Champaign, Il Local Climatological Data August 1998 Water Survey Research Center Illinois Water Survey Summary ============================================================================== Temp Precip Sno Snow Weather Ave Wind Sky Degree Days Date MX MN (In) (In Dep Types Dir Speed Cov H C Gr -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 08/01/98 82 61 0.00 0.0 0 SE 3.2 PC 0* 7 22 08/02/98 82 59 0.00 0.0 0 E 2.1 CLR 0 6 21 08/03/98 82 66 0.22 0.0 0 TRW+ SE 3.0 CLDY 0 9 24 08/04/98 85 67 0.09 0.0 0 TRW-,F S 4.1 CLDY 0 11 26 08/05/98 83 69 0.28 0.0 0 TRW,RW S 3.4 CLDY 0 11 26 08/06/98 83 70 0.58* 0.0 0 RW+,F S 3.7 CLDY 0 12 27 08/07/98 78 69 0.40 0.0 0 RW+,RW-,R-,L-,F S 2.7 CLDY 0 9 24 08/08/98 81 70 0.00T 0.0 0 R-,L-,F S 3.1 CLDY 0 11 26 08/09/98 83 69 0.18 0.0 0 TRW,F W 1.5 CLDY 0 11 26 08/10/98 87 69 0.00 0.0 0 F W 3.1 CLDY 0 13 28 08/11/98 82 68 0.00 0.0 0 NE 4.0 PC 0 10 25 08/12/98 82 64 0.00 0.0 0 NE 2.9 PC 0 8 23 08/13/98 80 64 0.00 0.0 0 NE 1.6 CLDY 0 7 22 08/14/98 83 59 0.00 0.0 0 W 1.9 PC 0 6 21 08/15/98 87 64 0.04 0.0 0 RW-,F W 2.8 CLDY 0 11 25 08/16/98 87 66 0.00 0.0 0 NE 2.0 PC 0 12 26 08/17/98 87 65 0.00 0.0 0 F SW 4.1 CLDY 0 11 26 08/18/98 87 66 0.07 0.0 0 TRW-,F NE 3.2 CLDY 0 12 26 08/19/98 82 62 0.00 0.0 0 F E 2.7 PC 0 7 22 08/20/98 86 58* 0.00 0.0 0 S 2.0 CLR 0 7 22 08/21/98 87 61 0.00 0.0 0 F SW 2.6 CLR 0 9 24 08/22/98 88 67 0.00 0.0 0 F,H SW 3.3 CLR 0 13 27 08/23/98 90 70 0.00 0.0 0 H SW 7.1 CLR 0 15 28 08/24/98 93* 72 0.00 0.0 0 F SW 6.9 CLR 0 18* 29* 08/25/98 88 69 0.00 0.0 0 N 5.2 PC 0 14 28 08/26/98 85 63 0.00 0.0 0 NE 1.8 CLR 0 9 24 08/27/98 86 66 0.00 0.0 0 SE 2.6 PC 0 11 26 08/28/98 82 67 0.08 0.0 0 RW+ WNW 2.9 CLDY 0 10 25 08/29/98 87 65 0.00 0.0 0 F W 3.9 CLDY 0 11 26 08/30/98 89 66 0.00 0.0 0 W 4.1 PC 0 13 26 08/31/98 82 62 0.00 0.0 0 NE 2.0 CLR 0 7 22 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tot/Ave 84.7 65.6 1.94 0.0 NE 3.2 0 321 773 Dep +1.7 +2.5 -2.08 +0.0 SW -1.5 -7 +83 +94 ==========================Number of days and Departure======================== Max Temp Min Temp ---------Precipitation---------- >=90 <=32 <=32 <=0 >=T >=.01 >=.10 >=.50 >=1.00 Total 2 0 0 0 10 9 5 1 0 Dep -2 +0 +0 +0 - +0 -1 -2 -1 Snow Sky Cover >=1.0 CLR PC CLDY Total 0 8 9 14 Dep +0 -2 -3 +5 --------Weather Types--------- Seas.Heat Seas.Cool Seas. Grow F T IP A R L S Z D D DD D D Total 14 5 0 0 10 2 0 0 0 987 3014 Dep +8 -1 - +0 -1 +1 +0 +0 -9 +148 +250 Jan- Aug Precipitation Tot 37.66 Dep +10.08 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 Other data mid-mid. Heat DD Season Jul-Jun. Cool and Corn Growing DD Season Jan-Dec. Remarks: No temp or precip records set this month. Summer (J,J,A) Stats: mean temp was 73.6F, +0.4F from the 30-year average. Total precip was 14.85 inches, +2.28 inches from the 30-year average.