Station Overview Station Location
Station Number IL-BN-14 Latitude 42.399979
Station Name Capron 0.1 N Longitude -88.742418
County Boone Elevation (ft) 912



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 12 2.82 2.67 31 2.67 31 0.00 0 0 11 0 0.0 0 0
Nov 12 2.64 0.53 30 0.53 30 0.00 0 0 3 2 0.0 0 0
Dec 12 1.89 3.05 31 3.05 31 0.00 0 0 11 5 3.9 3 11
Jan 13 1.36 3.48 31 3.48 31 0.00 0 0 11 6 3.8 6 20
Feb 13 1.44 2.97 28 2.97 28 0.00 0 0 15 5 20.3 12 28
March 13 2.11 2.17 31 2.17 31 0.00 0 0 12 6 12.0 9 24
April 13 3.34 7.99 30 7.99 30 0.00 0 0 17 1 0.1 1 0
May 13 3.88 4.33 31 4.33 31 0.00 0 0 15 0 0.0 0 0
June 13 4.36 8.91 30 8.91 30 0.00 0 0 19 0 0.0 0 0
July 13 3.92 2.08 31 2.08 31 0.00 0 0 11 2 0.0 0 0
Aug 13 4.39 3.66 31 3.66 31 0.00 0 0 8 1 0.0 0 0
Sept 13 3.33 1.95 30 1.95 30 0.00 0 0 8 0 0.0 0 0
Water Year Totals: 35.48" 43.79" 365 days 43.79" 365 0.00" 0 days 0 141 days 28 days 40.1" 31 days 83 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
10/1/2012 0.00
10/2/2012 0.00
10/3/2012 0.00
10/4/2012 0.00
10/5/2012 0.00
10/6/2012 0.00
10/7/2012 0.00
10/8/2012 0.00
10/9/2012 0.00
10/10/2012 0.18
10/11/2012 0.00
10/12/2012 0.02
10/13/2012 0.09
10/14/2012 0.40
10/15/2012 0.14
10/16/2012 0.00
10/17/2012 0.00
10/18/2012 0.89
10/19/2012 0.14
10/20/2012 0.10
10/21/2012 0.00
10/22/2012 0.00
10/23/2012 0.26
10/24/2012 0.25
10/25/2012 0.00
10/26/2012 0.20
10/27/2012 0.00
10/28/2012 0.00
10/29/2012 0.00
10/30/2012 0.00
10/31/2012 0.00
11/1/2012 0.00
11/2/2012 0.00
11/3/2012 0.00
11/4/2012 0.00
11/5/2012 0.00
11/6/2012 0.00
11/7/2012 0.10
11/8/2012 T
11/9/2012 0.00
11/10/2012 0.00
11/11/2012 0.02
11/12/2012 0.41
11/13/2012 0.00
11/14/2012 0.00
11/15/2012 0.00
11/16/2012 0.00
11/17/2012 0.00
11/18/2012 0.00
11/19/2012 0.00
11/20/2012 0.00
11/21/2012 T
11/22/2012 0.00
11/23/2012 0.00
11/24/2012 0.00
11/25/2012 0.00
11/26/2012 0.00
11/27/2012 0.00
11/28/2012 0.00
11/29/2012 0.00
11/30/2012 0.00
12/1/2012 0.00
12/2/2012 T
12/3/2012 T
12/4/2012 0.41
12/5/2012 0.00
12/6/2012 0.00
12/7/2012 0.02
12/8/2012 0.05
12/9/2012 0.02
12/10/2012 0.17
12/11/2012 0.00
12/12/2012 0.00
12/13/2012 0.00
12/14/2012 0.00
12/15/2012 0.04
12/16/2012 0.44
12/17/2012 T
12/18/2012 0.00
12/19/2012 0.02
12/20/2012 0.35
12/21/2012 1.50
12/22/2012 0.00
12/23/2012 0.00
12/24/2012 0.00
12/25/2012 0.00
12/26/2012 0.00
12/27/2012 T
12/28/2012 T
12/29/2012 0.03
12/30/2012 0.00
12/31/2012 0.00
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
1/1/2013 0.00
1/2/2013 0.00
1/3/2013 0.00
1/4/2013 T
1/5/2013 0.00
1/6/2013 0.04
1/7/2013 T
1/8/2013 0.00
1/9/2013 0.00
1/10/2013 0.00
1/11/2013 1.04
1/12/2013 0.02
1/13/2013 0.19
1/14/2013 T
1/15/2013 0.00
1/16/2013 0.00
1/17/2013 T
1/18/2013 0.00
1/19/2013 0.00
1/20/2013 0.00
1/21/2013 0.01
1/22/2013 T
1/23/2013 0.00
1/24/2013 0.02
1/25/2013 0.06
1/26/2013 T
1/27/2013 0.00
1/28/2013 0.16
1/29/2013 0.34
1/30/2013 1.19
1/31/2013 0.41
2/1/2013 T
2/2/2013 0.11
2/3/2013 0.03
2/4/2013 0.23
2/5/2013 0.03
2/6/2013 0.08
2/7/2013 0.04
2/8/2013 0.73
2/9/2013 0.00
2/10/2013 T
2/11/2013 0.35
2/12/2013 0.01
2/13/2013 0.00
2/14/2013 T
2/15/2013 T
2/16/2013 0.00
2/17/2013 T
2/18/2013 0.00
2/19/2013 0.58
2/20/2013 0.02
2/21/2013 0.00
2/22/2013 0.26
2/23/2013 0.03
2/24/2013 0.00
2/25/2013 0.00
2/26/2013 0.00
2/27/2013 0.40
2/28/2013 0.07
3/1/2013 0.01
3/2/2013 0.01
3/3/2013 0.00
3/4/2013 0.00
3/5/2013 0.02
3/6/2013 0.87
3/7/2013 0.00
3/8/2013 T
3/9/2013 T
3/10/2013 0.23
3/11/2013 0.65
3/12/2013 0.09
3/13/2013 0.02
3/14/2013 0.00
3/15/2013 0.00
3/16/2013 0.18
3/17/2013 T
3/18/2013 0.01
3/19/2013 0.05
3/20/2013 0.00
3/21/2013 T
3/22/2013 0.00
3/23/2013 0.00
3/24/2013 0.00
3/25/2013 0.03
3/26/2013 T
3/27/2013 0.00
3/28/2013 0.00
3/29/2013 0.00
3/30/2013 0.00
3/31/2013 T
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
4/1/2013 0.00
4/2/2013 0.00
4/3/2013 0.00
4/4/2013 0.00
4/5/2013 0.00
4/6/2013 0.00
4/7/2013 0.14
4/8/2013 0.25
4/9/2013 0.64
4/10/2013 0.85
4/11/2013 0.75
4/12/2013 0.15
4/13/2013 0.04
4/14/2013 T
4/15/2013 0.16
4/16/2013 0.15
4/17/2013 0.00
4/18/2013 3.64
4/19/2013 0.39
4/20/2013 0.06
4/21/2013 0.00
4/22/2013 0.00
4/23/2013 0.03
4/24/2013 0.54
4/25/2013 0.03
4/26/2013 0.02
4/27/2013 0.00
4/28/2013 0.00
4/29/2013 0.00
4/30/2013 0.15
5/1/2013 0.00
5/2/2013 0.00
5/3/2013 0.86
5/4/2013 0.42
5/5/2013 0.10
5/6/2013 0.00
5/7/2013 0.00
5/8/2013 0.00
5/9/2013 0.00
5/10/2013 0.82
5/11/2013 0.04
5/12/2013 0.00
5/13/2013 0.00
5/14/2013 0.00
5/15/2013 0.00
5/16/2013 0.00
5/17/2013 0.00
5/18/2013 0.00
5/19/2013 0.00
5/20/2013 0.12
5/21/2013 0.24
5/22/2013 0.06
5/23/2013 0.16
5/24/2013 0.05
5/25/2013 0.00
5/26/2013 0.01
5/27/2013 0.18
5/28/2013 0.38
5/29/2013 0.28
5/30/2013 0.00
5/31/2013 0.61
6/1/2013 0.03
6/2/2013 0.06
6/3/2013 0.00
6/4/2013 0.01
6/5/2013 0.03
6/6/2013 0.47
6/7/2013 0.20
6/8/2013 0.00
6/9/2013 0.00
6/10/2013 0.09
6/11/2013 0.00
6/12/2013 0.00
6/13/2013 0.44
6/14/2013 0.00
6/15/2013 0.06
6/16/2013 0.22
6/17/2013 0.00
6/18/2013 0.00
6/19/2013 0.00
6/20/2013 0.00
6/21/2013 0.00
6/22/2013 2.29
6/23/2013 0.12
6/24/2013 0.59
6/25/2013 1.32
6/26/2013 1.68
6/27/2013 0.67
6/28/2013 0.51
6/29/2013 0.04
6/30/2013 0.08
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
7/1/2013 0.00
7/2/2013 0.00
7/3/2013 0.00
7/4/2013 0.04
7/5/2013 0.00
7/6/2013 0.00
7/7/2013 0.00
7/8/2013 0.19
7/9/2013 0.50
7/10/2013 0.18
7/11/2013 0.00
7/12/2013 0.00
7/13/2013 0.00
7/14/2013 0.00
7/15/2013 0.00
7/16/2013 0.00
7/17/2013 0.00
7/18/2013 0.00
7/19/2013 T
7/20/2013 0.01
7/21/2013 0.15
7/22/2013 T
7/23/2013 0.11
7/24/2013 0.00
7/25/2013 0.00
7/26/2013 0.03
7/27/2013 0.76
7/28/2013 0.00
7/29/2013 0.02
7/30/2013 0.00
7/31/2013 0.09
8/1/2013 0.45
8/2/2013 0.25
8/3/2013 0.00
8/4/2013 0.00
8/5/2013 T
8/6/2013 0.79
8/7/2013 0.02
8/8/2013 0.00
8/9/2013 0.00
8/10/2013 0.00
8/11/2013 0.00
8/12/2013 0.03
8/13/2013 0.00
8/14/2013 0.00
8/15/2013 0.00
8/16/2013 0.00
8/17/2013 0.00
8/18/2013 0.00
8/19/2013 0.00
8/20/2013 0.00
8/21/2013 0.00
8/22/2013 0.18
8/23/2013 0.39
8/24/2013 0.00
8/25/2013 0.00
8/26/2013 0.00
8/27/2013 0.00
8/28/2013 0.00
8/29/2013 0.00
8/30/2013 0.00
8/31/2013 1.55
9/1/2013 0.00
9/2/2013 0.00
9/3/2013 0.00
9/4/2013 0.00
9/5/2013 0.00
9/6/2013 0.00
9/7/2013 0.00
9/8/2013 0.00
9/9/2013 0.04
9/10/2013 0.00
9/11/2013 0.00
9/12/2013 0.10
9/13/2013 0.00
9/14/2013 0.00
9/15/2013 0.09
9/16/2013 0.91
9/17/2013 0.00
9/18/2013 0.10
9/19/2013 0.54
9/20/2013 0.05
9/21/2013 0.00
9/22/2013 0.00
9/23/2013 0.00
9/24/2013 0.00
9/25/2013 0.00
9/26/2013 0.00
9/27/2013 0.00
9/28/2013 0.00
9/29/2013 0.12
9/30/2013 0.00



Observation Date Observation Time Precipitation Snowfall Snowfall SWE Snow Depth Snow SWE Notes
10/1/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M temperature is 42. Sept. rain 1.96"; average high 71, average low 49. Full moon again last night. Leaves have turned yellow on a lot of trees and are falling. Love walking through the leaves on the ground.
10/2/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M temperature is 44, sun rising. Forecast is for rain, possibly tonight, maybe tomorrow. Worried about trees, shrubs, flowers; not a grass person, the 'lawn' is on its own. Will have to have an outdoor spigot put in next year. Too hard this year watering plants with buckets and watering cans!!
10/3/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M temperature is 50 and cloudy. It was warm overnight. No rain yet; no fog here either. It is overcast, with no sunshine. Seems like a sad day for some reason.
10/4/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M temperature is 49, cloudy. Still no rain. Dew on garbage tote (today is garbage day); grass not damp though. Still no rain. Spider in gauge, still hoping I guess. Hummingbirds seem to be gone now; haven't seen the Robins since Monday. Cold weather coming. Rain would still be nice.
10/5/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M temperature is 35. Yesterday weather forecasters said warm front/cold front, rain/t-storms. Yes/yes, no/no. Not a drop of rain here. Perhaps they could look out the window once in a while. Still dry, dry,dry. I'm putting my faith back in shoulder and knee creaks.
10/6/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M temperature is 32, up from 31 at 03:00. Cloudy, 1/2 moon with halo earlier. No frost though. No breeze.
10/7/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M temperature is 35 and cloudy. Temperature did not go below 35; at 3:30 it was 38. Large clouds all night. Ground is very dry. Was planting yesterday and dirt was crumbling; more like digging through little rocks that you could squeeze to make dirt. Dry to 4" down. Not even the grass is damp this morning.
10/8/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M temperature is 30. Stayed between 30 and 31 during the overnight. No frost, although the grass was somewhat damp in places. Because this season was so dry the sump pump hasn't gone off once, which is a good thing because it has issues.
10/9/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M temperature is 45, cloudy and breezy. Still no rain. High yesterday 59; strong winds, lots of leaves down, lots more waiting to fall. Good portion of the pine needles fell. All of this is good cover for the yard in winter. I don't know why Mother Nature is so upset; I hug my trees all the time.
10/10/2012 7:00 AM 0.18 0.0 M M M temperature is 31, down from 36 at 03:00, and cloudy. It RAINED sometime between 19:00 and 22:30 last night. Total at 22:30 was 0.18. Amount the same this morning. Although it is 31 now, I didn't find any frost/ice, didn't even go sliding across the back deck when I went outside. Bird bath not iced, and wet spots wet, not frozen.
10/11/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M temperature is 36, up from 33 at 03:30. High yesterday 50, breezy all day. No frost this morning.
10/12/2012 7:00 AM 0.02 0.0 M M M temperature is 30, down from 38 at 02:30. Holy Galoshes!!!It rained (drizzled) last night, this was not in forecast by the way. I was out at 16:30, no rain; out again 18:30, drizzle. Total then was 0.01; grand total of 0.02 overnight. Did you ever notice that the lightning bolt in the graphic for heavy rain/thunderstorms in NOAA looks like a wolf howling?
10/13/2012 7:00 AM 0.09 0.0 M M M temperature is 42, has been all night. Rain/drizzle started about 01:45, rain gauge at 05:00 was 0.06; now 0.09. light SW wind, misting right now (could be coming off the trees though). With all the hype this system is getting, I'm wondering if it's going to be a dud in the heavy rain department. (I could be wrong; been wrong before).
10/14/2012 7:00 AM 0.40 0.0 M M M temperature is 60; has been 59 or 60 all night. Rain gauge went from 0.03 at 09:00 Saturday to 0.14 at 14:00; 17:00 rain gauge was 0.20; last check Saturday at 21:30, rain gauge still at 0.20. This morning at 05:00 rain gauge was 0.29; now 0.40. Not the 2 to 4 inches forecast, but any port in a storm. Was overcast, drizzly, and breezy all day yesterday. Still overcast and drizzly this morning but no breeze yet. Forecast for today is 'showers possibly mixed with rain'(?). And what else would rain showers be mixed with? Could it be...possibly..chance of meatballs???
10/15/2012 7:00 AM 0.14 0.0 M M M temperature is 43. Sorry I'm late; I was adding up the giant total for the rainfall from Friday late afternoon through this morning (rain ended around 19:30 Sunday night though). And the total is...0.63 inches!!! Seriously though, at least it rained, not the amount forecast but enough to get us through.
10/16/2012 6:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M temperature is 40. Yesterday's high 59, low 43. Partly sunny all day, breezes NW alternating N. Read early because I need to be in Cary by 07:30 this morning. Forecast for today: at 02:00; warm, sunny; forecast at 06:00 rain/storms after 13:00. Which one will be correct???
10/17/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M temperature is 53, down from 59 at 00:30; yesterday was...warm and (partly)sunny, H67, L40. The sun coming up this morning looks golden. Possible rain for this afternoon and evening. Planting more spring bloomers today.
10/18/2012 7:00 AM 0.89 0.0 M M M temperature is 43, brisk West wind. Holy Mackeral!!! We had overnight 0.01 inch less rain than we had the whole month of June!! Started raining 17:09; stopped by 18:30, rain gauge then was 0.12. Started raining later in the evening, but I don't know when. It had stopped sometime before 4:30. Glad I finished the Spring bulb planting yesterday.
10/19/2012 7:00 AM 0.14 0.0 M M M temperature is 40, down from 43 at 01:00; drizzle, no wind. Yesterday wide range of temperature: High 43, Low 41. Drizzle started around 13:00, continued all day and overnight. Rain gauge: at 17:00, 0.04; at 01:00 today, 0.11; 07:00, 0.14. No stormy weather though. Must clean out gutters today!!
10/20/2012 7:00 AM 0.10 0.0 M M M temperature is 35, down from 38 at 02:00; cloudy, no breeze, no fog either. Yesterday H 47, L 40; overcast or drizzly all day, little to no breeze until around 17:00. Rain gauge totals: 10:00, 0.02; 12:00, 0.06; 15:00, 0.09; 17:00, 0.10. A rather sad day.
10/21/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M temperature is 35, was 36/35 all night after midnight. Mist (fog?) on outside of large cylinder but no moisture in gauge. Partly sunny, no breeze. Yesterday H 57, L 35, light SW/W breeze, partly sunny.
10/22/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M temperature is 50 (stayed 50 or 51 since 23:30 last night). Thick clouds with no breeze; no rain yet. Yesterday H 65 L 35, partly sunny.
10/23/2012 7:00 AM 0.26 0.0 M M M temperature is 56; was 57/58 all night. Fog is lifting, was heavier at 04:30. Now cloudy, foggy, misty, very light East breeze.Yesterday rain/t-storm started 11:19, lightning, thunder, rain; ended 12:15, rain gauge then 0.22. Not dangerous storm. Remainder of day overcast, occasional drizzle; light fog at 19:00, no breeze. Fog continued overnight, denser in spots (like some people I could name).
10/24/2012 7:00 AM 0.25 0.0 M M M temperature is 60, cloudy, light SE breeze. Yesterday H 68, L 56. T-storm around 11:00, thunder, rolling thunder, thunder boomers, no lightning, no strong winds, storm over by 12:00; drizzly until 15:30 when it became partly sunny. Last night was very Halloweeny with the thick clouds moving in front of the moon and sparking designs in the clouds around. Nice evening.
10/25/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M temperature is 62. Forecast rain/t-storms afternoon. Yesterday H 74 L 59. Right now overcast, windy, warm; looking a little purple to the West.
10/26/2012 7:00 AM 0.20 0.0 M M M temperature is 31, down from 39 at 01:00. No frost, very light breeze. Yesterday H 69, L 43. Forecast for yesterday rain/t-storms 12:00 through evening hours; heavy rain, strong storms. Temperature went from 69 at 15:00 to 44 at 18:45 when it finally started to rain, rain over before 22:00. No storms, lightning, strong winds, or thunder. The NOAA radar showed most of rain/storms were going to miss us, and they did.
10/27/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M temperature is 26, down from 29 at 04:00; cloudy, no breeze, can only see Venus and (I think) Jupiter. Thin broken layer of ice on birdbath; grass crunchy, but sidewalk, deck, porch, and outdoor furniture do not have ice/frost on them. Yesterday H 45, L 31; sunny.
10/28/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M temperature is 28, down from 29 at 01:30, full moon last night, plenty of stars out now, light N/NW breeze. Yesterday H 42, L 26. Today's parents being made of lesser stuff, the village leaders have decided that trick-or-treating is today, 2 to 5, instead of Halloween. Not sure how this is going to ward off evil spirits on Wednesday, but the parents can rest knowing they weren't inconvenienced. I miss the old days when parents went with their children on Halloween night (whatever weekday it fell on). It was spooky and fun and an adventure, especially for the little ones.
10/29/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M temperature is 28, pretty steady overnight, cloudy, few stars, no breeze. Yesterday H 48, L 28; partly sunny with NE/E breeze. Right now, light frost on porch, but not on grass or sidewalk and, for some reason, only on the East side. West side dry. (sounds like an old song).
10/30/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M temperature is 33, cloudy, breezy. Stayed above freezing all night. Yesterday H 47, L 28. Lovely full moon again. I'll get my broom ready!!
10/31/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M temperature is 28, down from 31 at 03:00; full moon, brizk NW breeze. Radar showed a blurb of blue above us last night, but no rain fell. Yesterday H 44, L 33; total rain for October 2.67 inches, more than any other month except May. Still waiting for some bulbs from Michigan Bulb. Hope they get here before ground freezes!!
11/1/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M temperature is 30, stayed 29/30 all night; full moon earlier, now behind clouds but lit up, no breeze. Yesterday H 46, L 28; gusty winds NW. Will water this afternoon; last rain 10/26. Ground not frozen yet; no frost this morning either. Bird bath had thin ice top which broke easily.
11/2/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M temperature is 26, down from 30 at 03:00; light frost, cloudy but with full moon and some stars, no breeze. Yesterday H 51, L 29; mostly cloudy all day. Forecast for rain Saturday now taken out of forecast.
11/3/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M temperture is 31,stayed that temperature most of the night; cloudy, no breeze. Yesterday H 44, L 26. Must be Autumn. Don't forget to set your clocks back tonight!!
11/4/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M temperture is 30, cloudy, no breeze. Yesterday H 44, L 31. The violas that have been blooming steadily since the warm spot in March are gone; the last of the marigolds have just gone, but the phlox are still green and some have flowers on the stems still. This has been a strange year.
11/5/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M temperature is 26, frosty. Yesterday H 44, L 29. I think we're in a rut.
11/6/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M temperature is 28. This is a 'red sky at morning' morning. Sun light is really red. Yesterday H 41, L 26. Still no rain here.
11/7/2012 7:00 AM 0.10 0.0 M M M temperature is 35, pretty much all night, fog has lifted, now cloudy with a SW breeze. Was so used to leaving in zeros I almost forgot to change gauge total. Looks as though that storm the red sky was warning us about yesterday will be here for a few years.
11/8/2012 7:00 AM T 0.0 M M M temperature is 38, overcast no breeze. Yesterday gloomy, overcast, misty, light NW breeze, H 39 L 35. There were a couple of drops of moisture in gauge, so I put in T. Light fog earlier, but gone now.
11/9/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M temperature is 34, clearing a little but still cloudy, light SW breeze. Grass was damp this morning but nothing in gauge. Yesterday H 44, L 37.
11/10/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M temperature is 46, cloudy, no breeze; grass was dry. Yesterday H 50, L 32, mostly sunny but with clouds, SW breezy. No more planting this season, bulbs are suddenly now out of stock; darn.
11/11/2012 7:00 AM 0.02 0.0 M M M temperature is 55, down from 57 at 03:00, cloudy, WINDY. Yesterday H 61, L 45. Rain total is from 'drops of rain' 11:06 to around 11:20; no other rain fell yesterday. Saw on weather this morning radar had green over our area during the overnight. I looked all over and could not find any trace of moisture; no need of rowboat or hip boots. Put flag out this morning.
11/12/2012 7:00 AM 0.41 0.0 M M M temperature is 25, peeks of sun, W windy; Yesterday H 62, L 50; heavy clouds, sunbeams in a.m.; drizzle began 15:00; light rain 17:30 (rain gauge then 0.10), rained late night; very windy all day. This is the most rain in one day since October 18th.
11/13/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M temperature is 20 with a West wind. Yesterday H 32, L 25. When I was walking last night I thought I felt snowflakes on my face, but I didn't see any, so I can't be sure. No snow or moisture on grass this morning; the cold got the Irises and Gladioluses (is that correct plural?) this morning. Now all the flowers are gone or in hibernation.
11/14/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M temperature is 29, cloudy. Yesterday H 36, L 20; was sunny with a brisk W wind. It's pretty much dry and cold.
11/15/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M temperature is 30, cloudy. Yesterday H 43, L 28. Cloudy most of day; sun came out at 14:00, went back in around 16:00.
11/16/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M temperature is 28. Yesterday H 47, L 29; same ol', same ol'.
11/17/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Temperature is 28, frost everywhere. Yesterday H 50, L 28; heavy 'pea soup' fog 23:30 but gone by 05:00 this morning.Yes, I bought Hostess Twinkies, Ho Ho's and Snowballs (my favorite), as many as I could afford, and put them in the freezer for later. Can't believe a favorite childhood treat is now gone.
11/18/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M temperature is 30. no frost, was warmer overnight. Yesterday H 51,L 28. Still dry.
11/19/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M temperature is 39, overcast, light SW breeze. Yesterday H 51, L 30. Lots of hunters around. Anybody remember hunter stories from Larry Lujack's Animal Stories???
11/20/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M temperature is 45, cloudy, no breeze. Yesterday H 52, L 39. Still no rain; will water today. A reprieve for Hostess?!?
11/21/2012 7:00 AM T 0.0 M M M temperature is 33. Foggy since 23:00 last night; could feel the fog 'dripping' almost like a real light rain, and some moisture in gauge, hence the T. Yesterday H 56, L 38; fog at 23:00; seemed heavy but traffic was moving pretty fast. Need the moisture; total rainfall so far this month is 0.53".
11/22/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M temperature is 40, cloudy; mist on outside of gauge but no moisture inside. Yesterday H 54, L 32; by 08:30 so foggy could not see traffic on highway, but fog lifted 10:00. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!!
11/23/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M temperature is 26, down from 35 at 04:30. Gusty West winds, cloudy. Yesterday H 57, L 39; no rain, no snow flurries. Beautiful moon earlier this morning.
11/24/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M temperature is 23, cloudy, N winds (was 24 at 01:30); Yesterday H 35, L 26; a few flurries whizzing around between 10:15 and 10:30; if you didn't know they were there you would have missed them. Cool view of moon and clouds around 17:00, before the heavy clouds moved in.
11/25/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M temperature is 22, down from 26 at 05:00, cloudy, no breeze. Yesterday H 31, L 23. Some scattered frost today, not much though.
11/26/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M temperature is 21, down from 24 at 01:30, very light N breeze, scattered frost on grassy areas. Yesterday H 37, L 22. Another (full?) moon last night (it looked kind of off-balance to be a full); a couple of stars peeking out. Made a wish for rain.
11/27/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Brrrr, temperature is 10, down from a balmy 12 at 04:00; it is COLD; everything is creaking, including my knee joints. Thank God for central heating. The squirrels are eating the rest of the apples and the bird seed is a poor quality. Yesterday H 31, L 20.
11/28/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M temperature is 20, down from 24. Gorgeous moon again. Yesterday H 28, L 10.
11/29/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M temperature is 26, SW breeze; yesterday H 40, L 20. Moon and stars out again last night; clouds moving in.
11/30/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M temperature is 38. It feels 'damp' outside; dare I hope rain??? For November only 0.53 inches of rain; really dry here. Yesterday H 51, L 26.
12/1/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M temperature is 31, and there is 'pea soup' fog. Yesterday H 50, L 38; November rain total 0.53; average H 45, Average L 30.
12/2/2012 7:00 AM T 0.0 M M M temperature is 50, down from 52 at 01:30; cloudy. We had 'sprinkles' around 17:00 last night,resulting in T (probably only 1/750 of an inch of precipitation). Yesterday H 50, L 31.
12/3/2012 7:00 AM T 0.0 M M M temperature is 50; T is from the 'dripping' fog. Fog was really bad around 04:00, could not see a car-length in front, but it seems to have become less dense now. It is one thing to watch the fog swirling and drifting; another thing to be driving in it-the magic disappears real quick. Yesterday H 61, L 44; heavy fog 22:30 last night and overnight. Oldest son & family live in Elburn; visited yesterday; left around 22:00; had heavy fog all the way home. Lots of Rolaids used; definitely white-knuckle experience.
12/4/2012 7:00 AM 0.41 0.0 M M M temperature is 39, down from 42 at 03:00. Yesterday H 63, L 45. We had about 12 minutes of heavy rain (probably from the storm from Ogle County), then regular to light rain. The trees are leafing!! The buds on the trees are bursting out with new leaves. I hope this won't kill the trees with a leafless Spring.
12/5/2012 6:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M temperature is 24 (was 40 until after midnight), 1/2 moon, very light East breeze. Yesterday H 53, L 39. Some sort of spotlight beam reflection in the sky around 04:30 from NW to E; could not see any plane though.
12/6/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M temperature is 30, cloudy. Yesterday H 36, L 24. Possible snow Sunday night? Will have to get both snow shovels from garage, one for front one for back (I live high on the hog).
12/7/2012 7:00 AM 0.02 0.0 M M M temperature is 34, cloudy. Heavy downpour of 0.02 to report. Yesterday H 40, L 30. Weather forecasters back-pedaling on snow chances; who didn't see that one coming. Remember Pearl Harbor today.
12/8/2012 7:00 AM 0.05 0.2 0.01 M M temperature is 30, down from 34 earlier and now moisture is starting to freeze. Snow is on grassy areas and deck, but not on sidewalks or streets. Snowfall is 0.25 inches; however, only 0.01 from melted core. Snow ended around 04:15. (This is my first 'snowfall' so I'm not positive I did it right.)
12/9/2012 7:00 AM 0.02 0.0 M M M temperature is 32; light drizzle still falling. What snow we had melted yesterday. Yesterday H 36, L 30. In these first few days of December we are catching up to the total precipitation of November.
12/10/2012 7:00 AM 0.17 0.0 M M M temperature is 27. Drizzle all day yesterday resulted in gauge total. Yesterday H 34, L 32. Sad day outside yesterday but a good day for baking cookies!!
12/11/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M temperature is 20, frosty. Yesterday H 30, L 26. Website down earlier; could not send in until now.
12/12/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M temperature is 24, cloudy, but sun rising. Yesterday H 28, L 20. Forecasters said snow flurries but darned if I could find any.
12/13/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M temperature is 26. Chilly, but no frost. Last night cloudy, but 04:30 this morning, stars everywhere. Now cloudy again. Yesterday H 45, L 24. Red sky last night.
12/14/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M temperature is 26. It was too cloudy earlier this morning to see the Geminid shower; could only see a couple of regular stars from time to time. Yesterday H 44, L 26.
12/15/2012 7:00 AM 0.04 0.0 M M M temperature is 38, light rain. Not the heavy rain forecasted. (Now having said that we'll probably have 5 inches of rain!!!). Yesterday H 48, L 26
12/16/2012 7:00 AM 0.44 0.0 M M M temperature is 40; was 42 all night. Not a bad total for light rain/drizzle yesterday. Not great either, but what can one do??? Every little bit helps. Yesterday H 44, L 38; SE windy changing to SW windy 15:30. Rain totals: 10:30, 0.16; 13:30, 0.08; 15:30, 0.13; 18:00, 0.04; 0700 TODAY, 0.03; = 0.44
12/17/2012 7:00 AM T 0.0 M M M temperature is 32, cloudy, dreary. Yesterday H 42, L 34. Was misty for a while yesterday morning, but no moisture in gauge. Still slightly damp today, but no frost; was 34 most of overnight.
12/18/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M temperature is 26; has been since 21:00 last night; cloudy, no breeze. Yesterday H 34, L 26; cloudy, overcast, dreary all day. 1/4 moon with halo last night.
12/19/2012 7:00 AM 0.02 T 0.01 0.0 M snowfall/flurries (light) yesterday, 09:30 to 10:17 and again 11:09 to 11:16. New snow melted to less than 0.01, so T for gauge; misty rain from 15:30 to ? resulted in 0.02 in gauge; new snowfall less than 1/10 of an inch; new snowfall from board melted to just at 0.01; more of yard without snow than with; all melted by noon; was quite pretty though. Temperature now is 26, wet spots are icy. Cold through weekend; furnace 29 years old; fingers crossed.
12/20/2012 7:00 AM 0.35 M M M M temperature is 36; was 34 at 02:00; raining, very windy with frequent gustier winds. Looks like we're in a dry spot right now. Yesterday H 34, L 26. Ye gods!! Heard on channel 23 news that the weather channel is now naming snow storms. Talk about flakes.
12/21/2012 7:00 AM 1.50 3.5 0.43 3.5 0.43 gauge total is 1.01 from rain (07:00 to 14:20) and 0.49 from snow that started 14:22. Snow totals from 23:00 after snow stopped; totals same this morning. Windy, gusty winds, icy snow; three pine tree branches over 6' each broken off one tree; several smaller branches down; remainder of branches hanging down to ground with heavy snow; other trees all right. Electric flickered most of night; but electric stayed on and furnace kept working. It's a good day.
12/22/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 3.0 0.31 temperature is 10, crunchy walking, moon and some stars out, no breeze. Yesterday H 23, L 18; was sunny most of day but cold.
12/23/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 2.5 0.16 temperature is 14, cloudy, no breeze. Yesterday H 26, L 10. Don't have a lot of ice under the snow in yard; only where we've walked on it and where the dogs have run around in it. Getting harder to find 'untouched' areas of snow. I hadn't thought about this.
12/24/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 2.0 0.21 temperature is 23, up from 20 at 01:00. Melted core is more today than yesterday so I took a second sample. Got a lower reading, added both and divided by 2. Do not know why core is more today than yesterday. Yesterday H 26, L 14.
12/25/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 2.0 0.25 MERRY CHRISTMAS everybody!!!
12/26/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 2.0 0.28 temperature 24,was 18 at 23:30 last night; cloudy, brisk NE breeze. Still lots of snow here; grass, trees, roofs still covered (parking lots too). Yesterday H 22, L 12. Went by youngest son & his family for Christmas; other three kids joined with their families; first time we all have been together at one time for several years. Best Christmas ever.
12/27/2012 7:00 AM T T M 2.0 0.19 temperature is 21, cloudy, brisk NE wind. Trace is because we had flurries yesterday; no precipitation in gauge though. Yesterday H 30, L 22. Old snowfall is actually 1.9", rounded to 2.0 (nearest 1/2 inch). Just about everybody around me has their Christmas lights off already; mine stay up through January 6th.
12/28/2012 7:00 AM T T 0.00 2.0 0.29 temperature is 24. Dusting of snow so far; less than 0.01 in (melted core) gauge. Yesterday H 28, L 21.
12/29/2012 7:00 AM 0.03 0.2 0.03 2.0 0.22 temperature is 24, steady temperature all night. Flurries 09:30 through 12:30, not amounting to much but pretty. 23:30, a sleet-type snow. No breeze to a very light NE breeze. Yesterday H 30, L 24. This morning still dark, no breeze. Roads not bad, salted not plowed; walking OK too.
12/30/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 2.0 0.33 temperature is 8, full moon. Some 'hither and yon' flurries yesterday. Took melted core from a different part of yard. Yesterday H 26, L 21. Became pretty windy 15:30; West wind. This morning, crisp, cold; a "Good King Wenceslas" feeling.
12/31/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 2.0 0.37 temperature is 26. It actually went UP overnight to 29 from 24. Snow measurement still averages 2.0, but some areas of the yard have more solid snow than others. The area where I took the core averaged 2.1; possibly because of the wind?? Also crunchy top and icy underneath. Very windy overnight and this morning. Yesterday H 26, L 8. Full moon bright against heavy clouds. Beautiful.
1/1/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 2.0 0.34 temperature is 4. Yesterday H 29, L 18. Total precipitation for December here is 3.05, much more than any other month in 2012!! HAPPY NEW YEAR 8-)
1/2/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 2.0 0.39 temperature is 9, up from 6 at 02:30. Most of the snow is crunchy top and ice underneath. Hardly anything has melted. 3/4 moon. Yesterday H 21, L 4. Definitely January.
1/3/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 2.0 0.36 temperature is 22, held steady all night. Yesterday H 30, L 6. No flurries seen yet. Snow piles are still high at curbs. Snowmobilers are all over the place; I can tell by the tracks on my yard.
1/4/2013 7:00 AM T T M 1.5 0.46 temperature is 10; 1/2 moon, SW windy. Yesterday H 26, L 14. Old snow/ice is, for the most part, ice. Depth ranged from 2" to 1.5; averaged to 1.7; closer to the 1/2 inch than the full, hence the 1.5 depth for total snow and ice. Sleet/flurries 09:37, changing to light flurries 13:00, no accumulation in gauge; only handful on snowboard before blowing off. I put in trace because I did see the sleet and flurries.
1/5/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 1.5 0.56 temperature is 14, down from 18 at 02:30, cloudy, windy. Yesterday H 32, L 9. Some melting of snow which then froze on top of snow which makes for slippery walking this morning. Half-moon and a few stars this morning; otherwise cloudy.
1/6/2013 7:00 AM 0.04 0.2 T 1.5 0.41 temperature is 21, steady all night. Yesterday H 34, L 14. Snowfall strted 15:20; heavier snowfall 16:00; lighter 16:20; stopped 18:00, replaced by light drizzle. Light rain started 19:00, no ice at that time. 23:30 just cloudy with SW winds. This morning crunchy; ice coating. Brownouts again last night; Dish down again. Getting harder to pick up core; more and more ice. Snow on top is thicker and harder to measure with stick. Will try drill tomorrow.
1/7/2013 7:00 AM T 0.0 M 1.0 0.34 temperature is 14. Yesterday H 30, L 18. Took total snow and ice from side yard; back yard too downtrodden to get any accurate reading. Snow is 'grainy', thin sheet of ice on sidewalks, streets are still slippery on side roads. T is for frost on inside and outside of gauge this morning.
1/8/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 1.0 0.35 temperature is 26. Bare spots forming around some of the trees. Yesterday H 36, L 14. Was slightly foggy earlier. The snow is definitely disappearing.
1/9/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 1.0 0.28 temperature is 30, down from 32 at 01:00. Yesterday H 37, L 26. Total snow/ice core from side yard; with bare spots under some trees and snow-covered on everything else, inches averaged 1.0. Gave up on the back yard; too packed down and littered with branches that I need to do something with.
1/10/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.5 0.23 temperature is 21, was 26 at 01:00. Yesterday H 38, L 30. Front yard still has a lot of snow; back and side yards pretty bare. Average is 0.7 for total snow/ice, rounded to 0.5. Most of this seems to be ice, at least when I'm walking on it.
1/11/2013 7:00 AM 1.04 0.0 M T T ye gods and little fishes!! We had rain!!! temperature is 40, stayed 40 since 23:30. Still raining at collection time. Yesterday H 42, L 21. Drizzle started 15:30; rain started 18:00. Have puddles in yard, first time in months. Have new leak in roof; oh joy. This morning heavy, dense fog first noticed at 04:00 when I went outside. Could not see one full block, hoped for no surprises on road after that. Still hard to see at this time, especially on the country roads with no street lights. Still some mounds of snow that won't give up, so I put T for the total snow/ice.
1/12/2013 7:00 AM 0.02 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 44; has been all night. Dark clouds moving swiftly, gusty breeze Yesterday H 44, L 40. Fog went away around 07:00, back by 09:00, dense again; then off and on until 13:00. No snow except for a very few piles on Route 173 where the plows had pushed the snow onto the curbs. IF it were Springtime, I would think we were going to have a storm because of the weather this morning.
1/13/2013 7:00 AM 0.19 0.5 0.10 0.5 0.10 temperature is 21, and is sleeting at time of collection. Rain and melted snow total includes sleet/ice sometime around 18:00 last night. Yesterday H 44, L 28.
1/14/2013 7:00 AM T 0.0 M 0.5 0.08 temperature is 10, cloudy. Yesterday H 24, L 17. Not enough precipitation to measure 0.01, so I put in T. Ice crystals over everything; including car.
1/15/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.5 0.08 temperature is 10. Rocking horse moon last night. Yesterday H 25, L 10. Stars bright and twinkling.
1/16/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.5 0.07 temperature is 14, up from 12 at 04:30. Old snow is just a smidge under 1/2 inch. Yesterday H 30, L 10. Nice sunset last night.
1/17/2013 7:00 AM T 0.0 M 0.5 0.08 temperature is 19, down from 21 at 04:30. Yesterday H 31, L 12. We had flurries at 15:20, so I put in T, although nothing registered in gauge. Old snow/ice averaged 0.6,rounded down to nearest 1/2 inch is 0.5; melted core is from depth of 1/2 inch.
1/18/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T 0.07 temperature is 17, cloudy, with a NW breeze. Flurries predicted, but none seen. Yesterday H 25, L 19. Old snow/ice averages to 0.3, rounded down to trace, but took melted core amount from 0.3 measurement. Still snow about but sparse around ground areas.
1/19/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M temperature is 33, down from 34 at 02:00. Just about all of the snow is gone; just blobs here and there. Yesterday H 38, L 16. Red sunset last night.
1/20/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 10, down from 18 at 01:30. Winds are also calmer from the NW; last night definitely blustery winds from the W. Yesterday H 41, L 20; had a whole sky dark purplish/red sunrise and a not so in-your-face purplish/red sunset. Cloudy/overcast most of the day, but the sun did come out for about 10 minutes around 16:00.
1/21/2013 7:00 AM 0.01 0.1 0.01 T 0.01 temperature is 7, down from 12 at midnight; brisk West wind. Still snowing at observation time. Bright moon behind clouds at midnight. Yesterday H 17, L 10.
1/22/2013 7:00 AM T T M T M temperature is -3, down from -1 at 04:30. Light dusting of snow on ground at 04:30; not enough to measure to 1/10; melted was under 0.01. Snow from yesterday morning, believe it or not, had melted by late afternoon. Didn't know it could melt when it was so cold. Yesterdy H 12, L 3.
1/23/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 8, which feels warm compared to yesterday morning. Flurries in forecast, but not seen yet. Yesterday H 10, L -3.
1/24/2013 7:00 AM 0.02 0.5 0.03 0.5 0.03 temperature is 0, down from 3 at 03:00. "Flurries" started around 07:30, stayed off and on all day resulting in 1/2 inch of snow, enough to cover. Yesterday H 17, L 7. Snowboard is stuck to ground, but this snow was easy to brush off.
1/25/2013 7:00 AM 0.06 0.5 0.05 0.5 0.06 temperature is 18. Still snowing at observation time. Yesterday H 20, Low 0. Total snow/ice was 0.7; rounded down to nearest 1/2 inch.
1/26/2013 7:00 AM T T T 0.5 0.03 temperature is 6. Yesterday H 25, L 16. Snow stopped 08:30; mostly flurries that swirled, less than one-tenth of an inch between 07:00 and 08:30. Walking in the snow to get the mail reminded me of those immortal words of Agatha Christie in one of her books: snow, snow beautiful snow; slip on a lump, and over you go. (There are also the words of Larry Lujack, but I can't put those here)
1/27/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.5 0.03 temperature is 22, cloudy, South wind. Yesterday H 25, L 6. This morning radar showed something over our area, but nothing new was in the gauge or on the ground. Total snow is 0.4; rounded to 0.5.
1/28/2013 7:00 AM 0.16 T T T T temperature is 38, foggy, drizzle. Gauge total is from snow/ice/rain. Snowfall was 1/10 of an inch; melted core less than 0.01. Most snow is gone. Very slippery on sidewalks, streets, and ground areas where snow is under the rain. Quite interesting to check gauge this morning; fancy footwork needed. Yesterday H 30, L 21. Snow yesterday 13:00, fat flakes; stopped 14:05. Rain/sleet started approximately 15:30; temp. still 30 at 19:00, although rain falling not turning to ice as readily. Warmed up to 32 after midnight.
1/29/2013 7:00 AM 0.34 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 48, still raining. Rain began last night 23:00 with lightning and thunder, then periods of light and heavy rain until about 02:30 this morning. Gauge total from that was 0.21. I thought it would be more because the rain seemed to be a very heavy downpour. Then another storm begining at 06:20 with...lightning and thunder, then rain. Total at 07:00, 0.13; again thought it would be more. However, it is still raining at this time. Total for official 07:00 reading is 0.34. Yesterday H 38, L 32; wide range of temperature. Some small puddling on ground in yard; major puddles on other blocks where the storm drains don't work, a couple of the streets are flooded. Wish the ground could absorb this rain water. Seems a shame to waste it in the storm drains.
1/30/2013 7:00 AM 1.19 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 30, down from 32 at 02:00; overcast, brisk NE wind. Yesterday H 55, L 44. Rain started again 14:00, light alternating with medium rain through 05:00 this morning. At 17:30 rain gauge was 0.33; at 04:30 rain gauge was 0.85; at 07:00 rain gauge was 0.01; total 1.19.
1/31/2013 7:00 AM 0.41 2.0 0.31 1.5 0.22 temperature is 10, down from 12 at 04:30. Gauge is total of all the rain/snow/ice. New snow first snowfall was 1.0" and 0.25 mltd core; second was 0.8, mltd core 0.06. Yesterday H 32, L 20. Now sparkling light flurries. P.S. if you want to make the º, on number pad, with lock on, hold ALT key and press 1,6,7. If you press 1,7,6, you get ¦. I don't know what that's good for. Only works on number pad.
2/1/2013 7:00 AM T T M 1.0 0.11 temperature is -5, down from -4 at 04:30. Trace on new snow is for flurries yesterday; not enough to measure. Also, less than 0.01 in gauge this morning. Yesterday H 16, L 1. Total precipitation for January is 3.48 here.
2/2/2013 7:00 AM 0.11 1.5 0.16 3.0 0.39 temperature is 15, up from 10 at 02:00. Snow over by 05:00. Yesterday H 11, L -4.
2/3/2013 7:00 AM 0.03 0.5 0.02 3.0 0.36 temperature is 8 down from 9, some flurries, cloudy. Yesterday H 18, L 4. Snowed yesterday morning from 08:15 until 09:19 (0.2); then again after 13:00(0.2).
2/4/2013 7:00 AM 0.23 2.7 0.36 4.5 0.61 temperature is 15; snow stopped for now. Certainly looks pretty; sparkles. Yesterday H 22, L 8.
2/5/2013 7:00 AM 0.03 0.2 0.20 4.0 M still snowing (light) at observation time. Temperature is 8, up from 3 at 02:00. Yesterday H 28, L 15.
2/6/2013 7:00 AM 0.08 1.2 0.12 5.0 M temperature is 8, down from 10 at 04:30. Yesterday H 30, L 3. Snow ended yesterday about 07:30 (0.2 inches, mltd. 0.01); then snowed again 12:00 to 13:40 (1.0 inches, mltd 0.11). 1/4 moon out this morning.
2/7/2013 7:00 AM 0.04 0.0 M 4.0 0.60 temperature is still holding at 30. Radar on channel 23 has snow over us, but it hasn't snowed yet. No ice on gauge; only raindrops. There is ice on patio furniture, but it breaks up easily when you run your hand over it. Streets are a little slick now, but walking wasn't too bad; just had to walk slow on sidewalks and streets. (prefer walking in the snow). Had drizzle at 04:30. Total snow is 3.8, rounded to 4.0. Yesterday H 35, L 8.
2/8/2013 7:00 AM 0.73 4.0 0.53 6.0 0.85 temperature is 20. Yesterday rain/drizzle to 11:27, then fat, heavy snowflakes and snow showers till about 23:20. This morning heavy snow and ice on branches and power lines. Yesterday H 34, L 30.
2/9/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 6.0 0.97 temperature is 21, holding steady all night. Yesterday H 26, L 19. A lot of ice at the bottom of the snow on the ground.
2/10/2013 7:00 AM T 0.0 M 5.5 1.24 temperature is 30. We didn't have freezing rain; but regular rain started 06:39, stopped 06:52, not enough to measure so I put in T. No precipitation in gauge before that. Snow is starting to fall off the trees and shrink a little from the warmer temperature. Yesterday H 31, L 20. Snow on ground is crunchy with a thicker layer of ice underneath.
2/11/2013 7:00 AM 0.35 0.0 M 2.0 0.55 temperature is 30, down from 33 at 01:30. Total snow was 3.7, but about 1/4 of yard lost its snow; reduced by 1/4, rounded down to nearest tenth. Yesterdy H 36, L 30. It is excessively windy out there.
2/12/2013 7:00 AM 0.01 T T 1.5 0.70 temperature is 21, not as windy as yesterday. Light snow flurries 08:30 to 10:00, but less than 1/10 of an inch. Yard about 1/3 empty of snow; adjusted accordingly (came out to 1.7). Lots of ice on ground, especially leading to gauge. Fancy footwork required. Yesterday H 35, L 25.
2/13/2013 6:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M 1.5 0.73 temperature is 20. Snow/ice on ground is harder to walk on and take core, but same depth as yesterday. Some frost on garbage can but not on gauge. Yesterday H 26, L 22.
2/14/2013 7:00 AM T 0.0 M 1.0 0.64 temperature is 30, down from 32 at 04:30. Did not notice any precipitation until taking out garbage. Light spotty ice on lid, but nothing on lawn furniture. Only a few liquid rain drops (not ice) in gauge. Streets and sidewalks not slippery, except where melting snow froze over. Total snow/ice depth 1.75, adjusted to 0.5. Had to chisel to get to ground. Lots of frozen snow. Yesterday H 40, L 20.
2/15/2013 7:00 AM T 0.0 M 1.0 0.72 temperature is 18, down from 26 at 02:30. T is for drizzle around 08:30 yesterday morning. Nothing in gauge; no snow/flurries noted this morning. Most total snow/ice is definitely ice. Walking on top of it now instead of in it. Depth is 1.8, adjusted is 0.9. Rounded up to nearest half-inch. Will need jackhammer for tomorrow's sample. Yesterday H 34, L 30.
2/16/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 1.0 0.47 temperature is 11, down from 12 at 04:30. So cold wood deck crackles when walking on it. Doors creak, so do knees. Yesterday H 30, L 18. Total snow depth same as yesterday, but feels different.
2/17/2013 7:00 AM T T T 1.0 0.37 temperature is 6, up from 4 at 05:30. Flurries/snow yesterday 12:00 to 13:20; snowboard measure less than 1/10 inch; melted to less than 0.01. Gauge less than 0.01. Total snow/ice 1.7; adjusted 0.8; nearest 1/2 inch 1.0. Yesterday H 18, L 11.
2/18/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 1.0 0.56 temperature is 26. Yesterday H 28, L 4
2/19/2013 7:00 AM 0.58 0.3 0.03 0.5 0.07 temperature is 10, down from 14 at 04:30. Still snowing at report time, will include additional snowfall in tomorrow's report. Blustery West winds, blizzardy-looking at times. Rain yesterday turned to ice and had to beat on stormdoor handle to get back in. It always freezes. Total snow actual is 0.7, rounded down to nearest 1/2 inch. Yesterday H 43, L 25. Tricky walking what with the wind and ice on ground. Have to expend more energy just to stand still. Birds and squirrels having a hard time.
2/20/2013 7:00 AM 0.02 0.3 0.02 1.0 0.12 temperature is 4, down from 6 at 03:00. New snow is from snowboard only, as required; total snow is from yard. Was so windy yesterday not sure how much stayed on snowboard. Looks like more snow than a total snowfall of 0.6. Yesterday H 16, L 10.
2/21/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.5 0.17 temperature is 13. A lot of the ice/snow melted and then refroze, making a rougher ice that isn't as easy to slip on. Yesterday H 23, L 4.
2/22/2013 7:00 AM 0.26 3.2 0.46 3.5 0.51 temperature is 23; was 24 since 22:30 last night. Started snowing sometime after 22:30; by 01:30 lots of snow, blowing and falling; stopped snowing around 03:00. Pretty gusty winds too. Yesterday H 26, L 12.
2/23/2013 7:00 AM 0.03 0.4 0.12 3.5 0.50 temperature is 20, cloudy, SW breezy. Snow looks pretty, even when shoveling it. Yesterday H 34, L 23 Don't know when the snow started yesterday morning, sometime after 08:00, but stopped at 12:38.
2/24/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 3.5 0.54 temperature is 12. Beautiful full moon this morning. Yesterday H 30, L 20. No snow or flurries yesterday here. Did turn partly sunny for a while.
2/25/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 3.0 0.62 temperature is 18. Total core was pretty frozen; had to chip it out. Might have taken too much on first sample. Melted from first core was 0.81. Thought I took too much by mistake so took a second core. This was 0.62. Both measurements were 3.0". Yesterday H 38, L 12.
2/26/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 2.5 0.40 temperature is 30, sustained strong E/NE winds with gusts. Total snow actual is 2.7. Yesterday H 42, L 18. Last night's moon had a 'halo' around it. Too cloudy early this morning to see it.
2/27/2013 7:00 AM 0.40 5.5 0.59 6.0 1.04 temperature is 28, winds much calmer than yesterday. Snow started 13:00; by 22:00 we had 5.0 inches of snow; remainder of 0.5 was overnight and/or this morning. Yesterday H 33, L 30.
2/28/2013 7:00 AM 0.07 0.5 0.05 5.0 1.06 temperature is 29; was 30 most of the night. Lots of flurries yesterday, but hardly any accumulation on snowboard. According to my addition we had 20.3 inches of new snow here in February. Yesterday H 34, L 28.
3/1/2013 7:00 AM 0.01 0.1 0.01 3.5 0.60 temperature is 23. Yesterday light snow and/or flurries, but not enough to measure on snowboard or in gauge. But around 04:50 this morning changed from flurries to a 'heavier' light snow, so just meeting minimum measurements at observation time. Still snowing at this time. Yesterday H 36, L 28. February: Precip. 2.97, average high 30, average low 17, total new snow 20.3. What a month!!
3/2/2013 7:00 AM 0.01 0.3 0.02 4.0 0.86 temperature is 16. Total snow yesterday was 3.7; total snow today is 3.8. Yesterday light snow until around 11:15. Took new snow reading at 11:30. Most of the light snow was the traveling-on kind, but some did stay. Yesterday H 26, L 23.
3/3/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 3.5 0.72 temperature is 7. There was frost on the outside of the gauge, but not on the inside. Frost on other items outside too. More ice at the bottom of the total snow. Yesterday H 27, L 16. More snow possible Monday night; March is certainly coming in like a lion.
3/4/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 3.0 0.81 temperature is 15, up from 14 at 04:30. A nice warm sun yesterday! Yesterday H 33, L 7. Snow is harder to walk on today; whatever melted yesterday seems to have hardened on top of the snow. Makes for tricky walking.
3/5/2013 7:00 AM 0.02 0.3 0.02 3.0 0.79 temperature is 28. Was not snowing at 04:30; nothing on snowboard or garbage totes. Snow started around 05:20, with light snow; now heavier 'rainy' snow with bouts of grainy snow. Visibility down. Yesterday H 37, L 14. Stilll windy (East wind).
3/6/2013 7:00 AM 0.87 8.0 0.99 11.0 2.06 temperature is 24. New snow for yesterday was 8.0. Average of total snow is 11 inches. We have drifts ranging from 14 inches to 20 inches; normal depth snow 10 inches to 12 inches. Getting snow blindness just looking outside! Yesterday H 34, L 26.
3/7/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 10.0 1.96 temperature is 25, down from 26 at 03:00. Looks like it will be sunny today. Yesterday H 33, L 24. Snow on ground is crunchy on top, icy at the bottom.
3/8/2013 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 10.0 2.10 temperature is 15, down from 17 at 01:30. Snow on ground is so crusty on top had to practically hammer the measurement stick in. Ground is frozen. Not sure how this moisture is going to help us; think it will all go into runoff. Yesterday H 38, L 25. (T for gauge is because there was frost in the gauge this morning).
3/9/2013 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 9.0 2.60 temperature is 30. What started out as small hail with some rain is now steady freezing rain. Looks like a coating of rough ice forming on sidewalks. Not enough precipitation in gauge to measure 0.01, so using T. Wind was from SW at 04:00; now SE. Yesterday H 41, L 15.
3/10/2013 6:30 AM 0.23 0.0 0.00 6.0 1.27 temperature is 36; where we walk most often the packed-down snow is 'squishy' with water. Losing the snow quickly. Had light rainfall earlier, now have light to medium rainfall at the moment. Some fog to the SW. Yesterday H 38, L 28
3/11/2013 7:00 AM 0.65 0.0 0.00 3.0 1.56 temperature is 32, down from 36 at 02:00. Lots of watery snow in back yard; sump pump running (thankfully). Snow looks fine until you walk on it; then you have footprints of water. Lots of drifts left. Very foggy this morning. Yesterday H 42, L 35.
3/12/2013 7:00 AM 0.09 0.4 0.05 2.0 0.98 temperature is 25. Tricky to get to gauge; footprints waterlogged yesterday are frozen and have new snow on top today. Hard to walk on; keep sliding off high areas into low areas. At least sump pump gets to rest today. Yesterday H 36, L 30.
3/13/2013 6:30 AM 0.02 0.3 0.04 2.0 1.23 temperature is 19. The total snow/ice is, for the most part, ice. Light covering of snow over hard ice; had to chip away for core so not sure if I got enough or too much. It was all from the circle of the gauge. Actual total is 1.9. Yesterday H 30, L 21
3/14/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 1.5 1.10 temperature is 19. Cloudy. Yesterday H 31, L 19, and sunny. Total snow and ice is, again, mostly ice.
3/15/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 1.0 0.79 temperature is 26. Cloudy and 'damp'feeling. No snowfall yesterday, despite radar and forecast. Yesterday alternating cloudy and sunny. Yesterday H 36, L 19. (total snow/ice actual is 0.7)
3/16/2013 7:00 AM 0.18 0.0 0.00 0.5 0.36 temperature is 26. Only rain/drizzle yesterday; some ice in gauge. Going to the gauge is becoming an adventure; lots of ice and slippery snow. Snow on ground is grainy and crunchy; icy on top. Yesterday H 34, L 26. Total snow actual is 0.6.
3/17/2013 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.5 0.38 temperature is 20, down from 26 at midnight. Had some freezing drizzle yesterday around 08:00, but nothing in gauge to measure. A lot of ground is still covered by snow. Yesterday H 33, L 26. Happy St. Patrick's Day!!
3/18/2013 7:00 AM 0.01 0.2 0.01 0.5 0.39 temperature is 28, down from 26 at 04:30. First snowflakes came about 06:11. Gauge measurement is just to first line. Must have had some other precipitation, but didn't notice it. Yesterday H 34, L 20.
3/19/2013 7:00 AM 0.05 1.4 0.21 1.5 0.46 temperature is 13, and WINDY. Yesterday H 36, L 22. Birds are having a hard time holding on today. Good day for reading stories by Bret Harte.
3/20/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 1.0 0.41 temperature is 10. Sunny all day yesterday. Last night moon and stars. Yesterday H 27, L 13.
3/21/2013 7:00 AM T T T 1.0 0.38 temperature is 8, down from 10 at 04:30. Just a very light dusting of snow last night; one or two flakes in gauge. (not to be confused with the flakes on TV). Yesterday H 23, L 10.
3/22/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.5 0.37 temperature is 14 and sunny.Actual total is 0.6. Yesterday H 28, L 8.
3/23/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.5 0.31 temperature is 20. Yesterday it was sunny all day. Moon out earlier this morning around 03:30. Total snow is, for the most part, ice; had to chip with hammer and chisel to get all pieces. Yesterday H 36, L 14
3/24/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 T 0.29 temperature is 26, no snow yet. For the total snow/ice, I'm just guessing. Not counting the shoveled piles in the front yard(from me), ploughed piles on the side yard (from the village) and the piles in the backyard that the neighbor snowblows into my yard from his driveway/garage, there is not a lot of regular snow I can use to measure. When I average it out this morning, it comes to -0-, but I used T because there is still some covering of regular snow/ice. The 0.29 is from less than 0.3 of the (now ice) old snow.
3/25/2013 7:00 AM 0.03 1.0 0.61 1.0 0.77 temperature is 24. Snow started 18:30 yesterday and ended 21:00. Had off and on flurries in early morning that did not add up to anything, but were fun to watch. Sidewalks and sidestreets slippery this morning. Snow is actually pretty; it glistens. Yesterday H 35, L 26.
3/26/2013 7:00 AM T T T T 0.21 temperature is 30 and held steady overnight. Flurries (grainy)earlier this morning; instead of soft flakes these smacked you in the head. Actual snow/ice total 0.3, most ice. Yesterday H 35, L 24. A lot of melting yesterday; less snow, more ice. Nothing in gauge but had to put in T for report to be saved.
3/27/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 T 0.19 temperature is 29. Angry red sky morning to the East. Yesterday I saw something I haven't seen in a long time...MUD!! Hopefully this slow warm-up will let the ground defrost and the water soak in, instead of it wandering off somewhere else. I even had a few puddles in the back yard yesterday. Yesterday H 38, L 30. Actual total snow/ice is 0.2.
3/28/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 T 0.12 temperature is 24. Yesterday overcast/cloudy; clouds were stern, no-nonsense clouds. Even though warmer temperature-wise, seemed chillier. Not as much melting either. Yesterday H 40, L 29.
3/29/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 T 0.09 temperature is 28. Another sunny day yesterday. Yesterday H 45, L 24. Still have piles of snow here and there, but diminishing quickly now. More mud, a good sign. Last night's moon not as bright as it was the night before. But nestled in the clouds it was quite comforting in a way.
3/30/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 T 0.08 temperature is 29. Still have a few piles of snow in yard, especially North side by fence (see obs notes 3/24) that measure 4" to 5". However, most of the snow is gone, what remains are icy patches now and probably most of the rest will go away today or tomorrow. Most of the other yards have one or two patches of snow; but the ploughed piles are still pretty high. Yesterday H 48, L 28. The airplanes overhead are low today and sound slow and heavy.
3/31/2013 7:00 AM T 0.0 M T T temperature is 37. Saw first Robin Friday!!! Soon followed by another Robin. This morning about five of them. Don't know what they are eating; don't think the worms are defrosted yet. But Spring must be around the corner. Only one or two stubborn spots of snowy-ice. There was condensation in gauge but nothing else. Everything was damp so we had some kind of precipitation, but nothing to show it actually rained here. Yesterday H 53, L 29.
4/1/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 25 and windy. Not as many birds this morning as yesterday morning. Yesterday H 43, L 35. March: precip. 2.17, average H 36, average L 22. Went out like a lamb.
4/2/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 22. Yesterday H 35, L 25.
4/3/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 23. There was a half-moon out earlier this morning. The Big Dipper has been overhead all week. Sun rising; looks as though it will be another sunny day. Yesterday H 39, L 22.
4/4/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 25. Yesterday sunny; sunset was pink/gray/light purple, really pretty. Yesterday H 43, L 23. Robins still singing up a storm; so nice to hear.
4/5/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 29 and already sunny. Yesterday H 53, L 25. Leaves are bursting out yet and flowers (bulbs) aren't coming up yet, but soon. Haven't started any real cleaning up of yard and flower beds because temperatures are still below freezing. Probably start next week.
4/6/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 32. Weather forecaster said last night temperature would remain in the 'high' 30's, raching 40 by 05:00. Been 32 since 01:30. Cloudy, but no rain yet. Yesterday H 50, L 29.
4/7/2013 7:00 AM 0.14 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 36. Sunny already; not as windy as yesterday. Luckily hummingbird solution in feeder and the new plants did not freeze overnight Friday. Robins were singing at a little after 05:00 this morning. Sprinkles yesterday around 15:15, then nothing until light rain started at 19:30. Yesterday H 61, L 32.
4/8/2013 7:00 AM 0.25 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 40. No rain yesterday or last night. Started raining 05:19; stopped; started again 05:32 and is still raining and luckily the ground is not frozen anymore. No lightning or thunder. Hardly any puddles so far, but the rain is picking up. Lots of stars last night. The planes are low again this morning. Yesterday H 58, L 36.
4/9/2013 7:00 AM 0.64 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature at 07:00 was 37. Typing this while under severe t-storm warning for hail; have to type fast. Yesterday readings: 11:00, 0.43; 14:00, 0.04; this am 07:00, 0.17. Couldn't get this in earlier; site was down. Rain with thunder and lightning this morning. Dark now, no wind, and lots of thunder, but no lightning right this minute. Also, birds have left the yard. Yesterday H 57, L 38.
4/10/2013 7:30 AM 0.85 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 33, was 32 most of night. I didn't read at 07:00 because there was too much lightning and I'm a coward. Lots of rain, thunder, and lightning, very dark outside. The severe t-storm w/hail missed us but did get Machesney Park and Rockton. I saw on the news that Colorado was hit with snowstorm and cold, 15 degrees. Makes the temperature here not so bad.
4/11/2013 7:00 AM 0.75 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 33, drizzle. Winds are alternating North, East, South, East, back to North. Very windy (and today's garbage day!). Yesterday H 38, L 32.
4/12/2013 7:00 AM 0.15 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 32. Mist, drizzle continues on. Winds changed from NE to SW. Temperature yesterday H 38, L 32, same as on Wednesday. Need to design tiny windshield wipers for my glasses. No snow flurries or dusting though.
4/13/2013 7:00 AM 0.04 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 29, overcast, damp, windy. Yesterdy drizzle/mist, which went everywhere except the gauge. Stopped about 15:00, and was then overcast and dreary remainder of day. Yesterday H 38, L 32. We're in a rut.
4/14/2013 7:00 AM T 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 30. T is for sleet right around observation time. No rain or snow, just sleet for about 10 minutes. Yesterday H 41, L 29.
4/15/2013 7:00 AM 0.16 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 48; was 51 at 03:00. Yesterday turned out to be nice, partly sunny. Yesterday H 55, L 30. At least we're out of our rut. Might clean out the flower beds if it's going to stay above freezing now.
4/16/2013 7:00 AM 0.15 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 32. Yesterday light rain in early a.m. then overcast; rain again 16:00. This morning sunny. Yesterday H 57, L 43.
4/17/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 38. Dark blue skies West and Southwest. No rain here yet though. Yesterday H 53, L 32.
4/18/2013 7:00 AM 3.64 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 42. WOW!! Practically everything is under water. Nearly had to swim to get to gauge. Lightning and thunder at present. Sump pump off 4 seconds; runs for 17 seconds. Pretty soon won't be able to rest at all. Didn't know I had so many low levels in back yard. Even discharge hose for sump pump is under water. Front yard is OK, but sidewalk is raging river. Hope this onslaught of rain won't hurt trees. Yesterday H 39, L 37.
4/19/2013 7:00 AM 0.39 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 30, and windy. Went to post office to get mail from yesterday and did not encounter any snowflakes or rain; just wind. Sump pump still on the go; puddles in yard and on sidewalk, also on low points in streets. Yesterday H 57, L 42. Birds are chilly.
4/20/2013 7:00 AM 0.06 0.1 0.02 T 0.02 temperature is 25. Snow flurries, flakes, pellets, mixed with a little rain. Mother Nature has a headache. Snow (grainy) covers decks, roofs, garbage cans; can be seen on grassy areas, but sidewalks and streets are pretty clear. Glad I haven't cleaned out the flower beds yet. Yesterday H 35, L 30. Sump pump still running, so water still high in places, and ground didn't freeze again.
4/21/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 29. Another red sky at morning. Looks as though it might rain. Wasn't in forecast. Yesterday H 42, L 25. Two days ago forecast was for scattered light showers Mon. - Wed., no measurable rainfall amounts. Today changed to thunderstorms Tues., with heavy rain. Of course.
4/22/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 37. Sunny this morning. Yesterday H 52, L 29. Moon out last night until clouds covered it.
4/23/2013 7:00 AM 0.03 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 45, light drizzle. No thunderstorms overnight. Yesterday was sunny. Yesterday H 64, L 37.
4/24/2013 7:00 AM 0.54 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 33, cloudy. Yesterday H 50, L 35.
4/25/2013 7:00 AM 0.03 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 35, down from 39 at 04:30. Yesterday turned out to be partly sunny, not a bad day. Yesterday H 50, L 33. Grass is green; tree leaf buds look as though they're about to burst; lilac leaf buds about to burst also. According to the map, the hummingbirds aren't far away.
4/26/2013 7:00 AM 0.02 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 35, steady most of the night. Must have been a passing shower that I missed. Yesterday H 46, L 35. Another full, bright moon last night.
4/27/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 41, down from 45 at 03:30. No rain, but a lot of dew this morning on grassy areas and misty around and in gauge. Yesterday H 64, L 35.
4/28/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature at 07:00 50. Sorry for the late report; could not get internet to load. Yesterday H 67, L 41. Yesterday mix of clouds and sun; mix of winds too.
4/29/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 47. Actually a little bit of sunshine this morning. Mist on gauge. Yesterday H 64, L 50. Yesterday cloudy/overcast all day.
4/30/2013 7:00 AM 0.15 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 57. Yesterday thunder, light rain, heavy rain, rice to pea size hail 14:51 to 14:53, no rain, sunny, cloudy, winds N/NE,W/SW,S/SE, and in-between. What a day! No lightning or strong winds though. Yesterday H 69, L 47. Total rainfall here for April, 7.99 inches.
5/1/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 59. Yesterday H 84, L 59; average temps for April this year H 51, L 34. Beautiful day yesterday.
5/2/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 42, sunny. Last night the forecast was for rain/t-storms overnight through early morning, which didn't happen. Yesterday H 83, L 59. Even though we had all that rain in April the ground is pretty dry. Mowed some of the taller grass, but haven't cleaned out the flower beds yet.
5/3/2013 7:00 AM 0.86 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 36, with light rain. Light rain yesterday at 11:47 resulted in T; had some thunder. More light rain around 14:30 resulted in 0.02 at 17:00; 17:30 rain started again with thunder, some lightning; resulted in 0.30 at 18:45, rained overnight. Today's 07:00 reading 0.54; total since yesterday morning is 0.86. Yesterday H 54, L 39.
5/4/2013 7:00 AM 0.42 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 44; stayed 45 all night. Yesterday H 45, L 36. Rain most of the day until about 17:30. Sun out right now. Saw first Hummingbird yesterday!!
5/5/2013 7:00 AM 0.10 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 46, sunny. Yesterday morning rain until about 11:00; then partly sunny remainder of day. Yesterday H 67, L 44. Another dark red sky to the East this morning.
5/6/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 47, up from 44 at 04:40. Yesterday turned out to be a nice day; more clouds than sun but warm and breezy. Yesterday H 74, L 44.
5/7/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature this morning is 50. Yesterday H 74, L 44 (same as Sunday). More clouds than sun, but a nice day.
5/8/2013 6:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 48. Yesterday H 79, L 49.
5/9/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 54. Lots of overcast/cloudy skies, but no rain yet. Yesterday H 81, L 48.
5/10/2013 7:00 AM 0.82 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 40, down from 42 at 04:30. Yesterday light rain, drizzle, moderate rain; no thunderstorms or dangerous winds. FROST Saturday night and Sunday night???? Forecast changed again. Yesterday H 66, L 53.
5/11/2013 7:00 AM 0.04 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 42, up from a comfortable 39 at 02:30. Yesterday H 45, L 40. Will rake leaves back over flowers today; knew I shouldn't have cleaned out the flower beds yet. Frost tonight and Sunday night. Hope the lilacs will be OK; the other shrubes and flowers aren't big enough yet so I can cover them again.
5/12/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 32, but it is sunny out. Yesterday H 48, L 39.
5/13/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 33, up from 30 at 05:30. Yesterday H 54, L 32.
5/14/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temp. is 52. Yesterday H 66, L 30. No rain yesterday, here at least
5/15/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 62, down from 65 at 04:30, sunny. Yesterday H 86, L 49. Last night after 22:00 heard rumbles of thunder and saw a lot of lightning in the North sky, probably in Wisconsin. No rain or severe weather came here though. Noticed the rain is going to stay South of us again. That's what happened last year; hope this year is not a repeat. Don't want the severe weather but do need the rain.
5/16/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 53. Yesterday H 80, L 62.
5/17/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 54, overcast, with an East breeze. Had spider's web on gauge this morning. Yesterday H 84, L 52. Birds aren't singing as much or as happily as they did in April.
5/18/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 55. Seventh straight day without rain. Yesterday H 65, L 54.
5/19/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 59 and sunny. Yesterday H 80, L 50.
5/20/2013 7:00 AM 0.12 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 65 with a nice, cool breeze. Thunderstorm last night arrived 21:35. Lots of lightning in the West sky for about an hour before the storm came. Only had some tree leaves blown; no strong winds; no hail; lots of lightning and a lot of thunder. Storm was gone by 22:12. Yesterday H 85, L 58.
5/21/2013 7:00 AM 0.24 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 59, cloudy. Last night around 11:30 p.m. thunder, lightning, rain. Nothing severe. Yesterday H 82, L 65. Our prayers are with all the victims of the tornado season; those now and in the future.
5/22/2013 7:00 AM 0.06 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 62, with light drizzle. Drizzle started about 05:30; changed to a little light rain; now back to drizzle. Yesterday H 77, L 61. Moon was out at 01:00 and temperature then was 61.
5/23/2013 7:00 AM 0.16 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 50, misty. Most of the precipitation is from yesterday's mid-morning rain. Yesterday H 70, L 60.
5/24/2013 7:00 AM 0.05 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 34, down from 38 at 01:30, and sunny. Doesn't look like anything here in town frosted, including plants. Full moon overnight. Yesterday H 58, L 47. (temperature started falling after midnight)
5/25/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 44, overcast. Yesterday turned out to be a sunny and nice day. Yesteray H 65, L 35.
5/26/2013 7:00 AM 0.01 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 42, partly sunny. Yesterday drizzle around 08:00 with about 10 minutes of light rain. Yesterday H 54, L 43. Oldest grandchild graduated from Cary-Grove High School yesterday. Only eight more to go !!
5/27/2013 7:00 AM 0.18 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 51, overcast. Dreary, dismal, sad; a perfect day to remember those who have fallen for our country's sake. Yesterday H 67, L 42.
5/28/2013 7:00 AM 0.38 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 57. After midnight-thirty, short-lived periods of moderate rain with thunder till around 03:30; then one set after 06:00. Also some light fog. Yesterday H 56, L 50.
5/29/2013 7:00 AM 0.28 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 60, down from 62 at 04:30, and sunny. Thunderstorm last night around 21:10, thunder, lightning, windy; not severe, but all the street lights went out. Strange. Yesterday H 74, L 51
5/30/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 66, sunny. Yesterday sunny day, nice breezes. Yesterday H 82, L 60. Moon out last night.
5/31/2013 7:00 AM 0.61 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 60, sunny. Temperature holding at 60 since 03:00. Storm yesterday came here around 19:33, but not strong and/or damaging, at least here in town. Trees were bobbing and weaving, but none came down; rain, a little thunder, no lightning, although lights dimmed around 18:30, before storm came here. Ground today is soggy and wet; trees still dripping. Yesterday H 82, L 61.
6/1/2013 7:00 AM 0.03 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 63 and overcast. Didn't even realize it rained during the night, but outdoor furniture and ground wet. Mosquitoes are everywhere!! Luckily it was cloudy and cool most of the day so that we avoided storms. May stats: rain gauge, 4.33; avg. H 70; avg L 49. Yesterday H 72, L 60.
6/2/2013 7:00 AM 0.06 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 53. Had a small storm 17:05 to 18:00 yesterday, gauge amount is from that; no other rain fell here. Just had some thunder, one lightning, some wind. Yesterday H 72, L 63.
6/3/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 45. Heavy fog earlier, but sun is rising in the East and fog is burning off in the West. "Rocking Horse" moon again last night. Yesterday H 57, L 50.
6/4/2013 7:00 AM 0.01 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 50. A quick almost-missed-it shower around 05:30 this morning responsible for the gauge amount. Yesterday a nice day. H 69, L 42. Sunny all day. Did lots of yard work but it was comfortable outside.
6/5/2013 7:00 AM 0.03 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 52. Had light rain off and on overnight through 02:00 a.m. Yesterday H 72, L 47.
6/6/2013 7:00 AM 0.47 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 52 and still raining at measurement time. It's rained so much that now we are getting puddles. Didn't happen until early this morning. At least it's not 3 inches of rain at one time. Yesterday H 62, L 52. Will put on web feet to putter in yard.
6/7/2013 7:00 AM 0.20 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 50. Rain gauge totals: by noon yesterday, 0.18; by 07:00 this morning, 0.02; total of 0.20. Yesterday H 61, L 50. Sun actually came out around 15:40 yesterday for about five minutes!! (don't get me wrong; we still need the rain, but it's nice to see the sun once in a while).
6/8/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 46, sunny. Yesterday cloudy until 13:00, then sunny remainder of day. Yesterday H 69, L 50. P.S. gas here is $4.25 a gallon.
6/9/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 55, sunny. Forecast for overnight was for rain showers. Didn't happen. Still worried we'll have a repeat of last year. Yesterday H 74, L 44.
6/10/2013 7:00 AM 0.09 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 60, partly sunny. Yesterday cloudy, but a nice day. Light rain overnight. Yesterday H 77, L 53.
6/11/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 60 and sunny. There is dew on grass, flowers, and shrubs. Spider trailings of silk too. No rain, although it clouded up a couple of times. Yesterday H 76, L 60.
6/12/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 66, overcast. All the rain and storms forecast for overnight through this morning didn't materialize. To date, we have had less than one inch of rain in June. Yesterday H 84, L 60
6/13/2013 7:00 AM 0.44 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 59, sunny, cool breeze. Yesterday's dire forecast of heavy rain and flood warnings came true (note precipitation total)!! But seriously, folks, thankfull we didn't have any severe weather. Had thunder, lots of lightning, wind but not severe, rain but not deluge, and no tornadoes (or is it tornados?) Precip: 0.12 at 5:30 p.m., 0.21 at 7:30 p.m., 0.11 at 7:00 a.m. Would have checked at midnight, but fell asleep. Yesterday H 84, L 61.
6/14/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 54, sunny, E/NE breeze. Yesterday a sunny, nice day. A starry night. Today the grass. Yesterday H 76, L 55.
6/15/2013 7:00 AM 0.06 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 57, cloudy. No storms after 02:00; only a medium rain around 04:30, which left the gauge amount. (remember thorms?) Yesterday H 77, L 50.
6/16/2013 7:00 AM 0.22 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 65, sunny. Yesterday it rained a couple of times during the day; then some rain overnight. No storms, but lightning and thunder overnight. Totals: 10:30 6/15, 0.09; 13:00 6/15, 0.03; 07:00 6/16, 0.10. Sorry to report late; problems with loading internet.
6/17/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 60, sunny. Yesterday turned out to be a nice sunny day. Yesterday H 84, L 65. Half-moon last night.
6/18/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 54, sunny, breezy, cool, nice outside. Rain missed us again; yesterday sunny, warm, humid. Did some weeding yesterday; lots of mosquito bites, lots of scratching today. Yesterday H 85, L 58.
6/19/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 52, sunny, nice outside (down from 49 at 04:30). When I checked the gauge this morning found outside of funnel had impact shatter. Insects here must be on steroids. Yesterday was a very nice day; sunny with alternating NW and NE breezes. Yesterday H 74, L 53.
6/20/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 59, sunny. Yesterday another nice day. Yesterday H 80, L 49.
6/21/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 69, and yes, sunny. Rain in the counties West of us seemed to just fizzle out. Yesterday H 86, L 54.
6/22/2013 7:00 AM 2.29 0.0 M 0.0 M WOW! That'll teach me to complain about no rain. Morning storms yesterday 10:38 to 13:45; rain stopped around 13:30; then the winds really became gusty around 13:50. Overnight storms started 01:30 - 03:00; 04:00 - 04:40; 05:15 - 05:45; 06:00 - still raining. Lots of lightning with the earlier morning storms; lots of loud rolling thunder too. Now just rain no wind. Precip. totals: yesterday: 12:16, 0.62; 17:30, 0.07; this morning, 07:00, 1.60. Still raining at 07:00. Sump pump went on about half an hour ago. Everything is pretty soggy; tree branches hanging low, muddy. Some birds are out; most aren't. Temp. 62. Yesterday H 73, L 64. Glad it rained though, the ground was very dry. The only puddles are on the low areas of streets and sidewalks, not on the ground.
6/23/2013 7:00 AM 0.12 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 64, sunny. Yesterday rain ended a little after 07:30. Sump pump only ran about three times in four hours. Overcast most of the morning. Had light rain/ drizzle around 11:00; then partly sunny remainder of day. Yesterday H 74, L 62. This morning windmill says winds from the North, but trees and bushes say from the South. A cool wind though.
6/24/2013 7:00 AM 0.59 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 65, overcast. A few rumbles of thunder and some lightning early this morning. Overnight gauge total was 0.03; gauge total from storm around 16:00 to 16:40 was 0.56. Yesterday H 85, L 64.
6/25/2013 7:00 AM 1.32 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 63, overcast. Around 02:00 had a lightning storm that went on until about 02:40, with wave after wave of rain, thunder, rain, thunder, etc. with it. Lightning seemed to strike about 5 times a scond; not pausing or showing signs of stopping. These rounds of storms, with heavy rain and loud cracks of thunder, continued until about 03:40, when the rain lightened up a little. The lightning continued until about 04:30, but not as many flashes. The rain became moderate, but the thunder continued. Of the gauge total, 0.13 was from yesterday's 09:00 a.m. rainfall, leaving 1.19 for the after midnight storms (slight drizzle yesterday around 18:30 resulted in T). Most of the storms ended right around 04:30, but did have a 5-minute period of heavy/moderate rain about 05:20. Yesterday H 76, L 65. Did not lose power and sump pump running much more than yesterday morning. After this morning anything that wasn't green before should be green now. Mother Nature is being overly generous with the rain lately.
6/26/2013 7:00 AM 1.68 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 65. This morning pretty much a repeat of yesterday morning, although lightning show not quite as impressive as yesterday morning. Five day total rainfall, including today, is 6.00 inches. Backyard hopelessly under water, because of rain and sump pump water (which drains into back yard). Am going to use exact parameters next time I wish for rain. Yesterday H 75, L 61.
6/27/2013 7:00 AM 0.67 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 65, sunny! Much of the large puddles of water on the streets and sidewalks has gone away; everything else is still soggy, but not under water any longer. There was a rain system over us for a long time yesterday morning, and I thought we would have had more rainfall total then we did. Yesterday H 73, L 64. Will definitely have to mow when this all dries out; grass and/or weeds seem to have grown three inches in two days.
6/28/2013 7:00 AM 0.51 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 62, sunny right now. Surprise t-storm which just popped-up, not even on radar a minute before, dropped the precipitation. Storm lasted 16:22 to 17:05. Still, it's starting to dry out here. I notice the weather people are prefacing their forecasts with 'if' now. Yesterday H 82, L 65.
6/29/2013 7:00 AM 0.04 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 63, with drizzle. Most of the water here has either soaked in or drained off. You can walk in the back yard without sinking. Hope we still get rain in July and August though. Yesterday H 74, L 62. (June rain total so far is 8.83 inches)
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7/1/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 56, sunny. June stats: Precip: 8.91; Avg. H, 75; Avg. L 56.
7/2/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 57. Yesterday H 76, L 54.
7/3/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 58, cloudy. Yesterday H 73, L 55.
7/4/2013 7:00 AM 0.04 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 57, sun starting to come out. Yesterday H 69, L 58. Light rain around 12:48 through around 15:00.
7/5/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 63, sunny. Watched the fireworks on TV last night, but some of the neighbors had really nice fireworks, so sat outside for a while and watched them. Shared the evening with lots of mosquitoes. Yesterday H 76, L 57. It did get cloudy around 15:00 and looked like rain, but it didn't rain here.
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7/7/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temp 68 and humid, cloudy. Yesterday H 82, L 61.
7/8/2013 7:00 AM 0.19 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 68. Had some thunder, lightning between 04:30 and 05:00, but it fizzled out. The heavy downpour was certainly not a gully-washer. We are having light rain at the moment. Yesterday H 86, L 68.
7/9/2013 7:00 AM 0.50 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 73, fog is lifing, humidity is high, mosquitoes numerous.Yesterday H 84, L 68. Very uncomfortable out there today. 0.48 inches of rain fell 08:11 to 08:57 yesterday morning.
7/10/2013 7:00 AM 0.18 0.0 M 0.0 M temp. 71. Weird fungus under one evergreen; lots of mushrooms /toadstools. Still humid out; mosquitoes still out in large numbers.
7/11/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 58; cool and dry! Those of us without air conditioning are thankful. It cooled off yesterday afternoon and was a very nice day. Yesterday H 80, L 64.
7/12/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 56, comfortable. Yesterday another nice day.
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7/14/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Temp. is 67, partly sunny. Ground is dry. Yesterday H 84, L 58.
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7/17/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temp. is 74, and humid. And, the corn is as high as an elephant's eye!!
7/18/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M second verse, same as the first: temp. 74, sunny, hot, humid. Ground dry; air wet.
7/19/2013 7:00 AM T 0.0 M 0.0 M temp. is 74. Yesterday around 13:30, dark clouds moved in, wind came up, Mother Nature sneezed, blue skies appeared, happy white clouds moved in, wind calmed. The whole episode took less than 30 seconds. The wind was very refreshing though. That's why the T for yesterday. We did have about five raindrops.
7/20/2013 6:30 AM 0.01 0.0 M 0.0 M WOW!! The forecast for torrential downpours certainly came true. The only rain we had was from 14:46 to 14:51. Remained sunny and humid rest of the day; temperature at 23:30 was 78. Temperature this morning is 64, down from 74 at 01:00, but it is still humid. Broke into a sweat just going from the back door to the garage then to the gauge.
7/21/2013 7:00 AM 0.15 0.0 M 0.0 M We had a little rain yesterday around 15:45 or so. A welcome relief because the ground is still very dry. High yesterday was 86.
7/22/2013 7:00 AM T 0.0 M 0.0 M Fog came in 06:00 this morning, but before that there was a reddish-orange full moon in the SW sky. We had some wind (not severe) and a couple of sprinkles as the storms in Wisconsin traveled through. Only a small drop of rain in gauge.
7/23/2013 7:00 AM 0.11 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 62, sunny. No storms, no heavy rain. So far, at this location, score is: Weather forecasters 0; Mother Nature 5, out of the last five events. A very 'mysterious' full moon last night surrounded by dark gray clouds.
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7/25/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 54, sunny. Yesterday a nice Autumn day; H 74, L 53; no humidity to speak of.
7/26/2013 7:00 AM 0.03 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 62. Was surprised by the gauge total; I only saw a light drizzle earlier in the morning. Whatever fell had to happen after 02:00 a.m. (no rain before that) and before 06:00 a.m. (no rain after that).
7/27/2013 7:00 AM 0.76 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 50, overcast. We had a goodly amount of rain yesterday. The flowers perked right up. First set of rain around 09:14; stopping around 14:15. Second set around 16:45; stopping around 17:19. Ground was really dry. I went out to check the gauge about 10 minutes after the rain ended and the puddles that had been there earlier had already soaked into the ground. No severe weather; just rumbles of thunder, one or two lightning flashes, moderate rainfall in 'waves'. Temperature went from 67 to 61 after the afternoon rain.
7/28/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 51, overcast. It was dark at 04:00 a.m.; even the birds weren't up yet. I thought I felt what my mother would have called 'spitting' then, but was not sure. Could find no evidence of any kind of rainfall and the gauge is empty. Could have been just my imagination. I was outside drinking my first cup of coffee, so wasn't quite alert yet. Yesterday H 59, L 50.
7/29/2013 7:00 AM 0.02 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 50, sunny. Yesterday light "sheet" rain around 08:20; otherwise mix of sun, clouds, overcast. Yesterday H 65, L 50.
7/30/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temp. is 57; cloudy. Looks like it might rain.
7/31/2013 7:00 AM 0.09 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 61, overcast, still a (very)light drizzle. Total precipation for July, 2.08, well under last July during the heat and drought of 2012. Thunderstorms that were in the forecast for today are now out of the forecast for today. And so it goes.
8/1/2013 7:00 AM 0.45 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 58, sunny. 0.44 of the precip. total came from a surprise sort-of storm 19:08 to 19:21. The only stormy part was a little bit of thunder and a couple of minutes of heavy rain. The other 0.01 was from after 20:00 yesterday and before 04:30 this morning.
8/2/2013 7:00 AM 0.25 0.0 M 0.0 M temp. is 60. Mix of overnight rain and/or non-severe t-storms resulted in gauge total. Right now sunny, calm wind. What happened to the Robins?
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8/4/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 54, partly sunny. Yesterday mix of sun and clouds with a N/NW breeze. Those large scary weeds are back, looking me straight in the eye. The Robins seem to have definitely gone from here although we have many Blue Jays, good, and blackbirds, not so good. The black birds are the bullies of the bird feeders. The only birds that stand up to them are the pigeons.
8/5/2013 7:00 AM T 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 58. NOAA radar shows rain heading our way. Last night about 20:30 we had a short spell of light rain; not enough to measure in gauge, which is why I put in T. Couldn't figure out how to put in T on the App for Android. It only gave me the numbers pad. So came inside and used the computer. Very quiet outside; not even the birds or squirrels are around.
8/6/2013 7:00 AM 0.79 0.0 M 0.0 M rain total at 17:00 yesterday was 0.02. Whatever NOAA radar had missed us. The real rain came overnight. At 03:42, heavy rain: at 04:01, heavy rain ended and light rain started. One or two flashes of lightning. Drizzle followed; then rain stopped.
8/7/2013 7:00 AM 0.02 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 69, sunny. Severe storms forecast for yesterday afternoon and/or evening, but did not materialize. Still humid though. Yesterday H 76, L 62.
8/8/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M 60, sunny. Found out how to do T on phone. Maybe I should get apps for dummies!!! Yesterday H 81 and humid, L 69.
8/9/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 58, partly sunny. No rain overnight or this morning, in spite of the blue over us on the radar. Yesterday H 76, L 60.
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8/12/2013 7:00 AM 0.03 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 64, cloudy. As predicted, heavy downpour as shown in gauge. What, I wonder, is a light downpour? Weather men/women have all kinds of graphs and 3-D radar, and colorful graphics on maps, to show what the weather was, but they still can't tell you what the weather will be the next 24 to 48 hours, which is really all we want to know.
8/13/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 50, sunny, comfortable. A nice Autumn morning. Yesterday H 82, L 64.
8/14/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 50, up from 49 at 04:30. A very nice, comfortable day yesterday; leaves are already falling from the trees; apples have been falling also (and, yes, they don't fall very far from the tree).
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8/16/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 52. Beautiful, comfortable days these have been. Sure feels like Autumn. Yesterday H 70, L 52.
8/17/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 52. Yesterday carbon copy of the day before; and the day before that; and the day before that;....
8/18/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 54, with a light fog burning off.
8/19/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 56, partly sunny. No rain for seven days; only a 0.03 eight days ago. Pretty dry here. Some of the corn is already browning. Full moon Saturday night/Sunday morning.
8/20/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 62. It became humid yesterday afternoon. Was working in the backyard, and it is very dry. Ground cracked and 'dusty'. Full moon earlier this morning. Yesterday H 79, L 56.
8/21/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 65, hazy. Earlier the moon was shining through the clouds. Yesterday a little more humid than what it's been. Yesterday H 83, L 62.
8/22/2013 7:00 AM 0.18 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 68. Rain started last night about 20:45, constant 'pouring' rain. Ended about 21:08. At 21:07 a couple of lightning flashes; 21:08 rolling thunder for a short time. That was it. Started raining again 07:14 this morning. Yesterday H 86, L 65.
8/23/2013 7:00 AM 0.39 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 56, sunny. Full moon again last night. Precipitation broken down as follows: Between 7a and 9a, 0.07; between 9a and 12p, 0.27; between 12p and 2p, 0.05. Nice welcome rainfall. On radar it looked as though a lot of rain would come, but when the heavy rain on radar hit the Boone Co. line, it just seemed to go splat. Yesterday H 70, L 64.
8/24/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 55, partly sunny. Yesterday H 80, L 56.
8/25/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 61, a lot more humidity this morning than yesterday. Yesterday H 82, L 55.
8/26/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Ground dry; doesn't hold water, drains right down. Yesterday H 85, L 61.
8/27/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 72, down from 74 at 04:00. Squirrels are burying the green apples. I've always seen them eat the apples, especially late Autumn and all Winter; never seen them burying them before. Just walnuts and peanuts. Do they know something about the coming winter we don't? Yesterday H 85, L 64. Very humid this morning.
8/28/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Temp. is 72; hazy. Yesterday H 90, L 74. But heat/humidity yesterday not as bad as forecasted.
8/29/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Temp. is 60; light fog earlier but gone now. Yesterday H 85, L 72. 10 degrees cooler this morning and feels good.
8/30/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 68, sunny. 'Rocking horse moon' in East sky earlier. Fog yesterday around 09:00 that hung around tops of buildings but was gone by 09:30. Yesterday H 84, L 60. Still dry.
8/31/2013 7:00 AM 1.55 0.0 M 0.0 M WOW!! This brought our August gauge total to 3.66 inches. Storm yesterday started 16:24, continuous thunder, lightning flashes, strong and gusty winds. No real thunder claps, continuous thunder'rumbles', larger rumbles at times. Trees took a beating for over an hour. Worried one or two might come down, they were bent so low by the wind. Rain total at 18:21, 1.12; second storm 18:30 over by 21:00, this rain drizzle to light. Lots of small branches, leaves, and leaf stems down. Large tree behind me has two big branches down. Looks the same all over town; one or two bigger branches, most of it small branches; lots of leaves though. Lost a couple of shingles off the garage, no big deal. Yesterday H 90, L 68.
9/1/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 60. Dense fog earlier, now thinning out. Overcast day yesterday with H 72, L 63. Crescent moon.
9/2/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 58, sunny, cool breeze. Heat lightning yesterday evening; we sat outside and watched till about 22:00. No rain or storm here but could see storm system North of us moving East. Yesterday H 74, L 59. (Yes, I know, cloud-to-cloud lightning, but I like the term 'heat lightning' better.)
9/3/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 49, sunny, light NW breeze. Yesterday a sunny, pleasant day; H 70, L 60.
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9/5/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Looked like rain earlier but nothing happened. Temp. is 62, cloudy but not foggy. Yesterday gorgeous day, H 78, L. 53. Internet down again. Third time in seven days. Frontier has problems.
9/6/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 58, sunny. Yesterday cloudy and looked like rain until about 10:30 a.m. when the sun came out. No rain though. This morning sunny. Yesterday H 74, L 62. YAAA! Internet up and running today.
9/7/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Going to House on the Rock wih son and family!
9/8/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Rained in Janesville, Dodgeville, and at the House. Not here, though. No storms last night (NOAA said there would be). Looks like rain this morning, but nothing yet. The House on the Rock was awesome. Temp. is 65, cloudy.
9/9/2013 7:00 AM 0.04 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 65, hazy. We had a brief shower around 08:15 a.m. yesterday and then a sneeze or two, which resulted in the amazing total of 0.04 rain. No rain this morning although, again, it looks like rain. But then it's been doing that practically all week. Yesterday H 72, L 65.
9/10/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Temp. is 68 and feels cool this morning. Only one word to describe yesterday...humid, humid, humid. Although we only hit a high of 86 yesterday it was a very uncomfortable day.
9/11/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Thunder heads in the distance. Could it really rain possibly today? Humid this morning, again, with morning temp. of 70. Yesterday. H 90, L 68. Red sky earlier this a.m.
9/12/2013 7:00 AM 0.10 0.0 M 0.0 M another torrential downpour to report. T-storms forecast for yesterday. We had: no gusty winds, no hail, no heavy rain, no thunder, not even a thunderhead overhead. However, my son who lives in Elburn said the cornfields by his house were flattened, although there were no storms in Aurora, where he works. Glad we had no severe storms, but some rain really would have been nice. Mother Nature must still be angry at us. P.S. to IL-LE-14, prayers and wishes are with you. Hang in there.
9/13/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 44; was 58 at 01:00, then 48 at 04:30. It was windy yesterday with winds NE/N/NW. Sunny, but not humid, with the large fluffy clouds. A really pleasant, enjoyable day.
9/14/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Temp. is 41, sunny (bright sunrise). Condensation on outside of large tube. Yesterday H 63, L 44. These are nice days.
9/15/2013 6:30 AM 0.09 0.0 M 0.0 M Won't be home at 7:00. Was not raining at 3:00 a.m., but certainly raining at 6:00 a.m.
9/16/2013 7:00 AM 0.91 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 45, with a bright sun rising. Yesterday a nice all-day rain that soaked in instead of running off. Precipitation totals: 08:30, 0.18; 10:00, 0.54; 12:00, 0.73; 14:30, 0.90. Sun out by 16:30. Yesterday H 62, L 50.
9/17/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 45, bright sunrise. Yesterday sunny with brisk NE breeze. Yesterday H 63, L 44.
9/18/2013 7:00 AM 0.10 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 54, cloudy. Yesterday a short shower 20:28, resulting in 0.03 in gauge. This morning 05:20, another rain shower, one or two lightning strikes, a few rumbles of thunder, resulting in 0.07 in gauge. Rain this morning stopped 06:50. Yesterday H 68, L 45.
9/19/2013 7:00 AM 0.54 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 68, dark clouds. There was a full bright moon last night and early this morning. Around 04:40 thunder and lightning came, 04:46 rain started. Nothing mean or severe; just rolling thunder, cloud-to-cloud lightning, moderate rainfall with bouts of heavy rainfall here and there. Everything over by 06:42, leaving dark, stormy clouds in its' wake. Yesterday 15:11 to 15:16 had drizzle amounting to 'T'. Yesterday H 73, L 54. Will have to mow soon; the darned stuff is growing again.
9/20/2013 7:00 AM 0.05 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 65, cloudy. A short thunder and rain combo 08:13 to 08:25 resulted in 0.03; the remaining 0.02 was from drizzle overnight. Checked NOAA at 19:00, said we were having a thunderstorm. Checked the radar, no rain near us; it was over the state line. Went outside, only clouds and regular winds, no storm here. The big area of rain that looked as though it would come here actually took a turn to the North and went to Wisconsin. No severe weather overnight. Yesterday H 80, L 65.
9/21/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 48, with bright sunrise. Lots of dew about. Found out shoes are worn out and my feet are now wet. Last night beautiful full bright moon, Big Dipper's back also. The whole West sky was deep red at sunset; fading into pastels afterwards. Yesterday H 68, L 60. Finally mowed grass yesterday. Some was so long you could braid it.
9/22/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temp. is 42. Yesterday sunny, with light NW breezes. Yesterday 61, L 48.
9/23/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temp. is 44, sunny. Yesterday a nice day, H 63, L 42.
9/24/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 47, sunny, light dew still around but no fog this morning. Yesterday H 63, L 44; nice Autumn day.
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9/26/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Each day so far a Xerox copy of the day before: sunny, light NE breezes. Yesterday no different. Very dry, although lots of dew this morning. Why won't that soak into the ground? Yesterday H 70, L 48. My (one) corn plant has turned pretty shades of purple. Last year our first day of below freezing was October 6th, 31 degrees.
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9/28/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Temp. is 52, bright sunrise. Yesterday carbon copy of day before without the smudges. Yesterday H 78, L 50.
9/29/2013 7:00 AM 0.12 0.0 M 0.0 M For the most part, we had a mixture of light and medium drizzle. Temp. is 49, overcast. Yesterday H 78, L 52.
9/30/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M temperature is 42, cloudy. Yesterday H 66, L 47. Precipitation total for September is 1.95 inches. Needed a lot more than that, unfortunately.



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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
3/9/2013 6:16 AM hail started 06:16 a.m. Did not see it at first; when walking to garage could hear and feel it. Melted as soon as I picked it up. 1/4" Pea Size Rice Rice Hard|White Ice 1min Continuous False Before rain After smaller hail vertical
4/17/2013 1:32 PM did take picture of hail on swing. Nothing dangerous. 1/4" Pea Size 1/4" Pea Size 1/4" Pea Size White Ice 2 1min no damage Continuous False Same time as rain vertical
4/29/2013 2:51 PM hail started same time as heavy rainfall, but after light rainfall. Light rain stopped 14:50; heavy rain and hail started 14:51; hail stopped 14:53, still raining. Light outside, not dark and stormy-looking. 1/4" Pea Size 1/4" Pea Size Rice White Ice 2 Continuous False Same time as rain Before smaller hail vertical
1/1/0001 12:00 AM moderate to heavy rain started about 18:42, then hail. Hail stopped for a short time, started again, stopped. No hail since 18:48. NA 1/4" Pea Size Rice Hard|White Ice 4 1min Intermittent True After rain Same time as smaller hail