CHAMPAIGN, IL                 LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA          NOVEMBER  1997
 Illinois Water Survey                                          SUMMARY
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            TEMP   PRECIP ----SNOW--  WEATHER       WIND     SKY DEGREE DAYS
 DATE      MX  MN  INCH   INCH DEPTH   TYPES       D    S    COV   H     C
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 11/01/97  54  38  0.29    .0  0   R,R-,RW,L-      W   7.0  CLDY   19    0*
 11/02/97  44  33  0.18     T  0   R,SW-,IP-       W   7.7  CLDY   26    0
 11/03/97  35  31  0.07   0.4  T   SW-,SG-,R-      W   8.6  CLDY   32    0
 11/04/97  37  32     T     T  0   SW-,L-          W   4.8  CLDY   30    0
 11/05/97  51  32  0.33    .0  0   R,R-,L-         E   2.3  CLDY   23    0
 11/06/97  47  38  0.15    .0  0   R-,L-           NE  6.8  CLDY   22    0
 11/07/97  48  37   .00    .0  0                   N   6.0  PC     22    0
 11/08/97  50  38   .00    .0  0                   N   5.0  PC     21    0
 11/09/97  44  40   .00    .0  0                   NW  3.0  CLDY   23    0
 11/10/97  42  32     T    .0  0   L-,F            N   4.5  CLDY   28    0
 11/11/97  38  26     T     T  0   SW-             N   4.3  CLDY   33    0
 11/12/97  36  23   .00    .0  0                   N   2.4  PC     35    0
 11/13/97  34  27  0.16   1.5* 0   SW,SW-          NE  3.6  CLDY   34    0
 11/14/97  37  29  0.01   0.1  2*  SW              N   5.5  CLDY   32    0
 11/15/97  32  25  0.13   1.3  2   SW,SW-          W   8.7  PC     36    0
 11/16/97  28  16     T     T  T   SW,SW-          NW  6.2  CLDY   43*   0
 11/17/97  37  15*  .00    .0  T                   SW  7.5  CLR    39    0
 11/18/97  44  22   .00    .0  T                   NE  7.2  CLR    32    0
 11/19/97  45  28   .00    .0  0                   NE  3.1  CLR    28    0
 11/20/97  54  28   .00    .0  0                   NE  6.7  CLDY   24    0
 11/21/97  46  37  0.05    .0  0   RW-,F           NE  7.1  CLDY   23    0
 11/22/97  44  29   .00    .0  0                   NW  4.8  CLDY   28    0
 11/23/97  38  22   .00    .0  0                   W   6.4  CLR    35    0
 11/24/97  39  23   .00    .0  0                   NE  4.4  CLR    34    0
 11/25/97  57  36   .00    .0  0                   NE 11.8  PC     18    0
 11/26/97  55  29   .00    .0  0                   N   8.8  CLR    23    0
 11/27/97  48  23  0.27    .0  0   TRW,R-,L-,F     NE  7.6  CLDY   29    0
 11/28/97  58  48  0.39*   .0  0   R,R-,L-,F       E   6.1  CLDY   12    0
 11/29/97  64* 50  0.22    .0  0   R,RW-,L-,F      SE  2.2  CLDY    8    0
 11/30/97  54  38  0.31    .0  0   R,F             N  10.1  CLDY   19    0
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 TOT/AVE 44.7 30.8  2.56   3.3                     N   6.0        811    0
 DEP     -5.6 -3.0 -0.54  +1.1                     SW -1.5       +115   +0
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           MAX TEMP    MIN TEMP        ----------PRECIPITATION-------------
          >=90  <=32   <=32  <=0       >=T   >=.01   >=.10   >=.50   >=1.00
 TOTAL       0     2     19    0        17      13      10       0        0
 DEP        +0    +1     +5   +0         -      +3      +4      -2       -1
            SNOW         SKY COVER          ----------WEATHER TYPES----------
          >=1.0      CLR   PC  CLDY         F  T  IP  A  R  L  S  Z  D  H  BS
 TOTAL       2         6    5   19          5  1   1  0 10  8  8  0  0  0  0
 DEP        +1        -1   -3   +4         +1 +0   - +0 +1 +3 +4 -1  -  -  -
                   SEASONAL  SEASONAL                JAN- NOV
                    HEAT DD   COOL DD               PRECITITATION
 TOTAL                1242       811                   34.93
 DEP                  +107      -161                   -1.79

 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: Very early date for first measurable snowfall, only 8 days earlier.
 Average date for first measurable snowfall is Nov.21. Also, early date for
 first inch of snowfall, average date for first inch of snowfall is Dec 2.
 During the month, only 7 days had mean temps above the average for that day.
 Daily mean temps ranged from 21F below to 23F above the average for the day.
 Mean temp on Thanksgiving day was 2F above average. Peak gust was 31.4 mph,
 from the west on the 15th. Fall Stats (S,O,N):max temp 62.5 (-1.9F), min temp
 42.7F (-1.6F), mean temp 52.6F (-1.8F). Total precip was 7.92 inches (-1.22
 inches) and snowfall was 3.3 inches (+1.0 inch). Departures are from the
 30-year average.