M M M M Overcast, southwest winds, and 76.2° after hi/lo of 89.9° and 66.3°.
9/6/2015 7:00 AM 0.13 M M M M Clear, south wind, and 70.7°. Weather forecasters were way off on yesterday's effort with high reaching only 77.7° (not 90°) and overnight low bottoming at 66.7°.
9/7/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Overcast, light southwest wind, and 74.8°. Finally topped 90° (90.6°) late in the afternoon with plenty of humidity before dropping to 70.5° overnight.
9/8/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Southwest winds, mixed clouds, and no rain to accompany the current 73.4° reading. No rain in past 24 hours, as well, when we peaked at 88.7° and bottomed at 71.2°.
9/9/2015 7:00 AM 1.20 M M M M Overcast, calm, and 64° after hi/lo of 85.8° and 63.8°. Grass has certainly greened in last 24 hours.
9/10/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Sunny, slight southwest wind, and 60°. Classic early autumnal day with high of 77.1° and overnight low down to 53.7°.
9/11/2015 7:00 AM 0.38 M M M M Light rain and 58.2° after high of 76.2° and low of 55.9°.
9/12/2015 7:00 AM 0.14 M M M M Overcast, north wind, and but 51.4° after chilly Friday featuring high of 67.4° and low of 49.6°. Slept very well last night thanks to the cool, gentle air wafting through the windows.
9/13/2015 7:00 AM 0.04 M M M M Clear, calm, and 47.1° after light morning rain, 68.5° high, and crisp 44.7° low.
9/22/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear, calm, and 56.1° after high of 73° and low of 53.9°. Returned home after trip to South Dakota and found 3.91" in rain gauge. Gee!
9/23/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear, calm, and 58.1° after hi/lo of 73° and 55.9°.
9/24/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Another clear, calm morning with a temperature of 58.8°. Yesterday's high was 89° and the low 58.6°.
9/25/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear, northeast wind, and 61.5° after sanguine high of 81.8° and low of 58.8°. If the weather folks are correct, that deluge we had a week ago will be 'it' for the month.
9/26/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Sunny, slight east wind, and 59° after hi/lo yesterday of 80.9° and 56.8°. Hum-drum weather but I'll wager most of us have been enjoying it.
9/27/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Overcast, southeast wind and already 65.3° after hi/lo of 82.7° and 59°.
9/28/2015 7:00 AM T M M M M Above average high of 76.4°, early low of 63.3° and a spit of light rain at 0745 hours. Overcast, slight wind from south, and 64.5° this final Monday of September.
9/29/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Overcast, refreshing northeast winds, and 64.4°. Yesterday's high of 78.9° won't be seen today and 24-hour low of but 62.4° will be erased this coming night.
9/30/2015 7:00 AM T M M M M Clear, calm, and 50.3° after blustery autmun day with early morning high of 64.9° which tumbled all day to a low of 50° just before sunrise. Trace of rain occurred at 1315 hours. Precipitation for the month was 5.95", more than half of which fell in a nine-hour span from late 9/18 to early 9/19.



Start Date End Date & Time Duration in Days Precipitation Snow Depth Snow Depth SWE Notes
9/18/2015 9/20/2015 12:00 AM 3 3.91 0.0 0.00 We were in South Dakota for several days. When we arrived home, I was astonished to see the precipitation amounts other local CoCoRaHS totals (for 9/18 - 9.20) and then find that my own gauge had 3.91" rain in it. Incredible.



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
6/8/2015 5:35 PM 1/4" Pea Size 1/4" Pea Size 1/4" Pea Size Soft 1min no damage Continuous True Same time as rain Same time as smaller hail
6/20/2015 9:30 PM 1/4" Pea Size 1/4" Pea Size 1/4" Pea Size Clear Ice 5 minor leaf damage Continuous True After rain Same time as smaller hail
8/2/2015 11:30 PM NA NA NA 10 10min no damage Intermittent True Same time as rain Same time as smaller hail