Champaign, IL Local Climotogical Data October 1998 Water Survey Research Center Illinois Water Survey Summary =============================================================================== Temp Precip Snow Weather Types Ave Wind Sky Degree Days Date Max Min (in) (in) Dir Speed Cover Heat Cool ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 65 45 .00 .0 N 4.3 CLR 10 0 2 65 46 T .0 RW,RW- NE 3.3 CLDY 9 0 3 55 49 0.15 .0 R-,RW-,L- NE 4.1 CLDY 13 0 4 64 50 .00 .0 NE 3.6 CLDY 8 0 5 80 59 1.15* .0 TRW+,RW+,R-,L-,F SE 7.0 CLDY 0 5 6 74 53 0.34 .0 RW,R-,L- S 5.9 CLDY 1 0 7 65 52 0.04 .0 R-,L-,F NW 5.7 CLDY 6 0 8 60 48 .00 .0 N 3.4 CLDY 11 0 9 62 43 .00 .0 N 2.0 CLR 12 0 10 68 39 .00 .0 ESE 1.4 CLR 11 0 11 72 45 .00 .0 SE 2.3 CLR 6 0 12 74 47 .00 .0 F NW 2.8 PC 4 0 13 66 40 .00 .0 W 4.2 CLR 12 0 14 65 38 .00 .0 E 1.6 CLR 13 0 15 75 47 0.03 .0 RW- SE 4.9 CLDY 4 0 16 82* 50 T .0 R- SE 6.8 CLDY 0 1 17 76 63 0.08 .0 R-,RW- S 13.3 CLDY 0 5 18 64 43 0.38 .0 R,RW W 7.5 PC 11 0 19 66 39 .00 .0 W 3.7 CLR 12 0 20 62 39 .00 .0 NW 3.0 CLR 14 0 21 60 38 0.02 .0 R- N 5.1 CLDY 16 0 22 56 32 .00 .0 N 2.5 CLR 21* 0 23 62 31* .00 .0 SW 2.9 CLR 18 0 24 66 33 .00 .0 SW 3.7 CLR 15 0 25 71 39 .00 .0 S 3.1 CLR 10 0 26 76 45 .00 .0 SW 3.0 PC 4 0 27 77 49 0.32 .0TRW,R,R- SW 5.3 CLDY 2 0 28 65 51 .00 .0 W 3.4 CLDY 7 0 29 71 49 0.42 .0TRW+,TRW,R-,L-,F SE 3.8 CLDY 5 0 30 64 53 .00 .0 NW 4.6 CLDY 6 0 31 59 53 0.01 .0RW-,R- NNE 3.8 CLDY 10 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T/Av 67.3 45.4 2.94 0.0 SE 4.3 270 11 Dep +2.2 +1.6 +0.26 +0.0 S -1.8 -79 -5 ===============================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 2 0 13 11 6 1 1 0 12 3 16 Dep+0 +0 -1 +0 - +2 +0 -1 +0 +0 +0 -5 +5 ------Weather Types---- Seasonal Heat Seasonal Cool Jan-Oct F T IP A R L S Z Degree Days Degree Days Precip Total 4 3 0 0 13 5 0 0 280 1217 42.79 Dep +0 +1 - +0 +3+1 +0 +0 -159 +245 +9.17 Weather Types:F=Fog;T=Thunder;IP=Ice Pellets;A=Hail;R=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. Snowdepth at 7am LST. Sky Cover 7AM-7PM LST.Other data mid-mid. Heat DD Season Jul-Jun.Cool and Corn Growing DD Season Jan-Dec. Remarks:Slightly warmer than average for October. No temperature or precipitation records set this month.