Station Overview Station Location
Station Number IL-MY-1 Latitude 39.34698
Station Name Nokomis 4.5 NW Longitude -89.345486
County Montgomery Elevation (ft) 643



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 15 3.34 0.68 31 0.68 14 0.00 17 1 3 3 0.0 0 0
Nov 15 3.81 3.63 30 3.63 30 0.00 0 0 10 1 0.0 0 0
Dec 15 2.72 9.00 31 9.00 31 0.00 0 0 11 4 0.1 1 1
Jan 16 2.06 0.71 30 0.71 30 0.00 0 0 4 4 2.7 3 5
Feb 16 2.07 0.45 29 0.45 29 0.00 0 0 7 8 4.6 5 8
March 16 2.73 2.22 31 2.22 31 0.00 0 0 12 6 0.0 0 0
April 16 3.65 3.77 30 3.77 30 0.00 0 0 10 0 0.0 0 0
May 16 4.50 3.38 31 3.38 31 0.00 0 0 13 0 0.0 0 0
June 16 4.27 2.34 30 2.34 30 0.00 0 0 7 2 0.0 0 0
July 16 3.73 7.42 31 7.42 31 0.00 0 0 16 1 0.0 0 0
Aug 16 3.00 4.16 31 4.16 31 0.00 0 0 8 3 0.0 0 0
Sept 16 3.09 3.20 30 2.94 25 0.26 5 1 3 1 0.0 0 0
Water Year Totals: 38.97" 40.96" 365 days 40.70" 343 0.26" 22 days 2 104 days 33 days 7.4" 9 days 14 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
10/1/2015 0.00
10/2/2015 0.00
10/3/2015 0.00
10/4/2015 0.00
10/5/2015 0.00
10/6/2015 **
10/7/2015 **
10/8/2015 **
10/9/2015 **
10/10/2015 **
10/11/2015 **
10/12/2015 **
10/13/2015 **
10/14/2015 **
10/15/2015 **
10/16/2015 **
10/17/2015 **
10/18/2015 **
10/19/2015 **
10/20/2015 **
10/21/2015 **
10/22/2015 T
10/23/2015 0.00
10/24/2015 T
10/25/2015 T
10/26/2015 0.00
10/27/2015 0.10
10/28/2015 0.55
10/29/2015 T
10/30/2015 0.00
10/31/2015 0.03
11/1/2015 0.20
11/2/2015 0.00
11/3/2015 0.00
11/4/2015 0.00
11/5/2015 0.00
11/6/2015 0.19
11/7/2015 0.00
11/8/2015 0.00
11/9/2015 0.00
11/10/2015 0.00
11/11/2015 0.00
11/12/2015 0.06
11/13/2015 0.00
11/14/2015 0.00
11/15/2015 0.00
11/16/2015 0.00
11/17/2015 0.99
11/18/2015 0.48
11/19/2015 0.00
11/20/2015 0.00
11/21/2015 0.34
11/22/2015 0.04
11/23/2015 0.00
11/24/2015 0.00
11/25/2015 0.00
11/26/2015 T
11/27/2015 0.61
11/28/2015 0.57
11/29/2015 0.00
11/30/2015 0.15
12/1/2015 0.04
12/2/2015 T
12/3/2015 0.02
12/4/2015 0.00
12/5/2015 0.00
12/6/2015 0.00
12/7/2015 0.00
12/8/2015 0.00
12/9/2015 0.00
12/10/2015 0.00
12/11/2015 0.00
12/12/2015 T
12/13/2015 T
12/14/2015 0.34
12/15/2015 0.02
12/16/2015 0.06
12/17/2015 0.00
12/18/2015 0.00
12/19/2015 0.00
12/20/2015 0.00
12/21/2015 0.37
12/22/2015 0.05
12/23/2015 T
12/24/2015 1.12
12/25/2015 0.00
12/26/2015 0.00
12/27/2015 5.18
12/28/2015 0.92
12/29/2015 0.88
12/30/2015 0.00
12/31/2015 0.00
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
1/1/2016 0.00
1/2/2016 0.00
1/3/2016 0.00
1/4/2016 0.00
1/5/2016 0.00
1/6/2016 0.00
1/7/2016 0.00
1/8/2016 0.05
1/9/2016 0.01
1/10/2016 0.42
1/11/2016 0.00
1/12/2016 T
1/13/2016 0.00
1/14/2016 0.00
1/15/2016 T
1/16/2016 M
1/17/2016 T
1/18/2016 0.00
1/19/2016 0.00
1/20/2016 0.23
1/21/2016 0.00
1/22/2016 0.00
1/23/2016 T
1/24/2016 0.00
1/25/2016 0.00
1/26/2016 0.00
1/27/2016 0.00
1/28/2016 0.00
1/29/2016 0.00
1/30/2016 0.00
1/31/2016 0.00
2/1/2016 0.00
2/2/2016 T
2/3/2016 0.12
2/4/2016 T
2/5/2016 0.00
2/6/2016 0.00
2/7/2016 0.00
2/8/2016 0.02
2/9/2016 0.03
2/10/2016 T
2/11/2016 T
2/12/2016 0.04
2/13/2016 T
2/14/2016 T
2/15/2016 0.08
2/16/2016 0.00
2/17/2016 T
2/18/2016 0.00
2/19/2016 0.00
2/20/2016 0.00
2/21/2016 T
2/22/2016 0.00
2/23/2016 0.00
2/24/2016 0.03
2/25/2016 0.13
2/26/2016 0.00
2/27/2016 0.00
2/28/2016 0.00
2/29/2016 0.00
3/1/2016 T
3/2/2016 T
3/3/2016 0.01
3/4/2016 0.02
3/5/2016 0.00
3/6/2016 0.00
3/7/2016 0.04
3/8/2016 0.00
3/9/2016 T
3/10/2016 0.30
3/11/2016 0.00
3/12/2016 0.05
3/13/2016 0.44
3/14/2016 0.07
3/15/2016 0.00
3/16/2016 T
3/17/2016 T
3/18/2016 0.00
3/19/2016 T
3/20/2016 0.00
3/21/2016 0.01
3/22/2016 0.00
3/23/2016 0.00
3/24/2016 0.04
3/25/2016 0.11
3/26/2016 0.00
3/27/2016 0.00
3/28/2016 0.18
3/29/2016 0.00
3/30/2016 0.00
3/31/2016 0.95
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
4/1/2016 0.33
4/2/2016 0.06
4/3/2016 0.00
4/4/2016 0.00
4/5/2016 0.00
4/6/2016 0.00
4/7/2016 0.42
4/8/2016 0.00
4/9/2016 0.00
4/10/2016 0.00
4/11/2016 0.75
4/12/2016 0.14
4/13/2016 0.00
4/14/2016 0.00
4/15/2016 0.00
4/16/2016 0.00
4/17/2016 0.00
4/18/2016 0.00
4/19/2016 0.00
4/20/2016 0.00
4/21/2016 0.35
4/22/2016 0.04
4/23/2016 0.00
4/24/2016 0.00
4/25/2016 0.00
4/26/2016 0.00
4/27/2016 0.69
4/28/2016 0.42
4/29/2016 0.00
4/30/2016 0.57
5/1/2016 0.18
5/2/2016 0.13
5/3/2016 0.00
5/4/2016 0.06
5/5/2016 0.00
5/6/2016 0.00
5/7/2016 0.00
5/8/2016 0.06
5/9/2016 0.00
5/10/2016 0.30
5/11/2016 0.00
5/12/2016 0.20
5/13/2016 0.00
5/14/2016 0.46
5/15/2016 0.00
5/16/2016 0.00
5/17/2016 0.20
5/18/2016 0.19
5/19/2016 0.00
5/20/2016 0.00
5/21/2016 0.00
5/22/2016 0.00
5/23/2016 0.00
5/24/2016 0.00
5/25/2016 0.00
5/26/2016 0.01
5/27/2016 0.71
5/28/2016 0.10
5/29/2016 0.00
5/30/2016 0.00
5/31/2016 0.78
6/1/2016 0.39
6/2/2016 0.05
6/3/2016 0.00
6/4/2016 0.91
6/5/2016 0.50
6/6/2016 0.00
6/7/2016 0.00
6/8/2016 0.00
6/9/2016 0.00
6/10/2016 0.00
6/11/2016 0.00
6/12/2016 0.00
6/13/2016 0.04
6/14/2016 0.03
6/15/2016 T
6/16/2016 0.00
6/17/2016 0.00
6/18/2016 0.00
6/19/2016 0.00
6/20/2016 0.00
6/21/2016 T
6/22/2016 0.00
6/23/2016 0.00
6/24/2016 0.00
6/25/2016 0.00
6/26/2016 0.00
6/27/2016 0.42
6/28/2016 0.00
6/29/2016 0.00
6/30/2016 0.00
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
7/1/2016 0.23
7/2/2016 0.00
7/3/2016 1.78
7/4/2016 0.68
7/5/2016 0.03
7/6/2016 0.01
7/7/2016 0.25
7/8/2016 0.14
7/9/2016 0.00
7/10/2016 0.00
7/11/2016 0.00
7/12/2016 0.00
7/13/2016 0.00
7/14/2016 1.37
7/15/2016 0.00
7/16/2016 0.00
7/17/2016 0.00
7/18/2016 T
7/19/2016 0.02
7/20/2016 0.52
7/21/2016 0.02
7/22/2016 0.38
7/23/2016 0.07
7/24/2016 0.00
7/25/2016 0.33
7/26/2016 0.00
7/27/2016 0.00
7/28/2016 0.76
7/29/2016 0.83
7/30/2016 0.00
7/31/2016 0.00
8/1/2016 0.00
8/2/2016 0.00
8/3/2016 T
8/4/2016 0.58
8/5/2016 0.04
8/6/2016 0.00
8/7/2016 0.00
8/8/2016 0.00
8/9/2016 0.00
8/10/2016 0.00
8/11/2016 0.00
8/12/2016 0.00
8/13/2016 0.76
8/14/2016 0.00
8/15/2016 0.69
8/16/2016 1.70
8/17/2016 0.00
8/18/2016 0.00
8/19/2016 0.00
8/20/2016 0.00
8/21/2016 T
8/22/2016 0.00
8/23/2016 0.00
8/24/2016 T
8/25/2016 0.00
8/26/2016 0.29
8/27/2016 0.08
8/28/2016 0.00
8/29/2016 0.00
8/30/2016 0.00
8/31/2016 0.02
9/1/2016 0.00
9/2/2016 0.00
9/3/2016 0.00
9/4/2016 0.00
9/5/2016 0.00
9/6/2016 0.00
9/7/2016 0.00
9/8/2016 T
9/9/2016 0.25
9/10/2016 2.08
9/11/2016 0.00
9/12/2016 0.00
9/13/2016 0.00
9/14/2016 0.00
9/15/2016 0.00
9/16/2016 0.00
9/17/2016 0.61
9/18/2016 0.00
9/19/2016 0.00
9/20/2016 0.00
9/21/2016 0.00
9/22/2016 0.00
9/23/2016 0.00
9/24/2016 0.00
9/25/2016 0.00
9/26/2016 **
9/27/2016 **
9/28/2016 **
9/29/2016 **
9/30/2016 0.26



Observation Date Observation Time Precipitation Snowfall Snowfall SWE Snow Depth Snow SWE Notes
10/1/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/2/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/3/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/4/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Leaving for Germany, Spain, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Belgium and North Africa! Will file multi-day report on return. Husband is staying behind but he doesn't do computers so he won't be any help.
10/5/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/23/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/24/2015 7:00 AM T M M M M
10/25/2015 7:00 AM T M M M M Very foggy and chill this morning,
10/26/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/27/2015 7:00 AM 0.10 M M M M My first measurable precip in well over a month, and it's once again an exact .10, one tenth.
10/28/2015 7:00 AM 0.55 M M M M Much-needed rainfall, perfect form, slow and gentle for soaking in instead of running off. Helps but more is needed to offset prolonged dry spel of last coupe months.
10/29/2015 7:00 AM T M M M M
10/30/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/31/2015 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M Damp, gloomy and blustery out this morning. I may have to start dressing more thoroughly to check the gauge soon.
11/1/2015 7:00 AM 0.20 M M M M Exact measure. Very foggy and chilly, but at least it's not dark outside at 7:00am thanks to the end of daylight savings time for this year.
11/2/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Looks like a stretch of uncommonly nice weather ahead for the first week of November. Highs in the low 70's and no precip until the end of the week. Maybe I can finish up building the front porch and get the floor sealed for winter.
11/3/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/4/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/5/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/6/2015 7:00 AM 0.19 M M M M
11/7/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/8/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/9/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/10/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/11/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/12/2015 7:00 AM 0.06 M M M M Lots of wind but no severe weather out of this storm system. I even painted sheds outside!
11/13/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/14/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/15/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/16/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/17/2015 7:00 AM 0.99 M M M M Tried really hard to coax one more hundredth out of the gauge for an even one inch rainfall total, but it just wasn't there. I'm a wee bit put out to find the Pana area observer reported the even inch I was looking for!
11/18/2015 7:00 AM 0.48 M M M M Warm for this time of year, 61 degrees late evening when I glanced at the temp. Very windy all day, unusual for being out of the east-southeast at times.
11/19/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/20/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/21/2015 7:00 AM 0.34 M M M M
11/22/2015 7:00 AM 0.04 M M M M
11/23/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/24/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/25/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/26/2015 7:00 AM T M M M M
11/27/2015 7:00 AM 0.61 M M M M I'm thankful this rain held off until after the big family get-together. Thanksgiving football weather - high temp was 65, wnd gusting to 26mph wreaked havoc on some plays, but no snow or mud was appreciated by all players!
11/28/2015 7:00 AM 0.57 M M M M Cold and blustery yesterday. Good day to NOT be a Black Friday shopper.
11/29/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/30/2015 7:00 AM 0.15 M M M M
12/1/2015 7:00 AM 0.04 M M M M
12/2/2015 7:00 AM T M M M M
12/3/2015 7:00 AM 0.02 0.1 0.02 0.1 0.02 New snow was mainly sleet. There was a very brief but furious sleet squall, only lasted 5-10 minutes. I'm certain that the gauge catch of .02 melt is low because the sleet was blowing sideways and not much was falling into the gauge. Saw several snow and sleet showers of lesser intensity.
12/4/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/5/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/6/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/7/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/8/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/9/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/10/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/11/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/12/2015 7:00 AM T M M M M It's a fine line dividing fog from very fine mist, but mist it is today. The fog wasn't heavy or dense enough to puddle on the road like this.
12/13/2015 7:00 AM T M M M M Couldn't actually shake any measurable moisture out of gauge, even though it had rain droplets all over the surface.
12/14/2015 7:00 AM 0.34 M M M M Extremely windy night, lost several tree branches with gusts to 27mph.
12/15/2015 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
12/16/2015 7:00 AM 0.06 M M M M
12/17/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/18/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/19/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/20/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/21/2015 7:00 AM 0.37 0.0 M 0.0 M
12/22/2015 7:00 AM 0.05 M M M M Temperature reached 60 about noon Monday.
12/23/2015 7:00 AM T 0.0 M 0.0 M Looks like some big rain just to the west.
12/24/2015 7:00 AM 1.12 M M M M Basement sump pump kicked on for thr first time since May.
12/25/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/26/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M A beautiful and unusually warm Christmas Day, and clear skies in the evening for easy viewing of the rare Christmas full moon.
12/27/2015 7:00 AM 5.18 M M M M Significant flooding. My basement sump can't keep up. Trying to find a second one today if there are any left in the county, I have an expensive geothermal heat pump down there an inch above water. Early this morning water was over the road in places it's never been before, fields are flooded, ditches and creeks overflowing. And there's more rain coming.
12/28/2015 7:00 AM 0.92 M M M M Water still very high, basement still flooding but second sump pump should help get and stay ahead of inflow from drains. All low creek crossings underwater. Glad we only got about an inch and not another 5 like yesterday!
12/29/2015 7:00 AM 0.88 M M M M Total rainfall since Saturday morning 6.98". Severe flooding yesterday in area, places I've never seen water before. Glad it's gone down some this morning, but I'm on high ground and all that water has to have gone somewhere.
12/30/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/31/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/1/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/2/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/3/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/4/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Things are drying out nicely here from last week's flooding. Being on high ground at the top of a major drainage divide helps, all our excess rain quickly drained off and became somebody else's problem downstream.
1/5/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/6/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/7/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/8/2016 7:00 AM 0.05 M M M M
1/9/2016 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Had to coax this bit out of the gauge. Hi temperature Friday was 50 degrees, it was still 48 at 6pm.
1/10/2016 7:00 AM 0.42 0.2 M 0.2 M Rain changed to snow around noon. Snow depth maximum was .5 but some melting occured before temp turned sharply colder. Did not get melt value as measurement was an average and could not find representative area to take a core from.
1/11/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 T T There is actually about a tenth of inch of old snow cover from Saturday's snowfall, too much for 'zero' but not enough to round up to half an inch.
1/12/2016 7:00 AM T 0.1 T T T This was from a brief but intense little snow flurry early Monday morning.
1/13/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 T M Been too cold to melt off the little bit of snow cover still lingering from Saturday, still about a tenth of an inch.
1/14/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/15/2016 7:00 AM T 0.0 M 0.0 M High temp Thursday - 52 degrees. High last Thursday - 50. The Sunday between these two highs wind chills reached 15 below zero, low temp was 3 degrees. Love my Illinois weather.
1/16/2016 7:00 AM M 0.0 M M M Did not realize we had precip this date until emptying the gauge after snowfall for the 20th report. About .18 ice was in bottom of gauge under snow but got combined with report for 20th. That report I changed to reflect core melt amount rather than gauge catch since core was the. More accurate if the two.
1/17/2016 7:00 AM T T T T T Light dusting of very fine-grained snow fell last night in frigid temperatures. Lowest I saw was 4 degrees.
1/18/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T T All of Saturday's snow flurries is still on the ground thanks to bug-killing cold. Current wind chill is -12 with a air temperature of 1 degree above zero at 7:00am.
1/19/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/20/2016 7:00 AM 0.23 2.4 0.23 2.4 0.23 Can't account for disparity between snow and ice in gauge and depth of snow on ground and core melt. Twice as much snow in the gauge, along with 1/8" of ice or refrozen snow melt in bottom of gauge. I didn't think it got above freezing since the last time I switched out gauges about a week ago. Used the core melt value instead of the gauge melt of .59, believe core to be the more accurate measure.
1/21/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 2.5 0.24
1/22/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/23/2016 7:00 AM T T M T M Very fine, light sleet fell Friday afternoon around 3:00, only noticed it because I could feel it in my face and see it on my dark vehicle. Does this count as new snow? That's where I'm putting it.
1/24/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 1.5 0.27
1/25/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 1.0 0.17 Warmer temps and stiff breeze making fast work of what snow cover is left.
1/26/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/27/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T T Still snowpack in shady areas, ditches, and old snowdrifts, but mostly ground is snow free.
1/28/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/29/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/30/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/31/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/1/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/2/2016 7:00 AM T M M M M Light mist started just prior to reading the gauge.
2/3/2016 7:00 AM 0.12 M M M M In a sweet spot between storms to the south and heavy snow to the north.
2/4/2016 7:00 AM T M M M M Nothing on the gauge but I did see drops of fine drizzle on the kitchen windows in the afternoon.
2/5/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/6/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/7/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/8/2016 7:00 AM 0.02 M M T T Thin layer of sleet covered the pool deck, I assume that is what I see out in the fields that looks like snow. But I don't see any actual snow yet, just a winters mix of freezing drizzle and sleet.
2/9/2016 7:00 AM 0.03 0.2 M 0.5 M Didn't manage to take a core measure. One-tenth inch of sleet on hard surfaces, including the small amount already reported on Monday. Very windy. Light fluffy snow blew around and drifted a bit, but didn't amount to much. Measurement is sleet and snow melt from gauge.
2/10/2016 7:00 AM T T M T M Very light snow flurries, nothing measurable in gauge. Still accumulated snow on the ground but patchy.
2/11/2016 7:00 AM T T T T T It snowed pretty good the middle of the afternoon, almost 2/10" of very fluffy light and biggish snowflakes, very easy to sweep off the pitch. But too windy to light anywhere, nothing much to measure this morning.
2/12/2016 7:00 AM 0.04 0.9 0.04 1.0 0.04 Love an easy-to-measure, well-behaved snowfall!
2/13/2016 7:00 AM T T M 0.5 M A few snow flurries that didn't amount to anything, early Friday.
2/14/2016 7:00 AM T T T 0.5 M Once again just a few flakes early, still enough to report a trace.
2/15/2016 7:00 AM 0.08 0.8 0.07 1.0 0.07 Wasn't home yesterday to be able to comment on the nature of the snowfall. Can only attest to lousy road conditions between here and Starved Rock near Utica due to snow-packed and slushy roads.
2/16/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/17/2016 7:00 AM T M M T T Snow lingering in drifts, ditches, and shady spots
2/18/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T T Still waiting for the last drifts of snow to melt.
2/19/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/20/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/21/2016 7:00 AM T M M M M There was enough drizzle to wet the sidewalks early evening Saturday. Luckily there was no more than that because when I checked my gauge this morning I discovered I had somehow, someway, mounted it onto the bracket upside down! I remember having a really hard time getting it to catch and slide properly, which happens now and then since it is mounted high above my head barely in my reach. Now I know why it was so contrary this time.
2/22/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
2/23/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/24/2016 7:00 AM 0.03 0.5 0.15 0.5 0.15 1/2" of wet sloppy slush. High winds meant little precip in rain gauge. Melted core is better proxy for actual water content of snow/slush accumulated precip, but will not include rain amounts if any since it was taken off a flat but permeable surface.
2/25/2016 7:00 AM 0.13 2.2 0.82 1.5 0.82 Anybody's guess whether these are remotely accurate precip measures. Extremely wet, heavy snow and continuous high winds meant gauge measure is certainly low due to blow-by. Relatively warm temperatures and rain/snow/sleet mix means core melt is also probably low. Water content this a.m. at one inch snow depth was .51. New snowfall depth taken Wednesday afternoon around maximum accumulation depth before melting occurred, did not take a core sample at that time. Core taken from heavily compacted drift snow, but representative of actual snow cover.
2/26/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.5 M
2/27/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T T Most snow cover has melted in warmer temps, but drifts will last another couple days; the snow is exceptionally dense and saturated, more ice than snow.
2/28/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T T As I predicted, snow still lingers in drifts, ditches, and shady areas, some drifts still several inches deep. I was amazed that such heavy, wet snow could even drift in the first place but those were some crazy winds we had Wednesday.
2/29/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M The snow is finally gone.
3/1/2016 7:00 AM T M M 0.0 M
3/2/2016 7:00 AM T 0.0 M M M
3/3/2016 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M
3/4/2016 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
3/5/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/6/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/7/2016 7:00 AM 0.04 M M M M
3/8/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/9/2016 7:00 AM T M M M M
3/10/2016 7:00 AM 0.30 M M M M
3/11/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/12/2016 7:00 AM 0.05 M M M M Clearly we were not in the bullseye for the heavy rain.
3/13/2016 7:00 AM 0.44 M M M M
3/14/2016 7:00 AM 0.07 M M M M
3/15/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/16/2016 7:00 AM T M M M M
3/17/2016 7:00 AM T M M M M
3/18/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/19/2016 7:00 AM T M M M M Almost got the sidewalks wet once but never really got going.
3/20/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/21/2016 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Skies were filled with numerous small, scattered rain showers all day, some barely a square mile in extent. A handful of them came close enough to spit a little rain here, but just barely. Thick frost on roofs and vehicles this morning, Monday.
3/22/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/23/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/24/2016 7:00 AM 0.04 M M M M
3/25/2016 7:00 AM 0.11 M M M M
3/26/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/27/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/28/2016 7:00 AM 0.18 M M M M
3/29/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/30/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/31/2016 7:00 AM 0.95 M M M M
4/1/2016 7:00 AM 0.33 M M M M Measured 41moh wind gust with passage of storm front, a,so handful of pea-sized hail. .33 fell almost entirely during ten minutes after gust front went thru.
4/2/2016 7:00 AM 0.06 M M M M We got a good soaking shower about 6:30, just as I finally got started mowing. Enough that I had to stop.
4/3/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/4/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Got the first mowing finished. Ate a lot of grass clippings doing it, tho, it gets windier than all get-out here in the open flatland before the crops are up. Top wind gust was 30moh, compared to 40mph Saturday.
4/5/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/6/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/7/2016 7:00 AM 0.42 M M M M
4/8/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/9/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/10/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/11/2016 7:00 AM 0.75 M M M M Exact reading
4/12/2016 7:00 AM 0.14 M M M M
4/13/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/14/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/15/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/16/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/17/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/18/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/19/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/20/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/21/2016 7:00 AM 0.35 M M M M These showers will make some farmers and some corn seed very happy. Enough to goose the seeds into sprouting but not enough to keep anyone out of the fields too long.
4/22/2016 7:00 AM 0.04 M M M M
4/23/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/24/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/25/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/26/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/27/2016 7:00 AM 0.69 M M M M
4/28/2016 7:00 AM 0.42 M M M M I was surprised to find only .42" in the gauge after the torrent that fell in a short, ten minute deluge from a tornado-warned storm that passed directly overhead about 7:00 pm.
4/29/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/30/2016 7:00 AM 0.57 M M M M Very gray, drizzly, chilly morning to round out April. 53 degrees.
5/1/2016 7:00 AM 0.18 M M M M
5/2/2016 7:00 AM 0.13 M M M M
5/3/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/4/2016 7:00 AM 0.06 M M M M
5/5/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/6/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/7/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/8/2016 7:00 AM 0.06 M M M M Showery weather scattered all around but mostly missed me.
5/9/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/10/2016 7:00 AM 0.30 M M M M
5/11/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/12/2016 7:00 AM 0.20 M M M M Exact measure
5/13/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Beautiful day, perfect wether. My grass seed is germinating faster than the birds can ear it!
5/14/2016 7:00 AM 0.46 M M M M
5/15/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/16/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/17/2016 7:00 AM 0.20 M M M M Exact measure again
5/18/2016 7:00 AM 0.19 M M M M
5/19/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/20/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/21/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/22/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/23/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/24/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/25/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/26/2016 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Wasn't hardly worth the bother. It did incentivize me to finish mowing as quickly and diligently as possible but then barely sprinkled on me.
5/27/2016 7:00 AM 0.71 M M M M .71 fell in less than 15 minutes with a storm front that went through about 7:30am. Pea size hail fell about 3miles southeast of my location but did not observe any hail here.
5/28/2016 7:00 AM 0.10 M M M M Exact measure. No severe weather but very gusty winds all day. Heavy rainfall to the south and southwest flooded streets around Hillsboro and nearby towns.
5/29/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/30/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/31/2016 7:00 AM 0.78 M M M M .06 fell just after 7am gauge reading. .72 fell in a brief but intense deluge about 1:00.
6/1/2016 7:00 AM 0.39 M M M M Crazy hit-or-miss rainstorms yesterday. The ones I thought would hit us missed, and the ones I thought would miss us hit.
6/2/2016 7:00 AM 0.05 M M M M Another quick afternoon pop-up shower.
6/3/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/4/2016 7:00 AM 0.91 M M M M Raining at time of reading
6/5/2016 7:00 AM 0.50 M M M M Exact reading. The storm total of 1.41 which fell mostly between 4AM And 9AM Saturday morning, came down fast enough to cause minor flooding and road closings due to ground already saturated from all the rain earlier this week. Locations just to the east of here got considerably more rain from this event, closer to 3.5".
6/6/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/7/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/8/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Yesterday (Tuesday) brought the most gorgeous weather of the year I think. It was cool and breezy and clear, low humidity, in the morning, and then warm and breezy and clear. The breeze was cool enough to keep things pleasant even as the temp passed 80. Loved it, did yard chores the entire da as an excuse to play outside.
6/9/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/10/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/11/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/12/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/13/2016 7:00 AM 0.04 M M M M Temps dropped almost 25 degrees in mere minutes with the arrival of a cold front. Storms dissipated around this location before dropping much rain, but the cooler air was much appreciated.
6/14/2016 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M
6/15/2016 7:00 AM T M M M M Stood outside and watched a downpour as it approached and then skirted just to the southeast of here. The edge of the rain was so distinct it could have been poured from a giant bucket, and came within a quarter-mile of the farm. All we got was a few wind-carried droplets, and a temporary reprieve from 90+ temperatures.
6/16/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/17/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/18/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/19/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/20/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/21/2016 7:00 AM T 0.0 M M M Just a few sprinkles that didn't even completely wet the sidewalk. Kind of disappointing after seeing so much rain on radar heading this direction.
6/22/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/23/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/24/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/25/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/26/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/27/2016 7:00 AM 0.42 M M M M Took less than five minutes to collect this rain total!
6/28/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/29/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/30/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Beautiful day! Spent it at the lake with kids and grands, sunny, breezy, warm but much less humid than the past couple weeks.
7/1/2016 7:00 AM 0.23 M M M M
7/2/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Very cool morning for July, 60 degrees at 7am.
7/3/2016 7:00 AM 1.78 M M M M 57 degrees and steady rain with thunder at 7:00am.
7/4/2016 7:00 AM 0.68 M M M M Storm total Saturday and Sunday 2.46".
7/5/2016 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M
7/6/2016 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M
7/7/2016 7:00 AM 0.25 M M M M Exact measure
7/8/2016 7:00 AM 0.14 M M M M Crops are looking much better after getting measurable precip nearly every day this past week. And ground is still not saturated.
7/9/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/10/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/11/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/12/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/13/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/14/2016 7:00 AM 1.37 M M M M Half an inch fell in five minutes or less around 4pm.
7/15/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/16/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/17/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/18/2016 7:00 AM T M M M M No measurable precip in gauge, but I saw the sidewalk get wet as the tail end of a line of thunderstorms passed north of here. Another line of storms passed just to the south in the afternoon; that rain came within a mile or so but didn't quite reach us.
7/19/2016 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Nice little shower popped up just before 7am.
7/20/2016 7:00 AM 0.52 M M M M Yesterday was about as miserable as its been so far this year, hot and humid and heavy.
7/21/2016 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
7/22/2016 7:00 AM 0.38 M M M M Heat index reached over 100 degrees for the first time this year. Don't know exact reading, my weather station showed 122 at one point but I think it was sunstroked. U
7/23/2016 7:00 AM 0.07 M M M M Catch was from very early Thursday morning, it was still raining lightly when I read the gauge Aat 7am.
7/24/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Another miserably muggy day. The grass is getting out of control, the humidity is so high it never dries out enough to to mow properly. My laundry never got completely dry out on the line, either.
7/25/2016 7:00 AM 0.33 M M M M Heavy lightning last night with storms, looking forward to some relief from last week's oppressive heat.
7/26/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/27/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/28/2016 7:00 AM 0.76 M M M M Didn't cool things off significantly, it was still muggy and hot after the rain.
7/29/2016 7:00 AM 0.83 M M M M This surprised me. It didn't rain very long and I didn't think it rained nearly this hard!
7/30/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/31/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/1/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/2/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/3/2016 7:00 AM T M M M M
8/4/2016 7:00 AM 0.58 M M M M The pattern this summer has been for one brief but intense downpour at a time. So far we've been lucky that most of these rains have been able to soak in instead of running off uselessly. Crops around here are happy indeed.
8/5/2016 7:00 AM 0.04 M M M M
8/6/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/7/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/8/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/9/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/10/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/11/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/12/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/13/2016 7:00 AM 0.76 M M M M Rain was slow to get started at my location, compared to areas nearby. I could see huge rain shafts every direction I looked almost about 8:00 pm.
8/14/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/15/2016 7:00 AM 0.69 M M M M Raining at time of reading
8/16/2016 7:00 AM 1.70 M M M M It's been raining almost continuously since Monday morning's reading. No torrents, mostly steady, light rain with a few short periods of heavier rain.
8/17/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/18/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/19/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/20/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/21/2016 7:00 AM T M M M M
8/22/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/23/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/24/2016 7:00 AM T 0.0 M M M I originally submitted a zero report with a note that I felt like there had been at least a trace of rain but I didn't see it so....Later I remembered! It was starting to sprinkle when I took my sheets off the clothesline, but that was I got. Still, my instinct was correct, we did get a trace of rain.
8/25/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/26/2016 7:00 AM 0.29 M M M M Early morning thunderstorm woke me right up, peak wind speed reading of 41mph at 1:11am. Took a big branch out of the sycamore and blew heavy patio chairs off the deck but no major damage on the farm. Lots of lightning.
8/27/2016 7:00 AM 0.08 M M M M Overall, a muggy, oppressively warm day. Off and on sputtery showers offered little relief from the heavy heat.
8/28/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M A little cooler and more pleasant day.
8/29/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/30/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/31/2016 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Meanwhile 5-6 miles east and southeast of here roads were under water from the rain.
9/1/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/2/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/3/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/4/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/5/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/6/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/7/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/8/2016 7:00 AM T M M M M
9/9/2016 7:00 AM 0.25 M M M M Light showers ongoing at time of reading. Low drifting fog made for a beautiful dreamy sunrise.
9/10/2016 7:00 AM 2.08 M M M M There were a couple good showers overnight but I believe the bulk of this catch fell between 6 and 8 pm while I was about 25 miles to the east of the house. It was interesting to watch the storm from that distance. Not much rain at all fell in Pana while I watched it pour at home. That storm system produced several small tornados in Vermillion County.
9/11/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/12/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/13/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/14/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/15/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/16/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Looks like we'll have some rain here shortly. Harvest has been going along full tilt the past three or four days, once the ground dried from the two" rain that fell last week.
9/17/2016 7:00 AM 0.61 M M M M Enjoying the slightly cooler weather now. Still warm for this time of year.
9/18/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/19/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/20/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/21/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/22/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/23/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/24/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/25/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M



Start Date End Date & Time Duration in Days Precipitation Snow Depth Snow Depth SWE Notes
10/6/2015 10/22/2015 8:00 AM 17 T M M Little moisture in the bottom of owner gauge. Gone for 18 days, husband says it didn't really rain the entire time.
9/26/2016 9/30/2016 7:00 AM 5 0.26 M M



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