CXUS53 KILX 011610 CLMSPI CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1110 AM CDT FRI NOV 01 2024 ................................... ...THE SPRINGFIELD IL CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1879 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 93 10/03/2006 10/03/1954 10/02/1953 LOW 13 10/30/1925 HIGHEST 89 10/05 67 22 89 LOWEST 27 10/16 46 -19 24 AVG. MAXIMUM 74.0 67.4 6.6 67.6 AVG. MINIMUM 43.2 44.6 -1.4 45.6 MEAN 58.6 56.0 2.6 56.6 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.2 -0.2 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 4 3.8 0.2 2 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 13.39 1941 MINIMUM 0.11 1904 TOTALS 1.42 3.26 -1.84 3.79 DAILY AVG. 0.05 0.11 -0.06 0.12 DAYS >= .01 5 9.1 -4.1 10 DAYS >= .10 3 5.6 -2.6 6 DAYS >= .50 1 2.4 -1.4 3 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.8 -0.8 2 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.70 10/31 TO 10/31 1.32 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 2.8 1929 TOTALS 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0.0 SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.1 -0.1 MM DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 0 24 HR TOTAL MM MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 225 310 -85 294 SINCE 7/1 251 373 -122 MM COOLING TOTAL 34 30 4 42 SINCE 1/1 1202 1250 -48 MM .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.6 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 31/180 DATE 10/30 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 50/180 DATE 10/30 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.09 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 28 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 3 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 0 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 61 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 4 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 3 LIGHT RAIN 5 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 6 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 10 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && RECORDS SET DURING OCTOBER 2024: OCTOBER 5 -- RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 89 DEGREES TIED THE OLD RECORD OF 89 DEGREES FIRST SET IN 1922, AND TIED IN 1981 AND 2007. OCTOBER 16 -- RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 27 DEGREES TIED THE OLD RECORD OF 27 DEGREES SET IN 2020. OCTOBER 29TH -- LOW TEMPERATURE OF 66 DEGREES TIED THE OLD RECORD WARM LOW...FIRST SET IN 1946. HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 84 DEGREES BROKE THE OLD RECORD OF 83 DEGREES...SET IN 1937. OCTOBER 30TH -- LOW TEMPERATURE OF 66 DEGREES BROKE THE OLD RECORD WARM LOW OF 61 DEGREES...SET IN 1974. $$