Champaign, Il Local Climatological Data March 1998 Water Survey Research Center Illinois Water Survey Summary ============================================================================= Temp Precip Snow Snow Weather Ave Wind Sky DD Date MX MN (In) (In) Dep Types Dir Speed Cover H C ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 03/01/98 40 32 0.01 0.1 0 SW- WSW 5.2 CLDY 29 0 03/02/98 37 30 0.02 0.0T T SW- W 6.4 CLDY 31 0 03/03/98 38 34 0.02 0.0T 0 RW-,SW- W 8.3 CLDY 29 0 03/04/98 39 30 0.05 1.2 0 SW-,S-,S NW 5.2 CLDY 30 0 03/05/98 38 26 0.00 0.0 0 NE 3.6 PC 33 0 03/06/98 47 31 0.00T 0.0T 0 SW- NE 4.1 PC 26 0 03/07/98 44 33 0.08 0.0 0 IP-,R,R-,RW-,L- NE 9.0 CLDY 26 0 03/08/98 48 39 1.19 0.0 0 R,R-,RW,L- E 7.5 CLDY 21 0 03/09/98 39 17 0.36 4.7 1 R,L-,S,S+,TRW NNW 14.4 CLDY 37 0 03/10/98 19 11 0.00 0.0 3 NW 7.7 CLR 50 0 03/11/98 20 9 0.00T 0.0T 3 SW- N 7.7 PC 50 0 03/12/98 23 4 0.00 0.0 3 W 5.1 CLR 51 0 03/13/98 41 16 0.00 0.0 2 SW 11.7 PC 36 0 03/14/98 37 23 0.00 0.0 2 NW 7.6 PC 35 0 03/15/98 37 24 0.00 0.0 1 NE 5.7 CLDY 34 0 03/16/98 41 30 0.04 0.0 T SG-,R-,L- E 5.2 CLDY 29 0 03/17/98 50 36 1.01 0.0 0 R,R-,L- SE 6.5 CLDY 22 0 03/18/98 56 45 0.02 0.0 0 R,R-,L-,F WSW 8.7 CLDY 14 0 03/19/98 45 37 0.21 0.0 0 R,R-,L-,F W 7.0 CLDY 24 0 03/20/98 37 31 1.16 0.6 0 R,IP,ZR,S N 15.7 CLDY 31 0 03/21/98 44 31 0.00 0.0 1 N 10.0 PC 27 0 03/22/98 46 28 0.00 0.0 0 N 4.6 PC 28 0 03/23/98 43 32 0.06 0.0 0 R-,RW-,L- W 3.9 CLDY 27 0 03/24/98 50 27 0.00 0.0 0 SE 4.4 CLR 26 0 03/25/98 64 42 0.00 0.0 0 S 11.1 PC 12 0 03/26/98 74 56 0.00 0.0 0 S 20.0 PC 0 0 03/27/98 75 51 0.64 0.0 0 R,RW S 15.5 PC 2 0 03/28/98 66 51 1.03 0.0 0 TRW+ W 11.2 PC 6 0 03/29/98 76 51 0.00 0.0 0 S 12.2 PC 1 0 03/30/98 78 60 0.00 0.0 0 S 15.3 PC 0 4 03/31/98 67 46 0.45 0.0 0 R,RW S 13.8 CLDY 8 0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tot/Ave 47.1 32.7 6.35 6.6 S 8.8 775 4 Dep -1.7 +1.6 +3.05 +2.5 S +0.2 -10 +3 =============================Number of days and Departure==================== Max Temp Min Temp ---------Precipitation---------- Snow >=90 <=32 <=32 <=0 >=T >=.01 >=.10 >=.50 >=1.00 >=1.0 Total 0 3 18 0 18 16 8 5 4 2 Dep +0 +0 +0 +0 -- +4 -1 +3 +3 +1 Sky Cover --------Weather Types--------- CLR PC CLDY F T IP A R L S Z Total 3 13 15 2 2 2 0 13 8 9 1 Dep -4 +4 +0 -2 -1 - -1 +3 +4 +3 +0 Seasonal Heat Seasonal Cool Jan-Mar Degree Days Degree Days Precipitation Total 4736 4 10.38 Dep -626 +3 +3.28 Weather Types: F=Fog; T=Thunder; IP= Ice Pellets; A=Hail; R=Rain; S=Snow; Z=Freezing Precip; 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 with a cutoff at 86F. Averages based on 1961-1990 data. Snow depth at 7am LST. Sky Cover 7AM-7PM LST. Other data mid-mid. Heat DD Season Jul=Jun. Cool and Corn Growing DD Season Jan-Dec. Remarks: Winds during the snowstorm on the 9th averaged 17.7 mph, from the north. New record high minimum temp on the 30th, old record 55/1910. Peak gust for the month was 43.7 mph, from the south, on the 26th.