CHAMPAIGN, IL LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA MARCH 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 03/01/97 65 38 0.08 .0 0 R SW 7.4 CLDY 13 0* 03/02/97 43 31 .00 .0 0 NW 7.6 PC 28 0 03/03/97 49 29 .00 .0 0 NE 7.0 PC 26 0 03/04/97 57 35 0.05 .0 0 R-,RW- W 8.6 CLDY 19 0 03/05/97 37 29 0.08 T* 0 R-,RW-,SW-,IP- N 9.9 CLDY 32 0 03/06/97 37 25 .00 .0 0 W 8.9 CLR 34 0 03/07/97 54 22 .00 .0 0 S 11.9 PC 27 0 03/08/97 54 35 .00 .0 0 E 5.5 CLR 20 0 03/09/97 53 32 0.86 .0 0 TRW+,R,R-,L- SE 8.6 CLDY 22 0 03/10/97 55 29 .00 .0 0 SW 8.1 CLR 23 0 03/11/97 52 30 .00 .0 0 NE 6.7 PC 24 0 03/12/97 53 28 .00 .0 0 ENE 4.7 CLR 24 0 03/13/97 48 36 1.08* .0 0 R,R- E 5.3 CLDY 23 0 03/14/97 38 21 0.03 T* 0 R,R-,SW- WNW12.5 CLDY 35 0 03/15/97 30 15* T T* T* SW- NW 6.9 CLR 42* 0 03/16/97 39 15* .00 .0 0 S 7.3 CLR 38 0 03/17/97 54 36 .00 .0 0 SW 7.2 CLDY 20 0 03/18/97 46 34 0.04 .0 0 R,L- NE 9.1 CLDY 25 0 03/19/97 51 29 .00 .0 0 NE 6.6 CLR 25 0 03/20/97 61 36 .00 .0 0 W 4.1 CLR 16 0 03/21/97 78* 39 .00 .0 0 SW 11.2 CLR 6 0 03/22/97 48 40 .00 .0 0 NW 7.8 CLDY 21 0 03/23/97 52 30 .00 .0 0 NE 6.9 PC 24 0 03/24/97 52 28 0.11 .0 0 TRW- SE 8.5 CLDY 25 0 03/25/97 53 40 0.19 .0 0 R-,L- W 10.5 CLDY 18 0 03/26/97 57 29 .00 .0 0 WSW 8.4 CLR 22 0 03/27/97 69 39 .00 .0 0 SW 10.5 CLR 11 0 03/28/97 73 47 0.33 .0 0 TRW,RW,RW- S 10.8 PC 5 0 03/29/97 48 42 .00 .0 0 W 7.1 CLDY 20 0 03/30/97 50 38 0.03 .0 0 RW- NW 5.6 CLDY 21 0 03/31/97 53 32 0.05 .0 0 RW N 5.3 CLR 22 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOT/AVE 51.9 31.9 2.93 0.0T W 8.0 711 0 DEP +3.1 +0.8 -0.37 -4.1 S -0.6 -74 -1 =========================NUMBER OF DAYS AND DEPARTURE========================== MAX TEMP MIN TEMP ----------PRECIPITATION------------- >=90 <=32 <=32 <=0 >=T >=.01 >=.10 >=.50 >=1.00 TOTAL 0 1 17 0 13 12 5 2 1 DEP +0 -2 -1 +0 - +0 -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 0 12 6 13 0 3 1 0 12 3 3 0 0 0 0 DEP -1 +5 -3 +2 -4 +0 - -1 +2 -1 -3 -1 - - - SEASONAL SEASONAL JAN- MAR HEAT DD COOL DD PRECITITATION TOTAL 5346 0 8.94 DEP -16 -1 +1.84 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: No temp or precip records set this month. Peak gust was 32.5mph, from the west, on the 14th.