Champaign, IL Local Climatological Data November 1998 Water Survey Research Center Ill State Water Survey Summary ============================================================================= Temp Precip Snow Weather Types Ave Wind Sky Dg.Days Peak Day MX MN (in) (in) Dir Sp Cover H C Gust Dir ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 58 52 .00 .0 NE 5.4 CLDY 10 0* 15.6 NE 2 52 45 0.74* .0 R,R-,L- NE 9.9 CLDY 16 0 25.1 NE 3 45 36 0.39 T* R,R-,L-,IP NE 8.4 CLDY 24 0 24.9 NE 4 40 32 .00 .0 NE 5.3 CLDY 29 0 15.7 NE 5 41 36 .00 .0 N 3.7 CLDY 26 0 12.5 NW 6 39 28 .00 .0 NW 3.7 CLR 31* 0 14.4 W 7 42 24 0.04 T* R-,L-,SW-IP SSW 1.5 PC 32 0 11.5 SW 8 43 34 0.02 .0 R-,L- E 1.5 CLDY 26 0 5.8 SE 9 52 40 0.58 .0 TRW,R,R-,L- SE 7.4 CLDY 19 0 21.1 SE 10 63 40 0.30 .0 TRW+,TRW,R SW 19.8 CLDY 13 0 40.9 SW* 11 47 31 .00 .0 W 11.0 PC 26 0 29.5 SW 12 56 31 .00 .0 SW 6.1 CLDY 21 0 20.6 SW 13 55 37 .00 .0 SW 4.1 CLR 19 0 12.8 SW 14 64 37 .00 .0 SW 8.9 PC 14 0 25.2 SW 15 44 33 .00 .0 NW 4.6 CLDY 26 0 13.6 NW 16 59 31 .00 .0 NW 9.0 CLDY 20 0 25.5 SW 17 50 35 .00 .0 SE 3.8 PC 22 0 18.3 NW 18 60 32 .00 .0 SE 9.4 PC 19 0 23.9 SE 19 52 39 .00 .0 W 10.3 CLR 19 0 23.4 W 20 45 26 .00 .0 W 6.3 PC 29 0 23.4 W 21 47 21* .00 .0 W 4.2 CLR 31 0 12.3 S 22 57 32 .00 .0 S 12.8 PC 20 0 31.7 SW 23 64 40 .00 .0 NW 9.3 CLR 13 0 26.3 W 24 58 29 .00 .0 SE 3.8 PC 21 0 12.3 S 25 53 37 0.19 .0 RW,RW-,TRW- S 6.9 CLDY 20 0 16.9 NW 26 62 33 .00 .0 W 6.8 CLR 17 0 16.2 SW 27 64 32 .00 .0 S 4.2 CLR 17 0 15.1 S 28 68* 37 .00 .0 SSW 6.5 PC 12 0 17.1 SW 29 66 56 .00 .0 S 14.8 CLDY 4 0 30.6 S 30 60 40 0.17 .0 R,R-,L-,F S 12.8 CLDY 15 0 29.9 SW ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ T/Av 53.5 35.2 2.43 T S 7.4 611 0 Dep +3.2 +1.4 -0.67 -2.2 SW -0.1 -85 +0 =====================================Number of Days and Departure============== Max Temp Min Temp ---------Precipitation--------- Snow Sky Cover >=90 <=32 <=32 <=0 >=T >=.01 >=.10 >=.50 >=1.00 >=1.0 CLR PC CLDY Tot 0 0 12 0 8 8 6 2 0 0 7 9 14 Dep +0 -1 -2 +0 - -2 +0 +0 -1 -1 +0 -1 -1 ------Weather Types---- Seasonal Heat Seasonal Cool Jan-Nov F T IP A R L S Z Degree Days Degree Days Precipitation Total 1 3 2 0 8 6 1 0 891 1217 45.22 Dep -3 +2 - +0 -1 +1 -3 -1 -244 +245 +8.50 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 midnight-midnight. Heat DD Season Jul-Jun. Cool and Corn Growing DD Season Jan-Dec. Remarks: Warmer than average November for C-U. Fall Stats (S,O,N): Average temperature 68.4F, 4.0F above the 30-year average, also 6th warmest average high temperature for fall. Record warmest was 70.7F set in 1953. Average minimum temperature was 46.6F, 2.3F above average, also tied for 6th warmest average minimum temperature for fall. Record warmest was 51.2F, set in 1931. Average mean temperature was 57.5F, 3.1F above average, tied for 7th warmest fall in C-U. Record warmest average mean temperature was 60.4F, set in 1931. Fall precipitation was 7.56 inches, 1.58 inches below average. Fall snowfall totaled a trace, 2.3 inches below average.