Virginia Station 118870

Precipitation Summary

Station: 118870 VIRGINIA, IL


1971-2000 NCDC Normals

Element Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Prec. (in) 1.67 1.90 3.22 3.42 4.65 3.87 3.95 3.44 3.24 2.90 3.33 2.61 38.20

Precipitation Extremes

Period of Record: 1963-2006

Month High (in) Year Low (in) Year 1-Day
Max (in)
Date
Jan 4.54 2005 0.00 1986 2.28 01-31-2002
Feb 5.68 1990 0.07 2006 1.78 02-22-1990
Mar 7.13 1973 0.84 1968 2.24 03-13-1972
Apr 8.96 1970 0.62 1971 2.62 04-30-1970
May 10.66 1995 0.83 1992 3.02 05-27-2000
Jun 10.38 1998 0.49 1979 3.68 06-21-2000
Jul 11.95 1993 0.56 1972 3.27 07-23-2002
Aug 7.00 1997 0.83 1983 4.23 08-26-2004
Sep 13.04 1993 0.50 2004 4.45 09-14-1993
Oct 8.83 1969 0.11 1964 3.30 10-12-1969
Nov 10.87 1985 0.27 1999 2.04 11-30-2006
Dec 7.51 1982 0.30 1976 3.62 12-03-1982
Annual 60.13 1993 24.92 1988 4.45 09-14-1993
Winter 10.93 1974 2.31 1970 3.62 12-03-1982
Spring 16.85 1970 4.22 1971 3.02 05-27-2000
Summer 22.33 1993 4.42 1983 4.23 08-26-2004
Fall 18.80 1993 2.81 1999 4.45 09-14-1993

Precipitation Threshold Climatology

Derived from 1971-2000 Averages:

*Annual/seasonal totals may differ from the sum of the monthly totals due to rounding.

Month # Days
Total ≥ 0.01″
# Days
Total ≥ 0.10″
# Days
Total ≥ 0.50″
# Days
Total ≥ 1.00″
Jan 6.9 4.4 0.7 0.3
Feb 6.9 4.0 1.3 0.5
Mar 9.4 6.6 2.1 0.7
Apr 10.5 6.9 2.3 0.6
May 10.8 7.6 3.1 1.3
Jun 8.8 6.2 2.7 1.0
Jul 8.4 6.2 2.6 1.3
Aug 8.2 6.0 2.3 0.9
Sep 7.6 5.6 2.2 0.7
Oct 8.1 5.5 2.0 0.7
Nov 8.8 6.2 2.5 0.7
Dec 8.2 5.1 1.5 0.8
Annual 102.6 70.4 25.5 9.5
Winter 22.0 13.5 3.6 1.5
Spring 30.7 21.1 7.6 2.6
Summer 25.4 18.4 7.6 3.2
Fall 24.5 17.4 6.8 2.1

Temperature Summary

There are insufficient temperature data to produce the temperature summary.


Snowfall Summary

Station: 118870 VIRGINIA, IL


1971-2000 Averages

Element Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Snow (in) 8.1 5.5 3.2 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.2 5.0 23.6

Snowfall Extremes

Period of Record: 1963-2006

Month High (in) Year 1-Day Max (in) Date
Jan 25.0 1979 12.0 01-02-1999
Feb 15.3 1975 9.0 02-13-1978
Mar 22.0 1978 9.3 03-09-1999
Apr 5.0 1980 4.0 04-09-1982
May 0.0
Jun 0.0
Jul 0.0
Aug 0.0
Sep 0.0
Oct 0.0
Nov 8.2 1975 5.0 11-26-1975
Dec 29.5 1973 12.0 12-20-1973
Season (Jul-Jun) 62.5 1977-1978 12.0 12-20-1973

Snowfall Threshold Climatology

Derived from 1971-2000 Averages

*Annual values may differ from the sum of the monthly values due to rounding.

Month # Days
Total ≥ 0.1″
# Days
Total ≥ 1.0″
# Days
Total ≥ 2.0″
# Days
Total ≥ 5.0″
Jan 2.6 2.1 1.2 0.3
Feb 2.6 2.1 1.2 0.3
Mar 1.5 1.2 0.7 0.2
Apr 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.0
May 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Jun 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Jul 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Aug 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Sep 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Oct 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nov 0.8 0.6 0.2 0.0
Dec 2.3 2.0 1.0 0.2
Annual 11.0 9.2 4.9 0.9

Growing Season Summary

There are insufficient temperature data to produce the growing season summary.

 


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Last Modified: September 11, 2007