CHAMPAIGN, IL LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA JANUARY 1997 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 01/01/97 49 35 0.01 .0 0 L,F SW 8.3 CLDY 23 0* 01/02/97 62 49 T .0 0 L,F SW 11.0 CLDY 9 0 01/03/97 56 47 T .0 0 L,F SW 5.1 CLDY 13 0 01/04/97 64* 40 0.21 .0 0 TRW+ S 14.4 CLDY 13 0 01/05/97 40 22 T T 0 SW- W 14.8 CLDY 34 0 01/06/97 24 12 T T 0 SW- W 8.6 CLDY 47 0 01/07/97 29 12 .00 .0 0 NW 4.6 PC 44 0 01/08/97 27 13 T T 0 S,BS NE 3.4 CLDY 45 0 01/09/97 25 20 0.34 4.6 2 SW,BS W 8.6 CLDY 42 0 01/10/97 20 0 0.01 1.0 5 S,BS W 17.2 CLDY 55 0 01/11/97 2 -4 .00 .0 6 W 10.9 PC 66 0 01/12/97 2 -8 .00 .0 6 W 6.9 CLR 68 0 01/13/97 8 -6 .00 .0 6 W 4.8 CLR 64 0 01/14/97 17 -4 .00 .0 6 SW 3.3 CLR 58 0 01/15/97 30 8 0.62* 5.3* 9 SW,IP,ZR- SSE 9.7 CLDY 46 0 01/16/97 18 -3 .00 .0 12* W 14.2 CLR 57 0 01/17/97 4 -12* .00 .0 12 W 8.6 CLR 69* 0 01/18/97 11 -8 0.01 0.1 12 SW- W 8.4 PC 63 0 01/19/97 26 11 .00 .0 12 S 6.2 CLDY 46 0 01/20/97 44 20 .00 .0 12 SW 4.4 CLR 33 0 01/21/97 43 25 0.26 .0 10 R-,L,F SE 9.8 PC 31 0 01/22/97 47 27 0.25 .0 4 TRW,R,L,F W 11.6 PC 28 0 01/23/97 28 20 T T 2 SW- E 5.1 CLDY 41 0 01/24/97 36 21 0.23 T 2 R,SW- W 8.7 CLDY 36 0 01/25/97 21 6 T T 2 SW- W 12.1 CLDY 51 0 01/26/97 26 5 0.16 2.5 2 S E 4.2 CLDY 49 0 01/27/97 32 3 0.40 2.0 3 ZR,IP,S E 5.7 CLDY 47 0 01/28/97 8 -7 .00 .0 4 NW 5.0 CLR 64 0 01/29/97 22 -3 .00 .0 4 SE 3.1 PC 55 0 01/30/97 28 10 .00 .0 4 S 5.3 PC 46 0 01/31/97 42 28 .00 .0 3 SW 9.1 PC 30 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TOT/AVE 28.7 12.2 2.50 15.5 W 8.2 1,373 0 DEP -3.0 -4.7 +0.67 +7.4 W -0.1 +90 +0 =========================NUMBER OF DAYS AND DEPARTURE========================= MAX TEMP MIN TEMP ----------PRECIPITATION------------- >=90 <=32 <=32 <=0 >=T >=.01 >=.10 >=.50 >=1.00 TOTAL 0 21 27 9 18 11 8 1 0 DEP +0 +5 -2 +5 - +2 +3 +0 +0 SNOW SKY COVER ----------WEATHER TYPES---------- >=1.0 CLR PC CLDY F T IP A R L S Z D H BS TOTAL 5 7 8 16 5 2 2 0 4 5 12 2 0 0 3 DEP +2 -1 -1 +2 +1 +1 - +0 -1 +2 +2 +0 - - - SEASONAL SEASONAL JAN- JAN HEAT DD COOL DD PRECITITATION TOTAL 3756 0 2.50 DEP +221 +0 +0.67 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: 8th snowiest Jan in C-U (rec 28.3/1979). New rec max temps on 2nd (old rec 60/1950) and 4th (old rec 56/1922). Peak gust 33.3 mph from the west on the 5th. Jan 5-29 was 25th coldest 25-day period in C-U.