CHAMPAIGN, IL LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA MARCH 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 03/01/96 40 15 T T 0 S- SW 11.3 PC 37 0 03/02/96 33 12 T T 0 S- W 11.9 PC 42 0 03/03/96 28 6 .00 .0 0 SW 6.6 CLR 48 0 03/04/96 48 16 .00 .0 0 SE 9.6 CLDY 33 0 03/05/96 52 32 0.68 .0 0 TRW,R NE 10.1 CLDY 23 0 03/06/96 32 14 0.05 0.2 0 ZL,SW-,F N 13.1 CLDY 42 0 03/07/96 19 8 T T T SW- NW 10.8 PC 51 0 03/08/96 15 2* .00 .0 T W 11.0 PC 56* 0 03/09/96 28 10 .00 .0 0 W 4.1 CLR 46 0 03/10/96 40 15 .00 .0 0 SSE 6.3 PC 37 0 03/11/96 48 26 .00 .0 0 SE 5.6 CLR 28 0 03/12/96 54 27 .00 .0 0 SE 5.7 CLR 24 0 03/13/96 59 30 T .0 0 RW- SSE 5.2 CLDY 20 0 03/14/96 70* 33 .00 .0 0 F SW 4.1 CLDY 13 0 03/15/96 58 34 .00 .0 0 F N 7.8 CLR 19 0 03/16/96 53 28 .00 .0 0 NE 4.7 PC 24 0 03/17/96 51 28 0.01 .0 0 R-,L NNE 4.9 CLDY 25 0 03/18/96 52 26 .00 .0 0 F N 4.7 PC 26 0 03/19/96 37 31 0.15 1.5* 0 S,ZL NNW13.7 CLDY 31 0 03/20/96 37 27 T T 2* SW- N 14.4 CLDY 33 0 03/21/96 38 24 .00 .0 T NW 7.7 PC 34 0 03/22/96 47 23 .00 .0 T NW 6.0 CLR 30 0 03/23/96 52 22 0.02 .0 0 RW-,L SSE 7.3 PC 28 0 03/24/96 60 36 0.12 .0 0 TRW S 15.7 CLDY 17 0 03/25/96 53 18 0.01 T 0 RW-,SW- W 19.6 CLDY 29 0 03/26/96 33 15 .00 .0 0 W 8.3 CLR 41 0 03/27/96 44 17 .00 .0 0 NE 5.0 PC 34 0 03/28/96 48 33 0.15 .0 0 R-,L NE 7.9 CLDY 24 0 03/29/96 54 36 T .0 0 L E 4.8 CLDY 20 0 03/30/96 56 44 .00 .0 0 SE 4.6 CLDY 15 0 03/31/96 47 33 1.00* .0 0 TRW-,R,L N 12.3 CLDY 25 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TOT/AVE 44.7 23.3 2.19 1.7 N 8.5 955 0 DEP -4.1 -7.8 -1.11 -2.4 S -0.1 +170 -1 ========================NUMBER OF DAYS AND DEPARTURE========================== MAX TEMP MIN TEMP ----------PRECIPITATION------------- >=90 <=32 <=32 <=0 >=T >=.01 >=.10 >=.50 >=1.00 TOTAL 0 5 24 0 15 9 5 2 1 DEP +0 +2 +6 +0 - -3 -2 +0 +0 SNOW SKY COVER ----------WEATHER TYPES---------- >=1.0 CLR PC CLDY F T IP A R L S Z D H BS TOTAL 1 7 10 14 4 3 0 0 8 5 7 2 0 0 0 DEP +0 +0 +1 -1 +0 +0 - -1 -2 +1 +1 +1 - - - SEASONAL SEASONAL JAN- MAR HEAT DD COOL DD PRECITITATION TOTAL 5791 0 5.66 DEP +429 -1 -1.44 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: Rec low mean temp on 8th, old rec 10/1943. Tied 4th lowest ave. mon. mean temp, rec 18.0/1960. Seasonal total HDD through the end of Mar, 11th highest total for that same period. Peak gust 41.1 mph, from the west, on the 25th. Winter Stats (D,J,F): mean temp was 26.4F (-0.7F), precip totaled 5.09 inches (-1.73 inches), snowfall totaled 22.9 inches (+1.8 inches), and HDD totaled 3503 (+61 HDD).