| Observation Date |
Observation Time |
Precipitation |
Snowfall |
Snowfall SWE |
Snow Depth |
Snow SWE |
Notes |
| 10/7/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Light west winds, sunny, and 49° after high of 67° and low of 48°. Appreciate our weather up here. Kentucky and Tennessee had but 5% of their normal rainfall for the last five weeks. The trees have crisp brown leaves, grass is fried, and nearly every day was a scorcher over that period. |
| 10/8/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, calm, and 48° (24-hour low) after high of 69°. Ah, such typical, beautiful autumn weather! |
| 10/9/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Clear, calm, and 51° after hi/lo of 72° and 48°. |
| 10/10/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Clear, light southeast winds, and 53° after high of 73° and low of 51°. The pleasant autumn weather takes a hike later today. |
| 10/11/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.18 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Overcast, moderate southeast winds, and a fresh fall of rain recently occurred. The 3s have it today: high temperature was 73°, present reading is 63° and the low for the last 24 hours was 53°. |
| 10/12/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.43 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, moderate southwest winds, and 34° (24-hour low). Yesterday's high of 64° was at morning observation time. The cold front came roaring through at 0840 hours and I and a heavy rain were in the midst of it. Brr. |
| 10/13/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Light southwest winds, fair, and 39° after high of 55° and low of 34°. Trees are now shedding leaves at a rapid rate and the next phase of annual yardwork is about to begin. |
| 10/14/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Light southwest winds, sunny, and 39° (24-hour low) after high of 57°. |
| 10/15/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Light south winds, clear, and 45° after hi/lo of 55° and 39°. |
| 10/16/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.05 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Stout northwest winds at 20-30 mph, overcast, and 46°. Yesterday's extremes were 66° and 45°. |
| 10/17/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Light west winds, sunny, and 39° (24-hour low) after windy high of 52°. Grass still looks great and demands being mowed every 5-7 days. |
| 10/18/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, light southeast winds, and 42° after high of 56° and low of 39°. |
| 10/19/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Light south winds, sunny, and 47° after wonderful fall day with high of 60° and low of 42°. |
| 10/20/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Clear, light northwest winds, and 52° on the heels of a 69° high and 47° low. |
| 10/21/2019 |
7:00 AM |
T |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Light rain, stiff east winds, and 59° after comfortable day with high of 67° and low of 51°. |
| 10/22/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.10 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Stout southwest winds and overcast skies with temperature at 49° (24-hour low) after high of 65°. |
| 10/23/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.02 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Fair, light southwest winds, and 39° (24-hour low) after high of but 52°. High winds brought down dozens and dozens of pine cones from our coniferous trees. |
| 10/24/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.01 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Light northwest winds, overcast, and 43° after hi/lo of 58° and 37°. |
| 10/25/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Overcast, calm, and 44° following high of but 51° and low of 43°. |
| 10/26/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Overcast, light east wind, and 40° after high of but 50° and low of 37°. |
| 10/27/2019 |
6:00 AM |
2.74 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
With our regular end-of-the-month deluge completed and chilly west winds blowing, temperature is 45° after high of 50° and low of 40°. |
| 10/28/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Fog, light west wind, and 42° after hi/lo of 57° and 41°. Yesterday gave us terrific weather for clearing leaves and placing them curbside for the village's disposal truck. |
| 10/29/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.11 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Moderate north winds, drizzle, and 39°. Yesterday's high was 52° and the overnight low was 38°. We face a chilly, dank end to October. |
| 10/30/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.73 |
0.8 |
0.30 |
0.8 |
0.30 |
Northeast winds, cold light rain, and 34°. Three-quarters of an inch of slush covers the yard creating a mess with leaves underneath it. Because the funnel to the tube was clogged with the slush, I'm using that figure for melted amount of snow. Over four-tenths of an inch of water lay in the tube and will be added to the other amount to arrive at today's total precipitation. |
| 10/31/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.55 |
T |
T |
T |
T |
Cold north winds, 33° (24-hour low), and light snow falling after high of but 44°. October concludes with a whopping 5.55 inches of rain. The farmers we know have been devastated by the endless wet spring and now by awful harvest weather. |
| 11/1/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.17 |
2.5 |
0.17 |
2.5 |
0.17 |
Sun shining on our 2.5" of snow, light south winds, and 24° after 'high' of but 33° and low of 23°. And all this occurred on 31 October? |
| 11/2/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.01 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Light west winds, mostly cloudy, and 36° after high of only 42°. Even though the temperature never reached anywhere near normal, we had enough sunlight to melt all the previous day's snow. A trickle of rain fell at 2200 hours. |
| 11/3/2019 |
7:00 AM |
T |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Overcast, light south winds, and 32° after high of 43°. Turned out to be a decent day to move a lot of leaves. There are STILL plenty more left to heft. Trace of rain occurred in mid-afternoon while I was doing hand-to-hand with the aforementioned products of nature. |
| 11/4/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Sunny, moderate southwest winds, and 44°. Yesterday's high of 53° seemed warm but it was simply the normal reading for this time of year. Nevertheless, the pleasant day made for opportunities to accomplish much-needed work outside the house. |
| 11/5/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Clear, slight breeze from west, and 32° (24-hour low) after pleasant high of 53°. Leaves have been moved; time to batten down the hatches. |
| 11/6/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Overcast, chilly south winds, and 33° after hi/lo of 43° and 30°. |
| 11/7/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Icy north winds, clear, and 24° (24-hour low) after surprising high of 58°. |
| 11/8/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
16° with sunny sky and no clouds following freezing high of but 31°. Days like yesterday make me snarl when I recall people from other parts of the country who say, "We wish we had the change of seasons you do." Grrrrr. |
| 11/9/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Sunny, moderate south winds, and 30° after high of 34° which is far below normal. |
| 11/10/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Calm, sunny, and 36° after hi/lo of 48° and 30°. One whole week with no precipitation. How about that? |
| 11/11/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.02 |
0.2 |
0.02 |
0.2 |
0.02 |
Light snow driven by strong north winds and 28° (24-hour low) after high of 48°. Today and tomorrow will be nasty even though we are weeks away from meteorological winter. |
| 11/12/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.03 |
1.6 |
0.03 |
1.8 |
0.05 |
Sunny, cold winds from the northwest, and 8 little degrees (24-hour low) after high of 28° which occurred at 0715 hours yesterday. With all the strong winds yesterday it was difficult to ascertain exactly how much snow we fell. |
| 11/13/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
1.6 |
0.05 |
Overcast, strong south winds, and 14° after hi/lo of 20° and 8°. Despite all the idiocy spewing from Chicago newscasts, yesterday wasn't that bad a day to be outside if one simply dressed correctly. To me, the weather was hardly "brutal". |
| 11/14/2019 |
7:00 AM |
T |
T |
T |
1.4 |
0.04 |
Light northwest winds, overcast, and 28° (24-hour high) after low of 8° at 0715 hours yesterday. Light dusting of snow occurred at 2230 hours. |
| 11/15/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
1.3 |
0.03 |
Sunny, calm, and 21° (24-hour low) after high of 32°. Snow should be gone by late today if forecasts are correct. |
| 11/16/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
T |
T |
Snow is gone (except in shaded spots) but temperatures far below normal continue. High of 38°, low of 21 (0715 hours, 11/15) and current reading of 29°. |
| 11/17/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Increasing clouds, light south winds, and 28° (24-hour low) after high of 48°. Was difficult to believe that yesterday's balmy high temperature was normal for this time of year. |
| 11/18/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.03 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Light northwest winds, overcast, and 35° after rain at 1900 hours. Yesterday's extremes were 40° and 28°. |
| 11/19/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.01 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Overcast with light east winds and 35° after high of 40° and low of 34°. Periodic drizzle yesterday morning resulted in our bit of measurable rain. |
| 11/20/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.06 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Calm, overcast, and 38° after hi/lo of 41° and 35°. Conditions seemed pleasant yesterday due to the paucity of winds. |
| 11/21/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.56 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Strong winds from south, light rain, and 45°. Yesterday's extremes were 50° and 38°. Leaves which had been lingering on our trees are now on the ground and ready to be taken away. |
| 11/22/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.02 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Overcast, light northwest winds, and 31° (24-hour low) after high of 54°. Returned from the day's errands and tore into the newly-fallen barrage of leaves. Using the blower and strong southwest winds, managed to get the entire chore completed mere minutes before the winds shifted to the northwest. Had I started and finished my work any later, the wind direction would've made the job impossible. |
| 11/23/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Calm, overcast, and 28° after hi/lo of 44° and 26°. |
| 11/24/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
West winds, clear, and 32° following pleasant - because winds were light - high of 41° and low of 29°. |
| 11/25/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Clear, light south winds, and 35° with frost after high of 53° and low of 32°. The last several weeks have seen high temperatures often not predicted by the Chicago weather people. The venerable Tom Skilling seems to be the forecaster most in error. |
| 11/26/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Light northeast winds, sunny, and 34° after hi/lo of 56° and 33°. |
| 11/27/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.30 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Overcast, west winds at 30-40 MPH, and 46° following overnight high of 56° and low of 34° (0715 hours 11/26). |
| 11/28/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.04 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Overcast, light north winds (anything's light compered to yesterday's 40-50 mph blasts), and 32° (24-hour low) after high of 46°. A blessed and peaceful Thanksgiving to all of you. |
| 11/29/2019 |
7:00 AM |
T |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Slight north wind, overcast, and 36° after high of 37° and low of 32°. After the fierce winds of Wednesday, I spent two hours yesterday blowing/raking leaves and then went to Thanksgiving at our church. After stuffing myself and giving thanks to the Lord, I returned home and gave another 1/12 hours to the chore. Whew, that's it for the season! |
| 11/30/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.07 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Light rain, 37°, and east winds at 10 mph after high of 40° and low of 36°. November ends with below average rain total of 1.32". Odd sight: as I went out back to check the precipitation tube, two boys were in the dark shooting baskets in the park behind us as rain fell. Huh? |
| 12/1/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.15 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Overcast, moderate west winds, and 38° after high of 40° and low of 36°. December begins wet and the next 36 hours should be dandy. |
| 12/2/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.04 |
0.1 |
0.04 |
0.1 |
0.04 |
Typical first day of meteorological winter with 40°/30° extremes and 0.1" snow. At 0715 hours today, overcast, 30°, and with chilly north winds. |
| 12/3/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Moderate south winds, overcast, and 29° (24-hour low) following high of but 35°. |
| 12/4/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Light west winds, fair, and 32° (24-hour low) after above average high of 42°. Village crews have made their last leaf pick-up for 2019. People who didn't get their leaves out front are on their own (and an ordinance prohibits burning!). |
| 12/5/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Calm, sunny, and 27° (24-hour low) following above average high of 45°. No complaints here. |
| 12/6/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Partly cloudy, stout north winds, and 37° on the heels of a wonderful high of 49°. |
| 12/7/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Overcast, light south winds, and 25° after hi/lo of 45° and 24°. First week of December has been far less wet than the same time periods in October and November. |
| 12/8/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Cloudy, moderate south winds, and 35° after extremes of 41° and 25°. |
| 12/9/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.03 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Light rain, moderate southwest winds, and 46° after high of 48°. 24-hour low of 34° was at 0715 hours yesterday. |
| 12/10/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.03 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
14° (24-hour low), stiff west winds, and clear after high of 48°. It's December, right? All we're missing is snow. |
| 12/11/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.01 |
0.1 |
0.01 |
0.1 |
0.01 |
Light snow and 17° after extremes of 25° and 14°. |
| 12/12/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.01 |
0.1 |
0.01 |
0.1 |
0.01 |
Overcast, moderate south winds, and 24° after high of 28° and low of 17°. Snow will be gone by this afternoon. |
| 12/13/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Mostly cloudy, light south winds, and 34° after high of 44° and low of 24° (0715 hours, 12/12). Be careful: it's another one of our Friday the Thirteenths. |
| 12/14/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Light northwest winds, overcast, and 32° after high of 48° and low of 31°. Not bad for mid-December. |
| 12/15/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Overcast, light west winds, and 20° (24-hour low) after high of but 34°. We've had only 0.27" precipitation in the first half of December. |
| 12/16/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.11 |
2.0 |
0.11 |
2.0 |
0.11 |
Flurries from north and 26° (24-hour high) after peaceful snowfall and low of 20°. We finally received a snow that'll cover and compact leaves from the park and yards near ours. One gets weary of having to regularly move leaves that didn't fall from trees on his own property. |
| 12/17/2019 |
7:00 AM |
T |
T |
T |
1.5 |
0.07 |
Light northwest winds, sunny, and 20° (24-hour low) after high of but 31°. Snow settled a tad but did not melt even though we had some sunshine. A minute amount of flurries fell at times in the late morning and afternoon. |
| 12/18/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
1.4 |
0.06 |
Biting north wind, clear, and 18° (24-hour low) after a second consecutive high of 31°. |
| 12/19/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
1.4 |
0.05 |
Sunny, moderate south winds, and 17° after hi/lo of 26° and 12°. |
| 12/20/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
T |
T |
Light fog, southeast winds, and 23° after high of 38° and low of 17°. Snow that remains is in thin, amorphous blotches |
| 12/21/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
T |
T |
High of 40°, low of 23° and at present 29° under sunny skies and with light south winds. Except in shaded spots, snow in the yard has finally disappeared. |
| 12/22/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Nice early November morning with no clouds, temperature of 30°, and soft southerly breezes. Yesterday's high was 51°, the low was 29°, and snow is completely gone. |
| 12/23/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Light southwest winds, clear, and 33° after splendid high of 56° and low of 30°. Who'd ever have thought I'd be in a flannel shirt doing yard work three days before Christmas? |
| 12/24/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Increasingly foggy, calm, and 30° (24-hour low) after high of 54°. Be careful out there as a light coat of frost is on the ground. |
| 12/25/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
A peaceful and blessed Christmas to all of you. Christ the King is born! Yesterday's high temp was 55°, the low 30° and currently 37° with clear skies and light winds from the south. |
| 12/26/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Present reading AND an incredible overnight low temperature is 50° with sunny skies, and moderate southwest wind after an equally astounding high of 64°. We've had but 0.38" precipitation for the first four weeks of meteorological winter. |
| 12/27/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
West winds 10-15 mph, overcast, and 35° (24-hour low) after astonishing high of 65°. To show how out of kilter the weather has been, our seemingly cold 35° is above the normal daily HIGH for 27 December. |
| 12/28/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Overcast, light east winds, and 34° after hi/lo of 36° and 28°. Can't recall the last time I was forced to record so many zeroes for snow-related categories. 0.38" precipitation for December's initial four weeks. |
| 12/29/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.57 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Light east winds and clearing after 0.57" rain with a temperature of - you guessed it - 57°. |
| 12/30/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.29 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Light rain, southwest winds 15-20 mph, and 34° (24-hour low) after high of 56° early yesterday. |
| 12/31/2019 |
7:00 AM |
0.06 |
1.4 |
0.06 |
1.4 |
0.06 |
Strong (20-30 mph) west winds, overcast, and 25° after high of 34°. THIS looks and feels more like December. For the month, 1.71" precipitation with 3.7" of it being in the form of snow. |
| 1/1/2020 |
7:00 AM |
T |
T |
T |
1.0 |
0.06 |
Sunny, light southwest winds, and 21° (low temperature for all of 2020) after seasonal high of 31° with flurries. Wishing all of you a peaceful new year. |
| 1/2/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
T |
T |
Sunny, light southwest winds, and 35° after hi/lo of 45° and 21°. Patches here and yon are all that's left of our recent snowfall. |
| 1/3/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Moderate north winds, overcast, and 37° after high of 51° and low of 35°. All remnants of snow are gone. |
| 1/4/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.07 |
1.8 |
0.07 |
1.8 |
0.07 |
Light snow, northerly wind, and 30° (24-hour low) after windless high of 40°. All the Chicago television weather readers were very wrong in their snow forecast. |
| 1/5/2020 |
7:00 AM |
T |
T |
T |
0.8 |
0.05 |
Stiff south winds, overcast, and 27° after high of 33° and low of 25°. On several occasions yesterday flurries fell. |
| 1/6/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Sunny, light southwest winds, and 26° following high of 44° and low of 25°. All snow (even in shaded places) has melted. |
| 1/7/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Overcast, light southerly winds, and 27° after high of 44° and overnight low of 26°. |
| 1/8/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Chilly north winds, thinning clouds, and 18° (24-hour low) after high of 43°. |
| 1/9/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Strong southerly winds (20-30 mph), overcast, and 32° which was also the high temperature yesterday. |
| 1/10/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.01 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Overcast, calm, and 46° after high of 49°. Next 36-48 hours should be a real blast. |
| 1/11/2020 |
7:00 AM |
1.62 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Northeast winds of 25-35 mph, overcast, and 35° (24-hour low) after high of 51°. Hickory Creek has risen over four feet in the last eight hours. Not a pleasant day to be outside. |
| 1/12/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.13 |
0.6 |
0.13 |
0.6 |
0.13 |
Calm, overcast, and 26° after a low of 25° and high of 35°. The good people at the "Your Guess Is As Good As Mine" forecasting school really got it wrong yesterday. We had almost none of the awful aspects of weather they predicted. |
| 1/13/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.02 |
0.3 |
0.02 |
0.7 |
0.05 |
Overcast, west winds 10-15 mph, and 31° after hi/lo of 32° and 25°. Light snow around bedtime refreshed the look of the landscape. |
| 1/14/2020 |
7:00 AM |
T |
T |
T |
T |
T |
Moderate southwest winds, overcast, and 34° (24-hour high) after low of 31° and morning flurries. Despite no sunshine and the weather forecasters missing their mark by 4-6° almost all snow is gone except in shaded or remote spots in the yard. |
| 1/15/2020 |
7:00 AM |
T |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Light southeast winds, misty, and 32° after 45° (which eliminated all snow in the area) and low of 28°. |
| 1/16/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.01 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Mostly sunny, biting northeast winds, and 14° (24-hour low) after high of 36°. The roller coaster winter of 2019-2020 continues. |
| 1/17/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Overcast, light east winds , and 20° after extremes of 27° and 14°. The fun begins this afternoon. |
| 1/18/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.53 |
2.2 |
0.21 |
2.2 |
0.53 |
Light rain and 34° (24-hour high) after snow, freezing rain, sleet, and snow. My measurement of snow was at 2200 hours as rain began and snowfall ceased. At that time, the snow was comprised of 0.21" water. |
| 1/19/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.05 |
T |
T |
1.1 |
0.20 |
Stout west winds, overcast, and 2° (lowest reading this meteorological winter) after early yesterday morning's high of 36°. Can't recall the last time I removed snow that was as watery and heavy as yesterday's was. |
| 1/20/2020 |
7:00 AM |
T |
T |
T |
0.6 |
0.15 |
Flurries and 17° (24-hour high) after low of 2° (0715 hours 1/20). Sunny day helped to lower the snowpack but made obtaining a melted core measurement more difficult. |
| 1/21/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.01 |
0.1 |
0.01 |
0.5 |
0.11 |
Sunny, light south winds, and 13° (24-hour low) after high of 31° which melted a little more off our snowpack. Intermittent flurries in the morning became measurable but melted away during our balmy afternoon. |
| 1/22/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.3 |
0.07 |
Clear, light south winds, and 23° after high of 34° and low of 13°. |
| 1/23/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.06 |
0.5 |
0.06 |
0.8 |
0.12 |
30° and snowing lightly after high of 36°. |
| 1/24/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.26 |
T |
T |
1.0 |
0.17 |
Although snow fell often yesterday, I can't report more than just a trace because the darned stuff melted soon after it hit the ground or was disintegrated by rain. Instead, we had over one-quarter inch of water in the gauge. At present, 35° with overcast skies and light winds from the east. |
| 1/25/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.18 |
0.5 |
0.18 |
1.0 |
0.19 |
Overcast, east wind, and 33° after high of 38° and low of 32°. New snow is thickly packed and has high water content. To plow or not to plow, that is the question. January has now been quietly blessed by just under 3" precipitation. |
| 1/26/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.08 |
0.1 |
0.08 |
1.1 |
0.24 |
West winds, overcast, and 30° (24-hour low) after high of 33°. All in all a dreary day with today to be the same albeit a tad drier. |
| 1/27/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.8 |
0.19 |
Overcast with light north winds and 29° after hi/lo of 31° and 28°. Measuring total snow and its melted value is tricky this time of year. Wow, the number of people reporting goes way down when this predicament arises. |
| 1/28/2020 |
7:00 AM |
T |
T |
T |
0.4 |
0.13 |
Overcast, east wind, and 31° after high of 33° and low of 29°. Had a brief spell of sun and it burned off some of the ragged-looking snow that's left. |
| 1/29/2020 |
7:00 AM |
T |
T |
T |
0.4 |
0.11 |
Yesterday's temperature stuck at 31° for nearly 24 hours. As a result, there was little melting of the snow and another day of overcast skies and east winds continued. January has been a mild but incredibly dreary month. |
| 1/30/2020 |
7:00 AM |
T |
T |
T |
0.3 |
0.07 |
Overcast (nothing new), calm, and 31° after narrow range of hi/lo with 33° and 30°. Flurries fell several times during the day but did nothing to freshen the look of our old snow. |
| 1/31/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.01 |
0.1 |
0.01 |
0.5 |
0.05 |
Flurries, calm, and 31° (24-hour low) after high of 34°. January ends with an above average total of 3.04" rain but only 6.2" as snow. |
| 2/1/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.06 |
0.5 |
0.06 |
0.8 |
0.10 |
Light southwest winds, overcast, and 33° after hi/lo of 36° and 31°. |
| 2/2/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.02 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
T |
T |
Moderate west winds, thinning clouds, and 37° (24-hour high) after low of 33° (0715 hours, 2/1). |
| 2/3/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Sunny, light east winds, and 33° after glorious high of 55° and overnight low of 31°. How pleasant to record zeroes in the rectangles beneath this section of the daily report. |
| 2/4/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Strong northeasterly winds, overcast, and 36° following surprising high of 50° and low of 33° |
| 2/5/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Moderate northeast winds, overcast, and 29° (24-hour low) after high of 37°. |
| 2/6/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.22 |
3.8 |
0.22 |
3.8 |
0.22 |
Overcast, light north winds, and 28° after high of 32° and low of 26°. Snow began at 1400 hours and became the largest snowfall of the 2019-2020 winter. It comes on the anniversary of President Ronald Reagan's birthday. |
| 2/7/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.04 |
0.6 |
0.05 |
4.4 |
0.29 |
Light northwest winds, thinning clouds, and 24° (24-hour low) after high of 31°. Yesterday's snow removal effort was yet another adventure in pushing slop (which continually got caught in the machine's chute) off the driveway and sidewalks. Whatever happened to fluffy, white snow showers? |
| 2/8/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
2.8 |
0.19 |
Slight southwest wind, overcast, and 28° after high of 38° and low of 23°. Sunshine and warmth cut in half the amount of snow on the ground. |
| 2/9/2020 |
7:00 AM |
T |
T |
T |
1.6 |
0.13 |
Moderate southeast winds, overcast, and 26° after extremes of 36° and 21°. Several episodes of flurries occurred but resulted in no increase of snow on the ground. |
| 2/10/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.11 |
1.4 |
0.11 |
2.4 |
0.23 |
Northerly winds, overcast, and 27° after hi/lo of 35° and 26°. Snow began near 1100 hours and continued until 1300 hours when it changed to light rain. I was able to obtain a measurement of the new snow before the drizzle/freezing rain began. In just 10 days, February (with its 6.3" snow) has become the snowiest month of this screwball winter. |
| 2/11/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
1.7 |
0.13 |
Vestiges of the night's fog, slight northwesterly wind, and 28° after low of 27° and high of 38°. Had hoped the sun of yesterday and the relatively warm temperatures would melt more of the snow than what occurred. |
| 2/12/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
1.2 |
0.08 |
Sunny, light south winds, and 24° (24-hour low) after high of 38°. Despite ample sun and relative warmth, the snow pack melted very little yesterday. |
| 2/13/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.33 |
4.0 |
0.33 |
5.2 |
0.43 |
Light snow and 27° with the temperature having fallen four degrees in the last hour. Our 4" snowfall is the largest we've had this winter and February continues to be THE month of the season. Yesterday's high of 34° prevented more of our precipitation from being in the form of snow. Now it's out to the driveway and varoom! |
| 2/14/2020 |
7:00 AM |
T |
T |
T |
4.5 |
0.41 |
With an overnight low of -3°, we've finally had our first negative temperature of the winter. Intermittent flurries yesterday didn't amount to much of anything but the winds caused me to clean our driveway twice. Snowpack has been scoured and 4.5" covers our yard. Yesterday's high was 27° (early in the day) and at present the mercury is at -2°. February has given us 10.3" snow, the highest total for the last five months we've had snow. |
| 2/15/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
4.0 |
0.39 |
Strong winds from the south, overcast, and 18° (24-hour high). Yesterday's saving grace was very little wind and abundant sunshine. Previous day's snow settled by one-half inch, leaving us with 4" on the ground. |
| 2/16/2020 |
7:00 AM |
T |
T |
T |
3.7 |
0.36 |
Light south winds, fog, and 17° (24-hour low) after high of but 32°. Snowpack decreased slightly yesterday even though we had several short spells of flurries. |
| 2/17/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
2.8 |
0.25 |
Overcast, moderate winds from the east, and 32° after extremes of 38° and 16°. |
| 2/18/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.15 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
1.1 |
0.07 |
Stiff northwesterly winds, overcast, and 34° after high of 38° and low of but 32°. Yesterday's cold afternoon rains eliminated most of our snowpack. |
| 2/19/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
T |
T |
Clearing, light winds from north, and 18° after hi/lo of 36° and 15°. Snowpack is impossible to measure due to its erratic patchwork of grass and snow across our property and the park behind us. |
| 2/20/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
T |
T |
Clear, light north winds, and 13° (24-hour low) after meager high of 32°. With temperatures such as these, the hardened snow isn't going anywhere. |
| 2/21/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
T |
T |
Sunny, light southerly breezes, and 12° (24-hour low) after raw high of but 28°. Swatches of snow are still scattered around our property. |
| 2/22/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
T |
T |
Light southwest winds, sunny, and 24° after hi/lo of 37° and 12°. Today is the 4th consecutive day I'm reporting a trace of snow remaining on the ground. That there durned stuff jest won't leave us. |
| 2/23/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
T |
T |
Clear, light southerly winds, and 32° after high of 50° and low of 24°. The vestiges of snow in our yard (five consecutive days of a trace) should be gone after today. |
| 2/24/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Slight east winds, overcast, and 37° after high of 56° and low of 31°.Spent our Dimanche Gras at White Fence Farm in Romeoville. I've got so much chicken in me today that I might be able to fly. |
| 2/25/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.09 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Fierce northeasterly winds, overcast, and 36° (24-hour low) after high of 42°. Yesterday afternoon's rain was of that dreaded cold, wind-driven variety. |
| 2/26/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.19 |
2.5 |
0.19 |
2.5 |
0.19 |
Stiff northerly winds, light snow, and 30° (24-hour low) after high of 38°. Light precipitation fell for most of yesterday but accumulating snow didn't arrive until suppertime. This snowfall gives us 12.3" for February and 27.3" for the winter . |
| 2/27/2020 |
7:00 AM |
T |
T |
T |
1.9 |
0.11 |
Light west winds, sunny, and 23° (24-hour low) after high of 33°. Intermittent flurries yesterday amounted to nearly nothing. |
| 2/28/2020 |
7:00 AM |
T |
T |
T |
1.2 |
0.11 |
Thinning clouds, light northwest winds, and 20° (24-hour low) after high of but 32°. Flurries fell several times during the morning and afternoon. Even with yesterday's cold readings, we lost over an inch of our snowpack. We had plenty of sunshine, however, and that did the trick. |
| 2/29/2020 |
7:00 AM |
T |
T |
T |
1.0 |
0.09 |
Sunny, light west winds, and 17° after hi/lo of 28° and 15° with flurries. February finishes with 12.9" snow, the largest monthly total of a winter with but 27.9" thus far. Total precipitation was 1.21", the lowest for a February since I began collecting data in 2010. |
| 3/1/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
T |
T |
Sunny, strong south winds, and 36° (24-hour high). Most snow is gone from our yard and it seems certain that the rest will be gone by sundown this evening. |
| 3/2/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Light northwest winds, sunny, and 34° after high of 57° and low of 33°. Even in shaded areas snow has departed. |
| 3/3/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Light southwest winds, overcast, and 34° after high of 51° and low of 31°. |
| 3/4/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.03 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Light rain and 36° after very windy high of 51° and low of 34°. We've had but two days of measurable precipitation in the last two weeks. |
| 3/5/2020 |
7:00 AM |
T |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Winds 10-15 mph from south, sunny, and 33° after high of 49° and low of 31°. Slight bit of rain fell near 0900 hours yesterday. Looks as is we're in for another few days of hair-whipping winds. |
| 3/6/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.01 |
T |
T |
T |
T |
Fierce northwest winds, overcast, and 32° (24-hour low) after high of 53°. Drizzle fell at 2000 hours and flurries came down at 2200 hours. |
| 3/7/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Sunny, calm, and 23° (24-hour low) after high of 44°. |
| 3/8/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Sunny, moderate south winds, and 36° after hi/lo of 52° and 23°. The incessant winds made yesterday less pleasant than the temperatures would indicate. |
| 3/9/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.35 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Moderate southwest winds, overcast, and 46° after wonderful high of 66° and low of 36°. Lots of yard work was done yesterday. |
| 3/10/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.81 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Moderate north winds, overcast, and 39° (24-hour low) after high of 57°. |
| 3/11/2020 |
7:00 AM |
T |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Drizzle and 38° after high of 47° and low of 36°. |
| 3/12/2020 |
7:00 AM |
T |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Increasing clouds, light south wind, and 36° (24-hour low) after high of only 42°. Several episodes of very light rain yesterday. |
| 3/13/2020 |
7:00 AM |
T |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Sunny, icy northwest wind, and 33° (24-hour low) after high of 55°. Slight bit of rain fell at midday. |
| 3/14/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Overcast, east wind, and 37° after high of 49° and low of 33°. |
| 3/15/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.11 |
1.3 |
0.11 |
1.3 |
0.11 |
High of 38° and present/24-hour low of 33°. Measured the snow near midnight after radar showed that all precipitation was out of the area. 1.3" was on the ground at that time but now it appears to have melted somewhat. |
| 3/16/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Partly cloudy, light southeast winds, and 33° after high of 47° and low of 32°. All snow that was on the turf yesterday is gone. |
| 3/17/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.04 |
T |
T |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Light west winds, thinning clouds, and 36° after high of but 40° and low of 33°. Light snow fell at 1015 hours but quickly changed to rain. The rain was intermittent but perfect for our yard which has just been landscaped. |
| 3/18/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Light southeast winds, overcast winds, and 40° after high of 50° and low of 34°. With little wind and no place to go, it was a pleasant afternoon for yard work. |
| 3/19/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.37 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Light southeast winds, foggy, and 41° after high of 44° and low of 40°. Most rain fell from mid-afternoon to early evening. |
| 3/20/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.23 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Stout north winds, light rain, and 41° (24-hour low) after pleasant high of 62°. Yesterday's precipitation was scattered over much of the daylight hours, never reaching an intense level. |
| 3/21/2020 |
7:00 AM |
T |
T |
T |
T |
T |
Moderate but chilly northeast winds, overcast, and 29° after low of 28° and high of only 41°. Flurries fell at 0730 hours yesterday. |
| 3/22/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Light east winds, sunny, and 27° after puny high of 37° and low of 25°. Seems that we'll have snow to watch from inside our homes later today into tomorrow. |
| 3/23/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.37 |
4.9 |
0.37 |
4.9 |
3.70 |
Calm, misty, and 33° after high of 35° and low of 27°. Rain never fell here yesterday. Snow began at 1600 hours and continued until 0400 hours today. The NWS predictions of 1-2" were blown away by the 4.9" we received. Conversely, they'd predicted a high of 47° today and have now dropped that to only 41°. A bit of the Currier and Ives scene may still be around tomorrow morning. |
| 3/24/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Calm, overcast, and 33° after extremes of 41° and 31°. The 4.9" snow that greeted us upon awakening yesterday has Margaret Mitchelled: yes it's gone with the wind (and warmth and sun). |
| 3/25/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Calm, light fog, and 32° (24-hour low) after pleasant high of 46°. Was able to make my weekly Meals on Wheels deliveries yesterday. This time was different as I arrived at each home wearing blue latex gloves and a sanitary mask. Interesting times. |
| 3/26/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Calm, increasing clouds, and 42° after high of 54° which was 6-8° south of what NWS had predicted. |
| 3/27/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.05 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Hazy, light east winds, and 39° after high of 53° and low of 38°. All sorts of sprouts in the yard. Waiting for a little warmth and some thunderstorms. |
| 3/28/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.35 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Light rain and 49° after high of 54°. Lawn has greened considerably in the last week. We've now exceeded the normal precipitation for March. |
| 3/29/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.15 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Overcast, powerful west winds at 30+ mph, and 48° (24-hour low) after high of 64°. |
| 3/30/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.05 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
West winds at 10 mph, clear, and 39° (24-hour low) after high of but 48°. How serious an economic mess are we in due to this Wuhan virus? I drove through Joliet yesterday and the massive CN rail yards (formerly EJ&E) were 99% empty of rail cars. I'm nearly 70 and have never seen that before. |
| 3/31/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Icy northeast winds, overcast, and 37° (24-hour low) after high of 52°. March ends with a total of 6.2" snow and 2.87" precipitation. This is the point each year where I no longer place a "0" in the snow categories unless.... |
| 4/1/2020 |
7:00 AM |
T |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Light northeast winds, overcast, and 38° after hi/lo of 43° and 37°. Trace of rain circa 1400 hours. |
| 4/2/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, calm, and 33° (24-hour low) after a high of 56°. Today begins my second decade of reporting to CoCoRaHS. Where did those previous ten years go? |
| 4/3/2020 |
7:00 AM |
T |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Light southeast winds, overcast, and 48° after nice high of 64°. Our street has a thin cover of dampness so I'll enter a trace of rain. For the first time in 2020 I did a bunch of outside chores. Felt good to put the shovel to the soil but not to hunch under our deck and haul out items. |
| 4/4/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.07 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Overcast, chilly northwest winds, and 41° (24-hour low) after balmy high of 71°. Rain was perfectly timed for us. Did a whole lot of replanting and sodding and the bit of precipitation we had spared us watering for a few days. |
| 4/5/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.04 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Moderate north winds at 7-10 mph, mostly cloudy, and 36° after puny high of 46° and low of 35°. A blessed Palm Sunday as Holy Week commences. |
| 4/6/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Clear, calm, and 36° (24-hour low) after sub-normal high of 55°. |
| 4/7/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.86 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Every spring we have one overnight deluge that seems to jump-start the season. From 2300 hours until 0200 hours we got exactly that with all of Mother Nature's best. From looking at the CoCoRaHS map, it seems that the heavy rain rain came through in a very narrow band of perhaps 10-15 miles. High of 65°, low of 36° (0715 , 4/6) and current reading of 54° with light winds from the south. |
| 4/8/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.01 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Heavy rains passed to our north and we received a measurable trickle. High of 78°, low of 36° and currently 53° with gray skies and light northeast winds. |
| 4/9/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.03 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
West winds 15-25 mph, sunny, and 39° (24-hour low) after wonderful high of 75°. Cold front dropped down at 1700 hours and temperatures plummeted faster than the late-March stock market. |
| 4/10/2020 |
7:00 AM |
T |
T |
T |
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On this, the most solemn of Christian holy days, we have clear skies, light northwest winds, and 31° (24-hour low) after below-average high of 50°. High winds, a spit of rain, and snow squalls highlighted yesterday. In over 10 years of volunteering for CoCoRaHS I'd never had wind blow the top of my rain gauge completely off until yesterday when blasts of 50 mph from the northwest turned the trick. Later in the day at 1515 and again at 1900 hours snow arrived horizontally but melted immediately upon hitting the ground. |
| 4/11/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Light south winds, overcast, and 44° following peak reading of 51°, one of many sub-normal highs we'll endure in the next week. |
| 4/12/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.35 |
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M |
A glorious Easter to all of you! Overcast, light southeast winds, and 48° after high of 64° and low of 43°. Cut grass for the initial time in 2020, mowing only high spots that represented 15-20% of the lawn. |
| 4/13/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.07 |
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M |
25-40 mph winds, overcast, and 35° (24-hour low) after high of 64°. Am somewhat surprised that we received but 0.07" rain. First trickles of it were at 1430 hours. |
| 4/14/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
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M |
Heavy winds (40 mph gusts) have dissipated to only 10 mph from the west, sky is clear, and present reading of 29° is the 24-hour low. Yesterday's 43° high was far below average and the chill was mitigated slightly when the sun emerged |
| 4/15/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.04 |
1.0 |
0.04 |
1.0 |
0.04 |
Snowing and 30° after hi/lo of 41° (20° below average) and 29°. Thus far, April and the last weeks of March have been the 30 days from hell. |
| 4/16/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.04 |
0.8 |
0.40 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Light west winds, sunny, and 27° (24-hour low) on the heels of an abysmally low peak reading of but 37°. Before the temperature rose above 32°, I hustled out and measured the new snow and it was nearly the equal of the 7 a.m. total. |
| 4/17/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.33 |
3.0 |
0.33 |
3.0 |
0.33 |
Snowing and 34° after high of 46°. The snow is very wet and packed thickly. |
| 4/18/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.20 |
1.0 |
0.20 |
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Sunny, light west winds, and 32° (24-hour low) after high of 39°. Snow we had yesterday (which fell until 1200 hours) would have completely vanished had the sun come out for more than the final hour of daylight. As it is, random splotches still dappling the ground cause me to label it all as nothing more than a trace. |
| 4/19/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Sunny, calm, and 44° after below average high of 57° Yes, folks, that seemingly balmy reading is five degrees below normal. Our property is again devoid of any snow in even shaded and out-of-the-way locations. |
| 4/20/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
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M |
Sunny, calm, and 35° after hi/lo of 63° and 33°. We're 2/3's of the way through April and yesterday marked the first time I've needed to cut the backyard. |
| 4/21/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Chilly north winds, sunny, and 37° after hi/lo of 64° and 35°. |
| 4/22/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Light east winds, overcast, and 40° after high of 53° and low of 36°. From inside, yesterday looked like a beautiful day. When outside, one experienced an unpleasant day with the northwest winds bringing wind chills down to the low 40°s. |
| 4/23/2020 |
7:00 AM |
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Overcast, light south winds, and 46° after high of 64° and low of 40°. The forecasted precipitation continues to miss us except for a spit of rain at 1425 hours yesterday. Barely over two inches has fallen in three weeks this month. |
| 4/24/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Light northeast winds, overcast, and 44° (24-hour low) after high of 62°. We inch toward spring as May is but a week away. |
| 4/25/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.40 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Raining and 44° after hi/lo of 53° and 43°. Another glorious spring day is upon us so I'll spend the time painting our laundry room. |
| 4/26/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.64 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Light north winds, sunny, and 41° (24-hour low) after puny high of but 46°. The elements made a perfect day for painting a laundry room (if there IS a perfect day for that). 1.04" rain over the last two days. |
| 4/27/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, light south winds, and 39° (24-hour low) after seasonal high of 63°. Plants and shrubs, and tree buds have sprung to life after Friday/Saturday rain of 1+" and ample sunshine yesterday. |
| 4/28/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.75 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, light south winds, and 54° after high of 67°. We're still looking for our second day of temperatures that top 70°. Overnight rain poured at/past midnight. |
| 4/29/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.83 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Rain and 53° after high of 74° (only the second reading in the 70s since late October 2019) and low of 52°. After three mostly dry weeks, this month has suddenly exceeded its normal amount of rainfall. Total of 4.66" in April is second highest in my 11 years of volunteering for CoCoRaHS. |
| 4/30/2020 |
7:00 AM |
1.54 |
M |
M |
M |
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Strong north winds at 20-25 mph, overcast, and 43° (24-hour low) after high of 54° early yesterday. The last week's rain (especially yesterday's 1.54") has helped April to end with 6.20". Furthermore, our yearly total is already at 18.02", a sum we don't usually reach until the end of June. If rainwater could kill the Wuhan virus, we'd be in the clear! |
| 5/1/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.02 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, calm, and 37° after hi/lo of 56° and 36°. May begins with a gorgeous day unlike just about any we endured in April. |
| 5/2/2020 |
7:00 AM |
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M |
M |
M |
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Mottled sky, south winds at 10 mph, and 55° after high of 65°. Trace of rain got me while gardening at 1650 hours. How is our autocratic governor going to keep people inside on a day such as this is forecast to being? Good luck, big boy. |
| 5/3/2020 |
7:00 AM |
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M |
M |
M |
Sunny, light northwest winds, and 58° after wonderful high of 76°. Much yard work was accomplished and when I was mowing the lawn at 1550 hours a trace of rain fell on me. |
| 5/4/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Brisk northeast winds, sunny, and 43° (24-hour low) after late high of 72°. |
| 5/5/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.20 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Light rain and 45° after hi/lo of 52° and 44°. |
| 5/6/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.34 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Gorgeous looking day until one steps outside and gets hit by icy, 10 mph northwest winds and experiences the 39° temperature. Yesterday's high was but 47° and the low 37°. Global warming: Yeah, right. |
| 5/7/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Light west winds, sunny, and 44° after high of 63° and low of 39°. Amazing how much a little warmth, sun, and rain has changed our yard in the last 10 days. |
| 5/8/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Icy 20-25 mph winds from northeast and 41° (24-hour low) after high of 65°. |
| 5/9/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, light southwest breeze, and 31° after high of 48° and low of 30°. It's the second week of May? |
| 5/10/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Light west winds, threatening skies, and 49° after high of 60°. Once yesterday's winds abated, the day became relatively pleasant. |
| 5/11/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.20 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Overcast, light northwest winds, and 40° after early high of 52° and low of 37°. Great mid-March weather. Since last October we've had two days with 70°+ highs and haven't come within four degrees of 80°. Nevertheless, the lawn looks terrific. |
| 5/12/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, calm, and 39° after high of 51° (nearly 20° below average) and low of 38°. |
| 5/13/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, light southeast winds, and 44° after hi/lo of 63° and 39°. For those of you scoring at home, today is the 58th day (seems like 58th month) of this abridged way of life. |
| 5/14/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.02 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Threatening skies and 55° after high of 69° and low of 44° (0715 hours, 5/13). |
| 5/15/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.89 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Light rain and 60° after hi/lo of 71° and 54°. From a check of the Chicago area map, it appears that we were lucky to have had less than one inch of rain. |
| 5/16/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.02 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, light east winds, and 55° after pleasant high of 75° and overnight low of 53°. |
| 5/17/2020 |
7:00 AM |
1.04 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Raining and 57° after high of 72° and low of 52°. Those who didn't get around to mowing their lawns yesterday are going to be bailing grass 72 hours from now. |
| 5/18/2020 |
7:00 AM |
2.27 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Rain has finally stopped after 4.24" since Friday morning. Second time in less than three weeks that we've had a 3"+ deluge. Skies cloudy, slight south wind, and 55° after low of 54° and high of but 65°. |
| 5/19/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.06 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Light rain and 54° after high of 65° and low of 53°. The Good Lord to Bill Cosby seems appropriate, "Noah, how long can you tread water?" |
| 5/20/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.04 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Broken clouds, light east winds, and 55° after soggy day with high of only 61° and low of 54°. After spending the weekend above flood stage, Hickory Creek retreated to within its banks yesterday. |
| 5/21/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Cloudy, east winds (again!), and 56° after hi/lo of 65° and 55°. Was nice to have an entire day with no rain. Mowed the back yard but had to clean the underside of the machine after I finished. |
| 5/22/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.02 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Light northeast wind, overcast, and 59° following high of 65° and low of 56°. Had no idea that any rain was forecast but the deck is wet, the grass is soaked, and .02" was in the gauge. |
| 5/23/2020 |
7:00 AM |
T |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, light east winds, and 61° after high of 74° and low of 59°. Trace of rain occurred at 1015 hours as I was driving the car out of the driveway. Light rain continued for a minute or two. Temperatures have not hit 80° since mid-autumn; the weekend's forecast seems to portend the end of that streak. |
| 5/24/2020 |
7:00 AM |
1.52 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Storm struck at 1510 hours and was so vicious it was impossible to see the homes across the street. 6.51" rain for May and before the downpour we had our first 80° in 240 days. Overnight low temperature was 61° and at present 65° under sunny skies. |
| 5/25/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
South winds at 10 mph, mostly sunny, and 70° after high of 86° and low of 65°. Today is for those who paid the price for the liberties we once had. |
| 5/26/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, light southeast winds, and 73° after hi/lo of 85° and 68°. Gee, two days in a row without rain. |
| 5/27/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, light south winds, and 71° after high of 86° and low of 69°. |
| 5/28/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.12 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Light southeast zephyrs, muggy, and 70° after high of 84° and low of 69°. Have needed to cut the lawn four times in 11 days. |
| 5/29/2020 |
7:00 AM |
1.05 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Calm, overcast, and 60° after high of 80° and low of 59°. Was flummoxed when I saw that the tube was more than full. Fourth time this month we've had a day with 1+" of rain. Seems we'll finish May with just under 8" rain. |
| 5/30/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, light north winds, and 55° following pleasant high of 71° and low of 53°. Our lawn mower is begging to back into hibernation. |
| 5/31/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
East winds at 10 mph, sunny, and 55° after hi/lo of 74° and 55°. May finishes with 7.81" rain (normal (4.22") and the first five months of 2020 have recorded 21.13" (normal 13.76"). Only once in May did we go four consecutive days without precipitation. The grass, trees, and plants on our property are luxuriantly green, however, our mower has demanded to be laid-off! |
| 6/1/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Overcast, light south winds, and 57° after high of 72° and low of 53°. |
| 6/2/2020 |
7:00 AM |
T |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Southwest winds at 10 mph, sunny, and 66° following hi/lo of 76° and 57°. Two brief sprays of rain occurred at 1015 and 1300 hours. |
| 6/3/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Hazy, calm, and 71° after our first 90° day of the year following a low of 66°. No measurable rain the last five days. Last time for that was early March. |
| 6/4/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.13 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Hazy, light south winds, and 69° after late high of 84° and low of 68°. Rain occurred just after 1030 hours. |
| 6/5/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Partly cloudy, light south winds, and 71° after high of 85° and low of 69°. Yesterday's heavy dew made it impossible to cut the grass until very late in the day. |
| 6/6/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Mostly sunny, light north winds, and 69° (24-hour low) after humid high of 86°. We've had but 0.13" rain the first week of June; no complaints here. Keep in mind what happened on the beaches of Normandy 76 years ago this morning. |
| 6/7/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Thinning clouds, light northeast winds, and 61° after high of 80° and low of 60°. Beautiful day! After the deluges of May, we've had but one day of rain in the last nine. |
| 6/8/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, light southeast winds, and 69° after late high of 85° and low of 60°. Gorgeous Sabbath! |
| 6/9/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, moderate southeast winds, and 73° after high of 89°. Has been quite some time since cracks were in bare soil. |
| 6/10/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.19 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Clearing skies, light southeast wind, and 77° after hi/lo of 89° and 73°. Seemed as though more rain fell than the amount in my gauge indicated. Might be that so much of the rain fell in a non-vertical manner. |
| 6/11/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.10 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, light west winds, and 59° (24-hour low) after high of 81° that slowly slipped most of the day. Yesterday's precipitation brought us to 0.42" for the first third of June; we're way below average. At mid-morning drove I-80 to Indiana and was caught in fierce storm which made visibility seriously limited. I'll wager that in the hour I motored in Lake County, the rain total was more than we've had through our first ten days of June. |
| 6/12/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, calm, and 60° (24-hour low) after high of 80°. |
| 6/13/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.04 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Mostly sunny, moderate northeast winds, and 54° (24-hour low) following high of 83°. Overnight rain was helpful but more is needed. |
| 6/14/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Splendid morning with full sun, no wind, and a reading of 57°. Yesterday's high was 71° and the overnight low 54°. C'mon, get those stars and stripes out and hoist 'em high! |
| 6/15/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sorry about my tardiness: Computer problems! Sunny, light southeast winds, and 58° after hi/lo of 75° and 52°. Turf is very hard and large cracks have appeared. |
| 6/16/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, light south winds, and 63° after high of 79° and low of 58°. Remember when many of us were complaining about too much rain in May? We're more than halfway through June and have but 0.46". |
| 6/17/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, calm, and 67° after high of 85° and low of 63°. 13 of June's 17 days have had no rain and we're headed for a few more dry ones. |
| 6/18/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, light southeast winds, and 64° (24-hour low) after high of 85°. 14 of 18 days in June have had no rain. Mowed the backyard yesterday but at times had a tough time seeing where I had and hadn't cut. My venerable grass machine will be getting a nice little rest after being put to the challenge in May and early June. |
| 6/19/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, calm, and 66° following high of 88° and low of 64°. 15 of 19 days in June have been without rain. We're still under 1/2". The water in Hickory Creek is but 18" deep, the lowest in 2010. |
| 6/20/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Light south breezes, mostly cloudy, and 73° after hi/lo of 89° and 66°. Our yard could be excavated and the chunks of earth used as bricks. 16 days this month have been dry and when rain did fall it totaled under 1/2". |
| 6/21/2020 |
7:00 AM |
1.28 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Storm came through at 2030 hours with 35 mph winds and 1.28" much-needed rain. Discharge rate of Hickory Creek increased by 30 cfps due to the downpour. High of 87° and present low of 67° with light west winds and hazy skies. |
| 6/22/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.02 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Calm, hazy, and 70° after high that scraped 80° late in the day and an overnight low of 67°. Nothing short of amazing what an inch of rain can do to perk up a yard. |
| 6/23/2020 |
7:00 AM |
2.68 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Tumultuous day with two intense periods of rainfall. From 1245 hours until 1415 1.08" rain pelted us. Temperatures fell from 83° (high for the day) to 66°. Second band of heavy rain lasted from 1800 hours to 2000 hours with another 1.60" falling. Hickory Creek rose three feet as a result of the storms. At present, 60° (24-hour low) under mostly cloudy skies and brisk northwest winds. |
| 6/24/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.01 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, light west winds, and 61° following dry high of 75° and low of 60°. Very heavy dew on the lawn this morning. Some drops of rain just before 1500 hours. |
| 6/25/2020 |
7:00 AM |
T |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, calm, and 63° after hi/lo of 79° and low of 61°. Trace of rain occurred at 1420 hours as I sat waiting in the car for my wife. |
| 6/26/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.03 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Light rain and 68° following high of 84° and low of 61° (0715 hours 6/25). This morning's rain began falling at 0615 hours. |
| 6/27/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.82 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, light west winds, and 70° after high of 86° and low of 67°. Humidity is 95% which leaves me feeling as if Dick Butkus is sitting on my chest. Last night's storms (many small branches down) have taken us over the 5" mark for June after being bone-dry until one week ago. |
| 6/28/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Slight west wind, overcast, and 71° after muggy high of 82° and overnight low of 70°. |
| 6/29/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Hazy skies, light southeast winds, and 74° after late high of 86° and low of 70°. |
| 6/30/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.48 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, light east wind, and 71° after high of 90° and low of 69°. Yesterday's rain took us near 6" for the third straight month. With half the year to go, we've exceeded the rainfall for the entire drought-plagued year of 2012. |
| 7/1/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.21 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny with very high humidity, light southeast winds, and 71° following high of 86° and low of 70°. |
| 7/2/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Light east winds, sunny, and 73° following high of 86° and low of 69°. The grass keeps growing and I must keep mowing. |
| 7/3/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, calm, and 70° after high of 87° and low of 67°. |
| 7/4/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, light north winds, and 71° after hi/lo of 89° and 68°. Remember the original reason we celebrate today. |
| 7/5/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, calm, and 73° following high of 89° and low of 71°. Soil is getting rock-hard again. |
| 7/6/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, calm, and 74° after late high of 89° and low of 72°. Five consecutive days without rain. |
| 7/7/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, calm, very muggy, and 76° after high of 91° and low of 73°. Six consecutive days with no rain. |
| 7/8/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.01 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
High of 91°, low of 73° and present reading of 74°. Spit of rain occurred at 2120 hours along with a five-minute blast of north winds. |
| 7/9/2020 |
7:00 AM |
1.29 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
High of 90°, low of 69° and present, calm reading of 71°. Yesterday's storm lasted from 1710 hours to 1830 and featured winds of 35-50 mph. Broken branches were driven into the lawn as to make it seem that the limbs were independent trees. Discharge (cubic feet of water per second) on Hickory Creek increased four-fold during this violent quick storm. |
| 7/10/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.60 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Rain and 69° (24-hour low) after high of 88°. Our drought-and-drench cycle continues in 2020. |
| 7/11/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.03 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Light west winds, sunny, and 69° after high of 83° and low of 67°. Amount of rain reported is from tail of storm that concluded just after reporting time on 7/10. |
| 7/12/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.53 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
High of 82°, low of 67°, and two bouts of rain 12 hours apart. |
| 7/13/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.02 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Gorgeous morning! Sunny, calm, and 65° after hi /lo of 80° and 62°. The 0.02" rain being reported appeared just after collection yesterday. |
| 7/14/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Whoops, overslept! Sunny, light south winds, and 69° after high of 80° and low of 64°. |
| 7/15/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Hazy skies, light south winds, and 69° following high of 82° and low of 64°. |
| 7/16/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.75 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Moderate north winds, overcast, and 68° after high of 83° and low of 63°. Mother Nature was kind enough to allow me to cut the front yard before she again opened the floodgates at 1530 hours. |
| 7/17/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, light southwest winds, and 71° following pleasant day with high of 84° and low of 66°. |
| 7/18/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, light southwest winds, and 73° (24-hour low) after high of 84°. |
| 7/19/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.24 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Thunderstorm and 75° after hi/lo of 87° and 73°. |
| 7/20/2020 |
7:00 AM |
2.78 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, light northwest winds, and 67° after high of 80° and low of 66°. This past weekend was one of botched weather forecasts. The predicted, scorching high of 96° never got past 84°. Better yet, the one-half to three-quarters inch of rain forecast for yesterday became 2.78". In the last 60 days we've now had three days in which more than 2 1/4 inches of rain fell. |
| 7/21/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Overcast, light east wind, and 71° following high of 82° and low of 67°. |
| 7/22/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.30 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Overcast, light west wind, and 70° (24-hour low) after high of 77° that was appreciable below average. We after nearing 7" rain for July and still have over a week left. |
| 7/23/2020 |
7:00 AM |
T |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, very heavy dew, light north wind, and 65° after hi/lo of 85° and 64°. On several occasions yesterday, drops appeared on our deck and window. |
| 7/24/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, light north winds, and 64° (24-hour low) following high of 82° on a beautiful day for yard work. The lawn, however, keeps relentlessly growing. |
| 7/25/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Light southeast winds, sunny, and already 71° following high of 84° and low of 64° (0715 hours, 7/24). |
| 7/26/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, light south winds, and 72° after hi/lo of 85° and 71°. |
| 7/27/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.05 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Overcast, calm, and 74° after high of 90° and low of 73°. Brief spit of rain at 2230 hours. |
| 7/28/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.02 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
High of 85° and low of 65° with nagging rainfall between 0830 and 1000 hours. Under sunny and calm skies, temperature is 66°. |
| 7/29/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, light southwest winds, and 70° following high of 85° and low of 66°. Pleasant day! |
| 7/30/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Mostly cloudy, light east wind, and 73° following high of 86° and low of 70°. We've had only 0.07" rain in the last eight days. |
| 7/31/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.05 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, light northeast winds, and 68° after high of but 77° and low of 67°. July ends with a total of 6.88" rain. |
| 8/1/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Overcast, calm, and 69° after hi/lo of 81° and 67°. |
| 8/2/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.12 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Overcast, light southeast winds, and 64° (24-hour low) after super-pleasant high of 76°. |
| 8/3/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.05 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Overcast, light northeast winds, and 65° after high of 81° and low of 64°. |
| 8/4/2020 |
7:00 AM |
T |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, chilly north winds, and 59° after high of but 73° and low of 58°. Been some time since we had temps in the low 70s and upper 50s. Trace of rain occurred at 0945 hours, |
| 8/5/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, calm, and 54° (24-hour low) after high of 73°. |
| 8/6/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Overcast, calm, and 62° after high of 75°. We've hit a dry spell with under 0.3" rain in the last 2 1/2 weeks. Lawn is looking beaten down, and cracks are appearing in the soil. |
| 8/7/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, calm, and 62° following high of 77° and overnight low of 60°. |
| 8/8/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, light south wind, and 64° after hi/lo of 82° and 62°. |
| 8/9/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, light south winds, and 70° after high of 85° and low of 64°. We need rain. |
| 8/10/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Moderate south winds, overcast, and a muggy 73° after high of 85° and low of 69°. If you have plans to go to Chicago, you may want to change your mind. |
| 8/11/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.62 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Devastating storm hit at 3:45 pm. Winds of 75 mph caused large limbs to make 3 holes in our roof and pierce the side of the garage. One tree has been totally destroyed and two will be on the critical list. I apologize for the lateness of my report, but this was the earliest I could find internet. Thank you, Frankfort Library. P.S. High was 87° yesterday and overnight low was 70°. |
| 8/12/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
The opposite of 39 hours ago: Sunny, calm and 60° (24-hour low) after high of 82°. Again my thanks to the library in Frankfort for allowing me to enter yesterday's report (at 3 p.m.!) because New Lenox was almost dead with regard to internet and electricity. |
| 8/13/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, calm, and 68° after high of 85° and low of 60°. |
| 8/14/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, calm, and 68° (24-hour low) after muggy high of 87°. Many areas in New Lenox are still without power and have large, uprooted trees covering their homes. |
| 8/15/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, calm, and 68° as our spell of dry weather continues. Yesterday's extremes were 88° and 67°. |
| 8/16/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, light northwest winds, and 62° (24-hour low) after wonderful high of 86°. Great weather for us to put our house and yard back together. |
| 8/17/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Thinning clouds, calm, and 68° after high of 84° and low of 62° |
| 8/18/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.13 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, light northeast winds, and 63°. Much-needed rain was accompanied by high of 78° and overnight low of 62°. |
| 8/19/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Autumnal morning with sun, calm, and 58° (24-hour low) after high of 80°. |
| 8/20/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, calm, and 63° after high of 81° and low of 58°. |
| 8/21/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, calm, and 61° (24-hour low) after clement high of 82°. |
| 8/22/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, calm, and 65° after high of 84° and low of 61°. Where's the rain? |
| 8/23/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Mostly sunny, slight breeze from south, and 64° (24-hour low) on the heels of 85° high. Rain, where are you? Three weeks of August have produced but 0.92". |
| 8/24/2020 |
7:00 AM |
T |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Same old saw: sunny, calm, and already 70° after no rain except for squirt of precipitation at 1545 hours. High of 87° and low of 64°. |
| 8/25/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Hazy skies, calm, and 75° after toasty high of 923°. No rain. Four days of 24 this month have had precipitation. |
| 8/26/2020 |
7:00 AM |
T |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Pitiful, brief spray of rain yesterday. High of 92° followed by this morning's muggy, calm reading of 71° (24-hour low). |
| 8/27/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, light southwest winds and 74° following sweaty high of 91° and low of 71°. |
| 8/28/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Mostly cloudy, calm, and 73° (24-hour low) after another hot one with 91° being the high. Four days this month with rain as we sit at a total of 0.92" with three days to go. |
| 8/29/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.01 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, brisk northwest winds, and 69° (24-hour low) after high of 91°. Our pitiful 0.01" rain came last night as we were headed off to bed. We heard a funny sound outside and discovered the deck to be wet. By this morning the platform was dry. So much for those predictions of 0.50"-0.75" rain made just 36 hours ago. |
| 8/30/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Clear skies, light north wind, and 61° after hi/lo of 81° and 60°. 0.93" rain for August; the lawn is parched and going dormant. |
| 8/31/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Partly cloudy, light south winds, and 63° following high of 80° and low of 61°. August concludes with a pitiful total of 0.93" rain. Lowest amount of precipitation since December 2017. |
| 9/1/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Overcast, light east winds, and a muggy 71° after high of 83°. We begin September and meteorological autumn with rainfall denoted by the numeral invented by Arabians. |
| 9/2/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.33 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Misty, light west winds, and 69° after a glorious 0.33" of rain. This was but the third day since 24 July we received more than 1/10th inch of precipitation. Yesterday's high was but 75° and low bottomed at 68°. |
| 9/3/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
63°, light southwest winds, and sunny skies following gorgeous day with high of 81° and low of 61°. Amazing what 0.33" rain did for our lawn, flowers, and bushes. |
| 9/4/2020 |
6:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Clear, calm, and 55° (24-hour low) after dry high of 85°. Of 46 days since late July, we've had notable rain on only four days. |
| 9/5/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, calm, and 59° after wonderful high of 78°. With the winds, falling leaves, and sub-sweaty conditions, autumn sure seems to be in the air. |
| 9/6/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.15 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Glorious rain and 60° after high of 82° and low of 59°. With 0.48" precipitation in September's initial week we're over halfway to August's paltry rain total. |
| 9/7/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.65 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Misty, calm, and 71° after 24-hour period which offered enough rain to help us surpass in six days what we didn't happen in all of August. Overnight rains, however, did not materialize. |
| 9/8/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.56 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Rain and 61° after high of 81° and low of 60°. Can't speak for others but the precipitation is quite welcome at this address. |
| 9/9/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.47 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Overcast, chilly northeast winds, and 60° (24-hour low) after high of but 67°. Wonderful to have had gentle rain the last four days which has doubled the total for all of August. The parkway lawn we repaired has exploded in luxuriant Kentucky blue grass. |
| 9/10/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.01 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Overcast, light north wind, and 58° (24-hour low) after sub-normal high of 66°. Slight amount of rain in the gauge fell immediately after yesterday's collection. |
| 9/11/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.28 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Light east wind, misty, and 60° after hi/lo of 68° and 58°. 19 years ago today.... |
| 9/12/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.02 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Overcast, moderate southeast winds, and 63° after peak reading of 68° and low of 60°. Fourth consecutive day our high hasn't reached 70°. Conversely, seventh day in a row with measurable precipitation and we still need more to make up for August. |
| 9/13/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.31 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Light northwest winds, sunny, and 60° after high of 71° (hey, we made it to 70°!) and low of 59°. Our skein of rainy days should end today at eight. |
| 9/14/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Calm, sunny, and 56° (24-hour low) after wonderful high of 73°. First morning in 1 1/2 weeks that I'm not reporting rain. All the rain, however, has recreated our verdant lawn. And now it'll need to be mowed. |
| 9/15/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, light south winds, and 57° following high of 75° and low of 56°. |
| 9/16/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Clear skies, light south winds, and 56° (24-hour low) after high of 77°. Gorgeous weather! Hickory Creek is at 50% of its mean flowage. |
| 9/17/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Overcast, stiff winds from northeast, and 65° after enjoyable high of 80°. |
| 9/18/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, light northeast winds, and 54° (24-hour low) after high of 71°. |
| 9/19/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, light southeast winds, and 45° (24-hour low) after high of but 64°. Roofers are here to complete final repairs to the damage caused by 10 August Derecho. |
| 9/20/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Clear, calm, and 49° after hi/lo of 67° and 45° We're starting to string together dry days again. Yesterday makes seven in a row. |
| 9/21/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, light southeast winds, and 50° after windy high of 74° and low of 48°. Yet another day passes with no rain. That's eight zeroes in a row. |
| 9/22/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Light southeast winds, clear, and 53° after high of 76° and low of 50°. Nine consecutive days without rain. |
| 9/23/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, calm, and 55° after hi/lo of 78° and 52°. Ten straight days without rain. |
| 9/24/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, calm, and 54° (24-hour low) after high of 77°. 11 consecutive days without rain. Mother Nature is not being kind to a guy who needed to plant many plots of grass after Derecho-propelled debris ripped up his lawn. |
| 9/25/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, light south winds, and 56° after pleasant high of 78° and low of 54°. Twelve days have passed without a drop of rain. |
| 9/26/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Overcast, moderate southwest winds, and 60° after high of 80° and low of 56°. 13 consecutive days without rain. The turf is brick-hard and loose soil is dust. |
| 9/27/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Clear, moderate southwest winds, and 64° after hi/lo of 78° and 60°. 14 consecutive rainless day have passed. Soil that isn't brick-hard is dust and is so thick it can be smelled. |
| 9/28/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.37 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Light rain and 55° (24-hour low) after high of 77°. The much-needed rain is the first we've had in over two weeks. |
| 9/29/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.02 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, calm, and 45L (24-hour low) after high of but 62°. Today's stated precipitation is the remnant of the storm of 24-30 hours ago. |
| 9/30/2020 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Overcast, light west winds, and 50° after hi/lo of 60° and 45°. September concludes with a total of 3.17" rain, most of it in the second week of the month. |