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



Month 30 Yr Avg by PRISM Total Prcp Sum Days Covered By All Observations Daily Prcp Sum Daily Observation Count Multiday Prcp Sum Days Covered by Multiday Observations Multiday Observation Count Days With Prcp Days With Trace Total Snowfall Days With Snowfall Days With Snow On Ground
Oct 11 2.85 1.33 31 1.33 31 0.00 0 0 9 4 0.0 0 0
Nov 11 3.17 5.13 30 5.13 30 0.00 0 0 9 5 0.0 0 0
Dec 11 2.18 2.71 31 2.71 31 0.00 0 0 12 1 1.0 1 1
Jan 12 1.59 1.18 31 1.18 31 0.00 0 0 9 6 10.9 5 2
Feb 12 1.52 1.68 29 1.68 29 0.00 0 0 11 3 2.2 5 0
March 12 2.57 1.98 31 1.98 31 0.00 0 0 10 5 0.8 1 0
April 12 3.28 1.53 30 1.53 30 0.00 0 0 7 6 0.0 0 0
May 12 4.17 3.25 31 3.25 31 0.00 0 0 9 3 0.0 0 0
June 12 3.89 2.36 30 2.36 30 0.00 0 0 5 2 0.0 0 0
July 12 3.99 0.70 31 0.70 31 0.00 0 0 8 4 0.0 0 0
Aug 12 3.84 2.93 31 2.93 31 0.00 0 0 8 0 0.0 0 0
Sept 12 3.27 2.80 30 2.80 30 0.00 0 0 8 1 0.0 0 0
Water Year Totals: 36.32" 27.58" 366 days 27.58" 366 0.00" 0 days 0 105 days 40 days 14.9" 12 days 3 days



Days in Water Year Cell Color Key
        Daily Observation with Prcp         Missing Day
        Multiday Observation         Daily/Multiday Observation Conflict

Day of Year Daily Prcp Multiday Prcp
10/1/2011 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 0.56
10/14/2011 0.17
10/15/2011 0.00
10/16/2011 0.00
10/17/2011 0.03
10/18/2011 T
10/19/2011 0.01
10/20/2011 0.20
10/21/2011 T
10/22/2011 0.00
10/23/2011 0.00
10/24/2011 0.06
10/25/2011 0.00
10/26/2011 0.23
10/27/2011 T
10/28/2011 T
10/29/2011 0.01
10/30/2011 0.00
10/31/2011 0.06
11/1/2011 0.00
11/2/2011 0.00
11/3/2011 0.07
11/4/2011 0.74
11/5/2011 0.00
11/6/2011 0.00
11/7/2011 0.00
11/8/2011 0.69
11/9/2011 1.47
11/10/2011 0.68
11/11/2011 T
11/12/2011 0.00
11/13/2011 0.00
11/14/2011 0.00
11/15/2011 0.03
11/16/2011 0.00
11/17/2011 0.00
11/18/2011 0.00
11/19/2011 0.00
11/20/2011 T
11/21/2011 0.03
11/22/2011 0.00
11/23/2011 0.24
11/24/2011 0.00
11/25/2011 0.00
11/26/2011 T
11/27/2011 1.18
11/28/2011 T
11/29/2011 T
11/30/2011 0.00
12/1/2011 0.00
12/2/2011 0.00
12/3/2011 0.00
12/4/2011 0.27
12/5/2011 0.00
12/6/2011 0.01
12/7/2011 0.00
12/8/2011 0.00
12/9/2011 0.03
12/10/2011 0.00
12/11/2011 0.00
12/12/2011 0.00
12/13/2011 T
12/14/2011 0.58
12/15/2011 1.23
12/16/2011 0.00
12/17/2011 0.03
12/18/2011 0.00
12/19/2011 0.00
12/20/2011 0.00
12/21/2011 0.08
12/22/2011 0.02
12/23/2011 0.04
12/24/2011 0.00
12/25/2011 0.00
12/26/2011 0.00
12/27/2011 0.18
12/28/2011 0.00
12/29/2011 0.00
12/30/2011 0.06
12/31/2011 0.18
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
1/1/2012 0.06
1/2/2012 T
1/3/2012 T
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 0.00
1/13/2012 0.34
1/14/2012 0.01
1/15/2012 0.00
1/16/2012 0.00
1/17/2012 0.12
1/18/2012 0.02
1/19/2012 0.02
1/20/2012 T
1/21/2012 0.31
1/22/2012 0.00
1/23/2012 0.12
1/24/2012 T
1/25/2012 0.00
1/26/2012 0.00
1/27/2012 T
1/28/2012 0.18
1/29/2012 0.00
1/30/2012 T
1/31/2012 0.00
2/1/2012 T
2/2/2012 0.00
2/3/2012 T
2/4/2012 0.28
2/5/2012 0.02
2/6/2012 0.00
2/7/2012 0.00
2/8/2012 T
2/9/2012 0.00
2/10/2012 0.00
2/11/2012 0.01
2/12/2012 0.00
2/13/2012 0.00
2/14/2012 0.05
2/15/2012 0.00
2/16/2012 0.40
2/17/2012 0.00
2/18/2012 0.00
2/19/2012 0.00
2/20/2012 0.00
2/21/2012 0.13
2/22/2012 0.05
2/23/2012 0.08
2/24/2012 0.37
2/25/2012 0.01
2/26/2012 0.00
2/27/2012 0.00
2/28/2012 0.00
2/29/2012 0.28
3/1/2012 T
3/2/2012 0.00
3/3/2012 0.51
3/4/2012 T
3/5/2012 0.00
3/6/2012 0.00
3/7/2012 0.00
3/8/2012 0.20
3/9/2012 T
3/10/2012 0.00
3/11/2012 0.00
3/12/2012 0.24
3/13/2012 0.00
3/14/2012 0.00
3/15/2012 0.00
3/16/2012 T
3/17/2012 T
3/18/2012 0.00
3/19/2012 0.16
3/20/2012 0.47
3/21/2012 0.00
3/22/2012 0.00
3/23/2012 0.29
3/24/2012 0.05
3/25/2012 0.00
3/26/2012 0.00
3/27/2012 0.03
3/28/2012 0.01
3/29/2012 0.00
3/30/2012 0.02
3/31/2012 0.00
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
4/1/2012 0.10
4/2/2012 0.00
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 T
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 T
4/15/2012 0.32
4/16/2012 0.29
4/17/2012 T
4/18/2012 0.00
4/19/2012 0.00
4/20/2012 T
4/21/2012 0.02
4/22/2012 0.00
4/23/2012 0.00
4/24/2012 0.00
4/25/2012 T
4/26/2012 T
4/27/2012 0.00
4/28/2012 0.36
4/29/2012 0.04
4/30/2012 0.40
5/1/2012 0.06
5/2/2012 0.67
5/3/2012 0.03
5/4/2012 1.06
5/5/2012 0.00
5/6/2012 T
5/7/2012 0.69
5/8/2012 0.31
5/9/2012 0.00
5/10/2012 0.00
5/11/2012 0.00
5/12/2012 T
5/13/2012 0.03
5/14/2012 0.00
5/15/2012 0.00
5/16/2012 T
5/17/2012 0.00
5/18/2012 0.00
5/19/2012 0.00
5/20/2012 0.00
5/21/2012 0.02
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 0.38
5/30/2012 0.00
5/31/2012 0.00
6/1/2012 0.62
6/2/2012 0.00
6/3/2012 T
6/4/2012 0.12
6/5/2012 0.00
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 0.01
6/13/2012 0.00
6/14/2012 0.00
6/15/2012 0.00
6/16/2012 0.00
6/17/2012 1.31
6/18/2012 0.00
6/19/2012 0.00
6/20/2012 0.00
6/21/2012 0.00
6/22/2012 T
6/23/2012 0.00
6/24/2012 0.00
6/25/2012 0.00
6/26/2012 0.00
6/27/2012 0.00
6/28/2012 0.00
6/29/2012 0.00
6/30/2012 0.30
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
7/1/2012 0.00
7/2/2012 T
7/3/2012 0.00
7/4/2012 0.00
7/5/2012 0.00
7/6/2012 0.00
7/7/2012 0.00
7/8/2012 0.02
7/9/2012 T
7/10/2012 0.00
7/11/2012 0.00
7/12/2012 0.00
7/13/2012 0.00
7/14/2012 0.03
7/15/2012 0.32
7/16/2012 0.00
7/17/2012 0.00
7/18/2012 0.00
7/19/2012 0.04
7/20/2012 0.00
7/21/2012 T
7/22/2012 0.00
7/23/2012 0.00
7/24/2012 0.02
7/25/2012 0.00
7/26/2012 0.02
7/27/2012 0.22
7/28/2012 0.03
7/29/2012 0.00
7/30/2012 T
7/31/2012 0.00
8/1/2012 0.00
8/2/2012 0.00
8/3/2012 0.00
8/4/2012 0.00
8/5/2012 0.32
8/6/2012 0.00
8/7/2012 0.00
8/8/2012 0.00
8/9/2012 0.09
8/10/2012 0.02
8/11/2012 0.00
8/12/2012 0.00
8/13/2012 0.27
8/14/2012 0.22
8/15/2012 0.00
8/16/2012 0.00
8/17/2012 0.64
8/18/2012 0.00
8/19/2012 0.00
8/20/2012 0.00
8/21/2012 0.13
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 1.24
8/28/2012 0.00
8/29/2012 0.00
8/30/2012 0.00
8/31/2012 0.00
9/1/2012 0.12
9/2/2012 1.12
9/3/2012 0.31
9/4/2012 0.00
9/5/2012 T
9/6/2012 0.25
9/7/2012 0.00
9/8/2012 0.42
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 0.30
9/15/2012 0.00
9/16/2012 0.00
9/17/2012 0.00
9/18/2012 0.27
9/19/2012 0.00
9/20/2012 0.00
9/21/2012 0.00
9/22/2012 0.01
9/23/2012 0.00
9/24/2012 0.00
9/25/2012 0.00
9/26/2012 0.00
9/27/2012 0.00
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 4:59 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 09-30-11: High 66, Low 44 (11:59pm) wind NW & N 7-28 mph w/gust 38 mph, higher wind readings from early Friday morning, lost pool cover Thursday night. Today at 4:59am clear, dew on car, temp 38, wind N 6 mph, wind chill 34, dew point 36, humidity 86%. September rain 3.84 in gauge. Normal temp for today 71/47. Sunrise 6:51am, Sunset 6:37pm.
10/2/2011 5:20 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 10-01-11: High 63, Low 37, wind NW & N calm-14 mph w/gust 17 mph. Yesterday morning limited rooftop frost in low lying areas, ex: Catlin Street and the NE corner of my backyard. Today at 5:20am FROST on car, rooftop and yard, clear & cold. Temp 35, wind calm, dew point 33, humidity 93%. Normal 70/47. Sunrise 6:52am, Sunset 6:35pm.
10/3/2011 4:54 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 10-02-11: High 71, Low 35, wind N, NW & W calm-9 mph. Today at 4:54am temp 42, wind calm, dew point 37, humidity 83%. At 4am Fox River at Dayton 6.92/steady. IL River at LaSalle 11.84/steady. Normal 70/46. Sunrise 6:53am, Sunset 6:34pm. Farm radio on WGN says this will be a very busy week, harvest going into high gear with the dry and warm weather/forecast.
10/4/2011 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 10-03-11: High 80, Low 42, wind W, NW, N, NE & E calm-12 mph. Today at 4:50am: clear, temp 43, wind calm, dew point 39, humidity 88%, no fog. We will be above normal for a week, todays normal is 70/46. Sunrise 6:54am approaching 7am, Sunset 6:32pm. Harvest under way! As of Sunday corn harvested was around 20%, should be interesting to see what the figure is by the close of this week.
10/5/2011 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 10-04-11: High 81, Low 42, wind NE, E & SE calm-8 mph. Went out on the IL & Fox Rivers yesterday, what a beautiful day! Going to do it again today!! Today at 4:50am temp 47, clear, light dew, wind calm, dew point 43, humidity 79%. Normal 69/45 (below 70) Sunrise 6:56am, Sunset 6:30pm. Harvest in full gear.
10/6/2011 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 10-05-11: High 85, Low 46, wind SW, S & SE calm-12 mph. Another beautiful day on the IL & Fox Rivers. Corp of Engineers dredging the main channel by Gentleman's Island. Stopped by Heritage Harbor and was greeted by MANY asian carp. Today at 4:50am clear, temp 50, wind calm, dew point 46, humidity 86%. Normal 69/45. Record high 91 in 1963. Sunrise 6:57am, Sunrise 6:29pm.
10/7/2011 4:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 10-06-11: High 86, Low 50, wind E, SE & S calm-13 mph w/gust 17 mph. It was the 5th day in a row of 100% sunshine, a rare feat & occurrence. Today at 4:55am clear & mild, temp 57, wind SSE 7 mph, dew point 51, humidity 77%. Record 89 in 2007 and normal is 68/45. Sunrise 6:58am, Sunset 6:27pm. Good luck to all in Tiskilwa, IL.
10/8/2011 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 10-07-11: High 90 (new record?) Low 56, wind calm-16 mph w/gust 23 mph. Today at 4:50am mild & clear, temp 56, wind calm, dew point 51, humidity 79%. Record high 86 in 2007, normal 68/44. Moon/Waxing Gibbous. Sunrise 6:59am, Sunset 6:25pm. Halloween in 23 days, 78 shopping days until Christmas and the Chicago Blackhawks hockey season started last night. Don't let this warm weather fool you! (still...enjoy it)
10/9/2011 5:15 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 10-08-11: High 86, Low 56, wind SE, S & SW calm-18 mph w/gust 22 mph. I was 4 miles E of Grand Ridge yesterday and farmers are taking full advantage of the beautiful autumn weather. It was a excellent day & evening for Marquette H.S. homecoming dance & actvities. Today at 5:15am clear, temp 52, wind SSE 4 mph, dew point 45, humidity 78%. Record high was last year 2010/91 degrees. Normal 68/44. Sunrise is now 7am, Sunset 6:24pm.
10/10/2011 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 10-09-11: High 84, Low 50, wind S, SE & E calm-13 mph w/gust 17 mph. Yesterday was a beautiful afternoon (again) on the IL & Fox Rivers, bald eagles (2) were in the trees watching the boaters. Today at 4:50am: clear, almost a full moon, temp 50, wind SE 2 mph, dew point 45, humidity 82%. Normal 67/44. Back on October 10th 2009 it was 47/30, enjoy today. Sunrise 7:01am, Sunset 6:22pm. Happy Thanksgiving Day (Canada) **note** yesterday was the 10th day in a row with 100% sunshine!
10/11/2011 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 10-10-11: High 82, Low 49, wind E, SE, S & SW calm-13 mph w/gust 17 mph. Today at 4:50am: clear, temp 57, wind SE 4 mph, dew point 51, humidity 77%. Full Moon is tonight at 9:06pm. The October Full Moon is referred to as: The Hunter's Moon, also The Blood Moon, Dry Grass, Falling Leaves & Travel Moon. Normal 67/43. Sunrise 7:02am, Sunset 6:21pm. I believe the days with 100% sunshine streak ended yesterday??
10/12/2011 4:54 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 10-11-11: High 81, Low 56, wind S, SE & E calm-10 mph. Grill out last night, I'm now cooking in the dark by the time the food is done. Today at 4:54am temp 55, wind SE 4 mph, dew point 50, humidity 79%. Normal 66/43. Sunrise 7:03am, Sunset 6:19pm. Time to start "thinking" about taking the boat out of the river as I usually take it out around Halloween. Days are dwindling down to a precious few.
10/13/2011 4:50 AM 0.56 M M M M 10-12-11: High 81, Low 55, wind SE & S calm-14 mph w/gust 20 mph. Temp fell after 4:30pm. Rain .56 in gauge, most of it from over night & more on the way. Today at 4:50am steady rain, temp 58, wind calm, dew point 57, humidity 93%. Normal 66/43. Sunrise 7:04am, Sunset 6:17pm. I truly believe yesterday was our last 80 degree day of 2011.
10/14/2011 4:50 AM 0.17 M M M M 10-13-11: High 68, Low 52 (11:59pm) wind NW & W calm-18 mph w/gust 23 mph. Rain .17 in gauge giving me .73 total rain. Today at 4:50am temp 47, wind W 12 mph w/gust 17 mph, dew point 44, humidity 85%, wind chill 42. Normal 66/42. Today one year ago 70/38. Sunrise 7:05am, Sunset 6:16pm. Eighteen nights until the goblins show up!
10/15/2011 4:59 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 10-14-11: High 63, Low 46, wind W 7-29 mph w/gust 37 mph. Today at 4:59am temp 45, wind W 13 mph, dew point 37, humidity 76%, wind chill 38. Normal 65/42. Sunrise 7:06am, Sunset 6:14pm.
10/16/2011 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 10-15-11: High 65, Low 45, wind W & SW 4-27 mph w/gust 34 mph. Farmers were back in the fields. Today at 5am fast moving rain system approaching from the WNW, temp 50, wind SE 6 mph, dew point 38, humidity 68%. Normal 65/42. Sunrise 7:08am, Sunset 6:13pm.
10/17/2011 4:59 AM 0.03 M M M M 10-16-11: High 63, Low 46, wind SE, S, NW & W 3-19 mph w/gust 25 mph. Today at 4:59am temp 39, wind W 10 mph, dew point 33, humidity 73%, wind chill 32. Normal 65/42. Sunrise 7:09am, Sunset 6:11pm.
10/18/2011 4:50 AM T M M M M 10-17-11: High 59, Low 39, wind W & NW 5-18 mph w/gust 25 mph. Trace of rain during the afternoon. At 4am IL River at Ottawa 459.84/steady, Fox River at Dayton 6.00/steady. Today at 4:50am temp 37, wind WNW 2 mph, dew point 33, humidity 85%, cloud cover. Normal 64/41. Predicted high for today 50-53. Sunrise 7:10am, Sunset 6:10pm. I know you've been waiting for it! Per Accuweather extended forecast...SNOW on or around Halloween!!!!
10/19/2011 4:40 AM 0.01 M M M M 10-18-11: High 56, Low 37, wind W, NW & N calm-13 mph w/gust 18 mph. Light rain yesterday evening .01 in gauge. Today at 4:40am light rain falling, temp 45, wind N & NNE 13 mph, dew point 39, humidity 78%, wind chill 39. Normal 64/41. Sunrise 7:11am, Sunset 6:08pm. Don't forget to secure any items that could blow around with todays high wind gusts.
10/20/2011 4:55 AM 0.20 M M M M 10-19-11: High 50, Low 43, wind NE, N & NW 9-26 mph w/gust 33 mph. Rain .20 in gauge. A lousy day where the wet hard wind went right through you into your bones. Today at 4:55am temp 41, wind N 18 mph w/gust 25 mph, dew point 33, humidty 75%, wind chill 32. Normal 63/41. Moon is waning gibbous. Sunrise 7:12am, Sunset 6:07pm.
10/21/2011 4:50 AM T M M M M 10-20-11: High 51, Low 40, wind N, NW & W 7-29 mph w/gust 34 mph. Trace of rain (couple of drops) Yesterday morning was so dark & cloudy, at 7:35am street lights were still on. Today at 4:50am temp 34, frost, wind WNW 5 mph, dew point 32, humidity 88%, wind chill 30. The moon is in its last quarter. Back in 1979 record high of 87. Normal 63/41. Sunrise 7:13am, Sunset 6:05pm.
10/22/2011 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 10-21-11: High 60, Low 34, wind NW, W & SW calm-13 mph w/gust 18 mph. Yesterday's frost was limited to low lying area's, the NE portion of my backyard and there was frost down on Catlin Street on roofs and cars but that was about it. Today at 4:50am: frost on roofs and cars, more than yesterday, temp 34, wind calm, dew point 31, humidity 89%. Normal 63/40. Sunrise 7:14am, Sunset 6:04pm. With the milder weather I hope to get in my last boat rides of the season (next 3 days)
10/23/2011 5:15 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 10-22-11: High 71, Low 34, wind S, SW, W & NW calm-12 mph. Beautiful day on the IL & Fox rivers. Boats out of the water at Starved Rock Yacht Club on the IL River. Today at 5:15am temp 37, wind calm, dew point 33, humidity 87%. Record high 84 degrees in 1963, normal 62/40. Sunrise 7:15am, Sunset 6:02pm. Two weeks until CST.
10/24/2011 4:45 AM 0.06 M M M M 10-23-11: High 72, Low 36, wind S, SW & NW calm-14 mph w/gust 25 mph. Rain overnight .06 in gauge. Scattered/light frost yesterday morning & limited fog on northside of Ottawa. Sidenotes: robins still in Ottawa and Cougar sighting(s) in Chicago suburbs reported on WGN radio Saturday morning. Beautiful day on the IL & Fox rivers, rode up to Heritage Harbor and watched some of the Bear game. Today at 4:45am temp 48, wind NNW 10-12 mph, dew point 46, humidity 88%. Normal 62/40. Sunrise 7:17am, Sunset 6:01pm. Boats coming out of the water left and right at Shoreline Boat Club on the Fox River.
10/25/2011 4:59 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 10-24-11: High 68, Low 44, wind NW, W, SW & S 3-14 mph. On my morning walk yesterday at 6:20am near the bottom of Caton Road Hill/LaSalle St. I ran into a coyote the size of a healthy German Shepherd, we both didn't want to visit and went on our ways. (thank you) Today at 4:59am temp 48, wind SSE 8-12 mph, dew point 38, humidity 66%. Todays record is 79 in 1963, will it stand? Normal 61/40. Sunrise 7:18am, Sunset 5:59pm. The Climate Prediction Center calling for a colder and wetter than normal winter. Farmers Almanac calling for a mild one. Stay tuned to see who's correct.
10/26/2011 5:20 AM 0.23 M M M M 10-25-11: High 80 (new record) Low 47, wind S & SW 3-26 mph w/gust 32 mph. Evening thunderstorm .23 in gauge. At 5:20am temp 49, wind ENE 11 mph, dew point 45, humidity 89%. Normal 61/39. Sunrise 7:19am, Sunset 5:58pm.
10/27/2011 4:55 AM T M M M M 10-26-11: High 64 (12:01am) Low 45 (11:59pm) wind SE, E, NE & N calm-15 mph w/gust 21 mph. Trace of rain at 3pm a couple of drops on my windshield. Today at 4:55am temp 43, wind N 7 mph, dew point 36, humidity 77%, wind chill 37. New Moon. Normal 60/39. Sunrise 7:20am, Sunset 5:57pm. You have 59 shopping days until Christmas.
10/28/2011 4:40 AM T M M M M 10-27-11: High 56, Low 36, wind NW, N & NE calm-13 mph w/gust 18 mph. Brief light afternoon sprinkle, nothing in gauge. Today at 4:40am temp 31, wind calm, frost, dew point 29, humidity 90%. One year ago today 47/32. Record Low 16 in 1976. Normal for today 60/39. Sunrise 7:21am, Sunset 5:55pm.
10/29/2011 4:59 AM 0.01 M M M M 10-28-11: High 59, Low 31, wind SW & W calm-13 mph w/gust 18 mph. Brief shower around 9pm. rain .01 in gauge. Today at 4:59am temp 33, wind W 6 mph, dew point 30, humidity 84%, wind chill 28. Moon is waxing crescent. Normal 59/39. Sunrise 7:22am, Sunset 5:54pm. (updated at 8:45am)
10/30/2011 4:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 10-29-11: High 58, Low 32, wind W & NW calm-14 mph w/gust 20 mph. Harvest seems to be complete in Wallace Twp as I can see for miles and no crops standing. Taking my boat out of the water/river within the next 72 hours. Today at 4:55am temp 37, was lower earlier in the morning, wind SE 7 mph, dew point 29, humidity 63%, wind chill 32. Record low 16 in 1988. Normal 59/38. Sunrise 7:24am, Sunset 5:53pm. A week from now we will be on CST.
10/31/2011 4:59 AM 0.06 M M M M 10-30-11: High 56, Low 34, wind S & SW calm-30 mph w/gust 37 mph. Light rain. No trees in my backyard but its now covered in leaves. Today at 4:59am temp 37, wind W 4 mph, dew point 35, humidity 93%. Normal 59/38. Sunrise 7:25am, Sunset 5:51pm. Last week of CDT. Happy Halloween! (let the Christmas season begin)
11/1/2011 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 10-31-11: High 55, Low 37, wind NW, W, E & SE calm-13 mph. Today at 4:50am temp 34, wind SE 5 mph, dew point 31, humidity 84%, wind chill 30. Moon is waxing crescent, tomorrow 1st quarter. Back in 1990 temp was 76. Normal 58/38. October 1.33 rainfall total. Sunrise 7:26am, Sunset 5:50pm. You now have 54 shopping days until Christmas.
11/2/2011 4:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 11-01-11: High 72, Low 34, wind SE & S 3-18 mph w/gust 22 mph. Boat out of the river @ 3:45pm, nice day to do it. Today at 4:55am temp 50, wind S 9-12 mph, dew point 38, humidity 61%. Moon is now in its first quarter. Back in 2008 it was 75. Normal is 58/37. Sunrise 7:27am, Sunset 5:49pm.
11/3/2011 5:59 AM 0.07 M M M M 11-02-11: High 70, Low 49, wind S, SW, W, N & NE 4-20 mph w/gust 26 mph. Rain started in the wee hours of this morning .07 in gauge. Today at 5:59am steady rain, temp 45, wind NE to ENE 4-6 mph w/gust 10-14 mph, dew point 43, humidity 90%. Normal 57/37. Sunrise 7:28am, Sunset 5:48pm. Sorry for the late report, slept in/under the weather.
11/4/2011 4:50 AM 0.74 M M M M 11-03-11: High 49 (12:01am) Low 39 (11:59pm) wind NE & N 4-28 mph w/gust 36 mph. Rain .74 in gauge total .81 for the whole day. Very dark & gloomy. Today at 4:50am temp 36, wind NNE 4 mph, dew point 34, humidity 89%, wind chill 33. Normal 57/37. Sunrise 7:30am, Sunset 5:47pm.
11/5/2011 4:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 11-04-11: High 56, Low 34, wind N, NE, E & SE calm-11 mph. Today at 4:55am temp 35, wind SSE 5 mph, dew point 30, humidity 77%, wind chill 30. Record high 73 back in 2008. Normal 56/36. Sunrise 7:31am, Sunset 5:45pm. Remember to "fall back" tonight to CST.
11/6/2011 4:59 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 11-05-11: High 61, Low 34, wind SE & S 5-18 mph w/gust 23 mph. Boat is dry docked and covered. Today at 4:59am cst temp 45, wind SSE 10 mph, dew point 39, humidity 74%, wind chill 40. Moon is waxing gibbous. Normal 56/36. Sunrise 6:32am cst, Sunset 4:44pm cst.
11/7/2011 4:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 11-06-11: High 60, Low 44, wind SE, S & SW 8-26 mph w/gust 35 mph. Today at 4:45am temp 50, wind calm, dew point 45, humidity 79%. At 4am Fox River at Dayton 6.41/steady. IL River at LaSalle 11.37/steady. Two + inches of rain expected in the next 72 hours. Normal 55/36. Sunrise 6:33am, Sunset 4:43pm. Seventeen days before Thanksgiving.
11/8/2011 4:50 AM 0.69 M M M M 11-07-11: High 58, Low 50, wind N & NE calm-13 mph w/gust 18 mph later in the day. Rain .04 by noon, another .04 by 7pm and .61 over night, total .69 in gauge. Today at 4:50am temp 48, wind vrbl from the E, I'm getting both SE & NE readings, dew point 46, humidity 94%, storm approaching from the SW. Radar showing heavy rain, I'd better walk earlier than normal or else I'm going to get REAL wet! At 4am Fox River at Dayton 6.47 and IL River at LaSalle 11.31 keep an eye on the rivers with the incoming heavy rains. Sunrise 6:34am, Sunset 4:42pm.
11/9/2011 4:50 AM 1.47 M M M M 11-08-11: High 57, Low 47, wind E & NE 3-23 mph w/gust 28 mph. Rain 1.47 in gauge and 48 hr total 2.16 recorded. At 4:45am Fox River at Dayton 7.42/flood stage 12. IL River at LaSalle 13.22/flood stage 20. Today at 4:50am temp 51, wind ENE 8-11 mph, dew point 49, humidity 96%. Today falling temps, windy, wind chills and a chance of snow flurries entering our forecast. Winter weather advisory to our NW on the IL & Iowa border. I noticed its much warmer south of Ottawa. 58 in Mazon and 61 in Pontiac. Normal for today 54/35. Full moon tomorrow. Sunrise 6:36am, Sunset 4:41pm.
11/10/2011 4:40 AM 0.68 M M M M 11-09-11: High 59 (7:50am) Low 36, wind NE, E, S, SW, NW & W 6-31 mph w/gust 46 mph. Rain .68 in gauge giving us 2.84 in less than a 72 hour period. At 4:40am temp 32, wind W 8 mph w/gust 13 mph, dew point 27, humidity 77%, wind chill 25. At 3am Fox River at Dayton 9.37/flood stage 12. IL River handling it own, no need for a report. November full moon today known as the Beaver Moon. Also known as The Snow, Tree, Oak, Frost & Trading Moon. Normal 53/35. Sunrise 6:37am, Sunset 4:40pm. Forty Five shopping days until Christmas.
11/11/2011 4:50 AM T T M M M 11-10-11: High 43, Low 33, wind WNW & W 7-22 mph w/gust 27 mph. Brief SNOW FLURRIES for only a few seconds around 5:30pm. Today at 4:50am temp 28, wind SW 3 mph, dew point 27, humidity 85%. Yesterday was the first 40ish degree high since April 28th. Normal 53/34. Sunrise 6:38am, Sunset 4:39pm. Remember! Thank a Vet today. 11-11-11.
11/12/2011 4:59 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 11-11-11: High 51, Low 28, wind W, SW, S & SE 3-18 mph w/gust 24 mph. Yesterday Accuweather predicted gust of 49 mph and NWS gust of 30 mph, NWS was closer. Yesterday morning noticed ice forming on puddles in the ditch and on winter pool cover, first freeze of the season. Xmas deco's slowly starting to pop-up. Today at 4:59am temp 33, frost, wind SSW 3 mph, dew point 30, humidity 84%. Normal 52/34. Sunrise 6:39am, Sunset 4:38pm.
11/13/2011 5:25 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 11-12-11: High 61, Low 33, wind SW & S 3-25 mph w/gust 31 mph. Outside I noticed patchy areas of wet concrete, looked for evidence of rain and there is none, only the concrete sweating. Today at 5:25am temp 52, wind SSW 13 mph w/gust 22 mph, dew point 47, humidity 79%. Normal 52/33. Sunrise 6:41am, Sunrise 4:37pm. Wind Advisory for today, if it ain't nailed down, bring it in! GO BEARS!
11/14/2011 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 11-13-11: High 74 (record) Low 44, wind S, SW & W 3-35 mph w/gust 46 mph. Per Accuweather record high for yesterday was 65 in 1978 and Chicago Tribune 73 in 1989. Today at 4:50am temp 40, wind calm, dew point 32, humidity 74%. Moon is waxing gibbous. Normal 51/33. Sunrise 6:42am, Sunset 4:36pm.
11/15/2011 4:50 AM 0.03 M M M M 11-14-11: High 55, Low 39 (11:59pm) wind vrbl calm-7 mph. Rain .03 in gauge. Today at 4:50am temp 35, wind SE 3 mph, dew point 32, humidity 92%, no fog. Moon waning gibbous. Normal for today 50/33. Sunrise 6:43am, Sunset 4:35pm. Nine days before Thanksgiving and forty days until Christmas. Thinking about putting up outside deco with this weekends mild weather, mild for November.
11/16/2011 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 11-15-11: High 67, Low 34, wind SE, S, SW, W & NW calm-21 mph w/gust 27 mph. Today at 4:50am temp 32, wind N 11 mph, dew point 21, humidity 64%, wind chill 23. Normal 50/32. Still seeing a robin or two around and I've noticed that the neighbors are putting their lawn mowers to the back of the garage and shovels and snow blowers are making their way to the front. Sunrise 6:44am, Sunset 4:35pm.
11/17/2011 4:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 11-16-11: High 45, Low 30, wnd N, NW & W 5-26 mph w/gust 32 mph. Cut the grass for the last time in 2011. Lawn mower went to the back of the garage,snow blower to the front. Today at 4:45am temp 27, wind WNW 9 mph, dew point 18, humidity 67%, wind chill 18. Normal 49/32. Sunrise 6:45am, Sunset 4:34pm. Weathermen have been calling for a "BAD" winter. Once again The Farmers Almanac is calling for a "Mild" winter. Joining the ranks is Farm Bureau RFD Farm Radio in yesterdays weather outlook. We'll see who's right in April.
11/18/2011 6:15 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 11-17-11: High 42, Low 26, wind NW, W, SE & E calm-22 mph w/gust 27 mph. Today at 6:15am temp 31, wind S 13 mph, dew point 21, humidity 62%, wind chill 21. Normal 49/31. Sunrise 6:47am, Sunset 4:33pm.
11/19/2011 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 11-18-11: High 54, Low 27, wind S 10-31 mph w/gust 40 mph. Today at 5:00am temp 43, wind SSW 11 mph, dew point 26, humidity 53, wind chill 37. Moon last quarter. Normal 48/31. About 2 weeks until we hit maximum lose of afternoon sunlight. Sunrise 6:48am, Sunset 4:32pm.
11/20/2011 4:55 AM T M M M M 11-19-11: High 60 (9pm) Low 42, wind S, SW & W 8-25 mph w/gust 32 mph. Trace of rain, a few drops on my windshield. Today at 4:55am temp 38, wind NNW 12 mph, dew point 32, humidity 77%, wind chill 31. Moon waning crescent. Normal 47/30. Sunrise 6:49am, Sunset 4:32pm. Since Thursday I've been back & forth from Ottawa to Oregon, very nice city on the Rock River. 35 shopping days until Christmas.
11/21/2011 9:00 AM 0.03 M M M M 11-20-11: (late edition report) High 50 (12:01am) Low 38, wind W, NW, N & NE 3-20 mph w/gust 26 mph. Rain .03 in gauge. Today at 9am temp 41, wind mainly out of the east 7-10 mph, dew point 35, humidity 77%. At 8am IL River at LaSalle 11.80/steady. Fox River at Dayton 6.97/steady. Normal temps for today 47/30. Sunrise 6:50am, Sunset 4:31pm.
11/22/2011 4:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 11-21-11: High 54, Low 33, wind NE & E 3-16 mph. Today at 4:45am: overcast, temp 41, wind ESE 6 mph, dew point 34, humidity 84%, wind chill 37. Moon is waning crescent into the new moon on 11-25 w/11% illuminated. Record was a year ago at 72 degrees. Normal 46/29. Sunrise 6:51am, Sunset 4:30pm.
11/23/2011 4:30 AM 0.24 M M M M 11-22-11: High 45, Low 39, wind E, NE, N & NW 6-15 mph w/gust 21 mph. There was early morning light fog with mist turning to rain during the day .24 in gauge. Today at 4:30am temp 33, wind NW 6 mph, dew point 30, humidity 90%. Fog is trying to form, frost on the windshield of neighbors car. 36/25 one year ago. Normal for today 46/29. Sunrise 6:52am, Sunset 4:30pm.
11/24/2011 5:59 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 11-23-11: High 51, Low 32, wind NW, W & SW calm-12 mph. Today at 5:59am temp 41, wind SW 7 mph, dew poit 38, humidity 88%. Normal 45/28. Sunrise 6:54am, Sunset 4:29pm. Happy Thanksgiving!
11/25/2011 5:59 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 11-24-11: High 53, Low 40, wind SW & S 6-18 mph w/gust 22 mph. Nver got as nice as they said it would. Today at 5:59am temp 39, wind S 5 mph, dew point 36, humidity 88%. New moon. Normal 45/28. Sunrise 6:55am, Sunset 4:29pm. Shoppers.....be careful out there!
11/26/2011 4:50 AM T M M M M 11-25-11: High 59, Low 38, wind S & SW 5-24 mph w/gust 29 mph. In the past 72 hours there has been no precipitation, heavy dew and concrete sweating but nothing in the gauge. Noticable change in the upcoming forecast, seems like around December 1st the switch gets turned! With the mention of snow slowly entering the forecast out of the past 122 years in Chicago, 75% of those years have had measurable snow (0.1 or more) by November 25th and 84% by December 1st. Latest date for the 1st measurable snow is December 16th, 1965 for Chicago & January 7th, 1940 for Rockford. Today at 4:50am temp 52, light mist, wind S 16 mph, dew point 43, humidity 75%, wind chill 46. Normal 44/27. Sunrise 6:56am, Sunset 4:28pm. *edit sunset 24 hours later*
11/27/2011 4:25 AM 1.18 M M M M 11-26-11: High 57, Low 43, wind S, SW & NW calm-22 mph w/gust 28 mph. A lot of rain 1.18 in gauge. Today at 4:25am temp 40, wind NNW 15 mph w/gust 21 mph, dew point 37, humidity 89%, wind chill 32. At 3am Fox River at Dayton 7.11 and IL River at LaSalle 12.67 both holding their own at this hour. Outside Xmas deco has sprung up like weeds!! Our tree went up last night and decorating today. Normal for today 43/27. Sunrise 6:57am, Sunset 4:28pm.
11/28/2011 4:55 AM T M M M M 11-27-11: High 44 (12:01am) Low 35 (11:59pm) wind NW & N 7-20 mph w/gust 26 mph. Trace of rain in the form of mist. Today at 4:55am temp 33, wind N 8 mph, dew point 25, humidity 82%, wind chill 27. At 4am Fox River at Dayton 7.86/up slightly. IL River at LaSalle 13.78/up over a foot. Normal 43/26. Sunrise 6:58am, Sunset 4:27pm. two minutes away from maximum loss.
11/29/2011 4:50 AM T T M M M 11-28-11: High 41, Low 32, wind N & NE 4-15 mph w/gust 20 mph. A "couple" of snowflakes at 8:30am on the eastside of Ottawa. Today at 4:50am WINDY! temp 33, wind N 18 mph w/gust 26 mph and will be rising, dew point 28, humidity 81, wind chill 22. Back in 2006 it was 60, normal is 42/26. Sunrise 6:59am, Sunset 4:27pm.
11/30/2011 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 11-29-11: High 43, Low 29, wind NE, N & NW 9-27 mph w/gust 38 mph. Today at 4:50am temp 24, wind NNW 5 mph, dew point 17, humidity 72%, wind chill 18. The last few days we've been hanging around the normal temps which is 42/25. Sunrise 7:00am (again), Sunset 4:27pm. November preciitation 5.13
12/1/2011 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 11-30-11: High 45, Low 23, wind NW, W, SW & S 3-12 mph. Not bad for the last day of November. Welcome to Meteorlogical Winter! (ugh) Today at 4:50am temp 28, wind S 4 mph, dew point 23, humidity 83%. Pool water frozen. Normal 41/25. Sunrise 7:01am, Sunset 4:26pm. Long term forecaster's "Chesapeake Weather" used by RFD Farm Radio are predicting a mild winter as is Farmers Almanac, take that Tom Skilling! HAPPY BIRTHDAY COCORAH'S in Illinois!!! 5 years old. I was the first sign-up for LaSalle County, my start date was December 8th, 2006.
12/2/2011 4:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 12-01-11: High 48, Low 28, wind S, SW, W. NW & N calm-12 mph. Today at 4:55am temp 32, wind NNW 3-5 mph, dew point 27, humidity 85%. Normal 41/25. Sunrise 7:02am, Sunset 4:26pm.
12/3/2011 6:20 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 12-02-11: High 43, Low 32, wind NW, N, NE, E, SE & S calm-13 mph. Today at 6:20am just starting to rain, precipation will be in tomorrow's report and temps this morning are rising. Temp 45, wind S 6-8 mph, dew point 40, humidity 87%, wind chill not worth mentioning. I thought I heard on RFD Farm radio that this might have been the 9th warmest November? Moon in its first quarter. Normal for today 40/24. Sunrise 7:03am, Sunset 4:26pm.
12/4/2011 4:59 AM 0.27 M M M M 12-03-11: High 54, Low 37, wind S, SW and a splash of SE 3-20 mph in the evening 29 /gust 35 mph. Rain .27 in gauge. Today at 4:59am we've already had our high for the day and temps will be falling. Temp 50, wind SSW 8 mph w/gust 15 mph, dew point 46, humidity 83%. Normal 40/24. Sunrise 7:04am, Sunset 4:25pm (maximum loss)
12/5/2011 4:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 12-04-11: High 54 (12:01am) Low 35 (11:59pm) wind S, SW, W & NW 3-23 mph w/gust 28 mph. Today at 4:55am temp 32, wind NW 7 mph, dew point 28, humidity 85%, wind chill 26. Back in 2001 it was 68. Normal 39/23. Sunrise 7:05am, Sunset 4:25pm (maximum loss)
12/6/2011 4:50 AM 0.01 M M M M 12-05-11: High 40, Low 32, wind NW, N & NE 4-14 mph w/gust 18 mph. Light rain around dinner time .01 in gauge. Today at 4:50am temp 33, wind NNE 9 mph, dew point 29, humidity 79%, wind chill 26. Moon is waxing gibbous. Normal 39/23. You think its cold? One year ago it was 19/4. Sunrise 7:06am, Sunset 4:25pm (maximum loss)
12/7/2011 4:59 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 12-06-11: High 37, Low 32, wind N & NE calm-15 mph. Today at 4:59am temp 29, wind WNW 13-15 mph, dew point 25, humidity 80%, wind chill 19. Normal 38/22. Test ran snowblower yesterday, it works! Sunrise 7:07am, Sunset 4:25pm (maximum loss) 18 shopping days until Christmas.
12/8/2011 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 12-07-11: High 37, Low 26, wind mainly W with a brief touch out of the SW & NW calm-15 mph w/gust 23 mph. Today at 4:50am temp 25, wind W 3 mph, dew point 21, humidity 84%. One year ago 21/0 and normal for today is 38/22. Sunrise 7:08am, Sunset 4:25pm (maximum loss) 50% chance of our first accumulating snow tonight (?)
12/9/2011 4:55 AM 0.03 T M M M 12-08-11: High 37, Low 25, wind W with a touch of SW calm-8 mph. Snow early this morning, anywhere from a dusting to .02 of snow. Streets slick, less than 1/2 of my yard has a dusting due to blowing. Hard to tell due to the wind. Our first measurable snow event of the season. Today at 4:55am a flake or two in the air, temp 25, wind NW 10 mph, dew point 19, humidity 83%, wind chill 15. Normal 38/22. FYI we've already had our high for the day, it's downhill from here. Sunrise 7:09am, Sunset 4:25am (maximum loss) Goodbye Steve & Johnnie. *7am update* street are slick due to snow melting and freezing, be cafeful driving!! Beware of hills like Poplar Street Hill!!! City has not salted streets yet.
12/10/2011 5:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 12-09-11: High 33 (12:01am) Low 16, wind NW & W 7-16 mph w/gust 21 mph. Today at 5:50am temp 10, wind W 6 mph, dew point 4, humidity 78%, wind chill 1. Normal 37/21. Full Moon today also known as The Cold Moon, Long Night, Wolf Moon and Moon before The Yule. Sunrise 7:10am, Sunset 4:25 (maximum loss)
12/11/2011 4:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 12-10-11: High 30, Low 10, wind W, SW & S 3-14 mph w/gust 18 mph. Today at 4:45am temp 25, wind S 9 mph, dew point 20, humidity 72%, wind chill 16. The ole way back machine sez it was minus 17 in 1972 and normal for today is 37/21. Went Christmas shopping yesterday and I'm halfway done, better hurry 14 days left! Sunrise 7:11am, Sunset 4:25pm (maximum loss)
12/12/2011 4:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 12-11-11: High 47, Low 24, wind S 6-14 mph w/gust 18 mph. Nice day for December. Today at 4:55am temp 25, wind calm, dew point 22, humidity 81%. Normal 36/20. Sunrise 7:11am, Sunset 4:26pm.
12/13/2011 4:45 AM T M M M M 12-12-11: High 50, Low 25, wind S & SE calm-9 mph. Trace of rain, a couple of drops on my windshield between 3 and 3:30pm. Today at 4:45am temp a mild 39, wind calm, dew point 27, humidity 60%. At 4am Fox River at Dayton 6.90/steady. IL River at LaSalle 12.05/steady. Normal 36/20. Observation: my yard/grass (and others) hasn't gone totally dormant, some area's of my yard needs cutting, still getting dandelions. Sunrise 7:12am, Sunset 4:26pm.
12/14/2011 4:57 AM 0.58 M M M M 12-13-11: High 47, Low 39, wind SW, S & SE calm-10 mph. Minimum sunlight, it was a very dark & gloomy day. Rained overnight .58 in gauge. Today at 4:57am rain has paused for a moment, temp 43, wind SSE 8 mph, dew point 39, humidity 96, wind chill 38. Normal 36/20. Rivers holding their own at this time. Sunrise 7:13am, Sunset 4:26pm.
12/15/2011 4:45 AM 1.23 M M M M 12-14-11: High 58 (10pm) Low 41 (12:01am) wind SE, S & SW 5-19 mph w/gust 24 mph. A lot of rain 1.23 in gauge with a total of 1.81 in a 36 hour period. RIVERS R RISING! 4am Fox River at Dayton 9.50/flood stage 12. IL River at LaSalle 15.46/flood stage 20. Both rivers expected to crest near flood stage. LaSalle County is under a Flood Advisory. At 4:45am temp 50 and falling, already had our high for the day, wind WNW 15 mph, dew point 45, humidity 81. Normal 35/19. Sunrise 7:14am, Sunset 4:26pm. Ten shopping days until Christmas.
12/16/2011 4:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 12-15-11: High 58 (12:01am) Low 31 (11:59pm) wind W with a touch of NW 10-28 mph w/gust 37 mph. At 4am IL River at LaSalle is rising 18.62/flood stage 20. Fox River at Dayton crested at 4pm yesterday. Today at 4:55am temp 26, wind NW 8 mph, dew point 19, humidity 77%, wind chill 18. Normal 35/19. Sunrise 7:14am, Sunset 4:26pm.
12/17/2011 5:45 AM 0.03 1.0 M 1.0 M 12-16-11: High 36, Low 25, wind NW & W calm-16 mph. Last night our first REAL "measureable" snow, one inch on the ground, with .03 in the gauge. Today at 5:45am temp 27, wind ESE 3 mph, dew point 24, humidity 90%. IL River at LaSalle crested Friday at 10pm 19.14 and slowly falling. Normal for today 35/19. Sunrise 7:15am, Sunset 4:27pm. Need a gift for that hard to find person? Get a weather radio! I wish I had thought of it. I love hearing "Arnold's" voice. I'm waiting for him someday to say "I'll Be Back."
12/18/2011 5:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 12-17-11: High 37, Low 29, wind SE, S, SW & W calm-8 mph. Yesterday was wild kingdom day. I noticed 3 seperate coyote tracks in the snow on my walk. Cooked out last night and was yipped & howled at, sounded like they were on the old airport runway and there was rabbit fur in our backyard. Like it had been sort of scalped in limited areas. I'm assuming it was a hawk who had been flying around earlier and swooped down on the rabbit who had been living under our deck and must have come out from under the deck. Snow has melted from yesterday. Today at 5:45am temp a cold 24 with lots of frost and no fog, I can still see the cars on Route 80, wind calm, dew point 21, humidity 94%. 59 back in 2002 and normal for today is 35/19. Moon is in its last quarter. Sunrise 7:16am, Sunset 4:27pm. Go Bears?
12/19/2011 4:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 12-18-11: High 49 (twice) Low 23, wind W, SW & S calm-16 mph w/gust 22 mph. Today at 4:55am temp 44, wind SW 4-5 mph, dew point 38, humidity 74% wind chill not worth mentioning. One year ago today 21/3 and normal is 34/18. It appears we already had our high for the day temps are to drop as the day goes forward. Sunrise 7:16pm, Sunset 4:28pm.
12/20/2011 4:59 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 12-19-11: High 54, Low 38, wind SW, W, NW, N & NE 4-15 mph w/gust 22 mph. Today at 4:59am temp 35, wind ENE 5 mph, dew point 31, humidity 82%, wind chill 31. All precipitation is south of Ottawa. Normal 34/18. Sunrise 7:17am, Sunset 4:28pm.
12/21/2011 4:50 AM 0.08 M M M M 12-20-11: High 40, Low 35, wind NE & E calm-10 mph. Rain .08 in gauge. Today at 4:50am: FOG, temp 38, dew point 38, humidity 99%. Rain approaching on the radar from the Galesburg area, some yellow in the reading. Normal for today 34/18. Sunrise 7:17am, Sunset 4:28pm. Did you hear the news release from the NWS? Any future tornado warnings in the Chicago area and the citizens are to hide in Soldiers Field as there have been no touchdowns there in a long time.
12/22/2011 4:45 AM 0.02 M M M M 12-21-11: High 43, Low 34, wind NE, N, NW, W, SW & S calm-15 mph w/gust 20 mph. Rain .02 in gauge. Today at 4:45am no fog although the conditions are in place for it, temp 31, heavy frost, wind SW 4 mph, dew point 28, humidity 95%. Normal 34/18. Sunrise 7:18am, Sunset 4:29pm. Shopping is done, just sort of sitting back and waiting for everything to happen.
12/23/2011 4:40 AM 0.04 T M M M 12-22-11: High 39, Low 31, wind SW, W, NW & N calm-17 mph w/gust 23 mph. Snow, some sleet & rain started up between 3:30 and 4pm that left .04 in gauge and all snow melted very quickly. Today at 4:40am temp 24, wind NNW 8 mph, dew point 20, humidity 78%, wind chill 18. Normal 33/17. Sunrise 7:19am, Sunset 4:30pm. We've gained 5 minutes back in the afternoon and still have 2 minutes to lose in the morning.
12/24/2011 4:59 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 12-23-11: High 35, Low 21, wind NW, W & SW calm-16 mph w/gust 23 mph. No precipitation. Today at 4:59am with the smell of turkey in the house, temp 22, wind SW 5 mph, dew point 19, humidity 84%, wind chill 16. New Moon tonight. Remember back in 1982 it was 60. I know people who went boating that day! Normal 33/17. Sunrise 7:19am, Sunset 4:30pm. The presents are hung by the chimney with care, in hopes that Saint Nick will soon be there. Happy Christmas Eve to all. Whats that blip on the Norad radar??
12/25/2011 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Merry Christmas
12/26/2011 6:20 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 12-25-11: High 46, Low 28, wind SW, W & NW 3-20 mph w/gust 26 mph. I thought it was Easter not Christmas with the warm weather. Today at 6:20am temp 24, wind SSE 4 mph, dew point 23, humidity 90%, wind chill 19. Normal 33/17. Sunrise 7:20am, Sunset 4:31pm. One more minute to lose in the morning and we'll hit maximum loss of sunlight in the AM.
12/27/2011 4:55 AM 0.18 M M M M 12-26-11: High 46, Low 22, wind SE, S & SW calm-17 mph w/gust 23 mph. Rain over night .18 in gauge. Today at 4:55am temp 34, wind SW 5 mph, stopped raining which is now east of Ottawa, dew point 32, humidity 96%, wind chill 30. Looks like its going to cool off for a couple of days. Normal 33/17. Sunrise 7:20am, Sunset 4:32pm.
12/28/2011 4:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 12-27-11: High 41, Low 28, wind SW, W & NW 5-22 mph w/gust 29 mph. Today at 4:45am temp 22, wind calm, dew point 17, humidity 75%. At 4am Fox River at Dayton 7.01/steady. IL River at LaSalle 13.70/steady. FYI today it was 61 in 1984. Normal 32/16. To date for this year precipitaton for 2011 is 43.43 vs. 31.29 a year ago. Sunrise 7:20am, Sunset 4:33pm.
12/29/2011 4:40 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 12-28-11: High 36, Low 21, wind vrbl changing to S and SE calm-13 mph. Today at 4:40am radar shows that rain clouds passed by but I have no sign of rain, temp 34, wind SSE 7 mph, dew point 29, humidity 77%. No snow & I'm lovin' it! Back in 1984 it was 67 today, normal 32/16. Sunrise 7:21am (maximum loss) Sunset 4:33pm.
12/30/2011 4:59 AM 0.06 M M M M 12-29-11: High 53, Low 33, wind S, SW & W calm-24 mph w/gust 31 mph. I have never cut my yard in December until yesterday, mowed the front yard, a neighbor down the street cut his for the second time this month. This December we've had 7 days in the 50's and 12 days in the 40's. Its got to be one for the record book! Today at 4:59am: raining .06 in gauge, temp 37, wind ESE 6 mph, dew point 36, humidity 89, wind chill 32. Normal 32/16. Sunrise 7:21am (maximum loss) Sunset 4:34pm.
12/31/2011 5:25 AM 0.18 M M M M 12-30-11: High 46, Low 36, wind E, SE, S, Sw, W & NW calm-19 mph w/gust 24 mph. Rain off & on through out the day .18 in gauge. For the 36 hour period .24 of rain fell. Today at 5:25am temp 33, wind W 4 mph, dew point 29, humidity 90%. Normal 32/16. Sunrise 7:21am (maximum loss) Sunset 4:35pm. We've gained back 10 minutes in the afternoon/evening.
1/1/2012 8:24 AM 0.06 M M M M 12-31-11: High 45, Low 32, wind NW, W, S & SE calm-20 mph w/gust 27 mph. Today at 8:24am: looking for that truck that ran me over last night, temp 38, wind NW 22-30 mph w/gust 40 mph, dew point 33, humidity 82%, wind chill 22. Over night/new years rain .06 in gauge. Speaking of rain: December rain 2.71 and for the year 43.67 in the ole gauge. Normal temp for today 32/16. Recapping: there were 14 days in December in the 40's and 7 days in the 50's. Put this month in the record book. Sunrise 7:21am (maximum loss) Sunset 4:36pm. Happy New Year!
1/2/2012 5:29 AM T T M M M 01-01-12: High 46 (12:01am) Low 28, wind S, SW, W & NW 14-40 mph w/gust 51 mph. Just a reminder, I am located in the wide open, Route 80 is my wind block so I do experience some good wind conditions. If it wasn't nailed down yesterday, its gone. Brief snow showers in the afternoon, lasted only a few moments. Today at 5:29am temp 22, wind NW 22 mph w/gust 30 mph, dew point 12, humidity 64%, wind chill 6. Temps falling through out the day. Normal 32/16. Sunrise 7:21am (maximum loss) Sunset 4:37pm.
1/3/2012 4:59 AM T T M M M 01-02-12: High 30 (12:01am) Low 16, wind W, NW & N 6-30 mph w/gust 42 mph. A couple of snow flurries with no accumulation. 48+ hours of falling temps. Today at 4:59am temp 10, wind WNW 4 mph, dew point 6, humidity 73%, wind chill 3. Normal 32/16. Sunrise 7:21am (maximum loss) Sunset 4:38pm.
1/4/2012 4:59 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 01-03-12: High 32, Low 10, wind NW, W, SW & S calm-16 mph w/gust 22 mph. Today at 4:59am temp 30, wind SW 5 mph, dew point 14, humidity 58%, wind chill 25. Normal 32/16. Looks like we are going back to above normal temps for a while! Sunrise 7:21am (maximum loss) Sunset 4:38pm.
1/5/2012 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 01-04-12: High 44, Low 29, wind SW & W 5-22 mph. Today at 4:50am temp 25, wind SSE 4 mph, dew point 21, humidity 82%. Back in 2007 it was 50, will we tie or break that record today? (stay tuned) Moon is waxing gibbous. Normal temp for today is 32/15. An example of how goofy the weather is around here a local boat club is putting together a boat ride for this Saturday. Also, back on New Years Eve night 2 local boat clubs entered each others harbor/lagoon to see who'd be first in for 2012. Starved Rock won. Sunrise 7:21am (maximum loss) Sunset 4:39pm.
1/6/2012 4:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 01-05-12: High 56 (new record) Low 25, wind SE, S & SW 3-22 mph. A few motorcycles came out yesterday with the spring like temps. Peru had 57. Today at 4:55am temp 37, wind SW 8 mph, dew point 31, humidity 73%, wind chill 31. Record for today 64 in 2008. Could we? Can we? Normal 32/15. Sunrise 7:21am (maximum loss) Sunrise 4:40pm. We've gained 15 minutes in the afternoon.
1/7/2012 6:20 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 01-06-12: High 58, Low 36, wind S, W & NW calm-16 mph. Today at 6:20am temp 31, wind W 7 mph, dew point 24, humidity 74%, windchill 25. I looked at the long term forecast and 12 days from now we will be seeing the coldest temps of the season 20/5 for high's & low's. Looks like the winter of 2012 will be finally lifting its ugly head. Normal for today 31/15. Sunrise 7:21am (maximum loss) Sunset 4:41pm.
1/8/2012 4:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 01-07-12: High 46, Low 28, wind W & NW calm-17 mph w/gust 23 mph. For the second time in my life I took a boat ride on the IL River in January, went to The Penquin Plunge and saw 33-50 brave souls jump into the river for a good cause. Last night there was a gigantic halo around the moon, observed @ 8:50pm. Today at 4:55am temp 25, wind calm, dew point 21, humidity 86%. Sunrise 7:21am (maximum loss) Sunset 4:42pm. Listening to "Coast to Coast AM" radio show and they are discussing the weather effects caused by Contrails??
1/9/2012 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 01-08-12: High 42, Low 24, wind vrbl. calm-9 mph. Today at 4:50am: no fog, temp 23, wind calm, heavy frost, dew point 19, humidity 91%. Today/tonight is the full moon otherwise known as The Wolf Moon. Other names are The Old Moon, Ice & Cold Moon. Normal temp for today 31/15. The NWS at their website has listed the winters with the least snow, the record for us to beat looks like 1921 (Chicago). Lets set our sites high and go for it! Sunrise 7:21am (maximum lose) Sunset 4:43pm.
1/10/2012 4:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 01-09-12: High 50, Low 22, wind SW & W calm-22 mph w/gust 26 mph. Today at 4:55am temp 29, wind calm, dew point 26, humidity 78%. Normal 31/15. Enjoy today! Big changes are coming. Sunrise 7:20am, Sunset 4:44pm.
1/11/2012 4:59 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 01-10-12: High 56, Low 27, wind W, SW, S & SE calm-15 mph. Today at 4:59am we are under a Winter Storm Watch with 6 inches of snow in the forecast followed by blowing winds. The NWS "hourly weather graph" shows Ottawa's projected snowfall at 5.3 inches. Right now temp is 27, wind NE 3 mph, dew point 24, humidity 84%. Back in 1975 it was 58 and normal is 31/15. Sunrise 7:20am, Sunset 4:45pm.
1/12/2012 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 01-11-12: High 56, Low 27, wind E, NE, N & NW calm-11 mph, later increasing to 16 mph w/gust 21 mph. Today at 4:50am WWA in effect, temp 30, no snow right now but its on the way per the radar, wind WNW 11 mph, dew point 27, humidity 86%, wind chill 21. I've noticed that the NWS is predicting 4-8 inches of snow and Accuweather 3-5 inches. Tomorrow we'll see who's correct. I hope AW is right. Normal temp is 31/15. Sunrise 7:20am, Sunset 4:46pm.
1/13/2012 6:50 AM 0.34 4.5 M 4.5 M 01-12-12: High 37 (12:01am) Low 16, wind NW & W 7-28 mph w/gust 35 mph. **Sidenote** I have no wind blockage, the following report is all based upon that information!!! The gauge was found in a 1 & 1/2 drift along with the rest of my driveway and yard. Route 80 is a terrible snow fence. I measured the snow at work yesterday at 5pm in downtown Ottawa. At that point we had "on average" three inches. I am ONLY assuming that we got another inch or inch and a half so I am going on record for snowfall that we received 4.5 inches. Today at 6:50am temp 14, wind WNW 10 mph, dew point 10, humidity 80%, wind chill 1. Normal for today 31/15. Sunrise 7:20am, Sunset 4:48pm. (revised edit 5:56pm)
1/14/2012 4:55 AM 0.01 T M 4.2 M 01-13-12: High 23, Low 12, wind NW & W 5-22 mph w/gust 27 mph. Dusting of snow during the evening hours leaving a trace of snow and .01 in the gauge. Today at 4:55am temp 9, wind WSW calm-3 mph, dew point 4, humidity 79%. At 4am IL River at LaSalle 12.19/steady. Fox River at Dayton 6.71/steady and layers of ice have formed. Ice dams possible with the upcoming warm up? Normal 31/15. Sunrise 7:19am, Sunset 4:49pm.
1/15/2012 5:40 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 01-14-12: High 25, Low 9, wind SW, W & NW with a splash of NE calm-9 mph. Today at 5:40am temp 16, wind SE 8 mph, dew point 10, humidity 69%, wind chill 5. Normal 31/15. Sunrise 7:19am, Sunset 4:50pm. We have gained 25 minutes in the afternoon.
1/16/2012 4:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 01-15-12: High 36, Low 15, wind S & SE 3-24 mph w/gust 31 mph. Today at 4:45am temp 29, wind SSE 11-14 mph, dew point 24, humidity 76%, wind chill 20. Normal 31/15. Sunrise 7:18am, Sunset 4:51pm. Poor Cheeseheads! (so sad)
1/17/2012 4:55 AM 0.12 M M M M 01-16-12: High 50, Low 27, wind S, SE, NE & E calm-18 mph w/gust 24 mph. Today at 4:55am rain is ending, static on the AM radio (lightning somewhere?) temp 37, precip was all rain .12 in gauge, wind N 10 mph, dew point 35, humidity 90%, wind chill 30. Snow is disappearing fast except for piles and drifts. Falling temps through the day predicted, back to the deep freeze. Normal for today 31/15. Sunrise 7:18am, Sunset 4:52pm.
1/18/2012 4:55 AM 0.02 T M M M 01-17-12: High 42 (12:01am) Low 15 (11:59pm) wind NE, N & NW 5-26 mph w/gust 32 mph. A little touch of rain after 6am than a lull until about 10:30am and the snow started but just a dusting which both left .02 in gauge. Today at 4:55am temp 11, wind calm, dew point 4, humidity 74%. Sunrise 7:17am, Sunrise 4:53pm. 16 Days from now it will be Groundhog Day!
1/19/2012 4:55 AM 0.02 0.2 M M M 01-18-12: High 30, Low 8, wind W, SW & S calm-22 mph. Today at 4:55am light snow 1/4 inch so far leaving .02 in gauge. Temp 27, wind W 8 mph, dew point 23, humidity 82, wind chill 20. Falling temps today and tonight, could be the coldest of the season. Sunrise 7:17am, Sunset 4:54pm.
1/20/2012 4:58 AM T 0.2 M M M 01-19-12: High 31 (12:01am) Low 4 (11:59pm) wind SW, W, NW & N calm-16 mph w/gust 22 mph. Additional snow 1/4 inch making total snow event 1/2 inch leaving a trace in the gauge. Today at 4:58am "baby its cold outside" temp 6 and slowly rising, wind ENE 5-7 mph, dew point minus 4, humidity 56%, wind chill minus 3. Normal 30/12. Sunrise 7:16am, Sunrise 4:56pm. Snow event coming, the amount of it GREATLY varies depending to who your listening to. At 9am today we will be under a winter weather advisory.
1/21/2012 6:29 AM 0.31 5.0 M M M 01-20-12: High 19, Low 2, wind N, NE & E 5-18 mph w/gust 23 mph. Lots of (light & fluffy) snow, I have 5 inches and .31 in the gauge. Today at 6:29am temp 15, wind NW 8 mph dew point 10, humidity 78%, wind chill 2. Sunrise 7:16am, Sunset 4:57pm.
1/22/2012 5:35 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 01-21-12: High 27, Low 15, wind NW, N, NE, E & SE calm-14 mph. Some melting of snow occurred yesterday. Today at 5:35am temp 25 and rising, wind SE 12 mph w/gust 20 mph, dew point 22, humidity 92, no fog at the moment, wind chill 14. At 4am Fox River at Dayton 6.68/with ice. IL River at LaSalle 12.50/steady and clear. Just a thought, with anywhere to 4-7 inches of snow on the frozen ground, some rivers iced, any sudden rainfall could cause rivers to rise. Hopefully any rain in our future will be light. Sunrise 7:15am, Sunset 4:58pm. After 11 days it will be Groundhog Day.
1/23/2012 5:40 AM 0.12 M M M M 01-22-12: High 43 (11:59pm) Low 14 (12:01am) Rain .12 in gauge. Today at 5:40am temp 43, wind SSW 10 mph, dew point 41, humidity 95%, wind chill 38. Normal 31/15. New Moon. Sunrise 7:14am, Sunset 4:59pm. We are entering (on average) the coldest week of the year.
1/24/2012 4:50 AM T T M M M 01-23-12: High 48, Low 31, wind S, SW & W 4-30 mph w/gust 39 mph. A flake, maybe two flakes of snow around 6pm. Today at 4:50am temp 28, wind W 12 mph, dew point 23, humidity 77%, wind chill 18. Normal 32/15. Sunrise 7:14am, Sunset 5:01pm. In less than a month pitchers & catchers will be in camp.
1/25/2012 4:40 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 01-24-12: High 39, Low 23, wind W & NW calm-17 mph w/gust 23 mph. Today at 4:40am temp 24, wind calm, dew point 21, humidity 90%, no fog at this moment. Looking at the national radar some heavy rains and storms deep in the heart of Texas (clap, clap) are they heading this way? I'm not in the mood for surprises. Normal 32/15. Sunrise 7:13am, Sunset 5:02pm.
1/26/2012 4:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 01-25-12: High 36, Low 23, wind NE, E & SE calm-11 mph. Today at 4:55am temp 32, wind calm, dew point 30, humidity 92%, no fog at the moment but conditions are there. Sunrise 7:12am, Sunset 5:03pm.
1/27/2012 4:59 AM T M M M M 01-26-12: High 41, Low 31, wind SE, E, NW & W calm-11 mph. After 5pm some light mist leaving a trace. Today at 4:59am temp 32, wind WNW 9 mph, dew point 29, humidity 88, wind chill 24. At 4am Fox River at Dayton 7.12/ice. IL River at LaSalle 16.29/flood stage 20. Normal 32/15. Sunrise 7:11am, Sunset 5:04pm. Six days til Groundhog Day.
1/28/2012 4:59 AM 0.18 1.0 M M M 01-27-12: High 46, Low 30, wind NW, W & SW calm-14 mph w/gust 17 mph. Rain & snow started around or after 7:30pm. Best measurement was on the deck as a lot of it melted when it hit, 1 inch and .18 in gauge. Today at 4:59am temp 27, windy with WNW 15 mph w/gust 24 mph, dew point 24, humidity 82%, wind chill 17. Normal 32/15. Where were you 45 years ago? Probably digging out from the Blizzard of 1967 which is the grand daddy of all modern day snow storms leaving 23 inches in the Chicagoland area. Sunrise 7:10am, Sunset 5:06pm.
1/29/2012 5:35 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 01-28-12: High 35, Low 25, wind W & SW 9-23 mph w/gust 30 mph. Today at 5:35am temp 30, wind W 12 mph w/gust 18 mph, dew point 21, humidity 67%, wind chill 21. Normal 32/15. Sunrise 7:10am, Sunset 5:07pm. SIGNS THAT SPRING IS NOT THAT FAR AWAY: took boat to Seneca to tune-up engine, 3 weeks til pitchers & catchers report, 4 days til groundhog day, 8 weeks until St. Patrick's Day.
1/30/2012 4:50 AM T T M M M 01-29-12: High 33, Low 20, wind SW, W, NW & SE calm-24 mph w/gust 30 mph. Light dusting of snow around 6am leaving a trace. Today at 4:50am temp 30 and rising, wind SE 10 mph w/gust 17 mph, dew point 24, humidity 68%, wind chill 21. This week is our January thaw or back to our warmer than normal winter? Sunrise 7:09am, Sunset 5:08pm.
1/31/2012 4:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 01-30-12: High 58 (new record) Low 25, wind SE, S & SW 5-23 mph w/gust 29 mph. Earthquake near Kenosha WI during the night, "I didn't feel the earth move under my feet".....Today at 4:55am temp 43, wind S 9 mph w/gust 17 mph, dew point 38, humidity 74%, wind chill 38. Even the piles and drifts of snow are pretty much gone. Moon entering its first quarter. Record for today 55 in 1988, get ready to break it today! Normal 32/16. Sunrise 7:08am, Sunset 5:09pm.
2/1/2012 4:50 AM T M M M M 01-31-12: High 60, Low 39, wind S, SW & W 5-24 mph w/gust 30 mph. A couple of rain drops here & there leaving a trace. Today at 4:50am temp 33, wind W 4 mph, dew point 31, humidity 87%. Normal 33/16. FYI: tomorrow is Bill Murray day and 39 days until CDT. Sunrise 7:07am, Sunset 5:11pm.
2/2/2012 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 02-01-12: High 45, Low 31, wind W & NW calm-11 mph. January precipitation 1.18 in the gauge. Today at 4:50am DENSE fog, I cannot see Route 80 and its under 1/4 of a mile away from my house, temp 29, also freezing fog, wind calm, dew point 28, humidity 98%. At 4am IL River at LaSalle 15.40/steady. Fox River at Dayton 7.37/ice free and up slightly. Normal 33/16. Sunrise 7:06am, Sunset 5:12pm. Happy Groundhog Day, there will be no shadow seen here in Ottawa!
2/3/2012 4:59 AM T M M M M 02-02-12: High 46, Low 27, wind vrbl. calm-8 mph. Pea soup fog through out most of the day, cleared mid afternoon. Temp hung around 36 until it cleared then it warmed up. Today at 4:59am: trees are wet, gauge is dry but it appears some form of precip occurred, temp 34, fog/not freezing and not as bad as yesterday due to the ENE wind 6-8 mph, dew point 33, humidity 100%. Normal 33/16. Sunrise 7:05am, Sunset 5:13pm.
2/4/2012 5:10 AM 0.28 M M M M 02-03-12: High 43, Low 33, wind E & NE 5-15 mph w/gust 21 mph. Rain over night .28 in gauge, glad it's not snow. Today at 5:10am temp 35, wind E 8 mph, dew point 33, humidity 93%, wind chill 28. Normal 33/16. January recap: we had eight days with a 50 degree or better highs, eight days with a 40 degree highs or better, not bad for the coldest month of the year. By the way, I think the Farmers Almanac was more correct about this winter than Skilling and his computers! Sunrise 7:04am, Sunset 5:14pm.
2/5/2012 6:59 AM 0.02 M M M M 02-04-12: High 43, Low 34, wind E & NE 3-17 mph w/gust 23 mph. Rain .02 in gauge. Today at 6:59am temp 29, wind N 3-5 mph, dew point 26, humidity 84%, clear and sunny. About 2 weeks until pitchers & catchers report to spring training camp and about 3 and 1/2 weeks until the first spring training baseball game. Normal temps for today 33/16. Sunrise 7:03am, Sunset 5:16pm. Happy Super Bowl Sunday.
2/6/2012 4:44 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 02-05-12: High 41, Low 27, wind N, NW & W calm-9 mph. Today at 4:44am light fog, but with increasing wind its letting up, temp 29, wind WNW 7 mph, dew point 27, humidity 96%, wind chill 22. Normal 34/17. Sunrise 7:01am, Sunset 5:17pm.
2/7/2012 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 02-06-12: High 34, Low 29, wind NW & W 6-14 mph w/gust 18 mph. Today at 4:50am temp 29, wind NE 9 mph, dew point 27, humidity 88%, wind chill 21. Full moon today otherwise known as The Snow Moon, Hunger & Chaste Moon. Normal 34/17. Sunrise 7:00am, Sunset 5:18pm.
2/8/2012 4:50 AM T T M M M 02-07-12: High 35, Low 28, wind NE & N 3-17 mph w/gust 22 mph. Trace of rain during the day and trace of snow during the wee hours this morning. Today at 4:50am temp 27, wind NNW 6-8 mph, dew point 22, humidity 75%, wind chill 21. Normal 34/17. Its getting lighter out! Sunrise 6:59am, Sunset 5:19pm.
2/9/2012 4:40 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 02-08-12: High 36, Low 25, wind N, NW & W 6-13 mph w/gust 18 mph. Today at 4:40am temp 20, wind W 3 mph, dew point 16, humidity 82%. Normal 34/17. One year ago it was 13/minus 4 brr! Sunrise 6:58am, Sunset 5:21pm.
2/10/2012 4:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 02-09-12: High 35, Low 18, wind W & SW 3-18 mph. Got up early but had to reboot modem. Today at 4:45am temp 32, wind SW 6-9 mph, dew point 28, humidity 82%, wind chill 26. Looks like we've already had our high for the day and temps will be falling through out the day, minus wind chills on tap. Sunrise 6:57am, Sunset 5:22pm.
2/11/2012 6:14 AM 0.01 0.5 M M M 02-10-12: High 37, Low 16, wind SW, W, NW & N 6-29 mph w/gust 37 mph. We got some lake effect snow but most of it melted when it landed, barely .01 in gauge. My guess is 1/2 an inch of snow. Today at 6:14am temp 11, wind NNW 17 mph, dew point 2, humidity 62%, wind chill minus 6. Normal 35/18. Sunrise 6:56am, Sunset 5:23pm. If you'll remember the almanac said February would be the coldest month.
2/12/2012 5:59 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 02-11-12: High 26, Low 11, wind N & NW 8-23 mph w/gust 29 mph. Today at 5:59am temp 15, wind W 12 mph, dew point 5, humidity 58, wind chill 1. Normal 35/18. Sunrise 6:54am, Sunset 5:24pm. We're two minutes short of gaining an hour back in the afternoon, think spring!
2/13/2012 4:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 02-12-12: High 36, Low 14, wind NW & W 5-22 mph w/gust 27 mph. Today at 4:45am temp 20, wind SW 3 mph, dew point 10, humidity 66%. Normal 36/18. Snow coming our way today, looks like 1-2 inches are in the forecast. Sunrise 6:53am, Sunset 5:26pm.
2/14/2012 4:59 AM 0.05 0.5 M M M 02-13-12: High 38, Low 17, wind SW & S calm-19 mph w/gust 24 mph. Half inch of snow and .05 in gauge. Today at 4:59am no precip at this moment, temp 29, wind calm-3 mph from the South, dew point 25, humidity 93%, no fog. With the 1/2 inch of snow it makes it easy to see whats been tracking around your house. I have coyote tracks that lead up my driveway and it went along the northside of my house and was looking around my deck and pool for rabbit or mice. That was an errie feeling as I went out into the open field to fetch the gauge and then having to return it. Normal for today 36/18. Sunrise 6:52am, Sunset 5:27pm. *update* roads appear to be OK.
2/15/2012 4:40 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 02-14-12: High 38, Low 28, wind S, SW & W 3-12 mph. Today at 4:40am temp 31, wind SE 8-10 mph, dew point 29, humidity 89%, wind chill 25. Looks like we have some rain coming our way, 1/2 inch in the forecast. Normal temps for today 36/19. Sunrise 6:50am, Sunset 5:28pm. In 17 days first spring training baseball game.
2/16/2012 4:50 AM 0.40 M M M M 02-15-12: High 43, Low 29, wind SE, S & SW calm-12 mph w/gust 17 mph. Rain .40 in gauge. Today at 4:50am: fog is breaking up, temp 35, wind NW 6 mph, dew point 33, humidity 90%, wind chill 30. I got up at 2am and the fog was thick, I can see Route 80 at this time. At 4am Fox River at Dayton 6.74/steady. IL River at LaSalle 12.90/steady. Normal temp for today 37/19. Sunrise 6:49am, Sunset 5:29pm. *6:50am UPDATE: Fog is back! Cannot see Route 80. Isolated Icy area's on streets & sidewalks*
2/17/2012 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 02-16-12: High 48, Low 33, wind NW & W 3-18 mph w/gust 24 mph. Today at 4:50am temp 25, wind calm, dew point 21, humidity 84%, frost. A year ago it was 60 degrees. Tomorrow Cubs pitchers & catchers report to spring training camp. Normal temp for today 37/20. Clear sky this morning, you'll notice that early Sunrise 6:48am, Sunset 5:31pm.
2/18/2012 5:10 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 02-17-12: High 56, Low 24, wind S, SW, W & NW calm-22 mph w/gust 27 mph. Today at 5:10am temp 28, wind NNW 10-13 mph, dew point 24, humidity 82%, wind chill 20. Normal 37/20. Sunrise 6:46am, Sunset 5:32pm. Four days until the start of Lent.
2/19/2012 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 02-18-12: High 41, Low 25, wind NW, N & NE 3-18 mph w/gust 22 mph. Yesterday on my morning walk I heard and saw 4 robins. Also noticing early budding trees are developing hard buds. Today at 4:50am: cold, frost, temp 21, wind NNE 4 mph, dew point 18, humidity 84%. Normal 38/20. Sunrise 6:45am, Sunset 5:33pm.
2/20/2012 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 02-19-12: High 43, Low 21, wind NE & E calm-12 mph w/gust 16 mph. Today at 4:50am temp 21, wind calm, dew point 18, humidity 87%. Normal 38/21. Sunrise 6:44am, Sunset 5:34pm.
2/21/2012 4:45 AM 0.13 0.2 M M M 02-20-12: High 44, Low 20, wind E & SE calm-19 mph w/gust 25 mph. Today at 4:45am: steady wet SNOW on this Fat Tuesday, quarter of inch and .13 in gauge, I'm assuming it rained earlier during the wee hours. Temp 33, wind SSE 7 mph, dew point 30, humidity 92%, wind chill 29. Normal 39/21. Sunrise 6:42am, Sunset 5:35pm.
2/22/2012 4:45 AM 0.05 M M M M 02-21-12: High 48, Low 32, wind SE, S, SW & W calm-23 mph w/gust 29 mph. Rain fell after my reading yesterday and sprinkles this morning left .05 in gauge. This mornings precip was rain not snow. Today at 4:45am from my office not my home as we're remodeling: temp 34, wind calm, dew point 29, humidity 87%. Normal 39/21. Sunrise 6:41am, Sunset 5:37pm. Today is Ash Wednesday, Lent 2012.
2/23/2012 4:59 AM 0.08 M M M M 02-22-12: High 49, Low 34, wind vrbl calm-7 mph. Rain .08 in gauge. Today at 4:59am temp 30, wind calm, no fog at this time, dew point 28, humidity 85%. We are or will be under a winter storm watch. Approaching precipition with temps turning colder could produce 6 or more inches of snow. I hope not! Normal 39/22. Sunrise 6:39am, Sunset 5:38pm.
2/24/2012 4:57 AM 0.37 0.8 M M M 02-23-12: High 41, Low 30, wind E & NE calm-17 mph w/gust 25 mph. All rain yesterday, started snowing around 3am today. Rain & snow .37 in gauge and closing in on 3/4 of an inch of snow. Today at 4:57am snowing, temp 31, wind N 15 mph w/gust 23 mph, dew point 29, humidity 95%, wind chill 20. Be careful shoveling, snow is VERY wet, even though its only 3/4 of an inch, its HEAVY. Also be careful driving. Snowplows don't come out around here until its over. Normal temp for today 40/22. Sunrise 6:38am, Sunset 5:39pm.
2/25/2012 5:44 AM 0.01 0.2 M M M 02-24-12: High 38, Low 26, wind N, NW & W 10-33 mph w/gust 38 mph. I had leftover snow after my reading yesterday .01 in gauge and .20 of snow gave a total accumulation yesterday of 1 inch. It all melted by noon. Today at 5:44am temp 19, wind W 14 mph w/gust 20 mph, dew point 13, humidity 71%, wind chill 6. Normal 40/22. Sunrise 6:36am, Sunset 5:40pm.
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2/27/2012 4:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 02-26-12: High 59, Low 23, wind SE, S, SW & W 8-37 mph w/gust 43 mph. Today at 4:45am temp 30, wind NW 12 mph, dew point 24, humidity 70%, wind chill 20. At 3am Fox River at Dayton 6.70/steady. IL River at LaSalle 12.74/steady. Normal temps for today 41/23. Sunrise 6:33am, Sunset 5:43pm.
2/28/2012 4:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 02-27-12: High 39, Low 25, wind W & NW calm-25 mph w/gust 32 mph. Today at 4:55am: temp 27, frost, wind SE 7 mph, dew point 24, humidity 86%, wind chill 20. Normal 41/23. Sunrise 6:32am, Sunset 5:44pm. I saw 2 more robins on Ottawa's eastside yesterday morning.
2/29/2012 5:23 AM 0.28 M M M M 02-28-12: High 53, Low 22, wind SE & E 3-19 mph w/gust 25 mph. Rain over night .28 in gauge. Today at 5:23am temp 54, wind SSW 9 mph, dew point 52, humidity 95%, light fog. Normal 41/23. Sunrise 6:30am, Sunset 5:45pm. Happy last "extended" day of meteorological winter!
3/1/2012 4:45 AM T M M M M 02-29-12: High 58, Low 37, wind SE, S, SW & W 8-36 mph w/gust 44 mph. Trace of rain yesterday. All ice in the above ground pool has melted. Today at 4:45am temp 36, wind W 10 mph, dew point 29, humidity 86%, wind chill 29. February precipitation 1.68 collected and in the books. At 4am Fox River at Dayton 7.23/up slightly. IL River at LaSalle 13.63/steady. Normal 42/24. Sunrise 6:29am, Sunset 5:46pm. Welcome to meteorological SPRING!
3/2/2012 4:49 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 03-01-12: High 44, Low 35, wind W, SW, S, SE, E & NE calm-18 mph w/gust 24 mph. The wind calmed down enough I cooked outside last night. Today at 4:49am temp 34, wind ENE 8-10 mph, dew point 31, humidity 85%, wind chill 28. Normal 42/24. Sunrise 6:27am, Sunset 5:47pm. I've noticed that the early blooming trees are into their hard bud stage.
3/3/2012 5:35 AM 0.51 0.8 M M M 03-02-12: High 40, Low 32, wind E, NE, N, NW & W 5-24 mph w/gust 32 mph. BB/pellet sized hail around 2:25pm. At that time radar showed yellow over Ottawa, followed by wet, huge flakes of snow, thunder snow conditions but no thunder. It quickly melted, my yard right now is heavily glazed. My guess is 1/2 inch to an inch fell leaving .51 in the gauge, but the way it did rain earlier. Today at 5:35am temp 30, wind WNW 17-22 mph, dew point 25, humidity 72%, wind chill 19. Normal temps for today 43/25. Sunrise 6:25am, Sunset 5:48pm. Earlier in the morning spotted close to 50 robins in a neighbors yard.
3/4/2012 4:59 AM T T M M M 03-03-12: High 34, Low 29, wind W & NW 9-22 mph w/gust 29 mph. Afternoon flurries leaving a trace of snow. Today at 4:59am temp 25, wind 7 mph, dew point 20, humidity 79%, wind chill 17. Normal 43/25. Sunrise 6:24am, Sunset 5:50pm.
3/5/2012 4:44 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 03-04-12: High 35, Low 24, wind W, NW & N 3-14 mph w/gust 19 mph. All snow has melted. Today at 4:44am: frost, temp 23, wind calm, dew point 20, humidity 86%. At 4am Fox River at Dayton 7.66/steady. IL River at LaSalle 14.31/steady. Normal temp for today 44/25. Sunrise 6:22am, Sunset 5:51pm.
3/6/2012 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 03-05-12: High 39, Low 20, wind NW, W, SW, S & SE calm-17 mph w/gust 24 mph. Today at 4:50am temp 34, wind S 14-18 mph, dew point 26, humidity 68%, wind chill 26. Normal 44/26. Sunrise 6:21am, Sunset 5:52pm. My parent's were at The Cub game yesterday in Arizona, I listened to it on the radio, they blew a 5 run lead, oh well...wait until next year?
3/7/2012 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 03-06-12: High 71, Low 32, wind SE & S 13-33 mph w/gust 43 mph. Today at 4:50am temp 52, wind S 15 mph w/gust 21 mph, low dew point 37, humidity 54%. Normal 45/26. Sunrise 6:19am, Sunset 5:53pm. Garbage day on the northside of Ottawa. Beware of fast moving garbage cans that may dart in front of your vehicle!
3/8/2012 4:50 AM 0.20 M M M M 03-07-12: High 68, Low 51, wind S, SW, W & NW 11-35 mph w/gust 43 mph. Rain over night .20 in gauge. More coming our way from the SW per the radar. Today at 4:50am temp 38, wind NW 15 mph w/gust 22 mph, dew point 34, humidity 89%, wind chill 29. Clouds are hiding the full moon which has many names. Worm Moon, Death, Sap, Sugar, Crust & Chaste Moon. Normal 45/26. Sunrise 6:17am, Sunset 5:54pm.
3/9/2012 4:58 AM T 0.0 M M M 03-08-12: High 61 (12:01am) Low 36, wind NW & W 8-24 mph w/gust 35 mph. In one hour the midnight high dropped 15 degrees as the cold front came through. Three drops of rain after taking my reading is the reason for my trace. Today at 4:58am temp 30, wind W 12 mph, dew point 23, humidity 63%, wind chill 21. Normal 46/27. Lets make it through today and then it will start to warm up! Sunrise 6:16am, Sunrise 5:55pm. Spring ahead Saturday night/Sunday morning!
3/10/2012 4:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 03-09-12: High 43, Low 27, wind W, NW, N, NE, E & SE calm-19 mph w/gust 26 mph. Today at 4:55am temp 27, wind SE 8 mph, dew point 17, humidity 65%, wind chill 19. Flowers are emerging out of the ground, a beautiful sign of spring. Back in 1977 it hit 66 degrees and normal is 46/27. Enjoy the early sunrise today as it won't be coming up until after 7am tomorrow. Our last day of CST until November. Sunrise 6:14am, Sunset 5:56pm.
3/11/2012 5:10 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 03-10-12: High 63, Low 25, wind SE, S & SW 7-23 mph w/gust 28 mph. Today at 5:10am temp 36, wind SSE 7 mph, dew point 27, humidity 67%, wind chill 32. Looking at the forecast you can see "change" coming, warmer weather, grass is starting to grow again, bushes & hedges are budding and leafs are appearing, things are being reborn. I love this time of year! Normal temp 46/28. Sunrise 7:12am cdt, Sunset 6:58pm cdt.
3/12/2012 4:59 AM 0.24 M M M M 03-11-12: High 71, Low 35, wind S & SE 5-19 mph w/gust 24 mph. Over night rain .24 in gauge. Today at 4:59am: mild, temp 54, wind S 10 mph, dew point 52, humidity 95%. Normal 47/28. Sunrise 7:11am, Sunset 6:59pm.
3/13/2012 4:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 03-12-12: High 68, Low 50, wind S, SW & W 7-25 mphw/gust 33 mph. Today at 4:45am temp 46, wind calm, no fog at this moment, dew point 44, humidity 96%, lots of moisture on car windows that are outside. Normal for today 47/28 and we will be above that. Sunrise 7:09am, Sunset 7pm. Enjoy the nice weather, long range forecast shows we'll return to normal/slightly above normal in 7-10 days.
3/14/2012 4:40 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 03-13-12: High 75, Low 42, wind W, S & SE calm-12 mph. Field fog yesterday morning around 6:45am. Record high today for Chicago 77 in 1995 and Rockford 74 degrees, get ready for a new record. Today at 4:40am temp 54, wind SSE 4 mph, dew point 44, humidity 78%. Normal 48/29. Sunrise 7:07am, Sunset 7:01pm. Farmers are getting the itch. So am I, ready to throw some Scotts on the yard and time to get the boat ready, a lot of boats came out of storage during the weekend, wash & wax weekend.
3/15/2012 4:40 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 03-14-12: High 82 (new record) Low 52, wind SE, S & SW 4-22 mph w/gust 28 mph. Yesterday was the 3rd earliest 80 degree temp for Chicago. Today at 4:40am temp 62, wind S 3 mph, dew point 58, humidity 84%. Record for today was in 1995 with 77 degrees. Sunrise 7:06am, Sunset 7:02pm. Convertible is coming out of storage today. Three boats are already in at Shoreline Boat Club on The Fox River. March is the new June!
3/16/2012 4:50 AM T M M M M 03-15-12: High 84 (new record) Low 59, wind S, SW & W calm-17 mph. It rained a few drops at my location leaving a trace, per radar between 4:30 and 5pm a reading with a red core went south of Ottawa. Thunder and some lightning observed. Today at 4:50am temp 57, wind calm, dew point 53, humidity 78%. Record high back in 1945 with 82 degrees. Normal 49/29. We're getting spoiled! Sunrise 7:04am, Sunset 7:03pm.
3/17/2012 4:59 AM T M M M M 03-16-12: High 83 (new record) Low 55, wind W, SW & S calm-18 mph w/gust 24 mph. Around 7:30am seven rain drops on my windshield, leaving a trace of rain. Today at 4:59am static on the AM radio, I can see a thunderstorm to the N by NW up by Lee Center, Rochelle and Franklin Grove area, lightning visible from here, temp 57, wind SSE 5 mph, dew point 53, humidity 85%. Normal 49/30. This will be the warmest St. Patrick's day on record. The former record goes back, WAY back, 78 degrees in 1894. So until tomorrow may you have a corned beef & cabbage so you have a wee bit of wind to your back and I'll tip a Guinness or two for you. Happy Saint Patick's Day!
3/18/2012 5:58 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 03-17-12: High 84 (new record) Low 56, wind S & SW 5-16 mph w/gust 24 mph. Today at 5:58am storm to the S by SW approaching, weather statement for as north as Grand Ridge, producing hail, heavy rains, visible from my house. Temp 58, wind S 6 mph, dew point 54, humidity 85%. Normal 50/30. Sunrise 7:01am, Sunset 7:05pm.
3/19/2012 4:05 AM 0.16 M M M M 03-18-12: High 82 (record) Low 55, wind SE & S 3-18 mph w/gust 22 mph. Yesterdays record 76 in 1918. Storm came through around 8am leaving .16 in gauge and BB sized hail around 8:17am, some lightning & thunder. Hard buds from trees are on the ground, streets, sidewalks, grass/yards need cutting soon. Today at 4:05am temp 62, wind SSE 5 mph, dew point 58, humidity 82%. Todays record temp 78 in 1921. At 2am Fox River at Dayton 7.92/steady. IL River at LaSalle 13.27/steady. Normal temp for today 50/30. Sunrise 6:59am, Sunset 7:06pm.
3/20/2012 4:40 AM 0.47 M M M M 03-19-12: High 83 (record) Low 60, wind S & SE 4-21 mph w/gust 26 mph. Rain .47 in gauge. Currently we are blowing away the previous warmest March records although a change is coming next week bringing us back to reality. Today at 4:40am temp 64, wind SE 8-10 mph, dew point 54, humidity 67%. Normal 51/31. Sunrise 6:57am, Sunset 7:08pm. Todays record is 79 going back to 1921.
3/21/2012 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 03-20-12: High 85 (record) Low 61, wind SE & S 5-28 mph w/gust 36 mph. Seven days in a row of record breaking high temps are now on the books. Todays record high is 82 in 1938, we will have to work hard to break that one. Right here, right now at 4:50am temp is 65, wind SSE 5-8 mph, dew point 57, humidity 71%. Normal 51/31. Sunrise 6:56am, Sunset 7:09pm.
3/22/2012 4:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 03-21-12: High 86 (record) Low 63, wind S & SE 4-22 mph w/gust 29 mph. Our last 80 degree day for a while. Cut the yard for the first time, so did the rest of the neighborhood. Today at 4:55am temp 62, wind SE 2 mph, dew point 51, humidity 64%. Record for today is 78 in 1910. Normal 52/32. Sunrise 6:54am, Sunset 7:10pm.
3/23/2012 5:20 AM 0.29 M M M M 03-22-12: High 82 (record) Low 59, wind SE, S & SW calm-17 mph w/gust 23 mph. Trace of rain during the day as it went around Ottawa until 2am this morning and we received a brief but heavy rain .29 in gauge in less than a 1/2 hour. Today at 5:20am temp 61, wind calm, dew point 58, humidity 92%. Many footnotes today: For the first time in my life Oak Trees are budding in March, I've never seen this before! Yesterday was our 9th record high day in a row. The historical information I used for these past 9 days was based from the Princeton Weather Radio historical data which I felt would be closer to Ottawa than Rockford or Chicago. No records will be broken today. Normal temp 52/32. Sunrise 6:52am, Sunset 7:11pm. Girls fresh-soph baseball started yesterday with Marquette Academy beating Mendota 11-8.
3/24/2012 4:29 AM 0.05 M M M M 03-23-12: High 72, Low 52, wind SE, S, SW, E & NE calm-15 mph. No daytime precip, evening rain .05 in gauge. Most activity went to the east of Ottawa. Today at 4:29am, fog rolling in from the north, very humid and moist, temp 49, wind calm, dew point 48, humidity 97%. At 3am Fox River at Dayton 7.54/steady. IL River at Morris 7.28/rising. Normal temp for today 53/32. Sunrise 6:51am, Sunset 7:12pm.
3/25/2012 4:59 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 03-24-12: High 68, Low 46, wind E, NE & N calm-12 mph. Very foggy morning, lifted around 10:45am and very very heavy dew. Anything outside was dripping wet, it even left a gauge reading which I knew wasn't from rainfall. I also heard something I haven't heard in 9 days, the sound of the furnace kicking on. Today at 4:59am fog trying to form but there might be too much of a breeze, temp 54, wind NNW 6 mph, dew point 52, humidity 91%. Normal 53/33. Sunrise 6:49am, Sunset 7:13pm.
3/26/2012 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 03-25-12: High 77, Low 51, wind N, NW, E & NE calm-15 mph. Today at 4:50am temp 41, wind ENE 16 mph w/gust 24 mph, dew point 34, humidity 70 and the wind chill is back at 33. Should be close to the normal high today. Normal 54/33. Sunrise 6:47am, Sunset 7:14pm. Cut the yard again, thats twice in one week.
3/27/2012 4:55 AM 0.03 M M M M 03-26-12: High 54, Low 37, wind NE & E 7-23 mph w/gust 28 mph. Rain .03 in gauge. Yesterday was as close to average normal temps as we've been in a long time. Today at 4:55am temp 40, wind SE 11 w/gust 20 mph, dew point 25, humidity 50, wind chill 33. Normal 54/33. Sunrise 6:46am, Sunset 7:15pm.
3/28/2012 4:50 AM 0.01 M M M M 03-27-12: High 76, Low 38, wind SE, S & SW 8-32 mph w/gust 38 mph. Rain .01 in gauge, there was something on the radar last night before I went to bed. Today at 4:50am temp 57, wind WNW 7-10 mph, dew point 50, humidity 69%. Normal 54/34. Farmers are in the field disking and applications, won't be long until they plant. Sunrise 6:44am, Sunset 7:16pm.
3/29/2012 4:20 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 03-28-12: High 73, Low 45, wind SW, W, NW, N & E 4-33 mph, w/gust 41 mph. Today at 4:20am temp 40, wind ENE 6 mph, dew point 34, humidity 75%, wind chill 36. At 3am Fox River at Dayton 7.02/steady. IL River at LaSalle 13.44/steady. Normal 55/34. Sunrise 6:42am, Sunset 7:17pm.
3/30/2012 4:40 AM 0.02 0.0 M M M 03-29-12: High 58, Low 38, wind E & NE calm-17 mph w/gust 22 mph. Today at 4:40am temp 46 and rising, storm approaching from WSW, thunder can be heard in the distance, wind picking up ESE 13 mph w/gust 22 mph, dew point 40, humidity 81%. Normal 55/34. Sunrise 6:40am, Sunset 7:18pm. I'll probably have precip to report tomorrow. **10:50 edit** received .02 of rain in gauge from early morning rain which came through around 5:15am. Entering it now so it will show up in total March precip.
3/31/2012 4:20 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 03-30-12: High 67, Low 40, wind E, SE, NW, N & NE calm-17 mph w/gust 22 mph. Today at 4:20am temp 40, wind ENE 7 mph, dew point 36, humidity 84%, wind chill 35. Another day we'll be above normal 56/35. If it doesn't rain 1.98 total March precip. Sunrise 6:39am, Sunset 7:20pm. I'm still here as you can see. I didn't win the big bucks.
4/1/2012 5:35 AM 0.10 M M M M 03-31-12: High 57, Low 39, wind NE, E & SE 2-15 mph w/gust 21 mph. We had a thunder storm come through during the wee hours, weather radio was active. April 1st rain .10 in gauge. Today at 5:35am temp 57, wind SSE 6-8 mph, dew point 54, humidity 88%. Normal 56/35. Sunrise 6:37am, Sunset 7:21pm. Snow storm tonight with 10 inches.....April Fools!
4/2/2012 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 04-01-12: High 80, Low 49, wind SE, S, NE & E calm-21 mph w/gust 26 mph. Yesterday I washed the car and went for a drive up to Route 34, I was in shorts and a t-shirt when I noticed it was 8-10 degrees cooler than Ottawa, so I turned around and headed back to Ottawa. South of Indian Creek/Route 52 seemed to be the line, it was warm again. My wife was up at Fox Valley and said it was cold up there. Today at 4:50am temp 48, wind ESE 13 mph w/gust 21 mph, dew point 43, humidity 80%, wind chill 43. Normal 57/35. Sunrise 6:35am, Sunset 7:22pm.
4/3/2012 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 04-02-12: High 74, Low 46, wind E & SE 3-21 mph w/gust 26 mph. On my walk yesteday morning I noticed a mulberry tree already starting to form berries. Today at 4:50am temp 52, wind calm, dew point 44, humidity 74%, clear sky at the moment. Normal 57/36. Sunrise 6:34am, Sunrise 7:23pm.
4/4/2012 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 04-03-12: High 86, Low 50 (11:59pm) wind E, SE, N & NE calm-22 mph w/gust 28 mph. In the late afternoon we had a 26 degree drop as the cold front came thru. Gauge empty. Today at 4:50am temp 47, wind ENE 9-12 mph, dew point 36, humidity 67%, wind chill 43. Normal 58/36. Sunrise 6:32am, Sunset 7:24pm.
4/5/2012 5:15 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 04-04-12 Live from 41.4N/88.8W: High 67, Low 45. Today at 5:15am temp 42, wind ENE 12 mph, dew point 29, humidity 60%, wind chill 36. Normal 58/36. Sunrise 6:30am, Sunset 7:25pm. (play ball) GO CUBS!
4/6/2012 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 04-05-12: High 61, Low 38, wind NE 7-20 mph w/gust 26 mph. Today at 4:50am FROST, temp 33, wind ENE 6 mph, dew point 28, humidity 84%, wind chill 29. Normal 59/37. Full Moon over head, known as The Pink Moon, Seed, Awakening, Grass & Hare Moon. Sunrise 6:29am, Sunset 7:26pm. (peace)
4/7/2012 5:14 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 04-06-12: High 62, Low 31, wind NE & E 5-16 mph w/gust 21 mph. Yesterday there was frost on cars, roofs and grass. Today at 5:14am temp 36, wind calm, dew point 28, humidity 79%. Normal 59/37. Sunrise 6:27am, Sunset 7:27pm.
4/8/2012 4:50 AM T M M M M 04-07-12: High 68, Low 35, wind E, SE, S, SW, W & NW calm-17 mph w/gust 22 mph. Yesterday morning spotty/limited rooftop frost. Late afternoon sprinkles that didn't even wet the deck. Today at 4:50am haze or fog? Temp 43, wind WNW 8 mph, dew point 40, humidity 92%, wind chill 38, heavy dew. Normal 59/37. Sunrise 6:26am, Sunset 7:28pm. Happy Easter.
4/9/2012 4:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 04-08-12: High 69, Low 39, wind NW & W calm-25 mph w/gust 32 mph. No rain on Easter Sunday, so that means we WILL NOT have seven rainy weekends. Today at 4:55am temp 47, wind NW 9-12 mph, dew point 35, humidity 58%. Normal 60/38. Sunrise 6:24am, Sunset 7:29pm.
4/10/2012 4:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 04-09-12: High 65, Low 42, very windy N, NW & W calm-36 mph w/gust 44 mph. Today at 4:55am: temp 31, wind NNW 10 mph, dew point 21, humidity 57, wind chill 22. One year ago (today) it was a record breaker at 87 degrees. Normal 60/38. Sunrise 6:22am, Sunset 7:30pm.
4/11/2012 4:53 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 04-10-12: High 52, Low 29, first below normal temps in a long time, very windy, NW & N 6-29 mph w/gust 37 mph. Today at 4:53am no frost at this moment, temp 28, wind N 8 mph, dew point 19, humidity 61%, wind chill 20. Normal 61/38. Sunrise 6:21am, Sunset 7:31pm.
4/12/2012 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 04-11-12: High 58, Low 26, wind NW, N & NE calm-15 mph w/gust 21 mph. Last 2 morning no rooftop frost, this morning nothing so far but I think all of the elements are there come sunrise. Today at 4:50am temp 31, wind calm, dew point 25, humidity 75%. Needed rain is in the forecast for the weekend, cut your grass today. At 3am Fox River at Dayton 5.92/low & steady. IL River at LaSalle 11.51/steady. Normal temps for today 61/39 and its on tap for today. Sunrise 6:19am, Sunset 7:32pm.
4/13/2012 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 04-12-12: High 67, Low 29, wind SW, W SE & E calm-14 mph. I have noticed discoloration of tree leaves and a small tree in my front yard, when handling some leaves crumbled like it was October. BTW there was frost yesterday morning. Today at 4:50am temp 43, wind ESE 6 mph, dew point 30, no dew, humidity 61%. Normal 62/39. Sunrise 6:18am, Sunset 7:34pm.
4/14/2012 4:50 AM T M M M M 04-13-12: High 63, Low 40, wind E, SE & S 6-27 mph w/gust 32 mph. Trace of rain 12:40pm and this morning around 4:20am, a couple of drops on my mailbox and sidewalk. Today at 4:50am temp 52, wind SSE 5-7 mph, dew point 45, humidity 78%. Normal 62/39. Sunrise 6:16am, Sunset 7:35pm.
4/15/2012 5:15 AM 0.32 M M M M 04-14-12: High 68, Low 51, wind SE, S & SW calm-17 mph w/gust 22 mph. Afternoon rain .03 and early this morning .29 leaving a total .32 in gauge. Today at 5:15am temp 64, wind SSW 12 mph, dew point 58, humidity 80%. Normal 62/40. Sunrise 6:14am, Sunset 7:36pm. Possible severe weather today, keep an eye on the sky.
4/16/2012 4:55 AM 0.29 M M M M 04-15-12: High 78, Low 64, wind S & SW 9-39 mph w/gust 46 mph. Rain .29 in gauge. No severe weather to report except very windy. Today at 4:55am temp 55, wind S 16 mph, dew point 51, humidity 85%. Normal 63/40. Sunrise 6:13am, Sunset 7:37pm.
4/17/2012 4:55 AM T M M M M 04-16-12: High 66, Low 45, WIND! S, SW, W & NW 3-39 mph w/gust 50 mph. 20 raindrops on my windshield as I went to lunch at 12:40pm giving us a trace of rain. Today at 4:55am temp 41, wind whispering out of the NW calm-2 mph, dew point 38, humidity 87%. Normal 63/41. Sunrise 6:11am, Sunset 7:38pm.
4/18/2012 4:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 04-17-12: High 66, Low 38, wind N, NW & E calm-9 mph. Today at 4:45 temp 42, wind SSE 6 mph, dew point 36, humidity 78%, wind chill 38. Normal 64/41. Sunrise 6:10am, Sunset 7:39pm. From the WGN radio farm department: 41% of Illinois corn has been planted vs. last years 8%.
4/19/2012 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 04-18-12: High 76, Low 40, wind E, SE, S & SW 5-24 mph w/gust 29 mph. Today at 4:50am temp 54, wind SSE 2 mph, dew point 46, humidity 74%. Normal 64/41. Sunrise 6:08am, Sunset 7:40pm. A month and a half left of school.
4/20/2012 4:55 AM T M M M M 04-19-12: High 80, Low 53, wind SE, S, SW, NE & E calm-19mph w/gust 25 mph. Trace of rain during the lunch hour as I felt a couple of drops. Today at 4:55am temp is 60 but I'm observing reporting stations to the west of me and the cold front must be coming in quickly, temp are dropping like a wet rock! A lite rain system is going through but its breaking up. Right now its 60, wind SW 7 mph, dew point 51, humidity 74%. Normal 64/42. Sunrise 6:07am, Sunset 7:41pm. ***6:18am Update*** 15 degree temp drop, cold front came through around 5:25am, brisk winds from the N, light fog and its raining. Precip in tomorrows report.
4/21/2012 5:55 AM 0.02 M M M M 04-20-12: High 66 (12:01am) Low 38 (11:59pm) wind SW, W, NW & N 4-20 mph w/gust 27 mph. Yesterdays rain .02 in gauge. Today at 5:55am FROST on the rooftops, cars and yards, temp 33, wind N 6 mph, dew point 29, humidity 87%, wind chill 27. Normal 65/42. Sunrise 6:05am, Sunset 7:42pm.
4/22/2012 4:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 04-21-12: High 57, Low 33, wind N, NE & E calm-14 mph w/gust 18 mph. Yesterday was the 45th anniversary of the Oak Lawn tornado, April 21st, 1967. Today at 4:55am temp 39, wind ENE 7 mph, dew point 31, humidity 67%, wind chill 34. Normal 65/42. Sunrise 6:04am, Sunset 7:43pm.
4/23/2012 4:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 04-22-12: High 57, Low 38, wind E, NE & N 3-25 mph w/gust 30 mph. Today at 4:55am temp 33, wind NNW 7 mph, dew point 24, humidity 69%, wind chill 26. Normal 66/43. Sunrise 6:02am, Sunset 7:44pm. I'm going to put the "hex" on us, when can we start calling this a mini drought? I thought April was a wet month?
4/24/2012 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 04-23-12: High 63, Low 31, wind N, NW & W 3-20 mph w/gust 27 mph. Sunday went to Cedar Point and noticed a lot of activity in the farm fields, farmers were busy. Yesterday morning limited frost, mainly in low areas. Today at 4:50am temp 44, wind NW 7 mph, dew point 35, humidity 65%, wind chill 39. Normal 66/43. Sunrise 6:01am, Sunset 7:45pm.
4/25/2012 4:50 AM T M M M M 04-24-12: High 72, Low 42, wind NW changing to vrbl from southernly directions calm-9 mph. Tried to rain but all I got was a spotted windshield leaving a trace. Cleared by 5pm and warmed up. Today at 4:50am temp 47, wind SE 5 mph, dew point 40, humidity 75%. Radar shows a rain system heading our way from the NW. Normal temp for today 66/43. Sunrise 6:00am, Sunset 7:47pm. Talked to a farmer who has a field up by Earlville and he's done planting corn.
4/26/2012 4:44 AM T M M M M 04-25-12: High 79, Low 46, wind SE, E & NE 3-16 mph w/gust 24 mph. Windshield & car got spotted but nothing in the gauge. Today at 4:44am temp 46, wind NNW 6 mph, dew point 44, humidity 90%, heavy dew & light fog. Normal 67/44. Sunrise now before 6am! Sunrise 5:58am, Sunset 7:48pm. Looking at Accuweathers X-forecast, looks like next week we start to warm up.
4/27/2012 4:40 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 04-26-12: High 64, Low 39, wind NW, N, NE & E 5-26 mph w/gust 32 mph. Today at 4:40am temp 33, wind NE 4 mph dew point 29, humidity 79%, wind chill 29. Normal 67/44. Sunrise 5:57am, Sunset 7:49pm.
4/28/2012 5:55 AM 0.36 M M M M 04-27-12: High 57, Low 31, there was frost yesterday morning, wind NE & E calm-20 mph w/gust 25 mph. Rain this morning .36 in gauge, a couple of flashes of lightning and a clap of thunder here & there. Today at 5:55am drizzle, temp 43, wind E 11 mph w/gust 16 mph, dew point 39, humidity 86%. Normal 67/44. Sunrise 5:55am, Sunset 7:50pm. Warm up coming next week!
4/29/2012 5:10 AM 0.04 M M M M 04-28-12: High 51, Low 42, wind NE & E 6-24 mph w/gust 31 mph. Leftover rain after my earlier reading was .04 in gauge. Total .40 for Saturday. Today at 5:10am temp 42, wind E 3 mph, dew point 35, humidity 81%. Normal 68/45. Sunrise 5:54am, Sunset 7:51pm. A lot of rain in the future forecast.
4/30/2012 4:50 AM 0.40 M M M M 04-29-12: High 59. Low 40, wind E & SE 3-16 mph w/gust 22 mph. Million dollar rain, soft and steady, .27 during the day up to 5:30pm .13 over night, total .40 in gauge. Today at 4:50am light haze and overcast, temp 53, wind SSE 4 mph, dew point 50, humidity 92%. Normal 68/45 and it looks like we are going to finally warm up. Sunrise 5:53am, Sunset 7:52pm.
5/1/2012 4:50 AM 0.06 M M M M 04-30-12: High 63, Low 51, wind SE, W & NW calm-15 mph. Morning rain .03 afternoon rain .03 total .06 in gauge. Total April rain 1.59 recorded. Today at 4:50am haze & heavy dew, temp 47, wind ESE 3 mph, dew point 45, humidity 95%. Normal 68/46. Sunrise 5:51am, Sunset 7:53pm.
5/2/2012 4:35 AM 0.67 M M M M 05-01-12: High 64, Low 46, wind SE & E turning vrbl calm-17 mph w/gust 22 mph. Early evening fog. Morning rain .04 afternoon rain .61 and over night rain .02 giving us a total of .67 in the gauge. Today at 4:35am temp 61, wind S 8 mph, dew point 59, humidity 93%. Radar shows a storm to the W heading our way. At 3am Fox River at Dayton 6.69/steady. IL River at LaSalle 12.66/rising. Normal temps for today 69/46. Sunrise 5:50am, Sunset 7:54pm.
5/3/2012 4:45 AM 0.03 M M M M 05-02-12: High 81, Lo 58, wind SE, S & SW calm-22 mph w/gust 27 mph. Rain .03 in gauge. Today at 4:45am temp 67, wind SSE 7 mph, dew point 64, humidity 86%. Normal 69/46. Sunrise 5:49am, Sunset 7:55pm.
5/4/2012 4:30 AM 1.06 M M M M 05-03-12: High 87, Low 67, wind S & SW 5-25 mph w/gust 31 mph. Dinner time rain .12 and over night heavy thunder storm .94 leaving a total of 1.06 in gauge. Over night storm: lots of cloud to ground lightning. Today at 4:30am temp 63, wind SE 6 mph, dew point 60, humidity 88%. At 3am IL River at Morris 8.30/rising. At LaSalle 14.53/rising rather quickly. Normal 69/47. Sunrise 5:48am, Sunset 7:56pm.
5/5/2012 4:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 05-04-12: High 84, Low 59, wind SE, E & NE calm-19 mph. Today at 4:45am THICK FOG, temp 55, wind ESE 5 mph, dew point 55, humidity 98%. Tonight is the full moon which is known as the Flower Moon. Other names are Grass Moon, Planting, Milk, Dyad and Budding Moon. Sunrise 5:46am, Sunset 7:57pm. Yards/grass are a deep dark green.
5/6/2012 4:20 AM T M M M M 05-05-12: High 75, Low 55, wind E & NE 4-18 mph. With yesterday's fog there were times with mist leaving a trace of rain. Today at 4:20am temp 57, wind E 8 mph, dew point 55, humidity 96% and a light fog to the north. FLASH FLOOD watch in effect! If you live by a river be on alert. I am moving my boat and trailer away from my boat club which is in an "A" flood zone. 1-3 inches here and 1-3 coming down river from the suburbs and Chicago will quickly rise river levels in our area. At 3am Fox River at Dayton 6.95/flood stage 12. IL River at LaSalle 15.67/flood stage 20. Normal temps for today 70/47. Sunrise 5:45am, Sunset 7:58pm. **6:45am correction** changing flash flood warning to flash flood watch.
5/7/2012 4:40 AM 0.69 M M M M 05-06-12: High 80, Low 56, wind E, SE & N calm-18 mph w/gust 23 mph. Yesterday afternoon tornado in Streator 4pm (????) Daytime rain .13 and over night rain this morning .56 leaving a total .69 in gauge. Today at 4:40am starting to rain, temp 62, wind NNW 6-8 mph, dew point 59, humidity 91%. At 3am Fox River at Dayton 7.52 and rising/flood stage 12. IL River at LaSalle 16>74 and rising FAST/flood stage 20. Normal 70/48. Sunrise 5:44a, Sunset 7:59pm.
5/8/2012 4:25 AM 0.31 M M M M 05-07-12: High 67, Low 55, wind E, NE, N & NW calm-17 mph w/gust 23 mph. It rained after my early readings yesterday, morning rain .31 in gauge. Today at 4:25am temp 52, wind NW 4 mph, heavy dew, dew point 49, humidity 89%. At 3am Fox River at Dayton 9.25/flood stage 12. IL River at LaSalle 20.93/flood stage 20. Normal 70/48. Sunrise 5:43am, Sunset now at 8pm.
5/9/2012 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 05-08-12: High 72, Low 50, wind NW & W 4-18 mph w/gust 25 mph. Today at 4:50am temp 47, wind NNW 7 mph, heavy dew, dew point 45, humidity 86%. At 4am IL River at LaSalle 23/flood stage 20. Normal 71/48. Sunrise 5:42am, Sunset 8:01pm.
5/10/2012 4:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 05-09-12: High 67, Low 46, wind W, NW & N 4-17 mph w/gust 22 mph. Today at 4:55am heavy dew, temp 42, wind WSW 3 mph, dew point 39, humidity 94%. At 4am IL River at LaSalle 22.32/flood stage 20. Normal temp for today 71/49. Sunrise 5:41am, Sunset 8:02pm.
5/11/2012 4:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 05-10-12: High 72, Low 42, wind W, NW, E & SE calm-12 mph w/gust 17 mph. Record high for today was one year ago 2011 it was 94. Today at 4:55am temp 47, wind SE 2 mph, dew point 40, humidity 75%. Normal 71/49. At 3:30am IL River at LaSalle 20.99/flood stage 20. Sunrise 5:40am, Sunset 8:03pm.
5/12/2012 5:26 AM T 0.0 M M M 05-11-12: High 81, Low 46, wind E, SE, S & SW calm-17 mph w/gust 22 mph. Today at 5:26am a line of thunderstorms is popping up south of Ottawa and is heading our way. Thunder and lightning present to the south, trace of rain has fallen. Any accumulation will be in tomorrow's report. Temp 58, wind calm, dew point 52, humidity 75%. Normal 71/49. Sunrise 5:39am, Sunset 8:04pm. Went to Henry yesterday and taking the backroads you can see the corn emerging from the fields.
5/13/2012 5:35 AM 0.03 M M M M 05-12-12: High 67, Low 54, wind SW, N & NE calm-18 mph. Rain .03 in gauge. Today on Mother's Day temp 49, wind NNE 4 mph, heavy dew, dew point 44, humidity 77%. Normal 72/50. Sunrise 5:38am, Sunset 8:05pm. Congratulations to the ISU grads and to the Marquette Academy fresh-soph girls softball team who finished the season 17-4.
5/14/2012 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 05-13-12: High 75, Low 49, wind N, NE & E calm-19 mph w/gust 24 mph. Winter cover to the pool has been drained and will be removed this week, Pontoon Boat is out front & ready, let the warm up begin this week! Today at 4:50am temp 44, wind calm, dew point 39, humidity 81%. Normal 72/50. Sunrise 5:37am, Sunset 8:06pm. Only 10 more days of school left.
5/15/2012 4:59 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 05-14-12: High 84, Low 44, wind SW & W calm-12 mph. Today at 4:59am temp 53, wind calm, dew point 43, humidity 72%. Normal 72/50. Clear sky as we get to enjoy another Sunrise 5:36am, Sunset 8:07pm.
5/16/2012 4:50 AM T M M M M 05-15-12: High 87, Low 51, wind S, SW, W & NW calm-18 mph w/gust 24 mph. Around 8:20pm light rain, not enough to wet my deck, pool cover is dry, trace of rain recorded. Today at 4:50am temp 50, wind NE 9 mph, dew point 40, humidiy 65%, wind chill 46. Normal 72/51. Sunrise 5:35am, Sunset 8:08pm.
5/17/2012 4:46 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 05-16-12: High 73, Low 48, wind N, NE & E 6-19 mph w/gust 23 mph. Today another clear sky, temp 44, wind calm, dew point 37, humidity 75%, moderate dew on the grass. Normal 73/51. Took cover off A/C, cover off of pool heater, cover off of the pontoon boat, is there a theme here? Putting boat in the water and kick off the 2012 season. Got to remember snow shovel in case I need to remove any asian carp if they jump in. Sunrise 5:34am, Sunset 8:09pm.
5/18/2012 4:58 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 05-17-12: High 79, Low 43, wind E & SE calm-14 mph w/gust 18 mph. Put my boat in the river and what a beautiful day on both the Fox & Illinois! Today at 4:58am temp 54, wind calm, dew point 37, humidity 59%. Normal 73/51. Sunrise 5:33am, Sunset 8:10pm. Took winter cover off the pool and starting prep as Memorial Weekend is around the corner.
5/19/2012 6:20 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 05-18-12: High 89, Low 53, wind SE & S calm-15 mph w/gust 21 mph. Today's late report at 6:20am temp 63, wind calm, dew point 53, humidity 76%. Gonna be a hot one today! Normal 73/52. Sunrise 5:32am, Sunset 8:11pm. Talked to a local farmer and he's done with planting his beans.
5/20/2012 4:59 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 05-19-12: High 93, Low 61, wind SE, S & SW calm-19 mph w/gust 24 mph. Yesterday's record was 93 in 1962 (Moline) Today at 4:59am clear, temp 67, wind SSE 3-5 mph, dew point 56, humidity 73%. Normal 74/52. Sunrise 5:31am, Sunset 8:12pm.
5/21/2012 4:59 AM 0.02 M M M M 05-20-12: High 92, Low 63, wnd S, SW, W & NW 3-26 mph w/gust 32 mph. A little bit of a thunder storm around 9:30 or 10pm, didn't amount to anything leaving .02 in gauge. Saturday & Sunday gave us our first 90 degree days of 2012 and both tied the record using Moline's record book. Today at 4:59am temp 55, wind N 11 mph, dew point 48, humidity 77%. I'm late submitting report as new puppy needed to go outside. Pool is open, should be ready before the long weekend. Need rain, things are drying up. Normal 74/52.Sunrise 5:30am, Sunset 8:13pm.
5/22/2012 4:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 05-21-12: High 75, Low 53, wind N, NE & E 3-20 mph w/gust 25 mph. Today at 4:55am temp 45, wind NNW 2 mph, heavy dew, dew point 40, humidity 83%. Normal 74/53, which means yesterday was about as normal as it gets. Sunrise 5:30am, Sunset 8:14pm.
5/23/2012 4:59 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 05-22-12: High 81, Low 45, wind N& NW turning vrbl calm-10 mph. Today at 4:59am temp 49, wind ESE 3 mph, dew point 43, humidity 73%. Normal 74/53. Sunrise 5:29am, Sunset 8:15pm. Less than a month away for our maximum sunlight in the morning. 3 days left before teacher lets the monkeys out.
5/24/2012 4:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 05-23-12: High 86, Low 48, wind E, SE & S 3-16 mph w/gust 22 mph. Today at 4:55am temp 62, wind SSE 6-10 mph, dew point 50, humidity 66%. We need a gentle rain, grass in some areas starting to brown, ground cracking. Normal 75/53. Wind advisory in effect for this afternoon. Sunrise 5:28am, Sunset 8:16pm. Eight days left of "meterorological" spring.
5/25/2012 4:59 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 05-24-12: High 93, Low 62, wind SE, S & SW 6-38 mph w/gust 44 mph, no rain. Today at 4:59am temp 61, feels like someone left the A/C on, wind NW 13 mph, dew point 56, humidity 85%. Normal 75/54. Sunrise 5:27am, Sunset 8:17pm.
5/26/2012 5:44 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 05-25-12: High 90, Low 61, wind W, NW, N, SE & E calm-19 mph w/gust 24 mph, no rain. Today at 5:44am no rain, temp 66, wind ESE 9-13 mph w/gust 18 mph, dew point 45, low humidity 45%. Normal temps for today 75/54. First long weekend of the year, unoffical start of summer! Sunrise 5:27am, Sunset 8:18pm.
5/27/2012 4:59 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 05-26-12: High 93, Low 66, wind SE & E 4-22 mph w/gust 27 mph, no rain. Ground is dry and cracked, grass browning, no growth, only the weeds. Conditions remind you of mid July. Today at 4:59am temp 71, wind S by SSE 6 mph, dew point 65, humidity 78%. Records for today 93 in 2006 and 32 in 1992. One might be broken. Normal 76/54. At 4am IL River at LaSalle 11.53/steady. Fox River at Dayton 5.73/steady. Sunrise 5:26am, Sunset 8:18pm.
5/28/2012 4:59 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 05-27-12: High 99 (record) Low 71, wind E, SE S & SSW 3-22 mph w/gust 28 mph. No rain. Most noticable was the very low dew point and humidity at mid day. Readings were 33 dew point and 18% humidity. Arizona heat in Illinois? Ottawa lost power around 4:30pm. Regained before 6pm. Generator works! Today at 4:59am temp 73, wind SSW 6 mph, dew point 63, humidity 69%. Record for today 95 in 2006. Normal 76/55. Sunrise 5:26am, Sunset 8:19pm.
5/29/2012 4:57 AM 0.38 M M M M 05-28-12: High 94, Low 71, wind S & SW 6-28 mph w/gust 35 mph. Finally received rain .38 in the gauge, with a thunder storm at 8:30pm. Lightning strike near by last night, water is slow, must have hit the pumping station at the bottom of the Poplar Street hill?? Today at 4:57am a beautiful temp of 61, wind WNW 5-7 mph, dew point 54, humidity 77%. Normal for today 76/55. Sunrise 5:25am, Sunset 8:20pm.
5/30/2012 4:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 05-29-12: High 85 for a few minutes, other wise 84, Low 59, wind NW & W 5-31 mph w/gust 38 mph. Today at 4:55am temp 50, wind WNW 6 mph, dew point 45, humidity 74%. Normal 76/55. Sunrise 5:25am, Sunset 8:21pm.
5/31/2012 5:37 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 05-30-12: High 73, Low 50, wind W, NW, N, NE & E 5-18 mph w/gust 24 mph. No rain. Today the last day of meteorological spring at 5:37am temp 52, wind ENE 13 mph, dew point 45, humidity 72%. Normal 77/56 and we'll be way under the normal temps. Sunrise 5:24am, Sunset 8:22pm.
6/1/2012 4:50 AM 0.62 M M M M 05-31-12: High 57 (12:01am) Low 47 (11:59pm) wind E, NE & N 7-22 mph w/gust 28 mph. Daytime rain .54 over night rain .08 total .62 in gauge of much needed rain. Today the first day of meteorological summer: WIND CHILL 45, temp 49, wind N 10 mph, dew point 46, humidity 90%. Normal 77/56. Sunrise 5:24am, Sunset 8:22pm. Total rainfall for May 3.87 at this station.
6/2/2012 4:59 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 06-01-12: High 67, Low 48, wind N, NW & W 5-22 mph w/gust 27 mph. No rain. Today at 4:59am temp 51, wind WSW 4 mph, dew point 45, humidity 81%. Normal 77/56. Sunrise 5:24am, Sunset 8:23pm.
6/3/2012 5:55 AM T M M M M 06-02-12: High 73, Low 51, wind W & SW 4-18 mph w/gust 24 mph. Trace of rain around noon, a few drops on my windshield. Today at 5:55am temp 54, wind calm, heavy dew, dew point 51, humidity 89%. Fun facts: the averaged day time highs for March was 66.61 April 66.47 and May 80.48 which made for a warm spring. Normal temps for today 78/57. Sunrise 5:24am, Sunset 8:23pm.
6/4/2012 4:55 AM 0.12 M M M M 06-03-12: High 82, Low 52, wind W & NW calm-18 mph w/gust 23 mph. Rain over night .07 in gauge. Today at 4:55am light drizzle, temp 62, wind NNE 5 mph dew point 58, humidity 86%. Normal 78/57. A year ago today we were in the low 90's. Tonight is the full moon known as The Strawberry Moon. Other names for it are The Rose Moon, Honey, Hot and Green Corn Moon. Sunrise 5:23am, Sunset 8:24pm. Quickly approaching maximum sunlight in the morning. **11:00am RAIN UPDATE** another .05 fell giving me a total of 0.12 for Monday morning.
6/5/2012 4:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 06-04-12: High 83, Low 59,wind N, NE & E calm-13 mph w/gust 17 mph. Today at 4:55am temp 55, wind NE 6 mph, dew point 46, humidity 72%. Normal 78/57. Sunrise 5:23am, Sunset 8:25pm. Drove past a few corn fields yesterday, plants are taller than ankle high.
6/6/2012 4:59 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 06-05-12: High 78, Low 53, wind NE & E 3-18 mph w/gust 24 mph. No rain. Today at 4:59am temp 50, wind calm as my dusty "W" flag is just hanging there, dew point 47, humidity 88%. Normal 79/58. Sunrise 5:23am, Sunset 8:26pm.
6/7/2012 4:59 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 06-06-12: High 81, Low 50, wind NE, E & SE calm-12 mph and I remembered 68 years ago those who gave their lives for my freedom. Today at 4:59am temp 50, wind calm, dew point 48, humidity 87%. Normal 79/58. Sunrise 5:22am, Sunset 8:26pm.
6/8/2012 4:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 06-07-12: High 85, Low 49, wind vrbl calm-10 mph. No rain, conditions are dry, ground cracking, yards slowly turning brownish green. Today at 4:55am temp 55, wind calm, dew point 49, humidity 82%. Normal 79/58. Sunrise 5:22am, Sunset 8:27pm. One minute away from maximum sunlight in the morning. Looks like a warm and humid (?) weekend is on tap.
6/9/2012 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 06-08-12: High 89, Low 55, wind W & SW calm-11 mph w/gust 16 mph. No rain, yards turning brown. Wine & Jazz fest weekend here in O-town. Today at 4:50am temp 62, wind S maybe even SSE 6 mph, dew point 51, humidity 68%. Normal 79/59 and we will be quite a few degrees above the norm. Sunrise 5:22am, Sunset 8:27pm.
6/10/2012 5:15 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 06-09-12: High 91, Low 61, wind SE, S & SW 4-15 mph/gust 22 mph. No Rain. Huge cracks in the ground in my backyard, grass is brown and looks like its mid July. Today at 5:15am temp 66, wind S 8 mph, dew point 55, humidity 72%. Normal 80/59. Sunrise 5:22am, Sunset 8:28pm.
6/11/2012 4:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 06-10-12: High 92, Low 65, wind S 5-27 mph w/gust 33 mph. No rain. Today at 4:55am temp 67, wind S 3 to 5 mph, dew point 60, humidity 77%. Normal 80/59. Sunrise 5:21 (maximum), Sunset 8:28pm.
6/12/2012 4:55 AM 0.01 M M M M 06-11-12: High 89, Low 66, wind S, SW, W & NW 3-16 mph w/gust 22 mph. Around 9am rain cloud passed by received .01 in gauge and thats pushing the amount. Today at 4:55am temp a beautiful 57, wind N 8 mph, dew point 50, humidity 73%. Normal 80/60. Sunrise 5:21am (maximum) Sunset 8:28pm. I heard farm radio say we will soon be approaching pollination time for the corn in the fields, rain is needed and its not in the forecast.
6/13/2012 4:46 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 06-12-12: High 79, Low 55, wind N, NW & NE 3-16 mph w/gust 22 mph. No Rain. Today at 4:46am temp 49, wind calm, moderate dew, dew point 46, humidity 86%. Normal 81/60. Weeds are the only thing growing in my yard, when I'm done with this post I'm watering my two young trees as I noticed one is losing a few leaves. Sunrise 5:21am (maximum) Sunset 8:29pm.
6/14/2012 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 06-13-12: High 77, Low 49, wind NE, SE & E calm-13 mph. No rain. Today at 4:50am temp 54, wind E 5-7 mph, dew point 48, humidity 77%. Normal 81/60. WATER YOUR TREES!!! This is the driest start to June in a long time and the month is almost 1/2 over. Sunrise 5:21am (maximum) Sunset 8:30pm. Three more minutes until maximum daylight at sunset, then we'll start our decline back into winter : )
6/15/2012 4:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 06-14-12: High 90, Low 53, wind E, SE & S calm-15 mph w/gust 21 mph. No rain. Zip. NADA. Today at 4:55am temp 62, wind SSE 5 mph, dew point 47, humidity 65%. Classic car night in downtown Ottawa 7pm. Should be a beautiful night to show off your wheels. Normal 81/61. Sunrise 5:21am (maximum) Sunset 8:30pm. WATER YOUR TREES!
6/16/2012 5:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 06-15-12: High 95, Low 62, wind S & SE 5-18 mph w/gust 24 mph. No rain. Lawn looks like its August of 1988. Today at 5:55am temp 69, wind SSE 6 mph, dew point 57, humidity 66%. Normal 81/61. Sunrise 5:21am (maximum) Sunset 8:31pm.
6/17/2012 4:59 AM 1.31 M M M M 06-16-12: High 93, Low 68, wind N/A. Storm produced 1.31 in gauge. I can say around 6:15pm wind picked up every dust and dry dirt particale to make it look pretty spooky! This was from the first storm coming in from the SW via Granville. Visual guess 35-40 mph. Today at 4:59am temp 67, wind NW 8 mph, dew point 65, humidity 93%. Normal 82/61. Sunrise 5:22am, Sunset 8:31pm.
6/18/2012 4:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 06-17-12: High 88, Low 66, wind NW, W, SW & S 4-12 mph. Grass has gone from brown to yellow/green with the rain we received Saturday. Today at 4:55am temp a sticky 71, wind SW 10-12 mph, dew point 65, humidity 87%. Normal 82/61. Sunrise 5:22am, Sunset 8:31pm.
6/19/2012 4:59 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 06-18-12: High 93, Low 69, wind S & SW 8-28 mph w/gust 35 mph. No rain. Today at 4:59am temp 73, wind SW 8-10 mph, dew point 66, humidity 78%. Going to be another warm one today! Normal 82/62. Sunrise 5:22am, Sunset 8:32pm. I had trouble logging in to the site this morning.
6/20/2012 4:59 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 06-19-12: High 95, Low 73, wind SW & S 7-21 mph w/gust 29 mph. Today at 4:59am temp 74, wind S 8 mph, dew point 63, humidity 71%. Happy Stonehenge Day. Normal 82/62. Sunrise 5:22am, Sunset 8:32pm. Go Cubs! Break out the brooms!!!
6/21/2012 4:58 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 06-20-12: High 93, Low 74, wind S & SW 8-22 mph w/gust 27 mph. No rain. Today at 4:58am temp 73, wind SSW 3-5 mph, dew point 64, humidity 75%. Normal 83/62. Sunrise 5:22am, Sunset 8:32pm.
6/22/2012 4:59 AM T M M M M 06-21-12: High 86, Low 62, wind S, SW, W & NW 6-15 mph w/gust 21 mph. Trace of rain. Ended up with 20 drops on my windshield. Today at 4:59am, sick puppy, temp 58, wind NW 3 mph, dew point 54, humidity 85%. Normal 83/62. Sunrise 5:22am, Sunset 8:32pm.
6/23/2012 4:59 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 06-22-12: High 88, Low 58, wind NW, N & W calm-10 mph w/gust 16 mph. No rain. Today at 4:59am temp 57, wind calm, dew point 55, moderate to heavy dew, humidity 88%. Normal 83/63. Sunrise 5:23am, Sunset 8:33pm (maximum). Riverbottom Weekend in Henry, IL. You go girls!
6/24/2012 4:58 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 06-23-12: High 87, Low 55, wind SW, S & SE calm-8 mph. No rain. Did you see the "22 degree Halo" around the sun? Funny how some weather events scare the uneducated! I set up a japanese beetle bag in the backyard. By the end of the day it was FULL. Today at 4:58am temp 67, wind calm, dew point 62, humidity 85%. Normal 83/63. DROUGHT REPORT: total rain for 01-01-11 thru 06-23-11 was 25.27 Using same dates for 2012 total is 11.68 Total rain for 06-01-11 thru 06-23-11 was 6.58 Using same dates for 2012 its 2.06 WE NEED RAIN!!! Sunrise 5:23am, Sunset 8:33pm (maximum)
6/25/2012 4:59 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 06-24-12: High 92, Low 67, wind S, SW, E & NE calm-15 mph. No Rain. Today at 4:59am: temp 65, wind ENE 8-14 mph, dew point 52, humidity 58%. Normal 83/63. Sunrise 5:23am, Sunset 8:33pm (maximum)
6/26/2012 4:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 06-25-12: High 82, Low 55 (11:59pm) wind NE & E 8-15 mph w/gust 21 mph. No rain. Today at 4:55am heavy dew, cool, temp 51, wind calm, dew point 48, humidity 88%. Normal 84/63. Sunrise 5:24am, Sunrise 8:33pm (maximum)
6/27/2012 4:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 06-26-12: High 86, Low 50, wind NE, E, SE & S calm-10 mph. NO RAIN, the drought of 2012 continues. Today at 4:55am temp 58, wind S 3-5 mph, dew point 49, humidity 77%. Normal 84/64. Sunrise 5:24am, Sunset 8:33pm (maximum) Water your trees and bushes.
6/28/2012 4:59 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 06-27-12: High 94, Low 57, wind SE, S and a touch of SW 3-23 mph w/gust 30 mph. No rain, the drought of 2012 continues. Today at 4:59am temp 69, wind S 4-6 mph, dew point 61, humidity 73%. Its going to be a hot one today! Records 101/Chicago in 1971 and 103/Rockford in 1934. Normal 84/64. Sunrise 5:24am, Sunset 8:33pm (maximum)
6/29/2012 5:40 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 06-28-12: High 103 (tied record) Low 69, wind S, SW & W 4-18 mph w/gust 23 mph. No rain, the drought of 2012 continues. Tied the record high with Rockford and Moline at 103 degrees. Lost power for the 5th time this summer, THANK YOU AMEREN! Today at 5:50am temp 74, wind calm, dew point 63, humidity 69%. Todays record at Moline is 104 in 1936. Normal is 84/64. Sunset 5:25am, Sunset 8:33pm (maximum) We've lost 4 minutes in the morning.
6/30/2012 4:59 AM 0.30 M M M M 06-29-12: High 95, Low 70, wind vrbl calm-16 mph except during evening thunderstorm 35-40 gust. Yesterday we had 2 storms come through. First in the morning leaving only .01 in the gauge. Second was the evening storm which featured lots of lightning, leaving .29 in the gauge giving my location a .30 total. The drought of 2012 takes a short break. Today at 4:59am: light haze/very light fog, temp 68, wind SSE calm-2 mph, dew point 66, humidity 94%. Normal 84/64. Back to last night's storm, I noticed on the radar white and purple indicating possible hail was in a 30 mile area of Ottawa, no report of it here. Sunrise 5:25am, Sunset 8:33pm (maximum)
7/1/2012 5:29 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 06-30-12: High 88, Low 67, wind SE, S, SW and a touch out of the NW here and there, calm-11 mph. No rain, the drought of 2012 re-continues, that little bit of rain we got the other day has long gone evaporated. For June 2.36 rain total at my location. Today at 5:29am: Patchy field fog, heavy dew, temp 71, wind calm, dew point 69, humidity 92%. Normal 84/64. Be careful, do not go barefooted in your yard, dryed out weeds can puncture soft skin on your foot. It happened here last night. Be careful with fireworks! EVERYTHING IS DRY! Hate to see something like CO. happen here. Sunrise 5:26am, Sunset 8:33pm (maximum)
7/2/2012 4:58 AM T M M M M 07-01-12: High 92, Low 70, wind NE, E, SE, S & SW calm-10 mph. The storm just missed Ottawa but then expanded and as it went east developed into a nasty storm! I'm sure The CoCoRah community to the east of Ottawa will have their fair share to discuss later today. I just got a trace which barely wet the deck, so the drought of 2012 continues. Today at 4:58am: fog & haze, heavy dew, temp 70, wind calm, dew point 69, humidity 95% and its very sticky outside. Normal 84/64. Sunrise 5:26am, Sunset 8:32pm. We have now lost 6 minutes of daylight.
7/3/2012 4:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 07-02-12: High 103, Low 71, wind SE, S & SW calm-14 mph w/gust 18 mph. No rain, drought of 2012 continues. I think I'm losing a tree. Today at 4:55am full moon is out, it is pink/red. The July moon is known as The Buck Moon, Blood, Ripe Corn, Thunder, Mead & Hay Moon. Normal temps for today are 84/64. Sunrise 5:27am, Sunset 8:32pm.
7/4/2012 4:54 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 07-03-12: High 99, Low 71, wind S, SW & W calm-15 mph w/gust 19 mph. No rain, the drought of 2012 continues. Today at 4:54am happy ID4, must be the warmest morning of the year, temp 77, wind SW 6 mph, dew point 70, humidity 79%. Normal 84/64. Going to B a warm one today, stay cool! Sunrise 5:27am, Sunset 8:32pm.
7/5/2012 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 07-04-12: High 104, Low 77, wind S, SW & W calm-18 mph. Yesterday was the all-time hottest 4th of July in Chicago history. No rain, the drought of 2012 continues. BEWARE OF HEAT FATIGUE! We had a case of it yesterday with vistors at our house. Along with watering your trees, water yourself! Today at 4:50am temp 76, wind calm, dew point 68, humidity 78%. Todays record for Chicago & Moline is 105 in 1936. Normal 85/65 which we might hit on Sunday. Sunrise 5:28am, Sunset 8:32pm.
7/6/2012 5:44 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 07-05-12: High 103, Low 76, wind SW & W calm-15 mph w/gust 19 mph. No rain. The drought of 2012 continues. I'm wondering if the weather is wearing me down? Flu like symptons, maybe bad diet during holiday? I'm looking forward to average temps by Sunday! Today at 5:44am temp 77, wind calm, dew point 70, humidity 84%. Normal 85/65. Sunrise 5:29am (lost 8 minutes) Sunset 8:32pm.
7/7/2012 5:43 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 07-06-12: High 104, Heat Index 109, Low 75, wind NW, W & SW calm-8 mph. No rain. The drought of 2012 continues. Evaporation of pool water in one week is amazing!!! Today at 5:43am: sticky w/high dew point, temp 78, wind calm, dew point 74, humidity 87%. Normal temps for today 85/65, hopefully we'll see those tomorrow! Sunrise 5:29am, Sunset 8:31pm.
7/8/2012 5:50 AM 0.02 M M M M 07-07-12: High 104, Heat Index 110, Low 73 (11:59pm) wind SW, W, NW, N & NE calm-18 mph w/gust 25 mph. Storms missed Ottawa but this morning I could tell we got rain. Deck had wet spots along with pool cover and dog dish had precip but to the NW where the gauge is only a drop or two, so todays reading is .02 from the dog dish on the E deck. With only a .02 reading, I must say the drought of 2012 continues. One last comment on yesterday, I could see the storms to the NE and they looked like an atom bomb going off. Today at 5:50am much cooler! Temp 71, wind NNE 5-7 mph, dew point 62, humidity 70% and the house is opened up. Normal 85/65. Sunrise 5:30am, Sunset 8:31pm.
7/9/2012 4:55 AM T M M M M 07-08-12: High 92, Low 70, wind NE & E calm-17 mph w/gust 22 mph. I guess a 12 degree cool down is as good as a 18 degree cool down, meaning it still got over 90 degrees yesterday. Trace of rain around 8:05am just enought to wet the deck and a distant rumble of thunder, so the drought of 2012 continues. Today at 4:55am temp 63, wind NW 5 mph, dew point 57, humidity 79%. Normal 85/65. Sunrise 5:31am, Sunset 8:31pm.
7/10/2012 4:54 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 07-09-12: High 93, Low 63, wind NW, N & NE calm-11 mph. Who'd think we'd call this a "cool down" at 93 degrees?? No rain, the drought of 2012 continues. My tree in the front yard is hanging on, its aborting its leafs but there is signs of new leaf production/budding, I'll continue to water it. Side note: it would be the 2nd loss of leaves, first loss was the frost in April. Today at 4:54am temp 65, wind E to ESE 5-7 mph, dew pont 61, humidity 83%. Normal 85/65. Sunrise 5:31am, Sunset 8:30pm. See you back here Friday. Going to see Dave Major & The Minors.
7/11/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/12/2012 11:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/13/2012 4:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 07-12-12: High 94, Low 62, wind NE, E, SE & S calm-10 mph. No rain, the drought of 2012 continues. Is the corn crop of 2012 shot? Major time period for the bean crop is in the next 2-3 weeks. Today at 4:55am temp 67, wind SSE 4 mph, dew point 63, humidity 79%. Normal 84/65, we've lost one degree on the normal highs and lows. Sunrise 5:34am, Sunset 8:29pm. We've lost 17 minutes of daylight. Nice to be back from the Dells, best parts of a vacation is leaving and then coming home. Shout out to the 4-H fair which is in full gear on Ottawa's southside.
7/14/2012 4:59 AM 0.03 M M M M 07-13-12: High 94, Low 65, wind SE, S & SW calm-14 mph. Scattered thunder storms, I received .03 and most of it over night. There was a heavy cell yesterday between The Bourne Golf Course (Route 71E) and Serena around 3pm and one west of Ottawa, looked like Oglesby & LaSalle around 5pm. Today at 4:59am temp 70, wind vrbl 3-5 mph, dew point 67, very humid, humidity 90%. Thunder storm approaching from the SW, will it pass us by again? Even with this small amount of rain it appears the drought of 2012 will continue, which has caused a large kill off of fish in Streator, IL. on The Vermillion River. Normal temps for today 84/65. Sunrise 5:34am, Sunset 8:28pm. Sidenote: trees aborting leaves, starting to look like late September with leaves on the ground in some locations. (revised 7:10am)
7/15/2012 5:19 AM 0.32 M M M M 07-14-12: High 91, Low 70, wind vrbl turning SW & S calm-12 mph w/gust 18 mph. Rain .32 in gauge. The drought of 2012 continues but with a pause that refreshed. Weeds are now green, yard is yellow instead of brown. Leaf loss to trees is getting very noticable around town. Today at 5:19am temp 67, haze, wind S 2 mph, dew point 65, humidity 88%. Normal 84/65. Sunrise 5:35am, Sunset 8:28pm.
7/16/2012 4:57 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 07-15-12: High 95, Low 66, wind NW, W, SW, S & SE calm-11 mph w/gust 16 mph. No rain, the drought of 2012 continues. Today at 4:57am temp 73, wind S 5 mph, dew point 69, humidity 91%. Normal 84/65. Today we begin the 2nd half of July and its so hot I feel like a baked clam at an Annette Funicello beach party. Sunrise 5:36am, Sunset 8:27pm. My kids are asking Annette who?
7/17/2012 4:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 07-16-12: High 98, Low 72, wind S & SW calm-13 mph w/gust 17 mph. No rain, the drought of 2012 continues. Reports came out yesterday, the drought of 2012 now measures up with the drought of 1956 and kicks 1988 to the sidelines. Say a prayer to St. Scholastica for a nice soft 24-36 hour summer rain. Today at 4:45am temp 78, wind WSW 4-6 mph, dew point 71, humidity 84%, heat index 82. Normal 84/65. Sunrise 5:37am, Sunset 8:26pm. THIRTY DAYS until school starts!
7/18/2012 4:59 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 07-17-12: High 101, Low 78, wind SW & W 4-15 mph w/gust 22 mph. No rain, severe drought of 2012 continues. Today at 4:59am temp 76, wind calm, dew point 72, humidity 87%. Normal 84/65. Sunrise 5:38am, Sunset 8:26pm, New Moon 11:25pm.
7/19/2012 4:59 AM 0.04 M M M M 07-18-12: High 105, Low 76, wind S, SW & E calm-19 mph w/gust 25 mph. Thunder storm this morning around 2 to 2:30am leaving just .04 in gauge. The severe drought of 2012 continues. Today at 4:59am temp 71, wind ENE 5-8 mph, dew point 69, humidity 93%. Normal 84/65. Sunrise 5:38am, Sunset 8:25pm.
7/20/2012 4:59 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 07-19-12: High 92, Low 71, wind SE, E, NE & N calm-20 mph w/gust 26 mph. No rain, the severe drought of 2012 continues. Today at 4:59am: mist is in the air, small drops hit me in the face, temp 67, wind NNE 10 mph w/gust 15 mph, dew point 66, humidity 91%. Its sticky but with the cool air I opened up the windows last night. Normal 84/65. Sunrise 5:39am, Sunset 8:24pm.
7/21/2012 5:11 AM T M M M M 07-20-12: High 87, Low 67, wind N, NE & E 4-17 mph w/gust 22 mph. Mist droplets in the early morning hours leaving a trace. The severe drought of 2012 continues. Starting June 1st through yesterday we have had 21 days with 90+ degrees and 8 days with 100+ degrees. Thats almost a months worth of above average high temps. Today at 5:11am temp 60, wind calm, dew point 56, humidity 88%. Normal temps for today 84/64. Sunrise 5:40am, Sunset 8:23pm.
7/22/2012 5:24 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 07-21-12: High 92, Low 60, wind vrbl turning S & SW calm-9 mph. Clouded up in the afternoon temps dropped to around 85, pool water was warmer than the air. No rain. The severe drought of 2012 continues. Today at 5:24am temp 67, wind calm, dew point 64, humidity 88%. Heavy dew, enough to make me check the gauge. Normal temps for today 84/64. Sunrise 5:41am, Sunset 8:23pm. Thoughts and prayers to everyone in the Denver, CO. area who's been effected by the recent shooting.
7/23/2012 4:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 07-22-12: High 93, Low 66, wind SW & S calm-13 mph. No rain, the severe drought of 2012 continues. I did go over to the Peru Mall yesterday at 11am and the parking lot was wet. Today at 4:45am: its warm, temp 78, wind SW 6-9 mph, dew point 64, humidity 67%. Its going to be warm today, record is 107 in 1901 (Moline) Normal 84/64. Possible heavy rain tonight?? Sunrise 5:42am, Sunset 8:22pm. Loss of sunlight: 21 minutes in the morning, 11 minutes in the evening. Only 24 more days left of summer vacation.
7/24/2012 4:35 AM 0.02 M M M M 07-23-12: High 101, Low 78, wind SW & W calm-20 mph. Two brief showers came through yesterday, each with .01 leaving a total of .02 in gauge. Downtown Ottawa and the southside received more than I did on here on the NW side. On radar you could see the rain die off as it approached Ottawa. The drought of 2012 continues. Today at 4:35am: the warmest morning of the year, temp 80, wind NW 4-6 mph, dew point 70, humidity 76%. Normal 84/64. Sunrise 5:43am, Sunset 8:21pm. Activity on the radar right now, storms in the Freeport/Rockford area. Will they come our way?
7/25/2012 4:44 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 07-24-12: High 91, Low 74, wind vrbl calm-17 mph w/gust 25 mph around 6:25am when storm passed Ottawa by and went to our east via Morris & Joliet. No rain, the severe drought of 2012 continues. At 4:44am temp a cool 69, wind SE 8 mph, dew point 64, humidity 83% and rain to the east of us (again). Heat advisory for today. Normal 84/64. Sunrise 5:44am, Sunset 8:20pm. Soybeans have pods developed, farmers getting stressed as this is a critial stage for the soybeans. The corn is in very poor condition.
7/26/2012 4:40 AM 0.02 M M M M 07-25-12: High 105 (bank/car 106) Low 69, wind E, SE, S & SW 3-23 mph w/gust 30 mph. Wee hour rain this morning .02 in gauge, more on the way which will be in my reading tomorrow. As for today at 4:40am: drops of rain here and there, temp 76, wind calm, dew point 70, humidity 86% and its sticky out there. The severe drought of 2012 marches on. Normal temps for today 84/64. Sunrise 5:45am, Sunset 8:19pm. Twenty one days left of summer vacation.
7/27/2012 4:58 AM 0.22 M M M M 07-26-12: High 91, Low 69, wind SW & W and NW during 5pm rain event, calm-23 mph w/gust 31 mph. Rain .22 in gauge, the drought of 2012 takes a short pause and break. Today at 4:58am very heavy and thick dew, I thought we got more rain and re-checked gauge, temp 66, wind calm, dew point 63, humidity 93%. Normal 84/64. Sunrise 5:46, Sunset 8:18pm.
7/28/2012 5:50 AM 0.03 M M M M 07-27-12: High 87, Low 65, wind SW, W, NW & N calm-17 mph w/gust 25 mph. 7:30am rain leaving .03 in gauge. Today at 5:50am temp 63, wind N 5 mph, heavy dew, dew point 61, humidity 95%. Normal 84/64. Sunrise 5:47am, Sunset 8:17pm.
7/29/2012 5:35 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 07-28-12: High 86, Low 63, wind NW, N & NE calm-14 mph. No rain, the drought of 2012 continues with a little bit cooler temps. Today at 5:35am temp 60, wind calm, dew point 56, humidty 89%. Normal 83/64. Sunrise 5:48am, Sunset 8:16pm. 18 days left of summer vacation.
7/30/2012 4:50 AM T M M M M 07-29-12: High 89, Low 59, wind S & SE calm-11 mph w/gust 15 mph. Trace of rain as I had 8 drops on my car windshield around 2:30pm. The severe drought of 2012 continues. Today at 4:50am temp 69, wind SE 5 mph, dew point 59, humidity 72%. Normal 83/64. Sunrise 5:49am, Sunset 8:15pm. Yesterday's front page photo of the Sunday Tribune reminded me of a picture from a 1933 wheat field in the dust bowl.
7/31/2012 4:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 07-30-12: High 95, Low 68, wind SE, S & SW calm-12 mph. No rain, the severe drought of 2012 continues. Today at 4:30am thru 5am: I have been watching an intense storm system to the east go by which just missed Ottawa. Nice light show at 4:25am. The reason for the 4:30 thru 5am is because of the TRANSITION that is occurring as the system goes by. Winds N changed to ESE 4-8 mph, temp 73, dew point 66, humidity 86%. We could have used the rain but not all of the lightning! Normal 83/64. Sunrise 5:50am, Sunset 8:14pm.
8/1/2012 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 07-31-12: High 92, Low 71, wind SW, SE, NW, N & NE calm-17 mph. Today at 4:50am temp 62, wind calm, dew point 59, humidity 89%, no fog. No rain, the drought of 2012 continues. Full moon hangs over the field. The August moon is known as The Sturgeon Moon, its also been called The Corn Moon, Lightening, Wyrt, Barley, Grain and The Dog Days Moon. Total rain for July .70 which brings up the next point: LOW RIVER LEVELS. At 4am Fox River at Dayton 4.94 and IL River 10.75 at LaSalle. I haven't seen readings this low in quite a while! Barges will have a very tough time hauling grain at these levels. Normal temp for today 83/64. Sunrise 5:51am, Sunset 8:13pm. Signing off until Monday.
8/2/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
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8/4/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/5/2012 5:38 AM 0.32 M M M M 08-04-12: High 97, Low 70, wind E, SE, W & NW calm-25 mph except during 3pm storm NW winds gusting to 54-65 mph, rain .32 in gauge. Today at 5:38am slight haze, heavy dew, temp 65, wind WNW 3-5 mph, dew point 64, humidity 94%, windows dripping wet. Normal 83/64. Sunrise 5:54am, Sunset 8:08pm. Riverfest parade today in downtown Ottawa.
8/6/2012 4:47 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 08-05-12: High 86, Low 63, wind W & NW calm-16 mph w/gust 21 mph. No rain, the drought of 2012 continues. Today at 4:47am temp 57, wind calm, dew point 53, humidity 88%. Normal for today 83/63. At 4am IL River at LaSalle 10.82 and Fox River at Dayton 5.29 and steady. My boat trip last week to E. Peoria I saw a river down at least 6-8 feet, down a foot that week per the locals. Boats stranded in harbors as water levels have fallen and South of Henry asian carp by the thousands! 18 landed on our boat and just short of 400 hitting the boat sides, front. rear and windows. Sunrise 5:55am, Sunset 8:07pm.
8/7/2012 5:14 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 08-06-12: High 88, Low 55, wind vrbl. calm-7 mph. No rain. The drought of 2012 continues. Today at 5:14am temp 59, wind calm, dew point 55, humidity 87%. Normal 83/63. Sunrise 5:56am, Sunset 8:06pm. Only 9 days left of summer vacation!
8/8/2012 4:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 08-07-12: High 98, Low 59, wind S, SW, W & NW calm-15 mph w/gust 21 mph. No rain, the severe drought of 2012 continues, rain and a break in the hot temps is in the forecast. Today at 4:55am temp 67, wind calm, dew point 62, humidity 88%. Normal 83/63. Sunrise 5:57am, Sunset 8:05pm.
8/9/2012 4:50 AM 0.09 M M M M 08-08-12: High 86, Low 65, wind N, NE & E calm-13 mph w/gust 16 mph. Once temp hit 86 it started backing down to 82, then 78. Rain before 7:30pm .08 and .01 over night, total .09 in gauge. The drought of 2012 continues with spare offerings to the soybean plants. Today at 4:50am temp 65, wind NE 9-12 mph, dew point 63, humidity 93%. Second warmest July and 4th driest. They are no longer comparing this drought to 1988 or 1956, but with the dust bowl drought of 1936! You know fall is coming when pre-season football starts up, GO BEARS! Seven days left of summer vacation.
8/10/2012 4:45 AM 0.02 M M M M 08-09-12: High 84, Low 63, wind E, NE & N calm-17 mph w/gust 21 mph. Rain .02 in my gauge, I swear there was more downtown. Storms went to the southeast of Ottawa. Looked like Pontiac had the bulls eye on it yesterday. The drought of 2012 continues but on the cool side. Today at 4:45am temp a cool 61, wind NNW 11 mph w/gust 15 mph, dew point 58, humidity 91%. Sunrise 5:59am, Sunset 8:02pm. We've now lost an hour of sunlight.
8/11/2012 4:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 08-10-12: High 80, Low 56, wind NW & N 4-22 mph w/gust 27 mph. No rain, the drought of 2012 continues. Today at 4:55 temp 52, wind NNW 6 mph, dew point 45, humidity 81, wind chill 50. Sunrise 6:00am, Sunset 8:00pm.
8/12/2012 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 08-11-12: High 82, Low 51, wind N & NW calm-16 mph w/gust 23 mph. No rain, the drought of 2012 continues. Today at 4:50am temp 56, wind calm, dew point 50, humidity 83%. At 4am Fox River at Dayton 4.92/low. IL River at LaSallle 11.17/low. Normal temps for today 82/57. Sunrise 6:01am, Sunset 7:59pm. Four days left of summer vacation, then its back to school. Is it me or are there a lot of chipmunks and rabbits this year??
8/13/2012 4:45 AM 0.27 M M M M 08-12-12: High 82, Low 55, wind vrbl calm-8 mph. No rain during the day but this morning .27 in the gauge. Right here & now temp 63, wind E 4 mph, light rain, dew point 60, humidity 93%. Sunrise 6:02am, Sunset 7:58pm. Source for normal temps not reliable.
8/14/2012 4:44 AM 0.22 M M M M 08-13-12: High 67, Low 59 (11:59pm) wind E & NE calm-11 mph w/gust 16 mph. Rain .22 in gauge. I am seeing dandelions returning to life. Today at 4:44am heavy dense fog although I can see the moon and stars above, temp 57, wind calm, dew point 56, humidity 99%. Sunrise 6:04am, Sunset 7:57pm. Hard to believe temps didn't get above 70!!!
8/15/2012 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 08-14-12: High 86, Low 54, wind NW & W calm-10 mph w/gust 15 mph. Yesterday morning muddy coyote tracks coming out of soybean field crossing Autumnwood Dr/Airport Rd. No rain, the drought of 2012 continues. Today at 4:50am temp 62, wind calm, dew point 59, humidity 90%. Sunrise 6:05am, Sunset 7:55pm. All freshmen report to MHS & OHS! The rest of you, last day of summer vacation!
8/16/2012 4:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 08-15-12: High 89, Low 60, wind W, SW & S calm-13 mph w/gust 19 mph. No rain, the drought of 2012 continues. Today at 4:30am temp 68, wind S 8-10 mph, dew point 59, humidity 73% and a heck of a storm heading our way out of Iowa. I hear a school bell ringing? Sunrise 6:06am, Sunset 7:54pm.
8/17/2012 4:55 AM 0.64 M M M M 08-16-12: High 78, Low 59, wind SE, S, SW, W & NW 3-18 mph w/gust 23 mph. Storm kicked in just before 8am with cloud to ground lightning, 7:50am thru 9:20am .57 in gauge, 9:21am thru noon .07 in gauge, leaving .64 total. Small tiny hail at 11:05am which was V shaped, reported as rice sized but smaller than pea, bigger than a BB. If they had fallen in my living room I'd have a total of 10 hail pellets, hardly any fell, no wind at the time, no damage and samples were hard to find. Today at 4:55am temp 54, wind NW 7 mph, dew point 50, humidity 90%. Sunrise 6:07am, Sunset 7:52pm.
8/18/2012 4:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 08-17-12: High 79, Low 53, wind W, NW, N & NE 3-11 mph w/gust 17 mph. No rain, the drought of 2012 continues. Today at 4:55am temp 51, wind calm, dew point 48, humidity 96%, heavy dew. Sunrise 6:08am, Sunset 7:51pm.
8/19/2012 5:29 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 08-18-12: High 82, Low 49, wind vrbl calm-8 mph. No rain, the drought of 2012 continues. Today at 5:29am temp 59, wind calm, dew point 51, humidity 86%, crickets making some noise this morning. Starting to wonder about parts of my yard and thinking there are some spots that are not coming back. I remember in 1988 the same happened. Sunrise 6:09am, Sunset 7:49pm. I know I've said it before but there sure are a lot of chipmunks this year!
8/20/2012 4:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 08-19-12: High 82, Low 57, wind NE, N & NW calm-15 mph. No rain, the drought of 2012 continues. Checked the soybean field across the way, quite a few pods with very very very small beans in them, hardly BB size, if that. I hope the farmers took out crop insurance. Today at 4:45am temp 54, wind is a whisper out of the N 2 mph, dew point 49, humidity 87%. At 3am Fox River at Dayton 4.87/very low. IL River at LaSalle 10.50/low. Sunrise 6:10am, Sunset 7:48pm.
8/21/2012 4:20 AM 0.13 M M M M 08-20-12: High 84, Low 53, wind W, NW, N & NE calm-13 mph. Afternoon pop-up summer rain .13 in gauge which even included a rumble of thunder. It was a down pour for about 10-15 minutes then it was done. Today at 4:20am temp 53, wind calm, dew point 50, humidity 89%. Sunrise 6:11am, Sunset 7:46pm. I've been seeing people doing something that hasn't been done in 45 days! I even did it myself!! Its been so long I almost forgot how to do it!!! Grass cutting. Yards/grass are slowly trying to coming back.
8/22/2012 4:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/23/2012 4:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 08-22-12: High 91, Low 54, wind E, SE, S and a touch of SW calm-12 mph. No rain, the drought of 2012 continues. Today at 4:45am temp 64, wind SSE 8 mph, dew point 54, humidity 71%. Normal 82/62. Sunrise 6:13am, Sunset 7:43pm. Eight minutes away from losing a hour of sunlight in the morning. Yards are coming back but with bare spots and my guess is we will have some tree loss when this is all said and done.
8/24/2012 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 08-23-12: High 96, (bank 98) Low 62, wind SE & S 3-18 mph. No rain, the drought of 2012 continues. Today at 4:50am mild, temp 65, wind calm, dew point 57, humidity 70%. Record for today (Moline) 100 in 1936. Normal 82/62. Sunrise 6:14am, Sunset 7:42pm. High School Football starts tonight and also a pre-season Bear game, what a good night for football.
8/25/2012 4:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 08-24-12: High 98, Low 63, wind SE, S & SW calm-17 mph. No rain, the drought of 2012 continues. Today at 4:55am temp 66, wind SSE 3 mph, dew point 56, humidity 71%. Cubs win, Bears win, Pirates win, Cru win! Good night!! Enjoy your last FULL weekend of "meteorological summer." Normal temps for today 82/61. Sunrise 6:15am, Sunset 7:40pm.
8/26/2012 5:35 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 08-25-12: High 95, Low 65, wind SE & S calm-23 mph. No rain, the drought of 2012 continues but we have a major rain coming per the accuweather forecast. Today at 5:35am starting to cloud up, temp 67, wind SSE 4 mph, dew point 62, humidity 83%. Sunrise 6:16am, Sunset 7:39pm. Soybean field across the way is starting to turn yellow. Checked a pod, 2 beans and they were fairly healthy, considering. Last but not least, God bless to one of America's last true hero's, Neil Armstrong, RIP.
8/27/2012 4:50 AM 1.24 M M M M 08-26-12: High 75, Low 67, wind SE, S & NE calm-15 mph w/gust 20 mph. Lot of rain 1.24 in gauge, majority of it was between 4-6 pm. Time to cut the grass! Rivers seem to be handling the new rainfall. Today at 4:50am temp 67, wind NNE 8 mph which is helping to keep the fog from getting to dense, visibility over 1/4 of a mile, I can see the lights on Route 80, dew point 65, humidity 97%. Normal 82/61. Sunrise 6:17am, Sunset 7:37pm.
8/28/2012 4:59 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 08-27-12: High 90, Low 66, wind NE, N & NW 3-16 mph w/gust 21 mph. Today at 4:59am temp 61, wind calm, no fog, dew point 59, humidity 93%, heavy dew, got my slip on shoes very wet. Normal 82/61. Sunrise 6:18am, Sunrise 7:36pm. We have now lost over an hour of sunlight in the morning.
8/29/2012 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 08-28-12: High 92, Low 61, wind vrbl calm-11 mph, no rain. Its grass cutting time again! Today at 4:50am temp 63, wind calm to a whisper out of the ESE, clear sky, dew point 59, humidity 88%. Rivers holding steady. Normal temps for today 82/61. Sunrise 6:19am, Sunset 7:34pm. We are a minute shy of losing an hour in the evening and have lost just over 2 hours of total daylight (morning & evening)
8/30/2012 4:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 08-29-12: High 90, Low 63, wind E & SE calm-13 mph. No rain. I think the drought of 2012 is about to come to a close? Heavy rain in the extended forecast for the weekend. Today at 4:55am red moon, clear sky, temp 65, wind SSE 4 mph, dew point 61, humidity 86%. Normal 82/60. Sunrise 6:20am, Sunset 7:32pm.
8/31/2012 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 08-30-12: High 94, Low 65, wind S & SW 3-14 mph w/gust 19 mph. Today is the last day of Meteorological Summer and at 4:50 the temp is 67, wind SSW 5 mph w/gust 11 mph, dew point 61, humidity 77%. Today is the full moon otherwise known as a BLUE Moon, our 2nd of the month, the August/September Full Moon is called The Corn Moon, Fruit & Nut Moon. I don't remember seeing "Hydrologic Outlook" on the NWS web page before, as the remnants of Hurricane Isaac moves north into our territory. Speaking of remnants, it sure has died down quite a bit since yesterday. Normal temps for today 81/60. Sunrise 6:21am, Sunset 7:31pm.
9/1/2012 4:50 AM 0.12 M M M M 08-31-12: High 92 (new record) Low 67, wind SW, S & SE calm-14 mph w/gust 18 mph. Rain over night .12 in gauge. Today at 4:50 welcome to "meteorological fall." Temp 70, wind ESE 8 mph, dew point 68, humidity 87%. August rain 2.93 in gauge, year to date 15.61 and last year to date 30.66 which brings up a new problem! Noticing BASEMENT FOUNDATION problems with dry earth pulling away from the home, also seeing this with sidewalks and driveways. This sort of problem is not covered under home insurance policies. Now lets add Accuweather forecasted 2.99 of rain or NWS 2.43 forecasted rain, this may add additional problems to foundations. With that amount of rain we also could have water-sewer back-up problems which occurs here in Ottawa everytime we get a large amount of rain. At 4am Fox River at Dayton 4.88/steady. IL River at LaSalle 10.40/steady. We've been lucky so far as Isaac has been going to our south and west. Normal 81/60. Sunrise 6:22am, Sunset 7:29pm. Happy Birthday Mom.
9/2/2012 4:59 AM 1.12 M M M M 09-01-12: High 79, Low 69, wind SE, E & NE 6-22 mph w/gust 28 mph. Rain 1.12 in gauge. 4am IL River at LaSalle 10.53/steady. Fox River at Dayton 4.84/steady. Both rivers have bearly twitched. Today at 4:59am temp 73, wind E 8 mph, heavy dew, dew point 70, humidity 91%. Normal 81/60. Went up by Oswego on Route 71 and noticed some corn test rows have been harvested. Sunrise 6:23am, Sunset 7:27pm.
9/3/2012 5:44 AM 0.31 M M M M 09-02-12: High 86 (very humid) Low 72, wind E & NE calm-15 mph w/gust 20 mph. Rain .31 in gauge, afternoon cloud burst at or around 5pm. Today at 5:44am heavy dew, temp 67, wind NE 5-7 mph, dew point 65, humidity 91%. Normal 81/59. Sunrise 6:24am, Sunset 7:26pm.
9/4/2012 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 09-03-12: High 94, Low 67, wind N, NE & E calm-11 mph. No rain. Today at 4:50am: temp 72, no fog, heavy dew, cloudy, dew point 70, humidity 94%. Normal 81/59. Sunrise 6:25am, Sunset 7:24pm. 112 shopping days until Christmas.
9/5/2012 4:55 AM T M M M M 09-04-12: High 96, Heat Index 105, Low 67 (11:30pm) wind vrbl calm-7 mph until 11:15pm N by NE 40-54 mph as a storm came through, left a trace of rain but tried to blow away all pool accessories including cover but it was saved by the fence. Today at 4:55am temp 64, wind S 2 mph, dew point 60, humidity 91% and another storm coming towards us from Iowa. I'm able to see distant lightning to the NW as I type this. Normal 80/59. Sunrise 6:26am, Sunset 7:22pm. Chicago is one 90 degree day away from tying 1988, which is 47 days of 90 degree temps. Just saying, all summer never felt such humidity as in these last 3-4 days.
9/6/2012 4:55 AM 0.25 M M M M 09-05-12: High 88, Low 63, wind vrbl 2-21 mph w/gust 29 mph. Morning rain .25 in gauge. For the record noticed roll clouds on radar Tuesday night 11pm and yesterday morning 5:30am. Today at 4:55am temp 68, wind calm, heavy dew, dew point 67, humidity 96%, no fog. Normal 80/58. Sunrise 6:27am, Sunset 7:21pm. Mushrooms popping up in my yard. I cut my grass Monday and it needs another cutting already!
9/7/2012 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 09-06-12: High 89, Low 66, wind W, NW, N & NE calm-10 mph w/gust 16 mph. No rain. Today at 4:50am storm approaching on radar from the west by northwest. Looks like its at Princeton, Spring Valley next and traveling east on Route 80. Temp right now is 64, wind a slight wisp out of the E 2 mph, heavy dew, dew point 60, humidity 91%. Normal for today 80/58. Sunrise 6:28am, Sunset 7:19pm. I can now hear thunder off to the NW.
9/8/2012 4:40 AM 0.42 M M M M 09-07-12: High 77, Low 56, wind SE, W, NW & N calm-15 mph w/gust 24 mph. Yesterday's rain .42 in gauge. Today at 4:40am temp 54, wind NNW 8-10 mph, heavy dew, dew point 51, humidity 92%. At 3am Fox River at Dayton 4.92/steady. IL River at LaSalle 10.57/slight drop. Normal 80/57. Sunrise 6:29am, Sunset 7:17pm. Making mental thoughts & plans for closing the pool.
9/9/2012 5:14 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 09-08-12: High 74, Low 51, wind NW & W 5-23 mph w/gust 27 mph. Today at 5:14am temp 52, wind NNW 9 mph, wind chill 49, dew point 50, humidity 90%. Normal 79/57. Sunrise 6:30am, Sunset 7:16pm. NWS has posted that 2012/Chicago had the most # of 80 degree days on record.
9/10/2012 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 09-09-12: High 76, Low 52, wind NW & N 4-18 mph w/gust 22 mph. It was a beautiful day on the Fox & Illinois River and I saw 2 big boats heading south for warmer weather. Also noticed the harvest of 2012 is underway. Today at 4:50am temp 47, wind calm, heavy dew, dew point 45, humidity 91%. Normal for today 79/57. Sunrise 6:31am, Sunset 7:14pm.
9/11/2012 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 09-10-12: High 80, Low 47, wind S & SE calm-10 mph w/gust 16 mph. No rain. Harvest under way, be careful of slow moving farm machinery on the road heading to the fields. Today at 4:50am temp 52, wind SSE 8 mph, dew point 46, not as much dew as the other mornings, humidity 85%. Normal 79/56. Sunrise 6:32am, Sunset 7:12pm.
9/12/2012 4:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 09-11-12: High 87, Low 52, wind SW & S 5-21 mph w/gust 27 mph and that haunting blue sky we always get on the 11th. No rain. Today at 4:55am temp 59, clear sky, moderate dew, dew point 52, wind S 3 mph, humidity 82%. Normal 78/56. Sunrise 6:33am, Sunset 7:11pm.
9/13/2012 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 09-12-12: High 87, Low 56, wind S & SW 3-17 mph w/gust 23 mph, no rain. Another beautiful day on the Fox & IL Rivers. 3 asian carp said hello to my boat. Today at 4:50am: temp 64, wind calm, dew point 55, humidity 78%. Normal temps are falling fast compared to 2 or 3 weeks ago 78/55. Sunrise 6:34am (loss of over 75 minutes) Sunset 7:09pm. Go Bears! Packers eat moldy cheese.
9/14/2012 4:55 AM 0.30 M M M M 09-13-12: High 70, Low 54, wind SE, S, SW, NE & N 4-15 mph w/gust 20 mph. Rain .30 in gauge. Today at 4:55am temp 48, fog trying to roll in but wind from NW 3-5 mph is breaking it up at this moment, dew point 47, humidity 96%. Normal 78/55. Sunrise 6:35am, Sunset 7:07pm.
9/15/2012 5:35 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 09-14-12: High 77, Low 46, wind NW, W & SW calm-14 mph. Today at 5:35 temp 49, wind calm, heavy dew, dew point 47, humidity 95%. Normal 77/54. Sunrise 6:36am, Sunset 7:05pm.
9/16/2012 4:59 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 09-15-12: High 82, Low 47, wind SW & W calm-9 mph. No rain. Cut grass/yard again and again and again. Another beautiful day on the Fox & IL Rivers, quite a few boats were out. Today at 4:59am temp 49, wind calm, dew point 47, humidity 89%. Normal 77/54. At 4am Fox River at Dayton 4.88/steady. IL River at LaSalle 10.80/steady. Sunrise 6:37am, Sunset 7:04pm. Starting to stock up on Halloween candy.
9/17/2012 4:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 09-16-12: High 79, Low 48, wind S, SW & W calm-12 mph w/gust 17 mph. No rain. Closed pool for the year. Today at 4:55am temp 55, wind calm, no fog at this time, conditions are there for it, dew point 54, humidity 93%. Normal temps are falling fast 76/53. Sunrise 6:38am, Sunset 7:02pm. Colder weather is on the way! (darn) Perfection would be 85/65 everyday.
9/18/2012 4:55 AM 0.27 M M M M 09-17-12: High 82, Low 51, wind SW, W & NW calm-22 mph w/gust 31 mph. Rain .27 in gauge along with just a couple of lightnings and just a couple of thunders. I thought by looking at the radar that the storm would be stronger than what came through. Temps started to drop around 5pm. Today at 4:55am clear, temp 46, wind NNW 10-12 mph, dew point 44, humidity 90%, wind chill 40. Normal 76/53. Sunrise 6:39am, Sunset 7:00pm. Possible frost tonight??
9/19/2012 4:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 09-18-12: High 65, Low 44, wind NW & N with a touch of NE 6-19 mph w/gust 26 mph. No rain. Today at 4:55am temp 38, wind calm, very heavy dew, dew point 37, humidity 97%. Normal 76/52. Its my guess that the 90 degree temps are far behind us so lets view how many I had at this location. The number of days it was 90 or higher was forty days and the number of days it was 100 or higher was ten. That is a good reason parts of your lawn still hasn't recovered and it makes me wonder how many trees drought damaged? Sunrise 6:40am, Sunset now before 7pm at 6:59pm. ***6:50am UPDATE*** ROOFTOP FROST on Ottawa's northside, low lying area of Catlin & Caton Street, 100% ROOFTOP FROST!!!
9/20/2012 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 09-19-12: High 77, Low 37, wind S & SW calm-28 mph w/gust 37 mph. No rain. Frost in low lying area's yesterday morning. Today at 4:50am clear sky, temp 53, wind NNW 2-3 mph, light dew, dew point 45, humidity 76%. Normal 75/52. Sunrise 6:41am, Sunset 6:57pm. Drove out to Wallace Township yesterday, harvest well underway with both corn & soybeans.
9/21/2012 4:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 09-20-12: High 74, Low 49, wind W & NW calm-17 mph w/gust 24 mph. No rain. IL River 10.05 which is low. The transportation of grain on the rivers this fall could be a problem due to low levels! Today at 4:45am stars are out and the sky is presently clear, temp 48, wind calm, dew point 42, humidity 78%. Normal 75/52. Sunrise 6:42am, Sunset 6:55pm. Happy Friday.
9/22/2012 6:20 AM 0.01 M M M M 09-21-12: High 65, Low 46, wind vrbl calm-18 mph w/gust 23 mph. Rain .01 in gauge. Visual tells me downtown, south and east Ottawa received more rain than west & north Ottawa, I was very surprised I only had .01 in my gauge when I got home. Today at 6:20am got to sleep in because my 6m puppy did too, temp 44, wind W 6 mph, dew point 42, humidity 93%, wind chill 41. Normal 6:43am, Sunset 6:53pm. Turned heat on this morning! (2nd time)
9/23/2012 5:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 09-22-12: High 62, Low 42, wind SW, W & NW calm-27 mph w/gust 35 mph. No rain. Today at 5:55am frost forming, thin layer of soft ice on my deck from where I washed some items yesterday, temp 34, wind calm, dew point 33, humidity 94%. Normal 74/51. Sunrise 6:44am, Sunset 6:52pm.
9/24/2012 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 09-23-12: High 64, Low 34, wind W, NW & N calm-19 mph w/gust 24 mph. Slowly closing down the back deck. Today at 4:50am clear sky, hard frost, grass crunched as I walked the dogs around the yard, temp 33, wind calm, dew point 31, humidity 88%. Normal temps for today 74/50. Sunrise 6:45am, Sunset 6:50pm.
9/25/2012 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 09-24-12: High 74, Low 32, wind W, SW & S calm-18 mph w/gust 24 mph. No rain, yard/grass starting to brown just a little bit, ground is cracking again. The drought of 2012 is still with us. Today at 4:50am temp 53, wind S 6 mph, dew point 46, humidity 73% and radar showing thunder storm in central Illinois, static on the AM radio from lightning strikes. Normal temps for today 73/50. Sunrise 6:46am, Sunset 6:48pm. WGN TV coming to Ottawa this morning along with Walt Willey, making an ad about our town. I'll be on the river in case they do a river shot for the ad.
9/26/2012 4:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 09-25-12: High 80, Low 52, wind S & SW calm-13 mph. Yesterday was a beautiful day on the IL & Fox Rivers. There was a boat from either the state of IL or from one of the university's checking the asian carp population and guess what? They found some! A lot of em!! Today at 4:55am: FOG, under 1/4 mile, temp 57 & mild, wind calm, dew point 56, heavy dew, humidity 98%. Normal 73/49. Sunrise/Sunset 6:47
9/27/2012 4:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 09-26-12: High 78, Low 51, wind N, NE & E calm-12 mph w/gust 16 mph. No rain, the drought of 2012 is still with us. At 4am Fox River at Dayton 4.75/low. IL River at LaSalle 10.33/low. Can't ship grain on that! At 4:55am temp 49, wind NNW 2-3 mph, dew point 44, humidity 77%. Normal 72/49. Quickly approaching a 7am Sunrise @ 6:48am, Sunset 6:45pm.
9/28/2012 4:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 09-27-12: High 70, Low 45, wind N & NE 2-13 mph w/gust 18 mph. No rain, the drought of 2012 continues. Today at 4:50am temp 44, wind N 7 mph, dew point 41, humidity 87%, wind chill 40. Normal 72/48. Sunrise 6:49am, Sunset 6:43pm. You now have 88 shopping days until Christmas.
9/29/2012 4:59 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 09-28-12: High 74, Low 42, wind N, NE & E calm-17 mph. No rain, the drought of 2012 continues. I'm hearing friends talk about their trees and how stressed out they are. We don't know the half of this story, it will be a few years for the true effects to unfold. Today at 4:59am temp 43, wind calm, dew point 40, humidity 89%. Full Moon/Harvest Moon tonight at 10:20pm. Normal for today 72/48. Sunrise 6:50am, Sunset 6:41pm.
9/30/2012 5:38 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 09-29-12: High 82, Low 40, wind W, NW & NE calm-14 mph w/gust 20 mph. No rain, the drought of 2012 continues. Total rainfall for September 2.80 in gauge. Today at 5:38am temp 47, wind NNE 6-8 mph, dew point 44, humidity 87%. Normal 71/47. Sunrise 6:51am, Sunset 6:40pm.



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Observation Date Observation Time Notes Largest Stone Size Average Stone Size Smallest Stone Size Stone Consistency Duration Minutes Durration Accuracy Damage Timing More Rain than Hail Hail Started Largest Hail Started Angle of Impact Number of Stones on Pad Distance Between Stones on Pad Depth of Stones on Ground
3/18/2012 8:17 AM BB sized. Largest was smaller than pea sized. Turned to "hard" rain. 1/4" Pea Size Rice Rice White Ice no damage True Same time as rain After smaller hail vertical 30
4/1/2012 3:00 AM I slept through it but the kids said we had hail. They could hear it hitting their windows. Size unknown but it did occur. NA NA NA no damage False Same time as rain
8/16/2012 11:05 AM lasted only about 10-20 seconds, V shaped, lower V was ice and upper portion you could see through. no wind, no damage. VERY LIMITED amount that fell, had to look hard to find sample(s) Rice Rice Rice -1 1min no damage True Same time as rain vertical