CHAMPAIGN, IL LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA OCTOBER 1996 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10/01/96 78 46 .00 0.0 0 F S 5.9 CLR 3 0 10/02/96 77 47 .00 0.0 0 F SW 7.2 PC 3 0 10/03/96 58 40 .00 0.0 0 NE 5.2 CLR 16 0 10/04/96 64 38 .00 0.0 0 E 2.9 PC 14 0 10/05/96 74 42 .00 0.0 0 SE 3.4 PC 7 0 10/06/96 76 45 .00 0.0 0 S 3.7 CLR 4 0 10/07/96 76 44 .00 0.0 0 N 4.2 PC 5 0 10/08/96 50 42 0.16 0.0 0 R,R-,L N 4.5 CLDY 19 0 10/09/96 62 35 T 0.0 0 R-,L W 3.3 CLDY 16 0 10/10/96 53 36 T 0.0 0 L N 4.6 PC 20 0 10/11/96 61 31 .00 0.0 0 F S 4.6 CLR 19 0 10/12/96 74 45 .00 0.0 0 S 8.2 PC 5 0 10/13/96 81* 52 .00 0.0 0 SW 7.4 PC 0 2* 10/14/96 81* 53 .00 0.0 0 NE 1.9 CLR 0 2* 10/15/96 79 49 .00 0.0 0 F SW 5.2 CLR 1 0 10/16/96 76 50 .00 0.0 0 F S 4.8 PC 2 0 10/17/96 78 45 0.41 0.0 0 TRW+,TRW,R,L S 9.5 PC 3 0 10/18/96 58 34 .00 0.0 0 W 7.6 CLR 19 0 10/19/96 59 31 .00 0.0 0 NW 2.2 CLR 20 0 10/20/96 63 32 .00 0.0 0 SE 3.0 PC 17 0 10/21/96 67 51 .00 0.0 0 SE 3.1 CLDY 6 0 10/22/96 62 40 0.58 0.0 0 R,R-,L SE 8.3 CLDY 14 0 10/23/96 45 36 0.15 0.0 0 R,L,IP,R- WSW11.0 CLDY 24 0 10/24/96 64 36 .00 0.0 0 W 5.3 CLR 15 0 10/25/96 68 38 .00 0.0 0 SE 6.6 CLR 12 0 10/26/96 69 54 .00 0.0 0 SE 6.5 CLDY 3 0 10/27/96 68 53 0.01 0.0 0 L SW 5.5 PC 4 0 10/28/96 61 46 .00 0.0 0 NW 3.1 PC 11 0 10/29/96 71 49 0.24 0.0 0 TRW,R,R-,L SE 12.7 CLDY 5 0 10/30/96 58 32 .00 0.0 0 W 13.9 PC 20 0 10/31/96 48 27* .00 0.0 0 W 7.4 PC 27* 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOT/AVE 66.4 41.9 1.55 0.0 SE 5.9 334 4 DEP +1.3 -1.9 -1.13 -0.1 S -0.2 -15 -12 =========================NUMBER OF DAYS AND DEPARTURE========================== MAX TEMP MIN TEMP ----------PRECIPITATION------------- >=90 <=32 <=32 <=0 >=T >=.01 >=.10 >=.50 >=1.00 TOTAL 0 0 5 0 8 6 5 1 0 DEP +0 +0 +2 +0 - -3 -1 -1 -1 SNOW SKY COVER ----------WEATHER TYPES---------- >=1.0 CLR PC CLDY F T IP A R L S Z D H BS TOTAL 0 10 14 7 5 2 1 0 6 8 0 0 0 0 0 DEP +0 -2 +6 -4 -1 +0 - +0 -4 +4 +0 +0 - - - SEASONAL SEASONAL JAN- OCT HEAT DD COOL DD PRECITITATION TOTAL 434 894 32.88 DEP -5 -78 -0.74 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. First fall freeze (32F or lower) was Oct 11 (8 days early). 1996 growing season (last spring freeze to first fall freeze) was 166 days (-19 days), from Apr 27- Oct 11. Peak gust was 44.8 mph from the west on the 30th. Last time we had wind gust of 30 mph or greater was May 19.