CHAMPAIGN, IL LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA DECEMBER 1996 Illinois Water Survey SUMMARY ============================================================================== TEMP PRECIP ----SNOW-- WEATHER WIND SKY DEGREE DAYS DATE MX MN INCH T INCH T DEP TYPES D S COV H C ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 12/01/96 41 22 0.24 1.0 1 R,SW W 8.8 CLDY 33 0 12/02/96 42 23 .00 .0 1 F SE 5.2 PC 32 0 12/03/96 40 24 T T 0 SW- W 12.0 CLDY 33 0 12/04/96 35 18 .00 .0. 0 SE 4.7 CLR 38 0 12/05/96 34 30 0.27 4.6* 4* S,SW,L,ZL SE 10.5 CLDY 33 0 12/06/96 39 27 .00 .0 3 SE 6.0 CLDY 32 0 12/07/96 45 28 .00 .0 2 W 5.2 CLDY 28 0 12/08/96 33 26 T T T SW- NW 9.5 CLDY 35 0 12/09/96 33 24 .00 .0 T S 6.9 CLDY 36 0 12/10/96 56 31 .00 .0 T S 5.3 PC 21 0 12/11/96 55 39 0.05 .0 0 L,F N 4.8 CLDY 18 0 12/12/96 40 37 T .0 0 L NW 6.0 CLDY 26 0 12/13/96 45 28 .00 .0 0 F SE 3.5 PC 28 0 12/14/96 46 33 .00 .0 0 SE 8.0 CLDY 25 0 12/15/96 44 30 0.28 .0 0 R,L W 9.8 CLDY 28 0 12/16/96 31 29 T T 0 SW- N 4.1 CLDY 35 0 12/17/96 30 18 0.01 0.2 0 SW W 8.3 CLDY 41 0 12/18/96 18 9 T T T SW W 10.0 CLDY 51 0 12/19/96 12 4* T T T SW- W 11.3 PC 57* 0 12/20/96 19 7 .00 .0 T S 7.7 PC 52 0 12/21/96 36 16 T .0 T L S 13.8 CLDY 39 0 12/22/96 43 34 T .0 0 L SE 5.6 CLDY 26 0 12/23/96 58* 25 0.40* .0 0 TRW,R,R-,L S 14.0 CLDY 23 0 12/24/96 25 10 0.02 0.3 T SW,F W 13.1 CLDY 47 0 12/25/96 18 8 T T T SW- W 4.1 PC 52 0 12/26/96 31 16 0.12 1.3 T SW SE 3.9 CLDY 41 0 12/27/96 40 25 T .0 1 L,F SE 5.1 PC 32 0 12/28/96 48 40 .00 .0 T F SW 6.8 CLDY 21 0 12/29/96 42 30 .00 .0 0 F NW 4.8 CLDY 29 0 12/30/96 37 28 T .0 0 L,F SE 4.0 CLDY 32 0 12/31/96 38 32 .00 .0 0 F E 4.5 CLDY 30 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOT/AVE 37.2 24.2 1.39 7.4 W 7.3 1,054 0 DEP +0.7 +2.2 -1.63 +1.4 S -0.6 -63 +0 =========================NUMBER OF DAYS AND DEPARTURE========================== MAX TEMP MIN TEMP ----------PRECIPITATION------------- >=90 <=32 <=32 <=0 >=T >=.01 >=.10 >=.50 >=1.00 TOTAL 0 8 26 0 19 8 5 0 0 DEP +0 -3 +0 -2 - -3 -1 -2 -1 SNOW SKY COVER ----------WEATHER TYPES---------- >=1.0 CLR PC CLDY F T IP A R L S Z D H BS TOTAL 2 1 7 23 9 1 0 0 3 9 11 1 0 0 0 DEP +0 -6 +0 +6 +3 +0 - +0 -5 +6 +2 -2 - - - SEASONAL SEASONAL JAN- DEC HEAT DD COOL DD PRECITITATION TOTAL 2383 894 38.41 DEP +131 -78 -1.33 WEATHER TYPES:F=Fog;T=Thunder;IP=Ice Pellets;A=Hail;R=Rain;S=Snow;Z=Freezing Precip;D=Dust;H=Haze;BS=Blowing Snow; RW=Rain Showers;SW=Snow Showers; L=Drizzle;T=Trace. Intensities: + heavy; - light; absence of symbol indicates moderate. Degree days:Heat and Cool base 65F,Corn Growing base 50F. Averages based on 1961-1990 data.Snow depth at 7 AM LST. Sky 7 AM - 7 PM LST. Other data mid-mid. Heat DD season Jul-Jun; Cool and Corn season Jan-Dec. REMARKS: Tornado watch on 23rd. Peak wind gust was 35.9 mph, from the south, on the 23rd.