Station Overview Station Location
Station Number IL-CP-58 Latitude 40.0954
Station Name Urbana 0.9 SSE Longitude -88.2002
County Champaign Elevation (ft) 748



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 11 3.22 2.50 31 2.50 31 0.00 0 0 11 1 0.0 0 0
Nov 11 3.57 5.25 23 5.25 23 0.00 0 0 13 6 0.0 0 0
Dec 11 2.74 2.86 30 2.86 30 0.00 0 0 13 2 2.0 2 1
Jan 12 2.03 3.54 31 3.54 31 0.00 0 0 11 7 4.3 6 5
Feb 12 2.13 1.22 29 1.22 29 0.00 0 0 10 4 2.3 3 2
March 12 2.73 1.74 30 1.74 30 0.00 0 0 11 2 0.4 1 1
April 12 3.58 2.62 30 2.27 28 0.35 2 1 7 0 0.0 0 0
May 12 4.70 2.97 31 2.97 31 0.00 0 0 8 0 0.0 0 0
June 12 4.09 1.32 30 1.32 26 0.00 4 0 7 2 0.0 0 0
July 12 4.48 1.11 31 0.06 16 1.05 15 1 4 1 0.0 0 0
Aug 12 3.68 6.26 31 5.38 26 0.88 5 1 7 2 0.0 0 0
Sept 12 2.88 6.39 30 6.39 30 0.00 0 0 12 1 0.0 0 0
Water Year Totals: 39.83" 37.78" 357 days 35.50" 331 2.28" 26 days 3 114 days 28 days 9.0" 12 days 9 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
10/1/2011 0.00
10/2/2011 0.00
10/3/2011 0.00
10/4/2011 0.00
10/5/2011 0.00
10/6/2011 0.00
10/7/2011 0.00
10/8/2011 0.00
10/9/2011 0.00
10/10/2011 0.00
10/11/2011 0.00
10/12/2011 0.00
10/13/2011 0.29
10/14/2011 0.19
10/15/2011 0.00
10/16/2011 0.00
10/17/2011 0.02
10/18/2011 0.29
10/19/2011 0.25
10/20/2011 1.25
10/21/2011 0.02
10/22/2011 0.00
10/23/2011 0.00
10/24/2011 0.02
10/25/2011 0.00
10/26/2011 0.00
10/27/2011 0.05
10/28/2011 0.03
10/29/2011 T
10/30/2011 0.00
10/31/2011 0.09
11/1/2011
11/2/2011 0.00
11/3/2011 0.37
11/4/2011 0.95
11/5/2011 0.00
11/6/2011 0.00
11/7/2011 0.20
11/8/2011 0.23
11/9/2011 0.27
11/10/2011 0.03
11/11/2011 T
11/12/2011
11/13/2011
11/14/2011 0.13
11/15/2011 0.23
11/16/2011 0.00
11/17/2011
11/18/2011
11/19/2011
11/20/2011 T
11/21/2011 T
11/22/2011 0.02
11/23/2011 1.15
11/24/2011 T
11/25/2011 T
11/26/2011
11/27/2011 0.68
11/28/2011 0.10
11/29/2011 0.89
11/30/2011 T
12/1/2011 0.00
12/2/2011 0.00
12/3/2011 0.00
12/4/2011 0.17
12/5/2011 0.14
12/6/2011 T
12/7/2011 0.00
12/8/2011 0.00
12/9/2011 0.02
12/10/2011 0.00
12/11/2011 0.00
12/12/2011 0.00
12/13/2011 0.01
12/14/2011 0.13
12/15/2011 0.98
12/16/2011 T
12/17/2011 0.00
12/18/2011 0.00
12/19/2011 0.00
12/20/2011 0.80
12/21/2011 0.06
12/22/2011 0.01
12/23/2011 0.00
12/24/2011 0.00
12/25/2011 0.00
12/26/2011
12/27/2011 0.29
12/28/2011 0.02
12/29/2011 0.00
12/30/2011 0.01
12/31/2011 0.22
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
1/1/2012 T
1/2/2012 0.01
1/3/2012 0.04
1/4/2012 0.00
1/5/2012 0.00
1/6/2012 0.00
1/7/2012 0.00
1/8/2012 0.00
1/9/2012 0.00
1/10/2012 0.00
1/11/2012 0.00
1/12/2012 0.13
1/13/2012 0.20
1/14/2012 0.02
1/15/2012 T
1/16/2012 0.00
1/17/2012 1.13
1/18/2012 T
1/19/2012 T
1/20/2012 T
1/21/2012 0.11
1/22/2012 T
1/23/2012 0.86
1/24/2012 T
1/25/2012 0.00
1/26/2012 0.56
1/27/2012 0.41
1/28/2012 0.07
1/29/2012 0.00
1/30/2012 0.00
1/31/2012 0.00
2/1/2012 0.03
2/2/2012 0.00
2/3/2012 0.00
2/4/2012 0.28
2/5/2012 0.22
2/6/2012 0.00
2/7/2012 0.00
2/8/2012 0.08
2/9/2012 T
2/10/2012 T
2/11/2012 0.07
2/12/2012 0.00
2/13/2012 0.00
2/14/2012 0.11
2/15/2012 0.00
2/16/2012 0.21
2/17/2012 0.00
2/18/2012 0.00
2/19/2012 0.00
2/20/2012 0.00
2/21/2012 0.09
2/22/2012 T
2/23/2012 0.00
2/24/2012 0.02
2/25/2012 T
2/26/2012 0.00
2/27/2012 0.00
2/28/2012 0.00
2/29/2012 0.11
3/1/2012 0.00
3/2/2012 0.00
3/3/2012 0.62
3/4/2012 T
3/5/2012 0.05
3/6/2012 0.00
3/7/2012 0.00
3/8/2012 0.11
3/9/2012 0.02
3/10/2012 0.00
3/11/2012 0.00
3/12/2012 0.04
3/13/2012 0.00
3/14/2012 0.00
3/15/2012 0.00
3/16/2012 0.01
3/17/2012 0.00
3/18/2012 0.15
3/19/2012 0.00
3/20/2012 0.01
3/21/2012 0.00
3/22/2012 0.00
3/23/2012 T
3/24/2012 0.63
3/25/2012 0.06
3/26/2012 0.00
3/27/2012 0.00
3/28/2012 0.00
3/29/2012 0.00
3/30/2012 0.04
3/31/2012
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
4/1/2012 **
4/2/2012 0.35
4/3/2012 0.00
4/4/2012 0.00
4/5/2012 0.00
4/6/2012 0.00
4/7/2012 0.00
4/8/2012 0.00
4/9/2012 0.00
4/10/2012 0.00
4/11/2012 0.00
4/12/2012 0.00
4/13/2012 0.00
4/14/2012 0.04
4/15/2012 0.42
4/16/2012 0.75
4/17/2012 0.00
4/18/2012 0.00
4/19/2012 0.00
4/20/2012 0.00
4/21/2012 0.18
4/22/2012 0.00
4/23/2012 0.00
4/24/2012 0.00
4/25/2012 0.00
4/26/2012 0.00
4/27/2012 0.00
4/28/2012 0.09
4/29/2012 0.02
4/30/2012 0.77
5/1/2012 0.18
5/2/2012 0.51
5/3/2012 0.01
5/4/2012 0.00
5/5/2012 0.00
5/6/2012 0.00
5/7/2012 0.35
5/8/2012 0.12
5/9/2012 0.00
5/10/2012 0.00
5/11/2012 0.00
5/12/2012 0.00
5/13/2012 0.00
5/14/2012 0.00
5/15/2012 0.00
5/16/2012 0.00
5/17/2012 0.00
5/18/2012 0.00
5/19/2012 0.00
5/20/2012 0.00
5/21/2012 0.69
5/22/2012 0.00
5/23/2012 0.00
5/24/2012 0.00
5/25/2012 0.00
5/26/2012 0.00
5/27/2012 0.00
5/28/2012 0.00
5/29/2012 1.09
5/30/2012 0.02
5/31/2012 0.00
6/1/2012 0.61
6/2/2012 0.01
6/3/2012 0.18
6/4/2012 0.02
6/5/2012 0.10
6/6/2012 0.00
6/7/2012 0.00
6/8/2012 0.00
6/9/2012 0.00
6/10/2012 0.00
6/11/2012 0.00
6/12/2012 0.31
6/13/2012 0.00
6/14/2012 0.00
6/15/2012 0.00
6/16/2012 0.00
6/17/2012 0.00
6/18/2012 0.00
6/19/2012 0.00
6/20/2012 0.00
6/21/2012 0.00
6/22/2012 0.09
6/23/2012 0.00
6/24/2012 T
6/25/2012 T
6/26/2012 0.00
6/27/2012 **
6/28/2012 **
6/29/2012 **
6/30/2012 **
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
7/1/2012 **
7/2/2012 **
7/3/2012 **
7/4/2012 **
7/5/2012 **
7/6/2012 **
7/7/2012 **
7/8/2012 **
7/9/2012 **
7/10/2012 **
7/11/2012 **
7/12/2012 **
7/13/2012 **
7/14/2012 **
7/15/2012 1.05
7/16/2012 0.00
7/17/2012 0.00
7/18/2012 0.02
7/19/2012 T
7/20/2012 0.02
7/21/2012 0.00
7/22/2012 0.00
7/23/2012 0.00
7/24/2012 0.00
7/25/2012 0.00
7/26/2012 0.00
7/27/2012 0.01
7/28/2012 0.01
7/29/2012 0.00
7/30/2012 0.00
7/31/2012 0.00
8/1/2012 0.02
8/2/2012 0.00
8/3/2012 **
8/4/2012 **
8/5/2012 **
8/6/2012 **
8/7/2012 0.88
8/8/2012 0.00
8/9/2012 T
8/10/2012 0.72
8/11/2012 T
8/12/2012 0.00
8/13/2012 0.25
8/14/2012 0.09
8/15/2012 0.00
8/16/2012 0.00
8/17/2012 2.05
8/18/2012 0.00
8/19/2012 0.00
8/20/2012 0.00
8/21/2012 0.00
8/22/2012 0.00
8/23/2012 0.00
8/24/2012 0.00
8/25/2012 0.00
8/26/2012 0.00
8/27/2012 2.23
8/28/2012 0.02
8/29/2012 0.00
8/30/2012 0.00
8/31/2012 0.00
9/1/2012 0.58
9/2/2012 3.26
9/3/2012 0.26
9/4/2012 0.00
9/5/2012 0.03
9/6/2012 0.08
9/7/2012 0.00
9/8/2012 0.78
9/9/2012 0.00
9/10/2012 0.00
9/11/2012 0.00
9/12/2012 0.00
9/13/2012 0.00
9/14/2012 0.33
9/15/2012 T
9/16/2012 0.00
9/17/2012 0.00
9/18/2012 0.13
9/19/2012 0.00
9/20/2012 0.00
9/21/2012 0.00
9/22/2012 0.53
9/23/2012 0.00
9/24/2012 0.00
9/25/2012 0.03
9/26/2012 0.23
9/27/2012 0.15
9/28/2012 0.00
9/29/2012 0.00
9/30/2012 0.00



Observation Date Observation Time Precipitation Snowfall Snowfall SWE Snow Depth Snow SWE Notes
10/1/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/2/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/3/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/4/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/5/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M A few drops in my rain gauge but not precip.
10/6/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/7/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M This is good for farmers and good for my landscapers, but not so good for the soil. Could use rain.
10/8/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/9/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/10/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/11/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/12/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/13/2011 7:00 AM 0.29 M M M M Nice to see the ground wet.
10/14/2011 7:00 AM 0.19 M M M M Most of this came in a heavy downpour around 4 p.m. yesterday.
10/15/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/16/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/17/2011 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Always so hard to distinguish precipitation from dew. But I know it sprinkled yesterday as I felt it while out in the ard. .02 seems high, but since can't separate dew from rain, it's what I had in the gauge.
10/18/2011 7:00 AM 0.29 M M M M
10/19/2011 7:00 AM 0.25 M M M M Still light drizzle when I measured.
10/20/2011 7:00 AM 1.25 M M M M Finally, a good, long soaking.
10/21/2011 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
10/22/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Had .01 in the gauge from dew condensation.
10/23/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/24/2011 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
10/25/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M But .01 in condensation from dew.
10/26/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/27/2011 7:00 AM 0.05 M M M M
10/28/2011 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M
10/29/2011 7:00 AM T M M M M
10/30/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/31/2011 7:00 AM 0.09 M M M M
11/2/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/3/2011 7:00 AM 0.37 M M M M
11/4/2011 7:00 AM 0.95 M M M M
11/5/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/6/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/7/2011 7:00 AM 0.20 M M M M
11/8/2011 7:00 AM 0.23 M M M M
11/9/2011 7:00 AM 0.27 M M M M
11/10/2011 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M Some was frozen. Time to remove the inner tube!
11/11/2011 7:00 AM T T M M M Snow and snow pellets fell early yesterday afternoon but quickly melted.
11/14/2011 7:00 AM 0.13 M M M M
11/15/2011 7:00 AM 0.23 M M M M
11/16/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/20/2011 7:00 AM T M M M M Nothing in the gauge, but sprinkled at times.
11/21/2011 7:00 AM T M M M M Thought there would be more, but that's all I had in my gauge.
11/22/2011 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M It was misting as I took the measurement.
11/23/2011 7:00 AM 1.15 M M M M
11/24/2011 7:00 AM T M M M M
11/25/2011 7:00 AM T M M M M
11/27/2011 7:00 AM 0.68 M M M M This measurement was done at 5:45 a.m.
11/28/2011 8:00 AM 0.10 M M M M This is anomalous compared to readings around me. This is likely due to my reading my gauge at 5:45 yesterday morning and at 8 this morning.
11/29/2011 7:00 AM 0.89 M M M M
11/30/2011 7:00 AM T M M M M
12/1/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/2/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/3/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Threatening, but no sign of precip.
12/4/2011 7:00 AM 0.17 M M M M
12/5/2011 7:00 AM 0.14 M M M M
12/6/2011 7:00 AM T M M M M A mix of rain and snow last night, but nothing in my gauge.
12/7/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/8/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Frosty but empty.
12/9/2011 7:00 AM 0.02 0.3 M 0.3 M A nice first snow. The pavement was just warm enough for it to melt, and only the grass, shrubs, and trees were covered.
12/10/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/11/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/12/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/13/2011 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M
12/14/2011 7:00 AM 0.13 M M M M
12/15/2011 7:00 AM 0.98 M M M M Fell in several short bursts of rain spread over a 12 hour period.
12/16/2011 7:00 AM T M M M M This was just residual moisture in the air after the storm had moved on yesterday morning, very light mist.
12/17/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/18/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Frosty outside but dry inside the gauge.
12/19/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/20/2011 7:00 AM 0.80 M M M M And still raining. Grateful for not having to check the snowboard!
12/21/2011 7:00 AM 0.06 M M M M With a few drops (very few) still dripping down.
12/22/2011 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Frozen, of course, though originally liquid.
12/23/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Light drizzle in the night.
12/24/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Frosty but dry inside.
12/25/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/27/2011 7:00 AM 0.29 1.7 M M M
12/28/2011 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M This was the end of yesterday's snow storm.
12/29/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/30/2011 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Not as much as I expected, considering the wetness of the pavement. Guess it doesn't take much.
12/31/2011 7:00 AM 0.22 M M M M There was heavy rain around midnight or so last night.
1/1/2012 7:00 AM T M M M M
1/2/2012 7:00 AM 0.01 T M M M There was light rain falling early yesterday morning (January 1st), and light snow fell very early this morning.
1/3/2012 7:00 AM 0.04 0.2 M 0.2 M This is high compared to the stations around me; it may be that the configuration of structures and prevailing wind funneled more snow into my gauge.
1/4/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/5/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Another warm and dry January day. We probably need the moisture, but I sure don't mind the lack of snow and ice.
1/6/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Another beautiful day. Warm and dry.
1/7/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/8/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/9/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/10/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/11/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M A very light mist was falling prior to and during the time I checked my gauge. Just a few drops covered the bottom of it.
1/12/2012 7:00 AM 0.13 M M M M
1/13/2012 7:00 AM 0.20 2.8 M 3.0 M With all the wind, and the various barriers for it to blow around, very difficult to determine snow depth. My board had only 1.0 inches, but a few inches away, it was 4.5. I took a number of measurements and averaged them.
1/14/2012 7:00 AM 0.02 0.5 3.50 M M
1/15/2012 7:00 AM T 0.1 M 3.5 M
1/16/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 2.5 M
1/17/2012 7:00 AM 1.13 M M M M Needless to say, the snow is all gone, for now.
1/18/2012 7:00 AM T T M M M A few snow flurries deposited flakes in nooks and crannies. This morning I found a few snow pellets on the bottom of the gauge. Don't know if these fell as pellets or changed after falling.
1/19/2012 7:00 AM T T M M M It had just begun snowing shortly before 7; there were a few flakes at the bottom of the gauge.
1/20/2012 7:00 AM T T M M M A burst of snow fell in the mid-afternoon yesterday, and let some at the bottom of my gauge, but not enough to measure.
1/21/2012 7:00 AM 0.11 0.3 M 0.3 M This began as light freezing rain, and in the early evening turned to snow.
1/22/2012 7:00 AM T M M M M There was a very, very light mist around 5:30. Hardly qualifies, but was, indeed, precipitation.
1/23/2012 7:00 AM 0.86 M M M M :aining lightly at the time I measured. There were at least two thunderstorms which came through, one in the early evening, around 7:30 or 8:00 and one later around 10:15 and beyond. All snow is gone. Again.
1/24/2012 7:00 AM T M M M M As I said yesterday, it was misting when I took my measurement then. It soon stopped. That was all the precipitation I had.
1/25/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Frost on the rain gauge, but nothing inside.
1/26/2012 7:00 AM 0.56 M M M M There was snow, sleet, and freezing rain mixed in with rain. When I brought the gauge in, the precipitation was partly frozen. It was still raining lightly.
1/27/2012 7:00 AM 0.41 M M M M All liquid, at least this morning.
1/28/2012 7:00 AM 0.07 0.4 M T M This was a tricky precipitation event, as some of it seems to have fallen as rain or freezing rain, or the temperature was at or above freezing at some point during it. What I measured on the board was 0.4 inches of, well, frozen precipitation, not quite snow and not quite sleet. The ground, which presumably was warmer, had less than a quarter of an inch so I measured it as a trace.
1/29/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M
1/30/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/31/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/1/2012 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M
2/2/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Dense fog outside, but my gauge was dry.
2/3/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M The outside of the gauge was wet with dew, the inside dry.
2/4/2012 7:00 AM 0.28 M M M M We were between rain bands when I measured, so not so time sensitive as during a storm.
2/5/2012 7:00 AM 0.22 M M M M
2/6/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Gauge was covered with frost on the outside.
2/7/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Again, outside of the cylinder is frozen, inside dry.
2/8/2012 7:00 AM 0.08 0.6 M 0.5 M Not sure why I'm higher than surrounding stations, but that's what I had in my gauge in terms of melted snow.
2/9/2012 7:00 AM T M M T M Snow flurries off and on through the day yesterday, but nothing in the gauge.
2/10/2012 7:00 AM T M M T M A few flakes of snow fell before dawn, and nestled in the bottom of my gauge.
2/11/2012 7:00 AM 0.07 0.2 M T M Mixed rain and snow through the day yesterday. A frozen layer of slushy snow on the snowboard.
2/12/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M
2/13/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M Still pockets of snow around a mostly bare yard.
2/14/2012 7:00 AM 0.11 1.5 M 1.5 M It seemed to be all snow.
2/15/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M Much of the ground is covered with only a few tenths of an inch of snow, but a good deal is bare as well. I can't imagine there's much water content there.
2/16/2012 7:00 AM 0.21 M M M M
2/17/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Frosty but empty gauge.
2/18/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/19/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/20/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/21/2012 7:00 AM 0.09 M M M M
2/22/2012 7:00 AM T M M M M
2/23/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/24/2012 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
2/25/2012 7:00 AM T T M M M Light bands of snow flurries and at least one of sleet fell through mid-day yesterday. No accumulation, and nothing to measure in the gauge.
2/26/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/27/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/28/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/29/2012 7:00 AM 0.11 M M M M Was expecting more, but, apparently, it never materialized. Could use a little moisture.
3/1/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/2/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/3/2012 7:00 AM 0.62 M M M M
3/4/2012 7:00 AM T M M M M Just a few flurries and pellets.
3/5/2012 7:00 AM 0.05 0.4 M 0.4 M
3/6/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Dry, fairly mild morning, though windy already.
3/7/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Cloudy but dry. Probably not so much tomorrow morning.
3/8/2012 7:00 AM 0.11 M M M M In two bursts, one in the middle of the night (time?), and one just a little before 7 a.m. this morning.
3/9/2012 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M From the tail end of yesterday morning's rain.
3/10/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear and dry.
3/11/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/12/2012 7:00 AM 0.04 M M M M A lot less than I expected.
3/13/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/14/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Arrgghh! Checking the gauge on time, but no time to enter it. At any rate, it was dewy on the outside, dry on the inside. I put the inner gauge in today. It's possible we may still have some snow or freezing rain; if so, I'll remove it. Snowboard is up too. Ready for spring.
3/15/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/16/2012 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Not sure when it rained; there was lightning far to the east of us early this morning.
3/17/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/18/2012 5:45 AM 0.15 M M M M
3/19/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/20/2012 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M
3/21/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/22/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/23/2012 7:00 AM T M M M M Nothing in the gauge. Just sprinkles in the afternoon.
3/24/2012 7:00 AM 0.63 M M M M Two lines of storms passed through, one mid- and one late afternoon. There was a tiny bit of hail (less than pea-sized) for a few seconds with each line.
3/25/2012 7:00 AM 0.06 M M M M A surprise shower that seemed to come out of nowhere while I was mowing my lawn.
3/26/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/27/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/28/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M A thunderstorm off to the southeast at 5:15 a.m. was long gone by 7 this morning.
3/29/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/30/2012 7:00 AM 0.04 M M M M Rained in the late afternoon and evening yesterday.
4/3/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/4/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/5/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/6/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/7/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/8/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/9/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/10/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M And very dry.
4/11/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/12/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Gauge was dry. Grass was dewy. Frost was lower in elevation again.
4/13/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Another dry morning.
4/14/2012 7:00 AM 0.04 M M M M Very disappointed in the amount. We need some rain!
4/15/2012 7:00 AM 0.42 M M M M Nice fairly gentle rain fell from about 9 a.m. to about 3 p.m. Could have used
4/16/2012 7:00 AM 0.75 M M M M Came in a thunderstorm early in the night.
4/17/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/18/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Dry and quiet morning.
4/19/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/20/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/21/2012 7:00 AM 0.18 M M M M Not enough.
4/22/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/23/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/24/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/25/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/26/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Just sprinkles. C'mon rain!
4/27/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/28/2012 7:00 AM 0.09 M M M M
4/29/2012 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M It rained harder just a mile south of us, where my wife and I were drenched by a passing shower at Meadowbrook Park.
4/30/2012 7:00 AM 0.77 M M M M
5/1/2012 7:00 AM 0.18 M M M M
5/2/2012 7:00 AM 0.51 M M M M As hard as it rained between 4:00 and 4:15, I thought the gauge would be full. The rain fell very hard, but apparently for a very short time.
5/3/2012 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M I know there were sprinkles yesterday. Hard to differentiate between precip and dew deposition.
5/4/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Lightning on the horizon but no rain yet.
5/5/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/6/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/7/2012 7:00 AM 0.35 M M M M
5/8/2012 7:00 AM 0.12 M M M M
5/9/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M I know I shouldn't complain. At least we got some rain. But we still could use more. We need a really good one inch plus soaking.
5/10/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/11/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M There was dew on the gauge this morning, but no clouds yesterday certainly meant no rain. The grass is still green but our newly planted landscaping could use more rain than it's getting.
5/12/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M We continue to be rainless. Soil is pretty dry.
5/13/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/14/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M And nothing on the seven day horizon.
5/15/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Still dry.
5/16/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Again. Blue sky, no dew.
5/17/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Still clear and dry. New plantings are requiring a great deal of water. A few have died.
5/18/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/19/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/20/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/21/2012 7:00 AM 0.69 M M M M Came in at least 3 bursts of rain, one around 7:00 p.m., one around 8:45, and another around 9:15. Nice to get it. All our new plants have perked up.
5/22/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/23/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/24/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/25/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Getting dry again.
5/26/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Hot and dry. Not good for gardens.
5/27/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/28/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Hope we don't exhaust the Mahomet Aquifer trying to keep our new trees, shrubs, and perennials alive.
5/29/2012 7:00 AM 1.09 M M M M Was not awake when the storm went through, but there were still puddles when I arose at 5. It appears that we got more in our little corner than most elsewhere in the county.
5/30/2012 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Somewhat embarrassed. I didn't look closely enough at the gauge; when I poured it out later in the morning (and the skies had been clear) there was .02 in it.
5/31/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/1/2012 7:00 AM 0.61 M M M M
6/2/2012 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M
6/3/2012 7:00 AM 0.18 M M M M
6/4/2012 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
6/5/2012 7:00 AM 0.10 M M M M
6/6/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/7/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/8/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/9/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/10/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/11/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Dry weather continues. We could really use a good soaking.
6/12/2012 7:00 AM 0.31 M M M M It was a nice rain, but wish we had gotten as much as our neighbors a couple miles to the west!
6/13/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/14/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/15/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/16/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/17/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/18/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/19/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Dry again.
6/20/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/21/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Hoping for some rain! Garden is so dry.
6/22/2012 7:00 AM 0.09 M M M M Just a tease. And not much in sight. Despite watering, garden plants are quite heat stressed.
6/23/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M This is going to get much worse before it gets better. Even with regular watering, newly planted trees and shrubs are struggling, and even older trees are drought-stressed. Much of my lawn has gone dormant.
6/24/2012 7:00 AM T M M M M Just a tease.
6/25/2012 7:00 AM T M M M M Just a few drops teased us as we watered the garden.
6/26/2012 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Dry again. Station going dark for a few weeks. Be back online in mid-July.
7/16/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M A dry day as the drought continues. Came back after nearly three weeks away to dead grass, but, thanks to watering, newly planted landscaping continues to hold on, mostly. No real rain in sight for the forseeable future.
7/17/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Still very dry.
7/18/2012 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Heavier rain just a couple of miles away. Ah, well, maybe today. Grass continues to dry up and trees are losing leaves, despite watering.
7/19/2012 7:00 AM T M M M M Just a drop. Had I not been out at the moment when a few drops fell, I wouldn't have trusted the gauge. Hopefully more rain today.
7/20/2012 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
7/21/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/22/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Nothing again. The long-range forecast is certainly discouraging. Watering trees frequently but young ones are so heat stressed, hard to keep them alive.
7/23/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/24/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/25/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/26/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Lightning off to the northwest at around 5:30 a.m. this morning, but the rain slipped off toward the northeast. Have received only 2.39 inches at this station since June 1st. Very, very dry.
7/27/2012 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Pretty useless. Dried before I knew it had rained.
7/28/2012 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Worse than useless.
7/29/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/30/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/31/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Nothing again. Finding cracks in the ground. Also noticing that rabbits and squirrels are nibbling more on new shoots in the garden as the non-watered vegetation dies back.
8/1/2012 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Right on the edge. My wife, who works at 1701 E. Washington in Urbana, reported half inch hail when the storm came through.
8/2/2012 5:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Nothing, as usual.
8/8/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Had some in the gauge but it was dew, I'm sure.
8/9/2012 7:00 AM T M M M M One drop in the gauge of the several drops that fell around dawn this morning. Hope more comes!
8/10/2012 7:00 AM 0.72 M M M M As I noted in a Significant Weather report, this all came, except for the last .01, in a 10 minute period from 5:50 to 6:00 p.m. last night. There are some downed smaller branches around the neighborhood, a few larger branches, even a downed tree. A brief but violent storm. Glad for the rain even so. Would like to have had it stretched out over a long period, but one can't be picky in a drought.
8/11/2012 7:00 AM T M M M M
8/12/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/13/2012 7:00 AM 0.25 M M M M Not sure when it started. It was lightly drizzling at 5:15 a.m., torrentially pouring at 5:30. I was at the gym by then so not sure if this came down in a hurry, but I suspect so.
8/14/2012 7:00 AM 0.09 M M M M
8/15/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/16/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/17/2012 7:00 AM 2.05 M M M M Rain fell over a three hour period. Wonderful to get so much, things have really greened up. I know we're still in extreme drought, but it's good to have some natural watering!
8/18/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/19/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/20/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Somewhat in a quandary. I showed .02 in my gauge, but there was a heavy dew which coated the gauge. I wasn't aware of any rain having fallen, so put 0. It's not that big of an amount anyway.
8/21/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M At 5:15 a.m., we could see lightning off to the south. Not sure if there was rain associated with it or not.
8/22/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/23/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Things are still very dry, but the lower temps have reduced evaporation.
8/24/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/25/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/26/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/27/2012 7:00 AM 2.23 M M M M Ah, sweet, sweet rain. Long, slow, and gentle would be better, but, in a drought, one doesn't quibble.
8/28/2012 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Never had a chance to input this yesterday.
8/29/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/30/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/31/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Hopefully the last dry report for a few days.
9/1/2012 7:00 AM 0.58 M M M M In a heavy downpour. I'm sure a few minutes either way in taking measurements would result in a big different in amount. We have a well insulated house, but the rain is pretty loud!
9/2/2012 7:00 AM 3.26 M M M M About 2.5 of this fell last night, a heavy but steady rain.
9/3/2012 7:00 AM 0.26 M M M M Light drizzle through late morning and half the afternoon.
9/4/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M There was between .01 and .02 inches in the gauge, but I assumed this was due to condensation as the temperature reached the dew point.
9/5/2012 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M Streets were wet at 5:10 so this couldn't have fallen much before that.
9/6/2012 7:00 AM 0.08 M M M M Not enough to make any difference, but after Isaac's rains, the surface moisture seems fine for now.
9/7/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Water in the gauge from condensation.
9/8/2012 7:00 AM 0.78 M M M M
9/9/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/10/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/11/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Just condensation from the dew.
9/12/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/13/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/14/2012 7:00 AM 0.33 M M M M
9/15/2012 7:00 AM T M M M M
9/16/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/17/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M But gray and a little foggy.
9/18/2012 7:00 AM 0.13 M M M M
9/19/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/20/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/21/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M A hundredth of an inch in the gauge; assuming that's from condensation of dew as it didn't rain.
9/22/2012 7:00 AM 0.53 M M M M Most of this fell in the late afternoon of 9/21 in several heavy downpours.
9/23/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear day and evening.
9/24/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M No precip or condensation. Interestingly, at Meadowbrook Park, less than a mile south but slightly lower in elevation, there was a covering of frost. But up here on the moraine, and, in a residential section, there was no frost.
9/25/2012 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M Light rain at the time I took the measurement.
9/26/2012 7:00 AM 0.23 M M M M
9/27/2012 7:00 AM 0.15 M M M M
9/28/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/29/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/30/2012 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
4/1/2012 4/02/2012 7:00 AM 2 0.35 M M I check my gauge at 5:45 on Sunday mornings, and it was raining then, so decided, not knowing when the rain would stop, to record the full amount today rather than yesterday's 0.26 at 5:45.
6/27/2012 7/15/2012 7:00 AM 19 1.05 M M During the nearly three weeks I was gone, we had a number of very hot days, and my wife reported that there was some evaporation. So I had at least 1.05 inches of precipitation and certainly more.
8/3/2012 8/07/2012 5:00 PM 5 0.88 M M We know from those who checked the gauge this rain should have been recorded 8/5. They said there was about 0.9; I found 0.88, so some evaporation.



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
1/1/0001 12:00 AM 1/4" Pea Size NA Rice Hard 5 1min minor leaf damage Continuous True Same time as rain After smaller hail 30-40