Historical Climate Data

Precipitation Summary

Station: 110055 ALBION, IL

1971-2000 NCDC Normals

Element Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Prec. (in) 2.57 2.72 4.29 5.13 4.61 4.19 3.86 3.43 2.89 3.36 4.28 3.51 44.84

Precipitation Extremes

Period of Record: 1893-2006


Month
High (in)
Year
Low (in)
Year 		1-Day
Max (in)
Date
Jan 14.78 1950 0.00 2000 4.17 01-24-1949
Feb 8.05 1975 0.00 2002 3.82 02-26-1945
Mar 13.39 1898 0.00 2001 7.16 03-25-1904
Apr 13.17 1996 0.18 2004 4.50 04-29-1996
May 13.95 2004 0.18 2001 4.80 05-01-1896
Jun 10.98 1945 0.44 1984 3.90 06-21-1942
Jul 10.57 1958 0.72 1944 4.20 07-17-2004
Aug 9.45 1985 0.15 1953 6.80 08-26-2004
Sep 8.34 1945 0.00 2004 4.50 09-04-1991
Oct 9.45 2001 0.00 1908 3.42 10-04-1910
Nov 10.24 1993 0.00 1894 4.20 11-14-1993
Dec 12.74 1982 0.30 2000 4.90 12-03-1982
             
Annual 68.97 1945 17.80 2000 7.16 03-25-1904
Winter 26.05 1950 1.87 2003 4.90 12-03-1982
Spring 25.64 1898 5.41 1895 7.16 03-25-1904
Summer 21.51 1945 3.14 1953 6.80 08-26-2004
Fall 21.08 1993 1.95 2000 4.50 09-04-1991

Precipitation Threshold Climatology

Derived from 1971-2000 Averages:

*Annual/seasonal totals may differ from the sum of the monthly totals due to rounding.


Month 		# Days
Total ≥ 0.01" 		# Days
Total ≥ 0.10" 		# Days
Total ≥ 0.50" 		# Days
Total ≥ 1.00"
Jan 6.1 4.7 1.9 0.5
Feb 6.4 4.8 1.9 0.7
Mar 8.5 6.9 3.3 1.2
Apr 10.1 7.8 3.4 1.6
May 9.7 7.3 3.6 1.2
Jun 8.1 6.2 2.7 1.3
Jul 6.0 5.0 2.4 1.3
Aug 6.5 5.3 2.5 1.1
Sep 6.2 4.6 2.0 0.8
Oct 6.4 5.0 2.5 0.9
Nov 8.2 6.3 3.3 1.4
Dec 7.8 6.2 2.5 1.0
         
Annual 90.0 70.2 32.0 13.0
Winter 20.2 15.7 6.2 2.2
Spring 28.2 22.1 10.3 4.0
Summer 20.6 16.5 7.6 3.6
Fall 20.8 15.9 7.8 3.2

Temperature Summary

Station 110055 ALBION, IL

1971-2000 NCDC Normals

Element Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High °F 37.4 43.5 54.7 66.0 76.2 85.5 89.2 87.5 80.9 69.9 54.3 42.2 65.6
Low °F 21.2 24.9 35.4 45.1 55.3 64.2 67.9 65.8 58.2 46.6 35.8 25.8 45.5
Mean °F 29.3 34.2 45.1 55.6 65.8 74.9 78.6 76.7 69.6 58.3 45.1 34.0 55.6
HDD 1106 861 619 299 106 5 0 3 35 246 600 960 4840
CDD 0 0 0 15 129 301 420 364 171 37 1 0 1438

HDD - heating degree days (base 65F); CDD - cooling degree days (base 65F)

Temperature Extremes

Period of Record: 1893-2006


Month 		High
Mean °F
Year 		Low
Mean °F
Year 		1-Day
Max °F
Date 		1-Day
Min °F
Date
Jan 42.0 1990 16.1 1977 73 01-30-2002 -20 01-16-1982
Feb 45.8 1954 22.4 1978 78 02-29-1972 -21 02-09-1899
Mar 55.5 1910 31.5 1960 87 03-27-1910 -2 03-05-1960
Apr 63.8 1981 46.9 1907 91 04-23-1965 22 04-02-1899
May 73.5 1962 58.5 1992 97 05-17-2001 30 05-10-1966
Jun 81.0 1952 69.5 1903 105 06-26-1954 37 06-06-1894
Jul 84.1 1980 74.9 1967 109 07-22-1901 50 07-10-1895
Aug 83.6 1983 70.6 1915 104 08-06-1913 44 08-31-1915
Sep 75.1 1960 64.8 1974 105 09-01-1953 28 09-30-1899
Oct 67.4 1963 50.5 1917 98 10-02-1953 22 10-29-1895
Nov 53.6 1909 39.1 1976 83 11-13-1955 4 11-30-1958
Dec 43.9 1984 21.3 2000 75 12-02-1982 -18 12-22-1989
                 
Annual 61.5 1952 51.1 1979 109 07-22-1901 -21 02-09-1999
Winter 39.6 2000 25.8 1978 78 02-29-1972 -21 02-09-1999
Spring 62.0 1977 51.5 1960 97 05-17-1901 -2 03-05-1960
Summer 81.2 1980 73.0 1915 109 07-22-1901 37 06-06-1994
Fall 63.3 2005 53.3 1976 105 09-01-1953 4 11-30-1958

Temperature Threshold Climatology

Derived from 1971-2000 Averages:

*Annual/seasonal values may differ from the sum of the monthly values due to rounding.


Month 		# Days
High ≥ 90°F 		# Days
High ≤ 32°F 		# Days
Low ≤ 32°F 		# Days
Low ≤ 0°F
Jan 0.0 9.2 24.6 1.7
Feb 0.0 5.0 18.8 0.6
Mar 0.0 0.6 12.2 0.0
Apr 0.0 0.0 2.8 0.0
May 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Jun 10.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
Jul 17.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
Aug 12.9 0.0 0.0 0.0
Sep 5.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
Oct 0.2 0.0 1.4 0.0
Nov 0.0 0.5 10.4 0.0
Dec 0.0 5.4 21.1 0.7
         
Annual 47.7 21.0 91.7 3.0
Winter 0.0 19.6 64.5 3.0
Spring 2.0 0.6 15.0 0.0
Summer 41.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
Fall 5.4 0.5 11.9 0.0

Snowfall Summary

Station: 110055 ALBION, IL

1971-2000 Averages

Element Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Snow (in) 3.3 2.4 1.6 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 3.0 10.8

Snowfall Extremes

Period of Record: 1893-2006

Month High (in) Year 1-Day Max (in) Date
Jan 21.6 1977 6.7 01-19-1956
Feb 17.0 1993 10.0 02-26-1993
Mar 22.2 1960 10.0 03-09-1960
Apr 4.0 1953 4.0 04-18-1953
May 0.0 - - -
Jun 0.0 - - -
Jul 0.0 - - -
Aug 0.0 - - -
Sep 0.0 - - -
Oct 3.0 1993 3.0 10-30-1993
Nov 9.7 1958 9.7 11-28-1958
Dec 15.0 2000 10.0 12-25-2002
Season (Jul-Jun) 35.8 1959-1960 10.0 12-25-2002

Snowfall Threshold Climatology

Derived from 1971-2000 Averages

*Annual values may differ from the sum of the monthly values due to rounding.


Month 		# Days
Total ≥ 0.1" 		# Days
Total ≥ 1.0" 		# Days
Total ≥ 2.0" 		# Days
Total ≥ 5.0"
Jan 1.1 0.9 0.5 0.2
Feb 1.1 0.9 0.5 0.2
Mar 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.1
Apr 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
May 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Jun 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Jul 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Aug 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Sep 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Oct 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nov 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0
Dec 1.0 0.9 0.7 0.3
Annual 4.5 3.8 2.4 0.6

Growing Season Summary

Station: 110055 ALBION, IL

Growing Degree Day Averages

Derived from 1971-2000 Data

Base Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
40 39 84 255 494 807 1050 1195 1159 907 584 244 69 6669
45 17 41 158 357 655 902 1043 1004 757 437 151 31 5368
50 6 16 89 236 503 754 891 850 607 302 84 13 4198
55 1 4 43 139 357 606 739 695 460 186 39 4 3152
60 0 0 17 70 226 458 587 541 320 97 13 0 2239
50** 20 48 149 297 515 714 818 793 596 358 134 34 4332

**Modified Growing Degree Days: Base 50, Ceiling 86.

Growing Season Summary

Derived from 1971-2000 Averages

Date of Last Spring Occurrence Date of First Fall Occurrence
Temp °F Median Early 90% 10% Late Median Early 90% 10% Late
32 4/09 3/21 3/23 4/19 5/02 10/28 10/02 10/10 11/13 11/22
30 4/07 3/02 3/19 4/17 4/20 11/03 10/07 10/17 11/13 11/22
28 4/04 3/02 3/16 4/11 4/18 11/06 10/19 10/21 11/23 12/05
24 3/19 2/27 3/04 4/08 4/11 11/17 10/24 11/05 12/07 12/11
20 3/08 1/30 2/14 3/23 3/27 11/28 11/02 11/07 12/19 12/22
16 2/17 12/28 2/07 3/12 3/25 12/12 11/07 11/14 12/23 1/02

Length of Growing Season (Days)

Derived from 1971-2000 Averages

Temp °F Median Shortest 10% 90% Longest
32 205 167 178 225 232
30 209 188 194 230 254
28 219 194 201 247 261
24 243 209 223 268 286
20 265 228 240 297 310
16 290 251 268 311 351

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Jim Angel, State Climatologist, jimangel@illinois.edu
Last Modified: September 11, 2007